The Old Woman inhabits a mysterious desert city within the protagonist's comatose dreams. Elderly and draped in traditional garments including a hijab, she personifies the city’s fatalistic creed. Her core purpose is delivering death prophecies to visitors, specifically foretelling the protagonist’s demise within two days. This decree mirrors the city’s doctrine of absolute, unavoidable destiny.

When the protagonist survives beyond the predicted time, the Old Woman resurfaces. She reasserts death’s inevitability as immutable fate, cementing her society’s beliefs. Later, she observes the protagonist’s climactic struggle against a manifestation of death. Her presence accentuates the narrative’s central tension: submission to predestined ends versus the defiance of individual will.

She operates symbolically, embodying death as an inescapable force and the societal demand to acquiesce to predetermined outcomes. Through persistent dialogue and actions, she directly challenges the protagonist’s determination to survive.