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The '''Old Ones''' were the eldest of all space-faring races, possessing an advanced civilization long before the development of the major races of the current age. They were the first race to achieve a galactic civilization. Only the [[C'tan]] star gods Star Gods in their incorporeal state - born at the creation of the universe itself - surpass them in age.
The Old Ones likely were the most influential species to exist - they were instrumental in the development of many of the current sentient races, and, possessing the role of galactic-level architects at such a primal epoch, the state of the present galaxy is likely ultimately a reflection of many of the decisions made eons ago by the Old Ones.
The Old Ones eventually came to the conclusion that they needed to create warrior and psychic races with the specific purpose of combating the Necrons. These races are thought to have included the [[Eldar]], the [[Rashan]], and the [[K'nib]].
The introduction of these warlike and often psychic races into the galaxy had the side effect of warping the [[Warp]] - the war, pain , and destruction of the galaxy during the conflict was reflected in the Warp, and the innocuous entities which naturally existed in the Warp were twisted into voracious and hostile predators. Ultimately this would lead to the destruction of the Old Ones.
The C'tan empire could not counter this new form of warfare. Eventually they became devoted to severing reality's relationship to the [[Immaterium]], in order to make psychic powers useless.
Eventually, with the eruption of the [[Enslaver]] Plague on the galaxy, the Old Ones were broken and scattered, never to come to any power again and eventually die out altogether.<sup>1</sup>
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>:''[[Codex: Necrons]]'', p. 24*<sup>2</sup>:[[Inquisition War Trilogy (Novel Series)|''Chaos Child'']], by Ian Watson*<sup>3</sup>:''[[Codex Titanicus]] '' (1989, 1st edition), p. 33
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