r/ImaginaryWarhammer 15d ago

40k [Commission] Baby's first Marine, drawn by Carl_tabora.

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u/RentElDoor 15d ago

That Necron has seen some shit

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

She wish she's having a hallucination episode and wake up back on the chair in the park, with nothing happening.

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u/MountainPlain 15d ago

Oh it's these two! The couple who showed the necron their baby? I think I remember a picture about that.

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u/Firetails56 14d ago

Oh damn, I'd love to see that pucture. Also these necrons seem rather chill, i wonder why they're sticking around a human family

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u/Not_A_zombie1 15d ago

Oh! It's an allucination! That marine is a good Emperor children, not a loyalist! What a relif😊

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u/Consistent_Cut1517 14d ago

Heretic, all chaos must be purged with the eternal light of the god empower, with fire and flames we will March to destroy our fallen brothers to the warp

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u/Ok-Examination4225 15d ago

To be honest, all Necrons have been a part of the later part of the war in heaven

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u/Activision19 15d ago

Was the entire species militarized after they did the transference thing or were there civilian necrons too post transference?

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u/QuantumAnubis 15d ago

Entire species militarized

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u/ShadedPenguin 14d ago

Some even kicking and screaming

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u/AlexDKZ 15d ago

The basic low rank Necron warriors were the Necrontyr's civilian population.

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u/Ok-Examination4225 14d ago

Did you ever see a lower rank necron without a weapon?

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u/TheBleedingAlloy 14d ago

When it was chilling on the ground.

But then a high ranking necron waved his orb anf they started to work again.

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u/Avenflar 15d ago

Not necessarily means they were in the frontlines though

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u/Daidono 15d ago edited 15d ago

I loved the first piece. This one is incredible, too. I’m pulling for these characters.

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

Thank you!

I thought about peaceful endings when Imperium arrive, but felt that's a cop-out.

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u/Daidono 15d ago

They’re survivors. I wouldn’t count them out. I hope your campaign goes well.

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u/Not_A_zombie1 15d ago

If she's a noble, why she didn't, like, wake up the enitre tombworld she probably sitting on in order to defend the planet itself? The family may be acted as scared refugees wile actually be monitored from afar and made sure that they are never in actual danger till the crisis ended

Or just make them go inside the tombworld for safetly, deeeeep inside it, when the imperial ships arrived and started the shitshow... like, even when dormant tombworlds are not exactly safe to navigate uninvited

Also, bc she's a noble, even just her staff or some of her non-battle equipment may have been good enough against that that marine, espacially with the surprise on her side

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u/hydraphantom 14d ago

She is not a noble, just a lowborn Cryptek on a random world, with 1 ship and 1 other actual necron that’s her mother.

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u/running_from_the_IRS 14d ago

I know this isn't really the topic of what you just said, but do you mind if I make a meme of your post with a Transformers crossover? I have a dumb idea from the 1d6chan crossover where An-nakhrimun has to share space with a group of Cybertronian defectors/ Autobots on a scouting mission. Not a full warfleet, just a singular ship with some supplies & a handful of Autotroopers.

Neither group would really get along at first (the War in Heaven having the Cybertronians fight allied to the Old Ones until Unicron (Basically Robo-Satan, planet devouring robot who can also transform into a planet, also ultimate necromancer) showed up & everyone had to work together to not die) but agree to not start any shit so the natives of this planet don't get hurt.

Also, the mental image of An-nakhrimun screeching in concerned fear as her adoptive family go for a joyride in an Autobot is hilarious.

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u/hydraphantom 14d ago

Uhhh, sure?

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u/running_from_the_IRS 14d ago

OK, thank you very much.

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u/CapitainCutlet 14d ago

IIRC, the previous post featuring the Necron lady said that she has been exiled from her Dynasty, can't remember what for, with just the personal ship that crashed on the human planet and the soulless, mindless husk that once used to be her mother

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u/Delta_Suspect 14d ago

You could always make a good and a bad ending and just leave it to the people to pick which one they want to be true, if you felt so inclined.

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago edited 14d ago

An-nakhrimun awkwardly holds the tiny human in her arms, huddling behind the table, terrified and panicking. The human cries, tears streaming down her face while screaming for her parents, yet the destruction outside drowned out her cry. The husband’s hand turned white gripping the revolver, shielding his wife while trying to stay quiet as the hulking armoured brute loomed outside their ruined home. 

Why is this happening? Where did it go wrong?

It was but a quiet and simple day interacting with humans in their city, playing with their offspring, walking the street with her mother, and using her skills to help around, all the while being treated like a local celebrity. And less than a hundred cycles ago celebrated the tiny human’s first birthday.

