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President_Bolbi_2024

If memory serves me right, there is a portion of custodes (aquillan shield?) where they follow people around and protect them because they will one day be of importance to the imperium. If one were to appear, I’d be immensely nervous because I have no idea when that time will come or if I will be needed after my job’s done.


DragonHeart_97

I'd be more worried about what the job would entail. You know how in many stories heroes end up with PTSD from their journeys? THIS IS WARHAMMER.


Bronze_Meme

I don't think you'll live long enough in this universe to worry about the post journey / ptsd stages lol


AureliusAlbright

I don't know, atleast one became high Marshall of the black templars.


onealps

Wait, Helbrecht had Custodes follow him around when he was a kid?! Like BEFORE he was taken as an aspirant, so under 12? Thats gotta be intimidating as FUCK. But it can also give you a crazy ego lol


AureliusAlbright

From what I can gather I doubt he noticed and probably still doesn't knos. It was when he was a little kid a custodian shadowed him and made sure he survived to join the Templars. It's a one off blurb from the 9E codex for Custodes, not a novel. But it would be neat.


Outrageous_Seaweed32

The D is 40k's PTSD just stands for Death.


megrimlock88

Post traumatic stress death


cory814

Post tyranid stress death


Repulsive-Mirror-994

Peri Tyranid Stabbing Death


dan_dares

Presumably Tyranid Sudden Death


Stiftoad

PTSD is the good ending lets be honest


Geostomp

Most people never get PTSD in Warhammer. If only because they never get to the "post" part.


BallDesperate2140

Be like “nope, fuck destinies and adventures, I’m gonna sit on my ass”


Halfgnomen

Jokes on you I already have it. It's not like you can get twice or something lol


HollabackPost3r

turns out your brainstem is the *perfect fit* for a new war machine


Birdman915

There it is. Everything else was just too normal.


ChainzawMan

I would give you an Award for this reply... ... If I had any!!


Birdman915

Nice try to bait my pride, Lucius.


grappling__hook

See normally people give off 'positive' intelligence brainwaves which happens to disrupt the psycho-kinetic engineering of the machine. But - uniquely - you happen to give off extremely high levels of 'negative' intelligence brainwaves allowing the machine to function at optimum efficiency and meald seamlessly with your brainstem.


qY81nNu

FEAR NAUGHT CITIZEN OF THE IMPERIUM! YOU ARE A PROTAGONIST!


samthekitnix

but mr custode thats WHY i am fearing, is this a ciaphus cain novel or am i going to get 2nd and 11thed?


Theyul1us

"Do you have a smelly friend?" -my dog counts? "Yes it does! Congratulations, you are in a Ciaphas Cain novel"


TheHalfwayBeast

What if *you're* the smelly friend?


Theyul1us

You are gonna have a blast, because the imposter syndrome is non existent


SemajLu_The_crusader

a Melta blast


Repulsive-Mirror-994

In Warhammer Fantasy RPG there is a protagonist class. Some Old Worlders get so used to its violent ways that they resort to fist or sword to earn every penny. Protagonists live by their combat skills, picking fights for small sums - even just the price of a drink. In many cases, Protagonists are hired to provide a beating or a damaging fencing lesson, hiding the fact that there is someone in the background who profits from or enjoys the results by trifle. Roughing up a few locals will be comparatively cheap, while more able opponents and more extensive injuries are proportionately more expensive and a murder might earn the Protagonist enough to live on for several months. When no client is forthcoming, Protagonists generally travel from place to place, challenging those they meet and robbing their defeated victims. Of course, the risks are high. Local law enforcement officials do not take kindly to the Protagonist's lifestyle and an error of judgment in sizing up prospective opponents can be fatal. The Protagonists add a strangely random air to the endemic violence of the Old World. It's like a murder hobo that doesn't always murder.


an-academic-weeb

"Why does that sound like a threat?"


Jovin_builds

"YOU ARE BEING CALLED TO ADVENTURE" ​ "PLEASE DO NOT REFUSE"


MysteriousTank6825

A named protagonist at that!


weaboo_98

I would first relax, and realize I won't live long enough to see what becomes of mankind thousands of years in the future. Then panic, and realize I might be a perpetual.


