The Necron and the Baby | A Warhammer 40k Story

[@slueepy1232]

"I own Gauss Weapons for home defense, since that's what the Necrontyr intended. Four Sons of Horus invade my planet. 'What the C'Tan?' I shout as I grab my Necrodermis wig and Gauss Flayer. Disintegrate the first Astartes at an atomic level, he's dead on the spot. Draw my Tachyon Arrow on the second man, miss him entirely because I haven't maintained it for 65 million years and nails the neighbors' grox. I have to resort to the Heavy Gauss Cannon mounted at the top of the stairs charged at full power, 'Tally ho mortals' the energy atomizes two marines in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Raise my Hyperphase Glaive and charge the last terrified meatbag. He bleeds out waiting on the Apothecary to arrive since Hyperphase wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the Necrontyr intended."

[@heartlessnobody1143]

i prefer this version, *I own a Guass Rifle for home defence, since that's what the founding Triarchs intended. Four ruffians break into my tomb, "What the C'tan?!" As I grab my necrodermis-coated wig and Khet'Tuhki rifle. Blow a Resurrection Orb sized crater through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my Guass ring weapon on the second man. Miss him entirely because it's wide-beam, and nails the Cryptek's scarab. I have to resort to the C'tan Shard mounted at the top of the Sarcophagus loaded with scatter-beam shot. "Tally Ho, Lads!" The shot shreds two men in the blast. The sound and extra tears in Space-Time set off Tomb World alarms. Fix bayonet, and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He bleeds out waiting for the Mechanicus to arrive since molecular Guass bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding Triarchs intended.*

[@brian2888]

Then coming down via drop pod, Horus Heresy sees the situation. Quaking in his large ceramite boots, proclaiming that "there will be no more heresy," while weeping. The Emperor hearing that his favorite son, "Horus Heresy 30k Age of Darkness," has lost, he quickly arrives on the planet. He sees the situation around him and does a backflip splitting the planets crust in one blow, proceeds to say "gracias" in a southern accent and proceeds to fuck off saying all part of the plan. Thus saving the entirety of Warhammer 40k.

[@heartlessnobody1143]

@@brian2888 thats tru, Trust me Bro, i was there

[@agent4349]

​@@brian2888 I'm deceased

[@brian2888]

@@agent4349 Im sorry for your loss

[@alricmalicorne321]

Later, while visiting a nearby Necrontyr Dynasty : "I am Phaero An-nakhrimun and these are my emotional support humans."

[@rexlumontad5644]

Trazyn the Infinite: "Oooh, you pick up humans? That's cool. Fellow collector to another."

[@derskalde4973]

I now see, why a Necron may create something like a Necron Pariah. They are their emotional support puppy. Only that Necrons have a way to keep their beloved pet from dying. Wasn't there more "Hybrids"? I mean, there were the pariahs, but those were specifically blanks. I distinctly remember either reading or watching a Video when I freshly got into 40k, where it mentioned, that sometimes Necrons created Hybrids, that were not fully Necron, which they used as diplomats.

[@bthsr7113]

Because that would make the xenos too human and relatable, eating into marine shares. Heck, the Tau actually have large numbers of human, even in their military, but there's not a human auxiliary line of minis for them. So of course the Necrons won't get human friends beyond offhand mentions in a book here and there.

[@aawallace98]

@@rexlumontad5644 actually trazen did have a human assistant at one point

[@bthsr7113]

@@aawallace98 Basically a librarian helping him do research on the planet's history and culture, right? I recall hearing about that. Or is this a different case?

[@inquisitorgarza312]

This is sadness of the Necrons, and it is a tragic tale of how these soulless creatures still have their memories of how they yearn to be alive.

[@kevinmcginn5972]

The quote alive, but can never truly live comes to mind when I read this comment

[@LemonRush7777]

Trazyn seems to be having the time of his life, though.

[@LargeAmoeba]

@@LemonRush7777 Probably not as much as you'd think. Ask him about "The Play". Necron 'art' sucks the eye out of the terror. And that's just one example of the problems of being soulless.

[@weall1208]

There was an interesting idea in the Twice Dead King: Ruin when I read it. That a lot of (sentient) necrons are seconds away from a breakdown. They can never dwell on their current nature or they will find themselves trying to draw breath with lungs they don't have, panic that their heart isn't beating and that their skin is gone. Sounds like a rather dreadful existence. Oh and also another funny one was that necron nobles retain their titles from life so one guy was called the 'Grainmaster' and his warriors had grain symbols etched onto them which was rather ironic.

[@The_Lurker]

The horror game SOMA goes into all the aspects of this subject Highly suggest playing if you haven't

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

"She was so distracted by the humans that she forgot for a moment to wallow in her own misery" *And thus a beautiful friendship was formed*

[@rexlumontad5644]

An-nakhrimun is such a nice Necron lady, hanging out with humans and be the wholesome babysitter.

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

A free and eternal babysitter that can also kill assailants? Sign me up!

[@starguy1o163]

I would find it funny if a Necron Overlord gets super protective over a human colony it cared for because it was bored

[@jzpowell2108]

Why does this give me Beerus and Bulla vibes? “Yes, I can literally sneeze a planet away, but since you’re giving me food, I’ll dain to watch your little one”

[@weareharbinger914]

@@starguy1o163 You're basically describing most colony games or city builders. City Skylines: Necrontyr edition.

