' The hotter the forge, the finer the blade, or so they say. The forge of war in which we now find ourselves blazes hotter than anything the Imperium has seen in ten millennia. We of the Adeptus Custodes were built to endure these fires. They will not be our end. Instead, we will be honed to the finest cutting edge, that we may be the bane of even the foulest heretics.' —Captain-General Trajann ValorisTrajann Valoris leads the in the defence of the against the forces of during theTrajann Valoris is the current Chief Custodian and 17th of the, the elite bodyguard of the, and perhaps the deadliest individual warrior in the entire Imperium.Valoris' name is spoken of with nothing short of reverence, for many consider the Captain-General to be the personal representative of the Emperor Himself. Even the might be mocked, when in wine or in anger, but to do so with the Captain-General was simply beyond imagination.
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For to mock Valoris was to mock the Emperor Himself. Such blasphemy would not go unpunished, and would inevitably result in a transgressor's untimely death.While the two Tribunes of the Adeptus Custodes are generally occupied with the many ritual purposes of the order, the Captain-General has no set remit, but governs the forces under his command with complete freedom, to the extent that if the Ten Thousand had dealings with any part of the, they are carried out through him.
Contents History' A wise man draws his swords when the time is right to wield them. A fool dies with blades still sheathed, fearing that there might yet come a time of greater need. For the sake of Emperor and Imperium both, we must take the fight to our enemies.'
— Trajann Valoris to, in the wake of the Lion's Gate IncursionThe office of Captain-General is one of the most powerful military appointments in the. It confers full responsibility for the overall defence of the, the and - ultimately - the and the Emperor Himself.
The Captain-General is the master of the Adeptus Custodes, and, on many occasions during Imperial history, has stood amongst the ranks of the High Lords of Terra. He is further charged with leading the greatest military campaigns fought by the Ten Thousand, and must display a degree of warrior prowess that approaches that of the of old.In the millennia since the, there have been just seventeen incumbents of this weighty mantle.
Most have died in battle, either on the holy soil of or whilst leading crucial campaigns amidst the stars. Several have become, while three - including himself, the first and greatest of their number - simply vanished, their disappearances wreathed in mystery even amongst their own comrades.The current Captain-General is Trajann Valoris. Many claim that he is the greatest warrior to hold the title since the Emperor bestrode the stars.
Within his first solar decade of service, Valoris ran not just one, but two successful, a record that remains unbroken. With his remarkable grasp of battlefield strategy and his naturally aggressive streak he earned a place for himself amongst the. There, Valoris won many names from deeds such as the destruction of the Mournful Siren, the defeat of the Cult of the Emperor's Writhing Shadow, and his spearheading of the preemptive strike against.If Valoris showed a weakness, it was his reluctance to stand back and wait for his enemies to come to him. He lasted only twenty-two Terran years amongst the before his desire to participate in a more proactive strategy of defence saw him reassigned. He gained the rank of soon afterwards, and spent several standard centuries leading sorties against emergent threats throughout the Sol System and beyond. Valoris became well known for his tendency to observe his enemies carefully, predict their movements, then deliver a sudden and decisive blow. He cultivated networks of agents and informers across the, and even further out into the wider Imperium.
Valoris recognised his own proclivity for aggressive action, and took constant steps to temper it with comprehensive foreknowledge. Thus his strikes always fell where they should, and no comrade was ever lost to reckless commands.Though the Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes traditionally served among the only under the most dire of circumstances, such as during the in the mid-32nd Millennium, it was only the persistence of, the Chancellor of the at the time of the in 999.M41, that persuaded Valoris to assume the seat among the High Lords that had been left vacant for some time following the death of Lord Brach, the. It was the Chancellor's hope that Valoris would agree to serve as one of the High Lords, which would swing the vote to abolish the - the binding legal code of the Imperium - and allow for the Adeptus Custodes to finally leave Terra en masse, in order to take the fight to the.Trajann Valoris has proven a dynamic and effective Captain-General. Under his rule the number of Blood Games has increased tenfold, the defences of the stable routes into the Sol System have been strengthened, and long-hidden cults have been purged from the Terran underhives. Little escapes the eyes of his ever expanding spy network and, armed with the certainty of the truly righteous, his covert strikes have annihilated dozens of threats to the. It was as if Valoris had foreseen Primarch 's return and the formation of the long before they came, and laid all the groundwork required for the Adeptus Custodes to adapt to the new Imperium.
Perhaps, some whispered, the half-understood power of the Moment Shackle, the unusual artefact of the Age of Technology that he wore at his belt, allowed him to do just that. Whatever the case, the Captain-General's many qualities make him ideally suited to lead in this age of unprecedented aggression.Following the destruction of the of and the formation of the galaxy-wide rift known as the Great Rift, a bow wave of the swept over the worlds of the Sol System, including the itself. This allowed a large host of to burst through the skein of reality to assail Terra itself, in a conflict that came to be known as the or informally as the.Enacting their Catastrophe Protocols, Valoris acted as the overall commander of the Imperial forces charged with the defence of the Imperial Palace. The Captain-General personally lead a charge of four-thousand from the Lion's Gate to meet the invaders. They fought alongside the resurrected Primarch Guilliman and his forces, newly arrived from in the wake of the, and successfully managed to blunt the Blood God's attempts at striking the heart of the Imperium.