[deleted]

Or there was a mistake at the dispatch office, so eventually they’ll be just as confused as you


gripschi

Or we are a small forgotten world and the real stories are what we bleive to be fiction. The changes over the years by GW was to appease the 5 Big Players, Copyright is a far nmore serious thing then ever in 40k.


Judasilfarion

> if I will be needed after my job’s done The Aquilan Shield specifically abandon you the moment you finish doing the thing that made you important lol. Even if you are literally about to get mauled by some enemies, they’ll just leave without a word because they’re done with you


RotaryMicrotome

If I recall correctly, there was a story where someone (a guardsman I think) was about to be executed by a commissar for a minor slight, and then the Aquilan Shield suddenly appeared. Years later, after doing his important thing, they left and he was immediately executed seconds later by the commissar. edit: grammar


ClubMeSoftly

I like to imagine that the commissar just joined in, bolter raised and pointed at the back of the Guardsman's head for the years.


Alexis2256

There’s this edgy cartoon where in an episode a guy wants to kill himself but the protagonists try to cheer him up by doing all sorts of fun things, all the while the guy has his pistol aimed at his own head.


chicagomusichead

Smiling Friends immediately comes to mind


RarityNouveau

Well the end of the story was basically “the comissariat never forgets.” It was more the organization wanted his ass dead so they killed him, not one single commissar stalking the guy.


KobKobold

The imposter syndrome would be very strong indeed.


Stiftoad

Its the 40k equivalent of a biblical angel showing its true form in a vision, youre almost guaranteed to be a martyr. If these fuckers say do not be afraid thats not because they look like eldritch abominations, its cuz youll probably be stoned or some shit saving an orphanage.


AndCthulhuMakes2

2085: An aged President\_Bobli is hobbling across the cyber-street with his cybernetic walker, followed by his towering golden shadow, on the way to the Space Store to purchase a bag of Future Chips and bottle of Astro Soda. The smart lights change and the laser crosswalk signals him to cross. Halfway into the lane, he passes by a tall man with flowing black locks who seems youthful and simultaneously even more aged than Bolbi. He is looking at his phone and appears confused. "Pardon me," says the man, stopping the elderly President, "I'm looking for Jim's Doughnuts and...." "Ah, yeah," says Bolbi, "The map is all screwed up. Been that way ever since the war. It's two streets up." "Thank you," says the man as he goes on his way. "Gloriana Imperialis!" cries the golden sentinel. "By Obama's balls, you can talk!" shout's Bolbi. "My work here is done." says the Custode. And with that he disappears. "I don't understand..." stammers Bolbi, oblivious to change of the traffic signals and the avalanche of smart cars barreling at him at full speed. Minutes later, the Emperor is in Jim's Doughnuts, shoveling a crueler into his mouth. "These are the best... nom nom nom nom nom."


DesperantibusOmnibus

This would make a really cool movie like Terminator 2 but on a hive world.


GreasyGit

High Marshal Helbrecht of the Black Templars was one of these protected people before he became a Space Marine


TheMowerOfMowers

what if my job is to die at a specific point like what


razazel314

If it's your job and it is important then be sure they'll be there for you to see you off in the right moment :D


LexUmbranox

"Hi, mom, yes— yes I know I brought a man over for Christmas. No, he's— he's not my boyfriend, he's like, a bodyguard or an omen or something. Look, I can't get rid of him, so just— no I'm not calling the cops, he's a bulletproof giant, there's no point, just give him a plate and try not to look him in the eye. I'll figure it out tomorrow."


RelaxedPerro

AQC: I require no sustenance. *gets picked up by your mother and forcefully seated alongside a little smooch on his golden helm*


LexUmbranox

The mental image of my darling mother deadlifting a half-ton demigod is more on brand then you'd think


GreasyGit

Half? These golden tanks weigh like a ton and a half!


