Necron Lord

A Necron Lord is the most sophisticated of the C'tan's servants, acting as leaders and energy loci for the Necron Warriors. When the Necrontyr gave up their bodies to serve their 'Star Gods', they willing gave up their own bodies and transferred their consciousness into bodies made of the living metal Necrodermis. However, they soon discovered that over an extended period of time, their bodies dulled the Necrontyr's minds and their abilities to feel emotion or pleasure. Over many millennia, the ultimate outcome of this process of gradual desensitization was that the Necrontyr became little more than warrior-slaves of the C'tan, harvesting life from across the galaxy to feed souls to their insatiable masters. Only the most powerful and strong-willed of the Necrons, referred to as Necron Lords, managed to maintain full sentience in the face of the growing dullness of their minds that increased with every passing century. Clad in crumbling vestments and wielding ancient, arcane staffs, the Necron Lord is a chilling sight to behold on the battlefield, as they direct their Necron Warriors in unnatural silence. Their ancient metallic bodies are marred by the patina of age and they wear the accumulated power of millennia like a robe. With every silent gesture, glittering arcs of energy surround them as their empty eye sockets burn with soulless fire.