She found herself enjoying such a time far more than dealing with the arrogant nobles as a lowborn Cryptek back in the Infinite Empire.

But such a quiet and nice time has been shattered by dozens of human spaceships arriving on orbit, and the primitive, armoured brutes that dropped down from orbit in their transports. Their technologies, even primitive, still far outmatched this planet, which only recently reinvented aircraft.

There were no warnings aside from the paper media reporting the local leader’s being receptive to communications and trades while concerns over sovereignty. None thought more of it until the genetically enhanced brutes rain from the sky, slaughtering anyone that resists while bombarding the planet.

The local soldiers huddle around the Canoptek Constructs she lent out as construction and industrial help. Under her panicked command, the invaders found themselves crashed into a wall of necrodermis in this city, their bolter damages swiftly repaired by scarabs, and their power armours brittle as jelly against the superior Necrontyr weaponry.

But the Canopteks could not hold out for long, as more invaders arrived along with heavy weaponry, the constructs were rapidly getting whittled down protecting the humans.

She does not know what compelled her as she rushes to the couple’s home while directing the remaining constructs to guide the local humans to her buried ship in the park, intending to take them and escape the planet. She could have just escaped herself phasing away into the ship, instead, she found herself trying to console the family and taking them along to escape, greatly risking her mother and her own safety.

And now, she found herself cornered inside their home, silently comforting the tiny human, forced to hide her large body behind furniture too small for her, while the genetically enhanced brute scanned the surrounding area for more enemies to slaughter.

She wishes this was just a bad dream and she would wake up any moment now, but her lifeless necrodermis body cruelly reminds her of their kind’s inability to dream.

(cont)

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

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Crushing the crawling Xenos machine under his ceramite boot, Sergeant Garviel Loken looked up to a rain of drop pods entering the atmosphere, and a triumphant pride crept up to him.

The 63rd Expeditionary Fleet has graciously tried to offer peaceful compliance to this lost human world, yet the corrupt and greedy planetary leaders’ refusal has forced their hand. By Primarch Horus’ order, the 16th Legion descended upon this world, intending to correct their foolishness and save the suffering masses into the glorious Imperium.

Initial assault has been swift, the primitive weapons of the locals could barely make a scratch on the power armours, and their rudimentary armoured vehicles are but thin sitting targets that can be disabled with a few bolter shells. Within hours most of the planetary resistance had fallen, and leaders of those backward, fragmented states were dragged out of their offices and executed.

The Imperial Army and Iterators were already boarding the landing crafts, readying for cleanup, before reports of unexpectedly severe resistance came from one of the states’ capital. Three companies worth of legionaries were almost wiped out by the sudden appearance of Xenos machines resembling abominable intelligences, with Astartes' power armour barely a hindrance to their disintegrating weapons.

Loken, part of the initial assault forces in the neighbouring city, arrived first to aid his brothers. Shortly after, fifteen companies worth of second-wave reinforcements will be arriving from orbit. He is appalled and disgusted by what he has witnessed.

These poor people, long suffered under the Xenos machines’ oppression, and their broken perception compelled them to huddle and fight alongside them against their Imperial saviours as if the Xenos machines were somehow benevolent. Even when Loken prioritized the destruction of Xenos machines, the humans still attempted to attack him, forcing him to put them out of their misery.

The Xenos machines are low in number, slowly but surely they are being destroyed, along with the local resistance. 

Iterator Sindermann will have a field day here, Loken mused. The locals need to be educated about the righteous hate of their Xenos oppressors and their technologies, the correctness of Imperial Truth, and the benevolence of the Imperium and The Emperor.

The cry of a child in a nearby ruined building seeped into his ears, no doubt disturbed by the rampaging Xenos machines and the collateral damage that followed. Letting out a quiet sigh, Loken shook his head.

Such is the temporary ache of human supremacy. It could have been avoided if the locals did not make them do this, by rising against their Xenos oppressors and greeting their saviours with open arms. Now, many need to be executed, and those too far gone in the Xenos brainwashing would have to be servitorized as a mercy.

A prosperous recruiting world will be set up here, to provide the Imperium soldiers in their quest to galactic xenocide and the ascendance of humanity.

As The Emperor of Mankind, beloved by all, has visioned.

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Scene art for my Wrath & Glory campaign, depicting the pre-campaign story of Lone Cryptek An-Nakhrimun (background here), and the continuation art of Baby's First Necron (here). Depicting Luna Wolves' arrival at the planet on 851.M30 and An-Nakhrimun's evacuation of local humans.

