Who Are the Adeptus Custodes? History & Lore | Warhammer 40,000
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
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The Golden Brotherhood number 10,000. The Emperor's finest guardians, his eternal Adeptus Custodes.
Charged with the defense and well-being of the Emperor, these warriors of myth have been alongside the Master of Mankind since the early days of the pre-Imperium all the way up to the currrent era. Stalking through the Imperial Palace, they protect the Emperor as he sits upon the Golden Throne.
In today's episode, we will talk more about the mighty Adeptus Custodes, their history, as well as their organization.
Huge Thank you to Games Workshop & Black Library for creating such amazing fluff for the Lord of Death!
"Each one of the Ten Thousand represents genetic lore acquired over many lifetimes. Each one of you is unique, a work of art never to be repeated. I am miserly with your lives, where I would spend so many others without a thought."
- The Emperor on his Custodes
"MY BUTTOCKS TREMBLES WITH ANTICIPATION!"
- Custodisi
The custodes are supposed to be able to talk to the emperor as an equal on war, politics, logistics ect. They are not just brutes. They also have their blood games constantly going on.
They were the closest thing he had to friends, aside from Malcador.
With their throbbing guardian spears. *Am i right?*
so why would the emperor need the thunder warriors? why not just make a million of these guys instead of the legions?
@@tooslow4065 Time. It all boils down to time, since it takes so long to "create" and train a single Custode, whereas something like a standard marine is mass produced.
In short a Costode is essentially a hand built car specifically made with the highest quality parts with a specific goal in mind, while marine is just a production standard sports car, no surprises but good it does it's job.
@@emile1365 , so how does that compare to a grey knight?
One minor gripe, the Custodes don't use Gene-seed. They use a different form of genetic augmentation that was hand crafted for each singular custodes
"We're going to optimize your DNA."
"That sounds like it'll hurt."
"Oh, immensely! But you'll be a complete badass..."
"Cool!"
"...if you survive."
"Not cool."
@@CharlesUrban that specific form of augmentation did have a much higher survival rate than that of an Astartes. The original Custodes were all taken from the best stock of children of conquered regions of Terra, specifically the children of that region's leadership. Current Custodes are drawn from the healthiest stock of Terran nobility. The process just has much more specific requirements and takes much longer
Is it bad that after seeing this I kinda want lutian to do 2 hours on the custodies
@@stevensanders6696 Also remember Big E "knows" who will make a good Custodes, they're not just noble children. I think he went to war to get Valdor.
@@NorthernXY Valdor was a result of a conquered region of Terra during Unification. He took Valdor from the family I believe of the rulers of that area. So not going to war FOR him, per se, but I fully believe he knew exactly what he was going to claim as his prize going in
"Yo, dawg. We heard you like gold and technology, so we got you some gold jetbikes!"
XZIBIT!!! NOOOO!!!
BRUUUHHHHHH
I can hear the theme song
AYYAYAYA!
THE OILED ABS ARE GLISTERING WITH AROUSAL AT THIS VIDEO~
LET EM FLYYYYYYYYY!!!
Oh no! Who's been awakened?
* Majestic imperial loincloth flaps in the wind *
@Little Kitten You're not the Emperor. Go kiss that Tau Shadestar, or whatever her name is ^^
Little Kitty shut ur grot mouth I heard you acrozz the secta
Even then, the Possessed Marines they fighting were the first and greatest, they were also outnumbered and still managed to kill over half of them.
Of course the newer lore makes Custodians take a steaming dump on Space Marines, both regular and Primaris. Golden god-blood, halos of light, immortal etc.
The thing about them not fighting as a whole isn’t really true though, it was later revealed that their tactics are so nuanced that even Space Marines can’t grasp them. They actually fight better in a group than SM’s do.
To be fair, the possessed Marines or Gal Vorbak can rip through even Auramite. In a 1 o 1 the Custodes would still win because of weapon and intelligence advantige. But if the Custodes are outnumbered they will likely lose that fight.
Btw that fight could have gone completly different if the Custodes weren't so proud and instead of revealing themselves just gunned them down lol but eh, for the effect of drama I guess :P ^^
@@lkvideos7181 I believe the custodes had no ammo at that point
@@connorbaird8596 Because of their earlier engagement on the ship right ? yeah idk, could be fam. It's a good point.
@@lkvideos7181 Yep I believe so.
