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{{otheruses|USE=anti-warp structures on Cadia|OTHERUSE=Necron mobile weapons emplacement|OTHERPAGE=Necron Pylon}}
[[Image:CadianPylon.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Cadian Pylon{{Fn|2}}]]
The '''Pylons''' are monumental constructions of unknown [[Necron]] origins on a number of planets across the galaxy that hold back the tides of the [[Warp]].{{Fn|5a}} The form and number of the pylons on each respective world are unique to one another, but their effects the same.{{Fn|6}}
==Overview==
Each unique set of pylons appear to have unique properties, as seen in the [[Pariah Nexus]]. Each set is one part of an immeasurable complex machine with a robust number of redundancies.{{Fn|6}}
==Cadian Pylons==
These structures are one kilometre tall, half a kilometre under the earth and half a kilometre on each side. They have intricate systems of tunnels bored into them, which are impossible to map, as even the smallest [[servitor]] never returns from a journey within them. There tends to be a complex arrangement of them across a particular planet, such as those on [[Cadia]].{{Cite this}}
Pylons can be reduced to ruin through overloading them with massive amounts of [[Warp]] energy, such as an influx of [[Daemon]]s. During his [[Black Crusades]], [[Abaddon]] hunted and destroyed pylon networks on planets near the [[Eye of Terror]], thereby weakening the barrier between the Warp and realspace. During the [[13th Black Crusade]], he destroyed Cadia itself, and its pylon network with it. This caused the formation of the [[Great Rift]], which split the galaxy in two.{{Cite this}}
===History===
Some time before 338.M41, the [[radical]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Quixos]] developed an interest in the warp-altering properties of the Cadian pylons, in the hope of permanently closing the Eye of Terror. Controlled through Quixos' enslaved [[daemonhost]] [[Cherubael]], a [[Chaos Cult|cult]] calling itself the "[[Sons of Bael]]" studied the pylons.{{Fn|4a}} These studies bore fruit, and Quixos duplicated the pylons on other worlds using corrupted merchant cartels and personal supplies of [[Blackstone]].{{Fn|4b}}
Unfortunately, these plans never came to fruition as he was executed by an Inquisitorial taskforce led by [[Eisenhorn]].{{Fn|4c}} It is unknown if Quixos' plan would have succeeded regardless - he was deeply addled by warp corruption and it was well within reason that his experiment could have instead torn the Eye of Terror asunder, which would have resulted in the [[Noctis Aeterna]]'s devastation and the formation of the [[Great Rift]] almost six centuries early.{{Cite this}}
==Known Worlds with Pylons==
*[[Cadia]]
*[[Demerium]]
*Know pylon-bearing worlds withing the [[Parriah Nexus]]:
**[[Mesmoch]] - solitary pylon and very large; a cloud piercing pyramidal structure.{{Fn|6}}
**[[Gu-Oli]] - Pylons are much smaller and concentrated in three distinct areas, with the rest of the world untouched.{{Fn|6}}
==See also==
