Who Are the Adeptus Custodes? History & Lore | Warhammer 40,000

/ italianspartacus
The Golden Brotherhood number 10,000. The Emperor's finest guardians, his eternal Adeptus Custodes.
Charged with the defense and well-being of the Emperor, these warriors of myth have been alongside the Master of Mankind since the early days of the pre-Imperium all the way up to the currrent era. Stalking through the Imperial Palace, they protect the Emperor as he sits upon the Golden Throne.
In today's episode, we will talk more about the mighty Adeptus Custodes, their history, as well as their organization.
Huge Thank you to Games Workshop & Black Library for creating such amazing fluff for the Lord of Death!

[@Hartwig870]

"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

[@DavidELD]

"MY BUTTOCKS TREMBLES WITH ANTICIPATION!" - Custodisi

[@stevensanders6696]

One minor gripe, the Custodes don't use Gene-seed. They use a different form of genetic augmentation that was hand crafted for each singular custodes

[@CharlesUrban]

"We're going to optimize your DNA." "That sounds like it'll hurt." "Oh, immensely! But you'll be a complete badass..." "Cool!" "...if you survive." "Not cool."

[@stevensanders6696]

@@CharlesUrban that specific form of augmentation did have a much higher survival rate than that of an Astartes. The original Custodes were all taken from the best stock of children of conquered regions of Terra, specifically the children of that region's leadership. Current Custodes are drawn from the healthiest stock of Terran nobility. The process just has much more specific requirements and takes much longer

[@tohanwi]

Is it bad that after seeing this I kinda want lutian to do 2 hours on the custodies

[@NorthernXY]

@@stevensanders6696 Also remember Big E "knows" who will make a good Custodes, they're not just noble children. I think he went to war to get Valdor.

[@stevensanders6696]

@@NorthernXY Valdor was a result of a conquered region of Terra during Unification. He took Valdor from the family I believe of the rulers of that area. So not going to war FOR him, per se, but I fully believe he knew exactly what he was going to claim as his prize going in

[@CharlesUrban]

"Yo, dawg. We heard you like gold and technology, so we got you some gold jetbikes!"

[@italianspartacus]

XZIBIT!!! NOOOO!!!

[@tuahsakato17]

BRUUUHHHHHH I can hear the theme song

[@snappycenter7863]

AYYAYAYA! THE OILED ABS ARE GLISTERING WITH AROUSAL AT THIS VIDEO~

[@italianspartacus]

LET EM FLYYYYYYYYY!!!

[@swilson227]

Oh no! Who's been awakened?

[@SantamMukherjee]

* Majestic imperial loincloth flaps in the wind *

[@snappycenter7863]

@Little Kitten You're not the Emperor. Go kiss that Tau Shadestar, or whatever her name is ^^

[@thewalnutknight2760]

Little Kitty shut ur grot mouth I heard you acrozz the secta

[@justinmaitland7335]

The custodes are supposed to be able to talk to the emperor as an equal on war, politics, logistics ect. They are not just brutes. They also have their blood games constantly going on.

[@Hartwig870]

They were the closest thing he had to friends, aside from Malcador.

[@finnheisenheim8274]

With their throbbing guardian spears. *Am i right?*

[@tooslow4065]

so why would the emperor need the thunder warriors? why not just make a million of these guys instead of the legions?

[@emile1365]

@@tooslow4065 Time. It all boils down to time, since it takes so long to "create" and train a single Custode, whereas something like a standard marine is mass produced. In short a Costode is essentially a hand built car specifically made with the highest quality parts with a specific goal in mind, while marine is just a production standard sports car, no surprises but good it does it's job.

[@tooslow4065]

@@emile1365 , so how does that compare to a grey knight?

[@JWKONTRABASSO]

There are several instances where the Primarchs say that the Custodes kept them on equal footing while sparring. So If necessary, at least a squad of Custodes could take a Primarch down.

[@aidanhearn4210]

Depending on the Primarch, I'd say a squad of 10 could hold their own very easily against most of them

[@wiskeeamazingdancer4964]

Haven't you heard? The Emperor has a text to speech device.

