Constantin Valdor ('Emperor's Spear'), the First of the Ten Thousand, was the Chief Custodian to the Emperor of Mankind as Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes at the time of the Unification Wars, Great Crusade, and the Horus Heresy.
康斯坦丁·瓦尔多（“帝皇之矛”）是万人团中的第一个，在统一战争、大远征和荷鲁斯叛乱时期，他是人类帝皇的首席禁军，担任禁军总司令。
Constantin Valdor 康斯坦丁·瓦尔多
Biography 传记
Unification Wars 统一战争
The origins of Constantin Valdor are mysterious. According to Amar Astarte, his original parents were killed by the Emperor, who moved entire armies across continents to locate and retrieve him. Valdor himself knows very little of his past before becoming the Emperor's servant. While commonly accepted as the first Custodes, Valdor does not recall if he was truly the first Custodian, or simply the first successfully produced one. He served during the Unification Wars at the Battle of Maulland Sen. A handful of years later, he assassinated Koja Zu, the Minister of the Anuatan Steppes, and claimed her son, Ra Endymion, for the Legio Custodes. During the Battle of Maulland Sen, Valdor witnessed the savagery of the Thunder Warriors and became worried over their future.
康斯坦丁·瓦尔多的起源是神秘的。据阿马尔·阿斯塔特称，他的亲生父母被帝皇杀害，帝皇调动了整个军队在各大洲寻找并营救他。瓦尔多本人在成为皇帝的仆人之前，对自己的过去知之甚少。虽然瓦尔多被普遍认为是第一位禁军，但他不记得自己是否真的是第一位禁军，或者仅仅是第一位成功制作的禁军。他在统一战争期间在莫兰森战役中服役。几年后，他暗杀了阿努亚坦草原使节科嘉·祖，并声称她的儿子拉·恩底弥翁为军团禁军。在莫兰森战役中，瓦尔多目睹了雷霆战士的野蛮行径，并对他们的未来感到担忧。
Chief-Custodian Constantin Valdor 首席禁军康斯坦丁·瓦尔多
By the end of the Unification Wars Valdor had emerged as part of the ruling "triumvirate" of Terra alongside the Emperor and Malcador. He had become suspicious of Grand Provost Marshal Uwoma Kandawire, dispatching Samonas to unravel her conspiracy before it could begin. However the conspirators still struck in the Palace Coup, during which Valdor was confronted by Kandawire, as well as Ushotan and his surviving Thunder Warriors. Valdor urged the conspirators to surrender, but when they refused he deployed the proto-Legiones Astartes in their first battle. During the battle the rebels were crushed and Valdor slew Ushotan, an act he took no gratification in as he had admired the General. Surprisingly, Valdor spared Kandawire and let her leave the Palace to retire in peace.
到统一战争结束时，瓦尔多已经与帝皇和马卡多一起成为泰拉统治的“三巨头”的一部分。他开始怀疑大宪兵司令乌沃马·坎达维尔，派遣萨摩亚在阴谋开始前揭穿她的阴谋。然而，阴谋者仍然在皇宫政变中发动袭击，在此期间，瓦尔多与坎达维尔以及乌什坦和他幸存的雷霆战士对峙。瓦尔多敦促阴谋者投降，但当他们拒绝时，他在他们的第一场战斗中部署了原初阿斯塔特军团。在战斗中，叛军被镇压，瓦尔多杀死了乌什坦，他对这一行为并不满意，因为他钦佩这位将军。令人惊讶的是，瓦尔多饶过了坎达维尔，让她离开皇宫平静地退休。
Later Valdor expressed his surprise when Malcador stated that the Primarchs were still alive and that the Emperor was attempting to find them. Valdor couldn't understand why the Arch-Enemy had decided to spare them, and believed that if they were alive then they would be corrupted. Valdor instead wished to raise armies of mortals to be led by his Custodians.
后来，当马卡多说原体们还活着，帝皇正试图找到他们时，瓦尔多表示惊讶。瓦尔多不明白为什么头号敌人决定放过他们，他相信如果他们还活着，他们就会被腐化。瓦尔多反而希望召集凡人军队，由他的禁军领导。
Prior to the Horus Heresy, Valdor had earned 1932 names. By the 41st Millennium a book which apparently had his whole name written down took up an entire volume.
在荷鲁斯叛乱之前，瓦尔多已经获得了1932个名字。到了第41个千年，一本显然写有他的全名的书占据了整整一卷。
Horus Heresy 荷鲁斯叛乱
Battle of Prospero 普罗斯佩罗之战
Just prior to the open outbreak of the Horus Heresy, Valdor was charged by the Emperor to accompany Leman Russ of the Space Wolves in bringing Magnus the Red to account for breaking promises made during the Council of Nikaea at which the Emperor strictly forbade the use of sorcery and psychic powers.
