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[[Image:OverlordArt7th.jpg|thumb|right|350px300px|Necron Overlord{{Fn|12}}]]{{otheruses|USE=Necron rank|OTHERUSE=other uses of the term "Overlord"|OTHERPAGE=Overlord (disambiguation)}}{{otheruses|USE=Necron Overlord|OTHERUSE=Word Bearers Chaos Space Marine|OTHERPAGE=Kor Phaeron}}
'''Necron Overlords''' are the highest and most powerful of the [[Necron]] race, ruling many [[Tomb World]]s.
== Overview ==
More powerful than even a [[Necron Lord]], at its command are uncountable legions of Necron Warriors, terrifying war machines, and a vast array of devastating weaponry. Normally equipped with a [[Staff of Light]], Necron Overlords are brilliant strategists, capable of calculating every possible outcome in the ensuing conflict and formulating strategies to ensure that everything goes to plan. Only the most unlikely situations can outfox him and only the most potent foes have any chance of beating him in combat. The most powerful Necron Overlords are those that rise to the rank of '''Phaeron''', ruling over an entire [[Sector]].{{Fn|1}}
Overlords are aided by powerful aid-de-camps known as [[Royal Warden]]s{{Fn|7}} They are equipped with a variety of weaponry and equipment which include . For weaponry this includes a [[Warscythe]], [[Voidscythe]], [[Staff of Light]], [[Hyperphase Sword]], [[Voidblade]], [[Tachyon Arrow]], and [[Hyperphase Glaive]].{{Fn|7}} Support equipment can also include a [[Resurrection Orb]]{{Fn|88b}}, or [[Hyperphase GlaiveTranslocation Shroud]], [[Sempiternal Weave]], [[Mindshackle Scarab]]s, [[Tesseract Labyrinth]], [[Phylactery]], and [[Phase Shifter]].{{Fn|78b}}{{Fn|3l}}
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==Phaeron==
{{redirect|Phaeron|the [[Word Bearers|Word Bearer]]|Kor Phaeron}}'''Phaeron''' is a rank of especially powerful [[Necron Overlord]]s and thus they are , in effect , the most powerful of the [[Necron]] race. Commanding an entire [[Necron Dynasty]] which includes vast empires of [[Tomb World]]s, a Necron Overlord who has risen to the rank of Phaeron rules over an entire [[Sector]] and has a court of lesser Overlords to do his bidding.{{Fn|1}} Perhaps the most well-known and accomplished Phaeron in [[M41]] is [[Imotekh the Stormlord]], who rules over the eighty Tomb Worlds of the [[Sautekh Dynasty]].{{Fn|2}} A "female" Phaeron is known as a '''Phaerakh'''.{{Fn|11}}
*[[Ahhotekh]] - '''Overlord-Regent''' of the [[Suhbekhar Dynasty]]
*[[Ahmontekh]] - Phaeron of the [[Suhbekhar Dynasty]]{{Fn|5}}
*[[Akanabekh]] - Phaeron{{Fn|3j}}
*[[Amonhotekh]] - Overlord of the [[Szarekhan Dynasty]]{{Fn|15}}
*[[Anathrosis]] - Phaerakh of the [[Ogdobekh Dynasty]]
*[[Anrakyr]] - Overlord{{Fn|3k}}
*[[Amunteaph]]
*[[Ankra]]
*[[Atun]] - Phaeron of the [[Atun Dynasty]]{{Fn|3b}}
*[[Cephrek]]{{Fn|22}}
*[[Galmakh]]
*[[Hapthatra]] - Overlord that sits on the new [[Triarch]]{{Fn|13}}
*[[Hasmoteph]] - Phaeron
*[[Imotekh]] - Phaeron of the [[Sautekh Dynasty]]{{Fn|3b}}
*[[Irpekh]] - Phaeron{{Fn|16}}
*[[Jade Overlord]]
*[[Khyrek]] - Former Phaeron of the [[Mephrit Dynasty]]
*[[Rakszan]] - Former Phaeron of the [[Khansu Dynasty]]{{Fn|3c}}
*[[Sarkoni Emperor]] - Overlord of the [[Empire of the Severed]]{{Fn|3e}}
*[[Serevakh]] - Captured by [[Trazyn]]{{Fn|21}}
*[[Shemvokh]] - Phaeron of the [[Nihilakh Dynasty]]{{Fn|9}}
*[[Setekh (Phaeron)|Setekh]] - Overlord of the [[Hyksos Dynasty]], imprisoned by the [[Triarch]] for dabbling in time.{{Fn|20}}
*[[Simut]] - Overlord of the [[Szarekhan Dynasty]]{{Fn|10}}
*[[Sylphek]] - Phaeron of the [[Nephrekh Dynasty]]
*[[Szarekh]] - The last Silent King of the [[Triarch]]{{Fn|3a}}
*[[Szaron]] - Overlord of [[Somonor]]{{Fn|3f}}
*[[Taranekh]]{{Fn|18}}
