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'''C'tan Shards''' are fragments of the [[C'tan]] and are entities of near-unlimited power that have the power to project energy blasts, control the minds of lesser beings, manipulate the flow of time and even banish their enemies to alternate realities. The only limitations to a Shard is its immense imagination and the faint memories of the being it used to be before it was severed countless years ago. None of the Shards recall the omnipotent being it used to be but each contains elements of the C'tan's personality along with their hubris. Thus, a Shard can be eccentric and unpredictable with them striking their foes in an unexpected yet surprisingly practical manner. From their fingertips they can project transdimensional thunderbolts or bombard enemies with rocks along with boulders, transform into singularity's to destabilize gravity or even simple fling their enemies backwards in time until they disintegrate.<sup>1</sup>
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[[Image:40k-252-sol-ring.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A C'tan shard powering a great machine]]
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'''C'tan Shards''' are fragments of the [[C'tan]].
  
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Known Shards include those of the [[Nightbringer]]<sup>1</sup> and the [[Deceiver]].<sup>2</sup>
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== Overview ==
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The Shards are entities of near-unlimited power that have the power to project energy blasts, control the minds of lesser beings, manipulate the flow of time and even banish their enemies to alternate realities.  
  
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== Manifestations of Power==
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The only limitations to a Shard are its immense imagination and the faint memories of the being it used to be before it was severed countless years ago. None of the Shards recall the omnipotent being it used to be but each contains elements of the C'tan's personality along with their hubris. Thus, a Shard can be eccentric and unpredictable, with them striking their foes in an unexpected yet surprisingly practical manner. From their fingertips they can project transdimensional thunderbolts or bombard enemies with rocks along with boulders, transform into singularities to destabilize gravity or even simply fling their enemies backwards in time until they disintegrate.{{Fn|1}}
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The shards of the C'tan have several reality-warping powers, trough each shard is severely limited in the powers they can use, among them are:<sup>3</sup>
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* '''Entropic Touch''' - The C'tan shard's rotten grasp decays metal on contact.
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Known Shards include those of the [[Nyadra'zatha|Burning One]]{{Fn|11}}, the [[Deceiver]]{{Fn|2}}, the [[Nightbringer]]{{Fn|1}}, the [[Zarhulash|Potenate]]{{Fn|8}}, the [[Kalugura|Silent Cry]]{{Fn|9}}, the [[Mag'ladroth|Void Dragon]]{{Fn|3}}, and the [[Yggra'nya|World Shaper]]{{Fn|10}}. C'tan shards are also agglomerated into [[C'tan#Transcendent_C'tan|Transcendant C'tan]]
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* '''Gaze of Death''' - The C'tan shard drains the life from all in the vicinity, with eyes blazing with dark energies.
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* '''Grand Illusion''' - By weaving a glamour of deception, the C'tan shard prevents the foe from seeing the true disposition of his allies.
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* '''Lord of Fire''' - The C'tan shard is a being of living flame, capable of controlling the fires of the enemy.
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==Images==
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* '''Moulder of Worlds''' - The C'tan shard showers his enemies with boulders of tortured rock.
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* '''Pyreshards''' - The C'tan shard conjures specks of blazing black matter and directs them against his enemies.
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CtanShardArt.jpg|A C'tan shard in battle
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* '''Sentient Singularity''' - The presence of the C'tan shard destabilises gravitational forces, and disrupts engines, teleport beams and warp jumps.
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40k-55-shard-of-the-nightbringer.jpg|Shard of the Nightbringer{{Fn|12}}
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* '''Swarm of Spirit Dust''' - The C'tan shard is hidden from the gaze of his enemies, by a cloud of swirling darkness.
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40k-56-shard-of-the-void-dragon.jpg|Shard of the Void Dragon{{Fn|12}}
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* '''Time's Arrow''' - The C'tan shard mutates the flow of causation and remoulds the temporal stream, to send his foe into the darkness from before time was time.
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40k-231-caged-sun.jpg|Transcendent C'tan Shards{{Fn|12}}
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* '''Transdimensional Thunderbolt''' - From the outstretched palm of the C'tan shard, a bolt of crackling energy is projected.
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* '''Writhing Worldscape''' - The presence of the C'tan shard revolts the natural world, the very ground writhing and shaking as the physical laws holding reality together are undone.
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==Miniatures==
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{{Portal Linkbox|Miniatures|PortalBildMiniaturen.jpg|}}
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<center><gallery mode=packed>
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Deceiver-sm.jpg|A Shard of the Deceiver{{Fn|4}}
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Nbringer-sm.jpg|A Shard of the Nightbringer{{Fn|7}}
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VoidDragon.jpg|C'tan shard of the Void Dragon{{Fn|5}}
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99120110026 NecronTesseract04.jpg|Transcendant C'tan{{Fn|6}}
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</gallery></center>
  
