The Emperor when he proudly observes Cain, Sly, Gaunt and Creed. “You may not realise it but these are what peak unaugmented human performance looks like.”
They’re augmented lol They have cybernetics and prosthetics which are classified as “augmentic”. However they are overall still human. Not super-human.
I like the idea/theory that Jurgen is at least somewhat aware that Cain's reputation is a bit overblown, but because Cain treats him like an actual person and he enjoys a much better quality of life than the average guardsman by being Cain's aide-de-camp, he just goes with it.
Gross!!! Jurgen absolute faith in Cain is his best quality... Jurgen lives a life free from fear in the face of the most horrific terrors the galaxy has to offer because it's just "part of the plan."
Commissar Cain was a great character to come up with . Such a departure from the personalities you come across in Warhammer . He and Gremaldus can get a easy laugh out of me anytime.
I'm so glad these novels were my introduction to 40k, along with Gaunt's ghosts. It's just so rare to get an actual PoV in 40k that isn't a brainwashed, homo-erotic (no problem with gays, just hate all the space marines dick riding each other and the primarchs) trans-human monster like we do with Cain. Every time he reflects on how fucked the situation would have been if it wasn't for his innate luck and the whole impostor syndrome complex he develops is dark in a comical way. I really like that the entire series is the personal memoirs of a jaded and tired man who's seen and done it all, being elaborated by an inquisitor with full access to the knowledge of the Imperium, something also unique for the setting. The Cain books do make the imperium seem a lot more reasonable on a lot of planets, so it actually keeps a good balance of satire and lets us root for the protagonists without coming off as pro-fascism. The main obstacle is almost always the dogmatic and militaristic elements within the various imperial factions and scheming politicians and not the evil aliens and cultist baddies. it's very much a nazis could have won ww2 if they weren't incompetent and blinded by hatred vibe. The way Guilliman operates in modern 40k is treated as something special and unknown, that he's a diplomat and a rational thinker, but some of the more human-centric 40k novels already have plenty of rational actors, diplomats, trade etc. Characters being forced to disobey orders and bypass the chain of command to avoid certain death due to the incompetence of the higher ups, often suffering immensely for doing the right thing, etc. I miss it.
...I believe Old Man Reacts put it well enough: ...'When the Emperor rises from the Golden Throne, because the Chaos Gods have somehow disappeared & died, I suspect Ciaphas Caine will be there--cup of Tanner Tea in one hand, all the while excusing the 4 dead Chaos Gods as Ciaphas Caine just doing his duty!"
*Tzeench: okay watch this shit - I'm going to take all the luck of these Lamenters and give it to this Ciaphas Cain dude! This is gonna be fcking hilarious!*
It's so good guys thanks so much. I see you aborderprince , Vox of the void, The Remembrancer and Tales of Terra!! Amber King you're channel is Legendary.
My theory is that Ciaphas Cain is actually super competent (like dueling injured chaos marines in close combat level), but has imposter syndrome as well as guilt over having common sense in galaxy can be considered a thought crime / heresy.
I can’t help but get the mental image of Ciaphas Cain as a Street Fighter character, but all of his combos are just him screaming “Jurgen!” followed by a disheveled trooper leaping in from offscreen to fire a melta blast at the commissar’s opponent.
@ that’s why I said all of his *combos* would be Jurgen. Or at least, his more powerful ones. Basic attacks would still be chainsword/laspistol type things.
@@willrogers3793 That makes more sense. I read that as "he just stands there and lets Jurgen do everything". Jurgens his ultimate It would probably be a lot less panicked and more "Jurgen, if you please" And then he just drops in from above and deletes over half the enemy's health bar with a single melta blast.
@KillerOrca "pretty good" is a massive understatement for one of the top 10 human swordsmen in the galaxy... Inquistor Amberly says he is the best swordsman in the Segmentum & there's only 7 Segmentums that make up the Imperium.
Good to hear A certain Border Prince! Hope you guys collab again! Sandy Mitchells Duty Calls would be the recommendation from this humble servant of the Emperor
My god amberking once again u make another golden egg heck man all your content on this channel is nothing but golden eggs. I am a huge Cain fan he is just a dude living in the warhammer 40k universe just trying to survive. And that survival always adds to his reputation as a hero this is why i like him so much. Ty amberking for making a Cain vid this is now my favorite vid on your entire channel ty sir.
