Chapter 1, Awakening.

  It was bright when I opened my eyes, for the first time in this new life, the light should have been blinding, but it wasn't.

  It was... right, my eyes adapted instantly, a biological function that was already second nature, but how did i know this.

  Then the memories came, not as a flood, but as a series of sharp, clear snapshots of this body life.

  The name 'Thomas' echoed, tied to the warmth of a mother's hand and the cold steel of a recruiter's gun.

  The memories of his life with his family and small cn, only to be taken by arm soldiers who tested his blood, to then be chosen for the emperor and become a custodian, only to be taken by the emperor himself for a different experiment.

  He spoke in a low, constant monotone, a litany of intent and observation as he cut, and dissected, rebuild and reform and destroyed the mind and very consciousness of this body, not to an assistant, but to the universe itself, as if narrating his own work and life.

  He desired a mind for his bodyguard for them to become incorruptible, untouchable he tried and both falled and succeeded in forgeing a "soul-fortress" that would ensure this.

  This whole experiment was to see if it could be added to the custodian process that was still being worked on by him, it was not yet the time when the process to make custodians had become standardized, and a complete process like it would become in the future.

  Then there was me the thing or I should say soul that full the hole the emperor had made, I was name John, and worst then anything I only had a very tiny fragment of the 40k universe knowledge not the 30k and even that little was nothing truly useful.

  Like how chaos is horrible, bad and is something to never trust or touch.

  Orks are not literally everywhere but they are a on going problem that can happen anyway.

  Elder are all over the pce in that they are either good or bad or both or neither.

  Tyrannides/hivemind is moving in this universe general distance to eat everything in 9,000 years.

  Mantel skeleton will wake up sometime after the next 8000 years.

  So nothing that useful then there is all the new information that was put in my head, by the big man himself the emperor who is even now in the corner of the room just looking at me, all this thinking happening in less then a minute.

  I moved getting up, and casually breaking the restraints that were meant to hold me down easily then standing up, I took a minute to get used to my new body, all ready I was already getting use to this body it was such a odd but refreshing feeling.

  Still I found the emperor still just standing they in all his golden light like a god almost but his face was in a look of confusion.

  I would move over to him not fast, but with measured steps I move to in front of him, and go on one knee, left fist on the floor and right fist over this heart with head bowed.

  John "my Emperor".

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  It has been a month since my decration and it has been for the most part me in a room under guard by a few of the other more refined custodians.

  Interesting they were not just less imposing, but physically weaker as well and they minds powerful beyond any normal humans, but to me and my new ability Pattern Recognition they were like children, what did not help was they devotion loyalty is find but it limited them in a fundamental way, still.

  This room was not the only thing in this month, I would regurly be tested, by science, the emperor and malcador as well it was a interesting experience I will say that.

  The test range for simple blood and other body fluids and parts of my body, physical tests to see what my limit was and I will tell you it's high, then they were the psychological test they were interesting with me even founding out about a few things about myself during them.

  When I once spoke of my Pattern Recognition, they would test that too and even test my strategic thinking and moral limits, or ck thereof and why I ck them.

  While all this happens both the emperor and malcador would use they full power, knowledge and skills to try and enter my mind from a full-powered attack that would have kill and burn alive any normal humans or the most subtle, cunning and indirect methods that they know of, only to found my mind is an absolute bck box.

  Then there was the st test one of loyalty he found Thomas family what we made of them and told me to kill them.

  I asked him in any particur way and what the point of this was as I am not Thomas.

  Malcador was interested in this whole thing especially as form what he understands I truly am not Thomas and my power to not follow the emperor order, but my seemingly loyalty to act in the very least humanity interest.

  Emperor simply said to kill them and nothing else truly a man of many words I thought sarcastically.

  Nonetheless I killed them quickly and painlessly.

  No farther stoping, just a cold act of murder.

  This was the final test, I had proven for now at least my loyalty, proven that I was to powerful to waste, to unique to kill and just overall to valuable.

  So I am now officially a custodian for the Emperor, and boy was this going to be a fun lifetime.