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[[Image:CiaphasCain.JPG|right|thumb|[[Commissar]] Ciaphas Cain{{Fn|18}}]]
Cain's active service career can be roughly divided into four phases:
*His first posting after graduating from the [[Schola Progenium]] was to the [[Valhallan 12th Field Artillery]]{{Fn|11a}}, where his plans for a "lifetime of rear-echelon obscurity" were quickly dashed by a series of events that gave him a reputation as a hero, including his actions on [[Slawkenberg]]{{Fn|13}}{{fn|3d}}, and during the [[Siege of Perlia]].{{Fn|4b}}
*The second phase was his appointment to the [[sector]] brigade's headquarters as a sort of independent, "roving" commissar, reporting directly to senior Guard officers such as [[General]] [[Lokris]]; during this time he saw action on [[Inheritus Prime]]{{Cite this}}, [[Archipelaga]]{{Cite this}} and [[Viridia]]{{Cite this}} and assisted the [[Reclaimers]] [[Space Marine Chapter]] with cleansing the [[space hulk]] ''[[Spawn of Damnation]]''.{{Fn|7a}}
*The third phase was his long tenure (10–15 years) with the [[Valhallan 597th]], during which time he forged a close working relationship with its officers{{Fn|3b}}, and became immensely popular with its soldiery; this phase of his career took him to worlds like [[Gravalax]]{{Fn|1c}}, [[Simia Orichalcae]]{{Fn|2}}, [[Periremunda]]{{Fn|5c}}, [[Adumbria]]{{Fn|3c}}, and [[Nusquam Fundumentibus]]{{Fn|8a}}.*Cain was eventually appointed as [[Lord General]] [[Zyvan|Zyvan's]]'s liaison to the [[Commissariat]], a position similar to his earlier appointment to brigade headquarters, though not quite as hazardous{{Fn|9a}}.
Throughout his service, Cain have served predominantly with regiments raised from the [[Ice Worlds|Ice World]] of [[Valhalla]].{{Fn|1d}}{{Fn|1f}} He picked up a number of their habits and slang terms{{Fn|1d}} along with an appreciation for [[Tanna|tanna-leaf tea]], although he never became enamoured to the cold they enjoyed, or their habit of taking showers in ice water.{{Fn|1g}} 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 for many years Another longstanding comrade was [[Jenit Sulla]], who would eventually go on to become a [[General]] in the Guard. She often cited Cain as a great inspiration.{{Fn|5d}}
He began his service with the [[Valhallan 12th Field Artillery]] in 919.M41{{Fn|4a}}}, apparently as a Commissar attached to the command battery, but soon took up duties over the entire regiment. His first taste of battle was on [[Desolatia IV]], where the regiment had been defending against [[Ork]]s, but soon they were faced with a Tyranid splinter fleet, which they held out against until an Imperial fleet arrived to pick up the Imperial forces on the planet.{{Fn|11d}}
His, and his regiment's, next destination deployment was on the planet of [[Keffia]], where he spent a restful few years of the 920's, with 920s; the only major battle he participated in was involved assisting the local enforcers (calling themselves Custodes, though the title is unrelated to the Adeptus organisation of the same name) in unveiling a [[genestealer ]] infestation in the sector and assisting in the defence of the enforcers' headquarters.{{Fn|11b}}
From here, he went to Perlia, where he was first earmarked for greater things. 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 here, he raised an army and, in what became known as the [[First Siege of Perlia|March of the Liberator]], successfully fought his way through the orks to the front line, killing the warlord personally. The Imperial forces took the opportunity to attack the remaining ork forces, who were in disarray.{{Fn|4}}
