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[[Image:Blackstone - Mechanicus (Game UI).jpg|thumb|right|120px|Blackstone fragment{{Fn|17}}]]

==Overview==

[[Image:Blackstone Tech-Priest Acquisition.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Tech-Priest]] acquiring Blackstone from a Necron structure.{{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}}

The Imperium covets Noctilith, which some call "[[Blank|Pariah]] stone" due to its similar effect. Cawl and more ambitious members of the Mechanicum wish to mine enough Noctilith and empower it in order to create a shield against [[Chaos]], perhaps subverting the growth of the [[Great Rift]].{{Fn|3}} The Necrons have been able to use Noctilith to create entire regions of space free from the touch of the Warp, such as the [[Pariah Nexus]].{{Fn|4}} [[Szarekh]] hopes to create this array on a galactic scale.{{Fn|5}}

*{{Endn|16}}: [[White Dwarf April 2018]], pg. 141

*{{Endn|17}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus]], Blackstone UI element

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