Men of Stone

This article is about the artificial beings; for the Imperial Fists council, see Stone Men.

The Men of Stone were a class of artificially created beings created during the Dark Age of Technology in roughly M21.^[1]

According to ancient accounts, the Men of Stone were engineered by the Men of Gold for the purpose of deep space colonization.^[1][2] Though physically inferior to their creators, they are capable of building great artifices and constructed the Men of Iron as their eyes and ears.^[2] As the Stone Men existed in a state of "half-life", they were unaffected by the Daemons of the Warp, something that made Warp Travel much easier for them. In time Mankind learned to place itself into the ships of the Stone Men, protected from the depredations of the Warp.^[2]

Over time as mankind expanded into the stars, the Men of Gold lost their influence, and the Men of Stone became ascendant. However, the Men of Iron eventually rebelled against their Stone creators, producing catastrophic wars that Humanity barely survived.^[2]

Sources

• 1: Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook, pg. 278 — The Journal of Keeper Cripias
• 2: Ancient History (Short Story) by Andy Chambers