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Ciaphas Cain (Novel Series)

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Echoes of the Tomb
===Echoes of the Tomb===
Having been transferred in late 928.M41 to brigade headquarters for becoming a Hero of the Imperium and having his talents wasted on a backwater artillery regiment (Valhallan 12th Field Artillery), Cain finds himself thrown into ever more dangerous situations due to the staff officers and his dashing reputation. Deciding for once that he would choose a menial mission instead of be assigned a lethal one, Cain, leaving Jurgen behind to handle office affairs, is sent to rendezvous with a [[Reclaimers]] battle barge in the Interitus system with the eventual destination the Viridian System. His immediate transport is the ''Omnissiah's Blessing'', a Mechanicus freighter under the command of a [[Magos]] '''Killian''' (not to be confused with a certain radical [[Inquisitor]], [[Ernst Stavros Killian]]). The Magos' target is Interitus Prime, a dead world which has something of [[archeotech]] interest to them. Before Cain can transfer he is invited down to the surface to advise on military matters. Flying deep into a crevasse in the planet, Killian and Cain land at the Mechanicus research camp. The [[techpriests]] present claim that have found strange heiroglyphs hieroglyphs on the walls of tunnels nearby as well as a strange metallic spider. On closer inspection Cain's instinct is to run. Gathered later at the camp, the attack comes, [[Wraiths]] and [[Necron Warrior]]'s pouring out of the walls and tunnels, whereupon escaping with Killian into the tunnels, Cain evades death. After some time they come to a chamber of machinery suffuses in green light, which Killian is enraptured by, only for a squad of battle damaged [[Necrons]] to appear out of a [[Warp Portal]] at one end of the chamber. They all aim at Cain after he destroys an injured one, only for Killian to take the shots, evaporating into nothing. Cain, losing his two primary fingers on his right hand, chooses to leap through the portal instead of face certain death by the Necrons. He finds himself in the company of [[Astartes]] in [[Terminator Armour]] seemingly on a raid on some form of Necron position. With charges laid, they retreat, much to Cain's pleasure.
===The Beguiling===
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