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Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.

  • Emperor's Ward by the Naked Pen
    • Recommended by Emerald, Specialist290, Cryptic Mirror
    • Status: Complete
    • Synopsis: With Commissar Ciaphas Cain lounging around in a luxurious hospital with a broken leg, he finally seems to be out of danger. But when a Chaos shuttle rams the building and cultists swarm the corridors, a Commissar's gotta do what a Commissar's gotta do.
    • Tags: Original Flavour

  • Cain The-Last-Cup by gameboy5432
    • Recommended by Duras 1989
    • Status: Complete
    • Synopsis:The 41st Millenium is coming to an end, the 13th Black Crusade is at its peak, countless worlds destroyed, by the Great Enemy, The Orks run rampant, the Tau have expanded, The Eldar are attacking, the Necrons are awakening, the Golden Throne is breaking down, and our favorite commisar drinks his last cup of tanna, as his final adventure unfolds
    • Tags: Original Flavour
    • Comments:
      • SuperTulle: YMMV on the original flavour, personally I find it campy. The general premise is rather ridiculous, and the OC characters are obvious expies of Horatio Hornblower and Sharpe.
      • It...was made clear that this is is a fanfic based on Ciaphas Cainnote  was it not?

  • Bane of Cain by the Naked Pen

  • Service in His Shadow by Mike Stormm
    • Recommended by Gadeel, The Wandering Monster
    • Status: Complete
    • Synopsis: Commissar Ariel Abel didn't want much in life, just to work her job and get credit when credit was due. Too bad her career's about to be overshadowed by the enormous, and fraudulent, reputation of Hero of the Imperium, Commissar Ciaphas Cain.

  • On Emperor's Day by Mike Stormm
    • Recommended by The Wandering Monster
    • Status: Complete
    • Synopsis: Holiday cheer is in full effect as Commissars Cain and Abel and the Valhallan 597th celebrate Emperor's Day. But in the 41st millennium, the big red man coming down the chimney isn't your friend!

  • The Annals of St. Ciaphas by beautifultoastdream
    • Recommended by: Theriocephalus
    • Status: Two one-shots.
    • Synopsis: "And so it came to pass that the most faithful servant of the Emperor, Ciaphas Cain, did pass into His Grace at the age of one hundred and thirty-four. He was buried with all the honors accrued to him in his long life of service to the glory of the Imperium of Man. Yet it was whispered among some of the regiments whom he had so served that Cain's loyalty to Him-on-Earth would not be chained by death, and that he who had fought and bled for Him would not refuse the call to aid His people again..." —Excerpt from the Hagiography of St. Ciaphas of Valhalla and Perlia, M42

      "Stop frakking praying to me!" —Unknown piece of paper found on Valhalla, M42
    • Comments: Cain becomes an Imperial Saint after death and is extremely irritated by this development. Humorous and entirely in-character.

    Alternate Universe Fics 
  • Ciaphas Cain: Warmaster of Chaos by Zahariel
    • Recommended by bissek
    • Status: In Progress
    • Synopsis: Instead of arranging to go to the Valhallan 12th, Cain arranges to be assigned to the PDF of the planet Slawkenburg. Once there, he ends up getting caught up in a revolution after the Planetary Governor murders his lover, and ends up liberating the planet from the corrupt nobility. Only afterwards does he learn that Emeli was a witch (now a Daemon), most of the rebels were heretics, and he is now a wanted traitor marked for death by the Inquisition...
    • Now has a Trope Page.

    Crossover Fics 
Stories which crossover with other characters or works.

  • Poker Night by Academia nut (writer of Thousand Shinji and Big Sister)

  • Maximum Power! by Obsessed Nuker
    • Recommended by SAMAS
    • Crossover with: Lyrical Nanoha
    • Status: First and last chapter published Dec 11, 2009
    • Synopsis: Cain and the Valhallan 597th find themselves sharing an assignment with another unit: the 6th Mid-Chlidan, and their infamous (but cute!) white-suited Commissar.

  • Lovehammer by Arkado
    • Recommended by SAMAS, Cryptic Mirror
    • Crossover with: Sailor Moon
    • Status: Dead
    • Synopsis: Immediately after finally conquering the Earth, the God-Emperor of Man discovers a tiny baby girl on the battlefield. An infant reincarnation as powerful as he is, thrown from her home dimension by a spiteful act of the forces of Chaos. The Emperor gains a daughter. The Primarchs gain Neo-Queen Serenity as their big sister... Fast forward ten thousand years where the Galaxy may be Grim, but not nearly as Dark. Ciaphas Cain and the 597th have been deployed to the world of planet of Hades VI to help it's eccentric and heavily-armed PDF with an Ork Incursion. In the midst of battle, Cain stumbles upon a capsule containing something that inspires even him to selfless devotion: An Anima of the Imperium, Daughter of the Emperor, but you may call her Hotaru. Has its own trope page.