[@noahthebongoer]

Considering what other hobbies necrons have taken up, a necron deciding to play City skylines with a Real World sounds pretty reasonable

[@Gabriel_PL]

Humans: "Soon the astartes will be here, they'll burn and kill and destroy everything... 😥" Necron lady: ......"Bothersome😒. " (remotely activates monoliths)

[@ham_the_spam4423]

Those pests, making me wake up 1% of my servant reserves

[@MrReich1918]

Unfortunately, all she's got is a crashed tombship and her mother.

[@Fallout4277]

@@MrReich1918Tzeentch in the warp sitting down in his favorite chair with a bowl of popcorn and some plasma infused rum and coffee apple juice concoction about to watch his favorite soap opera *the memoirs of a Necron* when a lord of change into room “my Lord the Astartes are about to attack the world with one of the main characters on it” Tzeentch spits his drink out “AND RUIN MY FAVORITE FUCKING SHOW WARP NO in the name of me this will not stand, before clapping his hands five times and snapping his fingers four times as roughly 90 Monoliths activate and utterly destroy the Astartes before deactivating

[@adriangonzales7704]

This actually isn't immposible certain necron dynastys do keep human colonys alive and may even interact with them

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

Real life SIMS

[@shockwave1539]

@@ChaoticVoicesofAndreasEternity requires entertainment

[@WarpstormChronicles]

I’d love to know more about the dynasties that do that? Considering what they’re like I’m surprised they don’t enslave more of the lesser races.

[@svon1]

i mean what else are you supposed to do after 3,4 maybe 5 Million years? for some those are the first Kids they have seen in 2-3 million years ....some later converted Necrontyr might have never seen such creatures at all.... so it does not surprise me that they are curious

[@WarpstormChronicles]

@@svon1 Ruling over lesser beings that praise and build monuments to you seems like a very Necron thing to do to me.

[@Frerichs1962]

An-nakhrimun: "These are my humans, I only had the little one for only a day and a half, but if anything would to happen to them I will exterminate your whole planet and and then myself."

[@AveryGoner]

I don’t know the lore, but Necrons don’t die do they? Then she’ll just be alone 😭

[@brodyratliff7441]

A day is like 2 minutes for a necron so I guess she grew attached quick

[@TalexTheLich]

"She even forgot to wallow in her own sadness!" Girl same

[@TheWoodsman308]

YOU TRY TO RUIN THIS WHOLESOME SCENE HORUS AND NOTHING IN THE GALAXY WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL FROM MY WRATH!!!!!

[@rexlumontad5644]

Pre-Chaos Horus was a reasonable man, the same guy who wanted to make peace with Interex than use violence.

[@GarkKahn]

​@@rexlumontad5644 right now i can't remember exactly the cronology so sorry about it in advance if i'm wrong, but this may be during the heresy

[@furkandoker4445]

good news, i researched about the date said in the video, 850.M30 terra calendar. According to wh40k lexicanum in 854.M30 they found mortarion and Horus heresy started in 105.M31. there is a 155 year difference. So horus is probably coming for the planet, joining it with the imperium. With 155 years until the heresy This family probably died from old age peacefully.

[@Nemeroth_]

​@@rexlumontad5644 and then along came Erebus

[@Philtopy]

@@rexlumontad5644a reasonable man who hs killed trillions none the less …

[@chainsawsubtlety9828]

Kept expecting the Necron to jump up and slaughter them. You know, "Grimdark", and all that.

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

The Luna Wolves are on their way. 👀

[@Otomazeman]

​@@ChaoticVoicesofAndreasoh, no..

[@Otomazeman]

​@@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas why must you execute good 40k stories into actual tear jerking ones. What in warp sorcery is this?!👿💢

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

@@Otomazeman 👀

[@grnaskd]

The Grimdark is that the unlikely peace this world found by living with a Necron will be disrupted by the Emperor's Angles who will more than likely purge the entire planet for Heresy.

[@synergy8879]

everyone: *happy* the sons of horus: “ok i pull up-“

[@starhammer5247]

Anyone got Trazyn on speed dial?

[@DeusExAngelo]

As wholesome and heart-warming as this is, it also highlights the underlying tragedy. Despite being virtually immortal and master over a legion of hyper-advanced soldiers...this Necron noblewoman desires the simple yet transcendantal feeling of maternal instincts once again. To hold and nurture newborn life so full of innocence and potential. Holding the infant gives her that spark of that feeling, and even in it's diminished state it's just as precious as the child. Yet it also a reminder that she nor any Necron can produce offspring such as this. No Necrontyr children will ever be born again from loving Necrontyr parents. Yet that is no fault of this child or the nearby parents. Thus she'd rather focus on the spark of joy in her cold, metallic arms. To give to this family what she can no longer have to draw that spark out more, than wallow in cold darkness.

[@ham_the_spam4423]

That’s why the ultimate ambition of the Necrons is to return to living bodies, with humans being decidedly the best template for them. But before they can do so they want to make the galaxy safe for their future flesh selfs, and many have grown mad and forgotten this dream across millions of years.

[@def3ndr887]

What good is being a god if you cannot be one amongst men

[@Falkaster]

"this is your offspring...?" (Incoherent baby babble) "I see little one. I shall indeed join your family, I shall be your friend."