 
==External Link==
 
==External Link==
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*<sup>1</sup>: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440160a&prodId=prod1380047a C'tan Shard of The Nightbringer Advance Order]
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*{{Endn|1}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440160a&prodId=prod1380047a GW Website C'tan Shard of The Nightbringer]
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*<sup>2</sup>: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440160a&prodId=prod1380048a C'tan Shard of The Deceiver Advance Order]
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*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440160a&prodId=prod1380048a GW Website C'tan Shard of The Deceiver]
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*<sup>3</sup>: [[Codex: Necrons (5th Edition)]], pg 41
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*{{Endn|3}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/07/04/warhammer-40000-preview-new-models-revealed/ Warhammer Community: Warhammer 40,000 Preview: New Models Revealed! (posted 7/4/2020)] (last accessed 7/4/2020)
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*{{Endn|4}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20200815084619/https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Necron-C-tan-Shard-of-The-Deceiver Games Workshop webstore : C'tan Shard of The Deceiver] (saved archive, last accessed 12/06/23)
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*{{Endn|5}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/07/04/warhammer-40000-preview-new-models-revealed/ Warhammer Community: Warhammer 40,000 Preview: New Models Revealed! (posted 7/4/2020)] (last accessed 7/4/2020)
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*{{Endn|6}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20240106215320/https://www.warhammer.com/en-US/shop/Necron-Obelisk Games Workshop Webstore : Necron Obelisk] (saved archive, last accessed 3/19/2024)
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*{{Endn|7}}: [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Necron-C-tan-Shard-of-The-Nightbringer Games Workshop C'Tan Shard of the Nightbringer] (last accessed 3/4/2021)
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*{{Endn|8}}: [[Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work (Novel)]], ch. 23
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*{{Endn|9}}: [[Codex: Necrons (9th Edition)]], pg 26-27
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*{{Endn|10}}: [[The World Engine (Novel)]] - ch.3,6,9,15
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*{{Endn|11}}: [[Champions of Fenris - A Codex: Space Wolves Supplement]] — ''Tombs of Midgardia''
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*{{Endn|12}}: [[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
- ''Caged Sun'', ''Shard of the Nightbringer'', ''Shard of the Void Dragon'', ''Sol Ring'', ''Their Name is Death''
  
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[[Category:C'tan]]
 
[[Category:Troops (Necrons)]]
 
[[Category:Troops (Necrons)]]
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[[fr:Écharde C'tan]]

Latest revision as of 00:13, 20 March 2025

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A C'tan shard powering a great machine

C'tan Shards are fragments of the C'tan.

Overview

The Shards are entities of near-unlimited power that have the power to project energy blasts, control the minds of lesser beings, manipulate the flow of time and even banish their enemies to alternate realities.

The only limitations to a Shard are its immense imagination and the faint memories of the being it used to be before it was severed countless years ago. None of the Shards recall the omnipotent being it used to be but each contains elements of the C'tan's personality along with their hubris. Thus, a Shard can be eccentric and unpredictable, with them striking their foes in an unexpected yet surprisingly practical manner. From their fingertips they can project transdimensional thunderbolts or bombard enemies with rocks along with boulders, transform into singularities to destabilize gravity or even simply fling their enemies backwards in time until they disintegrate.[1]

Known Shards include those of the Burning One[11], the Deceiver[2], the Nightbringer[1], the Potenate[8], the Silent Cry[9], the Void Dragon[3], and the World Shaper[10]. C'tan shards are also agglomerated into Transcendant C'tan


Images

  • A C'tan shard in battle

  • Shard of the Nightbringer[12]

  • Shard of the Void Dragon[12]

  • Transcendent C'tan Shards[12]

Miniatures

PortalBildMiniaturen.jpg Miniatures Portal

  • A Shard of the Deceiver[4]

  • A Shard of the Nightbringer[7]

  • C'tan shard of the Void Dragon[5]

  • Transcendant C'tan[6]

External Link


Necron Forces
Command
Crypteks Chronomancer • Plasmancer • Psychomancer • Technomancer • Apprentek
Infantry Warriors • Immortals (Despotek • Guardian) • Pariahs • Deathmarks • Lychguards • Triarch Praetorians • Flayed Ones • Cryptothralls
Destroyer Cult Hexmark Destroyer • Lokhust Destroyer • Lokhust Heavy Destroyer • Ophydian Destroyer • Skorpekh Destroyer
Grav-vehicles and Crewed Walkers Annihilation Barge • Catacomb Command Barge • Doomsday Ark • Ghost Ark • Tesseract Ark • Tomb Blade • Monolith (Doomsday Monolith) • Megalith • Obelisk • Tesseract Vault • Dais of Dominion • Triarchal Menhirs • Triarch Stalker
Canoptek Constructs Acanthrite • Doomstalker • Plasmacyte (Reanimator • Accelerator) • Reanimator • Scarab • Seraptek • Spyder • Tomb Sentinel • Tomb Stalker • Wraith
Aircraft Doom Scythe • Night Scythe • Night Shroud
Structures Pylon • Sentry Pylon • Starstele
Titan-Class Engines Abattoir • Æonic Orb
C'tan C'tan Shards • Aza'gorod, the Nightbringer • Mag'ladroth, the Void Dragon • Mephet'ran, the Deceiver • Nyadra'zatha, the Burning One • Tesseract Vault
Special Characters Szarekh the Silent King • Imotekh the Stormlord • Trazyn the Infinite • Orikan the Diviner • Szeras • Anrakyr the Traveler • Zahndrekh • Obyron
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