{{CMS}}The Deceiver was the last of the C'tan to descend to its stasis tomb and the first to leave, and has had millennia to gather support. It has destroyed, through its subtle methods, the [[Blackstone Fortresses]], the only weapons capable of destroying the C'tan, and placed the remains far out of reach of the Eldar. It is said that it provoked the [[Gothic War]] simply to destroy or remove the Fortresses.{{Cite thisCME}}

An article by [[Farseer]] [[Maechu (Farseer)|Maechu]] of [[Ulthwé]] makes a brief prediction of the future, of how the Deceiver will blur the sight of the younger races and mankind and will make them believe they are coming home when in fact they are walking into the Necron "soulforges".{{Fn|1h}}

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|66b}} 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}}

*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Infinite and the Divine (Novel)]] Act 4 Chapters 3-4: