{{AstraMilitarumPortal}}{{InquisitionPortal}}The '''Cain Archive ''' is a series of files and documents written by [[Commissar]] [[Ciaphas Cain]] during his retirement. The Cain Archive is not to be confused with Cain's official memoirs, "To Serve the Emperor: A Commissar's Life". The archive was compiled while he was a tutor at the [[Schola Progenium]] around the year 993.M41. As stated by [[Ordo Xenos]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Amberley Vail]], who spent some years editing and annotating the archive, there seems to be no order or chronology to the written accounts that were stuffed onto a single data slate. {{Fn|1}}

Sadly, due to the sensitive nature of many ==History==The Archive (so termed by [[Inquisitor]] [[Amberley Vail]] of the accounts within[[Ordo Xenos]]) is not to be confused with Cain's official autobiography, Amberly was forced to place "''[[To Serve the archive under Inquisitional when it came to her attention sometime during 005.M42Emperor: A Commissar's Life]]''". The primary reason for sequestering the archive was to hide the fact that Cain himself admits to be self serving and quite the scoundrel, contrary his image as compiled while he was a hero of tutor at the [[ImperiumSchola Progenium]], beginning around the year 993. The other reason is due to various interactions with [[xenosM41]] creatures . As stated by Inquisitor Vail, who spent some years editing and agents of annotating the archive, there seems to be no order or chronology to the written accounts that were stuffed onto a single [[Chaosdata slate]].{{Fn|1}}

Sadly, due to the sensitive nature of many of the accounts within, Vail was forced to place the archive under Inquisitional jurisdiction almost as soon as it came to her attention, sometime during 005.[[M42]]. The primary reason for sequestering the archive was to hide the fact that Cain himself admits to be self-serving and quite the scoundrel, contrary to his image as a Hero of the [[Imperium]]. The other reason is due to various interactions with [[xenos]] creatures and agents of [[Chaos]].{{Fn|1}} Through the disseminationof the Archive to her colleagues in the [[Inquisition]], Amberley Vail hoped to give her fellow Inquisitors insight into the minds of the alien races Cain interacted with, further understanding of the dark designs of Chaos beings, and the inner workings of Cain's own mind.{{Fn|1}} ==See also==*[[Ciaphas Cain (Novel Series)]]*[[List of known Imperial literary works]]

*{{Endn|1}}: [[For The Emperor (Novel)|For The Emperor]] by — [[Sandy Mitchell]] ==Related Publications==*[[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]]**[[Caves Ciaphas Cain: Hero of Ice the Imperium (NovelOmnibus)|Caves Of Ice]] by Sandy Mitchell**[[The Traitor, 's Hand (Novel)|The Traitor's Hand]] by Sandy Mitchell**[[Death or Glory (Novel) | Death Or Glory]] by Sandy Mitchell**[[Duty Calls (Novel)|Duty Calls]] by Sandy Mitchell**[[CainEditorial Note before Chapter One's Last Stand (Novel)|Cain's Last Stand]] by Sandy Mitchell, pgs. 31-33

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