Errant visits two other retired Elder Gods, Sechul Lath (Knuckles) and Kilmandaros, in the Azath Tower. He tries to persuade them to re-enter the game, to challenge the new gods. The Bonehunters and Brys Beddict's Letherii troops hold war-games. Sandalath Drukorlat announces to Withal that it is time for them to leave Letheras. She decides to visit the Shake to question them about their legends concerning their Tiste Andii ancestors. They leave, with the three nachts following. Sinn and Grub explore the new warren, finding a desert landscape containing long-destroyed buildings and wagons.