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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was an ancient conflict waged by the [[Necrons]] against their [[C'tan]] masters.{{Fn|11a}}

After the [[Necrontyr]] agreed to accept the offer of the [[C'tan]] to give them [[Biotransference|new undying bodies]], they were finally able to crush the [[Old Ones]] in [[War in Heaven (Necrons)|War in Heaven]] and gain dominion over the [[Galaxy]]. The C'tan used the life-force of the Necrontyr to sate themselves and grow ever more powerful.{{Fn|3}} However the Necron [[Silent King]], [[Szarekh]], never truly accepted this and now saw his people as enslaved to the Star Gods. Throughout the final stages of the War in Heaven, Szarekh bided his time, waiting for the moment where the C'tan would be most vulnerable while also keeping control of the command protocols of the Necrons.{{Fn|11a}}

With the Old Ones finally defeated and the C'tan busy feasting on their remains, the Silent King struck and after activating his command protocols led a Necron revolt against the arrogant Star Gods. The finest [[Cryptek]]s built arcane [[Hypercannon]]s to focus unimaginable energies onto their former masters. The C'tan had believed out of hubris that these weapons were built out of tribute to them, and were caught unawares by the sudden attack.{{Fn|3b}} The C'tan, almost impossible to destroy entirely due to their very nature, were instead shattered into [[C'tan Shard|shards]]{{Fn|11a}} though some such as [[Llandu'gor]] were destroyed utterly.{{Fn|2}} Soon enough, these C'tan shards were enslaved by their former vassalsand held within multi-dimensional prisons known as [[Tesseract Labyrinth]]s.{{Fn|11b}} Though Szarekh had succeeded, millions of Necrons were lost during the struggleand the [[Infinite Empire]] was shattered.{{Fn|3a}}

In the aftermath of the revolt Szarekh knew that the Necrons would need to [[Great Sleep|put themselves into stasis]] in order to recover and survive against new threats such as the [[Eldar]]. The Silent King’s final command to his people was that they must sleep for sixty million years but awake ready to rebuild all that they had lost and to restore the [[Necron Dynasty|dynasties]] to their former glory. Thus wasthe Silent King’s order given, and as the last tomb world sealed its vaults, he destroyed the command protocols by which he had controlled his people before entering into a self-imposed exile in the extragalactic void.{{Fn|3a}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Necrons (5th Edition)]], **{{Endn|1a}}: pgs. 4-7**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 40