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Lieutenant Kage miraculously managed to survive his fall into the lava, and healed within weeks. Believing that the Emperor had both saved his life and permanently purged the daemon from his body, Kage took on the moniker of "The Burned Man". Gathering a slew of underhivers, deserted Guardsmen and even an Ork [[Nob]] under his command{{Fn|7b}}, he managed to carve out a small area of safety for citizens until Schaeffer found out about his survival and collected another band of Last Chancers to kill Kage, believing he was either a traitor or still possessed.{{Fn|7a}}
Although Schaffer and his unit were captured by Kage's army, they were forced to work together after a daemonic incursion occurred nearby, resulting in both Imperium and Ork units fleeing from a superior force of [[Bloodletter|Bloodletters]] led by a [[Bloodthirster]].{{Fn|7c}} As it became evident that such incursions were occuring all across the planet{{Fn|7d}}, Kage and Schaeffer simply attempted to keep as many Imperial citizens alive as possible while rendezvousing with other forces such as a group of wastelanders. The group sought refuge with a convent garrisoned by [[Sisters of Battle]]{{Fn|7e}} and took severe casualties fighting [[Khorne Berzerker|Khorne Berzerkers]] until a [[Salamanders]] task force arrived to assist them.{{Fn|7f}}.
From thereon, the combined forces hatched a plan to close the main Warp incursion, which was high in Armageddon's sky- and growing larger with every drop of blood spilled on the planet.{{Fn|7g}} While the main contingent of Battle Sisters and Salamanders cleared the way towards the Warp tear, Kage's forces infiltrated an Ork base and kidnapped a [[Weirdboy]] [[Warboss]] of immense psychic power by using Oaheb's powers as a [[Blank]] to nullify it's effect.{{Fn|7h}} They then, in a suicidal action meant to save Armageddon, took a drop ship directly into the Warp tear and allowed the Weirdboy to explosively channel it's psyker energies akin to a bomb.{{Fn|7i}} While this had the effect of closing the warp tear, the time within was shifted to such an extent that the closing occurred fifty years after they entered, well after the establishment of the [[Great Rift]]. Only Schaeffer and Kage would escape the Warp alive, and both had set their new course on making another team of Last Chancers to help combat the perils threatening humanity.{{Fn|7j}}
