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Sister '''Ephrael Stern''', also known as the Thrice-Born, was promised before birth to the [[Sisters of Battle]], and raised at the [[Saint Sabbat]] [[Schola Progenium]] on the planet Antigone's Harbour. She was submitted for consideration by the Arch Drill-abbot of the school and was accepted by Sister Patricia from the [[Order of the Holy Seal]].
==History==
===Daemonifuge===
Sister Stern excelled as a novice, and took her Oaths of Adherence together with five hundred other novices at the [[Ecclesiarchal Palace]] on [[Terra]]. She was chosen to join the [[Order of Our Martyred Lady]]. After this she was stationed on [[Ophelia VII]] where an exemplary service record led to her being elevated to the rank of [[Seraphim]] in record time. Three years later she was ordained as a [[Sister Superior]].
The [[Inquisition]] sent in [[Inquisitor]] [[Silas Hand]] to investigate what happened on Parnis, taking Stern with him. During this investigation the Sisters in the Screaming Cage finished their work and poured the last of their secrets on how to fight chaos as well as their power into her. Inquisitor Hand sacrificed himself to defeat the demon Asteroth, and once again Sister Stern was the sole survivor of the expedition. Stern was hunted by the [[Ordo Malleus]] as well as chaos powers, such as the sorcerer [[Ahriman]], who she died a second time to escape from, stabbing herself in the heart to escape his grasp. Buried, she was revived by the gift given to her by her fallen sisters, a light of the warp but not of the warp. Ephrael finally embraced her power and defeated a [[Culexus]] Assassin, overwhelming its abilities with her own. Ephrael Stern was last seen traveling with an Eldar known as the Pariah to the Black Library, using her abilities to access the webway. Though the Ordo believes she presents an extreme danger to the [[Imperium]], and has issued orders for her destruction, some members of the Ordo think she might be Mankind's greatest hope since the [[Primarch]]s.
===Indomitus Crusade===
Ephrael Stern appeared again during the [[War in the Pariah Nexus]] as part of the [[Indomitus Crusade]]. Commanding a portion of the [[Order of Our Martyred Lady]] and [[Order of the Bloody Rose]], she proved to be a constant thorn in the side of [[Illuminor Szeras]], who was not able to understand or counter her faith-based power. Indeed, her power of faith was unable to be suppressed by the [[Pariah Nexus]], giving the Imperials a vital edge in the conflict.{{Fn|2}}
==Wargear==
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*{{Endn|1}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/04/04/the-warhammer-preview-online-2-heroes-heretics-and-a-squirrelgw-homepage-post-1fw-homepage-post-1/ Warhammer Community: Heroes, Heretics and a Squirrel (posted 4/4/2020)] (last accessed 4/2/2020)
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Psychic Awakening: Pariah]] - Battle of the Gates
*[http://uk.games-workshop.com/witchhunters/villainy-infamy/2/ Background information: Villany & Infamy - GW UK website] ''(accessed 2007.02.28)''
*[[Daemonifuge (Graphic Novel Series)]]