@@lkvideos7181 They also had been shot down from orbit in a dropship.
There are several instances where the Primarchs say that the Custodes kept them on equal footing while sparring. So If necessary, at least a squad of Custodes could take a Primarch down.
Depending on the Primarch, I'd say a squad of 10 could hold their own very easily against most of them
KITTEN!!!!
Meoww
Yes?
1:39 Look at the right.
Lol
Does the codex include half naked custodes? Those are the epic ones.
Haven't you heard? The Emperor has a text to speech device.
It's honestly a work of art hahaga
The Word Bearers made a heavily flawed observation there.
A *bunch of Wardens* who all had their individual assignments do not fight like a unit, because when they invaded that one planet where said observation was made, the Custodes were not exactly fighting anything that was a threat to them. So they went casual about it.
However as those fools would learn later, the Custodes are very well capable of fighting their way out of a situation as one cohesive force and little to nothing was able to halt them, until yeah, cheating on the Word Bearers part : P
Besides the Custodes, especialy in that period had designated combat formations for offensive and defensive operations. They weren't all just guardians.
there is no such thing as cheating in war
I've always enjoyed the Custodes; men supremely loyal to the Emperor and who are arguably superior to even the angel-like Astartes, possibly superior even to the Primarchs. What might make for an interesting video is a comparison of all the "super-humans" under the Imperium: Custodes, Astartes, Primarchs, Primarius', and the Grey Knights (who undergo trials as recruits that maybe even the Custodes could not pass). Maybe even the Sororitas, who haven't undergone the genetic augmentation of the the others, but who are highly trained and very well equipped, beyond all other non-super military factions (I believe).
Superior to the primarchs is a bit overestimation. But yeah no doubt that the primarchs would struggle very much when fighting them.
I find them boring for that exact reason.
@@finnheisenheim8274 Some were capable of besting primarchs in single combat. But we must remember that a primarchs greatest weapon is their mind, not their physicality.
@@connorbaird8596 Nah only one. The first captain general constantin valdor. But he doesn't count since even among the custodes, he is the best of the best.
@@finnheisenheim8274One of the lore writers for gw once said, on a live stream I believe that veteran custodes could beat primarchs, at least in 1v1 scenarios. This makes more sense to me as custodes had similar physical capabilities as primarchs and considering that 40k isn't some marvel comic or anime where characters have 'power' levels, its seems very plausible that a bodyguard of the most important (and intelligent) human alive could defeat one of his own creations which could turn against him.
you know you are wierd when a Space marine is better then you at reading human Emotion.
Ahhhhhh it's Little kitten an the marry band of body oiled custodes
I have never seen such beauty outside of my mirror before!
Your mirror being my lubricated abs of course!!
LOYALTY INTENSIFIES
I believe the practice of improving the palace security measures via testing the defenses in mock battles is called the blood games. Valdor was begrudgingly inspired by alpharius to create it after al made a pretend attempt on the emperors life during his primarch novel. since then all new inites compete in the blood games as a means of training and iniation into the custodes.
There were 10,000 immortals, persian royal gaurd as such also fairly rarely used. The mark of an immortal was a golden apple at the bottom of their spear
Heh...wasn't a golden apple Eris's calling card?
"pimp my ride, except for spacemarines" oh man, that was good. lol awesome video man I don't know the most about 40k lore but it sounds really interesting
it's VERYYY complex and I really love it, but i'm glad you enjoyed the video dude :)
Definitely would love to see a unification war series
at least the custodes finally put clothes on.....
That’s why I love both sides of the forces: Custodes and Adeptus Astartes. Like that part you talked about the kid asking questions of the Custodes and Blood Angel. The Blood Angel comforted the child, because they understand they can’t be “cold” like the Custodes, to a kid. But the stoic and unwavering Custodes are awesome. They are above even the Angel-like Astartes, because they need to be and are grown that way. Same side, but completely different from each other. I love the two forces I commented on.
the techno-barbarians could be seen as the warlord from mad max fury road
*G O G E Vandire* was not just some "future tyrant that is trying to take the position of (a) HIgh Lord of Terra!" He was much worse than that!
WELL!! i can't just give ALL the news away :)
According to The Beast Arises he was justified in offing the Lords of Terra which I agreed with, however he then went far, far too far.
Plus being granted the position of Head of the Administratum(?) outright broke him.