[@randumderf9777]

Me: "This is so wholesome, I hope she gets to-" Narrator: "And the 16th legion of power armored genetic soldiers, serving the self-proclaimed Emperor of Mankind, will be arriving into the system in less than a year" Me: "FFFFFFUCKING HORUS!"

[@MrWiented]

Fucking Big E

[@banzeyegaming2234]

I mean, at least this time the xenos are Necrons. The Legion is probably going to get fucked, come back with a vengeance, and wonder where the fuck the planet went.

[@def3ndr887]

@@banzeyegaming2234 idk 40k lore much so I'm imagining Necrons straight up stealing a planet as a f you to their annoying neighbor the Imperium

[@clairelili873]

@@def3ndr887 With their tech, they can definitely do that.

[@silversalmon9909]

@@def3ndr887 the necrons essentially owned the galaxy a while ago before entering stasis. They can do some pretty wild stuff

[@MattCaliber]

Nercon mama: Ok family. We're going on a trip! It'll be a VERY long trip. So, pack your bags and get on the ship.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

"what ship?" Oh yeah, bring a shovel

[@theprogramer48]

This gave me an idea. How wholesome would it be if that the necron mom just hung around and protected the same family generation after generation just always being there as a scary but wise aunt.

[@ham_the_spam4423]

@@MostlyPennyCatmy throne here is the tip of the dorsal antenna, so better get digging!

[@MostlyPennyCat]

@@ham_the_spam4423 So is this ship, like, a shuttle, or is it some kind of robot assault fleet carrier containing 50,000 robot soldiers and their heavy fighting vehicles? They can dig it out.

[@eyeofbrown1387]

Magic School Bus 🚌: Necron style!

[@xzenitramx666]

All those humans are a scarab away from being turned into a new item.

[@YakubTheFather]

God I miss perriahs

[@Frost_the_polarian_fox]

@@YakubTheFather me too

[@Briselance]

Are they? But... why would that be?

[@thorveim1174]

​@@Briselanceif you ask flayed ones, probably a new coat

[@mrmcmuffin9918]

@@thorveim1174 if you ask trayzn its a new mini for his diorama

[@solaireofastora5999]

Space Marines trying to comprehend Xenos not being a threat for the crime of being not human challenge (Impossible)

[@aquilesgarciaperez5918]

Is Possible (at Least during the Pre-Heresy Era And the Golden Age of Technology), but seeing that the Emperor Is such a Massive ASSHOLE that didn't want the Humanity to Live in Peace WITHOUT HIM BEING IN CHARGE. . . . .And Basically Doomed all of our Race when he decided to Conquer the Galaxy For HIMSELF.

[@minigamer1967]

If any race in 40k could speak baby it would be the necrons

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

'What did you say your name was, Stormageddon?'

[@ocic_otnemirepxE]

@@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas asimilate

[@diego6849]

I am certain that babies are telling us universal secrets of the cosmos but we dismiss that as gu-gu ga-ga as we don't understand it

[@khorneellisiado]

​@@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas eleven doctor reference

[@randomdan1648]

*baby's unintelligible babbling* Necron lady: It is known as the sky, the unique colouring is a manifestation of the planets atmosphere. *Baby coo's* Necron lady: ....it is a nice colour..

[@relogos]

Nothing pure and innocent survives for long in the grim darkness of the 41st millenium or 31st millenium in this case.

[@Briselance]

Aye. That's depressing. :-( Who wrote sich sad material?

[@nunocampea2395]

best case scenario they all die by natural means

[@TheNapster153]

When you think about it, that's a mercy if they die. You wouldn't want to be in 40k, let alone on the worst fronts.

[@idontlikerome2744]

Cant wait for that "Kriegman in a Paradise World" to go up in flames

[@darthjekyll3648]

A person on reddit

[@zerofighterfairy]

There are machines yearning the warmth of flesh and soul. There are flesh, yearn for coldness of machine. And there is Trazyn The Infinite, that only throne knows what he is doing.

[@theprogramer48]

If I had to pick someone to serve in the 40k universe it would be him. Seems like the most reasonable person with a simple and important goal

[@langleysenterprise5134]

To find more collection for his museum

[@Bojack1135]

@@theprogramer48 hes actually fairly kind to his servants. trazyn ftw

[@specterknight873]

He is trying to steal the throne

[@dracolientreri7302]

My head canon is this necron sees the ships arriving in system and thinks "there are no military targets in this system...what could they.." and then it hits her, she panics, and ends up void rifting the planet (tomb worlds can phase in and out of realspace as long as they have been equipped with blackstone pylons)

[@mateuszbanaszak4671]

It might be interesting if one of the Erased Primarchs was Damnatio-Memoriae'd because he didn't saw friendly xeno as "the exception that proves the rule", but a valid option to take. After all, there is plenty of worlds where humans and xeno live in peace with each other.

[@kobold7466]

i do believe its implied one of the erased primarchs was erased for reasons other than chaos so that is the most likely option.

[@XaldirGodofGood]

I don't really know, If the Guy who Flays you for stealing a Cooky, the Guy who killed Gazillions of Civilians because of his Migraine, the Guy who used forbidden Warp Sorcery to boil his Teawater and last but by far not least, the Guy who created a Religion in a fundementalist Athiest Society were all Okay enough in the Eyes of the Emperor, I don't think that the Guy who says "Maybe Aliens Friend?" would be so much worse.

