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However, despite his survival, the Lieutenant Commander had to relearn everything, as his new body was greatly stronger and moved differently than his old one. The process was difficult and Incarius became increasingly frustrated and rageful. These outbursts of emotion, plus finally accepting he was truly trapped within the Veil, seemed to break down the logical and detached personality the Mentors had instilled upon Incarius. This led the Lieutenant Commander to begin doubting himself as a Space Marine and his abilities as a warrior{{Fn|1m}}. Incarius was still contemplating his new reality, when the Celestial Lions' Chapter Master, [[Ekene Dubaku]], later arrived aboard the Hex with an armed escort. Despite the Spears outnumbering the Lions, it was Dubaku who led the Imperial forces defending the Veil and he was beloved by all. The Chapter Master had come asking Brêac and the Third Warhost, for aid though, as the Lions' Homeworld, [[Elysium IX]], was now in the path of the Pure's forces. It was too late to save the world, but he had ordered an evacuation to begin and asked if the Third Warhost could protect the fleeing civilian ships. Brêac readily agreed, but shortly after that, Dubaku was suddenly decapitated. Mayhem erupted as the Chapter Master's body fell and the Space Marines fired upon a fleeing shape, whose speed allowed it to evade their fire. In the confusion though, Incarius and Anuradha were blamed for Dubaku's death, as they were outsiders who were the only ones likely to have done it. They were quickly placed within a prison cell{{Fn|1n}} and an outraged Incarius realized at once that the Mentors must have known about Kartash from the start. He was convinced that his Chapter had willingly aided the [[Inquisition]] in dealing yet another blow to the Celestial Lions and had used him as a sacrificial pawn to do it. The full truth of the Mentors' betrayal shook him to his core and made Incarius question the training and knowledge he had learned from them. Luckily for both Incarius and Anuradha, however, the Druid Ducarius later used his psychic powers to view their memories and saw that they were innocent. They were then freed and Ducarius showed them a piece of bloody torn cloth, that was found in the room Dubaku was killed in. It was from the robe of a Mentors' Helot and as Anuradha had not been shot, it pointed to only one culprit: Kartash.{{Fn|1d}}
As Incarius joined the hunt for the traitorous Helot, he ordered Anuradha to return to her room for her safety. However, Kartash later went to Anuradha's room to ask her to aid him in escaping from the Hex, in return for promising to free her from being a Helot. As he talked to her, though, Anuradha was both able to signal Incarius and use the [[Vortex Grenade|Void Grenade]] she had secretly armed herself with. When Incarius and Brêac soon arrived, they saw that Kartash was in fact a shape-shifting [[Callidus Assassin]], who trying to escape the Warp rift the Void Grenade had created. The two Space Marines would not given him that chance though and launched an attack that killed Kartash by cutting his body in half{{Fn|1d}}. Afterwards, the Spears began a coverup that would ensure the Mentors and the Inquisition never learned that Dubaku had been killed by their assassin. To add a finishing detail to their plan, the Hex then traveled to the Straits of Epona and shot an emergency beacon pod into it. The pod contained a message, stating that the Spears had found the wreckage of the Sword Frigate In Devout Abjuration, with no survivors aboard it. They did, however, discover evidence that the Inquisition had plotted to continue their vendetta against the Lions, by interfering with the Chapters protecting Elara's Veil. Because of this, the Spears swore that any Imperial ship entering the Veil, bearing the symbols of the Mentors or Inquisition would be immediately destroyed on sight. With that done, Incarius and Anuradha willingly cast off the colors of their old Chapter and were welcomed by Brêac into the Spear's Third Warhost. The former Lieutenant Commander, would soon embrace the Spear's culture, but before that began Anuradha suggested a new name for him, translated from Brêac's '''Vargantes''' tribal dialect. When he heard it, Incarius readily accepted it and with that, he became known as '''Vadhán''' or in [[Low Gothic]], '''False Scorpion'''.{{Fn|1a}}
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