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The '''Siege of Thanatos''' is a three-way conflict between two [[Necron]] [[Necron Dynasty|Dynasties]] and the [[Word Bearers]].{{Fn|1}}

The battle began when the [[Chaos Space Marine]]s fell upon the [[Tomb World]] of [[Thanatos]], defended by the legions of the [[Oruscar Dynasty]]. The [[Word Bearers]] sought the [[Celestial Orrery]], and with a device of such power could achieve the unthinkable. However the [[Necrons]] refuse to yield, and a bloody, long-running siege began. [[Necron Warrior]]s and [[Immortal]]s battled across the mountainous high-gravity surface against [[Daemon Engine]]s and fanatical Chaos Space Marines. The siege only ended when reinforcements from the [[Kardenath Dynasty]] arrived and crushed the Word Bearers.{{Fn|1}}

The war, however, did not finish there, for the Kardenath nobility are pursuing their own omnicidal campaign of destruction and desired to use{{Fn|1}} the Celestial Orrey to destroy all life within the [[Galaxy]].{{Fn|2}} When the Oruscar [[Phaeron]] [[Hakmephet]] refused, Thanatos was reduced to a battleground between Necrons.{{Fn|1}} The Siege has so far lasted for centuries{{Fn|2}} and continues to this day.{{Fn|1}} In the closing period of [[M41]], [[Trazyn]] intervened in the conflict, tricking Akanabekh into imprisonment and blackmailing the Oruscar [[Conclave of Celestial Guardians]] into allowing him to use the Celestial Orrery.{{Fn|2}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Necrons (8th Edition)]], pgs. 28–29

*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Bleeding Stars (Short Story)]]