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The Distaff was eventually all but wiped out by mercenaries, although Bequin and a few other blanks managed to survive. Later, Bequin suffered an embolism brought on by the extreme stress caused by trying to use her anti-psychic ability on the Chaos [[Titan]] [[Cruor Vult]]. She was put onto life support, with recovery not expected.{{Cite This}}
In 461.M41 the ship holding her stasis tube went missing during a routine jump. Most probably around the same date, Alizebeth Bequin was reborn on the planet [[Sancour]] ([[Scarus Sector|Sector Scarus]], [[Angelus Subsector|Subsector Angelus]]) and specifically in the [[Hive City]] of [[Queen MaabMab]] (southern emisphere of Sancour, prefecture of Hercula). The [[Cognitae]] somehow retrieved Bequin's original genetic material in order to produce a quasi-clone of her.{{Fn|2b}}{{Fn|2c}}{{Fn|2d}}
The new Bequin (dubbed '''Beta Bequin''' or '''Beta'''){{Fn|2e}} was raised as an orphan in the Scholam Orbus in Queen MaabMab. She was then selected to enter the adjoining facilities of the Maze Undue. The latter was a Cognitae-run training facility for psychic blanks where masking, covert operations, weapon training and the best use of the pariah trait were taught.{{Fn|2e}}{{Fn|2f}}{{Fn|2g}}
Once the Maze Undue was razed by Inquisitorial agents led by Inquisitor [[Gideon Ravenor]], Bequin was sold to the local Ecclesiarchy who intended to conduct experiments with her. Heretical memebers of the Ecclasiarchy, with the aid of elements of the [[Word Bearers]] Chaos Space Marines, seemingly succeded in using Bequin to speak [[Enuncia]] without her being harmed in any way. Thanks to the intervention of Inquisitor [[Gregor Eisenhorn]], she successfully fled before any further steps could be done through the project. She was finally brought to the house of [[Alace Glaw]] where an [[Emperor's Children]] [[Chaos Space Marine]] named [[Teke]] "The Smiling One", wanted to use her to find an access to the [[City of Dust]]. This fabled city was in reality a twin of Queen Maab Mab but set into another dimension and a first attempt to open a stable passage through the [[Immaterium]] much like the Eldar [[Webway]]. {{Fn|2b}}{{Fn|2c}}{{Fn|2g}}{{Fn|2h}} After evading multiple foes, Bequin was freed from [[Gideon Ravenor]]'s activity by [[Cherubael]] and agreed to work with him to hunt down the mysterious [[King in Yellow]].{{Fn|2i}}
Eisenhorn and Bequin traveled to the city of Queen Mab on the world of [[Sancour]] to attempt to research on how to enter the [[City of Dust]], the rumored pocket dimension which served as the hiding place of the Yellow King.{{Fn|1}} During the search for the City of Dust Bequin reestablished contact with Gideon Ravenor, who formed a temporary alliance with his former Inquisitor colleague. Coming to work with Ravenor, she was part of an entourage which included [[Comus]], [[Renner Lightburn]], and [[Patience Kys]].{{Fn|3a}} Bequin was able to eventually enter the City of Dust, where she encountered apparent clones of her Cognitae "academy" classmates [[Judika]] and [[Faria]]. These figures summoned presumably [[Custodes|Custodians]] to take her before the Yellow King, Alizebeth panicked and used [[Enuncia]] to escape. However the group was able to recover a book which held the full name of the Yellow King, the first two words of which were [[Constantin Valdor]].{{Fn|3b}}