就在荷鲁斯叛乱公开爆发之前，瓦尔多被帝皇下令陪同太空野狼的黎曼·鲁斯，将赤红之马格努斯绳之以法，因为他违反了帝皇严格禁止使用巫术和灵能的尼凯亚会议上做出的承诺。
Valdor, with a contingent of elite Custodian Guard, fought alongside Russ and the Space Wolves on Prospero. He and his forces were responsible for killing at least three of the greatest psykers of the Thousand Sons and routing a force much more numerous than their own, however little else is known after this. Valdor eventually faced over thirty of the elite Khenetai "Blademasters", warriors who could predict an enemies' attacks through psychic precognition. The Captain-General slew every one of these deadly warriors, receiving only a single wound in the process. According to one account, he was also responsible for saving Bjorn when his arm was corrupted by the sorcerous powers of a Thousand Sons psyker. Valdor sliced Bjorn's arm off to prevent the corruption from overrunning his body. The other states that Bjorn's arm was cut off by a Skjald of the Space Wolves, Kasper Hawser.
瓦尔多和一支精英禁军卫队在普罗斯佩罗与鲁斯和太空野狼并肩作战。他和他的部队至少杀死了千子中最伟大的三名灵能者，并击败了一支比他们多得多的部队，但在此之后，我们对其他事情知之甚少。瓦尔多最终面对了30多名精英肯特泰“剑刃大师”，这些战士可以通过灵能预知来预测敌人的攻击。禁军总司令杀死了所有这些致命的战士，在这个过程中只受了一处伤。根据一种说法，当比约恩的手臂被千子灵能者的魔法力量腐蚀时，他也负责拯救比约恩。瓦尔多砍掉了比约恩的手臂，以防止腐化席卷他的身体。另一份宣告称，比约恩的手臂被太空野狼的一名吟游诗人卡斯佩尔·豪瑟尔切断了。
Later Actions 后续行动
When Amon Tauromachian returned from his extended Blood Game, Valdor informed his fellow Custodian of how Horus Lupercal had declared rebellion against the Emperor. When Tauromachian asked how this could happen, Valdor, speaking as someone who knew the Warmaster, rejected theories that it was pride or resentment, instead voicing his belief that something had driven Horus and his closest advisers mad. Valdor then assigned Tauromachian with the task of investigating Pherom Sichar, Lord of Hy Brasil, for evidence of treason.
当阿蒙·塔罗马奇从他的长期血战中回来时，瓦尔多告诉他的禁军同伴荷鲁斯·卢佩卡尔是如何宣布反抗帝皇的。当塔罗马奇问这怎么可能发生时，瓦尔多以一个了解战帅的人的身份拒绝了这是骄傲或怨恨的理论，而是表达了他的信念，即有什么东西让荷鲁斯和他最亲密的顾问发疯了。瓦尔多随后指派塔罗马奇调查海巴西领主费尔昂·西查尔的叛国罪证据。
Constantin Valdor 康斯坦丁·瓦尔多
After Horus declared his rebellion, Valdor then oversaw the mission and deployment of the first ever execution team. Invited by the Master of Assassins whose secret identity was Malcador The Sigillite who oversaw the council of Assassins. Each clade- Venenum, Eversor, Culexus, Vanus, Callidus, and led by Vindicare selected a single alpha-dan operative for the mission. The target was Horus Lupercal. Rogal Dorn learned of such events and challenged Valdor claiming that Horus being alive was a boon because he was predictable, and killing the head of the rebellion would not stop it, someone more predictable would simply take over. Valdor argued that the actions of the Officio Assassinorum were not necessarily cowardly, but expedient. Valdor says to Dorn that they all want the same thing; to preserve the Emperor. Dorn however claims that Valdor's role is to safeguard the life of the Emperor, whilst Dorn himself, and all the Astartes role is to safeguard the Imperium. The Assassin's mission uncovered valuable information, and encountered Erebus' own agent, daemonically enhanced. The mission to kill Horus is a failure as Horus is tipped off of the attempt on his life and sends a proxy who is killed in his place. Dorn and Valdor continue to argue, Dorn citing that to preserve the Imperium we must have a moral code, Valdor citing that to match Horus' evil we must not stop at underhanded tactics. The Emperor settles the argument with the final statement "No more shadows. No more veils".
