Imperium / faction
Adeptus Custodes
The Emperor's own guard, crafted before the Space Marine Legions and standing watch over the Imperial Palace. After ten millennia of vigil they returned to open war in the Era Indomitus.
- Origin
- Mid M30
- Founding
- Unification Wars era
- Gene-seed
- Unique genecrafting by the Emperor; not true gene-seed
- Homeworld
- Terra (Imperial Palace)
- Status
- Active
- Date quality
- era / medium
Lineage
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