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In [[M31]] [[Trazyn the Infinite]] and [[Orikan the Diviner]] began to compete with one another over who would gain access to Nephreth's tomb and the wonders within. Trazyn struck first, fighting through hordes of [[Eldar]] [[Exodite]]s who had settled on the [[Maiden World]] then known as Cepharil to try and get to the tomb.
Year later, by order of the [[Awakened Council]], the duo were forced to work together to defend the world then known as Cephris from [[Ork]] invasionunder [[Painboss]] [[Bigsaw]]. The early [[Human]] settlers on the world were amazed at their apparent Necron saviors and in time confused them for [[Space Marine]]s. Many many millennia later, statues resembling the Necrons were erected across, now known as Serenade. By this point Serenade's natural beauty had begun to erode under the grind of [[Imperial]] pollution.{{Fn|1a}}
In an effort to be rid of Orikan, Trazyn unleashed a [[Genestealer]] into the depths of Serenade to assassinate the [[Cryptek]]. However Orikan fought off the attack and it escaped. Many more centuries later, the Genestealer had since erected a full [[Genestealer Cult|Cult]] and launched an uprising upon the world. After being overrun with Genestealers, the Imperium was forced to enact [[Exterminatus]], transforming Serenade into a dead world but leaving the tomb deep below still intact.{{Fn|1c}}
