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You definatly need a name that shows off both the power and mystery behind the Necrons, the kind of name that strikes fear and awe, the kind of name like...Colbert.

How about something like;
The Watcher or The Silent Killer
The Dark Lord or The Overseer
Something with a creepy Occupation maybe
or my personal favourites;
Fluffy the Impaler
or
Daddles the Destroyer of Worlds

Keith07934838sec.delta

Atarius 2600

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I think the Binary is quite good; the Egyptian names aren't bad either. If you want to give him a name that suits the Necrons, call him your phone number!

and the winner is ..........................................................................Comissar Candlestick with Ammon

His full name is Ammon the sythe bearer

thanks for the comments

If I was GW, I would name him Servo Gyrobot

the thing to remember is that, while the necron themselves don't have identities, they ARE given names by their enemies. I mean, does the red terror understand itself as the red terror? Does he introduce himself thus at parties? No, it's a nickname given buy guardsmen who have had to fight against them.

As such, having something descriptive in the name like "the scythe bearer" you mention makes sense. Of course, if you just give them a name based on their utility, you will be a huge tool (oh man, you're lord is called "the bringer of darkness"? Lemme make my 5+ against lameness).

Adding in an actual name would help, like the egyptian thing. Taking one of the few names from egyptian history that everybody knows is pretty toolish, though, so I wouldn't go with "Ammon".

Go with something a little less obvious like "Bubba Ep-Elvis the destroyer" or "Ho-tap'mann the eraser of souls" or "Seti Assan-Faire the bringer of terror in the night".

En Saba Nur.

Magog the Destroyer

Anybody said Bender yet? I didn't see one.

I call them things like "Iolo" as they can be (mis)read from binary.

Not that I think binary is really relevant to them.

I would have called him Crazy Uncle Ned or perhaps Metalface McMetalson.

the imperials call him... "HIM"... as in "oh no! run! it's HIM!"

He understands himself as "1010"(ultima's "Iolo") or maybe "5/9" (star trek) (Iolo=5)... funny that also could be 101=lol=5

the C'tan have a name for him that should not be pronounced if you fear for your sanity... like "Yog-shoggoth" or "Nyarlathulu" or "J.R. Bob Dobbs", or any other lovecraftian sounding horrible chaos names mishmashed together... "Azathotep".

Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.

Meek'el Jak-Zon (yes GW can make cheesy names like Lion'el Johnson, I can come up with this as well xD)

HAL

C-3P0?

...R2-D2?

CnC necron factory
mr. roboto
guvernator
The Iron Giant
Plumber Joe

Arregato!

HK-47. Color him all bronze, have him refer to his enemies as meat bags.

bloodaxegit wrote:and the winner is ..........................................................................Comissar Candlestick with Ammon

His full name is Ammon the sythe bearer

thanks for the comments

Thanks! Btw, I have another suggestion: Iron Man.

lugnuts.

Since "The Nightbringer" is essentially "Thanatos" out of Greek Mythology", a logical name for a Necron lord might be Charon, the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead.

Though I really like Thanatos...

I like that HK-47 one.

Well a lot of Necron nomenclature seems to come from what their enemies call them. For example some necron lord names are Voidbringer, The Silent King, Harbinger of Storms, and things like that.

Following that my necron lord is simply "The Necromancer" after some dudes see him use a res orb to bring his buddies back to life, what else would they call him?

Besides necron lords are pretty much space necromancers and the lesser ones space zombies, space ghosts, space ghouls, and any other space variant of the undead.


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Then again my Immortals are known as Terrence, Gary, Paige, Earnest, and Mufasta....Paige is a girl...just so you know...

Lord Blue Screen of Death?

Lord Unix?

Steve Jobs?

guardpiper wrote:Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.

I agree. You should use one of these.

The Frost Lord or Bringer of Chill if he's an ice themed Lord.

Shadow's Step, Walker of the Void, or Darkness' Gaze if he's a night themed one.

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This should be its name

bloddzxegit wrote:His full name is Ammon the sythe bearer

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Pretty much everyone will need this.