The [[Inquisition]] sent in [[Inquisitor]] [[Silas Hand]] to investigate what happened on Parnis, taking Stern with him. During this investigation the Sisters in the Screaming Cage finished their work and poured the last of their secrets on how to fight chaos as well as their power into her. Inquisitor Hand sacrificed himself to defeat the demon Asteroth, and once again Sister Stern was the sole survivor of the expedition. Stern is hunted by the [[Ordo Malleus]] as well as chaos powers such as the sorcerer [[Ahriman]], who she died a second time to escape from, stabbing herself in her heart to escape his grasp. Buried, she was revived by the gift given to her by her fallen sisters, a light of the warp but not of the warp, a second and final time, Ephrael finally embraced her power and using them freely, defeating even a [[Culexus]] Assassin, overwhelming it's its abilities with her own. Ephrael Stern was last seen traveling with an Eldar known as the Pariah to the Black Library using her abilities to access the webway. 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 [[Primarch]]s.