Bedivera of Nikolaevna

Sister Bedivera of Nikolaevna was a highborn daughter of feudal world nobility inducted into the Order of the Ennobling Edict as a Battle Sister. Growing up the only heir of Nikolaevna's Archduke, Bedivera was caught up in the reintegration of her homeworld into the Imperium of Man by the Sisters Sabine of the Ennobling Edict. When her father balked at the restrictions to his personal power imposed by the articles of reintegration, the Sisters contacted the militant arm of their Order, who in turn carried out a decapitating purge on Nikolaevna's nascent rebellion. Alone among her family, Bedivera was spared from the purge by her governess, Estheria—herself one of the Sisters Sabine.
Recommended by Estheria to the Schola Progenium on Scholomance, Bedivera adapted well in time to the curriculum of her school and the tenets of the Imperial Creed, for which Estheria had surreptitiously prepared her. Passing her trials as a Novitiate with full marks, Bedivera was accepted into the ranks of the order which had sponsored her as a full Battle Sister, eager to prove her value to the God-Emperor of Man against his foes. The Ennobling Edict, however, only returned Bedivera to Nikolaevna at Estheria's request, where she soon found herself serving as a figurehead for the world's ongoing integration into the Imperium. Disheartened not to be serving the Emperor in the way she'd hoped, Bedivera found herself chafing against Palatine Estheria—returned the Order's militant ranks to serve as Nikolaevna's steward—and her indulgence in the luxuries afforded her by Bedivera's homeworld.
Thus, when a Rogue Trader associate of Canoness Emmalina visited Nikolaevna to help establish trade routes with the nearby Hive World of Olcanax, Bedivera seized on the chance to take part in the diplomatic voyage. Prevailing upon the Rogue Trader over Estheria's objections, Bedivera left her homeworld behind all too eagerly. While negotiations with the Olcanaxian governor were being prepared, the planet was besieged by the forces of the arch-enemy. Cast into the Underhive during the opening assault, Bedivera was forced to struggle against the undercity's dregs and errant Chaos forces alike to return to the surface, her faith tested by the bitter cynicism of the Ganger scum whose aid she enlisted to survive.
Category:Adepta Sororitas