When Garabon reached the lair of the Devanu pack, he set about him with great rage and slaughtered them without mercy. Then he freed the villagers who had not yet been killed, coming at last to his wife Mropa. He saw at once her bravery, for although she had been in great peril, she had thought only of the fate of her people; while the Devanu had massacred them for food, she had collected the bones of the dead and kept them safe with her. Garabon helped her to light a sacred fire where she could burn the remains, and the dead rose with the smoke of the fire into the sky where they might join the stars.

When the ritual was complete, Garabon took the skins of the Devanu and fashioned himself a cloak. Then he returned to his village with his people, and they rebuilt their dwellings and celebrated for a night and a day, for they knew that they would always be safe from the Devanu while Garabon lived among them.

Not long after, Mropa bore another child to Garabon, who was named Erak. When Garabon died and was taken up to Enar, Oran took up his shield and Erak his mace, and between them they continued to protect their people as their father had done.