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These men are my bodyguards, their lives forfeit to the guarantee of my physical safety. Of their loyalty to me there shall be no question nor doubt. I, and I alone, shall have the authority to stand in judgement over them. No other commander shall they have in battle nor in service. None shall bar them from me and none shall hamper or stall their mission. So it is decreed!

~ The Emperor of Mankind

Summary

"Each one of the Ten Thousand represents genetic lore acquired over many lifetimes. Each one of you is unique, a work of art never to be repeated. I am miserly with your lives, where I would spend so many others without a thought."
- The Emperor on his Custodes

The Adeptus Custodes, known as the Legio Custodes before the Horus Heresy, is the Imperial Adepta responsible for guarding the Imperial Palace and the physical body of the Emperor of Mankind. It is an elite cadre of genetically-engineered transhuman warriors who are even more potent in combat than the Adeptus Astartes. They are to the Space Marines as the Emperor is to His Primarchs, and it is rumoured that they were created using the Master of Mankind's own genecode.

Where Space Marines represent the mass-produced genetic soldiers of the Imperium, the Adeptus Custodes are a force of individual warriors, each a bastion in his own right. These warriors have stood in the presence of the immortal Emperor of Mankind since before the time of the Unification Wars. For ten thousand years and more, the Custodians have stood watch over their lord and master, serving as the Emperor's personal guardians and praetorian bodyguard. During the Great Crusade these resplendent warriors guarded the Emperor wherever He went and swore to give their lives to protect His.

After His incarceration in the Golden Throne following the Horus Heresy ten standard millennia ago, they have taken a far more limited role in the Imperium of Man. They almost never leave Terra and only very rarely leave the Imperial Palace as they watch over their recumbent master and patrol the precincts of the Emperor's Palace, ever vigilant of threats. It is only the Adeptus Custodes who decide who may enter the Sanctum Imperialis of the Emperor at the heart of the Inner Palace, and when they may do so.

Powers and Stats

Tier: At least High 6-C | At least High 6-C, likely far higher | Unknown, but far higher

Name: The Adeptus Custodes, The Legio Custodes, The Ten Thousand, The Thousand Companions

Origin: Warhammer 40,000

Gender: All Male

Age: The oldest are over 10,000 Years Old

Classification: Elite Genetically-Engineered Transhuman Warrior, Personal Bodyguards of The Emperor

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Senses, Low-Light Vision, Immortality (Types 1 and 3), Regeneration (High-Low), Precognition (Can "reach into the Numerology of the near future" to predict the attacks and motion of enemies before they occur), Aura, Holy Manipulation, Probability Manipulation (The Custodians are touched by a spark of the Emperor’s own power, which manifests as a supernatural warding, making it so that bullets and bolts are turned aside at the last moment, blades fail to strike home, and even the psychic powers of the foe can suddenly and inexplicably flicker away to nothing), Energy Projection, Self-Sustenance (Type 1, 2 and 3), Weapon Mastery, Martial ArtsResistance to Poisons, Extreme Radiation and Heat, Telepathy, Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Possession, and Psychic Attacks, Immunity to Motion Sickness, White Noise, Sudden Flashes or Sonic Attacks

Attack Potency: At least Large Island level (The Custodes are said to be to a Space Marine what a Space Marine is to an ordinary human. 1,000 Custodes were capable of destroying Gharkhul Blackfang's Ork WAAAGH which had overwhelmed three Space Marine armies, killing 100,000 Orks and losing only 3 of their own. During the Battle of Prospero, a squad of 30 Custodians led by Constantin Valdor killed over 200 Thousand Sons Marines, 4 Librarians and a squad of 10 Terminators, and another sole Custodian slayed 4 Sekhmet Terminators by himself. The Guardian Spears of the Adeptus Custodes can cut through Terminator plate as easily as paper) | At least Large Island level, likely far higher (An Adeptus Custodes' Terminator Armor is far more powerful than the Terminator Armor of a Space Marine, and carries much greater weaponry) | Unknown, but far higher (Custodes' Dreadnoughts are likewise far superior to regular Dreadnoughts, but to what extent is unknown)

Speed: Subsonic+ Movement Speed (Much faster than Astartes), with at least Massively Hypersonic to FTL Combat Speed & Reactions (Even the weakest Custodes have reactions far faster than that of Marines, and average Custodes can react and process information in less than a Microsecond, and skilled Custodes should undoubtedly have faster reactions than experienced Marines who can react in a nanosecond. Custodes have been shown capable of reacting to laser-bolts, and even swatting them mid-air with their spears) | Subsonic (A Custodes in Terminator Armor is generally as fast as an Astartes in regular Power Armor) with At least Massively Hypersonic to FTL Combat Speed & Reactions | Unknown Movement Speed with at least Massively Hypersonic to FTL Combat Speed & Reactions

Lifting Strength: At least Class 5 to Class 25 | Much Higher | At least Class 50, likely higher

Striking Strength: At least Large Island Class | At least Large Island Class, likely far higher | Unknown, but farr higher

Durability: At least Large Island level (Custodes' Auramite Armour is far more durable than Astartes' Terminator Armor, which can endure high-end Plasma and Melta Weaponry) | At least Large Island level, likely far higher (As above their Auramite Armour as regular Terminator plate is above Astartes' Power Armour. Can survive the explosions of Macro-cannon shells) | Unknown, but far higher (Superior to regular Dreadnoughts which can shrug off the strongest Plasma Weapons)

Stamina: Virtually Endless (At least two Custodes stood vigil on the Golden Throne for 100 years without ever eating, drinking, or sleeping)

Range: Extended Melee Range, Few Kilometers with Bolters and other Long-range Weaponry | Extended Melee Range, Few Kilometers with Bolters and other Long-range Weaponry | Several Meters through Sheer Size, Few Kilometers with Long-range Weaponry

Standard Equipment: Auramite Power Armor, Guardian Spear, Sentinel Blade, Lastrum Storm Bolter, Praesidium Shield, Solerite Power Gauntlets & Power Talons, Adrastus Bolt Caliver, Adrathic Weaponry, Arae-Shrike, Custodes Vexilla, etc.

Intelligence: Superhuman (The Adeptus Custodes have an intellect enhanced far beyond that of the Astartes, combined with millennia of knowledge, combat training and experience. Their training and education renders them masters in the tenets of warfare in all its forms, as well as every method of assassination, counter-espionage, threat recognition and death dealing known to Mankind, but also in far more esoteric disciplines such as diplomacy and statecraft, astrogation and interstellar geography, history, philosophy, theosophy, artistry and countless other subjects)

Weaknesses: None Notable

Key: Power Amour | Terminator Armor | Dreadnought

Note: This profile only contains stats for the average/baseline Custodian. Individual characters possess much greater feats and rank far higher.

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