Icnarus is a former Imperial Frontier World located in the Segmentum Ultima that was discovered to be a Necron Tomb World and was eventually reclaimed by its slumbering Necrons, who have now begun to move in force towards the Gothic Sector.
History[]
In 784.M41, an ancient, alien evil awoke on Icnarus and its settlements began to vanish one after another. In a panic, the world's citizens retreated to their only spaceport that was located in the coastal city of Inmoran, where a riot soon erupted around it.
It was at that moment that rusted, metallic xenos warriors -- Necron Warriors -- rose from the nearby sea and led by a blazing being of light -- a C'tan Shard -- began killing all in their path. Just as all hope for Icnarus' surviving Human population seemed lost, a lone Imperial Knight suddenly appeared and defeated the invaders by driving the undying metallic warriors back into the sea and sending their god screaming into the ether.
By later in the 41st Millennium, however, the Necrons rose up once more and conquered Icnarus, sweeping away the Human settlements and reclaiming the world for their own ancient empire. Now that the world is in their grasp, the Necrons of Icnarus have begun advancing towards the Gothic Sector, despite the best efforts of the Deathwatch kill-teams located at the nearby watch fortress of Fort Excalibris to stop them.
Sources[]
- Codex: Imperial Knights (6th Edition) (Digital Edition), "The Time of Ending - Shadows Over Icnarus"
- Codex Adeptus Astartes - Deathwatch (7th Edition), pp. 12–13
- Codex Adeptus Astartes - Deathwatch (8th Edition), pg. 25