The '''Mephet'ran, the Deceiver''' is a [[C'tan]], a living god of the [[Necron]]s, that survives as a fragmented shards.²

The Deceiver, as its name implies, enjoys using trickery, deception and lies to get to its own ends^1e. The other C'tan quickly learned to distrust and shun the Deceiver^1e, and it's nature was shown particularly when the Deceiver tricked the [[Necrontyr]] into giving up their bodies in favour of metallic husks^1e. When the Necrontyr first encountered the Deceiver, they gave it the name Mephet'ran, the Messenger^1f and hoped it would be able to bridge the gap between Necrontyr and C'tan.