Cain is one of my favorite unattended hero. He does enough to relax. But centuries he has been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Skill and alot of luck made him one of the greatest hero.
Any time I hear ABorderPrince as the Hero of the Imperium, I know victory is close at hand! Seriously though, his voice is my head canon for Cain and he needs to upload more Cain books to his channel.
Never read the deathly serious (and pompous) Gaunt's Ghosts series *after* Ciaphas Cain. Do it the other way around for the ideal 40k Heroic Commissar experience.
At this point I would like to thank you so much for making me/us understand Warhammer characters better! I lost count of how many videos I watched on your channel. If you get the chance, could you make one about Raldoron one day?
Jurgen is the Emperor's blessing personified. That's it. He dodged a couple without him, but really, his sidekick is indispensable for keeping him in one piece. In fact, when Jurgen isn't around, that's when he loses a piece.
I recently found these videos and I was waiting for the time I could actually help the algorithm after you posted it 🎉 (insanely good content plz don’t stop)
What an amazing story, Cain’s stories capture the thrill of adventure against suspense of Danger. I like how Cain is smart and resourceful. To many Warhammer stories are shot Xenos and it’s over. Cain’s story captures a more interesting versions of the Imperium.
You are now realizing that there's likely a "Caiphas Cain" opera, much in the same vein as the "Batman: The Musical" from Batman Beyond, within The Imperium. By the Warp, there's likely a Thunderbolt Fantasy-esque puppet performance based upon the legendary commisar. You're welcome.
Loved your video once again Amber King! Your channel has become a go-to suggestion for me to introduce newcomers into this grim darkness of a far future. It would be cool to see a video of Malcador, but sadly that would require Games Workshop to have more official work on the Sigilite. Wouldn't it be amazing if they made new work go into debt of the Emperor and Malcador first meeting each other, the other perpetuals leaving, and Malcador's role tutor and meditate with the primarchs? Can't wait for your next content!
Cain is just an absolute baller. I always start his stories think it's humdrum and then he absolutely owns it. Purely because he has to. I reckon the Emperor must absolutely love him. Bit of wildly effective light relief
Please, please, PLEASE post the full list of soundtracks you use for these videos. They are wonderful especially the one during the Cain and Amberley scene
They did, it was a limited edition black library figure. You can get 3d printed knock offs of them now if you dont have the $400+ they go for whenever they RARELY show up for sale....
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO, IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS!!!!!!! i really should finish the books tho, but uni is a pain and whenever im not studyin im playing some game or working out lol
No putting down the delivery or quality of the video, as it's one of the best I've ever watched, though I find it a tad immersion breaking that the youtube lore voice of Cain is the same as Yarrick. He's usually seen as more of a Rowan Atkinson/Blackadder kinda guy, comically bad at putting on a show of being brave, friendly and modest, though still getting away with it because everyone has a highly idealised image of him. It's also a bit immersion breaking that his "young" voice is the old, grizzled veteran voice and his head voice is a young man, when the memoirs are written by him at over 200 years of age. The Cain and Amberley narrating the story are old, like pushing the limits of life extension technology old, but for the first 100 years at least they would have been very youthful. I think Aborder Prince's voice would have been perfect to narrate Cain's memoirs if they were swapped around.
The Emperor when he proudly observes Cain, Sly, Gaunt and Creed.
“You may not realise it but these are what peak unaugmented human performance looks like.”
I'd throw in Col Schaffer from the. Last chancer books
They’re augmented lol
They have cybernetics and prosthetics which are classified as “augmentic”.
However they are overall still human. Not super-human.
Sing it with me now:
"CAI-CAI-CIAPHAS CAIN!"
HERO OF THE EMPIRUM!!!
The sideburns give him strength
*Chainsword Trumpet Noises*
Tea sir
HERO OF THE IMPERIUUUMM!!!!
I like the idea/theory that Jurgen is at least somewhat aware that Cain's reputation is a bit overblown, but because Cain treats him like an actual person and he enjoys a much better quality of life than the average guardsman by being Cain's aide-de-camp, he just goes with it.
Gross!!! Jurgen absolute faith in Cain is his best quality... Jurgen lives a life free from fear in the face of the most horrific terrors the galaxy has to offer because it's just "part of the plan."
