The Most FEARED Necron. Imotekh The Storm Lord EXPLAINED! | Warhammer 40k Lore
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Amongst all the necron characters in warhammer 40k, none are perhaps as feared as much as Imotekh the stormlord. a ruthless conqueror who will not stop until the galaxy is purged of all lesser species. which is bad news for the imperium of man, as its full of those! But who exactly is this guy? lets find out!
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0:00 Intro
2:07 The Sautekh Dynasty
5:45 The Times of Flesh
9:11. Imotekh Awakens
10:15 How Powerful is He?
16:18 The Stormlord's Wargear
18:09 His One Weakness
19:40 Closing Thoughts 
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Hey wes i would like to start by thanking you for getting me into the wonderfuk lore of the grimdark and l would like to ask you what you think of the prologue to the book im writing about short fan stories about the 40k universe thanks again.
Gnash begins her grueling task going from home to home dragging a cart behind her taking the dead from each household. She finishes her rounds and begins her journey back to the incinerator, she stops at the checkpoint to catalog the number of the dead she collected today. 64 dead, 20% up from last month, Gnash sighs in defeat knowing that the future of her people is bleak and that her planet is dying. She deposits the dead in the burn room and seals the blast door then initiates the process of incineration. She makes her way out of the building and heads home stopping at a market to pick up some food. When Gansh gets home she unties her boots and places them at the door before riding herself off her cumbersome uniform. She then sits at the chair that she spends all of her waking free time at and throws herself into her studies desperately clawing at her research hoping to find something or one little detail that would explain who she sees in her dreams every night. After many hours her eyes began to weigh heavier with every blink her mind slowing down. She shambles toward her bed collapsing with exhaustion and quickly falls into a slumber. She begins to dream the same dream of the same and his gaze beckoning her his nonchalant yet serious and confident he outstretched his hand and then she wakes. With her wits barely about her she peels her face off the bed, she notices screaming and distant gunfire mixed with the roar of engines. She jumps out of bed scrambling to clothe herself and runs outside. She looks around, her village burning caught in a blaze of epic proportions, the heat curling the hair on her face, watering her eyes. She looks to the left and sees her people running. She sprints after them, her mind racing; she hears a horrid screech of hundreds of engines getting closer with each stride she makes. Until at last she reaches a battlefield her planet's guard locked in a losing battle with an enemy the likes of which the planet has never seen. Men clad in armor like that of the man in her dream, each one of them many times larger than a normal human and many times more dangerous. She stands there dumbfounded as these god-like men rip through her kin with roaring swords of chains and teeth. She watches as the last ember of resistance her planet could muster is snuffed out violently. The gargantuan men examine the dead before chanting “for the emperor” and then charging in the other direction towards the center of town. Gnash stands mentally broken having witnessed the slaughter of her fellow man at the hands of giant men wearing armor like that of the stalker of her dreams. She collapses onto the ground retching with grief, her planet burning for crimes that they did not understand. What Gnash and her people didn't know was that their planet salara was being liberated by the holy warriors of the god emperor, the space marines. Sent here to spread the imperium across the galaxy like they had done to hundreds of other planets just like this one. Purging the primitive natives and building great cities upon their ashes. So was the will of the god emperor of mankind
Who says he and the silent king will be in conflict?
Imoketh is cool but trazin and zandrek are way more fun to read about
I thought this was a moble game also ???
The spookiest scariest skeleton in all of 40k
Sent shivers down my spine
I think trazyn is the spookier-er skelly boy
@@abbadullreee3298 I think he's the silliest goofiest skelly boy
Yep...2spooky 40k me
The big E heard that
Necrons hold a special place in my heart. They fought back against their so-called "not gods" and beat them down. I respect them for that. 🙂
The Old Ones live yet
@@authoritariangentleman7570 I was referring to the C'tan
@@danielwells1734 Yes and yes, they used one type of "not a gods" to beat the other and then they obliterated the former too.
I always love Undead monsters, so when I found out about the Necrons, you know I'm into it
One reason I like the Charr in Guild Wars.
