False Necron
False Necrons are complex, artificial-intelligence-driven Necron machines, that serve as advisers to their Dynasties' ruling nobles. They are simulacra of their Dynasties' luminary Necrontyr members, who died before the C'tan converted their species into the Necron.[1a]
Description
False Necrons were leaders of their society, politicians, generals and other deceased Necrontyr that the Necrons deemed worthy of remembrance and reconstitution into machine bodies. In this way, the wisdom of the species' past was allowed to be preserved and brought to immortality. Nevertheless, the machines' Necrontyr personalities have only been approximated based on other Necron's recollections of them. As a result, there will be differing opinions on how accurate a False Necron truly is to the Necrontyr on whom it is based. As well as their thoughts and behaviours, the False Necrons' advanced programming has them mimic how their Necrontyr were perceived to have carried themselves. This leads some to forever stand proudly, while other machines remain hunched over. While False Necrons resemble their species, and are also made of Living Metal, they are clumsy and awkward in their movements. Despite knowing they are simulacra and lacking the poise of a true Necron, the machines consider themselves to be alive in a way. As a result, False Necrons will fight to protect themselves or their Dynasties, even if that means firing their ornate weapons against their fellow Necrons[1a]. Also, despite being machines, False Necrons can still be infected by the Flayer Virus.[1b]
History
False Necrons were originally created, when the Necrons still served the C'tan, during the War in Heaven. They served their Dynasties as advisors and the mere mention of the C'tans, would cause the machines to offer sigils of their obeisance to the Star Gods. When the Necrons turned upon their former masters, the False Necrons continued in their role as advisors. However the machines were ingrained by the Necrons with engrams to prevent them from completing their sigils to the C'tan. When the Great Sleep began, the False Necrons were shut down and placed in tombs, that were located close to their Dynasties' nobles. Because they were machines, though, the False Necrons' tombs were far less elegant. When the Necron back to awaken millennia later, the False Necrons resumed their roles as advisors.[1a]
