History Characters / CiaphasCain

* DumbIsGood -- Jurgen seems to be this at first glance, but he's remarkably insightful, has an amazing knack for scrounging, and is extremely diligent and thorough. What intelligence he may lack is made up for by unyielding faith in the Emperor's will and a pragmatic outlook along the lines of "The Commissar is always right." The author has stated that Jurgen has a good claim to being the real hero of the stories, "if anyone ever noticed him."

* TheScrounger -- Another indication that Jurgen's smarter than he lets on. Cain finds this talent to be quite useful.

** Her skills as a quartermaster really shine in the Last Ditch, where she completely decimites the local planets Admisntratium to gain access to some orbital shuttles 'overlooked'. Cain tagged along to try and add his weight to the discussion but readily admits he ended up just watching Sulla bowl over the Bueacratic BS like a Baneblade through a horde of Gretchin.
* GiftedlyBad -- Aforementioned memoirs contain insanely overcomplicated and frilly language to the point of being intenionally unreadable.
* GoodLookingPrivates: ''Averted'' for once. While pretty much all the other women in Cainverse are attractive, Cain describes Sulla's face as reminiscent of a pouting pony. This diminishes over the years, though, so maybe he's just letting his severe dislike of her aggressive tactics taint his opinion.

* BattleCouple: Grifen and Magot are implied.

* SociopathicSoldier: Cain describes Magot as "a cheerfully sociopathic young woman".

A sergeant of in Sulla's platoon, who shows extreme professionalism in his job, something Cain appreciates when needing his back covered.

Whilst travelling around the galaxy aboard her personal yacht ''Exterminatus Externus'', Amberley Vail finds numerous persons whose talents she may put to good use. No one had denied her requests for help yet, because saying "No" to an inquisitor is usually suicidal at best. As such, she's acquires a personal RagtagBunchOfMisfits to assist her on her missions. Their personality quirks are numerous to the point that one wonders if she specifically searches for {{Bunny Ears Lawyer}}s.

An inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos, she's met Cain during his campaign of Gravallax, and he's remained her agent[[hottip:*:And a lover]] ever since.Amberley appears to be unusually unaffected by her experiences and knowledge, able to face the universe with a smile and a quip, only occasionally allowing the strain to show to her closest allies. To most who meet her, she appears as a cheerful, slightly whimsical young woman about as far from the normal appearance of an Inquisitor as it is possible to be (which is of course the point).

* BadassGrandpa -- Caractacus is an elderly sage in a robe. He's also regularly running through firefights with apparently little to no body armor, without hesitation.
** Justified in that he is almost entirely a machine.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight -- Brought down an entire syndicate with one murder frame up. Cain didn't see the problem with that.

A former fast food worker on Periremunda who got caught in a genestealer assassination attempt on Cain, and actually managed to kill a few. Hired by Amberley, she soon showed that she was competent enough in a firefight, and also served to run errands for Amberley in her disguise.

* UnusualEuphemism -- Even Amberley never figured out half of what she was saying.

* DestructiveSaviour -- Cain has favored this approach on at least four distinct separate occasions. Granted, all of them crossed the GodzillaThreshold. In his own words, no machinery can cost as much as a life of a single soldier.

* EatingTheEyeCandy: In ''The Traitor's Hand'' she was almost jealous of a picture of Slaaneshi artwork in a sexual position she had thought impossible. Cain assured her it wasn't, and even if it was, would be against regulations.

* EatingTheEyeCandy: In ''The Traitor's Hand'' she was almost jealous of a picture of Slaanishi artwork in a sexual position she had thought impossible. Cain assured her it wasn't, and even if it was, would be against regulations.

* ConsumateProfession: Something Cain likes.

[[folder:"Jinkie" Penlan]]

A sergeant in the Valhallan 597th, Penlan is noted for being very accident prone, leading to her nickname "Jinkie".

* BattleCouple: Vorhees and Drere. Grifen and Magot are implied.

* {{Cyborg}}: Drere, after needing an augmentic lung.

* SociopathicSoldier: Cain describes Magot as "a cheerfully sociopathic soldier".
* SergeantRock: Grifen

** She does however mourn the "death" of a servitor.

** And finally, let's not forget that it's possible that Cain considers himself a poor soldier by ''the standards of the Imperium'', a martyr culture if there ever was one.

A former Commissar who went off the deep end, he was placed with a combat drug injector and made part of Amberley's entourage.

* DrivenToMadness -- While a Commissar, he succumbed to battle stress and ordered a squad executed for failing to salute a superior officer during a live fire artillery barrage.
* ThePoliticalOfficer -- Used to be his job.

[[folder: Methius]]

* SwissMessenger -- He always finds some way to get Cain in trouble (accidentally getting him stuck on the wrong side of some doors or nearly getting him beaten to death by angry Tau sympathisers for example) without meaning to.

In contrast to the stereotype sometimes shown in the main {{Warhammer40000}} universe, where Valhallans fight with human-wave tactics reminiscent of the Great Patriotic War at its bloodiest, the Valhallans of the Cain-version of {{Warhammer40000}} are extraordinarily proficient and professional soldiers and almost unmatched in arctic environments.

* WeDoTheImpossible -- Cain's specialty, and the point of the series. His life is an endless cycle of being sent to a new assignment, find some way to get out of that assignment while still looking like he's doing something meaningful, accidentally stumble onto the ''real'' problem because everyone else was too focused on what was in front of their eyes to investigate, and then throw every resource at his disposal at that problem because any other option will get him killed. This inevitably inflates his reputation as a resilient, perceptive hero who Gets Things Done, which in turn gets him sent on more of these assignments...[[/folder]]

* WeakButSkilled -- While he's certainly no slouch by comparison to other humans, Cain is still only a bog-standard human himself (aside from a couple of augmetic fingers). Nevertheless, he has a preternatural ability to manipulate the situation to his advantage when he needs to.[[/folder]]

* AveMachina

* AveMachina: Actually subverted, as it was noted that she was more secular in her outlook than other tech-priests.

* AveMachina

* {{Expy}}: Any fans of {{Firefly}} reading this have already noticed that she bears more than a little resemblance to River Tam.

* MeaningfulName -- Mixed in with a bit of FridgeBrilliance. His first name was that of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas the rabbi who condemned Jesus]], referring to Cain being his own greatest critic, despite how much of a genuine hero he eventually becomes. Not to mention the biblical Caiaphas is condemned in ''DantesInferno'' as a ''hypocrite'' (which is more or less what Cain considers himself).

* DidNtThinkThisThrough: Went with a group of Mechanicus adepts to explore the Necron tomb, but they were all killed except for him.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Went with a group of Mechanicus adepts to explore the Necron tomb, but they were all killed except for him.

* TheCasanova -- He mentions several [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "non-regulation"]] relationships he has with a number of women who are invariably quite attractive, and a few more had been implied. His relationships with women were wide rather than deep, at least until he met Amberley.

* GenkiGirl

** She does however moron the "death" of a servitor.