Commissar Cain was a great character to come up with . Such a departure from the personalities you come across in Warhammer . He and Gremaldus can get a easy laugh out of me anytime.
I enjoyed the dry humor of eisenhorn
"My patience is limited, unlike my authority."
I'm so glad these novels were my introduction to 40k, along with Gaunt's ghosts. It's just so rare to get an actual PoV in 40k that isn't a brainwashed, homo-erotic (no problem with gays, just hate all the space marines dick riding each other and the primarchs) trans-human monster like we do with Cain. Every time he reflects on how fucked the situation would have been if it wasn't for his innate luck and the whole impostor syndrome complex he develops is dark in a comical way.
I really like that the entire series is the personal memoirs of a jaded and tired man who's seen and done it all, being elaborated by an inquisitor with full access to the knowledge of the Imperium, something also unique for the setting.
The Cain books do make the imperium seem a lot more reasonable on a lot of planets, so it actually keeps a good balance of satire and lets us root for the protagonists without coming off as pro-fascism. The main obstacle is almost always the dogmatic and militaristic elements within the various imperial factions and scheming politicians and not the evil aliens and cultist baddies. it's very much a nazis could have won ww2 if they weren't incompetent and blinded by hatred vibe.
The way Guilliman operates in modern 40k is treated as something special and unknown, that he's a diplomat and a rational thinker, but some of the more human-centric 40k novels already have plenty of rational actors, diplomats, trade etc. Characters being forced to disobey orders and bypass the chain of command to avoid certain death due to the incompetence of the higher ups, often suffering immensely for doing the right thing, etc. I miss it.
...I believe Old Man Reacts put it well enough:
...'When the Emperor rises from the Golden Throne, because the Chaos Gods have somehow disappeared & died, I suspect Ciaphas Caine will be there--cup of Tanner Tea in one hand, all the while excusing the 4 dead Chaos Gods as Ciaphas Caine just doing his duty!"
"My chief weapon is surprise, surprise and fear and an almost inexhaustible amount of dumb ass luck!"
THE EMPEROR PROTECTS
And an almost fanatical devotion to The Emperor...
Legendary 😂
*Tzeench: okay watch this shit - I'm going to take all the luck of these Lamenters and give it to this Ciaphas Cain dude! This is gonna be fcking hilarious!*
And it indeed was HILARIOUS said even Perturabo who dry chuckled. And then killed everyone who heard it.
Kinda
I came for Commissar Cain and left with a glorious channel to add to the Halls Of My Collection.
I too, came for Commissar Cain, in more ways than one.
@@fy3kor Slaanesh Seal Of Approval
Amber King on my Birthday??? Throne im feeling blessed!
Happy birthday!
Im a simple woman, i see a video starring Ciaphas Cain and i click. ❤
Jurgen is awesome once you get passed the smell. Real men carry a Melta.
This bothers me with Warhammer Darktide...the melta isn't in the game, now I will always be a soyboy reject.
@@Sharigan561 You can get close by powering your PC with gasoline !
It's so good guys thanks so much. I see you aborderprince , Vox of the void, The Remembrancer and Tales of Terra!! Amber King you're channel is Legendary.
My theory is that Ciaphas Cain is actually super competent (like dueling injured chaos marines in close combat level), but has imposter syndrome as well as guilt over having common sense in galaxy can be considered a thought crime / heresy.
Are you aware that he actually fought a chaos marine in 'traitors hand'?
Border prince is good people
I haven't told you this since your last video but you're fucking awesome. Never stop being great.
I can’t help but get the mental image of Ciaphas Cain as a Street Fighter character, but all of his combos are just him screaming “Jurgen!” followed by a disheveled trooper leaping in from offscreen to fire a melta blast at the commissar’s opponent.
Jurgen used meltagun. It was very effective.
To be fair he's canonically pretty good with a chainsword.
He'd probably play closer to that girl with the dolphins from Guilty Gear.
@ that’s why I said all of his *combos* would be Jurgen. Or at least, his more powerful ones. Basic attacks would still be chainsword/laspistol type things.
@@willrogers3793 That makes more sense. I read that as "he just stands there and lets Jurgen do everything".
