 Alfred reveals to Haplo that his true, Sartan name is Coren, meaning "the chosen", a common Sartan name, but which Alfred hated when he woke up on Arianus and found that he was the only Sartan still alive there.But Haplo interprets the Sartan word as "to choose", and Alfred takes this as a sign, and becomes more determined to choose a path for himself.Xar takes Roland, Rega and Paithan to a feast he has prepared, but discovers that Zifnab has drunk all the poisoned wine.