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====The Awakening====
=====M30-M40=====
When the Tomb Worlds did begin to reawaken, it was not simultaneously. Some awoke to see the [[Great Crusade]], others during the [[Age of Apostasy]]. To avoid chaos, these prematurely awoken Necrons were organized organised under the [[Awakened Council]].{{Fn|17a}} Most, however, awoke during the later years of [[M41]]; but even still billions of Necrons lay dormant.{{Fn|4d}}
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}}
==Culture==
[[Image:Indomitus_Necron_Crop_and_EditIndomitus Necron Crop and Edit.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A [[Necron Overlord]] with a legion of [[Necron Warrior|Warriors]] marching onwards{{Fn|26}}]]
While the majority of common Necrons are little more than obedient automatons, the higher nobility have a complex culture inherited from their days as [[Necrontyr]]. Nobility, honour, loyalty to one's liege and pride in one's hereditary titles are all common amongst the rulers of the Necron race. Loyalty and honour are particularly emphasised to the point that over the long millennia, Necron Lords maintain a labyrinthine web of ranks, titles, and allegiances. Necron honour is usually reserved only for other Necrons, and they will usually disdain from using "distasteful" means in their many inter-dynastic conflicts such as [[Destroyer Cult|Destroyers]], [[Deathmark]]s, or [[Flayed One]]s. This honour has at times even extended to non-Necron races deemed worthy and honourable adversaries. However, more often than not, Necrons deem other races as little more than vermin worthy only of extermination.{{Fn|52a}}
While most Necrons only have flashes of memory to their time as flesh-beings, they still have inherited many of their cultural aspects. This includes epic plays of historical dramas. Since becoming Necrons, the audience of such performances no longer food or sleep, nor do they age. Thus have [[Cryptek]] playwrights constructed ever-longer dramas which now can last for over a decade.{{Fn|17a}} These dramas serve to not only preserve their own history but also serve to combat perhaps the greatest enemy the Necrons now face: boredom over the long millennia.{{Fn|17a}}
For measuring size, the Necrons utilize [[Wikipedia:Cubit|Cubits]]{{Fn|17e}} and [[Wikipedia:Ancient_Egyptian_units_of_measurementAncient Egyptian units of measurement|Khet]]{{Fn|50}}, and for distance they utilize '''Leagues'''.{{Fn|17f}} For measuring levels of energy they use '''Keph'''.{{Fn|17e}}
==Notable Engagements==
*{{Endn|26}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20220906142102/https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Odl5MQHJWwFe9cSB.jpg Warhammer Community: Indomitus Wallpaper] ''(last accessed 6 September 2022, image cropped and edited for clarity)''
*{{Endn|27}}: [[Clan Raukaan - A Codex: Space Marines Supplement]] — ''A New Resolve''
*{{Endn|28}}: [[Codex: Eldar (6th Edition)]] {(Ebook), ''The Doom of the Eldar''
*{{Endn|29}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 7th Edition Rulebook]] (E-Book) - ''Time of Ending''
*{{Endn|30}}: [[The Lords of Borsis (Short Story)]]
