 However, when a group of settlers is shipwrecked on a nearby island (Hoste Island), Kaw-djer assists them establish their colony, though he refuses to rule over them or control them in any way.However, when the colony falls victim to a fight for power, Kaw-djer is forced to temporarily abandon his own anarchistic principles.After he restores order, he abdicates and becomes a lighthouse-keeper, thereby retaining his individualism.