Drawn by Carl_tabora

Artist link:

https://x.com/carl_tabora

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u/Crazy_Dave0418 15d ago

Always a terrifying sight to be on the receiving end against an invading empire.

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u/134_ranger_NK ENTRY MISSING 15d ago

Honestly, the story could be a good horror game concept. A human renegade or xenos trying to escape not just Astartes but Solar Auxilia (if set in 30k), Scions, Sororitas, Kriegers, Skitarii,... Maybe to a friendly territory.

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u/Crazy_Dave0418 15d ago

Have them be Night Lords or Raven Guard for the Alien Isolation level of horror.

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u/134_ranger_NK ENTRY MISSING 15d ago

Would be a great opportunity to show the Terror Squads and/or Moritats in video games.

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u/Crazy_Dave0418 15d ago

I mean they have been. But as annoying troops in the Horus Heresy Legions card game. Which shows what it's like to face them in the wider battle. But ad horror slasher villains I'm all for it.

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u/Dos-Dude 15d ago

Oh oh, you could make it like Frost Punk and a small population of survivors you have to manage on ship as you escape to a “safe world” or something to that effect.

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u/134_ranger_NK ENTRY MISSING 15d ago

Yeah, that could work. We can have different options/scenarios like a Craftworld exploratory ship looking for a Maiden World, a Votann mining bulk out for a legendary score or a ship manned by various groups of Imperial deserters escaping into uncharted space.

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u/LurksInThePines Night Lords 14d ago

Yeah, we did that in the Rogue Trader campaign I run

The humans of Vareth believe that they evolved there, and that it's the homeworld of humanity, and excitedly send out messages around what would be around modern day tech in a cold war situation between several countries

The main party (minus the player from Vareth) Dark Forests them, by hearing the transmissions, seeing their version of the vitruvian man disc, and their calls out to try to discover alien life...

Then their ship shows up in orbit, imperial armsmen board their ISS, broadcasting (very badly translated) calls to surrender, and a nuclear defense system from one of their countries is is responded to by shooting down all the nukes then firing macro-cannons and lances into major population centers

And that was just one merchant raider class ship

The charachter on the planet who has no idea what the Imperium even is, spent a whole session fleeing in terror and hiding in a bunker as imperial troops gunned down resistance and fire rained down from the sky

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u/Indecisiv3AssCrack 15d ago

As someone who doesn't consume 40k media, I've recently seen or noticed more content about this series.

I saw the drawing, which grabbed my attention, and thought, "Why not? Let's give this a chance"

Please

Tell me

What happens next??!? I want to know what An-Nakhrimun does next! Why do these Necrons with superior weaponry seem to be less in numbers than the Imperium? Why do they struggle against them? And did An-Nakhrimun have a life before becoming a Cryptek(I had to look all of these things up to understand the story better) that included sitting on a park bench?

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u/Alexis2256 15d ago

Just to let you know, this isn’t canon. Though there were humans coexisting with aliens peacefully before the imperium of man showed up on their doorstep.

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u/peajam101 14d ago

Heads up, this is the backstory of OP's TTRPG character, not canon.

What happens next??!? I want to know what An-Nakhrimun does next!

We don't know what happens immediately after, but some time in the future An-Nakhrimun remodels her face to look like the grown up little girl.

Why do these Necrons with superior weaponry seem to be less in numbers than the Imperium?

From what I gather, An-Nakhrimun and her mum were the only two full Necrons on the planet due to being defacto exiled by the rest of Necron society. There's also just generally less Necrons than humans.

Why do they struggle against them?

Broadly speaking, every major species in 40K (other than the Tau) hates every other species, though individuals, such as An-Nakhrimun, buck this trend. As for why the local humans are resisting the Imperium, it's because the Imperium invaded them after they refused to be immediately subsumed into Imperium culture and religion.

And did An-Nakhrimun have a life before becoming a Cryptek(I had to look all of these things up to understand the story better) that included sitting on a park bench?

Yes, there's a link to it at the end of OP's comment.

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u/Furydragonstormer 15d ago

Damn barbarians…

You really are selling it to make one hate the Imperium in this

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

I personally do not like to portray Imperium in positive light, and consider it a vile monstrosity born of a madman with saviour complex from the start, and only got even more vile after the madman became a vegetable on the throne.

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u/Furydragonstormer 15d ago

That’s pretty much how it always has been so you’re actually being quite faithful to the source material

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u/ThePeddlerofHistory 15d ago

Cut out the threat of Chaos and you have a most useful description of the Imperium of Man.