[@rexlumontad5644]

@@XaldirGodofGood Yeah, it makes more sense if the Lost Primarch was involved in the Rangdan Xenocides that was so bad Emperor had everyone's memories of it erased especially Rogal Dorn's.

[@josephtheoracle3344]

@@XaldirGodofGood humanity had been ravaged by xenos during the age of strife. One or two primarchs falling to the type of beings that tormented humanity for thousands of years was probably incredibly bad for moral.

[@cncmne7404]

Heresy

[@inductivegrunt94]

This is what I wish there would be more of, Necrons peacefully interacting with humans. This was really wholesome. But that ending... We all know what's going to happen next, especially when the 16th legion was mentioned. The wolves of Luna are coming...

[@Edible_edibility]

The heretics

[@molybdaen11]

They understand her significance as a symbol of tradition. Then use they knowledge to help her rebuild the ship and make her the governor, under the obvious tax demands and pray to the emperor twice a day bullshit.

[@billyherrington5112]

@@Edible_edibility Luna wolves never betrayed Emperor

[@Edible_edibility]

@@billyherrington5112 oh right It was the sons of horus Rip, Garviel loken

[@whitesnake6655]

Who are the luna wolves?

[@SpookSkellington]

I'd like to imagine there's a Necron Phaeron out there who just keeps humans on his planet as pets. Like an ant colony he keeps around as a curiosity. Not a cruel overlord, or a benevolent ruler, but just an observer that keeps other pests from the galaxy away from his little ants, so he can watch them scurry about.

[@menmamadrigal1233]

Fairly sure the storm lord and Nemesor Zandrakh both have human worlds under their control, supposedly, the population are alright with the necrons in charge as chaos has a hard time trying to invade when they build pylons to dampen the warp and the necrons just leave them alone as long as they aren’t rebelling

[@shmee123ful]

We call him, ants Canada

[@scp-2348]

​@@shmee123ful "Today, I'm opening the gates between my two fire ant colonies and see what they will do to each other."

[@Manuel-qz7pp]

@@scp-2348lol Ants Canada

[@shadowrobot7708]

Source? I want to read more about that. It sounds cool

[@santiagochahin900]

Husband: "Ah, what a nice dinner with my wife, my baby, and the reason im alive today to hug both. I hope we can turn this into an annual ocurrence." Wife: "Look honey, golden space ships in the sky. I wonder if they are coming to visit the steel lady and her servant in or very much peacefull world." On the Vengefull Spirit. Abbadon: "Father, we have identifide xenos tecnology on the planet." Horus Lupecarn: Push giant exterminatus button.

[@Ironknuckle100]

Haggis Loopedgerbarn.

[@heartlessnobody1143]

"my primarch, theres a weird robot in there." *"mmh, glass it"*

[@alanabyss9246]

Vulkan : grabs Horus’s arm and looks him dead in the eyes “NO”

[@rexlumontad5644]

@@alanabyss9246 Horus: "This coming from a guy who burned down Caledor after seeing humans and Eldar living together?"

[@alanabyss9246]

@@rexlumontad5644 Vulcan : …. Fair enough go ahead

[@randomcenturion7264]

"What is it?" "A baby" "What does it do?" "Grows old." "Fascinating. Should help pass a few decades and stave off the madness a bit." (Decades later) "...How strange. For such an otherwise insignificant span of time in immortality to simultaneously feel fulfilling and nowhere near long enough."

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

This is so damn accurate...

[@MegaBichiX]

"they grow so fast" *looks back at the older couple* "can I have another?"

[@MoleculeXmolecule]

@@MegaBichiX Old Couple: Ya hear that? Make with the grandkids, only one out of three waiting can last any longer!

[@Voidi-Void]

​@@MoleculeXmolecule meanwhile great-grandcron: 💀

[@thuranz2773]

Getting the Frieren treatment.

[@Sam-I-Am981]

Im just imagining a story where trazyn had taken part of a human farmworld and put it into his museum, just to observe and allow necrons to enter so they and the humans can interact with eachother, not as killers, not as enemies, not as servants to undying empires, but people, to people.

[@honestwarmonger4662]

I thought it was gonna be “ invited for a family dinner” Suddenly several necron flayed ones appeared out of the ground to accept the invitation

[@tudorinbogdan240]

*NOBODY EXPECTS THE NECRON INQUISITION*

[@IsMyPCEdible]

It was wholesome, but then the other humans showed up - human history in a nutshell

[@Ziqohth]

I loved this, i can imagine a peaceful life with this weird looking robots and people interacting with them. Such mystery, but at the same time such fascination. And the tragedy at last watching the imperium arriving in the sky, BREAKS MY HEART. What a great story!!

[@Bluejaywitharedscarf]