[@italianspartacus]

It's honestly a work of art hahaga

[@ripwolfe]

I've always enjoyed the Custodes; men supremely loyal to the Emperor and who are arguably superior to even the angel-like Astartes, possibly superior even to the Primarchs. What might make for an interesting video is a comparison of all the "super-humans" under the Imperium: Custodes, Astartes, Primarchs, Primarius', and the Grey Knights (who undergo trials as recruits that maybe even the Custodes could not pass). Maybe even the Sororitas, who haven't undergone the genetic augmentation of the the others, but who are highly trained and very well equipped, beyond all other non-super military factions (I believe).

[@finnheisenheim8274]

Superior to the primarchs is a bit overestimation. But yeah no doubt that the primarchs would struggle very much when fighting them.

[@emile1365]

I find them boring for that exact reason.

[@connorbaird8596]

@@finnheisenheim8274 Some were capable of besting primarchs in single combat. But we must remember that a primarchs greatest weapon is their mind, not their physicality.

[@finnheisenheim8274]

@@connorbaird8596 Nah only one. The first captain general constantin valdor. But he doesn't count since even among the custodes, he is the best of the best.

[@connorbaird8596]

@@finnheisenheim8274One of the lore writers for gw once said, on a live stream I believe that veteran custodes could beat primarchs, at least in 1v1 scenarios. This makes more sense to me as custodes had similar physical capabilities as primarchs and considering that 40k isn't some marvel comic or anime where characters have 'power' levels, its seems very plausible that a bodyguard of the most important (and intelligent) human alive could defeat one of his own creations which could turn against him.

[@marseldagistani1989]

Ahhhhhh it's Little kitten an the marry band of body oiled custodes

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

I have never seen such beauty outside of my mirror before! Your mirror being my lubricated abs of course!!

[@OGdutch973]

"pimp my ride, except for spacemarines" oh man, that was good. lol awesome video man I don't know the most about 40k lore but it sounds really interesting

[@italianspartacus]

it's VERYYY complex and I really love it, but i'm glad you enjoyed the video dude :)

[@tyleralvarado3849]

I believe the practice of improving the palace security measures via testing the defenses in mock battles is called the blood games. Valdor was begrudgingly inspired by alpharius to create it after al made a pretend attempt on the emperors life during his primarch novel. since then all new inites compete in the blood games as a means of training and iniation into the custodes.

[@markusnavergard2387]

the techno-barbarians could be seen as the warlord from mad max fury road

[@reginaldgorpfist249]

Yet another new imperial codex and army, whilst my Black Templars have been shoved in the vanilla marine codex sense 6th ed. Still nice video man.

[@italianspartacus]

+Reginald Gorpfist I dunno dude... I hated that neophyte/initiate rule! I do miss black templars though. I wanted to start them for so long!!

[@trevorchadwick7649]

Not anymore!

[@dannygelbart6827]

@ItalianSpartacus, man...Custodes do not have Geneseed. They are altered at the base by The Emperor. Grey Knights use Geneseed, not Custodes. Also the 100,000 orks and only 3 Custodes dying isn't hyperbole, you forget there were 3 other Legions there as well. The Emperor's shaman origin also isn't exactly lore anymore as from Master of Mankind we know more about his origin... Some Thunder Warriors lived btw.

[@jackssmirkingrevenge9365]

the other 30mins 30seconds worth though.. pure gold gettit

[@namekman01]

i havent finished master of mankind, but if you're talking about the boy who would be king, presumably he is the one who the shamans incarnated as. if you know why i might be wrong in saying that say so, but dont tell me why, still reading the book

[@notbob8252]

Yes I was also under the impression that the golden warriors was something from the dark age of technology perhaps something he inherited or new about from the collapse of humanity and it's golden age In fact I thought it was made very clear that the way in which a custodian is made is completely different from the implantation of organs to make space Marines Perfect I thought the custodians had something to do with the men of iron after all what are they referencing when they talk about the golden children of humanity

[@michaelhowell2326]

Man, I've been waiting for months and months to get a thunder warriors video

[@italianspartacus]

I'm trying my dude!! I've got such a huge backlog :) I'll try to do it soon!! I promise

[@michaelhowell2326]

@@italianspartacus ok- believe you. But my subscribe button don't! So I'm gonna give ya to the 1 February 2019 to get a perefect, entertaining and awesome lore video in my subs inbox!