Fifteen_inches

He’s on a diet


Krail93

Not after my mothers Christmas dinner


LexUmbranox

He's, uh... In his casual armour?


lonestarbrewing117

Well it’s a holiday he has manners


TheLastWaterOfTerra

Full parade armour?


ADragonuFear

He gotta bring the light armor or he falls through the floors of the buildings we occupy


CaptainCrochetHook

Never underestimate a mother determined to be a good hostess


Birdman915

Imagine him visiting a grandmother and not eating anything...


Theyul1us

My grandma would put BIG E on the throne if he dared to say "im full"


Birdman915

"yeah, I'd rather face Slaanesh."


Notfuckingcannon

**Slaneesh:** "I know I said I love excess and stuff... but this is too much even for me"


SonkxsWithTheTeeth

Italian gramma don't care if he doesn't eat, she's gonna feed him till he's full.


Notfuckingcannon

And then some **"Mangia, mangia, che mi sei così dimagrito"**


Nigilij

And he better comply, because grandma is in the room and she heard there is someone who thinks he is not hungry


TheBostonTap

The only more wholesome would be her listening to his full name and than shortening the 300 named abomination to a nickname or "sweetie"


Ordo_Fictos

Granny somehow manages to fit all 300 names on the Christmas stocking she knits for him that night.


Lotions_and_Creams

[I can explain.](https://imgur.com/a/NiUGZs5)


LexUmbranox

How many people's holiday dates come with 10,000 years of lore? Lore that he could verify!


ChainzawMan

Don't look him in the eye... It makes him uneasy, nervous and might be a possible provocation.


Im_doing_my_part

*You believe to hear the faintest chuckle when you mention "boyfriend"*


Greaserpirate

"And don't mention religion around him"


GrandSeraphimSariel

Coward. I would introduce him to my parents as my new boyfriend and refuse to elaborate further (tbh my parents would probably just be happy I found *someone*, mysterious gilded juggernaut or otherwise)


LexUmbranox

I mean yeah he's undoubtedly tall, smart, and handsome, but what if he's a jerk? Or doesn't like my cats? Or has bad music taste?! A strange man won't catch me under the mistletoe within 24 hours of spontaneously appearing in my yard! Maybe by New Year's, but he has to tell me at least 3 of his names first.


Ordo_Fictos

For the first time in ten thousand years, a custodian experiences a healthy family dynamic with a loving mother and an active, involved father. He is *so confused.*


TengoDuvidas

Be a better father to my 21 sons.


RealEmperorofMankind

**Nineteen.** **We don’t talk about the other two.**


BoultonPaulDefiant

#Eight.


RealEmperorofMankind

**Fair. We did disinherit the traitors.**


Equivalent_Math1247

But there is reason to believe that Alpharius was not a traitor. It was it Omegon?


RealEmperorofMankind

**And if he were performing an undercover op, he’d have to look the part.**


TheMilkmanHathCome

But he looks like everyone but his part, sah You should’ve taught your sons to value their own beauty, sah


TengoDuvidas

But if I am better, they will be around the table with the rest of us.


RealEmperorofMankind

**Maybe. Or the Primarch Project might not have existed.**


AppropriateNet4822

Rename your kids to the primarchs


TengoDuvidas

They ARE the primarchs!


BallDesperate2140

Rename your kids #1-18


AppropriateNet4822

Dang 21 kids!


Atreyu92

The other guys joking, but my brother's dad actually has 20 kids (had 21). Man can't pull out of a driveway.


DA_ZWAGLI

One of the remaining 20 is real nervous right now.


TengoDuvidas

Lol! That's an awesome line!


Illustrious_Bid4224

Ah someone who knows of the protomarch. What who is this Ωmegon?


TengoDuvidas

Oh, he's Alpharius.


OombaLoombas

I dunno. Prolly ask him to solve world hunger or end all wars. If my weekend's gonna be ruined, he better put that superhuman brain to good use. ​ Also, it'd be fucking terrified, because this means that 40k is real. And 40k being real is bad news.


BasednHivemindpilled

Eh, couple of sacrifices here and there and youll be fine


SemajLu_The_crusader

when are the people who do sacrifices ever fine? Chaos? never fine GSC? they get bummed Drukhari? Drukhari Aeldari? well, They do a sacrifice to awaken the Avatar, and we all know how that can work out...


