On the Topic of Custodi

**Overview:** Here

**Named members:** Here

**AKA**: Night travelers, God’s reaper, Gatekeepers, etc.

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**What are Custodi?**

Custodi are what you might call the gatekeepers of the omniverse… Faceless and many, they quietly watch and wait while doing their master’s bidding in complete silence. Their ultimate goal is unknown, but they exist none the same.

Some say they maintain the connections from one world to another, others say they are the ultimate meddling force… able to change the course of fate with nothing more than a precisely placed grain of sand…

They are said to be able to hear the voices in the wind, the heart beat of the cosmos, and see all of past, present, and future all at once… Children of an unnamed god burdened with a great task… distant and unknown only to their creator and themselves.

Others speak of beings born from the void, faceless, and indefinite… Older than the universe itself… Servants capable of reshaping all as they see fit. None know of their true form as it is always shifting… every moving… always adapting… always hidden… Masters of deception and lies…

Very little is known of the race itself… Only mere fragments and rumors of a great many things…

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**Rumors**

Rumor has it that if one is at a certain place at a certain time when all is just right… a stranger from beyond the worlds will appear to hear their requests.

Some seek this one out for power, others riches and glory, but in the end… words should be chosen wisely… for their intent and resolve will be put to the test.

What will you give for what you desire and at what cost?

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**Folklore**

I’d suppose they might also be mentioned vaguely in different folk tales as well, but who knows?

Like one of those stories where a lost traveler might find one waiting at a campfire, offers them a gracious meal, maybe a tale or two and guidance to where they need to go, but when the morning comes it is like the stranger was never there.

Others might be stories about the mysterious host answering questions about many things, offering gifts, and quests. Some about the terrible fates that befallen those who failed to heed the stranger’s warnings and advice.

One thing is for sure… treat others kindly because one day you might meet one on the road.

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**The gift of the Custodi**

Said to be one of the many things that could be offered… said to be a power beyond gods without restriction.

However… the price that comes with it is just as steep or so they say, but it does not stop any fool from seeking them out and asking for such a thing…

It’s said that the Sorcerer Queen of Pallandia sought them out for such a deal… and her decision at that fateful moment is why she disappeared never to be seen again.

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**Sightings**

Actual sightings that could be attributed to being that of their kind are few and far between as cases of mistaken identity are surprisingly common for the already sparse number of encounters. Usually those rare cases involve some sort of offer and a test… and none of the actual descriptions match.

In other words, being mistaken for everything from messengers from heaven to otherworldly peddlers tends to happen…very often.

Of course… “Angry black blotch” seems to be a common one… or mistaking them for demons, dragons, angels, or some sort of eldritch abomination.

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**Extra Notes**

It’s rumored that they are seen when a god’s time is up… and as such are considered by some as “god’s reaper”. Of course unlike death, you can’t exactly reason away your due moment. Collection time is collection time and there’s no way you can keep them from collecting.

As such… they tend to be feared among those who know of this part of their nature.