Among the awakened dynasties, few have returned to war with as much immediate, crushing momentum as the Sautekh. Their dominion was built not through diplomacy or patient rebuilding but through swift, merciless campaigns that overwhelm rival empires before they can properly mobilize. Sautekh warriors march with a doctrine of total conquest, favoring bold offensives, decapitation strikes against enemy leadership, and an almost predatory sense for exploiting a foe's weakest moment.
This aggressive character flows directly from the dynasty's ruler, whose tactical genius is spoken of with a mixture of dread and reluctant respect even by rival necron nobles. Under his command, Sautekh legions have annexed neighboring tomb worlds, subjugated lesser dynasties, and turned the opening chaos of the necron awakening into an opportunity for expansion rather than a crisis to endure.
Sautekh warbands are marked by a lean, efficient brutality: they do not linger over ceremony when a killing blow will do, and their commanders are given wide latitude to seize the initiative rather than wait on rigid battle plans. It is a dynasty that treats war as a craft to be perfected, and it measures its own glory in the swiftness and totality of its victories.
Necrons
Order of battle
The Sautekh Dynasty field the units of the Necrons — a detachment from the roster:
Kindred formations
Other Necrons formations
Mephrit DynastyA dynasty of master artificers and gunsmiths whose armies wield some of the most devastating annihilation weaponry in the necron arsenal.
Nephrekh DynastyThe Golden Dynasty, whose warriors dissolve into beams of living light, teleporting across the battlefield in pursuit of transcendence.
Nihilakh DynastyA dynasty of obsessive hoarders and stubborn defenders, whose overlords will wage millennia-long wars to reclaim a single stolen relic.
Novokh DynastyA dynasty consumed by a savage, ritualized bloodlust that pushes its warriors toward close, merciless slaughter.
Szarekhan DynastyThe royal dynasty of the Silent King himself, foremost of all necron houses, masters of blackstone and bearers of the race's supreme authority.