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[[Archmagos Esotericus]] [[Sigulus Herstoffen]] of [[Stygies]] did much research on the pylons, and [[Belisarius Cawl]] developed his work much further by examining the pylon networks once found around the [[Eye of Terror]].{{Fn|6}}
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 thisFn|4a}}
Made of [[Blackstone]]{{Fn|3}}, they are believed to be of [[Necron]] design{{Cite this}} and intended to influence the warp in their immediate area, this is thought to be the reason that there is a relatively calm area of warp space, now called the [[Cadian Gate]], which is the only safe thoroughfare in the area. [[Inquisitor]] [[Quixos]] attempted to construct his own in order to further his own Radical goals.{{Cite thisFn|4a}}
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 thisFn|10}}
===History===
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}}
Recently the [[Necrons]] under the [[Silent King]] [[Szarekh]] have created the largest pylon network in the [[Nephilim Sector]]. Known as the [[Pariah Nexus]], it is part of an ambitious plan by the [[Xenos]] to eventually shut out the Warp entirely.{{Fn|11}}
==Known Worlds with Pylons==
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Video Game)]], Fall of Cadia cutscene
*{{Endn|9}}: [[War Zone Nachmund: Vigilus Alone]], pgs. 30 & 31
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook]], pgs. 50-53*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Necrons (10th Edition)]], pg. 12
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[[Category:Cadia]]
