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                         The Dragon Reborn -- Summary

The Wheel of Time Book #3 by Robert Jordan

   Summary by Craig Cassar: <[e-mail]>
   Edited by Karl-Johan NorΘn: <[e-mail]>


  Prologue -- Fortress of the Light

   Jaret Byar has been called into the presence of Pedron Niall, Lord
   Captain Commander of the Children of the Light. Niall has three
   drawings of Rand fighting Ba'alzamon in the clouds. Byar is reporting
   the events that occurred on Almoth Plain; Rand al'Thor has proclaimed
   himself the Dragon Reborn. He also says that the legion was betrayed
   by the Darkfriend named Perrin Aybara and thus destroyed by Aes Sedai.

   Niall see this news as a sign of the coming of the Last Battle and as
   an obstruction to the plans he has had for so long

   Jaichim Carridin comes in to see Niall calling Bornhald a Darkfriend.
   He discounts Hawkwing's armies return by observing that no ship has
   ever successfully crossed the Aryth Ocean and that the monsters that
   people say they have seen are more than likely Trollocs since most
   still believe them to be myth. Niall proceeds to give Carridin strange
   orders; they are part of the Lord Captain Commander's plans. He is
   ordered to leave the Dragon and his followers alone so that when the
   time is right Carridin might cut him down, making him a hero and able
   to control both Tarabon and Arad Domon.

   Ordeith comes in through a secret passage as soon as Carridin has
   left. He tells Niall the Dragon's name and the name of his village.
   Niall plans to do something to the Two Rivers.

   In his room, Carridin is confronted by a Fade. It is there to find out
   why he hasn't yet killed the Dragon. The Fade promises to kill one of
   Carridin's family each month that Rand remains alive, until it is
   Jaichim's turn to die. He is torn between which orders to follow.

  Chapter 1 -- Waiting

   Perrin and a small group of Shienaran soldiers are in the Mountains of
   Mist waiting for a woman. They have been camped in the mountains all
   winter and have taken many messengers into the camp. While waiting for
   this particular one they kill a raven that is nearby, a likely
   messenger for the Dark One. Perrin learns that the Dark One doesn't
   see what the animal sees; it has to report to a Fade before anything
   is learned.

   The woman is a Tinker named Leya, and like all the others that come
   the same way, she will talk only to Moiraine. They lead her back
   through the mountains into the camp of the Dragon Reborn.

  Chapter 2 -- Saidin

   As soon as they reach the camp, Leya goes to talk to Moiraine. Perrin
   talks to Min and she tells him of the vision she sees around the
   Tinker woman; her face covered in blood and death glossed over her
   eyes. Perrin is quite disturbed by this revelation and wants to figure
   out what it is that will cause her death so he can prevent it. Loial
   joins them. Min complains about how her life in Baerlon was disrupted.
   Loial says that she had no choice. The pull of three strong ta'veren
   is too much to overcome.

   Rand comes out of Moiraine's hut having argued with her all day and
   disappears into the trees. The Shienarans having been treating him
   like a King calling him "Lord Dragon", so he avoids their camp as much
   as he can. Perrin follows him because he always needs someone to talk
   to after he has been arguing with Moiraine. Rand complains about his
   duty. That is the basis of his arguments with Moiraine. His followers,
   the People of the Dragon, are dying daily on Almoth Plain in his name
   while he is hiding up in the mountains.

     Twice and twice shall he be marked,
     twice to live and twice to die.
     Once the heron, to set his path.
     Twice the heron to name him true.
     Once the Dragon, for remembrance lost.
     Twice the Dragon, for the price he must pay.

   Rand al'Thor, from the prophecies of the Dragon

   While complaining about his lack of control over saidin, Rand does
   lose control and the entire mountain shakes for a few moments. Perrin
   goes back to camp for dinner, leaving Rand behind.

  Chapter 3 -- News From the Plain

   Min is still talking with Perrin and Loial. She talks about how she
   might still like her life even if it has been chosen for her. Both her
   and Perrin realize that the two of them are tied together along with
   the others and there is nothing they can do about it..

   Moiraine tells the two of them that Leya hurt her head during Rand's
   episode a few moments ago. They believe that this is what Min saw in
   her vision and that maybe, for the first time, that her vision, which
   predicted the woman's death, was wrong.

