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Ephrael Stern alongside her [[Harlequin]] companion [[Kyganil]] appeared again in the [[Imperium Nihilus]], fighting her way from world to world trying to redeem herself and discover the [[Black Library of Chaos|Black Library]] to preserve the knowledge of the fallen Sisters within her. On the world of [[Parastas]] she battles [[Daemon]]s while seeking a relic known as the Skull of [[Saint Aphrania]]. After defeating the [[Great Unclean One]] [[Thylissix]], she discovers the skull only to have it crumble in her hand. Falling into despair, she then experiences a vision that she interprets as symbolizing the death of the [[Emperor]] and the fall of the [[Imperium]].{{Fn|3a}} Afterwards, she meets with the [[Ordo Xenos]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Dagover]] and his retinue, who reveals that he has been seeking her for over a century.{{Fn|3b}} After preserving [[Exterminatus]] on Parastas, they leave on the [[Inquisitorial Black Ship]] ''[[Iudex Ferox]].{{Fn|3c}}
Aboard the ''Iudex Ferox'', Dagover and Stern discuss their next steps. At KuganilKyganil's advice, they decide to find [[Yvraine]] of the [[Ynnari]]. Entering the [[Webway]], they are able to find Yvraine and learns about the return of [[Roboute Guilliman]]. Yvraine agrees to help Stern investigate her vision of the Imperium's end, provided Kyganil seek out a [[Solitaire]]. Stern then prays and receives a vision of her next destination: the [[Forge World]] of [[Severitas]] on the other side of the [[Great Rift]]. Upon arriving at Severitas, the group helps rescue a force of the [[Order of Our Martyred Lady]] under [[Canoness]] [[Macrina]] from a [[Heretic]] attack. Stern is recognized by one of the older Sisters and quickly condemned a heretic. Fighting between Stern and the Sororitas is only avoided due to the intervention of Inquisitor Dagover.{{Fn|3c}}
Stern and Dagover agree to fight the [[Chaos]] forces on Severitas alongside the Sisters, believing they are led by a powerful [[Master of Possession]]. The Chaos forces launch an attack on the central Cathedral to the Emperor with both Daemons, [[Daemon Engine]]s, and the reanimated corpses of fallen Sisters. Stern is able to use her massive psychic powers to beat back the attack and realizes that she is the main target of the enemy attack.{{Fn|3d}} The Imperials fall back to the Cathedral as Stern vows to eliminate [[Varak Ghar]], the [[Word Bearers]] Master of Possession, alone. Using the mass sacrifice of his [[Cultist]] followers, Ghar is able to bring his temple to the [[Chaos Gods]] to life and uses it to capture Stern.{{Fn|3e}}