Yeah, he took over everything and then went completely insane. All the Custodians did in that situation was take Alicia Dominica to Big E so he could let them know that Vandire needed killing. Thanks to that, we got my absolute favorite famous last words from Vandire: "I don't have time to die! I'm too busy!"
@@CharlesUrban He wanted the job of head of all departments so its his fault he's too busy to die
"There's no instance of them outright commandeering a Primarchs command"
*2 years later*
*hello Brazen Drakes*
@ItalianSpartacus, man...Custodes do not have Geneseed. They are altered at the base by The Emperor. Grey Knights use Geneseed, not Custodes. Also the 100,000 orks and only 3 Custodes dying isn't hyperbole, you forget there were 3 other Legions there as well.
The Emperor's shaman origin also isn't exactly lore anymore as from Master of Mankind we know more about his origin...
Some Thunder Warriors lived btw.
the other 30mins 30seconds worth though.. pure gold
gettit
i havent finished master of mankind, but if you're talking about the boy who would be king, presumably he is the one who the shamans incarnated as.
if you know why i might be wrong in saying that say so, but dont tell me why, still reading the book
Yes I was also under the impression that the golden warriors was something from the dark age of technology perhaps something he inherited or new about from the collapse of humanity and it's golden age
In fact I thought it was made very clear that the way in which a custodian is made is completely different from the implantation of organs to make space Marines
Perfect I thought the custodians had something to do with the men of iron after all what are they referencing when they talk about the golden children of humanity
Not a fan of GW retconning the Emperor into a cold, calculating asshole. TTS Emps should be canon since it explains why he's a jerk as he cast out the "kind and fatherly" aspect of his soul into the warp so he could eradicate Horus without any hesitation. Makes more sense than what GW is writing.
Yet another new imperial codex and army, whilst my Black Templars have been shoved in the vanilla marine codex sense 6th ed. Still nice video man.
+Reginald Gorpfist I dunno dude... I hated that neophyte/initiate rule! I do miss black templars though. I wanted to start them for so long!!
Not anymore!
That last armor looks like you need to get your legs cutoff to beable to use it
It's not armor, it's a Contemptor Dreadnought.
That's a Dreadnought.
I want so badly for someone to call Guilliman "Bobby G" in a future novel. He would either think it was the funniest thing that ever happened or have them killed on the spot.
@Tifrea Adelin I agree with this entirely. So do most people who aren't Matt Ward. Primaris Marines suck and Ultramarines aren't cool.
@Tifrea Adelin Captain Tight Ass you mean?
In my Head Canon the Custodes are the Golden Men from the Dark Golden age of tech. Some sorta synthetic men the Emperor used and uses.
I heard a rumour that Fulgrim changed his battle barge into a "party bus" is that true?
;)
I like to think the custodes that were sent to babysit the wordbearers were just the most expendable of them, because the guys in master of mankind were able to fight as one alongside the sisters of silence.
I do love fighting Adeptus Custodes with my astra militarum. I almost never loose a unit while i table those golden fools.
Thank you so much for this video! I'd love to hear more about the Adeptus Custodes and also the Thunder Warriors! Great job!
I did a video on the history of the imperium covering them!! :) did you catch it??
@@italianspartacus Not yet but I'm looking it up now. Thanks again for your efforts and this great job! Thank you also for answering a comment on a video that you posted over a year ago! :-)
Man, I've been waiting for months and months to get a thunder warriors video
I'm trying my dude!! I've got such a huge backlog :) I'll try to do it soon!! I promise
@@italianspartacus ok- believe you. But my subscribe button don't! So I'm gonna give ya to the 1 February 2019 to get a perefect, entertaining and awesome lore video in my subs inbox!
This process you talk about makes me think of the process of becoming a Witcher. Geralt would be an amazing Space Marine, a Grey Knight, naturally.
Truth be spoken!!! It. Is the will of the EMPEROR !!!
More like a cool Inquisitor (but I'm biased!).
Edited.
The monastic aspect of the space marines covers the emotional stuff. Litanies of hatred before battle, feasts after, a regular routine for weapons and armor maintenance.
Love your videos, please do the Black Templars and Blood Angel's and the Grey Knights !!