As described here, the "one weakness" of military hubris, to allow defeated commanders to live after lost battles, isn't weakness in Imotekh's eyes at all. It instead comes from his understanding of mortals' thought processes. A dead commander is a martyr to be revered, or cautionary case study for other commanders to learn from. However, a living commander after defeat presents an awkward problem for his colleagues, or several problems. He is either cowed into submission or dismay from witnessing firsthand the relentless campaign of Imotekh, or driven to a frenzied revenge obsession as in the Black Templar's case. Both options send a clear message to Imotekh's foes, and both options potentially tie up resources and focus as they have to deal with whatever consequences and baggage the defeated commanders bring back.
One of the few places I could see this backfiring in Imotekh's face is if he releases a defeated commander who can actually analyze their own mistakes, see clearly Imotekh's strategy, learn from the defeat, and can get the resources together to pose a true threat next time around.
Potential story for Guilliman👀
The idea of a martyr is great and all but far less common than people like to make it out. Historically it's far better to kill a charismatic and/or competent leader. The damage they can do alive is from more certain than the slight possibility of martyrdom. Not saying it doesn't happen. Just not that common. Entertainment loves to pretend it's a legitimate worry but history would say otherwise.
His nightmare is Roboute, if he let's him live then G Man will come back and defeat him.
This is how Guiliman should beat him, he loses once both strategically and in a direct fight, but after he is left to live, he can adjust his strategies
@@K-yu-ko8dv exactly lol, the same thing happened between him and corax during early wargames. corax was able to outmaneuver Gman pretty well with his sneaky snake tactics right up to the point Bobby had time to analyze his strategy. After that he didnt win ever again if I am not mistaken
Imotekh is one of those characters that desperately needs a new model. I have a Szarekhan Dynasty Necron Army but I'd buy a new model of Imotekh just to paint and display it.
Same. Imotekh is my favourite character but all my Necrons are Szarekhans.
Lucky u
Whelp you pleased some form of god or beat some ctan into commission for this one but think we’re all happy about his new sculpt
Yes, some love for Necron. "Order. Unity. Obedience."
"Order. Unity. Obedience. Pokémon."
-Trazyn
Even though I love my non-Drukhari kin...I will say Necrons are pretty cool
I just can't understand their motives. A society that can't negotiate is a society that will never know peace and will eventually lead to their destruction.
@@Shadowheart181 Well that society consist of a handful of sentient robots and the rest were mindless drones. Not many of them can complain about peace.
@@Shadowheart181 you just described the Imperium
I love the Spooky Robot people. The Necrons are awesome and I hope we get more lore on them.
They have some of the funniest bits of lore to happen in 40k.
I think when the Silent King comes back, there might not be a fight between him and Imotekh. However I don't think even Imotekh would be able to stand up to the Silent King even if they did fight.
This guy puts his people to sleep but does not join them and leaves the Galaxy for those 60+ million years. This guy is going to have some insane stuff at his disposal that not even Imotekh will have access to.
Szarekh was the King for a reason. He may not have always made the best choice but he did what he did for the survival of his people. His actions allowed the Necrons to rival the Old Ones and see to the shattering of the Star Gods themselves. Szarekh isn't just The Silent King, he is The King. The only living being that could rival The God Emperor himself. Szarekh coming back will have a massive impact on the entire setting. It would be like Big E suddenly being able to leave the Golden Throne. Shit is about to go down and I am all for it. I have a mighty need for that book.
Imotekh will look upon Szarekh and know fear, fear of the unknown that not even his mind can comprehend, that not even his mind can predict which action the Silent King will take.
I think if anyone could match Imotekh in battle alive or dead it would be Sanguinius. His martial prowess was second to none "Save Big E Himself" and his abilities might give him the possible chance to hit Imotekh when he tries to phase out of reality. Also his presence on the battlefield would prevent fear from over taking the people he is with, from normal humans all the way up to battle hardened Astartes.
I love these deep dives on characters.
Fantastic video as always Wes!
I think they might be waiting for THAT moment in canon (when The Silent King and Imotekh meet again for the first time in 60+ million years) to write his/their books. They may do something similar to Infinite And Divine, where they switch back and forth somewhat between the two, perhaps leaning more towards one of them in one book, and the other in a subsequent book. Because you can't tell me they're gonna be able to wrap that story up in a single book.
EITHER WAY, fantastic video, I enjoyed it immensely, and it added context to that trial scene I was lacking previously. Thank you! 🤩
the Silence and the Storm
The Calm Before the Storm
If I remember correctly the sautekh’s original phaeron was assassinated by either the eldar or someone else, in infinite and divine it’s mentioned by a triarch praetorian gave her apologies to Orikan for his phaerons assassination
Really?? I don't remember that line I'll have to open it back up and track it down. That's super interesting!
