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The Infinite and The Divine (Warhammer 40,000)

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Time Dissonance: As immortal Necrons, Orikan and Trazyn speak casually of centuries and even millennia. It's mentioned that Necron stage plays can take over a decade to be performed in full, and Orikan regularly spends whole centuries in meditation and thinks nothing of it. Time Master: Orikan is the most skilled chronomancer of all of his kind, and it gets him out of more than a few tight situations. While Orikan stays serious for most of the time, Trazyn is doing his jokes and *little pranks* on him. (for example: throwing a Genestealer/Tyranid at Orikan just for the giggles or showing off the statue/church window the humans made to honour trazyn fight off the ork invasion)

So, with Necron's we envision zombie terminator mummies IN SPAAAAAAAAAAACE. And with this book we got that, but we also got a strange view of Necron society thatr makes them SO DAMN LIKABLE. The rivalry between Trazyn and Orikan is perfect but the book as a whole stands out. It does require a little bit of knowledge of the Warhammer 40K universe to fully appreciate, but if you like sci-fi dark comedies, it is well worth the little investment to learn what an "Aeldari" is or what is meant by a Necron's "Necrodermis."Sitcom Arch-Nemesis : The fued between the titular duo. Either this, or Arch-Enemy, as their antics range from comically petty to horrifyingly cruel. Necrons have no need to smile, yet Trazyn is described as smiling constantly. Orikan loathes this and its implied Trazyn smiles explicitly for this reason. encompassing accounts of infinity, such as Moore (1990/2019; for another recent treatment that includes extensive discussion

To get Orikan's attention, Trazyn goes to a council of Necron leaders who act as a pseudo government in preparation for the Great awakening. orikan is forced to comply otherwise his reanimation protocols will be canceled, rendering him mortal. The Council spends a decade debating which Phaeron to awaken to act as a judge. The narration directly states this is an absurdly rushed form of Necron judicial process which otherwise might take centuries. sum_{i=1} Orikan on the other hand witnessed such immense power that he himself was frightened of it. All he wanted was to make (himself mostly but also) every Necron a god-like entity but when he himself ascended into literal godhood, he goes mad afterwards. Mistaken Identity: One of Trazyn's exploits ended up this way, as a world he accidentally wound up saving from an Ork invasion ended up seeing Trazyn and his Necron legions as a chapter of oddly-adorned Space Marines, christening them as members of the Silver Skulls chapter and the planet erecting statues in their honor. Trazyn recounting the whole endeavor to Orikan somehow manages to make the Necron's Perpetual Smiler nature even bigger in delight by the absurdity of it all. Not So Different" Remark: Trazyn and Orikan have a civil talk while cloaked inside a cafe between their antics, deciding to reflect on humanity around them while they are there; despite being a vastly inferior, younger race that they should be scoffing at compared to their might, Trazyn's time around them (especially in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy) eventually shown him a side to humanity that resonates with him enough to have interfered with their history from time to time, something that even catches Orikan's attention as they continue to talk before recognizing that Trazyn is actively comparing humanity to when they were still the Necrontyr in that, despite their weaknesses, mankind like the Necrontyr managed to claim a name for themselves in a cruel galaxy and could have even ruled the galaxy unquestioningly had adversity not threaten to shatter them like it had the Necrons after the War in Heaven. In the end, the question is asked that has both of them stop to contemplate: "would humanity, in their shoes, have agreed to the same deal the Necrontyr made with the C'tan that cost them their souls"?Space Battle: A lengthy one at that. When Orks invade Serenade and threaten the Tomb, Trazyn defends the planet's surface while Orikan destroys their ships. Before the being called the Emperor revealed Himself, before the rise of the Aeldari, before the Necrontyr traded their flesh for immortal metal, the world was born in violence. I think both of them should have changed after that experience and maybe even work together for the future of the Necrons. But nope: Trazyn hates Orikan again cause of reasons and Orikan hates Trazyn cause he stole his waifu head. Time Skip: Played with. Most of the book concerns Trazyn and Orikan's repeated visits to the planet Serenade over the course of thousands of years, and each time the planet has changed markedly. To the two of them, however, their Time Dissonance means their experiences are more or less continuous.

But when an artefact emerges that may hold the key to the necrons' next evolution, these two obsessives enter a multi-millennia game of cat and mouse that ends civilisations, reshapes timelines, and changes both forever. As riddles unwind and ancient secrets are revealed, the question remains: will their feud save the necron race, or destroy it? Adventure Archaeologist : Evil Overlord version, but Trazyn will always be a treasure hunter first, ruler of an interstellar kingdom second. After nearly destroying one another repeatedly while clashing over the Orb, the Necron council finally summons both Necrons and forces them to work together on the pain of having both of their reanimation abilities canceled. The council views them working together as a greater punishment than death since Trazyn and Orikan loathe each other so deeply by this point. The natural numbers form the most elementary number system. (Some mathematicians count \(0\) as a natural number as well, but some others do not.) \(1\) is a natural number. For any natural number \(n\), Orks. Nothing do add there. While they encounter or fight against/alongside other species i think the whole part about the ork invasion is just what you would expect from Orks in a Necron book. Now think about this: Trazyn is kinda interested in their culture and of course explains some things about them to Orikan, who himself is just extremely confused. Orks are funny cause explaining them to a friend who is new to 40k is the BEST. so yeah. Orks.

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Trazyn and Orikan FIGHT ORKS in SPACE. The two are forced to go up against a huge ork pirate fleet and in the process, Trazyn accidentally wound Orikans pride. He lays out a plan to successfully counter the Ork fleet before Orikan essentially says the equivalent of "I remember how to fight Orks dammit!" It comes off as a such a weird father teaching his son to ride a bike moment.

Unskilled, but Strong: Trazyn and Orikan are not skilled warriors (although Orikan did briefly train to be an Immortal when he was alive, making him decent at grappling small foes), but they have bodies that are incredibly durable, immensely strong, and can react much faster than most things in the galaxy, so they are seldom in actual physical danger. Speaking of, everything in Necron society takes longer, especially theatre. There's a play for the entire War in Heaven and it has a spinoff covering the story of a renegade Necron king who tried to fight the C'tan. It's over a decade long with no intermission since neither the players nor audience need to eat or go to the bathroom (also it's impossible for the players to forget their lines). Whenever this play is brought up it's clear none of the Necrons who see it enjoy it, but it does help to escape boredom.

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Painting the Medium: The same scene at the tribunal is repeated multiple times with slight differences, to show Orikan's attempts to Save Scum. The Ending is just.. epic. The battle was so intense and important that Trazyn, who really really really really cares about the past and literally breaks necron rules to perserve ancient artifacts, gives Orikan the Aeldari Stone-Thing to give his rival the strength to fight off the shards... wich he does - and him really worrying about Orikan and even carrying him out of the Tomb made them feel like unhealthy-"to the death"-rivals becoming friends.

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