Trazyn the Infinite Explained: the Necron Collector, the Prismatic Galleries and Orikan

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Trazyn the Infinite is the galaxy's most dangerous museum keeper. He is a Necron Overlord of the Nihilakh Dynasty who spends eternity collecting rare objects, famous warriors and whole moments of history for his private galleries. He is funny, vain and completely without mercy, and he is very hard to kill for good. Here is who he is and why fans love him so much.

Lore page, last updated November 15, 2026. Summarised in our own words from codexes, Games Workshop product pages and Black Library fiction. Trazyn's collection grows in almost every story he appears in, and some details only show up once, so this page sticks to the best-known parts of his story and says when something is less certain.

Trazyn in 30 seconds

Who are the Necrons again?

The Necrons are an ancient race of living-metal skeletons. About sixty million years ago, the Necrontyr gave up their dying flesh and moved their minds into bodies of living metal, a process called biotransference. Then they went to sleep in tomb worlds for millions of years. Now they are waking up. Most Necrons lost their minds in the process and became obedient soldiers, but the nobles kept their personalities, and Trazyn kept a great deal of his. If you are new to the faction, our Necron army guide is a good place to start.

Before he was metal

Long ago, in the days of flesh, Trazyn was a Necrontyr scribe and Chief Archivist, the official who oversaw the mummification of dead Phaerons. Looking after the past was literally his job. He remembers little of that life, partly because he locked parts of his own memory away, and the bits he does remember are not always right. He insists he was forced into biotransference, while Orikan says he went along with it quite happily.

The collector

Trazyn sees himself as a historian. While other Necron lords want to rebuild their old empire by force, Trazyn is mostly interested in collecting history. Ancient weapons, holy relics, rare creatures, heroes caught at the moment of their greatest battle: if it is interesting, he wants it.

He keeps everything in the vast galleries beneath his tomb world, Solemnace, known as the Prismatic Galleries. His exhibits are not just statues. Many are real people and creatures held in stasis, sometimes still mid-fight, kept forever like insects in amber. The galleries also hold a huge archive of records, which some sources say rivals even the Black Library of the Aeldari.

Trazyn is very polite while doing terrible things. He thinks of himself as a refined gentleman and a lover of culture, and he does not see anything wrong with "preserving" someone forever without asking. He is also a bit of a snob: he has firm opinions about what deserves a place in his museum, and he gets very upset when anyone damages a piece.

Famous exhibits

Games Workshop's own description of Trazyn lists some highlights of his collection:

• the wraithbone choir of Altansar, taken from the Aeldari;
• the preserved head of Sebastian Thor, a great hero of Imperial history;
• the hardened husk of an Enslaver, a horrible psychic creature;
• a giant man in ornate, old-fashioned power armour. The lore never says who he is, and fans love to guess.

Other stories and codexes add a lot more. Exhibits named in the lore include the Last Stand of Ursarkar Creed, the Death of Lord Solar Macharius (where, to Trazyn's quiet shame, about a tenth of the Imperial Guardsmen come from the wrong century), a Blood Angel of the Deathwatch called Brother Cassiel, a perfect clone of the Primarch Fulgrim that he got from Fabius Bile, and the jewel of the whole collection: a captive shard of the C'tan known as the Deceiver, which helps power Solemnace. He has also tried, twice, to take the Spear of Vulkan from the Salamanders hero Vulkan He'stan, and failed both times.

Why he is called the Infinite

Trazyn is almost impossible to kill. When his body is destroyed, his mind travels to another Necron body, often a lesser noble or a Lychguard bodyguard, and takes it over. The host's own mind is pushed aside, and the body twists and reshapes itself until it is Trazyn again. He also often sends a stand-in to do the dirty work, so plenty of enemies have proudly "killed" Trazyn, only to find it was a Lychguard or a Necron Lord all along. So enemies who "killed" Trazyn have often seen him stroll back into the fight a few minutes later in a different body, looking rather annoyed about the dents.

The novels show what this feels like from the inside. In Robert Rath's short story War in the Museum, the jump is described as a dizzying fall, and the borrowed body visibly changes as Trazyn settles into it.

Trazyn and Orikan

Trazyn's great rival is Orikan the Diviner, a Necron cryptek of the Sautekh Dynasty who reads the stars and can see, and even meddle with, the future. The two of them are constantly trying to outsmart each other, steal from each other and embarrass each other, a bit like two old professors who cannot stand each other's work but secretly could not live without the feud.

The novel The Infinite and the Divine by Robert Rath tells the story of their rivalry across millions of years, from the days of flesh to the 41st millennium. It is one of the funniest books Black Library has published, and it is a big reason Trazyn became such a fan favourite. Rath later wrote a sequel, The Wicked and the Warped, which sends the two rivals on a wild trip together to the lost tomb world of Amenthis inside the Maelstrom.

Trazyn at the Fall of Cadia

Trazyn is not only a thief of history. He also has a habit of turning up when history is being made. During Abaddon's 13th Black Crusade, he came to Cadia, curious about the mysterious pylons that kept the Eye of Terror in check. He claimed to understand their secrets better than anyone in the Imperium.

Belisarius Cawl did not trust him, but accepted his help. Trazyn had already been secretly feeding power to Cadia's planetary shield, and now the two worked together to switch the pylons back on while Abaddon attacked. In the end Cadia was shattered anyway. As the planet broke apart, Trazyn released part of his collection to fight the Black Legion and then slipped away. Opening the Great Rift was not what he wanted: a galaxy swallowed by Chaos would ruin his life's work. You can read more about what came next in our Great Rift page.

Trazyn on the tabletop

On the battlefield, Trazyn is a Necron Epic Hero who leads a unit and is hard to put down. His rules reflect his story: he can swap himself into another Necron character on the table, just like his "surrogate host" trick in the lore. The Trazyn the Infinite miniature shows him with his empathic obliterator staff, and he fits into any Necron army.

Where to read more

• The Infinite and the Divine (Robert Rath): Trazyn and Orikan's rivalry across the ages. The best place to start.
• The Wicked and the Warped (Robert Rath): the sequel, sending Trazyn and Orikan to the lost tomb world of Amenthis.
• Codex: Necrons: rules and background for his army.

FAQ

What does Trazyn collect?

Almost anything rare or historic: relics, weapons, creatures and even living heroes, frozen in stasis in his galleries on Solemnace.

Can Trazyn die?

Not easily. When his body is destroyed, his mind jumps into another Necron body and takes it over, which is why he is called the Infinite.

Who is Trazyn's rival?

Orikan the Diviner, a Necron cryptek who can see the future. They have been playing tricks on each other for millions of years.

Which dynasty is Trazyn from?

The Nihilakh Dynasty. He rules the tomb world of Solemnace.

Is Trazyn good or evil?

Neither, really. He does not want to destroy the galaxy, just to own the interesting parts of it. He even helped the Imperium at Cadia. That still makes him a terror for anyone he decides to "collect".

More lore: the Necrons, Belisarius Cawl, the Great Rift, the Emperor of Mankind and Commissar Yarrick.

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