Yes lol yes he was
Imotekh is cool and all, but I want to see more love for my favorite mad Necron Zahndrekh! He's hilarious, a brilliant strategist, an honorable combatant, and (partially a ruse I know) completely insane.
Is it known if he PLAYS being insane or is he really? I've read something about that theory but the truth was unknown back then...
@@nimmha6708 The current lore is that he plays at being insane to throw off the other members of the Necron upper crust, as well as to accept his fate as an immortal soulless machine. He'd rather stay true to his roots as an honorable warrior than debase himself as many of his kin have, and if others mistake his idiosyncrasies for insanity, he's more than willing to play into that ruse to live as he wishes.
“Court is now adjourned for 10000 years!” 💀
Now I love my Craftworld Kin ,Exodites and most importantly my Harlequins....but this dude is on a whole other level of Badass...Necrons are just dread incarnate, I respect the shit outta them
The one they all fear
Meanwhile…
“Oh, this looks nice!”
-Trazyn
True i am sure trazyn will make fun of imotek if they ever met
@@khalidkothiwale2 trayzn is already banned from his tomb world.
Either they already met or he is very proactive
@@silent_stalker3687 what do you mean by banned did imotek banned him or what ? And i dont think Trazyn ever met imotek
@@khalidkothiwale2 things go missing when Trazyn is around
@@somethinglikethat2176 lol you mean things go wrong if that clown show up
I just had a big-brain moment and realized that the name IMOTEKH is like IMHOTEP from ancient Egypt! 😱 I’m so proud of myself!
Proud of ya big guy. Get yourself an extra snack when youre in the kitchen next time, you deserve it.
So it would be Imothek versing Ghazkull having the potential for a really interesting story.
I would like to see him against the armies of Tzeentch, as well as the Tyranids.
I think he could destroy a Tyranid swarm (and that’s with them being my favourite army). The swarm might seem to act randomly, but the hive mind has a plan on how to conquer and devour worlds.
I’m sure the storm lord will work out what the tactic is and counter it.
He may not have beef defeated but Hellbrecht did send his favourite tomb ship into a sun.
It would be funny to think that just before the war in heaven ended that the old ones knew they couldn't win by logic so they turned the necrons biggest strength into a weakness by devolving Krorks into Orks. Just a funny thought of the final middle finger for an undying race to fight a chaoticly random ever spawning menace
unlikely cuz they were winning.
Arent the krorks superior in every way why would they do that
@@timdillon4876 Because they didnt
thats why
@@timdillon4876 What he's trying to say is that orks are significantly dumber and more eratic than the krorks were, making them ironically a bigger threat to the Necrons who rely on hard logic to determine military strategy. The old "the enemy can't know what we're doing if WE don't know what we're doing" trick
The best thing about the infinite and the divine is the fact that rather than attacking orikan for stealing from him, trazyn proceeds to rage study ancient necron law and effectively sue orikan. I love that book so much.
I haven't watched your channel in a while but it's awesome to see how successful it's become. Congrats
I pretty much love the Design of the Deathmarks, just so damn aesthetic and badass
Hasn't Imotekh lined himself up to be one of the most likely candidates to be the next Silent King if Szarek is ever slain or overthrown?
I think Trayzn could beat Imotekh, not through strength of arms, but through guile. I don't think our favorite "gotta catch'em all" spooky robot wouldn't seek to destroy him, but seek to humiliate him. The guy has enough plots and schemes to make Tzeench take pause for a moment.
Theoretically, Trazyn COULD, but in actuality he doesn't want Solemance to become floating debris so nah, no pissing off the Stormlord. Of course, if Szarek calls on him, who knows?
@@WildZephyrreleasing a custodes to take down a threat they face without telling imotek how powerful they are and then the custodes killing him would make sense enough for a a way trazin could kill him and get away with it
(You can replace custodes with whatever you want but they were the first thing that came to my mind when I thought of things that could potentially take him down)
@@wesleyridge9696the stormlord smokes a custode in the 1v1
My first WH paint project was some Chaos Space Marines about a year ago, but they were quickly followed by a lot of Necrons. I painted some warriors, some immortals/deathmarks, and acquired some more elite units to paint down the line like Overlords and Skorpekh Destroyers. Then I ordered a Imotekh the Storm Lord model. I was so disappointed by his model compared to all the other necron models, it kinda made me stop wanting to paint for 6+ months. Such a crummy "finecast" model where it needed so much shaved off it, and that the glue I'd been using for other models just didn't seem to work on, it was very frustrating. Hurry up and give Imotekh a new model GW!