荷鲁斯宣布叛乱后，瓦尔多监督了有史以来第一支处刑队的任务和部署。应刺客大师的邀请，其秘密身份是监督刺客议会的掌印者马卡多。每个分支——文纳姆、艾弗森、邱利萨斯、文努斯、卡利都司，以及由文迪卡领导的分支——都为这次任务选择了一名阿尔法级特工。目标是荷鲁斯·卢佩卡尔。罗格·多恩得知了这些事件，并挑战瓦尔多，声称荷鲁斯活着是一件好事，因为他是可预测的，杀死叛军首领并不能阻止它，更可预测的人会接管。瓦尔多认为，暗杀官员的行动不一定是懦弱的，而是权宜之计。瓦尔多对多恩说，他们都想要同样的东西；为了保护帝皇。然而，多恩声称瓦尔多的角色是保卫帝皇的生命，而多恩本人和所有阿斯塔特的角色都是保卫帝国。刺客的任务发现了有价值的信息，并遇到了艾瑞巴斯的特工，经过了恶魔的增强。杀死荷鲁斯的任务是失败的，因为荷鲁斯得知有人试图杀害他，并派了一名替身代替他被杀。多恩和瓦尔多继续争论，多恩列举说，为了维护帝国，我们必须有一个道德准则，瓦尔多列举说，要与荷鲁斯的邪恶相匹配，我们不能止步于卑鄙的战术。帝皇最后以一句话“不再有阴影，不再有遮蔽”平息了这场争论。
Later as the majority of the Custodian Guard was occupied by the War Within the Webway, Valdor assumed a vital position on the loyalist War Council alongside Malcador, Rogal Dorn, and Kane. He reappeared shortly before Leman Russ left Terra to confront Horus directly, returning the Spear of Russ to him. During their conservation, Valdor expressed disdain at the Space Wolves use of Rune Priests, considering them no different from normal Librarians which were now banned due to the Council of Nikaea. Valdor next appeared as the Solar War began, meeting with Rogal Dorn alongside Sanguinius, Jaghatai Khan, Malcador, and Dorn's command staff.
后来，随着大部分禁军卫队被网道战争拖住，瓦尔多与马卡多、罗格·多恩和凯恩一起在忠诚派战争议会中担任了重要职务。在黎曼·鲁斯离开泰拉直接对抗荷鲁斯之前不久，他再次出现，将鲁斯之矛还给了他。在他们的保护过程中，瓦尔多对太空野狼使用符文牧师表示不屑，认为他们与普通的智库没有什么不同，后者现在因尼凯亚会议而被禁止。瓦尔多随后出现在太阳战争开始时，与罗格·多恩以及圣吉列斯、察合台可汗、马卡多和多恩的指挥人员会面。
Siege of Terra 泰拉围城
Valdor fought in defence of Mankind's homeworld during the Siege of Terra. During the battle loyalist marines who witnessed the Captain-General in combat, saw him reave through traitor marines as easily as they would against ordinary humans and weaker xenos. He also deployed Amon Tauromachian to investigate apparent Daemonic activity in the Imperial Palace. When Amon asked what should be done to Euphrati Keeler and her proto-Imperial Cultists, Valdor ordered that they remain unharmed as part of Malcador's plan to use them in the fight against Chaos. After the fall of the Lion's Gate Spaceport he helped lead the defense of the Colossi Gate alongside Jaghatai Khan and Raldoron, fighting against swathes of Daemons. After the escape of Basilio Fo from Blackstone Prison Valdor saw the mad scientist a threat big enough to warrant his own personal attention, and he hunted the prisoner throughout the Palace. He eventually saved Fo from a roaming Night Lord and decided that the human's supposed anti-Astartes bio-weapon could be of service to the Emperor.