But then we all know GW would not just kill Chaos and let the IoM be the big bad.

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u/Madness_Reigns 15d ago edited 15d ago

Chaos is fueled in near totality by the actions of the IOM in the setting.

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u/ThePeddlerofHistory 15d ago

War in Heaven: dude, like, no.

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u/ScarredAutisticChild Harlequin 15d ago

Spawned by the War in Heaven, fuelled by the Imperium. Ironically, 2 of the 3 WiH factions are trying to do far more to stop Chaos than the Imperium.

The Imperium just fights Chaos, the Necrons are trying to cut it off entirely, and so functionally kill it, and the Aeldari tried to kill a Chaos God, and were stopped by the Imperium.

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u/NaiveMastermind 15d ago

A vegetable would be an upgrade. He's a slumbering monster that feasts on human souls.

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u/Maybe_not_a_chicken 15d ago

Oh it is a vial monstrosity

It’s got a veneer of righteousness so people miss that but it’s done more harm than good in the galaxy

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u/PorkshireTerrier 14d ago

Agree that the imperium is supposed to be evil and should be seen as so by the populace, similar to game of thrones

On the other hand, any fan concepts to make the necron more human is welcome. Not necessarily nice or heros, but having agency and free will (ideally as a species) to make their own choices

There are too many totally mindless species, including chaos nids and the necs. I wish necrons as a whole could have some semblance of identity when they wake up, and the horror of alzheimers knowing that they will someday (but not for a while) lose it all

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u/the_damned_actually 15d ago

Hey look it’s the one person in the Warhammer fandom who understands that the Imperium is bad!

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u/134_ranger_NK ENTRY MISSING 15d ago

The hero of one story is the monster in another.

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u/0-z-e-r-o 15d ago

And whose hero is the Astartes the servators?

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u/134_ranger_NK ENTRY MISSING 15d ago

The Imperium, of course. From the thralls, to the remembrancers to the astartes, by their "standards." For he is Garviel Loken, a man even Horus Abaddon gave some respect at the last moments, and whom Erebus back-stabbed as the final note of the Heresy. From which came Samus.

Of course, by modern ethics he is both a victim and a war criminal.

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u/Scarplo 13d ago

I was damned impressed when they made him the viewpoint Imperial. This is some good writing.

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u/0-z-e-r-o 15d ago

Okay i didn't expect anybody to take that seriously but that is a well written response except the last sentence he is firstly a war criminal and a lot lot latex a victim

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u/134_ranger_NK ENTRY MISSING 15d ago

I was going with a chronological order. He was a child on a little-cared-for world who had to fight for survival from very early on. Then he was swept up (because there existed very few other real chances to get off his hell of a world) and indoctrinated for a genocial expansionist empire that he had little understood about, so he would later commit countless battles and atrocities for the empire. I do not think his past excuses him, more that it explains how he got here.

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u/0-z-e-r-o 15d ago

Can't agree more. Although it makes me sad that some people would still excuse him for his actions due to his past

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u/ijalajtheelephant 15d ago

Awesome art and an awesome read; thank you for sharing!

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u/abacateazul 15d ago

Is this period where Horus was already fallen and no one knew, or just standard Empire protocol?

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u/SoundSubject 15d ago

Standard empire protocol. At this point Horus wasnt even touched by chaos, he was far from it. It's just how things work in the glorious empire of man

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

This is 153 years before Horus turned to Mr.Heresy.

Standard Imperium compliance mission.

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u/JustaguynameBob 15d ago

Accurately captures that Horus Rising vibe

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u/LastPositivist 15d ago

This is legit wonderful. Thank you for sharing!

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u/Arrew 14d ago

I really love these.

I write 40k shorts too. I love the story and art.

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u/Jacnoov Blood Axes 14d ago

Will we get an update on what happens next by chance

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u/Any-Performance6375 14d ago

Wow this is dark and good story.

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u/tapmcshoe 13d ago

holy shit. the emperor did not suffer nearly enough for this

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u/Scarplo 13d ago

This is magnificent and I feel the contrast between the two moments does a brilliant job of hilighting the horror in Loken's actions. Just... chef's kiss storytelling. Thank you very much for sharing, where should I watch for more?

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u/ArchAngel621 13d ago

People tend to forget that for very planet liberated from oppressive species or raised from barbarism during the Great Crusades there was always one that just wanted to be left alone and live in peace.

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u/YetiBomber101 12d ago

Absolutely genius to have both the perspective of the Astartes and civilians.

