Ciaphas Cain/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Accidental Hero]] -- Lots and lots of times.

* [[Action Survivor]]

* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] -- Skillfully invoked. If you examine what Cain actually ''does'' without his inevitable 5-page pooh-pooh explanation, he's the biggest damn hero in the entire universe, just one with a perverse sense of humility. On the other hand, accepting his explanation that he's "just lucky/unlucky" and that somehow ''every single'' allegedly self-serving and cowardly act he does accidentally results in him saving people's lives and looking good at it would make him even more of an aberration in the Warhammer 40K universe.

** In ''Caves of Ice'', there's a passage where he muses sadly about all the brave men and women he's seen die, and thinks he's probably the last man alive who even remembers them. Then, in ''Cain's Last Stand'', he feels a pang to realize he can't recall the face of a man who died in ''Death or Glory'' some seventy years before. Yeah, he seems '''really''' self-centered, doesn't he?

* [[I Owe You My Life]] -- It's never explicitly mentioned, but this may be one reason why Jurgen sticks so close to Cain. See the [[Ciaphas Cain/Fridge|Fridge Brilliance]] section for details.

* [[Kill It with Fire]] -- Jurgen's Meltagun has saved him and Cain a number of times.

* [[Loners Are Freaks]] -- In Jurgen's case, though, it's the freakishness which causes the social isolation. Most other people find blanks to be subtly unsettling and thus look down on them with contempt. The fact that Cain still treats Jurgen like a human being ought to is yet another sign that some readers use to claim that Cain has [[Hidden Depths|hidden strength of character]].

* [[Mage Killer]] -- Cain expects Vail to make him one of those, although she decides not to, as having a covert ops blank is indispensable. He still functions as one whenever Cain encounters an enemy with Warp powers.