A Transcendent C'tan is a powerful entity, an aggregation of 12 to 100 lesser C'tan Shards. Their power significantly surpasses the combined strength of their parts. They are restrained by energy shackles, rather than the more common Tesseract Labyrinths, which have been crafted by the Necron artificer Svarokh. These beings can manifest two Ascendant Powers, unleashing them with devastating effect in battle.