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Necron Revolt

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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|1a}}
With the Old Ones finally defeated and the C'tan busy now even feasting on their remainsone another, the Silent King struck and after activating his command protocols led a Necron revolt against the arrogant Star Gods. The finest C'tan fell in a variety of ways as the Necrons released unimaginable weapons and energies against them:{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|3b}}{{Fn|4}} *The [[Nightbringer]] fell to [[CryptekHypercannon]]s built arcane by Szarekh's finest [[HypercannonCryptek]]s to focus unimaginable energies which focused the living energy of the universe onto their former mastersmaster. The C'tan had believed out of hubris that these weapons were built out of tribute to themhim, and were was caught unawares by the sudden attack.{{Fn|3b}} *The [[Deceiver]] was reduced to shards by devices known as [[Singing Spheres]].{{Fn|4}}*The [[Iash'uddra|Endless Swarm]] was defeated by the [[Sorrow of the Void]].{{Fn|4}} *The [[Nyadra'zatha|Burning One]] was brought down by a spear wielded by Szarekh himself.{{Fn|4}}*The [[Kalugura|Silent City]] was entombed.{{Fn|4}}*The [[Yggra'nya|Moulder of Worlds]] was bound and twisted by its own cosmic powers.{{Fn|4}}*The [[Thyssak'lha|Walking Blight]] was lured through the [[Inevitable Gateway]] and broken within the void beyond.{{Fn|4}}*The greatest and terrible of their kind, the [[Mag'ladroth|Void Dragon]], was defeated by the [[Blackstone Fortress]]es.{{Fn|4}}*[[Eldar Mythology]] dictates that than upon falling to [[Cegorach]]'s trickery [[Tsara'noga|the Outsider]] had in its madness become too terrible of a foe slay. Some claim that the Outsider had actually rent itself asunder.{{Fn|4}} Other accounts claim that no prison had ever held it, that it is the one C'tan to never fall, and that it would one day return.{{Fn|7}} The C'tan, almost impossible to destroy entirely due to their very nature, were instead shattered into [[C'tan Shard|shards]]{{Fn|1a}} though some . Some C'tan such as [[Llandu'gor]] were destroyed utterly, though not before leaving [[Flayer Virus|his curse]] upon the Necrons.{{Fn|2}} Soon enough, these C'tan shards were enslaved by their former vassals and held within multi-dimensional prisons known as [[Tesseract Labyrinth]]s.{{Fn|1b}} Though Szarekh had succeeded, millions of Necrons were lost during the struggle.{{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 was the 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|3a}}: pg. 9
**{{Endn|3b}}: pg. 69
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Necrons (9th Edition)]], pgs. 26-27
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