Cryptothrall
Overview
Cryptothralls are all that remains of Necrons badly damaged in battle. While salvaged by their Cryptek masters, their higher cognitive functions are minimal due to the damage they've sustained. Cryptothralls are created when a Cryptek places a parasitic Canoptek construct onto the body of such a heavily damaged Necron, reanimating it and remaking their bodies. While most Necron nobility do not believe any of the former warrior survives within the body, the dark truth is a remnant remains within to silently scream at what they have become. Despite being unaware of this dark truth, Necron nobility still find them distasteful.[3]
Used as slaves and bodyguards by Crypteks, Cryptothralls are not truly sentient beings and are instead enslaved to their masters will. They are engrammatically compelled to protect their masters with their Living Metal bodies and fierce short-range weaponry which consists of scything limbs and scouring eyes.[2]
Known Cryptothralls
Images
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Community: Warhammer 40,000 Preview – What’s in the Box? (Posted on 13/06/2020) (Last accessed on 13 June 2020)
- 2: Codex: Necrons (9th Edition), pg. 93
- 3: Codex: Necrons (10th Edition), pg. 19
- 4: Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000- Cryptothrall
