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In the 920s.M41, the planet came under siege by a [[Waaagh!]] led by Warlord Gargash Korbul, who had also besieged several worlds in the sector.<sup>1</sup> The Imperial Guard had been sent in order to quell the Waaagh!; among the regiments was the Valhallan 12th Field Artillery and its regimental commissar, Ciaphas Cain. Separated from his regiment and other Imperial forces during a battle in orbit, Cain crash-landed in the deserts of the eastern continent. Along with his ever-present (and ever-odiferous) aide, [[Ferik Jurgen]], Cain journeyed across the desert, meeting up with elements of the Perlian PDF and civilians liberated from Ork captivity, forming them into a ragtag army in what became the [[First Siege of Perlia|"March of the Liberator"]]. Thanks to Cain's actions, including a duel to the death with Warlord Korbul,<sup>3</sup> Perlia was liberated. Cain became an instant hero on Perlia, and many statues and monuments appeared praising him. After reconstruction, the town of Prosperity Wells on the eastern continent - where the "March of the Liberator" had begun - was rechristened "Cainstead"<sup>2</sup> (a fact that Cain himself found both hilarious and embarassing).<sup>4</sup> In Havensdown, a clock was set in Liberation Square, showing a clockwork commissar (obviously representing Cain) beheading the number of clockwork Orks that corresponded to the time - another edifice that Cain disliked intensely.<sup>5</sup>
After reconstruction and in light of the recent expansion of the [[Tau Empire]] in the [[Damocles Gulf]] region, Perlia received several Imperial facilities, including a [[Schola Progenium]] near Havensdown<sup>6</sup> where Cain would later teach after his retirement in the early 990s.M41. His retirement would not be quiet, however, as the [[Second Siege of Perlia|Second Siege]] began in 999.M41, during [[Ezekyle Abaddon|Abaddon the Despoiler]]'s [[13th Black Crusade]]. Once again, Cain would lead the defense of the planet, and once again he would duel the leader of the attack - in this case, the Chaos Warmaster [[Varan the Undefeatable]], who was kicked from the roof of the Mechanicus shrine where they had been fighting, sending the Warmaster to fall with an unceremonious thud to his death.<sup>7</sup>
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