The Tenescowri have overrun the city of Capustan, climbing on top of each other and dying by the score. Itkovian sees some of the women raping the dead and dying, and others eating their fallen comrades. Itkovian is struck with disgust and hatred at the Pannion Seer for doing this to his people, and frustrated because it seems to be working. Riding a warhorse, he wades into the fray, killing more people than he ever has before. At one point, he sees his Grey Swords physically swallowed by the mass of Tenescowri and realizes that he's fighting on top of a veritable sea of corpses. Accepting his impending death, he says a prayer to Fener, and orders his warhorse to go on the attack. Both he and his horse receive grievous wounds, but he slowly notices the horse is moving towards a clearing in