Aw yeah! New Weshammer deep dive!, I swear every other day Wes is rolling out another zoggin' banger!
I was just searching for a video on him! Perfect timing yet again Wes!
Love the videos!!! Just got into warhammer and loving the chaos space marines! The video on abaddon was super interesting and so is this! May have to pick up the necrons soon 👀
Loved this video. You make it easy to want to get into this universe! 😎
I appreciate you greatly. Although you don't take the immersive route of displaying lore you straight up talk about the individuals or events as they are, have been, or presumed. Straight forward and clear to the point which is refreshing when my time is limited. On another note you seem to cover content mostly glossed over by other lore enthusiasts which is very uplifting.
As my right by the Inquisition I ask you to cover the events surrounding the Night Reapers Renagade chapter. I know much of them as they are my favorite but I believe others should know what threat they could have posed if they were not thwarted by the Grey Knights and Minotaurs. Thank you and have a wonderful day.
Thanks! I read a lot of the novels so I try to pull from those for my videos. I think other creators tend to use the codexs and supplements more than I do.
And I'll be honest I've never heard of this chapter I'll have to look into them!
Anrakyr, the Traveler. In TTG he’s one of the few named characters i would take, and his lore is brutal.
I never heard of him until I watch your video weshammer. Thank u for telling me the lore about this scariest necron on the WH40K universe.
As a former Chef, I love watching your lore vids whilst prepping/cooking. Your visuals are a beautiful accompaniment, sucking me more into your retelling of the stories from the grimdark and ages before...
ohhhhh shit... yeah, that was my fingernail, not the potato... all good, just the nail this time...
Another great video as usual.10/10
Heck yes! Will he ally with the Silent King? Imotekh needs a new model!
Honestly he is more likely to declare war on him 😅
I dont think they would ever join in alliance. Those two lead most powerfull dynasties, if they ever join forces for something more than some single battle against some chaos or tyranids, i dont think they could be stopped by any force in current 40k
@@weshammer imagine Imotekh kills Lucius the eternal, that's a good paradox.
@@crimzenwoffinden9973 why? Every necron can be reanimated, Trazyn got his nickname from it as he is so compatibile with it as he suffer no consequence from it and can do it basically... Infinite times.
@@crimzenwoffinden9973 he has taken over necrons before. It's weird
I just bought a fully painted army with this necron. So cool to see you made a video of him!
Amazing vod as always 👏👏👏👏
the only time i have heard about a necron behaving casually around imothek was in the novella about Nemessor Zandrekh, all other necrons (except perhaps the silent king and trazyn who tried to steal his staff) are truly scared of him
Plot twist :
Immotekh know his enemy's strategy and how to combat them because when he awake he found a chess bot STC near him, he scan it and it give him such strategy so advance other Necron thinking he have psychic power
I appreciate 40k summaries that run less than an hour+. Thank you.
Maaan. You're looking fantastic. And that shirt, fuckin dope. The long format was a great move. I'm glad i was on my 40k lore manic stage when you were starting up. Stay Blessed.
Love your videos keep em coming 🙌
Would definitely love to see you cover Anrakyr the Traveler sometime down the road.
hells yea, new upload~!
I got worried when the videos slowed a bit, to see you pumping then back out there warms my synthetic chemically enhanced heart(s). All hail the wes'pire!
I caught a pretty nasty flu that lasted like 10 days so I took some time off 😅 back in the studio now!
agree def favorites, all the necron books are awesome but so few, we need more
Great video, guy seams for my to be master general like Trawn in Star Wars.
Fun fact: the Necron word Khuvu is a reference to the ancient Egyptian pharaoh named Khufu, he was the one who ordered the construction of the great pyramid of Egypt
I’m not big into Necrons but Trazyn the infinite has to be one of my favourite characters just in general. A powerful Necron who uses that power to travel the galaxy collecting everything. I think it’s hilarious and I love him.
