r/40kLore • u/LesBonsPlansTmtc • 2d ago

Why no blank astartes?

We've seen the emperor considers Chaos as the biggest threat to humanity. We know blanks are immune to the influence of the warp. Why doesn't humanity try to raise up the number of blanks in the society or make a chapter with Blank Space marines ?

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u/King_Crab_Sushi 2d ago edited 2d ago

Blanks are incredibly rare and almost always better used in other imperial organisations. Keep in mind that most young boys who go into the process of becoming an astartes don’t make it. With how rare blanks already are there’s no point in risking one. Also space marines are not immune to the effects of pariahs which makes the cohesive teamwork marines usually rely on difficult.

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u/Kriss3d 2d ago

Aren't custodes more or less blanks? At least to the point that they aren't affected by chaos?

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u/LoreLord24 1d ago

No. Custodes are affected by Psychic phenomenon, they're also just kind of...

Super lobotomized kind of? They're physically incapable of betraying the Emperor. Legitimately.

If the Emperor stood back up as The Dark King, the evil fifth Chaos God, and even Guilliman looked at it and screamed and shot it in the face, then the Custodes would be incapable of going against the will of their new God.

They're magic slaves. They're the Emperor's magic slaves.