Page "The Fall of Hyperion" Paragraph 35

During the events of Hyperion, the pilgrims traveled to the Time Tombs while retelling their stories, which proved in each case to have been the storyteller's motive for participating in the final Shrike Cult pilgrimage.

At the beginning of the novel, the pilgrims wait as a sandstorm occurs in the valley.

Father Hoyt, hoping to die to relieve himself of the intense pain inflicted by his cruciform, staggers to one of the Tombs, the Jade Tomb.

Here, he attempts to commit suicide, but is killed by the Shrike before he can do this.

Brawne Lamia, who noticed Hoyt's disappearance, traces him to the Jade Tomb and encounters the Shrike.

She fires at it with a pistol, but it is unharmed and disappears.

Kassad observes these events quietly, hoping to lure the elusive female Moneta and the Shrike into his presence, so that he may confront and potentially kill them.