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{{ImperiumPortal}}The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' are an ebon-clad group within a [[Adeptus Custodes#Organization|Shield Host]] of the [[Adeptus Custodes]], whose task which includes many [[Custodian Warden]]s and is to guard tasked with guarding the last terrors of [[Old Night]] that dwell in the [[Black Dark Cells]] beneath the [[Imperial Palace]].{{fn|1}} ==History==The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' have guarded the [[Dark Cells]] for ten thousand years, a hundred of their number ever on patrol in the corridors around the cells, with some individuals on duty for decades at a time.{{fn|1}} When the [[Great Rift]] opened, several cells were found suddenly empty, the entities and artefacts within somehow released. The Shadowkeepers have now sent warriors out into the galaxy on secretive reclamation missions to find the lost remnants of the [[Age of Strife]] and return them to the cells.{{Fn|1}} ==Equipment==The Shadowkeepers wear black [[Custodian Armour]], and their leaders are equipped with ancient weapons of mysterious origins intended as a last resort should any of the eldritch horrors imprisoned in the cells ever break free.{{Fn|1}}The [[Auric Shackles]] are among the relics often carried by the Shadowkeepers.{{fn|2}} ==Notable Members==*[[Jaeharl Feldorus Ghau]] - [[Custodian Warden]] ==See Also==*[[Warders of the Vaults of Rython]]

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Adeptus Custodes (8th Edition)]], p.23*{{Endn|2}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/01/20/adeptus-custodes-preview-6-warlord-traits-relicsgw-homepage-post-2/ Adeptus Custodes Preview 6: Warlord Traits and Relics]