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The '''Necrontyr''' are an ancient and long-extinct race of humanoids. ==History=====Ancient times===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 [[Warp]] to advance themselves. They 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>
Soon the Necrontyr were ready to begin the battle anew with the Old Ones. The C'tan then made a proposition to the Necrontyr that they could not refuse. The C'tan offered immortality for the race. Their cursed flesh would be discarded in favour of bodies like their gods, made of living metal. Their bodies would be consumed and their minds transferred into the new metal bodies with which they could continue the war with the Old Ones. Whether the Necrontyr knew the consequences of this is unknown, but their entire race was purged when transferred into the metal bodies. Their minds were dulled and they were drawn into eternal servitude. Only a few of the Necrontyr retained any form of independent thought, but it was much reduced. The Necrontyr were no more, and the [[Necron]]s were born.<sup>1</sup>
===A Dead Race===
During the [[Age of the Imperium]], the Necrontyr became one of a thousand dead or forgotten civilisations that interested only the offices of the [[Explorator]] Archaeos.<sup>2-p72</sup>
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>:[[Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)|''Codex: Necrons'' (3rd Edition)]]
*<sup>2</sup>:[http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1280011_BFG_Necron_and_Tyranid_Fleets.pdf Battlefleet Gothic - Necrons], pg. 72
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