[@slayya87]

Thank you so much for this video! I'd love to hear more about the Adeptus Custodes and also the Thunder Warriors! Great job!

[@italianspartacus]

I did a video on the history of the imperium covering them!! :) did you catch it??

[@slayya87]

@@italianspartacus Not yet but I'm looking it up now. Thanks again for your efforts and this great job! Thank you also for answering a comment on a video that you posted over a year ago! :-)

[@bruw565]

Great video, one brief stipulation, I think it was “The First Heretic” and not Betrayer where the Bearers of the Word observe the Custodes

[@johnnieschatz693]

Love your videos, please do the Black Templars and Blood Angel's and the Grey Knights !!

[@Robustacap]

In my Head Canon the Custodes are the Golden Men from the Dark Golden age of tech. Some sorta synthetic men the Emperor used and uses.

[@davidh.6930]

That last armor looks like you need to get your legs cutoff to beable to use it

[@joe.black-mortem.angelos]

It's not armor, it's a Contemptor Dreadnought.

[@Bembel81]

That's a Dreadnought.

[@watchthe1369]

The monastic aspect of the space marines covers the emotional stuff. Litanies of hatred before battle, feasts after, a regular routine for weapons and armor maintenance.

[@crazyc481]

I love TWW2 and fantasy lore. 40k just has so much more the Titans, Dark age of technology and so much more. Thanks for the videos 👍

[@italianspartacus]

i agree.. i just LOVE 40k more.. it also has a little more direction and not as much retconned BS

[@legend91678]

The Lore Behind This is Phenominal. The Whole of The STORY of Their Origins and Objectives, is Mind Bending. Ready for Another interesting and Slaughterful Movie to pop up out of know WHERE. Soon I will have The Technologies to create these types of Fan Films, and Might try my hands at a Sick & WICKED Write dealing With The vast Lore Behind This. Intriguing!

[@johnnyscifi]

I heard a rumour that Fulgrim changed his battle barge into a "party bus" is that true? ;)

[@Deadphoenix91]

Great Video my friend, I did not think I would be so hype for the Custodes... But as soon as I saw the new models... I had to get them... picking up my codex, Trajann and the Termis up tomorrow x)

[@Deadphoenix91]

... and the First Heretic Book is one of my fav. Horus Heresy Books

[@italianspartacus]

Everything Aaron dembski-bowden touches is fucking art bro. They look so good though. I'm.. Tempted....

[@Deadphoenix91]

add them as a patrol detachment shield cpt. with the amazing jet bikes they gonna hit like trucks... im thinking about adding later some Astra Militarum, never got them before but thematically that would be great.

[@MiniatureMasterClass]

Not a fan of GW retconning the Emperor into a cold, calculating asshole. TTS Emps should be canon since it explains why he's a jerk as he cast out the "kind and fatherly" aspect of his soul into the warp so he could eradicate Horus without any hesitation. Makes more sense than what GW is writing.

[@adamfox1669]

Good stuff! Well rounded & great scope. (Production value is a positive also!). Personally, Custodian Guards always a favorite. Like you mentioned, before they were only in bits of lore or in artwork. Great to see a developed army. Thanks for posting

[@imperatorlightoneous1382]

Fantastic video my friend! Remember there is nothing to mourn when a life has been lived in service to the Emperor

[@76HabeasCorpus]

Would love to get some thunder warrior lore, there really isn't a lot of it out there on the you tube at least anyway. Awesome vid.

[@stipesango806]

Loved it. Beautiful. You should make more of these lore videos.

[@bearsquatchadventures4356]

First video, love your voice, subbed.

[@italianspartacus]

welcome to the family brother :)

[@markbrigandi7497]

Great job on the Custodes- I’m so looking forward to the new codex and models! Forge World’s stuff is just normally out of my price range, but I had bought 2 squads of GW’s Custodes and 1 of the Sisters of Silence, because I really love the lore and the models. I’m thrilled that I’ll finally be able to afford their jet bikes and Terminators- like I said, I love the Forge World models but they are just waaay too much $$. Not that GW is cheap, by any means (!), but they are the lesser of two evils. Anyway- thanks for another great video- enjoy your weekend! =][=

[@italianspartacus]

i'm in the same boat man.. i love the FW models, but they're just so damn expensive that it just never seems worth it in the long run!

