Another shard of The Deceiver endured on the world of [[Serenade]], having long since possessed the body of the famed [[Necron Overlord]] [[Nephreth]]. Weaving a tale of Nephreth's immunity to the Necrontyr's diseases and defying [[biotransference]], in truth the Deceiver possessed Nephreth's body as a child and used him as a form of controlled opposition to draw out foes to the C'tan. This Shard was eventually imprisoned beneath Serenade, but by controlling [[Ammunos Dynasty]] proxies such as the [[Cryptek]] [[Vishani]] was able to keep the legend alive in the hopes a treasure hunter of Nephreth's tomb could set him free. [[Trazyn the Infinite]] and [[Orikan the Diviner]] were both manipulated into freeing this Shard of the Deciever, which was among the most powerful yet encountered and consisted of 5-6 individual shards.{{Fn|6}} Trazyn was able to transform Orikan into a being of light to defeat the Deciever, and the remains were imprisoned on Trazyn's world of [[Solemnace]]. Trazyn has now begun to trade energy for information from the Deceiver on how to enter the [[Great Rift]].{{Fn|6a}}

*Prior to the publication of [[Codex: Necrons (5th Edition)]] the C'tan were described as having been in an aeons-long slumber from which they are only now awakening, rather than having been shattered into the [[C'tan Shard]]s. Since this retcon, the status of some older information is uncertain.