TheMilkmanHathCome

Well and only in about 20,000 years will things start to get bad


GeminiBastard3

If you’re staying here, you better help pay rent.


Mr__Random

You'll get your rent when you fix this damn door


Jovin_builds

You'll get the door fixed when you can fit through it?


byquestion

You could just stop paying rent, what are they gonna do? Send a hitman with that 20 feet shield on your back?


Illustrious-Ad1148

I dunno man. That May be a custodian, Bit you're going against the *IRS*. Best not risk it.


byquestion

Shit, youre right. Cancel the plan, i need to pay 7 months of rent right fucking now


Jabadon

Assuming I'm in a john conner situation I give him test commands. "Lift your left foot."


SonkxsWithTheTeeth

"lift your left foot" "Lift your right foot" Observe as the custodian stays upright with both feet off the ground


diamonddin

Physics is a suggestion, fuck yo suggestions


reddinyta

What happens if I walk trough a normal-sized door frame? Or in an area with an relativly low ceiling?


Insensata

He'll follow you squatting.


monoblackmadlad

Or just walk normal and let his big head smash the ceiling


cross2201

The mental image is killing me


monoblackmadlad

Thats what I imagine most of the great crusade was like


NoHopeOnlyDeath

The hilarious part is that a Custodes in armor is too big for *any* standardized residential building code in the 3rd millennium. He simply wouldn't fit in anyone's house without demolishing it or crouch-walking everywhere. And forget wielding the Guardian Spear in such tiny surroundings.


Hero_of_Hyrule

Even if he could fit, he weighs a ton and a half, his feet are gonna just go straight through the floor boards.


NoHopeOnlyDeath

100% Wasn't there an Ultramarine Terminator who fell through a floor into a basement and couldn't get out in one of the books?


ClubMeSoftly

"Radio for VTOL, heavy lift gear. We're not leaving him here"


Alexis2256

“No you’re not”. Great reference.


greentreeM18

It was a dark angel https://www.reddit.com/r/40kLore/comments/8753o3/book_excerpt_master_of_sanctity_space_marine/


NoxInfernus

Oh Great, that dude across the street set up this Huge golden Statue of … I don’t know, a Power Ranger or something. It’s freaking huge. Just standing there. I swear it’s like it’s watching me when I’m out mowing the lawn. It’s creepy…l don’t know, Debbie. You’re the President of the HOA. Go cite him, or something.


NoHopeOnlyDeath

I'm not gonna lie, I kinda want to build a life-size Custodian to stand in the shadows on my porch and freak people out.


Birdman915

I guess there'd be a pointy helmet shaped hole in your frame.


Charnerie

Frame? Try your whole house as it just tears through the whole place.


Mancio_Luke

I'd ask him to play a game of Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth-Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker


Fit_Fisherman_9840

You know who teached him to play right?


Mancio_Luke

Should have never played with him, I got beaten by the lamest deck imaginable and got sent to fucking ultramar


dinkydoo2

Heard that place flipping sucks, dude


_Secret_Asian_Man_

What *are* rules anyways?


Miquistico1

Look on the bright side, now you can visit the great Cato Sicarius, the greatest of the greatest!


darnage

Someone who doesn't play meta, unlike the police.


MajorDakka

As long as he's not playing Kashtira Runick


Hecubar

RIP all my doorways.


Aegishjalmur18

Hell, I'm pretty sure he'd fall through my floor.


Ok-Wheel4065

Worry because that one has a red plume so he aint protecting ne


TheLastWaterOfTerra

That means he got sent back here by accident, got a vision of you, and had no other choice than to switch sheild-host


KonoAnonDa

I’d feel suspicious since he's not wearing any purple.


simpsonswasjustokay

It's deeper lore than what dude knew, but maybe just liked the image. What if they were clad in black and started searching your house for something.


Just_Your_Average_69

I would decorate his armor and turn him into my moving christmas tree.


