in search of the flying mountain home of the Smith and the Snail Woman, the only beings capable of repairing Baldy's cauldron. They camp for the night in a wasteland that was the site of a former a kingdom destroyed by the Nameless One, a once powerful king and wizard who could not be killed, and was punished by unknown terrible means.

The group discovers an ancient tomb in which they encounter a mysterious, ghostly woman. Civet, believing the spirit may help her to recover her magic, allows it to possess her; after the others rescue