Khertykh
Khertykh is a Necron Cryptek, who was once part of a conclave led by the Warlock Am-heht.[1c]
History
Composed of Am-heht's other disciples Mentep and Dagon as well[1c], the wandering conclave Cryptek scholars came to power[1b], during the Necrons' War in Heaven[1a]. While the conclave all practiced the art of the Psychomancer, they sought to bring together all of the Cryptek disciplines through the mastery of the Necrons' mind. Am-heht believed that if the conclave achieve their goal, then the disciplines could be combined into a single controllable art. The will power to do so, would result in giving the conclave mastery over the essence of reality itself[1b]. The Crypteks searched for resources to aid them in their quest and thanks to Mentep's efforts they became patrons of the Nuthyan Dynasty. After establishing themselves on Nuthyan's Crownworld, Carnotite, the conclave's work began to increase the wealth of the Dynasty's Phaeron, Weret-segh[1c]. They also came closer to reaching their goal, which led the conclave to discover and gain access to the Ghostwind dimension.[1d]
They would all, though, begin to commit horrible actions in pursuit of achieving their goal[1a]. However while the disciples sought to master the depths of the Necron mind, to aid in ensuring the well being of their race, Am-heht's goals were very different. The conclave's leader was talented beyond measure, but also ambitious beyond caution. They sought to break the limits of what the Necrons thought was possible, for no reason other than the pleasure of doing so. To them the conclave's goal would achieve this and on Carnotite, Am-heht began a journey to the fevered depths of reason itself. In such a place, the distinctions as space, time, energy and matter became meaningless and caused Am-heht to become something else. They became more powerful afterwards afterwards, but Am-heht's disciples soon discovered that a madness began to overtake their leader[1b]. Am-heht became driven to conduct a grand experiment using the Crownworld itself and used their power to gain control of the Dynasty's resources. This was not enough for Am-heht to achieve their goal and soon the population of Carnotite became their puppets. The depravity of Am-heht's actions and their experiments would cause the conclave to shatter. One by one each of Am-heht's disciples would leave Carnotite in disgust of their leader and themselves[1c]. They would then strike out on their own, to continue their research.[1d]
Khertykh would then travel to Doahht, which was far from the battles being fought in the War in Heaven. There he began his own journey of continuing the conclave's work, which was not unconnected to the research his fellow former disciple Dagon was conducting[1d]. However, eventually this led Khertykh to travel to the Ghoul Stars[1e], where all contact was lost with him[1d]. He has not been heard from since and Am-heht is not clear if their former disciple still lives. The Warlock and master of Carnotite hopes that if he still survives, Khertykh will one day return to their side. Am-heht has the same desire for Dagon and Mentep as well, as the Warlock wants their disciples to aid them with the experiments they are conducting on the former Crownworld. Mentep, believes that this is unlikely to happen, as each disciple had forsaken the mad Warlock, due to Am-heht actions on Carnotite.[1c]
Notes
Khertykh is said to be in the m'wt in Chapter 12[1c] and that he is lost in Chapter 13[1d]. While m'wt is mentioned several times later, the epilogue makes it clear the term is the Necrons' name for the Ghoul Stars.[1e]
