C'tan

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The C'tan are a species of godlike beings and the leaders of the Necrons.

History

The C'tan were originally a race beings that fed on the energy of stars. This changed when they encountered the Necrontyr during their war with the Old Ones. The Necrontyr created physical bodies made of necrodermis to communicate with them. This led to the C'tan developing a taste for the energy of living beings over the "tasteless" energy of stars. The C'tan offered the Necrontyr a chance to win their war against the Old Ones by converting their minds to bodies made of necrodermis. The Necrontyr accepted and became the Necrons, coming to worship the C'tan as gods. The two races then proceeded to wipe out the Old Ones. The Old Ones, however, Genetic Engineering a race of their own, the Eldar, to fight the C'tan and the Necrons. The Eldar created weapons specifically to kill the C'tan that came to be known as the Blackstone Fortresses.

Ultimately, not even the Blackstone Fortresses could defeat the C'tan, but the Eldar managed to stop them by tricking them into feeding off the energy of each other. Only four of the C'tan survived the cannibalism spree; they went into hibernation.

There are rumors that at least some members of the Adeptus Mechanicus worship the C'tan known as the Void Dragon.

Surviving C'tan

• Void Dragon
• Nightbringer
• Deceiver
• Outsider