Phaero An-nakhrimun saw the so-called "beloved son of the Emperor" She had snatches of such a being, but she was hard pressed to find such a thing as the Emperor anything short of unoriginal. However, this "Primarch" Horus did not show any signs of relent when it came to foreign species. But An-nakhrimun had planned for such an emergency. It was strange. For as many years as she had lived, she found the relatively brief time she spent with her new family had given her a sense of purpose she had lacked. In that time she had prepared for any situation that would warrant quick evacuation of the planet. It had taken time to dig up the entrance once again, and more to restore the ship, but it was ready. The main chamber had been equipped with comforts that An-nakhrimun had long since not needed. Beds, taken from their home, along with agri-chambers, already blooming with the promise of food. An-nakhrimun even put in toys, for the young one would still be young for a time. She escorted the humans into the ship, all while cheers of a people welcoming what they thought their salvation was echoed in the distant city. The start was rough, but the force of dirt was not enough to keep the ship in the ground. Finally, with a mighty heave, the ship tore free of its prison of dirt, and hurtled into the sky with the energetic desperation of a bird leaving a burning nest. The ship had left realspace before the Sons of Horus could even turn their guns. However, they did not bother to follow. Their purpose was to take planets, and they would not bother with a lone vessel leaving a world that was well in their grasp. Y:354 M:41 Field Brother Kash'vall of the Salamanders holstered his flamer in disgust, the canister depleted after what seemed like endless Tyranids falling to his flames. He drew his Sicarus pistol, ready to face the oncoming wave. Sister Westeral began her litany, petitioning the Emperor for strength. With a final nod, she was finished, and revved her chainsword, eager to bring glory to the Emperor or die trying. The first few gave easily, but the horrific being that they were, the Tryanids would not give up, nor be cowed. But from behind Kash'vall came a burst of electric green light. All before them the Tyranids and cultists crumbled to dust, as if time had become their foe. They turned to see a strange sight. The woman held a Gauss Flayer in her hands, and her helmet retracted, not so much through hinges, but as if the very metal was liquid. The armor held little in the way of regalia, and aside from mild gold and green accents the suit was a majority of dull gunmetal grey. The make of it held no form of engraving, nor any sense of theme, aside from minor indents along the sides and front of the torso, meant to signify a rib cage. This was not armor meant for opulence. It did not play at a higher purpose. It was just armor. Yet the make of it looked such that it seemed to do its job like none other. After a brief silence between the bewildered soldiers and their savior, the woman finally spoke. "I am Minerva An-makhrimun, desendant of the great Phearo, savior of the first mother and father. I have come here with my family. Do you accept our aid?" The two looked at each other, then at the state of the battle around them. The answer was obvious. "Whatever aid you offer, we cannot guarantee your welcome among the ranks." Minerva said nothing, but merely touched two fingers to her earpiece and said: "Send the fleet." From the heavens came a massive Necron ship, baring its guns on the monstrous hoards. Brother Kash'vall had deliver the odd message that the xenos ship was in fact on their side. What they did not know was that the ship was piloted and maintained by the growing family that was saved from jaws of the crusade, the fleet built from countless centuries of piracy and trading with the few who would. An-nakhrimun had been busy. She had known little woe for a very long time.

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

Niiiiice!

[@Elphazo_O-two]

This is fucking canon!

[@sulaimanbinabdulhalim4488]

Wait is there more please give me more of this story please

[@DeusExMachina10001]

Funny enough, Szarekh is actually in favor of "guiding and protecting" humanity.

[@Guttertank266]

If I had a nickel for Everytime the sons of horus destroyed a wholesome relationship between humans and Necrons I would have 2 Nickels It's not much but it weird that it happened twice

[@casteddu6740]

When was the other time

[@Spyro1701]

​@@casteddu6740 Rogue trader and Necron waifu comics

[@erubianwarlord8208]

@@Spyro1701 i love that story cant wait to see Flayne's reaction when her step mom comes plowing through the chaos goon she is battling

[@TheArklyte]

Small bit of 40k trivia - there's a necron unit called Triarch Praetorian. Canonically they're necron adventurers, who were tasked with educating young races in preparation for return of necrons. They're current lore explanation why necrons look like Tomb Lords ie ancient human cultures in all areas where you can find pyramids were influenced by necrons. That includes Egypt, Mesopotamia, China and Mesoamerica. Now combine it with the existence of Pariah gene. One can even wonder if our mutual hate with Eldar comes from the fact that our cultures are based on necrontyr ones so we're biased to hate one another? Plus if anything, humans during DAoT came closest to actually saving necron race. Not helping them reconquer the galaxy, but actually save them. Vohtann and Men of Iron are statements on the fact that humans were able to build sentient machines and thus, though with a lot of effort, they could have upgraded the "mute" chassis types like warrior and gave them free will. Figuring out the body and especially soul issues would have taken longer though 😅

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

Nice!!

[@brodyratliff7441]

God I want a book set during the dark age of technology and see how humans interact with other races before the age of strife

[@TheArklyte]

@@brodyratliff7441 badly. Necrons haven't woken up yet so they won't be around and eldar were actively doing Dark Eldar stuff to human colonies just for fun. The whole eldar race back then acted like Dark Eldar. Exodites and Craftworld are the ones, who changed their ways. Dark Eldar are the ones, who continued as before. And all the smaller races weren't fans of humans either. You're forgetting that DAoT was peak of tech, but it was also one of the low points in human morals. It wasn't Star Trek Federation in any way, shape or form.

[@rexlumontad5644]

1:00 The other Necron standing beside An-nakhrimun was her mother?! I thought that was her ever loyal butler who always remain by her side.

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

@@rexlumontad5644 it is weird to see all those necrons look the exact same and realise they were once men and women... and children

[@MrReich1918]

Go to the description, follow that link, then click the link in the discription of the previous link. Her backstory is quite depressing.

[@jimvenanzio6561]

@@MrReich1918 . . . A h . This is the Ur-source of Grimdark. it will make a fine addition to my favorites selection in Google Maps.

[@GarkKahn]

I thought it may be a bodyguard

[@solarchos4352]

The Transference was NOT kind on the vast majority of the Necrontyr.

