Who created 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.

Did the old ones create Necrons?

These they made manifest and named C'tan, or star-gods in their language, and used them as their new weapon against the Old Ones. Through the C'tan, the Necrontyr were transformed into a cold machine race of beings that became known as the Necrons.

Where did Necron come from?

The humanoid species that would become the Necrons began their existence under a fearsome, scourging star in the far reaches of the galaxy known as the Halo Stars region, billions of standard years before Humanity evolved on Old Earth.

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.

When were the Necrons created?

The Necrons are an old race, as in very old. Estimates place their origins to be approximately 60 million years before The Age of Man. The Necrontyr were a race of people that were founded upon logic and science. They saw rapid innovation and evolution bringing them a technological advantage.

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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 is the leader of all Necrons?

If you're really not sure which of the Necron leaders to worship, you can't go wrong with the Silent King – he's the supreme ruler of the Necron Dynasties, and sooner or later they'll all realise it (or end up as scrap metal).

Who are the Necrons main 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.

What do Necrons call the emperor?

Th Silent King of the Necrons refers to him as a "preserved Witch-Corpse".

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.

Are Necrons unkillable?

A seemingly unkillable foe whose legions are vast and come with an array of hyper-advanced technology, Necrons are almost unstoppable. Yet more of these unfeeling machines lie dormant in vast subterranean Hives all over the universe and throughout the centuries they've regularly awoken to wreak havoc.

Who betrayed the Necrons?

The C'tan eventually tricked or convinced the Necrontyr into leaving their bodies and entering shells of living metal, becoming the Necrons. In the war between the C'tan and their slaves the Necrons, against the Old Ones and the younger races, their red harvests slaughtered millions upon millions.

Did the Necrons create the Tyranids?

Who made them and why? There are a bunch of sources out there, but it's pretty much assumed (not confirmed) that the Old Ones made the Tyranids to act as a delete button for the other races in the universe (Necrons, Orks, etc.) as well as acting as a DNA bank if they needed to create something again.

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.

What do Necrons call themselves?

At long last, however, they are beginning to awaken, seeking to reestablish the supremacy of the Necron Dynasties over the Galaxy once more. The domain of the Necrons is known to themselves as the Infinite Empire.

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.

Who is the oldest chaos god?

The oldest and first of the chaos god is Khorne, this is said repeatedly in the Liber Chaotica which is our best in universe canon understanding of how the forces of chaos function.

Can Necrons be female?

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

Why Necrons are so powerful?

Necrons have the inherent advantage of insane durability and are the most technologically advanced race in the galaxy we know of. Even Imperium scientists don't know how Necron technology works. They even have stuff like time machines and the Celestial Orrery.

Would the Tyranids fight Necrons?

There are far more examples of Tyranids attacking Necrons than there are of them supposedly avoiding them. In the Shield of Baal novels, Anrykr has his entire fleet and most of his ground troops destroyed by a mere tendril of leviathan.

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 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.

Can humans join the Necrons?

No. The Necrons are a robotic shell with an alien consciousness/soul/whatever inhabiting it. The Necron'tyr are a dead race, maintaining their existence with advanced tech. They used humans as cannon fodder when they had Pariahs, which is more of a traditional cyborg/servitor than a Necron.

Who can beat the Necrons?

When it comes to technology, the Necrons can only be barely matched by the Eldar, and maybe even the Tau. A few phalanxes can be defeated in battle, but when a whole tomb world is mustered it's as good as unstoppable.

Who wins Necrons or Tyranids?

Tyranids definitely outnumber all of the Necrons, no doubt. That is their advantage over the Necrons, because the amount of Tyranids we've seen so far are only tiny tendrils of a much more gigantic and colossal army that is still heading towards the galaxy.