History Characters / IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDeviceTheImperialPalace

'''Rogal Dorn''' Fecal matter does not have mental capacity. You do not require fortifications against it.

* TwentyFourHourArmour: Prior to his reveal in Episode 20, he was never seen without his Centurion suit of power armor. Even after his true identity is revealed, he still wears the armor, but usually takes off the helme. Although it is stated in background Lore that Centurion Pilots from the Iron Hands chapter sometimes spend so long in their armour they can no longer be safely removed from it, depending on how long Rogal has been puttering around the Imperial Palace it might not be possible for him to take it off anymore.

* ChekhovsGunman: Appears in the first few episodes with no speaking roles, reappears in the second questions video entirely to calm down the Emperor (again, without speaking), and THEN appears in the Season 2 finally, this time finally speaking up to reveal he is actually Rogal Dorn.

* OnlySaneEmployee: Lockwarden and his men appear to be the only group of Custodes that don't have any major mental issues or flaws. It helps that they have to actually deal with dangerous abominations on a daily basis, meaning they actually had something to keep them occupied.

--> '''Rogal:''' No. ''NO!'' That is the-- that- that is an awful idea.

-->'''The Emperor:''' "The only Rogal-related thoughts I have been having is how nice it would be if he could build some kind of wall barring all the stupid shit that is going on in the galaxy from entering my comfort zone."\\
'''Rogal Dorn''' "Fecal matter does not have mental capacity. You do not require fortifications against it."

* AmbiguousGender: One of the Shadowkeepers has a very feminine voice, compared with the generally much more masculine voices of the other Custodes. This is a reference to the fact that while there are no female Space Marines (as the nature of their modifications precludes females from their ranks), the same has never truly been confirmed for the Custodes, who are far more advanced creations compared with the Astartes, and not mass-produced from cloned gene-seed.

Consisting of Decius, the Fabricator-General of Mars, Grand Provost Marshal, Lord Commander Militant of the Imperial Guard, The Master of the Administratum, Lord Inquisitor Fyodor Karamazov, and Kitten (who rarely attends meetings) they are the group that was responsible of taking care of the Imperium wile the Emperor was out of action. Let's just say that due to them all being rather senile and lacking common sense, they were not doing that good of a job.

* ElectiveMute: He doesn't say a word until the Season 2 finale, afterwards claiming that he took a vow of silence and only broke it to warn Kitten and the Emperor not to mention the Space Wolves around Magnus. Once his vow is broken he still doesn't speak much.

* BerserkButton: The Tau are the only thing that can make him absolutely furious. When Magnus sarcastically suggests that Kitten's plan to sneak around Nocturne under invisibility magic makes perfect sense because it's something that "the Tau would do," Kitten ''flips his shit'' and very nearly starts a fight with the Salamander guards.

* UndignifiedDeath: His leg vein is burst open by a kick in the shin by Karstodes and he bleeds to death immediately after learning that Boy wasn't lying, meaning he has attacked a favored servant of the Emperor Himself.

* BodyHorror: ''Man-Emperor'', where do we start?! Three speakers shoved into his body, constantly bulging eyes, proruding ribs, fingers intentionally broken from pressing the power rune, legs so thin the veins are loosely falling off them and feet wider than the rest of his body. He's quite proud of it and thinks all his disciples should have it.

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: He claims to listen to the Vox-Casts but doesn't understand anything that's being said in them nor that Boy appears in them.

* OhCrap: He freaks out when Karstodes appears and then again when he confirms Boy really is the Emperor's chosen Vox-Caster.
* UndignifiedDeath: His leg vein is burst open by a kick in the shin and he bleeds to death immediately after learning that Boy wasn't lying, meaning he has attacked a favored servant of the Emperor Himself.

** When he finds out that Boy's superior has been abusing him and was about to murder him for "lying" about being the Emperor's chosen vox-hailer, he demands to know who the man thinks he is to abuse the Emperor's favored servant. He very well would have killed the man for it if he hadn't bled out a moment later (though he tries to take partial credit by claiming his fabulous form caused the man to bleed out faster). He then decides on his own that Boy needs to live with the Custodians in the Sanctum from now on, assures Boy that his family will be safe and compensated for his service to the Throne, and even praises him for how he handled his superior.

** The other Custodes subvert this to varying degrees, particularly after their encounter with Chegorach. Whammudes at the very least acknowledge that the Emperor was an asshole during the events of the Last Church, and Custodisi ''thoroughly'' subverts the trope by openly calling the Emperor out on his actions and even playing Devil's Advocate on behalf of Uriah before the Emperor [[spoiler:calls him from the Warp]]. Arguably, Custodisi is even ''less'' sycophantic than Kitten himself at this point.

** Has [[https://youtu.be/LwKC5fxhIZo?t=1763 a big one]] when Boy learned of the word "pussy" (although he pronounced it "gussy"('''G'''enestealer '''P'''ussy)). He has [[https://youtu.be/LwKC5fxhIZo?t=1228 a smaller one]] (but still much more emotive than his usual "no") when Boy said he can stay alive for a week drinking his own blood.

** Has [[https://youtu.be/LwKC5fxhIZo?t=1763 a big one]] when Boy learned of the word "pussy" (although he pronounced it "gussy"). He has [[https://youtu.be/LwKC5fxhIZo?t=1228 a smaller one]] (but still much more emotive than his usual "no") when Boy said he can stay alive for a week drinking his own blood.

* MisBlamed: InUniverse, the Emperor blames Magnus for the failure of the Human Webway project and the Horus Heresy, despite Kitten noting how it was Erebus who corrupted Horus. However, when ''finally'' explaining the events of the Heresy, he's fully aware that Magnus was manipulated by Tzeentch and Horus, leading to the destruction of Prospero by the Space Wolves, and when Kitten tries to ask why he blamed Magnus earlier, he ignores the question. Additionally, when Vulkan says that he is not mad at Magnus for "ruining everything forever", Magnus shouts "THAT WAS LORGAR's FAULT!" Lorgar indeed has a bigger share of blame in this case.

* SeriousBusiness: from the podcast, during the closing Q&A session, he intensely disagrees with the Emperor on the correct day to eat ''tacos'', claiming that Tuesday is the best day for its AddedAlliterativeAppeal and hope-bringing qualities, while the Emperor wants them eaten on Friday where neither of those are true. His love of Taco Tuesday is so great that he even reveals that [[spoiler:he'd tricked the Emperor into eating turkey tacos on the day Rogal had rejoined the Imperium, which was a Tuesday. The Emperor is horrified by this betrayal, and shocked by the fact that Rogal [[WillNotTellALie had actually lied about something]].]]

* RatedMForManly: After the Emperor told him to stop calling him a god, he seems to be trying to replace his religious terminology with phrasing that praises the Emperor's manliness (and to consciously use his stronger RousingSpeech voice when doing so).
--> "Oh my Holy Emp-, *cough* - I mean, OH BY MY MANLY MANPEROR!"
** The ''Inquisitor'' podcast shows that he tends to slip back into his old voice when upset or irritated.