[@grizzlyvegeta3911]

It was first heretic the book you're talking about with the duels against the word bearers 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@italianspartacus]

god it's so fucking good

[@grizzlyvegeta3911]

It really is a great book my fav is betrayer though

[@grizzlyvegeta3911]

@@italianspartacus it really is a great book, my fav is betrayer

[@italianspartacus]

hands down.. the lines in it are so god damn great... ADB be praised!

[@grizzlyvegeta3911]

@@italianspartacus he personally loved my delvarus conversion which was great to see and read

[@patrik7816]

Very nice video! You have a very wonderful vocie aswell. :)

[@layzboy81]

One thing I'd love to see is a timeline of history. From the unification wars to the Horus Hersey to present day Imperium. I would be interested on your take.

[@leobeltran3545]

For comparison, Astartes are like wolves, Thunder Warriors are like bears, and Custodes are like tigers/lions. Custodes are the apex hunter but fewer and prone to be overrun with hoard tactics without support. Thunder Warriors are like bears who just woke up from hibernation.They're bigger and stronger than wolves but you can't expect them to fight together. TW are all about wanton destruction. You can group them together point them in the general direction of the enemy and hope they stay together as a cohesive unit. There's a reason why Big E replaced them. Now Astartes are the smallest and physically weakest of the three but they fight and move together as a pack. They also hunt in bigger numbers. That's the advantage of Astartes over the two. Just my own observation here.

[@ShadowGhost0117]

leo beltran yeah that has always been the Astartes’s advantage over the Custodes, large numbers. The larger the conflict the more likely the Astartes will win since they are meant to be a large conquering force. While the Custodes are more individualistic (they will form units if needed but even then they mostly go and do their own thing) making them more efficient on the smaller scale.

[@mileshawkins3856]

4:03 you are referring to the book "The First Heretic", not 'Betrayer'; There are no living custodians in the book 'Betrayer"; only word bearers, world eaters and ultramarines.

[@Tikimohn]

It was 300 Spartans, a few thousand other greeks(3-5k. With the persians numbering around 40-50k. The Immortals numbered 10k alone.

[@captainvalourous6668]

And one of them manage to outsmart Big E and Tzeentch in a Children's Cardgame and become the sole winner of Stellaris. 🤣

[@marseldagistani1989]

You know I often think of the Custodes as a mix between The Swiss Guard guarding the Vatican and the Knights Templar since to them there is no greater authority then that of the Emperor, the same way for the Knights Templar the highest authority was the Pope and no lord, King nor Emperor told the what to do.

[@HelionDark]

very good lore video!! thank you!

[@italianspartacus]

no! thank you for watching! :)

[@ghostjager8190]

I'm pretty sure if i remember correctly Constantin valdor bound them to Terra and they all dawned the black. And Robute had nothing to do with them because he had no authority over them and the only one save the Emperor was the Captain General

[@darthbane1629]

Emperor is Proud about This and You 😎 !!!.

[@jacobellis1050]

3:27 KITTEN!!!

[@danielcampbell9457]

im quite new to WH 40k so what do people meen when they say kitten when talking about the custodies?

[@doublep1980]

@@danielcampbell9457 Go over to bruva Alfabusa's channel and start watching ''If the Emperor had a Text-To-Speech Device'',and you will get it. And yes,this series is considered canon!

[@nickolascralle9788]

Love to know more about ancient terra

[@italianspartacus]

it's such a sticky subject, i'm trying to conceive how i'll do that.. it's really dense and filled with ret-cons! but i shall try my best :)

[@hobbitsis2102]

Definitely making an army on these guys

[@italianspartacus]

fuck yeah brother!

[@mrjimjimjimmyjim9824]

love it if you could revisit the fluff on these guys again?

[@italianspartacus]

I'm waiting for them in psychic awakening to do a sort of, "where they are now" :)

[@Jess-ji5bg]

can i ask what role did the custodes play during the horus heresy?

[@slayya87]

About the emotional intelligence of the Adeptus Astartes: Their psyche is being ripped open and broken by psykers or Librarians and they are subject to vast indoctrination. So you could alter their emotional responses and I think that has been made prety clear in some of the books.

