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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a rank of the [[Adeptus Custodes]]. The rank in truth is more of a general classification to refer to a series of command ranks within the Custodes, ranging from Prefect, Lictor, Proconsul, and Tribune.{{Fn|11b}}

Regardless of what formal title is used, all Shield-Captains are the greatest among the Custodian Guard. They are not only the most powerful and tactical gifted among their peers, but also the most culturally learned. It is said that their promotion requires the direct approval of the [[Emperor]] himself. As such, the Shield-Captains were afforded the rarest and finest of the Imperium's arms.{{Fn|11b}}

In battle, Shield-Captains typically lead squads a detachment{{fn|1a}} or squad of Custodes.{{fn|3}} ==Ranks== ===Tribune===The Tribunate are the highest ranking Custodians after the [[Captain-General]] himself. During the [[Great Crusade]] they were a senior cadre of around ten individuals who formed the Legio's council on war and policy.{{fn|1a}} After the [[Horus Heresy]], the Adeptus Custodes maintain two Tribunes, one of whom serves as master of the [[Hetaeron Guard]].{{fn|7}} ===Prefect===The Prefectorate were senior Shield-Captains during the Great Crusade. The rank of Prefect was conferred on a Shield-Captain as a mark of veterancy and the Emperor's favour.{{fn|1a}}

===Heresy-Era===*[[Ra Endymion]] - Tribune{{fn|4a}}*[[KadaiVilaccan]] - Tribune{{fn|4b}}*[[JasacJasaric]] - Tribune{{fn|4b}}*[[Helios (Custodian)|Helios]] - Tribune{{fn|4b}}*[[Diocletian Coros]] - Prefect of the [[Hykanatoi]]{{fn|4a}}*[[Aquillon]] - Prefectof the Hykanatoi{{fn|4c}}*[[Zhanmadao Navenar]] - Prefect of the [[Tharanatoi]]{{fn|4a}}*[[Mikaelor Cobernus]]{{fn|2}}*[[Honoris]]{{fn|3}} ===Post-Heresy===*[[Maldovar Colquan]] - Tribune{{fn|6}}*[[Heracleon]] - Tribune, Master of the Hetaeron Guard{{fn|7}}*[[Italeo]] - Tribune{{fn|7}}*[[Adronitus]]{{Fn|5}}*[[Valerian]]{{fn|7}}

*1: [[The Horus Heresy Book Seven]]**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 116**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 232*{{Endn|12}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Seven: Collected Visions]] , pg.232379*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Horus Heresy: Burning of Prospero]], Rulebook*4: [[The Master of Mankind (Novel)]]**{{Endn|4a}}: Dramatis Personae**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter Two**{{Endn|4c}}: Chapter Twenty*{{Endn|5}}: [[Gathering Storm: Rise of the Primarch]], Part 3*{{Endn|6}}: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]], Chapter Six*{{Endn|7}}: [[Watchers of the Throne: The Emperor's Legion (Novel)]], Valerian 1