   Moiraine relates some of the news that Leya has brought from Almoth
   Plain. Half of the Whitecloak forces (5000) are on Almoth Plain, but
   none of them are opposing the Dragon's followers. Three tall boys with
   light coloured eyes have been murdered on the Plain over the winter.
   Moiraine hints that this is the work of the Soulless.

   Perrin goes to sleep to that night with many dreams there waiting for
   him.

  Chapter 4 -- Shadows Sleeping

   Perrin is dreaming. The faceless man at the table wants Perrin to give
   up his axe. "You are a blacksmith, boy" Perrin also refuses the wine
   the man is offering him.

   All of sudden Perrin is in front of a mirror admiring the golden
   helmet and breastplate he is wearing. Lanfear (she doesn't identify
   herself but it is her) calls him a man destined for glory. He also
   refuses to drink the cup of wine that she offers him.

   "The night is always there, and dreams come to all men. Especially
   you, my wildling. And I will always be in your dreams." -Lanfear

   Perrin now finds himself in a place similar to the Ways. He watches
   three men arguing and is then consumed in flames. Next, he finds
   himself in some sort of castle where he picks up Callandor. There is a
   voice in his head: "Callandor. Who wields me wields destiny. Take me,
   and begin the final journey." All of a sudden there us another voice
   -- one completely different: "The Twisted Ones come. The Twisted Ones
   come, brother."

  Chapter 5 -- Nightmares Walking

   Trollocs are attacking the camp. Leya is killed by a Fade right in
   front of Perrin's eyes. Helpless to do otherwise, he joins his
   brothers in the hunt for the Twisted Ones. During the battle many of
   the Shienarans and the wolves are killed.

   Afterwards, Perrin reflects on how hard it was to come back from the
   wolves that time. He doesn't want to go that deep again, but he is
   also regretting not staying in contact with them all the time because
   he could have warned the camp of the attack well in advance.

   Min and Perrin listen to Rand as he recounts his battle with the One
   Power while everyone else was fighting the Trollocs. He was trying to
   burn the Trollocs, but he was so filled with the Power he had to
   release it and ended up setting the forest on fire. Rand, too, feels
   he should have given warning of the attack because he could feel
   something although he couldn't figure out what it was.

   Moiraine comes around and heals Perrin's wound on his back. Rand's
   wound on his side opens up again. He makes a joke about his blood on
   the rocks of Shayol Ghul saving the world and if only they could get
   there now! Moiraine heals it back up and them faints in Rand's arms.

   Up to this point Rand has been trying to deny what he is, but he
   openly admits his duty to Lan and the others. "I will fight the best I
   can, Because there is no one else, and it has to be done, and the duty
   is mine. I'll fight, but I do not have to like what I have become. I
   will fight. Dreams..."

  Chapter 6 -- The Hunt Begins

   Perrin wakes to the news that Rand is gone. On the way up to
   Moiraine's hut, Masema explains Rand's disappearance as a sign that
   they should be about spreading the word of the Lord Dragon. Perrin
   thinks he is crazy. When Perrin reaches the hut, Min, Moiraine and Lan
   are there. He is shown the letter that Rand left:

   What I do, I do because there is no other way. He is hunting me again,
   and this time one of us has to die, I think. There is no need for
   those around me to die, also. Too many have died for me already. I do
   not want to die either, and will not, if I can manage it. There are
   lies in dreams, and death, but dreams hold truth, too.

   Perrin questions Moiraine about Rand's destiny and it turns into a
   heated argument. Moiraine tells them all about the Forsaken. She asks
   Perrin about the dreams he has had over the past few nights. He tells
   her about Callandor. She sends Lan out to see if the Shienarans have
   had dreams about a sword, too. Moiraine then proceeds to describe the
   part of the prophecies involving Tear and the Callandor, "The Sword
   That Cannot Be Touched", "The Sword That Is Not A Sword". She goes on
   to explain her theory that those who can channel and are strong in the
   Spirit can, unknowingly, force their dreams on those around them. This
   is what she thinks Rand has been doing. Lan returns with news that the
   Shienarans have had dreams of a sword, affirming Moiraine's
   hypothesis.

   Uno says that he thinks he knew how Rand got out of camp without being
   seen. They all want to go help find Rand, although Moiraine tells Min
   that she must return to Tar Valon to inform the Amyrlin Seat what has
   been happening.