*[[Thaszar]] - Phaeron of the [[Sarnekh Dynasty]]{{Fn|3e}}
*[[The Undying]]
*[[Zarathusa]] - [[Mephrit Dynasty]]
*[[Zabareas]]
*[[Zanatek]] - [[Szarekhan Dynasty]]{{Fn|17}}
==Images==
<center><gallery heightsmode="160pxpacked" widthsheights="220px" 200>Necron Overlord2.jpg|A Necron Overlord40k-43-necron-overlord.jpg|Necron Overlord{{Fn|19}}AeldariVsNecrons.jpg|A Necron Overlord leading his forces against the AeldariNecronOverlord.jpg|Necron Overlord</gallery></center> ==Miniatures==<center><gallery mode="packed" caption="">Necron Overlord.jpg|Necron Overlord Miniature (5th Edition2011)OverlordAnnihilationBarge.jpg|Necron Overlord (2012)NecronOverlord7.jpg|Necron Overlord (7th Edition2015)NecOverlord9th.jpg|Necron Overlord (9th Edition2020){{Fn|7}}NecronOverlord10th.jpg|Necron Overlord (2023)</gallery></center>
==See Alsoalso==*[[NemesorSilent King]]
*{{Endn|1}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat700019a&prodId=prod1380034a&rootCatGameStyle=| Necron Overlord]
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/listProducts.jsp?catId=cat700019a| Necron Product List]
*3: [[Codex: Necrons (5th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 6
**{{Endn|3b}}: pg. 10
**{{Endn|3j}}: pg. 82
**{{Endn|3k}}: pg. 62
**{{Endn|3l}}: pg. 90
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Black Crusade: Hand of Corruption]], pg. 82
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Deathwatch: The Outer Reach]], pgs. 114-115
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Dataslate: Space Marines Strike Force Ultra (Background Book)]], pg. 8
*{{Endn|7}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/06/13/warhammer-40000-preview-whats-in-the-boxgw-homepage-post-1/ Warhammer Community: Warhammer 40,000 Preview – What’s in the Box? (Posted on 13/06/2020)] (Last accessed on 13 June 2020)
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Codex: Necrons (8th Edition)]] **{{Endn|8a}}: pgs. 16-17**{{Endn|8b}}: pg.88*{{Endn|9}}: [[Psychic Awakening: Pariah]] , pg.14*{{Endn|10}}: [[Indomitus (Novel)]] , Part 2 Chapter 1*{{Endn|11}}: [[The Infinite and the Divine (Novel)]] , Chapter 4
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Codex: Necrons (7th Edition)]] - Necron Overlords
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Codex: Necrons (9th Edition)]] , pg.31
*{{Endn|14}}: [[The Twice-Dead King: Reign (Novel)]] - Epilogue
*{{Endn|15}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/20/free-combat-patrol-rule-downloads-let-you-fight-fast-balanced-skirmishes-in-the-new40k/ Warhammer Community: Free Combat Patrol Rule Downloads Let You Fight Fast, Balanced Skirmishes in the #New40k] [https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/KamkbkN2o97jMiNu.pdf Amonhotekh's Guard PDF (Posted on 20/06/2023)] (Last accessed on 15 Apr. 2024)
*{{Endn|16}}: [[White Dwarf 499]], pg. 110 — ''Necron Dynasties''
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Warhammer Combat Cards]], Card Description
*{{Endn|18}}: [[Imperium 07]] — ''Necrons: Names and Titles''
*{{Endn|19}}:
[[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
- ''Necron Overlord''
*{{Endn|20}}: [[Ahriman: Eternal (Novel)]] - Chapter 3
*{{Endn|21}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20250923192338/https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/mkh26zdt/meet-the-lords-of-war-venturing-to-the-warhammer-40000-grand-narrative-this-week/ Warhammer Community] saved page original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/mkh26zdt/meet-the-lords-of-war-venturing-to-the-warhammer-40000-grand-narrative-this-week/ (last accessed 23/9/2025)
*{{Endn|22}}: [[The Maelstrom: Lair of the Tyrant]], ''Lair of the Tyrant'', pg. 58
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