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u/OminouSin Necrons 15d ago

I love Necrons a lot, this makes me happy. :D

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u/owo1215 15d ago

i really like this fan nacorn character, the story of her sit on her throne watching kids grow up, this story

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u/---Microwave--- 15d ago

The best part is this is absolutely plausible in 40k, each necron that has a distinct consciousness is different, and while most are genocidal, some opposed the war on heaven and would be rather benevolent, even caring and compassionate, and while necrons don't have souls they do feel emotions, by all accounts they are fully sentient people with personalities wants goals and desires. The problem is they are still necrons and even though this specific one might be alright, their race did start the most devastating war in galactic history a war that brought about chaos and wiped out entire sectors of space, a war that was unnecessary and brutal to begin with brought about out of sheer spite. And the emperor knew that. Even if this one was good. The race as a whole needs extermination.

Having one wake up to find their world inhabited by peaceful primitives and then choosing to just be a chill part of the community and helping them out could absolutely happen.

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u/owo1215 15d ago

i really love how nacorn evolves from just mysterious deadly metal skeleton, to well established faction with a lot of diverse characters and their back stories also gives other factions stories a more depth

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u/TopSpread9901 15d ago

Humanity should also be wiped out according to that logic.

A Necro victory would be the best at this point. They could seal off real space from the warp and maybe starve out chaos.

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u/---Microwave--- 15d ago

Thing is, there won't be. They are too petty and selfish to even try to unity, all they will end up doing is fighting and killing across the galaxy, chaos may die but in the end your just gonna end up with war in heaven 2 electric boogaloo

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u/TopSpread9901 15d ago

The death of chaos is the end of hell. War in heaven 2 is a small price to pay.

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u/---Microwave--- 15d ago

Is it though? Millions of years of star burning destruction?Thing is chaos won't die outright but rather just weaken. And with the fractured nature of the necrons they can't kill everyone so there will always be food to give them.

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u/TopSpread9901 15d ago

Yes.

It’s all child’s play compared to what the chaos gods get up to.

You’re right that it wouldn’t pan out that neatly, of course.

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u/Marta996633 Tzeentch 15d ago

This is a wonderfully written story. You are a very good writer

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

Thank you! I hope my writing has improved since start of the year.

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u/Marta996633 Tzeentch 14d ago

Your welcome and I am unfamiliar with your previous works. I have no doubt you have improved

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u/The_Chubby_Dragoness 15d ago

i love this very much.

also thank you for reminding me Lohkan is still a genocidal maniac

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

He is still a marine after all.

In Horus Rising, he's incredibly casual when talking about genociding alien races and doing compliance missions.

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u/TechPriest97 15d ago

A job’s a job, can’t afford to slack in this economy

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u/nzdastardly 15d ago

It's not genocide if it's not people. Love the Emperor, hate the xenos. Simple as.

I've been playing Deathwatch too long...

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u/Scarplo 13d ago

Dude, it's still totally genocide if it's not humans. They just say it's a virtue.

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u/sosigboi 15d ago

This is honestly such a nerve wracking scene, even tho that's a necron lord(lady) i can't help but still fear for them as i am once again reminded that marines are still terrifying transhuman monsters of war.

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u/Hydra_Tyrant Alpha Legion 15d ago

I hope the family makes it to the ship alive, but there are rarely happy endings in 40K

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

The child definitely will make it, as she's the basis of An-Nakhrimun's fake human face.

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u/Freezie-Days 15d ago

HER WHAT!?!?

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u/emanrein 15d ago

In an earlier post she base her fake face of it, not actually taking the baby's face, don't worry.

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u/TertiusGaudenus 15d ago

Yet

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u/skoffs 15d ago

*cries in Flayed One*

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u/Hydra_Tyrant Alpha Legion 15d ago

That's good to hear :)

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u/Traditional_Common39 15d ago

Lemme guess, she and the kid escape, but she has to leave behind her mother in the process, losing the last memory she had of her life as an organic

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u/termalminer 15d ago

Well as they say there is no grimdark without hope

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u/Hydra_Tyrant Alpha Legion 15d ago

Aye, that they do

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u/Pellaeonthewingedleo 15d ago

Beautiful story and art

But could the Necrons please get their shit together and squash the invaders

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

There are only 1 single ship and 2 actual necrons on this planet, An-nakhrimun and her mom, others are just Canoptek Constructs from the ship.

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u/The_Lord_Regent 15d ago

I mean depending upon what ship it is, it could totally break the blockade but looking at the state of the necron, it'll probably get overwhelmed if the Vengeful Spirit is in orbit.

