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Due to their sun being what has haunted them for so long, the Necrontyr have stuied the suns 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 satiating their need for energy. This was the weapon they needed to fight the Old Ones, and win. Their etheric form made them invincible to conventional weapons. They were named [[C'tan]], or Star Gods.
How the Necrontyr managed to communicate with these beings is unknown, but the Necrontyr new knew these beings could not understand the material universe without a physical, material body. So they made bodies for these creatures out of their living metal, allowing these bodies to expand and change at the will of being. Supposedly, 'translucent streams of force' were seen as the first being moved across the incorporeal starlight bridge into the bodies forged for them.
The first being to come across the starlight bridge was the Nightbringer. As the creature became more manifest and intelligent, the Necrontyr fell in awe of their discovery. Shortly after this, the C'tan were worshipped as gods simply because of their supreme powers. The C'tan turned the Necrontyr into slaves and enjoyed ruling over them with cruelty and distrust.