[@notbob8252]

I think in their case it's not really indoctrination it's education I understand what you mean as far as the learning machines that some space Marines have to go through however in the books it's made it quite clear that those machines while implanting memories those memories can be separated from real memories as false memories or simply as just knowledge

[@RinKaguya]

You sound a lot like the main guy on Khan Academy. Its Uncanny!

[@italianspartacus]

i'll take it! buy my e-book and sign up for my class on how to ... wait... you have a beard too... i see! THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!

[@Jackaal77]

OK! This the fourth time I've them mentioned, but i have no idea who they are. So I ask, who are the Sisters of Silence?

[@ItsZim0]

A girls-only fighting force (kinda like sisters of battle) but they don't have souls. The advantage of not having souls renders all warp based attacks useless or nullified. Basically anti-magic squad. They played a big role in Grandpa Smurf v Magnus the Crimson Smartass on Luna

[@garretth8224]

@@ItsZim0 They are called Blanks. They have a soul it just doesnt interact with the warp. While the average person in the imperium show up as a small presence in the warp. Which attracts the corruputing powers of chaos.

[@madtrapper1312]

But in this case he made a mistake it was the sisters of battle

[@Azubrael]

mmm great timing

[@italianspartacus]

On point huh?!

[@Alinnagy88]

ROW-BOOT-AY

[@italianspartacus]

Bobbbbbbbby Gggg

[@CharlesUrban]

"Ro-booty" being the pet name Yvraine gave him.

[@kyivaeternus6334]

Hey guys. I am new to WH40K, and already overwhelmed but sheer volume of info. Could you please help me a bit? In this video, author mentions "the new set of codex" right at the beginning. What does it mean? If that a set of books I can read?

[@italianspartacus]

it's a reference to the newest edition of codexes. Codexes are the books you get all of the information on how to play an army, their lore, everything! :) the BEST place to start is probably the Horus Heresy series. That'll lay the foundation for the massive conflict that a lot of the codexes reference or are created as a result of!

[@XraynPR]

the tabletop goes through episodes/"patches" every few years, currently on 8th edition. Factions usually get a new codex with each edition, to bring the updated rules and units to them. The Custodes never really had a codex until now.

[@ryanseleski21]

Well done,

[@andrewharper1609]

Spears? Doesn't do justice to the bolt halberd.

[@carpemkarzi]

Cool “new” army, I’m knee deep in Dark Angels and fending off my sons Death Guard but these do have a lot of potential. Also “new” history. New sub and loving your vids

[@italianspartacus]

thanks man! glad you're enjoying the content :D i'm dealing with plenty of death guard myself, so i know the plight hahah. anything you want to hear more about?

[@carpemkarzi]

ItalianSpartacus disgusting resilience is the bane of my existence and the fact that my son seems incapable of failing that roll. I have read quite a bit of the lore through the wikis and some of the novels and there are very few areas that aren’t interesting. My fave are the Grey Knights and I don’t have their new codex yet so I am looking forward to seeing what’s in that sucker. I also do like the Tau. Hell I’ll watch whatever you put up.

[@wyvernfallgaming]

Is there any weaknesses to a custodes other than numbers? They seem like a 1 man necron world engine/hive fleet/30k astartes legion that could single handedly end 3 entire factions and rebuild the imperium to pre heresy with only 50 of them

[@XraynPR]

wyvernfall gaming severe depression due to Big E taking a beating maybe

[@TheRAMBO9191]

9ft tall. Crazy. I looked up 8ft 11 person in the world. 40k is an insane universe. No thanks. Lol

[@FrozenLord66]

what if Adeptus Custodes where added in warhammer dawn of war i made my own few voice lines for the Adeptus Custodes in dawn of war if they where added to the game the Adeptus Custodes are ready for battle my lord we are the protechers of the empeor lead us to battle we wil protect our brothers with might and strenth we see the objetive take it for the emperor we wil hold the objetive enemy of the imperuim the enemy is too strong we cant hold much longer regroup brohters those are my few lines for dawn of war Adeptus Custodes

[@GoneRiding600]

I thought they were larger than the average space marine? Please emphasize where you you read that the average space marine is the same size as an adeptus custodes. I’m curious lol

[@bringbackthebattleships8933]

pretty sure that was a jab at the size creep that's been going on in the stories and model ranges , space marines are about 7-8 feet in the fluff

[@AuburnTigers111]

My mother was a tube on Mount Fucking Everest!