8:55 something about them postponing the court for ten thousand years as if its a week is so funny to me. i know that it might as well be a few days to them, but it still highlights the absurd over the top nature of 40k i love so much
For all intents and purposes, I will always love listening to WesHammer talk about 40k ❤❤
I am still pissed that Helbrecht could fight him for a while in Combat. Overlords, expecially named ones should kill space Marines with their Pinkie.
In his strengths he's basically the Necron Guilliman, I think they'll come along just fine.
Holy shot bro! Lookin good! Been hittin the gym
Thanks! Nah just eating better. I really need to get back to the gym tho. Content production takes up all of my time 😅
Noted. For future conflicts, enlist blood axe clans or freebooters. Utilize standard forces and let the orks do their thing while you do yours. Trap him between his logistics and unpredictability.
I love the art you put in these videos is there a place I can find high resolution fan art like this.
All of my friends have been trying to get me into Warhammer, the issue is that I didn't know where or how to start, until now. I'm loving this faction the more I learn about them. Hope to get into the games and books here in the future.
he might actually be killed off by orks considering if they keep hearing how brutal he is, n start chasing him... after they avenge ol'bale eye tho.
Awesome i now know more about flayed ones........would be cool if there was a video on on the stormlord ?
I don't know much about Necrons. Definitely my weakest lore subject. But trying to get into them more. Fantastic video!
Woo! Necron appreciation time!
So what does he do on the weekend? When he's relaxing? I can imagine space marines kick back .
I haven't played since 4th Ed.
Just picked up the SM and bla k templar codex, printing up an army right now, pretty excited to try these 9th Ed rules. It's like a whole dif game now, lol
I think you will have a really good time with it. I played in 4th edition and 5th edition but skipped 6th and 7th because they were bad lol. But 8th edition was f****** amazing and felt like 4th edition. 9th edition is just 8th edition but with some extra stuff added onto it. (Kind of like what 5th edition was to 4th)
Black templars are great! They're crusaders are ridiculous. When I play them I very frequently am able to kill nights with just a bunch of chain swords 😂 If you've got Grimaldius and helbreicht on the field, whatever is around them is crazy powerful.
Vanguard vets with thunder, hammers and storm shields are probably your best unit.
i need to check out the necron books your video's on them have really sold me
You won't be disappointed! Infinite in the Divine has a much more humorous tone, whereas the twice dead King is a lot more serious. But they are both fantastic representations of the necrons!
@@weshammer I think I’ll start with infinite and divine just finished brutal kunnin and I’m currently going through Horus rising
I'm not a super lore person, I'm still learning across 40k. But I remember Gothic Armada 2's necron campaign. Though the campaign is non canon and the Nepheru dynasty is non canon it's phearon was.... well.... pompous and full of himself. You are tasked early on with expanding your borders, but your Cryptek and yourself warn him that doing so would attract the gaze of the Aeldari before they've gotten their strength back. His response is something like "That would be the fault of your failure to keep us hidden, and not my command" he also blatently tells the cryptek to basically shut up and not talk to him again.
After doing this the aeldari begin to invade as expected and you worry about having to inform the phearon about it, but your cyptek advises handling the problem before he can become aware. Once you fend off a few fleets the phearon contacts you and asks about his discovery of Aeldari intruders and it not being brought to his attention. Amarkan(You) tells him it was below his concern and the he shows a bit of suspicion, warning you not to let your pride over take you. But he still rewards you with a new fleet. You cyptek quietly says after the end of the conversation that 'this time he rewards you, but what about next time?'
This seems to imply that the phearon was either better before or has become mad. The narrator also seems to imply this to at some point. So it might be implying the phearon also suffered negative effects that increased his ego and reduced his more logical and cautious attitude. Of course part way through the campaign you learn the Phearon is planning to sacrifice you or send you on a fools errand. I cannot quite remember. But you ultimatly realize that the phearon is going to lead the dynasty to ruin and must usurp him.
I kinda like this idea of the great sleep effecting the necrons minds over time. Some did well having plenty of back up systems while others were not prepared and suffered. it gives them atleast some kind of weakness or instability to counter their god-like abilities that few races could really hope to match.