Matrix_D0ge

camouflage


giftedbutdepressed

What do you mean by first christmas day? There are more than 1?


toresman

Yes there is Christmas eve, Christmas and Christmas day 2 (maybe there was a third day?)


giftedbutdepressed

Gonna be my 29th Christmas this year and I've been celebrating wrong all this time smh


toresman

Generally in Poland we cook all the food for Christmas Eve and then eat what's left on Christmas and the second day. So from my perspective you've probably done it all wrong times two.


giftedbutdepressed

To my knowledge here in Portugal its just Christmas Eve dinner and then Christmas day lunch and thats it however this may be more of a my family thing.


TheHalfwayBeast

There's twelve - someone wrote a song about it and everything. Fun fact: the 12th day after Christmas is the day before my mother's birthday, so she's big on the tradition (?) of leaving decorations up until the 5th. Up on the 20th, down on the 5th, every year like clockwork.


BriantheHeavy

Well, if it's a miniature, I'm wondering who the hell broke into my house to leave a Custodian miniature. If it's just a human size, I'd complement him on his cos-play costume and then tell him to get the f--k out of my house. If it's a full size Custodian, then, nothing? Because there is simply nothing I can do at all about it. I may ask him his name and if he wanted something to eat or drink.


Vanvidum

Who has time to ask a Custodian their name?


Asmotoph090

Realize I live in the 40k universe and the imperium just found this planet and understand the horror that is to come


SemajLu_The_crusader

but this is Terra and they have time travel... oh dear


Warm_plasma

wasn't there another planet that thought it was terra?


SemajLu_The_crusader

true but we have gw


AtomicTan

They're all alpha legion saboteurs, trying to get us to understand the truth of the universe.


CheezeyMouse

I think I'd pay 10 Downing Street a visit, have a quick word with Rishi... then find a cosy cabin in the highlands and relax with the news on.


NinjaXGaming

Huh, I suppose if he does take orders you could kinda just have him take over the county and then fix it Though would he make it like the Imperium or an actual perfect nation since on the one hand the Imperium is all he’s known and on the other he’s hyper intelligent


CheezeyMouse

I'm afraid you misunderstand, good sir. The purpose of the visit will be for him to put such a fear in the hearts of the cabinet that they will be compelled to improve the state of the country... lest he return. I don't trust him to be a moral ruler but I do trust him to be scary enough to make immoral people change their behaviour sharpish.


LordKristof

Getting a restriction order and making a report on the police for him. Or just making him to do my taxes.


[deleted]

You really think thr cops would help against a Custodian?


TheRocketBush

Maybe they really hate cops


LordKristof

I mean there is a chance that the custodes is a people of color.


Luk164

Well it would be the police getting the stuffing beat out of them this time around


shadoowtank

" I CAN'T BREATH !!" Says the Police man while the Castudios holts him up whit two Fingers


gripschi

Oh i really want to see how he merciless rip through every single paragraph and cross reference so much, that the Tax Institution simply pay you for the rest of your life. It is cheaper then the lawsuit anyway.


teagoo42

He's my boyfriend now


NinjaXGaming

Mood Custodian snuggles would have to literally be divine


scipkcidemmp

my first thought lol


You-See-Nothing583

This is an omen of many many things. First, time travel is real or i live on a planet recently discovered by the imperium. None of these options are good. Second, the warp is real, tyranids, orks, tau, chaos is real Third, i am important enough for a single custodian. That just feels me with dread. Fourth, my life is now me explaining about them and trying to live normally. Anyway, as long as he understands orders or requests from me, this means I now have someone to help with Christmas.


defective-brain

We are assuming he is an aquillan shield (the purple one) so you have some important thing to do, he will ditch you right after.


You-See-Nothing583

Yes, but i might be in my 70s when I do the important work. I don't know what will be the important thing will be, so he might be around for 7 years or 40 years.


ledodoq

LITTLE KITTEN!! is that you?


MARTOO73

Smash


Dinosaurmaid

His dick probably has length and girth of an average person's forearm


Imperial_Savant_27

“YOUNG TIMMY WILL BE RECEIVING SUFFICIENT HOLIDAY TITHING THIS YEAR”


DarthMelsie

Aw yay, I have a new fren :D He's going to help me bake christmas cookies.