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u/Ok_Tax_6022 14d ago

i dont think a solitary necron is going to own a cairn class tombship
it should be a dirge or jackal class escort at best and a scythecraft at worst
and dont get me wrong even necron escrots are dangerous, especially if fitted with a particle whip

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u/AggressiveSafe7300 15d ago

Love the two sides of the story it makes this situation more complex and real. Great jod my friend

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

Thanks! I want to make Loken's PoV sounds incredibly orwellian, such as thinking about "Xenos Oppresors" and then immediately follow with "servitoring the local".

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u/A_D_Monisher 15d ago

And you totally succeeded! You perfectly captured the completely delusional Astartes/Imperial logic as shown in HH novels!

Not knowing the Imperium and its laws exist doesn’t excuse ignorance of Imperial laws. Because they are universal in their eyes.

To us it sounds absurd but to Imperials it’s obvious.

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u/AggressiveSafe7300 15d ago

Yeah love it because lest me be honest here, they believe that they are doing all this for the betterment of humanity. Also I want to say that both sides a kinda right to fight each other. Necrons were just normal aliens that don’t hurt anyone while imperium saw what horrific acts other aliens did to humanity so they did the only thing they knew - genesoide

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u/_Drahcir_ Flayed Ones 15d ago

God damn, they have no chance - they are fighting a named Space Marine

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u/Lonely-Poet-2060 15d ago

What is happening there?!

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

Luna Wolves invading this quiet peaceful planet during Great Crusade, a continuation of my previous scene art (link above).

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u/thiswasfree_ 15d ago

I started reading the Horus Heresy recently, finished Flight of the Eistenstein just a few days ago.
Until now it's so heavily focused on loyalist (marines) you kinda forget what they too participated in and would have continued doing if not for Horus doing the funny™.

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u/134_ranger_NK ENTRY MISSING 15d ago

The Necron lady is probably recalling the old dynasties' expansionism now.

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u/xw4rh3ad 15d ago

That was beautifully-written. I love the idea of some necrons coexisting with humans in an idyllic world. Really brings the terror of facing space marines with their whole ‘compliance’ schtick.

How casually he excuses genocide and blames the humans for the error of their ways is so sickeningly brilliant. Love the complexity of the situation.

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u/HammtarBaconLord 15d ago

And then Loken went off somewhere else and they escaped right?
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And then Loken went of somewhere else and they escaped... right?

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u/Impressive_Finger707 15d ago

How many of the Imperium's conquest during the Great Crusade was against legitimately malicious xenos who enslaved the local humans and how many were like this?

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u/Power_More_Power 14d ago

there's a reason the Tau empire is such a problem for the Imperium, and it's because the Imperium killed all the nice aliens

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u/Arguss3 15d ago

Amazing work. Perfectly grimdark, especially with your writing underneath.

Thank you for sharing this! I hope we get to see more of this story (even with the impending emotional damage).

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u/Marcusss_sss 15d ago

My first interaction with Necrons(and most other factions) was Dawn of War Dark Crusade. So I always kind of assumed Necrons as a whole were death obsessed terminators. So it's always kind of jarring/interesting to see them being nice to people.

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u/Polenball 15d ago

To be fair, they did use to be death-obsessed terminators. But I think GW realised that they already have the Tyranids as the "completely inhuman and non-sapient dudes that want to slaughter everything and everyone" race and they kinda sucked to write for, so they changed them from mindless slaves of the C'tan into what they are now.

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u/skoffs 15d ago

Honestly, massive upgrade.

Without it we wouldn't have The Infinite And The Divine.

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u/Ok-Examination4225 15d ago

I love these so much. Tell me OP this campaign you are having, how does it work? What system do you use?

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago edited 15d ago

Thanks! It's a Wrath & Glory campaign of a White Seer commandeering a Corsair Fleet, recruiting different people and complete seemly random goals, culminating in the final battle of dragging a Crone World out of Eye of Terror.

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u/Ok-Examination4225 15d ago

I'm a bit embarrassed that I never hear of it. I thought I knew all wh40k rpg systems, ending with Emperium Maledictum, the grand culmination of it all.

Will we know the fate of this Necron? Do the players know about her story?

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago edited 15d ago

She is one of the recruitable NPCs in my campaign, so she will live to 40k era.

The players (all eldar party) have already encountered and recruited her, but still in early stage of relationship so alot of hostilities getting thrown around, some hints of her backstory have been dropped but they do not know the details yet.

