What inspired Necrons?

These Chaos Androids were clearly the inspiration for the Necrons that would follow. As if that wasn't enough, their lore stated that they were created by Squats who had turned to Chaos!

What is Necrons original lore?

The Necrons as a race first began their lives as an organic species known as the Necrontyr on a planet that was dominated by a sickly star that bathed the planet in lethal radiation. Life was harsh and short-lived in this world.

What were Necrons before?

The Beginning. Long ago, the Necrons were a biological race known as the Necrontyr, a short-lived and spiteful species wracked by disease, cursed by the cruelty of an uncaring galaxy, and plagued by disunity.

What were Necrons before robots?

The Necrons are a humanoid race of robotic skeletal warriors that have lain dormant for more than 60 million years. Originally the Necrontyr, the Necrons were once the servants of the C'tan, until Szarekh, the Silent King and one of the most powerful Overlords, betrayed them.

What made Necrons?

The Necrons are a race of mechanical warriors, created from the Necrontyr. They have lain dormant in their stasis-tombs for sixty million years. They are ancient beyond reckoning, pre-dating even the Eldar.

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What do Necrons call Tyranids?

Eldar have referred to Tyranids as The Great Devourer, referring to the Hive Mind. Necrons likely refer to orks as orks.

Who are the Necrons biggest enemy?

Necrons are led in battle by Necron Lords, members of the Necron's former race who have kept both their intelligence and glimmers of their former personalities, or, rarely, by their C'Tan masters.

Who is the oldest human in wh40k?

Ancient History

Ollanius Persson was born as one of the mysterious Perpetuals, and has lived so many lives that he has forgotten his true age. However he estimates that as of the Horus Heresy he was roughly 45,000 years old "give or take", which would place his birth around 15,000 B.C. in the city of Nineveh.

What do chaos think of Necrons?

Necrons are the biggest threat to the chaos gods. They have the technology to cut off the warp.

Are Necrons older than chaos?

While contemplating the scale of power in the universe, I realized that Necrons were technically made before the Chaos gods themselves, as the gods were made of emotions and runoff, while the Necrons barely had enough emotion to fight for "life".

Can Necrons be female?

Xun'bakyr is the only known female necron, but obviously she cannot be the only one.

Why Necrons are cool?

The Necrons are masters of technology, able to reconstruct their skeletal bodies made of 'living metal', teleport across entire galaxies and wield fearsome weaponry capable of stripping even the most powerful armour to atoms.

Are Necrons the strongest race?

The Necron are indeed the most technologicaly advanced race in the galaxy by far. The Eldar, can match them, but only with the help of psychic powers which, since the Fall, can only use in a restrictive way.

Do Necrons hate life?

Necrons do not live. They merely continue. Necrons do not have any true feelings or emotions. They find no joy in life.

Do Necrons have feelings?

They can probably feel something, but its probably very limited. Everything above the Immortal retains most of its ability to feel emotion and retains its personality usually (assuming no degradation) Necron Lords are probably the most complex and keep most if not all of their ability to feel emotion.

Do Necrons have a weakness?

Lastly, the Necrons least apparent but potentially most damaging weakness is... Themselves. Or, rather, the politics between the nobility. The nobility is fairly devided, with some nobility looking to restore their fleshy selves, and others living it up in their space terminator bodies.

Do the Tyranids fear the Necrons?

Tyranids do not avoid Necrons.

Do Necrons feel pain?

Necron units with a single Wound characteristic are challenging to kill as they effectively have a 5+ Feel No Pain that ignores excess damage, while the individual probability of units with bigger Wound characteristics is significantly reduced.

What do Necrons think of Orks?

The Orks are still a threat to the Necrons just like they are to everyone else, there was one excerpt where Orks managed to conquer a tomb world. While attempting to loot the ancient treasures of a Necron tomb world, the Deathskulls of Waaagh!

Who is the weakest primarch in wh40k?

Lorgar (Lorgar was a preacher, he preferred fighting with words rather than weapons. He seems to be regarded as the physically weakest Primarch.

What is the oldest race in 40k?

The Slann are some of the oldest beings in the Warhammer 40k universe. They are said to have counseled the Aeldari millions of years before the Fall of the Aeldari about the dangers of the Warp.

Who is the youngest god in 40k?

Slaanesh is the youngest of the four major Chaos Gods, having come to full sentience within the Immaterium only during the 30th Millennium.

Who is the Necron God?

The C'tan, also known as the Necron Star Gods or in the Eldar language, the Yngir, are a race of etheric creatures believed to be the first intelligent life in the Milky Way galaxy. In their true form, they are immense energy creatures able to engulf entire stars.

What Necrons want?

All Necrons, from the lowliest of warriors to the most regal of lords, are driven by one ultimate goal, to restore their ancient ruling dynasties to glory and to bring the galaxy under their rule once more, as it was in ancient days.

Who is the strongest Necron?

Phaeron. Phaeron is a rank of especially powerful Necron Overlords and thus are in effect the most powerful of the Necron race.