  • Accidental Hero of the Galaxy
    • Recommended by Sithking Zero
    • Crossover with: Mass Effect
    • Status: Complete
    • Synopsis: Commander Shepard. Hero of the Skyllian Blitz. First human Spectre. Kleptomaniac Hero. Potential savior of humanity and the known galaxy. Pity no one asked him what HE thought of all this...
    • Note: Doesn't actually have Ciaphas, but follows the story of Mass Effect with a very Cain-esque Shepard, complete with footnotes at the end of every chapter.

  • More Tales from the Black Millenium by Michael Khale
    • Recommended by Dellanotte
    • Crossover with: Blackadder
    • Status: Dormant
    • Synopsis: "Wherein Blackadder meets Ciaphas Cain. Hilarity ensues."
    • Tags: Humor

  • A Squelch of Empires by Eleventh Century Remnant
    • Recommended by Tropers/Mew_at_heart
    • Crossover with: Star Wars
    • Status: Dormant
    • Synopsis: A research project by the Galactic Empire creates a bridge between the universes of Star Wars and Warhammer 40,000 and Imperial forces on each side travel across. On the Warhammer 40,000 side, both the somewhat unorthodox captian of the (Galactic) Imperial deep recon ship Black Prince and our favorite Hero of the Imperium (of Man) try to keep both sides from killing each other and keep the (Galactic) Empire's much faster ships out of the appendages of Chaos. On the Star Wars side, Amberly Veil and her retinue try to survive after the squabbling of her fellow Inquisitors botches the crossing of the Imperium (of Man)'s attack group.
      • Highlights include, but are not limited to, some very Scottish (and borderline-heretical) Astartes, Cain goading a Khornate-posessed (Galactic) Imperial capital ship into suicide by stupidity, and (Galactic) Imperial stormtroopers epically failing to obey Tzeentchian influence.
      • Another highlight is the following hilarious description of the actions of a chaos-corrupted Galactic Empire ship: Ex-HIMS Bucinator was, absurdly, frolicking. It was hard to get a seven-kilometre battle cruiser to do that, but whatever controlling intelligence was in charge on board, it was firing the main engines in an irregular-spiral pattern, sending the ship tumbling this way and that; good evasion, but hopeless fire tactics.
    • Tags: Humor

  • The Sensei From the Imperium by Eyeshield
    • Recommended by OldtimerHun, VictorioMWolff-Haddock
    • Crossover with: Blue Archive
    • Status: Ongoing
    • Synopsis: Ciaphas Cain's storied life finally comes to a peaceful end. After centuries of dutiful service, he hoped that Him on Earth would finally grant him eternal peace. Instead, he's thrown into a city run by nigh-immortal school girls with guns, tasked with making sure it all doesn't fall apart. From being a Hero of the Imperium, Ciaphas Cain becomes a Sensei From the Imperium!

  • Jurgen, Get the Melta! by The Great Wizzard
    • Recommended by: VictorioMWolff-Haddock
    • Crossover with: Goblin Slayer
    • Status: Ongoing
    • Synopsis: After his last harrowing adventure and near death experience, Commissar Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM, finds himself 'battling' untold hordes of greenskins that only Slaanesh could love from far beyond The Emperor's reach. Only the new allies he meets on this Emperor forsaken planet can help him escape in one piece and enjoy his retirement. May The Emperor have mercy on them.
    • Comments: Cain's usual sthick are more believable to this world's natives thanks to his Chainsword and Jurken's Melta, which may be necessary, now that his galaxy's Xenos might ends up here as well...

  • Sasuke Uchiha: HERO OF KONOHA! by clockworkchaos
    • Recommended by: SAMAS
    • Crossover with: Naruto
    • Status: Dead
    • Synopsis: More a crossover of concept rather than character. The story from Sasuke's point of view, if Sasuke was really more like Ciaphas Cain (HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!).

  • Ainz & Cain: The extra suspicious Astartes Chapter (and WAAAGH) by Snowmistys
    • Recommended by: VictorioMWolff-Haddock
    • Crossover with: Overlord (2012)
    • Status: Ongoing
    • Synopsis: Ainz gets Isekaid' into 40k and the planet blows up. Cain has morning tea and embarks on his hundred-and-seventh suicide mission. Just another average day in the Imperium.
    • Comments: How else can one explain an accidental clashing between two Feigning Intelligence besides hilarious disaster?

    Shipping Fics 
Stories whose primary focus is on romantic or sexual relationships between the cast.

No such material has been released, as it covers personal matters of no interest to anyone else.
Amberly Vail, Ordos Xenos.


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