Ephrael Stern
From Lexicanum
Sister Ephrael Stern 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.
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.
After this she was sent to the world of Parnis for an investigation into the lost convent of the Orders Pronatus. Whatever happened there remains a mystery. Only Sister Stern returned, the sole survivor of the forces sent there, with her sanity stretched to the limit.
The Inquisition subsequently sent in Inquisitor Silas Hand to investigate what happened on Parnis. During this investigation Hand was killed and again, Sister Stern was the sole survivor of the expedition. She is currently hunted by the Ordo Malleus. 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 Primarchs.
Sources
- Background information: Villany & Infamy - GW UK website (accessed 2007.02.28)
- Daemonifuge (Graphic Novel Series)