Jurgens his ultimate
It would probably be a lot less panicked and more "Jurgen, if you please"
And then he just drops in from above and deletes over half the enemy's health bar with a single melta blast.
@KillerOrca "pretty good" is a massive understatement for one of the top 10 human swordsmen in the galaxy... Inquistor Amberly says he is the best swordsman in the Segmentum & there's only 7 Segmentums that make up the Imperium.
Can't wait to see this video about Jürgen's accomplishments!
Real men carry a Melta
I've been waiting years for this.
Good to hear A certain Border Prince! Hope you guys collab again! Sandy Mitchells Duty Calls would be the recommendation from this humble servant of the Emperor
Amazing video again man ! It really is peak 40k content, I hope you realise just how good your content is.
Lol, the dude is literally just reading the books...
@ 😱
My god amberking once again u make another golden egg heck man all your content on this channel is nothing but golden eggs. I am a huge Cain fan he is just a dude living in the warhammer 40k universe just trying to survive. And that survival always adds to his reputation as a hero this is why i like him so much. Ty amberking for making a Cain vid this is now my favorite vid on your entire channel ty sir.
Should be known as The Great Amber King. Because he is great.
MOOOOOD KIIINDRED
Cain is one of my favorite unattended hero. He does enough to relax. But centuries he has been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Skill and alot of luck made him one of the greatest hero.
Please bring beautiful oblivion, and this too shall pass sountracks back.
I 100% agree there amazing soundtracks ! But maybe he only uses those soundtracks for certain types of these videos ? Idk
Any time I hear ABorderPrince as the Hero of the Imperium, I know victory is close at hand!
Seriously though, his voice is my head canon for Cain and he needs to upload more Cain books to his channel.
Never read the deathly serious (and pompous) Gaunt's Ghosts series *after* Ciaphas Cain. Do it the other way around for the ideal 40k Heroic Commissar experience.
Great video about one of my favorite 40k characters thank you brother!
Yey! 🎉 😂 The character that is representative of the 40k enthusiasts
I can see why people like Cain so much. He feels so much more human than even the other regular humans not to mention the Astartes.
You're on track to 100k subs. Well deserved!
Honestly there is no way Cain isn’t mildly Blessed by Big E in some sort of way he has fought so many Enemies of the imperium and survives.
By the emperor, I’ve been waiting for this
Yo. This is amazing.lol He's such a g. Imagine if the imperium had more like this guy. Legendary work bro!
At this point I would like to thank you so much for making me/us understand Warhammer characters better! I lost count of how many videos I watched on your channel.
If you get the chance, could you make one about Raldoron one day?
U are the best 40k content creator on the fucking planet
hes just reading extracts from actual GW books.
Wouldnt you say the authors who actually crated those books are the best creators
Sullen "thanks for the chance"
Cain "uh .....yea sure "
Jurgen is the Emperor's blessing personified. That's it. He dodged a couple without him, but really, his sidekick is indispensable for keeping him in one piece. In fact, when Jurgen isn't around, that's when he loses a piece.
Love Cain, thanks for the video!
anyone else rewatching/listening ? :P
Great work mate amazing video
Another glorious video on the horizon, praise the emperor!
"And thus the prophet spake, frak this for my faith is a shield proof against thy blandishments" -alam mahat the book of caine
Did anyone else catch that jaws reference "I think we are going to need bigger guns."
One of the most entertaining characters in the entire setting. Never fails to amuse or thrill.
The story about the tau and genestealer plot was awesome. That whole thing had me hooked such a great story.
I recently found these videos and I was waiting for the time I could actually help the algorithm after you posted it 🎉 (insanely good content plz don’t stop)
The Emperors' finest Clown, fighting his funniest battles!
Hell Ya these two together are just fantastic !!
I really think is funny how i relistem to your new videos like 10 or more timer in the 1st two week and then listen them sporadically
What an amazing story, Cain’s stories capture the thrill of adventure against suspense of Danger. I like how Cain is smart and resourceful. To many Warhammer stories are shot Xenos and it’s over. Cain’s story captures a more interesting versions of the Imperium.
When will the Eisenhorn part 2 video be premiering?
Cannot wait for it. One of the best stories in this golden library.
You are now realizing that there's likely a "Caiphas Cain" opera, much in the same vein as the "Batman: The Musical" from Batman Beyond, within The Imperium.
