Haplo departs again towards Death's Gate. Alfred has been hiding on Haplo's ship since their departure from Abarrach, but now Haplo's dog pushes Alfred out of the ship as it's heading into Death's Gate. Alfred wakes up in what he thinks is the Sartan mausoleum on Arianus, but then the other occupants wake up and he discovers they are living Sartan, in fact the very group of Sartan that performed the Sundering of the worlds. They are led by Samah, accompanied by his wife Orla and son Ramu.