The C'tan
The C'tan or Star Gods are said to be the oldest intelligent beings living in the Milky Way Galaxy.
It is said that they were created at the very beginning of the universe, spawned from swirling gases and enormous amounts of energy, and as such are etheric creatures by nature. In their natural form they are vast beings and spread themselves over the surface of a star, absorbing its solar energy to feed themselves.
After a time, they learned to use diaphanous wings to travel to other stars to continue their consumption when their host star died. The matter around them was so insignificant that it did not register on their voracious appetite.
They were first discovered by the technology of the Necrontyr and with their assistance, they were able to transfer their consciousnesses into robotic bodies made of a living metal called Necrodermis. Having been gifted with this ability to maintain a physical form in the material universe and discovered an appetite for the energy of living beings rather than the stars. The C'tan exploited the hatred of their new allies Necrontyr towards the ancient species called the Old Ones to help them obtain more of the energy of living beings that they had now come to crave.
The Alliance with The Necrons
The C'tan hate the Warp and it's toxic wash of psychic energies and had the Necrons construct a series of pylons on the world of Cadia and other planets across several sectors in the Segmentum Obscurus which, when completed, were intended to close off the Warp from the material universe entirely, utterly destroying any living creatures with a soul, leaving all other life in the galaxy as nourishment for the C'tan. It was the C'tan who designed the process of bio-transference for the Necrontyr, transferring their proteges' consciousnesses into undying mechanical bodies composed of Necrodermis. However, the biotransference process also transformed the Necrontyr into the Necrons, soulless beings who have difficulty taking pleasure in anything and who can never truly enjoy their immortality.The Rebellion of The Necrons
After the War in Heaven had destroyed The Old Ones, the Necrons, led by the Silent King Szarekh, successfully rebelled against their C'tan Star Gods. Those C'tan who survived the revolt were broken into fragments known as C'tan Shards that were more easily contained and imprisoned within arcane Necron devices known as Tesseract Labyrinths. Following the Necrons' Great Awakening which in the mid-41st Millennium, these C'tan Shards are deployed when needed as the Necron Dynasties' greatest weapons on the battlefield. However, there always exists the possibility that the imprisoned C'tan will escape their captors. Then they will wreak a terrible vengeance upon their captors and the innocent alike...Basic Information
Growth Rate & Stages
The growth, reproduction and power of this species seem to be limited only by the amount of energy it can absorb.
Ecology and Habitats
Originally the C'tan existed in an etherial gaseous form usually wrapped around a star upon which it relied for its sustenance. Once given physical form by the Necrontyr it existed within a cast of living metal called a Necrodermis which enables it to exist and regulate its existence in the physical universe. However, since the Necron Rebellion, the surviving C'tan fragments have been trapped in C'tan Shards and imprisoned within arcane Necron devices known as Tesseract Labyrinths.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Originally the C'tan fed on solar energy sucked from the stars but discovered the life essence of living creatures more appetizing once they were given physical form by the Necrontyr
Biological Cycle
Unknown
Mephet'ran the Deceiver by Unknown
"They came to us as gods and we, like fools, took them at their word."
— From the Chronicle of Szarekh, Last of the Silent Kings
Scientific Name
In the Aeldari Lexicon they are called the Yngir
Origin/Ancestry
Originally composed of Solar Energy but have become dependant on the consumption of the Living Energy
Conservation Status
The only known survivors of this species are imprisoned by the Necrons as fragments trapped in C'tan Shards and imprisoned within arcane devices known as Tesseract Labyrinths.
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