There was once a tale told that the emperor would walk among men once again but some thought that it would never happen but I knew that it would and I am here to tell
you how I brought him back and in the process brought the imperium from the brink of total destruction. Oh I forgot to mention my name is max and I brought back the
emperor. Now I was running and I mean running not that I'm a little kid playing tag running but running like of don't make it where you're going then you will die. I was
running because the bell of lost souls was about to ring and when it does it is so large and the sound is so powerful that it can kill or seriously injure you if you are not in one
of the protected bunkers. I saw the bunker in the distance but the doors were closing and there was nothing I could do I was going to die so I stopped and waited for the
feeling of walking with the emperor but it never came I heard the bell and I felt my body shake as the sound went through me but I felt fine and that is not what was
supposed to happen. Now I was confused so I started to walk around knowing the bell would keep ringing for a while I started to walk towards the inner palace. Whe
n I made it to the gate I pushed on the gates they were flung open but I had barely touched them. Then out of the corner of my eye I saw one of the rarest sights in all the
imperium I saw one of the legendary adeptus custodes. He stood many feet taller than me and his massive power armor made him look like he could squash me with no
effort. Then he saw me and stared for a second until he started to run at me. I was stunned and couldn't even move as the massive figure bared down on me closing the
distance like it was nothing. Then I felt a massive metal hand clamp down on my shoulder and lifted me right off my feet. I turned around just in time to see that another
custodian had lifted me up before everything went black. As I woke up I felt a searing pain on my left temple and tried to raise my hand to massage the pain out but my
hand wouldn't move so I looked down to see that my arms and legs had been tied down with metal clamps that got tighter as I moved. Then I as I struggled I heard voices to
my right but they were just whispers I could only hear parts of what they were saying but it sounded like "He survived the bell it could be him the one that the emperor
foretold of . If he is the one then he will have to complete all the trials trails that would kill a person." Then the person noticed that I was awake but what I didn't realize
when I first woke was that he was the same custodian that grabbed me and knocked me out. And he was even bigger up close his guardian spear in his right hand he looked
down at me with his massive face then he spoke to me "How were you able to be outside the protective bunkers when the bell was going off." I shrugged I really had no idea
so I told him the truth. "Well I have no idea I didn't make it to one of the bunkers so I waited for my death but it never can so I decided that I would take a walk around the
palace to see what it was like. The custodian nodded then he said "I am centurion Davar what is your name?" I thought for a second if I should tell him or not but I decided
that I would. "My name is Max while I never had a last name because I never knew my parents." The custodian looked at me he replied "Your last name does not matter right
now I know that you were listening to me speak to myself you must be wondering what I was talking about." I nodded and he continued "Back when the Emperor walked
among men he told only his most trusted of the custodian that he would be almost killed and locked in stasis for ten thousand years none of the custodians believed him they
all said they would protect him but they were so wrong. But there was second part of this prophesy he said that he would be revived by someone that could survive the bell
of lost souls and would be able to lead the imperium once again to victory over all opposition. The first part of the prophesy came true as that is why the emperor is on the
golden throne but now it has been ten thousand years and you are the only one we have found that survived the bell. That is why you will be put through the trials the
emperor created to test the savior." I was confused how I was supposed to be able to save the emperor. The custodian seeming to read my thoughts said "Only a very
powerful pysker one almost as powerful as the emperor himself would be able to save him. I already witnessed you force open a pair of 40,000 ton doors like it was nothing.
It normally take a pair of rhinos to push open one of the doors but you did it with not a thought and you barely pushed and the doors burst open." I was in disbelief I had
never had any warp powers but according to this guy I was almost as powerful as the emperor himself I then remembered that I still had restraints on and replied. "If I am
so strong why can't I break these restraints?" He looked down at my hands and said " The emperor made these to dampen the powers of pykers you will be able to break out
when you have mastered your powers but for now you are at the age were your powers are just coming to you." He then reached down to where my restraints are and he
pressed a few buttons and the restraints opened and let me out. I rubbed my temple were he had hit me before he then noticed what I was doing and said " I am very sorry
about that but we couldn't kill you but we had no other way to knock you out. Now I want you to follow me so that we can give you your instructions and a little bit of
training. And since I found you my squad and I will be helping you throughout your trials. We have a grav rhino and my squad is five terminators if I really ask around and
pull some strings I might be able to get us a contemptor Dreadnought. The custodians when close to death will be put into the special made relics no custodian has ever been
put in a dreadnought other than a contemptor pattern. Now let us go.