A shadow wraith is haunting Udinaas. The wraith tells him he was once a Tiste Andii, murdered and betrayed, but he can smell the Wyval blood within the slave. The wraith calls himself Wither and no longer wishes to serve the Edur. He asks to hide in Udinaas shadow, and promises to help serve the slave and hide the Wyval within him. Wither speaks to him of the betrayal perpetrated on the Andii by the Edur. He asks Udinaas to hunt along the shore and find something of his to return it to him, it turns out to be a sorcerously invested arrowhead. Wither asks Udinaas to resurrect it by chipping at the surrounding calcifications.