Death's Messenger wrote:No.. I know that bit...but how do the necrons acatually turn them into necrons? Because i know that they start off as humans, but then are made into necrons by necrons...and that is the thing i am asking about.

Cheese Elemental wrote:
According to a fap-fiction I read on 4chan, humans with the Pariah gene are 'probed' (if you know what I mean) by an Immortal, then sent back to the tombs for additional 'probing' and 'physical adjustments'. Keep in mind that this a Necron rapefic.

They're at least partically organic, because they bleed in Dawn of War when other Necrons don't.

Valkyrie wrote:I would imagine that Pariahs are created in the same way as regular Necrons, apart from the fact that they have the Pariah Gene and once created, they are given unique weapons.

(I like your avatar, LiberatedObject)

Pariahs are part of the Necron army list, and are a mystery. They are a symbiosis of Necron technology and human evolution, representing the next stage of the C'tan's ideal for the galaxy. They look like beings of soulless perfection and radiate a sense of terror and menace to all around them. They can also blot out the psychic emanation of others, making them deadly to armies with high amounts of psychic troops, such as the Eldar. They are sometimes referred to as blacksouls, psychic nulls and the soulless and have no presence in the warp.

On the other hand, they are deadly to non-psychic races as well, as they are armed to the teeth. A squad consists of between 4 and 10 Pariahs armed with a Warscythe and built-in Gauss Blaster, allowing them to kill from a range and then rip apart most armies in combat

Fortunately for all life in the galaxy, humans that become Pariahs are still relatively rare, and as such are not likely to be encountered en-masse. They are generated by the 'Pariah Gene', a minute proportion of the population, perhaps one per planet per generation have this gene. They don't tend to live long as the feelings of hatred and distaste they generate means they have few friends and many enemies. They are often used, if they can be found, by the Inquisition and the Ordo Hereticus in the fight against the witch and psyker. Also, due to their soullessness, they are completely fearless. Some rumours abound that they are actually created from Culexus Assassins, and one piece of Eldar literature hints that, when humans had been mere ape-creatures, the 'Devoured Ones' (possibly the C'tan who were devoured during the great wars) had sown a terrible crop that they would then harvest. According to Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, their bodies still have some living organic parts, as is mentioned in the unit description and instruction manual(The newest breed of Necron, Pariahs are a revolting combination of flesh and metal), further weight is given to this theory because when they are hit, blood can be seen pouring from their wounds.

Pariahs

Pariahs, also known as blacksouls, psychic nulls and the soulless, are entities that have no presence in the warp. The most commonly known instances of Pariahs are the Imperium's Culexus Temple assassins and the Sisters of Silence of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica. Pariahs are the antithesis of Chaos as their being does not have any presence in the warp and indeed radiates a sense of unnaturalness and unease that is uncomfortable to living creatures and can be painful or even lethal to psychically sensitive beings such as Eldar or Psykers.

Pariahs are believed to have been created and seeded into the human population by the Necrons as part of their plan to remove all taint of Chaos from the galaxy. Recently, the forces of the C'tan known as the Deceiver have created a new variety of Necron Warrior that is a terrible blend of machine and organic components, forged from Pariahs and named after them. These Necron Pariahs are undoubtedly the first glimpses of the C'tan's ultimate plan for the galaxy.

The Pariah gene is passed on as is any other gene, or occurs through random mutation, just as those genes that cause susceptibility to the Psyker mutation. Pariahs are infinitely rarer than Psykers and make up a negligible proportion of the population, with maybe one individual per planet arising every generation, and they generally die young as their aura of disgust and nausea turns other living beings against them. Still, a few Pariahs survive to become servants of the Imperium and are often used as shields against the warp by Inquisitors, particularly those of the Ordo Hereticus, whose task it is to deal with the Witch and the Psyker. As stated earlier, the entirety of the Culexus Temple of assassins are Pariahs and they use their curse to become some of the deadliest psyker hunters in the Galaxy.

There are no known instances of Pariahs among the nonhuman races of the Galaxy.

Blanks

Similar to Pariahs are "Blanks", also known as "Untouchables", who are able to block out psychic effects within a certain area. This "field" also projects a sense of fear or revulsion towards the Blank on anyone close enough to be affected. A Blank often may not be aware of their own powers and may not be able to control them1. If these effects are directly connected to the Pariah gene, or some mutation of its effects is left unknown. However, blanks have a notably lesser effect on psykers than do Pariahs.

The largest collection of untouchables outside the Officio Assassinorum or the Sisters of Silence was the group known as the Distaff. Created by Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn of the Ordo Xenos, it had about two dozen members. It was used as a resource pool available to Eisenhorn and his Inquisitorial associates, with its members typically being seconded to the staff of various Inquisitors for the length of particular investigations. The Distaff was destroyed circa 386.M41.

The Necrontyr accepted the C'tan's offer and their life essence was encased in living metal bodies. What they did not know was that the process dulled their minds and senses until they became slaves of the C'tan. The C'tan needed warrior-slaves to harvest the lifeforms of the galaxy so the star gods could feast on souls, and their new Necrons served this purpose very well.