 He wakes inside a tomb and is once again accompanied by the Hierodules Ossipago, Barbatus and Famulimus, as well as the dead body of Apu-Punchau.It is revealed that Severian is an eidolon, a ghost-like being become material, and that he actually died on Tzadkiel's ship.Once more, now with the help of the Green Man, Severian flees through the Corridors of Time.