[@009dracko]

Even in the gimmick future that is 40k, there are still some wholesome moments.

[@ODeusdaMorteEpaia]

Here comes the sons of Horus.....fuck Horus.

[@P.W.N.ed_9000]

A Necron who is basically a old cat lady, but with entire planets as cats. She feeds, waters, entertains and unfortunately from time to time must put them down for a marinade of reasons. She treats the entire planet like her pet, changing their entire culture on a whim as if she was changing her pets clothes. The humans and xenos who live there are forced to coexist under penalty of being “groomed”.

[@P.W.N.ed_9000]

I imagine this character interaction with other Necrons like lady Onela from game of thrones. A strong female among the upper echelons of Necrons politics, who can maneuver around the generals and kings. But the moment she sees her pets she turns into a baby talking mommy Necron.

[@Detson404]

Better fate than most Imperial worlds.

[@chowrites6179]

I dont know much about Necron lore but I can see a kind hearted necron lord just kerping some humans around cuz it might remind them of when they were still flesh and live vicariously through them.

[@ham_the_spam4423]

Some Necrons do keep humans around because one day they’ll become the template for their reborn live bodies, but before they do that they want to secure the galaxy for their future flesh selves, which is taking millions of years.

[@chowrites6179]

@@ham_the_spam4423 You see, thats the kind of thing that if this were Star Trek or whatever they'd have made negotiations with the various races and already gotten to that point but because its all "grimdark"(supposedly) they wont. This is hte kind of thing that I wish they'd actually make some sort of attempt, like with the Votan or Eldari and just TRY to make it work, even if GW just says, "nah" and makes it all go to shit.

[@ham_the_spam4423]

@@chowrites6179 there was an attempt to act on their dream : the Pariahs. the experiments didn't go so well and were discontinued

[@chowrites6179]

@@ham_the_spam4423 That is just so sad, but in line with GW so it tracks.

[@Malodious199]

Another wonderful story, captured in a fleeting moment of kindness within the 40k universe, a singular grain of kindness in a desert of hostility and unending war. Bravo ;)

[@alannatherson7721]

Reminds me of this campaign idea I had where a Necron Pharon woke up to find a Feudal World had taken root on the planet and decided to just keep his armies asleep rationalizing it wasn't worth wiping out the primitives and would go to their settlements in disguise from time to time, the whole time convincing himself he couldn't care about these primitives because that would require empathy which he couldn't have without a soul, until an Ork WAGH begins attacking the planet forcing the Pharon to awaken his armies to protect the people of this planet reasoning he doesn't actually care about them but they are living on his planet therefore these humans belong to him and he's not going to let a bunch of Orks destroy his things. If the Necrons managed to win the campaign I would have had the Pharon march his armies back into their tombs and renter their slumber leaving the planet with tales of a mythic warrior king coming to save them with invincible armies from the hordes of monsters from the stars who know lays in eternal sleep until needed again so that when the Imperium arrives they just assume those stories are about the Great Crusade and the world is peacefully reabsorbed into the Imperium, becoming the recruitment world for a homebrew Iron Hands chapter I have fiddling with on and off. Unfortunately the only game store near me only really has Age of Sigmar and is an hour and a half drive so my "this will get me executed for heresy" binder will remain unused.

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

A damn fine story though. I hope you get to use it one day.

[@SmileyBoi21]

Note this story is set 850 M30 which means Horus is still uncorrupted and loyal with command over the Luna Wolves. About half of the Primarchs have yet to be found and the Age of Darkness doesn't begin until M31. So judging by the background and humans in it their world appears to be an agri one. Thus Horus in all likelihood would achieve peaceful compliance.

[@agentc7020]

If he found Xeno worship he probably wouldn't, specially of one so dangerous to an expansionist empire as the necrons.

[@SmileyBoi21]

@@agentc7020 The thing is the majority of Necrons were still asleep in their stasis vaults aside from a few like Trazyn and the Silent King (if he spoke the truth to Dante). Most of the imperium during this time wouldn't know of their existence nor the full scope of their power. If the talk Dante had with the Silent King is true then Sanguinius would've at least imparted the knowledge that the Necrons weren't without reason to his father or close brothers like Horus. All in all, I feel like Horus would at least try to reason with this Necron to assess its nature before outright killing it.

[@Ironclad17]

They'd probably assume it was one of the men of iron,, not xenos.

[@SmileyBoi21]

@@Ironclad17 Part 2 just came out and the Luna Wolves did think they were Men of Iron but they didn't attack the world because of them. They attacked because peace talks between Horus and their government failed.

[@Historyfrek4ever]

Cryptek: so we are cronolocking this planet right? Or are going for the hologram route, the pheasants can just fake being automatons, not like they got any more going upstairs.

[@rexlumontad5644]

1:40 Yet somehow the humans failed to notice An-nakhrimun during the Age of Strife, the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. Guess she used a variant of Drax's Sacred Art of Invisibility through sitting perfectly still.

[@jetlag3717]

I don’t think many of the necrons were awake at those points in time. The story mentions she woke up in the Great Awakening which starts in M40, like ten thousand years after the Horus Heresy

[@p_j_sch5008]

​@@jetlag3717 some woke up erlier than then the rest

[@ERAA-on-YT]

​@@p_j_sch5008 And you can expect those early-awakened to suffer some sort of deterioration due to a failure in the systems that preserved their minds. That could explain her Ultra Depression ®. But still weird that her mother became automaton meanwhile she had the rights to be bio-transferred to a special (and kinda customized) body.