[@briharrisWarhmmer40kfan]

Sparto did you know that the first custodes The Emperor made wer known as 'The Custodes who say NI!!!" They literally won battles by saying NI! NI! NNNNIIII!!! Unti their enemies just couldnt stand it anymore....they could be appeased with a shrubbery tho 😅😅😅 dewwww it!!! Hehe

[@Callsign_Bear]

T'is but a scratch! No it's not! Your arms off! No it isn't!

[@miguelquintana8076]

It's Row boot ghoul Le' man

[@gabrielm.942]

Custodes don’t actually use Geneseed

[@Ordo250]

Yk i dont get why people constantly try to downplay the reality if the accomplishments of space marine or custodes in 40k, like the comparison of the over-fluffed 300 Spartans vs 1million Persians. Like it's 40k, it's supposed to be that these troops are so ridiculously strong in order to combat the horrors of the galaxy thay they can in fact accomplish the feats that seem ridiculous or impossible. Like it's the one universe that all of those stories make sense and if anything are under-recorded. Why downplay it

[@italianspartacus]

Because their tabletop counterparts are so jarringly... Not that :( it actually makes playing marines very frustrating

[@Ordo250]

@@italianspartacus that's unfortunate to hear. Guess I'll keep using the excuse that my minis aren't painted to delay my tabletop venture. Thx for replying though, love your content

[@brandonadrian1848]

They trash if they didn't defend the Emperor during Horus heresy.

[@nickspivey4453]

Your lore for your custodian is a little off. the emperor during the age of strife didn't have custodians tell later he had what was called the Thunder Warriors the predecessors to the custodians, primarchs, and Space Marines. I learned this I have other sources like 40K theorists and if the emperor had a text-to-speech device

[@italianspartacus]

i'm sorry man, but the syntax of your comment has me a little confused.. are you saying that the emperor didn't have custodes during the age of strife? could you do me a favor and point me to where your source is? i have the first reported custodes flanking the emperor before the advent of even the Thunder Warriors. i'm more than open to the correction though! :D

[@Taurox220]

Custodes were made before the Thunder Warriors

[@art4freak795]

Surprised the custodians don't do at least small group tactics

[@notbob8252]

One of my favorite quotes was "each of them fought like a hero born" you have to remember that custodians were fighting demons a very beginning when no one knew what they were when they were essentially at their hardest to kill now the gilman's returned and people like Gregor eisenhorn have done the hard work and research we have or I should say the imperium of man has new tactics new weapons and understanding of the enemy. I got a little off topic there but you get my point

[@murderouskitten2577]

11:45 legionis astartes did not take part in killing of Thunder wariors ! only Custudes where trusted to that degree to do the job and keep silent afterwards !

[@italianspartacus]

Hehe I can give you the direct quote when I get home, but it did indeed happen. First Legion prior to becoming the dark angels!

[@murderouskitten2577]

@@italianspartacus well , i can be mistaken , but i was VERY sure that thunder wariors where killed of by custodes only .

[@murderouskitten2577]

@@italianspartacus ok , this is wiki ( not the most reliable source ) , but i imagine they would not make this mistake: "According to Arik Taranis, the final culling of the Thunder Warriors took place following the victory of the last battle of Unity, and was carried out by the Legio Custodes, the only soldiers in the Imperial armies capable of defeating the Thunder Legion. " the problem is - there is atleast two versions of the story , one is what i reference , one is what you reference.

[@italianspartacus]

I'm definitely open to the correction.. But it's the same shtick as "X legion has the most victories second to Horus" that line is repeated for both the Iron Hands AND Dark Angels.. I think it's just a symptom of a multitude of conflicting sources :(

[@murderouskitten2577]

@@italianspartacus well - that is bigest problem in 40k. more than a few lore books conflict each other , mostly on details . But sometimes in major way .

[@Emanon...]

So.... Primaris Primarii then?

[@greg_4201]

15:00 that's some spectacular hair

[@cardinalshooter3179]

The best of the best. The Navy Seals of 40k

[@saheterabakutisha1476]

That would be deathwatch.

