The Adeptus Custodes - Warhammer 40,000 Tribute

A tribute to the relentless and unyielding Adeptus Custodes, the Emperors Elite and own personal guard. For best playback, please select High Quality (where applicable.)

The Adeptus Custodes (also The Emperor's Guard, Legio Custodes or Custodians) are the guardians of the Imperial Palace and the Golden Throne, as well as being the personal bodyguard to the Emperor. A small elite of three hundred Custodes, known as the Companions, form the Emperor's personal bodyguard and never leave his side. Due to the vast size of the Imperial Palace, the Custodes always act as a defensive army. The Custodes themselves never leave Terra, and only rarely leave the Palace.

It is the Adeptus Custodes that decide who may enter the throne room of the Emperor, and when.

The Custodes is a department of the Adeptus Terra, the Imperial government, but its members are answerable only to the Emperor and their own leaders.

The organisation's leader carries the title of Captain-General, and due to the importance of the Adeptus Custodes he often holds a position in the Senate of the High Lords of Terra.

There is no set date for the inception of the Adeptus Custodes, but it is known that they have been active since before the Great Crusade. It was from the Emperor's original group of bodyguards that the first genetically enhanced warriors, superior to all other space marines, were created during the unification wars on Terra.

During the Great Crusade, the Custodes always kept a contingent with the Emperor for his protection, but also travelled individually as envoys. Since the Emperor's internment in the Golden Throne, the Adeptus Custodes have taken a more limited role as protectors of the Imperial Palace.

During the Age of Apostasy, the Adeptus Custodes reemerged briefly during the siege of the Ecclesiarchal Palace of Terra in the reign of Goge Vandire. During this time, the Custodes attempted to make their way towards Vandire, halted only by Brides of the Emperor whom Vandire had convinced into becoming his personal bodyguards. After a long and fruitless discussion, the Custodes convinced the leader of the Brides, Alicia Dominica, to return with them to the presence of the Emperor. What happened during that moment is unknown, but the effects resulted in the Brides of the Emperor rebelling against Vandire, ending his reign once and for all.

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- Uprising by Dan Nielsen

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- 7Drieg7 for an awesome tribute to the Adeptus Mechanicus which inspired this vid.

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[TyronMakeka]

@BaldurandVali most likely, yes.

[TheRuddydoom]

@Verixus113 sorry i skim read it, i must read through comments more carefully, sorry for any offence

[Verixus113]

@TheRuddydoom do you not know what a possessive apostrophe is? Magnus' implies that they belong to Magnus, meaning the psykers who were part of Magnus' legion. Sorry if this comment seems rude, but it's fairly basic writing/reading skills that you misunderstood.

[TheRuddydoom]

@Verixus113 no one killed Magnus, he is a demon prince of Tzeentch and is still alive

[Verixus113]

@SharpenedScalpel even alone the Custodes are nearly unkillable by anything but a Primarch, the Captain-General of the Custodes aided in the Space Wolves assault on Prospero and single handedly killed Magnus' 3 most powerful pysker advisors.

[SharpenedScalpel]

@SharpenedScalpel terra, sorry

[SharpenedScalpel]

@GnosisZX yeah, even if they somehow managed to get on terror with the hands of betrayers, they would have to face the full might of the Imperium. The pride of the Emperor. The Custodian Guard and it's access to the most infernous weapons in the universe.

[SharpenedScalpel]

@diablolrm90 He did also not call anyone for help. Keep that in mind.

[SharpenedScalpel]

@Verixus113 Yeah, but they are all individualists. They would only gather to such a huge force if there ever was a higher call for it. Like for instance, defending Terra or the Imperial Palace and both.