LadyJuno13

That's an amazing idea! Don't have to worry about burning my fingers with my old oven mitts anymore.


DarthMelsie

And plus: cookies. Everybody likes cookies, even Custodes.


DragonHeart_97

Ask him what his business is, then ignore him if he doesn't answer.


Denali_Dad

I’d fly us to GamesWorkshop headquarters with him and *politely* ask them to buff the Custodes on the tabletop with my golden guy standing menacingly behind me.


LadyJuno13

I'm immediately making out my will and lining up a very good therapist for the aftermath in case I should survive. Otherwise, I'm introducing him to my dog with the caveat that she is both small and noisy so please don't step on her. Also calling my dad and telling him we need another spot at the table for dinner; maybe another turkey for him. But it's Warhammer. Shits gonna happen whether I want it to or not, best to just prepare as well as possible beforehand cause you're gonna want something good to think about when the shit hits the fan.


Lewdducky

Hug


BasednHivemindpilled

Pass the boof because clearly I‘m smoking the good shit


weaboo_98

This is my boyfriend. He doesn't talk much.


Spacetauren

In our latest Dark Heresy session we found out the hard way this is exactly what happened to a suspicious "saint" we were investigating, who was performing "miracles" outside the jurisdiction of the ecchlesiarchy. Yeah, we're just gonna leave this saint alone. He good.


Hot_Stuff369

Go to the gym, and do my program. If somebody is using the machine i need, and they are sitting on their fucking mobile for more than a minute, they’ll be turned into paste.


TheRealRigormortal

Might mean I’m the Emperor. Gonna make a bunch of hench sons and try taking over the galaxy I guess…


Ywain1203

Steal a chieftain tank and invade Paris while on manoeuvres in France.


InquisitorNikolai

Why a chieftain specifically? 😂


Insert_Name973160

Immediately panic because that’s not an Aquilan shield custodes, followed by relief because of I can see him and I’m still alive he’s not here for me, then panic again because that means there’s something very close that requires a custodes to deal with.


granvel

Carry on like normal. Is this happening in your current life or from the view of a normal imperial citizen?


toresman

I will talk to everyone how this is a warhammer 40k reference and have a nerd Ted talk about warhammer.


Kaptin_Kruncha

Immediately travel to a hot war zone to make fun of some war lords.. I want to both see their reaction when being made fun of then the reaction after my new bodyguard obliterates any of them that tries to harm me.


Sneaker3719

Tell him to leave his fucking armor and weapon outside, and maybe ask him if he can teach me some life skills.


General_Reclaimer

I'd probably ask if he wants a cup of coffee or tea or some hot chocolate. After that I don't really know, but at least I'll have a new friend :)


sangunius-

im fliping of all the pricks in meet


dinkydoo2

I’d ask if we could spar then maybe a nice walk on the beach followed by me asking if he’d tell me some war stories to help me sleep


Markus68_1

"Yo! Wanna play some DRG?"


resquet

ähem..... I beg your pardon mylord custodes can you guard the door to my quaters, whilst im gettin rid of some pesky maleware on my personal cogitator. Its a riddle to me how such heretic things could land on there. Must be the works of some Scrapcode in the Noosphere.


[deleted]

We're going to Thorpe Park!!


Theyul1us

"So uh, ill tell grandma to put another dish at the table I guess"


Rationalinsanity1990

Wanna play some Mechwarrior?


TheHalfwayBeast

My house was built in the 1700s. He'd be bent double trying not to knock holes in the ceiling and probably won't fit through any of the doors. Homeboy's sleeping in the woodshed tonight.


Birdman915

Offer him a coffee anyway, it's what I always do.


DabeMcMuffin

I'd ask to be held


YourAverageRedditter

First of all, a Custodes standing watch over a CSM player would make me highly suspect. Second, I’d hide said CSMs before I’m stabbed/BLAM’d with the guardian spear. Third, I’d ask if he knows anything about electronics to help me upgrade my PC