Great video, one brief stipulation, I think it was “The First Heretic” and not Betrayer where the Bearers of the Word observe the Custodes
Custodes aren't augmented via geneseed. They are hand-crafted, customized down to their individual DNA to be genetically perfected. Even more so than the Astates. The Custodes are extensions of the Emperor, his 10,000 fingers that ensure His presence is always felt. They are small parts of Him; whereas the Astates are his Legions, his army, the Custodes are the words that unleash them.
This has to be the 20th time I've watched this video, can't wait for the Thunder Warriors. I love all things Imperium, especially pre-Imperium history!
I love TWW2 and fantasy lore. 40k just has so much more the Titans, Dark age of technology and so much more. Thanks for the videos 👍
i agree.. i just LOVE 40k more.. it also has a little more direction and not as much retconned BS
Dude, the Primarch’s themselves admitted that a Custodian made them hesitate when thinking of fighting them.
Emperor Constantine 1. Source?
The Lore Behind This is Phenominal. The Whole of The STORY of Their Origins and Objectives, is Mind Bending. Ready for Another interesting and Slaughterful Movie to pop up out of know WHERE. Soon I will have The Technologies to create these types of Fan Films, and Might try my hands at a Sick & WICKED Write dealing With The vast Lore Behind This. Intriguing!
For comparison, Astartes are like wolves, Thunder Warriors are like bears, and Custodes are like tigers/lions. Custodes are the apex hunter but fewer and prone to be overrun with hoard tactics without support. Thunder Warriors are like bears who just woke up from hibernation.They're bigger and stronger than wolves but you can't expect them to fight together. TW are all about wanton destruction. You can group them together point them in the general direction of the enemy and hope they stay together as a cohesive unit. There's a reason why Big E replaced them. Now Astartes are the smallest and physically weakest of the three but they fight and move together as a pack. They also hunt in bigger numbers. That's the advantage of Astartes over the two. Just my own observation here.
leo beltran yeah that has always been the Astartes’s advantage over the Custodes, large numbers. The larger the conflict the more likely the Astartes will win since they are meant to be a large conquering force. While the Custodes are more individualistic (they will form units if needed but even then they mostly go and do their own thing) making them more efficient on the smaller scale.
It was first heretic the book you're talking about with the duels against the word bearers 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
god it's so fucking good
It really is a great book my fav is betrayer though
@@italianspartacus it really is a great book, my fav is betrayer
hands down.. the lines in it are so god damn great... ADB be praised!
@@italianspartacus he personally loved my delvarus conversion which was great to see and read
High ranking Custodes could actually beat Primarchs in one on one combat.
Some custodies were considered equals to primark's in some aspects I don't think there were any custodies with psychic abilities it's actually kind of a big problem if you think about it
That's why you have the sisters of silence working so closely with the custodis
where's my boy kitten at
How dare you besmirch the mighty Spartans! Heresy!!!! Awesome videos man please keep making them. they are making work so much more fun
I know I'm late to the party, the codex has already dropped but I kust got it today. I love the lore on these guys, and love the video. If you haven't already, do one on the Thunder Warriors. Thanks mang.
Oh dude are you loving it!? How are they in 8th? Tell me everything
It's a very short codex since they don't have many troop variations. I got them to be more of a bodyguard for Bobby G. The models are amazing,video got Trajann and a 5 man squad of Custudian guard. Judging by the statlines for these guys, they're basically baby primarchs. I'm going to the hobby shop later and hope to order the Talons of the Emperor box. I love these models and lore. I will keep you updated my man .
Thank you for making these lore videos, they're really great.
thank you for watching man! anything you'd like to see more about?
ItalianSpartacus I would love to hear more about the adeptus mechanicus of the imperium or more about the Eldar or the seemingly invincible tyranids. I got into warhammer with the total war series and found 40k from your and arch warhammer's channel. The lore is rediculously cool yet there's so much to learn. On the fantasy side of things, I'd be stoked to hear more about the god Ulfric's death. I am also pretty lost when it comes to the age of Sigmar. Are they on spiritual planes like the realms of chaos gods or on the shattered planet? So many questions.
4:03 you are referring to the book "The First Heretic", not 'Betrayer'; There are no living custodians in the book 'Betrayer"; only word bearers, world eaters and ultramarines.
First video, love your voice, subbed.
welcome to the family brother :)
If you finish Arkhan the black campagin. You get a message that you get by every finished total warhammer campaigns. Can you make a vidoe about the message its a Huge foreshadwoning for something. (Sorry for bad english)
Lemme guess......Nagash?
