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The '''Necrontyr''' were an ancient and long-extinct race of humanoidsnow long extinct.
==History==
The Necrontyr's planet of origin was barren and radiation-blasted, making it incredibly hostile to life. Their bodies were ridden with radiation sickness and they lived a morbid life, constantly fearful of their coming deaths. Their cities were built in anticipation of their demise, little more than vast tomb complexes with a few temporary homes for the living.{{Fn|1}}
The Necrontyr attempted to overcome their mortality with scientific means, but realized after thousands of years that their bodies could not be changed to survive on the planet. Instead, they developed spacefaring technology, though of a much slower and more uncertain nature than the methods of the [[Old Ones]]'. Where the Old Ones were able to move between the stars in seconds, the Necrontyr had to use slow-moving ships, equipped with stasis crypts, to reach out to the stars. They clad their ships in [[living metal]] to withstand the rigors of space flight.{{Fn|1}}
===The Meeting of the Races===
After much time, they met the Old Ones. This meeting of between a short-lived, dour race with and a hopeful, nigh-immortal one 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.{{Fn|1}}
When war was declared, the Necrontyr realised they would never be able to win. They were constantly outmanoeuvred by the Old Ones' mastery of the [[Webway]]. Eventually they were pushed back to being 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 while their disgust of the Old Ones turned into an utter hatred of all life.{{Fn|1}}
=== The Star Gods ===
How the Necrontyr managed to communicate with these beings is unknown, but the Necrontyr 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 will. Supposedly, "translucent streams of force" were seen as the first being moved across the incorporeal starlight bridge into the body forged for it.{{Fn|1}}
The first being to come across the starlight bridge was [[Aza'gorod]], the Night Bringer. As the creature became more manifest and intelligent, the Necrontyr began to worship the C'tan as gods for their supreme powerspower. The C'tan turned the Necrontyr into slaves and enjoyed ruling over them with cruelty and distrustdisgust.{{Fn|1}}
=== The Necrons Rise ===
