The new codex for the Grey Knights is out, and it tells the Terminus Decree. I read about this right before the License to Buy a Pizza thread, so all I could see was Orks. Apparently the decree says that if the Emperor stands up from his throne, is reincarnated, or ascends to godhood, the grey knights must stop this. There's hints that the emperor is already reborn against his will, and doesn't even know what or who he is yet. So a new story is building up.
I haven't found any news about it, only YouTubers and random reddit threads. This is coming at the same time that Space Marines are no longer male.
I guess I should mention this is WarHammer 40k stuff.
Custodes are no longer all male*
Nah, this is fine. Malcador and the emps set up a load of contingencies, including against themselves. And the emps has intervened into plots to kill and revive him IIRC. And the custodes couldn't do this task themselves, as they are locked to obeying the current incarnation of him, intrinsically linked to his will.
Don't know why this is blowing up, it's in keeping with the characters and the theme of self-defeating rules and tradition tying their own hands, and preventing things changing, even if it needs to.
Agreed. I actually thought it was an interesting enough twist. The only big issues I have with it is 1) As good as Grey Knights are, 1,000 of them are going to have a bitch and a half of a time defeating 10,000 Custodes and 1,000 Sisters of Silence unless Big E is roiding them out personally, and 2) It throws a monkey wrench into some older lore points. Like just off the top of my head, I know after the Fall of Cadia and the opening of the Great Rift, there were some Grey Knights who talked about invoking the Terminus Decree, and the Chapter Master said something to the effect of "Even a situation this grim does not demand the Decree." That makes less sense when the Decree is "Make sure The Emperor stays on his chair at any cost."
Custiddes, one might say.