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===Unification Wars===
[[Image:Constantin Valdor.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Chief-Custodian {{PAGENAME}}{{Fn|2}}]]
The origins of Constantin Valdor are mysterious. According to [[Amar Astarte]], his original parents were killed by the [[Emperor]], who moved entire armies across continents to locate and retrieve him. Valdor himself knows very little of his past before becoming the Emperor's servant.{{Fn|13c}} While commonly accepted as the first Custodes, Valdor does not recall if he was truly the first Custodian, or simply the first successfully produced one.{{Fn|10}} He served during the [[Unification Wars]] at the [[Battle of Maulland Sen]]. A handful of years later, he assassinated [[Koja Zu]], the Minister of the Anuatan Steppes{{Fn|6a}}, and claimed her son, [[Ra Endymion]]{{Fn|6d}}, for the Legio Custodes.{{Fn|6b}} During the [[Battle of Maulland Sen]], Valdor witnessed the savagery of the [[Thunder Warriors]] and became worried over their future.{{Fn|13b}}
By the end of the [[Unification Wars]] Valdor had emerged as part of the ruling "triumvirate" of Terra alongside the Emperor and Malcador. He had become suspicious of [[Grand Provost Marshal]] [[Uwoma Kandawire]], dispatching [[Samonas]] to unravel her conspiracy before it could begin.{{Fn|13a}} However the conspirators still struck in the [[Palace Coup]], during which Valdor was confronted by Kandawire, as well as [[Ushotan]] and his surviving [[Thunder Warrior]]s. Valdor urged the conspirators to surrender, but when they refused he deployed the proto-[[Legiones Astartes]] in their first battle. During the battle the rebels were crushed and Valdor slew Ushotan, an act he took no gratification in as he had admired the General. Surprisingly, Valdor spared Kandawire and let her leave the Palace to retire in peace.{{Fn|13d}}{{Fn|13e}}
