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As Szarekh watched the C'tan feast on the energy of his people, he finally realized he had been betrayed. Though now immortal and eventually victorious over the Old Ones, the Necrons had effectively traded their souls. Szarekh bided his time until the Old Ones were destroyed before striking, using his command protocols over the Necron race to lead his people in revolt. The Necrons focused the unimaginable energies of the living universe into weapons too powerful for even the C’tan to endure. The C'tan were defeated and scattered into [[C'tan Shard|shards]]. After defeating the C'tan, Szarekh ordered the Necron race to sleep and rebuild themselves until they were ready to rise again against newer races such as the [[Eldar]], destroying the command protocols that bound them to him. After some sixty million years of slumber, the Necrons have again begun to rise.{{Fn|1a}}
In the modern era, many [[Necron Dynasty|Necron Dynasties]] resent biotransference and see it as a mistake. They seek out new races that could provide suitable host bodies for organic forms. Some, like the [[Nephrekh Dynasty]], have reversing Biotransference as their primary motivation.{{Fn|1a}} Most Necrons have few memories of the time before Biotransference, only vaguely flashes of events in a way one might remember their early youth.{{Fn|4e}}
==Sources==
**{{Endn|4c}}: Act 1 Chapter 3
**{{Endn|4d}}: Act 3 Chapter 5
**{{Endn|4e}}: Act 1, Chapter 4
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
- ''Biotransference'' - for details see [[Biotransference/Sources]]
[[Category:Necrons]]
