He sees his father beheaded and the head put on a spike. Lam-ang then goes off in search of his father, leaving his grieving mother behind. Aware that her child was a blessed, exceptional creature, his mother Namongan allows him to go. At barely nine months, Lam-ang goes to search for Don Juan in the highlands where the latter was said to have gone. His adventures begin when his father, Don Juan, set out for a battle but never returned. Lam-ang is an extraordinary being, manifesting when he begins to speak in his early years, thus enabling him to choose his own name.