Krork = Ork ;)
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From: "Kelvin Henderson" <kx.henderson_at_...>
To: <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 3:25 AM
Subject: RE: [NetEpic ML] Re: slann necron
>
> >-->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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