An elder points at the staff symbolizing the tribe's authority on a new grave and says, "Our ancestors have always followed the trail of the White Deer, first opened in the Snow Sea, to hunt. Now, the moment of the White Deer's call has come." When the White Deer appears, within the span of seven sunrises and sunsets, whichever of the old chieftain's two sons finds the White Deer first shall become the new leader, the backbone of the tribe.