I dont want to Spoil anything. So Maybe
+ritchie18911 already planning on it! :)
Actually, no!
Would love to get some thunder warrior lore, there really isn't a lot of it out there on the you tube at least anyway. Awesome vid.
Great video as usual buddy. Love the humour you put in too
hahah thanks Lee! glad you've been enjoying it over this past year! you've been there since like the beginning!
ItalianSpartacus love me a lore video. Have them on in the background when I'm doing odd jobs
yuuuuusssss more coming your way, big cat
ItalianSpartacus
Fantastic video my friend! Remember there is nothing to mourn when a life has been lived in service to the Emperor
Great job on the Custodes- I’m so looking forward to the new codex and models! Forge World’s stuff is just normally out of my price range, but I had bought 2 squads of GW’s Custodes and 1 of the Sisters of Silence, because I really love the lore and the models. I’m thrilled that I’ll finally be able to afford their jet bikes and Terminators- like I said, I love the Forge World models but they are just waaay too much $$. Not that GW is cheap, by any means (!), but they are the lesser of two evils. Anyway- thanks for another great video- enjoy your weekend! =][=
i'm in the same boat man.. i love the FW models, but they're just so damn expensive that it just never seems worth it in the long run!
Great Video my friend, I did not think I would be so hype for the Custodes... But as soon as I saw the new models... I had to get them... picking up my codex, Trajann and the Termis up tomorrow x)
... and the First Heretic Book is one of my fav. Horus Heresy Books
Everything Aaron dembski-bowden touches is fucking art bro. They look so good though. I'm.. Tempted....
add them as a patrol detachment shield cpt. with the amazing jet bikes they gonna hit like trucks... im thinking about adding later some Astra Militarum, never got them before but thematically that would be great.
We need more lore content from you homie, only warhammer UA-camr who's voice I can stand besides arch and 40k theorys
The rank of Tribune is a roman equivalent of a general but its not in 40K codex anymore. plus Traijan Volris is only a tiny bit more powerful than a shield captain, which really annoys me. if you want a Custodian HQ that's not him, you have to have a shield captain. that's pretty sad
Very nice video!
You have a very wonderful vocie aswell.
:)
@ItalianSpartacus, re-watching this video I noticed multiple more errors but a main one that I missed first time is when you're talking about the Age of Apostacy the Custodes don't bring the leader of the "Sisters of Silence" before the Emperor, THEY have been gone for quite some time. They bring the leader of the BRIDES OF THE EMPEROR, before The Emperor.
You're correct! I said sisters of silence!? Fuck
@@italianspartacus don't worry it's a common mistake I think I've done it myself
don't forget everybody this is 10,000 years of history and some of it's pretty well fleshed out
@@notbob8252 who the bride?
Good stuff! Well rounded & great scope. (Production value is a positive also!). Personally, Custodian Guards always a favorite. Like you mentioned, before they were only in bits of lore or in artwork. Great to see a developed army. Thanks for posting
One thing I'd love to see is a timeline of history. From the unification wars to the Horus Hersey to present day Imperium. I would be interested on your take.
Was about to watch
However betrayer and master of mankind are next on my list after legion
I'm pretty sure if i remember correctly Constantin valdor bound them to Terra and they all dawned the black. And Robute had nothing to do with them because he had no authority over them and the only one save the Emperor was the Captain General
It was 300 Spartans, a few thousand other greeks(3-5k. With the persians numbering around 40-50k. The Immortals numbered 10k alone.
You know I often think of the Custodes as a mix between The Swiss Guard guarding the Vatican and the Knights Templar since to them there is no greater authority then that of the Emperor, the same way for the Knights Templar the highest authority was the Pope and no lord, King nor Emperor told the what to do.
I’ve been watching a lot of different channels that cover the lore on the Warhammer and I must say your the only channel I’ve come across that full explains everything. A lot of stuff out there is confusing and leaves out a lot of the finer details that I in particular and my friends enjoy. I thank you for that and would love to make some future suggestions for topics to cover.
THE THUNDER WARRIORS ALL DIED IN GLORIOUS BATTLE!
And one of them manage to outsmart Big E and Tzeentch in a Children's Cardgame and become the sole winner of Stellaris. 🤣
Id like to see a krork and a Custodes fight. Aren't they on the same level?
