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The '''Necrontyr''' are an ancient and long-extinct race of humanoids. The planet they originated on was barren and radiation-blasted, making it incredibly hostile to life. It was so hostile that plasma storms and atomic winds constantly scoured its surface. Life on the planet was harsh; lives were short and uncertain. Their bodies were ridden with radiation sickness and they lived a morbid life, constantly fearful of their coming death.<sup>1</sup>
The Necrontyr attempted to master science, unlike the [[Old Ones]] who used psychic power and links to the [[Immaterium]] to advance themselves. They learnt learned after thousands of years that they could not control their destiny with science. Their bodies could not be changed to survive on the planet and not suffer from the radiation sickness and perpetual fear of death. Their cities were built in anticipation of their demise, and simply became vast tomb complexes with a few homes for the living, in a temporary form.<sup>1</sup>
Eventually they developed sufficient technology to move out to other planets. They did not have the abilities of the Old Ones to move between the stars in seconds, and had to use slow-moving stasis crypts and slow -burning torch ships to gradually grope out to other stars. They clad their ships in their [[living metal]] to withstand the rigors of space flight. After much time, they met the Old Ones. This meeting of a short-lived, dour race to a race of hopeful and nigh-immortal people set a fire of rage burning in the hearts of the Necrontyr. From this moment on, they turned their entire lives to destroying the Old Ones in spite of their superior lifestyles.<sup>1</sup>
When war was declared, the Necrontyr realized they would never be able to win. They were constantly outmaneuvered by the Old Ones mastery of the webwaysWebways. Eventually they were pushed back to merely an annoyance in the outer regions among the Halo Stars. The fury of the Necrontyr was cooled after many thousands of years of imprisonment, and their disgust of the Old Ones turned into an utter hatred of all life.<sup>1</sup>
As their star had haunted their own existence, the Necrontyr studied the stars in an attempt to understand more of how they worked and to try to find something they could unleash on the Old Ones. Eventually, they found something so ancient as to predate even the Old Ones. This sentience fed on the stars they orbited but had little conception of the universe around them other than satisfying their need for energy. This was the weapon they needed to fight the Old Ones. Their etheric form made them invincible to conventional weapons. They were named [[C'tan]], or Star Gods.<sup>1</sup>
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>:[[Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)|''Codex: Necrons'' (3rd Edition)]]
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