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====The Biotransference====

*{{Main|Biotransference}}

Beginning the great Biotransference, by order of Szarekh, every Necrontyr was to submit to the great biofurnaces where their weak flesh was replaced with immortal bodies of living metal. The C'tan drank off the torrent of cast-off life and energy and grew stronger as Szarekh, now in a machine body himself, realised he had made a terrible mistake. The Necrontyr may now be immortal and unified, but they had lost their souls in the process; only few of the very strongest retained their minds and intellect. Thus the soulless machines known as the '''Necrons''' were born.{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|4c}}{{Fn|11b}}{{Fn|18a}}

*{{Main|Great Sleep}}

Even with the defeat of both the Old Ones and C'tan, the Silent King saw that the time of the Necrons was—for the moment—over. The mantle of galactic domination would soon pass to the Eldar, who had fought alongside the Old Ones in the War in Heaven. The Necrons, weakened by the War in Heaven and the revolt against the C'tan, could not stand against them. Yet the Silent King knew that the time of the Eldar would pass, as did the time of all flesh. So it was that the Silent King ordered the remaining Necron cities to be transformed into great tomb complexes threaded with [[stasis-crypt]]s. The Necrons were laid to rest, ordered to sleep for sixty million years and then reawaken, ready to rebuild all that was lost and restore the dynasties to their former glory. Yet the Silent King did not join his subjects. Destroying the command protocols by which he had controlled his people, the Silent King left the Galaxy, there to find whatever measure of solace or penance he could.{{Fn|4c}}

For sixty million years the Necrons remained in their deathless slumber in their tombs in what became known as the [[Great Sleep]]. As time passed, many [[Tomb World]]s fell prey to malfunction or ill-fortune. Some were destroyed by marauding Eldar. These failures destroyed millions, if not billions of dormant Necrons.{{CME}}

What the Imperium cannot know is that, should the Necrons ever fully wake and unite, they would face a foe as numerous as themselves. For now, the Imperium has had but a taste of the Necrons’ might, and it is fortunate for Mankind that the Necrons remain divided by madness and conflicting agendas. However, these are but the first stumbling steps of a giant as it gathers pace, and even now powerful leaders like [[Anrakyr the Traveller]], [[Imotekh the Stormlord]] and the [[Silent King]] are uniting their people under a common cause in order to reestablish the Infinite Empire.{{Fn|8b}}

In 744.[[M41]], the Silent King ended his self-imposed exile and returned to the galaxy after encounter with the Tyranids within the intergalactic void. He discovered the Tyranids were just one of many threats facing the Necrons. Other alien races had swarmed over their [[Tomb World]]s and the [[Warp]] now seeped across the Galaxy. He has begun a journey across the galaxy with a band of his loyal [[Triarch Praetorian]]s to reawaken [[Tomb World]]s that still slumber so they may unite against the Tyranids. The returned Silent King is careful to not reveal his true identity, even to fellow Necrons. He works primarily through [[Triarch Praetorian]]s or unwitting [[Cryptek]]s and [[Necron Overlord]]s to achieve his goal, and has steadily influenced the galaxy from one side to the other. Slowly, he has pursued his his great work from the shadows. He intends to unite the Necrons against the Tyranids while also manipulating the younger races to his own schemes.{{Fn|11c}}

The first reported contact between the Necrons and the [[Imperium]] of Man came in 897.[[M41]] during the raid on [[Sanctuary 101]]. The report specifies that the invaders might have emerged from the ground itself.{{Fn|3}} Another early instance was the destruction of the hermitage on [[Adric IV]]. It would be raids such as these, and alarming reports from [[Explorator]]s, which would prompt further investigation by the [[Inquisition]]{{fn|59}}, particularly by individuals such as [[Inquisitor]] [[Hoth]] who would himself investigate these twin raids.{{fn|1e}}{{fn|59}} The Inquisition, and by extension the Imperium, would soon realize that the Necrons possessed [[Disruptor Zone]] technology that could disrupt Imperial recording devices, and many places that had simply been marked as "destroyed by raiders unknown" with no trace of the attackers were now very likely linked to this new threat, ultimately leading the Imperium to now finally be aware of the Necron menace.{{fn|59}}

Since that time great battles and wars have occurred not only between the increasingly awakened Necrons and the Imperium but other factions of the galaxy as well. Some major examples include:

*The [[Orphean War]] - A great war between the Imperium and the [[Maynarkh Dynasty]], which would see the dissolution of the [[Orpheus Sector]] and heavy losses by both sides.

=====Era Indomitus=====

After the formation of the [[Great Rift]], [[Szarekh]], the [[Silent King]], accelerated his plans by creating the [[Pariah Nexus]].{{Fn|14}} This has proven controversial amongst other dynasties, most notably the [[Sautekh Dynasty|Sautekh]] and their allies. The Sautekh [[Phaeron]], [[Imotekh]], has launched an open revolt against the Silent King's authority as part of the greater [[Pariah Crusade|War in the Pariah Nexus]].{{Fn|54}}

==Abiology==

[[Image:NecronTerritory.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Necron territory across the [[galaxy]]{{Fn|8c}}]]

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