RE: [NetEpic ML] Re: slann necron

From: Kelvin Henderson <kx.henderson_at_...>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 13:25:21 +1000

>-->Eh? What? I must have fallen way behind on the latest revisionist GW
>fluff. The C'tan are gods? Ugh. IIRC, the C'tan were a dead race who
>made some really neat weapons, but were exterminated by the Slann. The
>Slann are the ancients, or at least they used to be, as they are the ones
>who created all those neat thingies like warp gates and such, not to
>mention all those genetic experiments gone bad (Eldar), and those that
>came out OK (Humans). The Slann are supposed to be degenerate now, having
>fallen from the proverbial grace, and are now little more than gungans in
>space.

The current fluff from the Necron book is that the Old Ones (re- Slann)
were the First Race. Long-lived, they roamed far and wide, genetically
altering races, seeding worlds with life and generally being very
goody-goody. Then came the Necrontyr. They were a short-lived race with
incredible technology. They resented the Old Ones for their longevity and
launched a massive war. The Necrontyr lost and the Old Ones pushed them
back to their home systems. The Necrontyr studied the stars and noticed
ancient spirit-beings living the stars. They created bodies for them and
called them C'Tan. They were like Gods. The C'Tan and the Necrontyr
launched a new war against the Old Ones. They nearly wiped the Old Ones
out. The C'Tan fed on the younger races and turned the Necrontyr into the
Necrons. Eventually the C'Tan began to feed on one another until only a
few remained. The Old Ones saw their chance and stuck back using newly
created races for the war such as the Jokearo, the Eldar and the Krork (who
I take to be Lizardmen). It is even hinted that it was the Old Ones who
created Daemons to fight the C'Tan (the C'Tan have no psychic abilities and
cannot stand psykers or the Warp). In the end the War began to spiral out
of control. The Weapons of the Old Ones rose up and wiped out their
masters, the Warp began to invade the material universe and the C'Tan and
their Necrons went to sleep, hoping to snooze though the end of the War and
wake as the master of whatever was left.

-Kelvin....

"I feel like I am being nibbled to death by...what are those Earth
creatures called? Feathers? Go 'quack'?"
"Cats."
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