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The device takes the form of a black octohedron, burning cold to the touch, that fits in a [[human]] hand. The device oscillates slightly, resonating with a song in the purest [[binharic]] cant from the being trapped inside. This song can only be heard by those in the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] who have not undergone the [[Rite of Pure Thought]], or still retain a functioning right hemisphere of their brain.{{Fn|1}}
The C'Tan shard can be released from the device using a complicated series of movements, cantrips, and code in an alien language. Reversing this release protocol will immediately return the C'tan shard back into the device upon completing the sequence.{{Fn|1}}
This artefact was brought back to [[Stygies VIII]] by [[Magos]] [[Explorator]] [[Isonovere Holt]]. She had slaughtered the sensor technicians at the [[Immacoris Watch Station]] orbiting the [[dead world]] of [[Klybo]] before obtaining the artefact from [[xenos]] ruins on the dead world. The explorator would eventually travel from the [[Calixis Sector]] to [[Hydraphur]] aboard her vessel the ''[[Tenebris Lucet]]''. From there she would travel back to her home [[Forge World]] where [[Inquisitor]] [[Balphus Grun]] had tracked her. After a series of events within Explorator Holt's tower on Stygies VIII, the C'tan shard would be momentarily released and kill the Inquisitor alongside his [[Tempestus Scion]]s with ease. The Manubiarix would then turn to kill the individual that opened the containment device, however, it would be contained again within the Necron device before killing said wielder.{{Fn|1}}