Each Sanction has a different way of training they're Selected for the Sanction Games. Chancellor Norbu of the Cedar Sanction sends a talisman to the wasteland tribes to collect the Selected. Alton was sold by his father to a talisman. The talisman selected his replacement in the spiritual world. Gerel. Learn more about Alton and Gerel past before they met Skylier. Read as a standalone or part of the series.