While en route to the Palace to seek Rayek and Suntop’s aid, Dart and Trouble are ambushed by Karga Demonhunter, who has been spending turns honing her skills in the desert — and who takes Trouble’s life.
News of Trouble’s death and of Rayek’s and Suntop’s captivity in Blue Mountain reaches Lostholt; the Lostholt tribe Howls for the passing of Trouble, and Cutter announces his orders to his tribesmates with the crisis at hand.