Zlepe foi morto por um agente chelgrian quando chegou à entidade Beidite Critoletli. A breve descrição de seu agressor (" - medo e a repentina dor lacrimejante, o enorme rosto de pele branca preenchendo sua visão de repente" ) combina com vários Chelgrians que sabemos que estavam envolvidos no enredo, mais especialmente o 'pesado' (Eweirl) que o estodiano trouxe para o encontro com Quilan durante seu treinamento. Sua pele branca é mencionada pelo menos oito vezes no livro.
Em última análise, Zlepe estava sendo muito indiscreto (sinalizando sua localização várias dezenas de dias antes de sua chegada) e o fato de que um cidadão da Cultura que estava inesperadamente próximo ao teste de armas inicial do Chelgrian, então tentando sair do ar em alta velocidade teria atraído muita atenção. Note que o assaltante não pode ter sido Ziller (!) Como ele estava em Masaq no momento do ataque.The bulky-looking male dressed as a clerk had been about to strike; he had rocked back on his haunches and his sleeves were rolled back to reveal tightly muscled arms, though his claws were only half exposed. There was a radiant, almost feral look on his white-furred face that lasted for a moment and even brightened for an instant as Quilan turned to confront him but then he glanced at the Estodien and relaxed, sitting back and lowering his arms and his head in what might have been a bow.
—Some of the frozen liquid taken from the edges of the wound which the creature suffered upon its neck region has provided biological instruction set information which tends to indicate that the woundinflicting agent may have been an individual of the species known as the Lesser Reviled.
—That is interesting. Their name was earlier the Chelgrians, or the Chel, before the outrage that befell the Sansemin occurred. To what level of completeness was the analysis of the human form which was found to be implicit in the creature that we see before us taken?