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'''Ciaphas Cain''' ((pronounced Kai-a-fas Kane)) was an [[Imperial]] [[Commissar]]. He was in active service in during the last century of [[M41]], and was over 200 one hundred years old when he was recalled forced back into service during the [[13th Black Crusade]] of [[Abaddon the Despoiler]]. In fact, and Cain has been reported dead so many times that it is certain was decided that he survived more than a quarter would be permanently listed on active duty, and holds the dubious honor of being the only officer listed as 'active' up until his burial with full military honors. He was known as a century into [[M42]]. Propaganda made him out to be the hero Hero of the [[Imperium]] circa late [[M41]] , although in truth he proclaimed that this reputation was greatly inflated; by his own admission, the man was mainly focused on survivinga self-seeking rogue who only looked after saving his own skin. (However In spite of this apparent selfishness he differed from many other Imperial Commissars in that he would not readily sacrifice soldiers unless it ensured his own survival(his logic being that having every last lasgun between himself and danger was a good thing; besides, he had a reputation as a fair man to maintain).) Cain tried his utmost to avoid engaging in actual combat, but would have to anyway to maintain his status as a Hero of the Imperium, which ironically, would involve him in more dangerous situations than any he would usually see as a Commissar. He was responsible for many successful campaigns throughout his career and retired to become a professor an instructor at a [[Schola Progenium]].

In [[M42]] his [[Cain Archive|Memoirs]] were published discovered and distributed among the ranks of the [[Inquisition]]. They are sequestered restricted by order of the Holy Ordos, and are kept and organized as the [[Cain Archive]] by [[Ordo Xenos]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Amberley Vail]] -- with whom Cain had many encounters over during his career, and shared a close working and personal relationship. It is worth noting, -- as Inquisitor Vail does in footnotes throughout his memoirs, that Cain was a skilled liar and dissembler, and therefore anything to which he refers that is not independently documented could well be a fabrication to maintain his reputationhobby.

Cain makes numerous mentions mention to his home world, apparently being born on a [[Hive World]], though he never mentions a name or any feature which could lead to it being identifiedone. At one point in the archives, Amberley Vail speculates that Cain may have not in fact know known the name of his own homeworldthe world, himself. However, he shows a definite affinity for underground passages and has a natural sense of direction when underground. He claims that his parents were killed by [[Kroot]] while serving in the [[Imperial Guard]], which is why he was sent to be trained as a Commissar. However, it has not been stated in which regiment they servedalthough, despite Cain's grumbling to the contrary, must have served honorably in order to land him in the [[Schola Progenium]]. His record at the Schola Progenium where he was educated and trained shows that his marks were at the low end of average in everything save sports and combat training. He also had a clear disciplinary record, however this probably means he didn't get caught.

Throughout his service in the [[Commissariat]], Cain seems to have served predominantly with regiments raised from the [[Ice Worlds|Ice World]] of [[Valhalla]]. He picked up a number of their habits and slang termscolloquialisms, although he never became enamoured to the cold they enjoyed, or their habit of taking showers in ice water. His loyal aide [[Ferik Jurgen]] was a Valhallan guardsman who happened to be a [[blank]], and served Cain faithfully for many years. Also with him was [[General]] [[Jenit_Sulla|Jenit Sulla]], whom Cain regarded with irritation and antipathy.

He began his service with the Valhallan 12th Field Artillery in 919.M41, apparently having selected the regiment as a Commissar attached the most likely position to spend his career ''without'' having to risk his life (after all, what could be safer than sitting kilometers behind the command battery, but soon took up duties over front lines lobbing shells into the entire regimentdistance?). His first taste of battle was on Desolatia, where the regiment had been defending against [[Orks]], but soon they were faced with a [[Tyranid ]] splinter fleet. It was here that he first established his reputation as a Hero, giving his regiment adequate forwarning of a flanking horde of Tyranids (which they held out against until an Imperial fleet arrived he had accidentally discovered while trying to pick up escape the Imperial forces on diversionary attack in a [[Salamander_Scout|Salamander]] at the time) and charging the xenos with nothing but a chainsword to safe Jurgen's life. It was at this point that Jurgen became assigned to the planetcommissar as aide.

From here, he went traveled to Perlia, where he was first earmarked for greater thingshis reputation received its next boost. After a space battle, he and his adjutant Jurgen were left isolated on the ground of Perlia, presumed dead after their escape pod crashed behind ork lines. From hereAfter liberating the enslaved survivors of the desert town Prosperity Wells, he raised an army and, in began what became came to be known as the [[First Siege of Perlia|March of the Liberator]], successfully fought fighting his way through across an ork-infested continent -- gathering more and more stranded troops and surviving civilians-turned-militia along the orks way -- until he eventually reached the front lines. After a tactical error led Cain's army to attack the front lineork's command base, the commissar found himself in single combat with the Ork Warboss, eventually killing the warlord personallymassive alien and throwing the combined ork forces into disarray. The Imperial forces took the this opportunity to attack the remaining ork forces, who were in disarrayeventually wiping them from the face of the planet.

On Slawkenberg, he and three troopers Jurgen were nearly seduced by a Chaos sorceress whilst accompanying a pair of (very unlucky) scouts. Cain was unknowingly saved by his aide's ability as a [[blank]], but and managed to destroy call down artillery fire, destroying the enemy position with artillerySlaaneshi cultists and the [[daemonhost]] they had just created.

From here, he was assigned to Commissariat command for a few yearssome time. The position was, officially, which was at first a simple desk job, but his reputation meant that he was for heroism quickly found him being sent on risky missions, such as a trip to one dangerous mission after another; these included accidentally ending up on Interitus Prime, (a [[Necron]] Tomb world, Viridia and Viridia Secunduswhere he lost two of his fingers), the cleansing of a space hulk, fought against alongside members of the [[EldarReclaimers]], and participated in the cleansing of Sanguia. He Each time Cain survived these purely , in his own words, "by being able to keep his keeping my head down, and commonly being staying under cover until the only survivornoise stopped. Before long" However, he requested transfer back to a regiment. Of did not escape completely unscathed, as he was plagued by nightmares of these events for the rest of his life, his experiences Cain notes that his encounter with the [[Necrons]] was having a particularly pronounced effect on him. Eventually, he requested transfer back to a regiment, concluding that it would be much safer on the front lines where the most horrific, Commissariat command staff couldn't find new and left the most lasting impression on inventive ways to kill him.

Currently the majority of extracts available from the [[Cain Archive]] tell of his time serving with the [[Valhallan 597th Ice Warriors|Valhallan 597th Valhallan Regiment]]. While serving with them Cain appears to have been held in very close to high regard by the troopers, particularly with the senior officers with which he had a personal friendshipeventually being considered as one of their own.*³

Cain was present with the 597th Valhallan Regiment for their first action during the [[Gravalax Incident]] of 931.M41, where he was awarded the Order of Merit of Gravalax, Second class, for his part in preventing the [[Tau]] annexation of the planet. (Cain was to joke in later years that if he had allowed the Tau to kill Governor Grice, the grateful populace would have given him the first class decoration.) In truth, the planet had been infested by a [[Genestealer Cult]] who had been trying to spark off a meaningless war over a backwater planet between the Tau and the Imperium in order to distract them from the approach of the [[Tyranids]]. It was during this affair that Cain first encountered Inquisitor Amberley Vail, and also discovered that his aide Jurgen was in fact a [[NullBlank]]: a trait which saved Cain's life as he duelled the [[Genestealer Patriarch]].