瓦尔多在泰拉围城中为保卫人类家园而战。在战斗中，忠诚的星际战士目睹了禁军总司令的战斗，看到他像对付普通人和较弱的异教徒一样轻松地战胜了叛徒星际战士。他还派遣阿蒙·塔罗马奇调查皇宫中明显的恶魔活动。当阿蒙问应该对幼发拉底·琪乐和她的原初帝国信徒做些什么时，瓦尔多命令他们不要受到伤害，这是马卡多在与混沌的斗争中使用他们的计划的一部分。狮门太空港陷落后，他与察合台可汗和拉尔德隆一起帮助领导了巨像门的防御，与大片的恶魔作战。巴西利奥·弗从黑石监狱越狱后，瓦尔多看到这位疯狂的科学家是一个足以引起他个人关注的威胁，于是他在整个皇宫里追捕这名囚犯。他最终从一位游荡的午夜领主手中救出了弗，并决定人类所谓的反阿斯塔特生物武器可以为帝皇服务。
Valdor was summoned to the Emperor's side during the final teleportation attack aboard the Vengeful Spirit, and he left Basillo Fo and his weapon in the hands of his own Custodes. During the battle aboard the Vengful Spirit Valdor became separated from the Emperor and he and his Custodes found themselves in a dark abyss surrounded by Daemons. Part of a trap by Horus to drive the Captain-General to torment, it made him feel something close to fear for the first time as he realized he could not fulfill his duty. Nonetheless, this did not stop Valdor's killing duty in the slightest as he slaughtered his way through hordes of Daemons. To confirm that he had indeed been teleported to the Vengeful Spirit, Valdor plunged the Apollonian Spear into its floor to reveal its identity. Valdor's forces continued to battle through madness and Daemons until he grew closer to the location of the Emperor, at which point he began to encounter Sons of Horus and Word Bearers for the first time. During the struggle, he spotted First Captain Abaddon.
在复仇之魂号上的最后一次传送攻击中，瓦尔多被召唤到帝皇身边，他把巴西利奥·弗和他的武器交给了自己的禁军。在战斗中，瓦尔多与帝皇分离，他和他的禁军发现自己陷入了被恶魔包围的黑暗深渊。这是荷鲁斯为折磨禁军总司令而设的陷阱的一部分，当他意识到自己无法履行职责时，这让他第一次感到近乎恐惧。尽管如此，这并没有丝毫阻止瓦尔多的杀戮职责，因为他屠杀了成群的恶魔。为了确认他确实被传送到了复仇之魂上，瓦尔多将日神之矛刺入其地板，以暴露其身份。瓦尔多的部队继续在疯狂和恶魔中作战，直到他离帝皇的位置越来越近，此时他开始第一次遇到荷鲁斯之子和怀言者。在战斗中，他发现了第一连长阿巴顿。
Injured and weakened from their previous battles, Valdor and his remaining Custodes fought admirably against a vicious counterattack launched by Abaddon consisting of Justaerin and veteran Word Bearers, who outnumbered them by over thirty to one. However, the traitor Astartes were aided by Erebus, who managed to greatly empower Abaddon through Warp-infused rituals. During the fighting, Valdor was pinned down by six Justaerin Terminators and badly wounded by Hellas Sycar, but kept on fighting and managed to cut Abaddon with the Apollonian Spear. Gaining insight from Abaddon's future, Valdor was horrified to see the next 10,000 years of war and labeled Abaddon "Despoiler" before punching him. The experience, as well as the sudden berserk frenzy of the Blood Angels contingent of Operation Anabasis, left Valdor unsettled and angry, and afterwards he displayed more brutal and impatient traits, particularly towards Dorn and the Astartes whom he repeatedly spouted curses towards. However, he also learned of Sanguinius' death, something which caused Valdor genuine grief. Valdor and Dorn were ultimately able to escape Abaddon's attack and finally make it to Lupercal's Court.
瓦尔多和他剩下的禁军们在之前的战斗中受伤和虚弱，他们出色地对抗了阿巴顿发动的恶性反击，阿巴顿的部队由加斯塔林和经验丰富的怀言者组成，他们的人数比他们为三十比一。然而，叛徒阿斯塔特得到了艾瑞巴斯的帮助，艾瑞巴斯通过亚空间的仪式极大地增强了阿巴顿的力量。在战斗中，瓦尔多被六名加斯塔林终结者压住，并被赫拉斯·赛卡重伤，但他继续战斗，并设法用日神之矛砍倒了阿巴顿。瓦尔多从阿巴顿的未来中获得了洞察，看到接下来一万年的战争，他感到震惊，并在攻击阿巴顿之前给他贴上了“掠夺者”的标签。这段经历，以及阿纳巴斯行动中圣血天使特遣队的突然狂暴，让瓦尔多感到不安和愤怒，之后他表现出更残酷和不耐烦的特征，尤其是对多恩和阿斯塔特，他反复咒骂他们。然而，他也得知了圣吉列斯的牺牲，这给瓦尔多带来了真正的悲痛。瓦尔多和多恩最终逃脱了阿巴顿的袭击，并最终进入了卢佩卡尔王庭。
Impaled by a Power Sword, Valdor battles Hellas Sycar and other Justaerin aboard the Vengeful Spirit 在一把动力剑的穿透下，瓦尔多在复仇之魂号上与赫拉斯·赛卡和其他加斯塔林作战
Within Lupercal's Court, Valdor and Dorn discovered Garviel Loken and Leetu as the only survivors alongside the corpse of Horus and the grievously wounded Emperor. Leetu discovered a tarot card of "The Throne", which helped Dorn argue that the Emperor should be brought back to the Golden Throne. Valdor initially dismissed the superstition, but ultimately acquiesced.
