The Beggar's Note is a note given to Thomas Covenant at the beginning of Lord Foul's Bane and reads as follows: A real man- real in all the ways that we recognize as real - finds himself suddenly abstracted from the world and deposited in a physical situation which could not possibly exist: sounds have aroma, smells have color and depth, sights have texture, touches have pitch and timbre. There he is informed by a disembodied voice that he has been brought to that place as a champion for his world. He must fight to the death in single combat against a champion from another world. If he is defeated, he will die, and his world- the real world- will be destroyed because it lacks the inner strength to survive. The man refuses to believe that what he is told is true. He