: Marguerite chooses to face reality and moves to Milwaukee to escape the trauma of Lakeside, leaving Shadow behind.
: The ice breaks beneath Shadow, plunging him into the water where he discovers a graveyard of sunken vehicles containing the spirits of decades of missing children, including Marguerite’s son, Sandy.
: Mr. Wednesday meets with Mr. World and Czernobog. Mr. World offers the Old Gods nothing but a quiet, controlled surrender into obscurity.
: Shadow wakes up in the home of Ann-Marie Hinzelmann, who reveals herself to be a Kobold. She admits to sacrificing one child every few years to keep the town endlessly prosperous.