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== History of use ==
During the [[War in Heaven (Necron)|War in Heaven]], the [[Necron]]s turned against the [[C'tan]] in the closing stages of the conflict which saw the star-vampires shattered into [[C'tan Shard]]s. These Shards in turn were bound in the confines of a tesseract labyrinth.{{Fn|2a}} The Necrons are reluctant to field these shackled C'tan in battle and it is a dark day whenever they release them from their imprisonment.{{Fn|2b}} The infamous [[Necron Overlord]] [[Trazyn the Infinite]] is fond of using these devices to catch specimens for his galleries on [[Solemnace]].{{Fn|5}}
The [[Grey Knights]] were contacted by the mysterious creator race of the labyrinths, who provided a number of these cubes for their use. In this time, the [[Chapter]] had determined that they functioned perfectly on [[Daemon]]s of the [[Warp]], though only lesser members of their kind had been successfully entrapped, who were later imprisoned in the [[Sanctum Sanctorum]]. Only a single [[Greater Daemon]] has ever been trapped by these devices, though it is hoped that it can be used as a means of achieving a lasting victory over the Daemonic threat. However, the Grey Knights have replaced the scientific methods used in their activation with arcane pentagrams, chants and sigils to awaken the labyrinths. Furthermore, relations with the cubes' creators have deteriorated to the point of hostility, which means only a few tesseract labyrinths remain in the Grey Knights' possession, as their [[Techmarine]]s are unable to replicate the technology.{{Fn|1}}
**{{Endn|3c}}: Part V, Chapter ω: ''Ouroboros''
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Lords of Borsis (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Infinite and the Divine (Novel)]] - Act 2 Chapter 1
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