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|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[Captain-General]] [[Trajann Valoris]]{{Fn|25w}}
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! scope=row cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|Established
|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[Unification Wars]]-era{{Fn|4a}}
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[[Image:CustodesArt8th.jpg|thumb|right|The Adeptus Custodes at war with [[Ork]]s.{{Fn|25n}}]]
The '''Adeptus Custodes''', renowned as the '''Golden Legion''', the '''Brotherhood of Demigods'''{{Fn|19}}{{Fn|Notes}}, the '''Golden Brotherhood'''{{Fn|19}}{{Fn|Notes}}, and a host of other titles ('''The Custodian Guard''', '''The Guardians''', the ''' Emperor’s Saints''',{{Fn|36a}} the '''Watchers of The Throne''', '''The Thousand Companions'''{{Fn|9}}, '''The Ten Thousand'''{{Fn|15a}}), but most commonly known as '''Custodians''', are the guardians of the [[Imperial Palace]] and the [[Golden Throne]], as well as the personal bodyguard to the [[Emperor]]. Due to the vast size of the [[Imperial Palace]], the Custodes always act as a defensive army.{{Fn|1}}

Together with the [[Sisters of Silence]] they represented the [[Talons of the Emperor]] as the right hand of the Emperor with the Sisters as the left.{{Fn|25f}} For much of their history the Custodes rarely left the Imperial Palace and even more rarely left [[Terra]]. It is the Adeptus Custodes that decide who may enter the throne room of the Emperor, and when. Such is their authority in this matter that [[Space Marine]]s and [[Inquisitor]]s must kneel before them. Custodians are the mightiest of mankind's warriors. They are to the Space Marines what those transhuman warriors are to common [[guardsmen]], an elevated elite whose raw strength and willpower are wholly insurmountable.{{Fn|19}}{{Fn|25}}

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