[@p_j_sch5008]

@@ERAA-on-YT It is not strange, She is a Cryptech under Illuminor Szeras, Her Mother was not eligable for a higher quality of Necrodermis

[@screamingcactus1753]

This ends in M30, right before the Great Crusade reaches the planet.

[@aria5614]

So long as they keep her away from the Mechanicus they can just say she's an art project.

[@PerfectlySaneIndividual6969]

your videos always brighten up my day man

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

I'm really glad you enjoy them, brother. Thanks for being here. 😉

[@PerfectlySaneIndividual6969]

aaand I'm sad now, but in a good way

[@FirstNameLastName-fe2tu]

So wholesome... least till it wasn't. As expected of warhammer. Damn you for making me care!😢

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

@@FirstNameLastName-fe2tu :D

[@grindersongear759]

Please let it be one of the more friendlier Legions like the salamanders or the ultramarines please please please "the 16th Legion will be arriving in less than a year" DAMN IT

[@LAV-III]

Don’t worry they’re still the Luna wolves at this point, the Horus heresy is 155 years away

[@grindersongear759]

@@LAV-III weren't they still kind of ruthless even back then or were they significantly more reasonable then their heresy counterparts

[@LAV-III]

@@grindersongear759 granted they are space marines but the Luna wolves usually tried deplomacy first before going to war, and when they do they’ll give “resistance to the degree as honour demanded”

[@grindersongear759]

@@LAV-III I see well definitely better than say the night Lords oh thank goodness it wasn't the night Lords

[@rashakor]

My understanding of the Luna Wolves always was that they were the better Ultramarines. The Heresy turned the exemplars, the top legion, the good guys into the Black Legion, the exact opposite of the Space Smurfs!

[@mattvaughn8822]

Well im not too proud to admit i cried. The stories like this always hit me the hardest considering in the grimdarkness of the far future these types of moments are rare and when they do happen someone always comes along and fks it up... Im looking at you Horus...

[@Louis1945.]

“The necron and the BABY”?! This will NOT end well

[@RedShocktrooperRST]

It does not, but not in the way you would expect.

[@thegang3551]

The god that doesn’t understand the gifts or comprehend the people leaving them and the people leaving the gifts not comprehending the god. Very well done.

[@martintheaquilanshield3917]

Szarekh, watching this all from his ship; ..... I won't ruin this, I've destroyed to many of pepoles lives already. You can enjoy this.

[@Slezinsk]

the part of when nakhrimun remembers her mother's smile at family's dinner even when there was little to eat broke me,good job,sir.i will go cry in the corner,now.Remembering my own mom

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

🫂

[@JUST_SOME_SHY_GUY]

I was expecting the humans to get deatomized in the end but this wholesome for the most parts...

[@andresmarrero8666]

And the legion of idiots find nothing for the Necron activated the cloaking field and the humans were stupid enough to describe her as anything other than a statue. Centuries pass and she is further shaped by the planet and the life on it until she becomes something similar to the robot from Castle in the Sky, a silent caretaker on a world of metal and green.

[@theworkingchief703]

Welp, atleast someone had the energy, effort, and time to write this to begin with. Damn now I wish there a necron who lives on my world! -Random Citizen of the Emperium

[@darthjekyll3648]

Inquisitor-HERESY!!!

[@slevinlaine]

This is superb!!! Thank you so much. The VA and the script are brilliant as always! : )

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

Glad you like it!

[@mz.projiekt]

It doesn't matter if the legion is coming and with that all the grimdarkness thing; what is important to note is that she and those humans could experience peace once in a lifetime.

[@stefanmorris652]

Really needed this thank you. It's been....tuff lately.

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

Hope it gets better soon, brother.

[@JWP-56]

Being exiled by Illuminor Czeras is possibly one of the highest awards in Necron society considering how unhinged he tends to be.

[@BaronVonMott]

Damn, that was actually really wholesome in a weird sort of way, I suppose- "The 16th Legion will be arriving in less than a year" Ah. *There's* the grimdark!

[@alexsolomon8127]

this is not the first wholesome Necron story i have heard. it will be....interesting to seeguilliman and his budding coalition interact with them in an aspect mroe compled then "kill the xeno" Especially when you consider the various goodies Trazen might have squirreled away.

[@MattCaliber]

Bittersweet ending but it's better than what usually happens.

[@Takayama-sama]

Finally a Warhammer 40K story that's not just some really tough guy ripping apart aliens, or ripping apart demons, or ripping apart other humans... Apart from the sad implied ending this was down right wholesome.

[@englishpolishmememan8892]

After the Bahiti incident, Necrons realized Humans might be worth while to keep around.

[@erubianwarlord8208]

this would be happening before Bahiti

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

Was such beautiful and heart warming. Till that ending and i know where this is going to go

[@stevenbigland6193]

You have earnt my subscription with this, old chap. Nicely done!

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

Woohoo!

[@chrisjulien7698]

Christ bless you, I genuinely love that the two little ones came back all grown up with their own little one

[@lukasgr4982]

The story was so heartwarming. And that was really sweet. And then the moment came at the end. Oh. Yeah. It can never end well. In the grim dark universe.