[@donquixote2072]

You mean Delta Forces? Man I hate how overhyped the seals got during the Obama era.

[@igneous061]

master of mankind shows custardians to be sooo cool, while in the book prospero burns, freaking custardian Amon turns out to be sucha loser :( .....spoilers, sry ;)

[@italianspartacus]

right?!?! they're like warrior philosophers in MoM.. hell even First Heretic makes them out to be TERRIFYING i love it

[@bertvsrob]

didnt master of mankind suggest custodes were like 14ft? or was that just ra or diocletian? or was i just half asleep reading it

[@italianspartacus]

not that i know of.. it could have just been the typical hyperbole that most marines are described as

[@connorbaird8596]

@@italianspartacus I believe they are described as being a head taller than marines, so they're like 9 feet tall on average.

[@spartana1116]

I herd a rumour that one by the name of kitten dated and once banged shadow sun

[@sultansuleman1046]

Also Shield hosts not Chapters

[@chetmanly4620]

Bro did you say "stoyk" instead of "stoic"?

[@whiskeyjack9646]

Sweeeeet!

[@italianspartacus]

yesssssss

[@whiskeyjack9646]

so basically, Humanity went from Mass Effect, to Dune, To Mad Max, to 40K?

[@philknecht3598]

Gill-uh-man. Lol

[@notbob8252]

I'm sorry but I think I interpret custodian slightly different from you that was the reaction a single custodian had to that child and a single bloody angel to the situation of that trial this is not a good look at the overall groups all custodians are individuals much more so than space Marines.

[@ivangrabar7588]

Most glorious and most useless of Emperor servants. =) Loved the video Btw. would you consider covering War of the Beast?

[@italianspartacus]

Im actually not familiar with that one 100%?!

[@majedhamad8733]

it's when the orks almost destroyed the imperium during the war of the beast which is after the horus heresy by a millennia (maybe more or less i don't remember).also vulcan showed up during that time!.

[@PaladinPoppie]

War of the beast is awesome. Except for the part were a regular Eldar Banshee kills like 3 Custodians....... Like seriously.... Harlequin maybe could. But a Banshee........ Author took a few liberties with that one.

[@ivangrabar7588]

I think she was Harlequin and I believe it was more like dozen of them. Yes, it is awesome series and gives much insight into how politics in Imperium works or at least worked

[@PaladinPoppie]

Ivan Grabar Well a Harlequin can maybe kill 2 idk. But 12....... like dafuq man. The Author did a great job. But that part was straight garbage. Ain’t no way a Damn Harlequin can kill 12 Custodians... FUCKING CUSTODIANS. Maybe 1 or two. I can see them kill 12 Space Marines tho.

[@Pewling]

So all in all, they failed considering that the Emperor is dead.. >:l

[@italianspartacus]

Well.. Like... Maybe!?

[@calumknight9178]

He's not dead...big daddy emps is a perpetual. He's stuck in a life support machine that so happens to keep a Web way portal closed with a horde of daemons of the other side, if he dies he'll just regenerate on a molecular level.

[@CharlesUrban]

He's juuust short of dead...but close only counts in horseshoes and frag grenades.

[@moseszero3281]

But why do the look like Aeldari?

[@AquaLantern]

Moses Zero Big E probably got jealous that the Eldar pansies had bigger helmets than his sons, so he made the Custodians wear HUUUGE ones!

[@evergreatest3316]

THUNDER WARRIORS!!!

[@spiritvdc5109]

"Smash that like button like it's a heretic!" ...only if you buy me a new mouse, keyboard and desk afterward xDD

[@italianspartacus]

IF IT HELPS YOU PURGE THE HERETIC BROTHER!

[@jamesmeeks6000]

Would like to hear about the techno barbarian world.

[@danielclem5693]

Isn't the Imperium of Man still #1, barely hanging on by the skin on their teeth? Or is my info wrong...

[@jorgejustin461]

In terms of how big it is, sure. In terms of technology, culture and everything else nah.

[@joshmarsh7833]

no people skills = adeptus autisticus

[@mystery4920]

I gonna exterminat this foul like-button!

