How are Custodes made?

The Custodes are Immortal

The process is a full genetic alteration, without the “mass produced” butchery of organ implantation. Each Custodes is created and tested in a unique almost handcrated method. Once fully grown an Custodes is effectively immortal outside of violence.

How is a Custodes created?

New custodes can certainly be created, they are chosen from sons of noble houses and the process of their recruitment and creation is not known to anybody outside those creating them. We know for certain that new Custodes are created after the Horus Heresy.

Who creates the Custodes?

The Custodes 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 each created by the Master of Mankind personally.

Are the Custodes made from the Emperor?

The Legio Custodes are by many accounts the Emperor's true firstborn, prefiguring even the gene-crafted Thunder Warriors of the Unification Wars. They are His first genetically-engineered, psycho-indoctrinated warriors, perfected weapons crafted by the Emperor's genius from the dread lore of the Dark Age of Technology.

Why doesn't the Imperium make more Custodes?

The issue with the Custodes and their equipment is that it is the best that the Imperium could make even when the Emperor was amongst them, and intended only for the best.

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How many Custodes would it take to beat a Primarch?

Three to Five custodes should work on the primarchs... But like they said above, it all depends on whos against them for well you know, each primarch has his own quirks and techniques unique to them.

Are GREY knights better than Custodes?

Custodes. GK's are nice but AC's we're made to crush, if needed, everything the galaxy could offer up. They're (AC) not invulnerable but if it's a generic GK vs a 'generic' AC. Then the Custodes wins 99% of the time.

Do custodes respect GREY Knights?

( the custodes to protect the emperor and his interests, the grey knight to fight of demonic incursions) and according to the the emperors legion book they respect but distrust each other.

Who is the current Custodes leader?

Trajann Valoris is the current Chief Custodian and 17th Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes, the elite bodyguard of the Emperor of Mankind, and perhaps the deadliest individual warrior in the entire Imperium.

Do Custodes feel pain?

As mentioned earlier, all non-vehicle Adeptus Custodes units get a 4+ invulnerable save as standard their 6+ feel no pain save now applies to all mortal wounds regardless of the source, this being the new Aegis of the Emperor ability that all non-vehicle Adeptus Custodes units have as standard on their Datasheet.

Have Custodes ever fallen to chaos?

Have there EVER been any custodes that turned to chaos? Probably not since they are probably the most loyal of the Corpse Emperor's servants, and they mainly have been shut-ins since the end of the Horus Hersey.

Who is the oldest Custodes?

Constantin Valdor, known as "The First of the Ten Thousand" and "The Shield of the Emperor," was the first Chief Custodian and Captain-General of the ancient Legio Custodes, the elite bodyguard of the Emperor of Mankind.

Do Custodes call the Emperor Father?

Some astartes do, and primarchs do, but Custodes have always seemed to be a bit more straightline in view with what the Emperor actually felt about his creations.

Are Custodes born or made?

The process is a full genetic alteration, without the “mass produced” butchery of organ implantation. Each Custodes is created and tested in a unique almost handcrated method. Once fully grown an Custodes is effectively immortal outside of violence.

What is the lifespan of the Custodes?

As for the custodes, they are immortal and have pranced around the imperial palace for the last 10'000 years.

Do Custodes use gene seed?

The Adeptus Custodes are the personal bodyguards of the Emperor. They are roughly similar to the Space Marines in that they are superhumans implanted with genetically-engineered organs. Unlike the space marines, they do not get a gene-seed from any Primarch, but instead are custom-tailored by the Emperor himself.

Who is stronger Custodes or Primaris?

Custodes are still head and shoulders above even the Primaris Astartes in terms of combat. Each one is a legendary combatant, trained from birth to a regimen harsher than any Space Marine faces, constantly tested against their betters, and are forged from genetic sciences that the Emperor never applied to the Astartes.

Who can beat a Custodes?

A primarch is not only stronger than a Custodes but also has psykic powers to boot (varying depending on which primarch he was facing).

Have Custodes fought Tyranids?

Now, however, we can say for sure that the Adeptus Custodes have fought the Tyranids since Genestealer Cults are a characteristic stage of a Tyranid invasion and the Custodians are also now being actively deployed around the galaxy to combat various grievous threats against the Imperium in secrecy.

Can Custodes deny the witch?

There are several ways to give a Custodes Character the ability to deny the witch. The Stratagem Spark of Divinity lets you deny a power as if you were a psyker within 12". The Impregnable Mind WLT also lets you deny a power as if you were a psyker, but adds +1 to your roll.

Are Custodes immune to psykers?

The Custodians originated at a time when Terra was torn apart by psyker Lords and the Emperor was battling them. He didn't want corruptible guardians - hence why the Custodians were created from infants and non psykers - they would be utterly loyal, immune to psychic control and never doubted as His protectors.

Does Guilliman command the Custodes?

After the Emperor's internment in the Golden Throne, the Adeptus Custodes took a limited role as protectors of the Imperial Palace, as ordered by Roboute Guilliman in the Edict of Restraint.

Could a Space Marine beat a Custodes?

Custodes are literally designed to kill space marines. 1 squad held off an entire Tyranid hive fleet's ground forces with no casualties.

Why don't the Custodes fight?

Due to the vast size of the Imperial Palace, the Custodes always act as a defensive army. Together with the Sisters of Silence they represented the Talons of the Emperor being the right hand of the Emperor. For much of their history the Custodes rarely left the Imperial Palace and even more rarely left Terra.

Who would win a Primarch or Custodes?

A Primarch against a Custodes squad, I would still say the Primarch by a bare margin, with heavy losses to the squad. More than that I would have to say the Custodes by sheer amount of numbers vs 1 individual Primarch, again, with massive losses to the Custodes, but they would win by literally sheer weight of numbers.