Shortly after her advancement to the rank of Director, Dasha Eltsina challenged Kadath's position as Guildmaster, claiming that his policies were outdated and that his dealings had doomed the Guild to obscurity. She called Kadath to a meeting on Volstoy, where she demanded that he give up his title. Furious, Kadath declared her disbarred from the Guild, and struck down two of her personal bodyguards as they attempted to restrain him. He left Eltsina unharmed and fled from Volstoy, but the event was well-documented and Eltsina had little trouble rallying several important Guild members to her banner. This was the beginning of the Guild War, a long and costly proxy conflict between Eltsina's followers and Kadath's mercenaries, a conflict in which Eltsina was ultimately victorious.