 The Ila, however, is interested in the "mad" and orders that they be rounded up and brought across the desert to Oburan.The Ila singles out Marak, because he and his father had launched an unsuccessful rebellion against her.She queries Marak on the nature of these visions and voices, and, intimidated by her holiness, he tells her they appear to come from the east where there is a silver tower he is drawn to.