There have been Ghost Arks since the very earliest days of the Necrontyr race before the biotransference which forever changed them. These first Ghost Arks were simple wooden carriages pulled by toiling beasts of burden, commissioned by the families of the dead to convey corpses from their homes to their place of internment. Thousands of Terran years later, at the time of the Necrontyr's bio-transference into their new, undying bodies of living metal, the now-motorised Ghost Arks took on darker connotations. Guided by grim-faced soldiers, they prowled the streets of the Necrontyr’s great cities. No longer were their businesses with the dead, but with the living; for they were the means by which unwilling citizens were dragged to the great transformative machines.
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| - There have been Ghost Arks since the very earliest days of the Necrontyr race before the biotransference which forever changed them. These first Ghost Arks were simple wooden carriages pulled by toiling beasts of burden, commissioned by the families of the dead to convey corpses from their homes to their place of internment. Thousands of Terran years later, at the time of the Necrontyr's bio-transference into their new, undying bodies of living metal, the now-motorised Ghost Arks took on darker connotations. Guided by grim-faced soldiers, they prowled the streets of the Necrontyr’s great cities. No longer were their businesses with the dead, but with the living; for they were the means by which unwilling citizens were dragged to the great transformative machines.
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| - There have been Ghost Arks since the very earliest days of the Necrontyr race before the biotransference which forever changed them. These first Ghost Arks were simple wooden carriages pulled by toiling beasts of burden, commissioned by the families of the dead to convey corpses from their homes to their place of internment. Thousands of Terran years later, at the time of the Necrontyr's bio-transference into their new, undying bodies of living metal, the now-motorised Ghost Arks took on darker connotations. Guided by grim-faced soldiers, they prowled the streets of the Necrontyr’s great cities. No longer were their businesses with the dead, but with the living; for they were the means by which unwilling citizens were dragged to the great transformative machines. Though the leaders of the Necrontyr had pledged their allegiance to the C’tan, few of the common people wished for the change that was upon them. So did the Ghost Arks often convey the broken bodies of those beaten near unto death by the government’s enforcers, for only a spark of life and memory was required for the bio-transference to be successful. As resistance grew, Ghost Arks were no longer crewed by soldiers of flesh and blood, but the first wave of converted Necrons; and with that, all pretence of mercy and compassion ended. With each load of living cargo claimed, their reputation grew ever more dark and their aspect more bleak. By the time bio-transference was almost complete, the mere sight of a Ghost Ark was enough to provoke terror in those observers who could any longer feel such things. Those still living who saw the Ghost Arks about their work swore that the tortured souls of their victims flew thick about the wagons, haunting the air with their mournful voices.
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