[@kennethalynn]

More more

[@Bearyboo87]

Lol because the pretorian guard were totally on the up and up 😉. Awesome video mate loved it! Super duper space marines? For the love of god what the fuck are they going to bring us next? Personally I want a GOOD deathwatch codex they are such a cool concept that has always sucked ass compared to the ordo-mallius and the grey knights, and even the ordo-heraticus and the sisters of battle I am talking fluf'n'lore wise here girls and boys not actual army functionality. Maybe I just want a ... legion I suppose that Bobby G (seriously love that because I hate that dude) and his ultra-smurfs would find super offense due to the fact that everything they do shits all over the .... rule codexy thingy.... Bobby G's version of the art of war or Zap Brannigans big book of war you guys know what I am talking about

[@italianspartacus]

I never read the death watch codex even though they're one of my. Favorite sort of... Side factions. Only the index astartes that talks about their history!

[@Bearyboo87]

ItalianSpartacus you don't really have to have that's kinda my point their lore has always been better in other mediums the codicies themselves are quite lackluster. The idea that they have been chosen from other legions due to unorthodox tactics is really cool and they could couple that with our own black ops practices like "killing" the individuals in the eyes of their chapters so they can be wholly devoted to the eradication of xenos without thought of chapter loyalty or honor or any of the other self indulgent nonsense that the other chapters go on with is the natural progression of the narative. They are solely there to defend the imperium from aliens that is it. The other reason I like them is because a deamon, mutant, heretic can take on a whole bunch of different forms and strategies but beating them is always pretty much the same xenos on the other hand... it's like the difference between a doctor and a vet both are smart and capable but a vet needs to be way more flexible and adaptive if you follow the analogy.

[@regalgiant1597]

Betrayer was a terrible book qq

[@Shitbird3249]

Anyone care to take a dip with me in the promethium jacuzzi ? No? Fine be that way.

[@alecadanglao8386]

KITTEN!!!!

[@italianspartacus]

Meoww

[@KhoaLe-uc2ny]

Yes?

[@HadrianCustodes]

1:39 Look at the right.

[@terryflynn6158]

Lol

[@Jyeoi]

Does the codex include half naked custodes? Those are the epic ones.

[@jeova0sanctus0unus]

you know you are wierd when a Space marine is better then you at reading human Emotion.

[@leopoldjenkins]

LOYALTY INTENSIFIES

[@lkvideos7181]

The Word Bearers made a heavily flawed observation there. A *bunch of Wardens* who all had their individual assignments do not fight like a unit, because when they invaded that one planet where said observation was made, the Custodes were not exactly fighting anything that was a threat to them. So they went casual about it. However as those fools would learn later, the Custodes are very well capable of fighting their way out of a situation as one cohesive force and little to nothing was able to halt them, until yeah, cheating on the Word Bearers part : P Besides the Custodes, especialy in that period had designated combat formations for offensive and defensive operations. They weren't all just guardians.

[@Janzer_]

there is no such thing as cheating in war

[@colonelsanders1349]

Even then, the Possessed Marines they fighting were the first and greatest, they were also outnumbered and still managed to kill over half of them. Of course the newer lore makes Custodians take a steaming dump on Space Marines, both regular and Primaris. Golden god-blood, halos of light, immortal etc. The thing about them not fighting as a whole isn’t really true though, it was later revealed that their tactics are so nuanced that even Space Marines can’t grasp them. They actually fight better in a group than SM’s do.

[@lkvideos7181]

To be fair, the possessed Marines or Gal Vorbak can rip through even Auramite. In a 1 o 1 the Custodes would still win because of weapon and intelligence advantige. But if the Custodes are outnumbered they will likely lose that fight. Btw that fight could have gone completly different if the Custodes weren't so proud and instead of revealing themselves just gunned them down lol but eh, for the effect of drama I guess :P ^^

[@connorbaird8596]

@@lkvideos7181 I believe the custodes had no ammo at that point

[@lkvideos7181]

@@connorbaird8596 Because of their earlier engagement on the ship right ? yeah idk, could be fam. It's a good point.

[@connorbaird8596]

@@lkvideos7181 Yep I believe so.

[@connorbaird8596]

@@lkvideos7181 They also had been shot down from orbit in a dropship.

[@bladestormviking]

at least the custodes finally put clothes on.....