The Sacred Procession of

Manhatta

A God Amongst Mere

Mortals

Manhatta
The Patriarch of the Pantheon, Keeper of Knowledge

The Necron sect known as the Congregation, who worship

the Ctan Shards they have released as Gods, recognise
Manhatta as the father of His kind. They insist he created
all Ctan, and that His is the power of time and space.
Having finally brought Manhatta together with the foul
creature known as the Necrossiah, His followers have seen
His power swollen to truly divine proportions. His silence
broken, Manhatta no longer simply symbolically leads
the Congregation, but lords over them like a fell king.
His proclamations are of war and death, and He expects
nothing from His Congregation but total and utter
obedience. Dominion of all that live is His ultimate goal.
All beings within this Galaxy are His slaves, though most
do not know it yet. It is thus that His procession marches
onward, heralding the coming of His Majesty, and his
enemies doom.

Saronept, Priest of Death

Hakhtonym. Priest of Life

Since its inception, the Congregation has been led by a

High Priest. These have most often been Necron Lords,
for of course they are the some of the only ones among
their kind with the will to lead. The most recent Lord to
hold the title was Jhaphar, a Lord of one of the Novokh
Dynastys outer coreworlds. Jhaphar was destroyed at the
hands of one of his bretheren, Nejemati the Executioner,
who deemed his fanatical ravings as an affront to the
Necron Empire and his sworn oaths to the dynasty.

The Blessed Few and The Devoted

Necron Immortals maintain a very pale shade of the

personality they possessed in life. Mostly, this simply
allows them to show the proper deference to their
superiors, as well as more deeply analyse battlefield
scenarios. However those Immortals who as Necrontyr
were worshippers of the long lost Gods of that society, or
indeed perceived their nobles as the children or indeed
reincarnation of divine beings have found themselves
drawn irresistibly to the ranks of the Congregation. Whilst
they cannot understand the true gravity of their actions,
these soldiers nonetheless protect the priests and other
believers with all the discipline they once showed they
military leaders. Their Gauss Blasters and Tesla Carbines
sing glorious hymns to Manhatta as they accompany his
procession.

The Unworthy and The Unhallowed

From the Imperium to the Eye of Terror, every cult needs

the great unwashed masses: the sheep to the priests
shepherds. So too in the Congregation hidden within the
Novokh Dynasty. Necron Warriors provide the perfect
shells to be filled with the will of Manhatta and His
progeny, for their own is weak, and little more than a few
scant lines of battle-code. Fully subsumed by the mind of
their Ctan master, these soldiers are unique amongst
others of their kind because they are capable of producing
sound. Whilst some Necron Warriors have been known to
emit shrieks upon their destruction, these are merely
malfunctions. The Warriors of the Congregation instead
constantly chant devotions to their Gods. That they are
ultimately incapable of actual worship is irrelevant. All
that matters is that the enemy know the name of their
doom, and understand the finality of his magnificence.

The Altar of Rebirth

Sacred nexus of his holy power

Chief amongst the powers attributed to Manhatta is his

ability to wield the very forces of creation. By his hand
raw energy forged, and new matter brought forth where
there once was none. It is fitting therefore, that the
Monolith that serves as a mobile monument to His
greatness should be known as the Altar of Rebirth. No one
amongst the Congregation, not even the Twin Priests at its
head, know where this Monoliths Eternity Gate leads.
Nevertheless, when lower members of the cult are slain,
no sooner do their metal bodies fall silent that new arriors
emerge from its eldritch portal. Whether these are the
fallen reborn or simply unwilling replacements is
unknown, though they always bear the livery and dynastic
glyphs of the Novokh Dynasty. Woe betide the members
of the Congregation if the owners of these soldiers should