By the Warp, there's likely a Thunderbolt Fantasy-esque puppet performance based upon the legendary commisar.
You're welcome.
Claymation here we come
Probably is on Perlia
Brilliantly done & thoroughly enjoyable. Thankyou
My favourite 40k character. Great stuff.
Loved your video once again Amber King!
Your channel has become a go-to suggestion for me to introduce newcomers into this grim darkness of a far future.
It would be cool to see a video of Malcador, but sadly that would require Games Workshop to have more official work on the Sigilite.
Wouldn't it be amazing if they made new work go into debt of the Emperor and Malcador first meeting each other, the other perpetuals leaving, and Malcador's role tutor and meditate with the primarchs?
Can't wait for your next content!
SOMEONE GET THE TANNA
Cain is just an absolute baller. I always start his stories think it's humdrum and then he absolutely owns it. Purely because he has to.
I reckon the Emperor must absolutely love him. Bit of wildly effective light relief
This got to be one of my favorite videos on ciaphas cain
Keep em coming! Love these!
I'm ready for part 2
Do you love me Hal 🫲😘🫱
Bro is everywhere
Needs to give you control of Lorecrimes
On no
Hal is scared of his feelings for me
Legendary content more cain if you would
One of my favorite characters!
Please, please, PLEASE post the full list of soundtracks you use for these videos. They are wonderful especially the one during the Cain and Amberley scene
Yeah some of the songs are awesome, I have been trying to find them too
Some sound to me like some of the songs from Mecanicus. The games
Would have loved to have seen an interaction between cain and yarick.
I wish gw would make a ciaphas cain model for the table top😔❤️🔥
They did, it was a limited edition black library figure. You can get 3d printed knock offs of them now if you dont have the $400+ they go for whenever they RARELY show up for sale....
Well done!
Best character in 40k
My body is ready.
As the Emperor wills.
Great pick
Gunner FIRST CLASS Jürgen. Excuse you very much.
Jurgen is the real goat in commissar cain’s sagas!
The emperor protects
*HERO OF THE IMPERIUM*
Hell yeah 💯
Thanks
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO, IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS!!!!!!!
i really should finish the books tho, but uni is a pain and whenever im not studyin im playing some game or working out lol
Amberley Vail. I was only half listening and am bad with new names yet her name stuck with me.
you misspelled death guard? ;)
You going to have his theme sound in it
That was good!
Jurgen is best boi
What is the song playing at 34:26? I have been looking for it, it's amazing piece!
What a Chad
Mood-kindred
Is there a skip at 30:18?
Zap Brannigan as a commissar
That was awesome! Can I just suggest female voice actors maybe
"maybe" as in expecting backlash from guys hating on women doing 40k
No putting down the delivery or quality of the video, as it's one of the best I've ever watched, though I find it a tad immersion breaking that the youtube lore voice of Cain is the same as Yarrick. He's usually seen as more of a Rowan Atkinson/Blackadder kinda guy, comically bad at putting on a show of being brave, friendly and modest, though still getting away with it because everyone has a highly idealised image of him.
It's also a bit immersion breaking that his "young" voice is the old, grizzled veteran voice and his head voice is a young man, when the memoirs are written by him at over 200 years of age. The Cain and Amberley narrating the story are old, like pushing the limits of life extension technology old, but for the first 100 years at least they would have been very youthful. I think Aborder Prince's voice would have been perfect to narrate Cain's memoirs if they were swapped around.
Yesss
Hearing ABP on here is a welcome treat.
Also, poor jurgan, that goofy American accent you gave him makes him sound just awful
Wish this wasn't a skim reading
Does amber king not use voice actors anymore?
ALGORITHM
Lets gooooooooooo
Stephen Perring is the voice of Commissar Cain. But a good effort
Listening, really hope this isn't AI text-speach-bloat. sounds like not.
Listen to some of his other stuff. Especially the darker material about some of the more important horus Heresy characters
Sorry but the voice for Cain is… not great in this one
Sorry but the writing of cain is awful even with the admirable work of prince, i remenber the bad experience
Is this a reupload? I swear you've done this one before
This one has part two and part one together.
Actually first time covering Cain
@TheAmberKing must've been another 40k channel I watch