John starts around the center of the area. Talking to the salamanders in the area has them tell him of how The Slumbering One made a deal with Dersite Agents, created the Imps, clogged the planet with oil and brought eternal cloud cover over him. They also explain to him how this can be reversed by waking and killing Typheus. Two salamanders explain the Parcel Pyxis system to John. Near them are parcel pyxis in which he finds two minitablets carved by his Dad, and sends him a hat and a shoe in return, without knowing who he is sending them to.