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==History==
They are notable for being the first race of beings that crossed the sea of stars and thus the eldest species within the galaxy. The Old Ones are said to have had a slow, cold-blooded wisdom who studied the stars that rose astrology and astronomy to an arcane science. It was through their understanding of the universe that allowed them to manipulate alternate dimensions and it was known that they took part in great works of psychic engineering.<sup>1-p24</sup> At some unknown point, they crafted the [[Webway]] to serve as a conduit through which they could travel to far-flung worlds without suffering from the tides of the [[Warp]].<sup>6-p8</sup> Such was their advanced science that they had the capacity to cross vast tracts of space with a single step by way of Webway portals and through such means they managed to spread their spawn to many other places. They believed that all life was useful and they are known to had brought about the rise of numerous new species as well as impregnated thousands of worlds which they made their own. As they passed through the cosmos, a number of younger and fiercer races developed within their wake which included the [[Necrontyr]] who struggled in their colonisation of other worlds. During this encounter, the ultra-intelligent races of mystics known as the Old Ones were seen to had swiftly colonised other worlds with far greater ease and had an immense longevity to the point of immortality. This kindled a burning hatred within the Necrontyr who had struggled with their diseased bodies caused by their harsh sun and the difficulties they faced in colonisation of the stars. The jealousy that grew eventually led to the ancient Necrontyr dedicated their entire civilisation to the single minded goal of the extermination of the Old Ones and their spawn.<sup>1-p24</sup>
Terrible wars were known to had followed this chain of events but all ended with the Necrontyr's inability at vanquishing their foes. Despite their advanced technology, they found themselves constantly outmanoeuvred by the Old Ones due to their mastery of Webway portals. Eventually, the Necrontyr was pushed back to such an extent that they were considered little more than an irritant to the Old Ones and forced back to the outer dark of the halo stars where they were forgotten. This imprisonment lasted for centuries as they sought to find a suitable weapon to unleash against their foes leading to the Necrontyr studying their sun whereupon they discovered ancient entities that resided on them which they made manifest and named [[C'tan]], or star-gods in their language which they used as their new weapon against the Old Ones.<sup>1-p24</sup> Through the C'tan, the Necrontyr were transformed into a cold machine race of beings that became known as the [[Necron]]s who were now free to pursue ttheir vengeance against their ancient foes. This time, the conflict was far different from the previous wars as the Old Ones mastery of the [[Warp]] was now countered by the C'tan's supremacy of the material universe. In time, the C'tan began to dominate the galaxy whilst the Old Ones bastions were besieged and their nurtured races being fed upon like cattle by the eternal hunger of the star-gods. Entire worlds were razed, suns extinguished and entire star systems devoured whole by the terrible C'tan.<sup>1-p24</sup>
