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The '''Adeptus Custodes''', renowned as the '''Golden Legion''' , the '''Brotherhood of Demigods''', the '''Golden Brotherhood'''{{Fn|19}} and a host of other titles including , ('''The Custodian Guard''', '''The Guardians''', the ''' Emperor’s Saints''',{{Fn|36}} 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 being 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.{{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}}

*When introduced as a playable faction for [[Warhammer 40,000]], the Adeptus Custodes were said to be recruited from '''sons'''{{Fn|25d}} of the Terran nobility, and formed a '''Brotherhood'''{{Fn|25d}} of '''men'''{{Fn|25e}}, in the [[Codex: Adeptus Custodes (8th Edition)|8th Edition Codex]]. The lore evolved in this area with the introduction of a female-custodian, [[Calladayce Taurovalia Kesh]], in the [[Codex: Adeptus Custodes (10th Edition)|10th edition codex]]{{Fn|51a}} and the subsequent tweet from the official Warhammer Twitter account that stated that they always existed.