Talk:Mephet'ran

Speculation

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• Translation of an Eldar Artifact: This artifact tells of the signs of the return of the C'tan. It has one line dedicated to the Deceiver, "...and the Jackal-God shall turn brother against brother."^[1a] This confirms the abilities of the Deceiver as those of trickery and deceit and also gives a slight reference to time, as it would need a longer time to turn brother against brother than the Nightbringer would need to kill them both.

• Assassination attempt: Another text mentions the attempt by a Callidus Assassin to assassinate a Planetary Governor named Takis. She used her C'tan phase knife and attempted to kill Takis, but she failed and her weapon passed straight through him. He knocked her aside and took her weapon and absorbed it into his hand. ^[1b]. The fact that the being could absorb the C'tan Phase Knife meant it could only be a C'tan, as its body was made of the same material as the weapon which would have destroyed anything else. Also, we can assume that it is the Deceiver as the only other C'tan to be released from stasis was the Nightbringer, and it would not bother to hide as a governor, it would simply kill everyone around it and consume their bodies and souls. This is proof that the Deceiver is operating to attain power in the Imperium.

• The Nightbringer: This section of Codex: Necrons^[1d] gives a brief account of the Deceiver convincing the Nightbringer to consume the other C'tan. When read alongside Games Workshop Website - Dawn of the C'tan, The Death of Light this offers the possibility that the Eldar Harlequin Laughing God is in fact The Deceiver in another form - although there are also many evidences against this, as well as the possibility that both have imitated the other on numerous occasions.

• The Silvae: The Silvae were an agrarian society with little technology. They were visited by the Deceiver early in their development and it convinced them to worship it. It returned occasionally to reinforce their devotion and they quickly became a superstitious people. There is a sentence that merits attention: "Here, it seems to be testing them, promising the race as a whole greatness at its side should they prove worthy."^[1f]. This could be seen as an attempt by the Deceiver to recruit new races and create new Necrons to bolster its forces. This may indicate a shortage of Necron units since the end of the War in Heaven.

• The Silvae were then introduced to the Imperium and they soon turned to violence, but the Deceiver did not show up to help them. Instead he finds them "slipping back to barbarism"^[1g] and is dismayed. He then sends in his Necrons to wipe out all of the Silvae. Most of them are killed but a few survive although there is insufficient variation in the DNA to continue the race. This shows the Deceiver's ability to sway the minds of entire planets, but also its instability as any failure is punishable by destruction.