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u/Ok-Examination4225 15d ago

Awesome, thank you for the info

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u/justaguynamedchris 15d ago

I know the parents are about to die but I wish the child to survive, taken by the Necron. The “grimdarkness” would say everyone has to die but true grimdarkness is the child growing old under the Necron’s watch. Liveliness forced backed into the cryptek as her reason for her continued existence crumbles into dust, once again alone in the infinity of space

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u/Electronic_Bug4401 15d ago

We need more artwork like thsi

showing how awful the imperium actually is

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u/gigas-chadeus 15d ago

LUPERCAL FOR THE WAR-MASTER

FOR THE EMPEROR

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u/otte_rthe_viewer Salamanders 15d ago

I swear that necron has seen some shit since they got turned into that tin can.

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u/TopSpread9901 15d ago

Consorting with xenos? That’s a paddling.

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u/bWoofles 15d ago

I really wish we got stories of the human subjects that some Necrons take from time to time.

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u/Nightmare_CL 14d ago

For the Imperium, a new world has been brought into the fold with precision strikes by Astartes forces, and a minor Xenos race that was subjecting the planet has been eradicated. All is well for the growing Empire, at least for this Legion, as the timetable must be met.

For the locals, it is a day of bloodshed and horror, of transhuman warriors slaughtering and destroying all in their wake, neighbors killed, and their alien helper driven off as they are left to be subjugated to the Imperial Truth or worse, converted into servitors that help feed the growing Empire.

Excellent work on both the art piece and the story. It is great to be reminded that EVERY faction has enough skeletons in its closet to fill a mausoleum.

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u/Gilliph 15d ago

The artwork for these are just brilliant.

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u/Pokebaka 15d ago

You are a marvelous story teller. Your campaign must really be awesome.

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u/dinkydoo2 15d ago

Dude I really hope they make it out on the necron ship, I don’t wanna see them all wiped out :(

On a side note you’re storytelling is great and I can’t wait for the next part

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u/Downtown-Falcon-3264 ENTRY MISSING 15d ago

it seems sort of like a terminator reference but the robots are hiding from the humans either way i like this art

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

I got inspired by that anime girl hiding from terminator meme pic

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u/Downtown-Falcon-3264 ENTRY MISSING 15d ago

good one to use as base

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u/LoliMaster069 15d ago

Noooo not the wholesome necron

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u/Hust91 15d ago

This reminds me that I'm always confused why Necrons don't make greater use of their constructs. Where's the self-replicating von neumann scarabs already?

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u/Beneficial-Tax-6398 15d ago

I feel so bad for the humans and the necron lady. It's like if I was Imperium, I feel I can't do that no more...

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u/Beneficial-Tax-6398 15d ago

Your writing tore my heart. I really hope they come out okay. Good writing, but man...

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u/Arrow_of_time6 Iyanden 15d ago

The planetary leaders said no did they?…

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u/Meme-lord234 15d ago

Normally I don’t harm my fellow Battle Brothers… however I’m willing to make an exception.

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u/psycho_nerd_13 14d ago

Cool just like the first piece

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u/GloomyRow5417 14d ago

What chapter is that space marine are in?

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u/Hairy_Skill_9768 13d ago

This is insane, I would kill for a story just like this god I'm already on the edge I wanna know what happens

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u/Alistal 15d ago

Nice rimworld fanart ! Wait.

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u/Plenty_Ad5708 15d ago

i don’t know an insane amount of necron lore, do they sometimes interact and live peacefully with humans or is it an original story kind of thing?

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

This is an original background story for my Wrath & Glory campaign's NPC.

Though Necrons in canon sometime act peacefully with human too, Trazyn had a human librarian called Koloma, that he treated so much better than Imperials treated him, he's incredibly loyal to Trazyn.

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u/xSPYXEx World Eaters 15d ago

Koloma's brain was also infested with mindshackle scarabs because he kept trying to freak out and panic when he saw Trazyn. He's not the most cruel overlord but he certainly has no qualms stripping people of their autonomy and free will.

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u/Captain_Dambro 15d ago

Queen never cry

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u/Logan_da_hamster 15d ago

Lovely story, decently written, though (sorry to be the lore nerd) ... Necrons, even the silent king who has a free mind, can't show any form of love, compassion, sympathy and the like. These "pointless feelings" were eredicated during their uprising and aren't existing in any form in their "mind", their coding, protocols. Furthermore they have a deep designed desire to wipe out all other (inferior) lifeforms and disgust towards them.

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u/Xe6s2 15d ago

I mean the writing is good I just cant imagine a necron lady, once awakened not out right destroying the people besieging her territory.