[@TrazynPrime]

Man this and the moments in twice dead king make me want to write a story of a necron lord struggling with his immortality and having peaceful interactions with organic life, having to deal with the issues of the dyspherak that oltyx had to deal with, i feel it could possibly make for an impactful story

[@TheHalokid24]

Barely know anything about 40k but that ending felt so grounded and scary. Great story

[@MazzaAzi]

I love 40k stories where people manage to escape the horrors of the endless war, no matter how brief it is

[@ScreamerTheMemer]

Horus: *guess whos back*

[@tomasmichaels642]

Is it just me, or is the death mask of the mother smiling as An-nakhrimun holds the baby?

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

A Mona Lisa Smile

[@andreabloomfield4974]

1:43 reminds me of Doctor Who into the wild blue yonder when he thinks what happens to the tardis in the hostile action

[@ekkovaan2261]

3:07 "She even forgot to wallow in her own sadness" Me too, buddy. Me too...

[@Warrior-Of-Virtue]

I came to your channel for the laughs. But I'll gladly stay for the feels.

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

;)

[@RSOxSPEC4x]

ya i was waiting for the "and the space marines show up" part

[@THE-690]

That Necron is going to go on a thousand year old revange against Empire

[@stupidlizard4764]

Ah yes, grimdark. Whenever you feel happy or full with hope there is always something on the horizon and you can't really do anything about it. Moment of happiness before millenias of dread

[@saphirone8030]

I love 40k for many things. When you start, it's all about the biggest wars, the biggest armies. Then you plundge deep down and you see the individual level, where you follow the inquisitor, the lone space marine squad. Then you go even deeper and you see the stories of the infantryman, the ganger, and the hive worker. The more you immerse yourself in 40k, the more you see this universe at the eye level of the normal person. For this video, many people will find those kind of stories "Boring", "Lore-breaking", "Hoping it will get more grimdark with flayer virus or being a dream". But 40k happens in a galaxy. A galaxy is mind boggingly big. And I like to think those stories can happen in that vast emptiness with millions of possibilities. All write, or told with passions by someone who care. That's what your channel and stories feels to me. Thank you. For all of them.

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

Thank you for being here! Comments like yours are partly why I keep doing what I am doing. Hope you have an amazing day.

[@vollkerball1]

This small story is something crazy. Got a tear in my eyes.

[@kostastevic4807]

I like to think that the Necron someone removed the system or even hide the system from the 16 legions and thus ensured that the planet remained safe.

[@molybdaen11]

Missed opportunity to make her some kind of quarding spirit.

[@makehappyfaces2542]

This was so beautiful... then came mention of the timeline... and the legion that would soon be upon them... were this a tombworld things would play out much differently, but maybe, just maybe, there's enough juice in her ship that she could take some humans with her and escape to the stars. Astartes, traitor or not, aren't gonna bother chasing after 1 fleeing necron ship when an entire planet sits below.

[@TrashMail-ri3ci]

My heart dropped the second it gave the Terran time...

[@Blundabus1337]

You know.... if those space marines that show up happen to be Blood Angels, and Matt Ward is the writer, well... *Good Ending.*

[@GarkKahn]

Or lunar wolves with more important things to do than kill a xeno at least

[@gabojill19]

16th legion. That´s Horus´ Legion. So no, sadly, no. Horus Heresy time!

[@Blundabus1337]

@@gabojill19 maybe the silver skeleton space marines show up and save the day

[@Sigismund-von-Luxembourg]

I vaguely remember seeing a story like this about a Necron mother who would abduct infants of other species and try to raise them but because it was a tomb with no food water or air it quickly turned into a grimdark horror story.

[@ChaoticVoicesofAndreas]

Oooffff...b

[@ewill3435]

It's my headcannon that something like this is why the 2nd and/or the 11th primarchs were eliminated. One or both of them may have landed on a world more tolerant of xenos, being rased in a more utopian and egalitarian society where multiple races including humans were able to thrive together. Upon discovery by the great crusade, both the lost primarchs and the Imperium would be horrified by the other, resulting in the primarch's expungement from Imperial history.

[@MarshmallowRadiation]

In the dim glow of the far future, there is sometimes peace.

[@ScottishRandyMarsh]

Just a vision of this lot going terminator 2 on some chaos after holding a dead umie' in a burning building, as the scarf and trinkets burn off and the gits left there surrounded by ash and their lil bones, stands up and advances to scrap with the nids or chaos or even both

[@ShnobyWalker]

“These are my humans. There are many like them but these ones are mine. I must master these humans as I must master my immortality. Without me, these humans are dead. Without them, I’m dead… inside.”

[@TruculentSheep]

One Year Later: "GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU DOGS!" "Hah! I get that reference, and-" BAZZZZZAAAT-CRACKLE-GAUSS-AAAAAAARGH!

[@collindee8370]

A necron so fucking depressed that it doesnt even want to kill. Also hope an inquisitor doesnt stop by, because this sounds like an absolutely massive load of heresy

[@wyhiobcarlile4879]

pretty sure this is the plot of mortal engines

[@CarlosLopez-wb2qn]

That's it! Ungrims your dark.

[@discover1114]

Built huge cities, battle with their robot servents, then primitive again

[@the_infinexos]

At the very least, I'm thankful it isn't the 8th Legion arriving in their system

[@SoonGone]

I really enjoyed this. Thanks 😊 👍

[@ezraho8449]

I’m detecting heresy in this video.