在卢佩卡尔王庭里，瓦尔多和多恩发现加加维尔·洛肯和勒图是唯一的幸存者，与荷鲁斯的尸体和重伤的帝皇并肩而立。勒图发现了一张“王座”的塔罗牌，这有助于多恩认为帝皇应该被带回黄金王座。瓦尔多最初驳斥了这种迷信，但最终还是默许了。
After the Siege of Terra, Valdor met with the newly arrived Leman Russ. While Russ was distraught and pessimistic about what had befallen the Imperium and Emperor, Valdor expressed confidence that the Master of Mankind had foreseen all that had transpired and planned accordingly. Secretly, however, Valdor is unsure if this is true.
在泰拉围城之后，瓦尔多会见了新抵达的黎曼·鲁斯。当鲁斯对帝国和帝皇的遭遇感到心烦意乱和悲观时，瓦尔多表示相信人类之主已经预见到了所有发生的事情，并相应地进行了计划。然而，瓦尔多私下里不确定这是否属实。
Fate 命运
Sometime after the Heresy, around the same time as the disappearance of Leman Russ, Valdor also disappeared without a trace. During the dead of night, Valdor simply slipped out of the Imperial Palace, turning back once to look upon the Palace and whisper "Only in Death" (the first part of the Imperial quote Only in death does duty end) before vanishing. His fate is unknown even by the Custodes themselves. He is one of three Captain-Generals to have gone missing without even the Adeptus Custodes being aware of the details.
叛乱之后的某个时候，大约在黎曼·鲁斯失踪的同时，瓦尔多也消失得无影无踪。在夜深人静的时候，瓦尔多只是离开了皇宫，回头看了一眼皇宫，低声说“只有死亡”（帝国语录的第一部分只有死亡，责任才结束），然后消失了。他的命运甚至连禁军自己都不知道。他是三位失踪的禁军总司令之一，即使是禁军也不知道细节。
A book recovered and translated by Gideon Ravenor and Alizebeth Bequin identified the enigmatic King in Yellow as apparently being Constantin Valdor.
吉迪恩·拉文诺和伊丽莎白·贝奎恩找到并翻译的一本书确定了这位神秘的黄色国王显然是康斯坦丁·瓦尔多。
Personality and Abilities 性格和能力
Beyond his absolute loyalty to the Emperor, Constantin Valdor was known for his stoic and observant personality. Despite the claims by outside observers he did not experience emotions such as pride or arrogance, or really any feeling at all besides his sense of duty to the Emperor. The Thunder Warrior Ushotan expressed pity for Valdor, stating that he had all the humanity sucked from him and had become numb. Valdor did not disagree with the sentiment. Nonetheless he seems capable of taking fondness to certain individuals, such as Uwoma Kandawire and Ushotan.
除了对帝皇的绝对忠诚外，康斯坦丁·瓦尔多还以其坚忍不拔、善于观察的性格而闻名。尽管外界观察者声称，除了对帝皇的责任感外，他没有经历过骄傲或傲慢等情绪，也没有任何其他感觉。雷霆战士乌什坦对瓦尔多表示同情，说他把所有的人性都从他身上吸走了，变得麻木了。瓦尔多并不反对这种观点。尽管如此，他似乎有能力喜欢某些人，比如乌沃马·坎达维尔和乌什坦。
Valdor's battle prowess was legendary. His reaction time was to the point where it seemed as if he could see time itself come to a halt. A warrior of superlative skill, it was said that Valdor could match even a Primarch in single combat. Indeed, such was his might, that there were those, even in the Imperial Court, who called him a "Primarch" in all but name.
瓦尔多的战斗能力是传奇。他的反应时间似乎已经到了可以看到时间本身停止的地步。瓦尔多是一位技艺超群的战士，据说他在一场战斗中甚至可以与一位原体匹敌。事实上，他的力量如此之大，以至于即使在帝国王庭中，也有人称他为“原体”。
Wargear 战备
Valdor went into battle equipped with a expertly crafted Guardian Spear known as the Apollonian Spear and an ornate suit of Custodian Armour known as the Corinthine Warplate.
瓦尔多带着一把被称为日神之矛的精心制作的卫士之矛和一套被称为科林斯战甲的华丽禁军盔甲参加了战斗。