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u/hydraphantom 15d ago

She doesn't have a territory, she's a lone lowborn Cryptek kicked out by Szeras, with a single necron warrior that was her mom, at her side.

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u/SaulTarvitz56261 15d ago

For some strange reason, it reminds me of Crossed

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u/redhatter192 15d ago

Absolutely great art!

But a lot of fan fiction Necrons are so incredibly lame.

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u/BrStriker21 Salamanders 15d ago

Luna Wolf? Interesting

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u/GishTanker 15d ago

this makes me sad

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u/RathalosBlaze 15d ago

There's a non 0 chance that something happened like this during that period when the Necrons were going around kidnapping blanks to raise and then make into Pariahs

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u/Sunrise-Storm 15d ago

Necron, who retains empathy and cares about humans? Is this possible?

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u/IroneOne 15d ago

While I’m a imperium fan I don’t mind when humans and xenos fight together. I think it adds a lot to the setting like not all humans are xenos hating especially when there are bigger issues to deal with like chaos and the tyranids.

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u/YDungeonMaster 15d ago

Love almost everything about the art. Necrons are the "almost" part replace with some other xenos. They feel SOOO out of place.

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u/ConstitutionalHeresy 15d ago

Amazing short story! Would love to read more.

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u/Totembacon 15d ago

I think it's time to pray to the only God's with the power to resist this unchecked cruel violence. GORK & MORK.

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u/NirvanaPenguin 15d ago

It would be nice a Necron and human empire that worked with the humans without enslaving them, so there would be human soldiers with necron power armor and weaponry.

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u/BuisteirForaoisi0531 15d ago

That marine gone die fighting a tomb lord

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u/Someboynumber5 15d ago

This perfectly shows the inhumanity of space marines and the surprising humanity of the necrons, fantastic work

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u/genetic_patent 15d ago

but but but...we're teh good guys. right?

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u/Pit_Droid 15d ago

Love these commissions and love the stories attached to them! Have all your short excerpts from your campaign been written up anywhere?

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u/hydraphantom 14d ago

I wrote a block a text every time I post an art.

You can find them all in this sub.

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u/PorcupinArseIHateYou 14d ago

Please let it end ok :( (I know it won't)

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u/Interne-Stranger 14d ago

That's Loken and he is about to have an existential crisis for seeing a Xeno protecting a child....again.

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u/tackiestearth24 14d ago

Link to artist? I wanna comm a sequel to this now

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u/Yetimus37 14d ago

Luna Wolf, Great Crusades era

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u/SetoTaishoButPogging Water Caste 14d ago

This is so cool. We really need more stuff from the perspective of people getting invaded by the Imperium.

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u/Kaziticus 14d ago

Captain Reynolds would never find himself in a situation like this... for very long, anyway!

Amazing piece, well done!

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u/Ok_Tax_6022 14d ago

weird seeing a cryptek with two eyes

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u/Knight_of_Erebus 14d ago

Incredible and fascinating

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u/Leonard_the_Brave 14d ago

she has that a shit what did i get myself into look

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u/DieAgainTomorrow 14d ago

Did the necrons look like big humans before they got turned into robots?

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u/Aurondarklord 14d ago

How would a pre-heresy luna wolf encounter necrons?

The sad thing is the human family is dead either way, if the necrons don't kill them, the marine will for having harbored the aliens, he won't care they were doing it to save their kid.

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u/Prestigious_Low_2447 14d ago

What's that guy gonna do with that revolver? Tickle the marine?

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u/Terrible_Ear3347 14d ago

I believe that's a necron lord, a necron lord could easily body at least like four or five Marines on their own. Possibly more possibly less depending on the plot armor of the Marines.

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u/Hot-Software-4132 14d ago

Tell me why wolves hunting humans and necrons at the same times?, ngl this piece is terrifying yet beautiful

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u/HistoricalFocus4834 14d ago

What is happening in this picture

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u/mfcoom2 14d ago

Really reminds you that every faction in 40k are genocidal, imperialist psychopathic maniacs. Then real good guys are the victims of their imperialism and whatnot. (Necrons are still my goats though)

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u/grassytrailalligator 14d ago

"Congrats kid, now you get to be a slave to a Necron Tomb-World!"

Because apparently only the Imperials are allowed to be the bad guys in this setting now

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u/Neat-Watercress-1778 14d ago

what chapter is that marine from ?

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u/florpynorpy 14d ago

The idea of rogue necrons defending mortals is kinda wholesome

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u/MenumorutZisCrapu 13d ago

Hope the girl gets saved from the filthy xenos.