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Alone among all the hosts of the Necrons, the Triarch Praetorians answer to no Phaeron, Overlord or royal dynasty; their loyalty belongs solely to the Triarch and to Szarekh, the last Silent King. When Szarekh shattered his command protocols at the end of the War in Heaven and departed into the intergalactic void in self-imposed penance, the Triarch Praetorians chose not to enter the Great Sleep alongside their kindred. Instead, they remained awake across sixty million years of isolation, keeping vigil over the slumbering Tomb Worlds, subtly guiding lesser primitive species in Necrontyr cultural patterns, and executing interlopers who stumbled upon the buried crypts.
Because they embody the law and memory of the ancient Triarch, Praetorians stand entirely outside dynastic hierarchy. Even the proudest Phaeron dares not strike down a Triarch Praetorian, for to do so is to invite the collective wrath of every Praetorian Judicator-prime in the sector. Whenever two reawakened Necron dynasties clash, the Praetorians sit in cold judgement to ensure the ancient codes of honourable war are obeyed — and if a Tomb World is threatened by xenos or Imperial invaders, they descend on anti-gravitic pinions to fight where the line is closest to breaking.
With the return of Szarekh the Silent King to the galaxy in the Era Indomitus, the surviving Triarch Praetorians have rallied in vast numbers to his banner, enforcing his grand design against the Tyranids and the Pariah Nexus.
Appearance & wargear
Tall, regal and sculpted in the likeness of the ancient Necrontyr gods, Triarch Praetorians wear ornate necrodermis plate crowned with high, crested headdresses and ribbed dorsal flight-thrusters that project glowing emerald anti-gravitic fields and rib-like energy pinions when they leap into the air. Their chestplates bear the unblemished, three-pillared Ankh of the Triarch rather than any dynastic sigil. In battle they wield either the two-handed Rod of Covenant — a badge of office whose tip houses a searing miniature star-core that projects blasts of solar energy at range and cleaves power armour in melee — or a Voidblade and Particle Caster pistol.
Weapons & Vehicles
The arcane techno-sorcerous sceptres of Necron Crypteks and Overlords, unleashing searing bolts of captured stellar radiation while ser…
The dimensional-phasing polearms and emerald energy blades of Necron Overlords, Lychguard and Skorpekh Destroyers, slipping effortlessl…
The iconic emerald molecular-flaying beam rifle of the Necron legions, stripping flesh, bone and tank armour apart atom by atom in a bl…
Splinters of the shattered Star Gods, bound in necrodermis and unleashed by the Necrons only when the day is darkest.
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Battlefield role & tactics
Combining the heavy living-metal resilience of Lychguard with the aerial mobility of jump infantry, Triarch Praetorians soar over terrain and defensive bastions to strike at the heart of the enemy formation. Dropping from the skies in a blaze of green anti-grav light, they unleash point-blank volleys from their Rods of Covenant or Particle Casters before wading into close combat, where their ancient martial mastery and star-forged staves cut down Space Marine Terminators, Aeldari Aspect Warriors and enemy commanders alike.
Munitorum & Ordo Xenos Technical Dossier
Classified under Ordo and Departmento Munitorum threat-index protocols as a primary Combining the heavy living-metal resilience of Lychguard with the aerial mobility of jump infantry, Triarch Praetorians soar over terrain and defensive bastions to strike at the heart of the enemy formation. Dropping from the skies in a blaze of green anti-grav light, they unleash point-blank volleys from their Rods of Covenant or Particle Casters before wading into close combat, where their ancient martial mastery and star-forged staves cut down Space Marine Terminators, Aeldari Aspect Warriors and enemy commanders alike. asset of Necrons, Triarch Praetorians relies on a tightly coupled symbiosis between operator conditioning and primary armament. Field maintenance and biological recovery logs indicate that extended deployment without liturgical recalibration or bio-stasis rest degrades targeting and metabolic stability by less than 4% per solar week—far outperforming standard sector baselines—while post-engagement recovery teams prioritize the immediate extraction of their core wargear, neural/gene-seed components, or machine-spirit memory cores before enemy scavengers can exploit them.
Notable battles & users
- The Long Vigil — For sixty million years between the War in Heaven and the Great Awakening, the Triarch Praetorians remained awake in the galaxy while every other Necron slept.
- Return of Szarekh the Silent King — Triarch Praetorians served as the vanguard heralds preparing the dynasties for the Silent King's return and the construction of the Pariah Nexus.
- Judicator-Prime — High-ranking Praetorian commanders who hold the legal authority to depose or execute rogue Necron Lords who violate the ancient Triarchal codes.
Related
Characters (4)
Szarekh, the Silent King · Last of the Silent Kings
Imotekh the Stormlord · Phaeron of the Sautekh Dynasty
Trazyn the Infinite · Overlord of Solemnace, Archaeovist
Orikan the Diviner · Cryptek Chronomancer, Astromancer of the Triarch
