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== History ==
They were constructed during the closing stages of the [[War in Heaven (Necron)|War in Heaven]] with their design orchestrated by the [[C'tan]] known as [[Nyadra'zatha]]. The Burning One had long desired to take his Eldritch eldritch fires into the [[Webway]] itself and is known to have taught the Necrons how to breach its walls. A series of such devices were constructed which allowed the Necrons to turn the [[Old Ones|Old Ones']] greatest weapon against them, which greatly accelerated their defeat.{{Fn|1}}
Their nature means that they are both unstable and uncontrollable when compared to natural entry points into the Webway. In an unknown way, the Webway even detects breaches into itself by the Dolmen Gates and moves to seal off the infected spur until the danger posed by it passes. Thus, any Necron entry into the Webway must move quickly to reach its destination, otherwise the network itself will bring about their destruction. In the aeons that have passed since the War in Heaven, the Dolmen Gates became lost or abandoned during the [[Great Sleep]] or destroyed by the [[Eldar]] whilst the Webway itself has become a tangled, broken labyrinth.{{Fn|1}}