Been watching for over a year now counting tt, love your content and is about the only thing my add having ass can sit and watch for hours
Thanks! I also have ADD, and since I make the content that I personally would want to watch, maybe I secretly make content for other people with ADD who like Warhammer! 😅
I take it in classic warhammer 40K fashion that as massively powerful this guy is he'd shit metal bricks at having to face The Silent King
Imotekh is the smartest and most ruthless leader whose genius made even the old ones think twice
Also Imotekh: gets his ship boarded and destroys by the black templars which while not stupid, they aren’t know for being the sharpest tool the shed.
They mostly use melee and plot armour
Oh wow, Imhotekh went all Settra the Imperishable on those would-be rulers!
“Imhotep does not bow! Imhotekh rules!”
nice video btw
Next to the Tyranids I'd have to say the Necrons are my favourite 40K race. They're death incarnate when they fight but then there's that side of them which still can humourous. Such as a certain special Necron kleptomaniac......
Alpharius or Gilligan vs the Storm Lord would be pretty fucking epic.
Can't wait big big G and Tau lore interactions
Could you do a Thousand sons lore video? Something similar to your deathguard one
Ah my second favourite necron after trazyn
Imotekh is the real deal! Great vid.
I would like to hear more about trazyn and oricon s rivalry!
You know someone is a total badass when they hav the same tag line as the doom slayer to describe them
Imotekh. Wow! So original!
Somehow, I feel the Necron lores seem to be more epic than other factions (maybe except the ork lol).
Would love to have a video focusing on Szarekh, although I heard his lore is lacking in quantity so...
Necrons are my favorite Xenos and characters like Imotek, the Silent King, amd such are why.
8 minutes into your video 🎥. I just subscriber to your channel. Thank you for posting this video 🎥🍿🥤. You have a new subscriber 🎉. Keep up the great 👍 work 🎉. Necrons in 40k look like Terminators to me. Just bad ass..
Hell-breckt is more how its pronounced , but love the vids Wes keep it up!
And yes the war in between him and szarekh is for sure comming now with he's 10th Ed model confirmed
I have an army I’m building for Necrons and it centers around flayed ones, they are my absolute favorite and while the army may not be good I will have walls of flayed ones coming in!
Writers: So... how do we get a dune reference into 40k...
Dune: Take Paul but change it up a bit.
The Black Library CANNOT give you a novel about Imotekh that does justice to his claims of intelligence because no human author knows how someone 'smarter than any human could ever be' would act.
Nice!
My favorite character! Here’s to hoping he gets a new model
@weshammer do a video on Anrakyr the traveller
You should do a vid on Huron balckheart
Hair looking good!
Trazcsyn the Infinite will ALWAYS be my favorite. I would love to steal...I mean..."liberate" ancient things with him. 🤣 Imotekh the StormLord is such a BADASS name though and I want his weapon!
Knowing that Guilliman is the only primarch that we know of being alive and active inside the 40k books, Can you make a video about every single loyalist primarch's whereabouts and clues about their return? Because all i can found is that they went off into the eye of terror or is just sleeping right now (poor Guilliman dealing with this shit alone.)
Video idea:can you make video explaining imperium navy and type of ships?
He hates orks.
Now I imagine him throwing a temper tantrum because an ork Waagh appeared during one of his attacks.
Bruh. I feel like I'm watching ancient aliens right now 😂
Take a shot every time he says necron
“Necron court room drama” is the best idea for a tv show.
Recess for 10 thousands years. Do they also have dancing tech lobsters
Except for Trayzn... Dude has been planning to steal the Storm lord's staff for the last few centuries. Haha.
Love the Necron as a race and their Lore. But I dont know enough to have a favorite. Their concept of immortality and body switching is most fascinating however.
I to heavily play necrons, them being my second favorite faction next to chaos as a whole. My own custom dynasty has an overlord a bit like Imotekh in he wants to conquer everything and have his name outshine all other lords that came before him, however his battle strategy is much more conservative. Instead of using warriors and immortals like most dynasties, unless he's fighting specifically other necrons, he will show nothing more than utter distain for the lesser species and instead choose to spend the lives of his destroyers and flayed ones, so as to not a single necron life may even be accidentally snuffed. He will also employ his crypteks to unleash their canoptek devices to support the destroyers and flayed ones. On the table top I reflect this by using those units a lot, especially since they are among my favorites in the necron range.
The black templar chapter master got his revenge and cut off one of the stormlord's hands as well as blowing up the storm lord's capital ship.