Hykanatoi

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A Custodian of the Hykanatoi

The Hykanatoi, sometimes simply called the Custodian Guard^[2] are one of the warrior-castes within the Adeptus Custodes. The Hykanatoi represented the main strength of the Custodian Guard.^[1]

Overview

The Hykanatoi are Guardian Spear-equipped heavy infantry. Their numbers included the Custodian Guard proper as well as several specialized units such as the Sentinel Guard and Hetaeron Guard.^[1]

Known Members of the Hykanatoi

• Diocletian Coros
• Ra Endymion
• Hanumarasi
• Calaxor Tybaris

Images

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  Custodian Guards (2016)
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  Custodian Guards with Pyrithite Spears (2018)
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  Custodian Guard for the Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness^[3]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

The Hikanatoi were an elite Byzantine guard unit during the Middle Ages.

Sources

• 1: The Horus Heresy Book Seven - Inferno, pg. 252
• 2: Codex: Adeptus Custodes (8th Edition), pg. 28
• 3: Warhammer Community: The New Year Preview – All-new Legio Custodes Revealed (last accessed 16/1/2026)