They stand head and shoulders above Space marines, they're not really the same size.
Loved it. Beautiful. You should make more of these lore videos.
Hey man, greatly enjoy listening to your take on the lore. The music you use is awesome, too. Where'd you get the music?
Please if you haven't do a technology barbarian
I take the constant rewritings of the lore as the fact that the Imperium is fucking huge, so legends probably rule over facts.
What’s the background song name please
Dawn of War 1 OST
ItalianSpartacus ua-cam.com/video/pA0jY2b_QpI/v-deo.html
Emperor is Proud about This and You 😎 !!!.
3:27 KITTEN!!!
im quite new to WH 40k so what do people meen when they say kitten when talking about the custodies?
@@danielcampbell9457 Go over to bruva Alfabusa's channel and start watching ''If the Emperor had a Text-To-Speech Device'',and you will get it.
And yes,this series is considered canon!
Just subbed
Really good posts/info! Thanks for your time and enthusiasm for the hobby
ABSOLUTELY! thank you so much for subscribing and i hope to bring more goodies to ya :D
ItalianSpartacus - also, love the screen name! Hahahahaha
Do you have chin dimple like Kirk Douglas (originally Spartacus in like 1962) or no? Hahahahaha. Anyway great channel man. Glad I found it!
I AM SPARTACUS! No- I AM SPARTACUS!
hahah i wish man, i'd just store thing sin it because his was so prominent
Good man! Again; great info/format/channel. Thanks
can somebody explain how thet have restored their numbers up back to 10k?
if each one was hand-crafted by the E-money -- who made the new ones? and out of whom?
1d4chan states that they rebuilt themselves but I couldn't google more, even on Lexicanum...
*me sitting here in 2021 still enjoying the fuck out of 8th Edition custodes cause they badass as hell*
Love to know more about ancient terra
it's such a sticky subject, i'm trying to conceive how i'll do that.. it's really dense and filled with ret-cons! but i shall try my best :)
very good lore video!! thank you!
no! thank you for watching! :)
Definitely making an army on these guys
fuck yeah brother!
Hey 2000 points, i'll field 15 models
But man, will those 15 models wreck face.
But if any one of those models gets with in sneezing distance of just about anything it's more or less dead
love it if you could revisit the fluff on these guys again?
I'm waiting for them in psychic awakening to do a sort of, "where they are now" :)
can i ask what role did the custodes play during the horus heresy?
You sound a lot like the main guy on Khan Academy. Its Uncanny!
i'll take it! buy my e-book and sign up for my class on how to ... wait... you have a beard too... i see! THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!
please make a Grey Knight video
in due time i shall! :)
Leutin09 has one
Who are the Custodians? (In my Kitten voice) “Well they happen to be the single most incredibly, beautiful most Fabulously GAY chapter of the Emperors finest.”
(Literally they are just watch “If the Emperor had a text speech device” it explains it all.
They just love being naked and covered in oil. Dorn absolutely despises the bastards.
Kitten is the actual leader pls don’t argue with me in a Expert I know this.
It's absolutely fact. No one can deny it
I don't like the kid character kid character in that series.. Lol i liked it when Emp's first encountered his 3 half naked fabulously gay guards lol WTF
gay or not, stuff like that is a luxury in the imperium and if im the only one allowed to do it, hell yeah im doing it
wtf is a kitten voice and do i even want to know
Probably not
They have to be the most bad ass bodyguards of all time.
Wait the thunderwarriors pre-date the custodes, the custodes replaced the thunderwarriors and killed of the last remaining ones.
The Thunderwarriors are flawed and the emperor's first attempt at super soldiers. Crude but effective.
Just thought it always made more sense lore wise
Guess I was wrong on that, damn
1:23 VICTORY FOR THE C A P T A I N G E N E R A A A A A L
Tell me more about this "White Dwef".
Great content! I would love to know what software you use!
Adobe premiere and OBS Studio! Thanks for watching brotherrrr
Yes. The Royal Custodes. The Emperors personal potty guard.
All?!
That better mean Squats!
I thought they were larger than the average space marine? Please emphasize where you you read that the average space marine is the same size as an adeptus custodes. I’m curious lol
pretty sure that was a jab at the size creep that's been going on in the stories and model ranges , space marines are about 7-8 feet in the fluff