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[[Image:CadianPylonBlackstone - Mechanicus (Game UI).jpg|thumb|right|120px|The [[Cadian Pylon]]s, which were made of Blackstone{{Fn|317}}]]
'''Noctilith''', or '''Blackstone'''{{Fn|2}} is a mysterious [[warp]] manipulating substance found across the [[Galaxy]].{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
[[Image:Blackstone Tech-Priest Acquisition.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Tech-Priest]] acquiring Blackstone.{{Fn|13b}}]]
Noctilith is the substance which the [[Necrons]] use to create their star-spanning tetrahedral zones of stable space and is known to be highly resistant to the powers of the [[Warp]]. Noctilith is known to hold back Empyric energies, limiting both [[Psychic]] abilities and the manifestation of [[Daemon]]s.{{Fn|3}} Found in abundance on [[Tomb World]]s, the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] under [[Belisarius Cawl]] in particular has sought out deposits for blackstone.{{Fn|1}} Conversely, Noctilith can also enhance the effects of psychic powers,{{Fn|5}} acting as a locus for warp energy.{{Fn|16}} Noctilith can be tuned by specialized devices to either amplify or nullify the Warp.{{Fn|6}}
==History==
[[Image:CadianPylon.jpg|thumb|right|120px|The [[Cadian Pylon]]s, which were made of Blackstone{{Fn|3}}]]Millions of years ago, the ancient [[Necron]]s used Noctilith to build a variety of [[Warp]]-dampening [[Pylon]]s across the [[Galaxy]].{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|1313a}}
In the time of the [[Great Crusade]], the [[Adeptus Custodes|Custodian Guard]] constructed a [[Blackstone (Prison)|prison]] on [[Terra]] made of Blackstone salvaged from [[Cadia]] to hold their most dangerous captives.{{Fn|12}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/06/26/into-the-pariah-nexusgw-homepage-post-3/ Warhammer Community: Into the Pariah Nexus (posted 6/26/2020)] (last accessed 6/27/2020)
*{{Endn|5}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/07/12/necron-lore-playing-the-long-game/ Warhammer Community: Necron Lore - Playing the Long Game (posted 7/12/2020)] (last accessed 7/13/2020)
*6: [[Avenging Son (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|6a}}: Chapter Twenty-Six
**{{Endn|6b}}: Chapter Twenty-Nine
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Hand of Abaddon (Novel)]] - , Appendix
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 323 - Crusade Relics
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Watchers of the Throne: The Emperor's Legion (Novel)]] — , Chapter 29*{{Endn|10}}: [[Vigilus Ablaze]] , pg.31
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2]] - Mission 3, Machinus Divinitus, Project Aurora File Archive
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Saturnine (Novel)]] - Part 1, Chapter 4
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Crusade: Pariah Nexus]] - :**{{Endn|13a}}: pg. 8**{{Endn|13b}}: pgs. 26 & 27*{{Endn|14}}: [[The Silent King (Novel)]] - , Chapter 4*{{Endn|15}}: [[The Infinite and the Divine (Novel)]] - Act 4 , Chapter 1
*{{Endn|16}}: [[White Dwarf April 2018]], pg. 141
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus]], Blackstone UI element
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[[Category:Necrons]]