   While walking down from the hut, Min tells Perrin what sword. A falcon
   and a hawk, perching on your shoulders. Both female, I think. And all
   the rest of course. What is always there. Darkness swirling 'round
   you, and --"

   Min also give him a warning. She says that if he ever meets the most
   beautiful woman he has ever seen, then he is to run. She then reveals
   to him that she is in love with Rand and that Egwene knows.

  Chapter 7 -- The Way Out of the Mountains

   Moiraine says it is imperative that they find Rand. She thinks he is
   heading east, to Tear, based on the dreams that Perrin and the
   Shienarans have had. Lan scouts the area ahead; he leaves many
   different signs for Moiraine to find and thus follow the trail. One
   evening in camp, the only time they would see Lan, Moiraine expresses
   her frustration: "If you cannot move any faster than this, perhaps I
   should send you off to Myrelle before you get any older. Well, perhaps
   that can wait, but you must move us faster". This gets Lan visibly
   angered.

   The first few days of the trip are fairly boring in Perrin's opinion.
   Their meals consist mainly of rabbit and trout that he and Loial hunt.
   One day, having finished traveling, Loial and Perrin are out catching
   fish; They lie on the edge of the shore with their hands outstretched
   under the water and grab trout from behind. They show Moiraine how to
   do this, explaining that one cannot expect to be successful without
   lots of practice. She, not surprisingly, does much better on her first
   attempts that Loial or Perrin could ever do.

   As the journey continues, Perrin and Loial are gradually made to
   perform all of Moiraine's menial tasks. She starts with small chores
   that they can't refuse and keeps adding until they are doing
   everything that she doesn't want to bother with.

   Eventually, they enter the foothills of Ghealdan, and then into the
   village of Jarra.

  Chapter 8 -- Jarra

   The village green is empty and Perrin thinks he smells evil for a
   brief second. They are greeted by a 'frog-faced' man named Simion. He
   explains to them the strange happenings of the last two days. There
   have been weddings non-stop. He mentions that he thinks Ogier and
   Trollocs to be child's tales as he is taken back by Loial's presence.

   Simion shows them to the only inn in the town , Harilin's Leap, where
   the innkeeper's name is Master Harod. In the hallway, in front of
   their rooms, Simion tells them about the happenings with the
   Whitecloaks over the past two days. Three said they weren't
   Whitecloaks any longer, and two tried to burn the inn down, among many
   other strange actions.

   When alone, Perrin asks Simion about Rand. Simion says that a man of
   his description was in town yesterday. He was talking to himself and
   he left screaming in the middle of the night complaining of a
   nightmare. "One of us has to die, and I mean it to be him".

   Simion figures out that Moiraine is Aes Sedai ands asks Perrin to ask
   her to help his brother who is very sick. Perrin goes to Moiraine and
   tells them what he has learned. She and Lan get very upset. Moiraine
   explains that the weddings and the actions of the Whitecloaks were a
   result of Rand being such strong ta'veren. Perrin and her go to see
   Noam. He has become entirely wolf. Moiraine leaves as she can do
   nothing to help him. Perrin suggests to Simion that he should let Noam
   go free. Simion does exactly that.

  Chapter 9 -- Wolf Dreams

   Perrin goes to Moiraine to talk about the changes that he has gone
   through sine leaving home. It is the first time that they have talked
   openly about the wolves. Moiraine tells him about the fragment of the
   book from the Age of Legends that she read. She can't help him much
   more than that, although she does tell him that he need be wary of his
   dreams because they can be very dangerous.

   Perrin goes back to his room and goes to sleep. In his dream Hopper,
   who is dead, is telling Perrin to run, with a great deal of urgency in
   his voice. Perrin realizes that he is dreaming but cannot make himself
   wake up. He watches a man killed by the shadow surrounding him. Perrin
   gets a fainter but even more urgent image of danger from Hopper. While
   running Perrin sees Lanfear: "What are you doing here. How did you --?
   You'll ruin things you can not begin to imagine."

   At that point he sees Hopper: "Run now. You must not be here now.
   Danger. Great Danger. Worse than all the Neverborn. You must go. Go
   Now! Now!" Hopper leaps for Perrin's throat waking him. His face is
   covered with the blood of the man that he saw die.

   Rand is hiding in the wilderness. He destroys the dog that is hunting
   him. He has become addicted to the power and has finally gained some
   control. He is on his way to Tear, and the wound on his side is very
   painful.

  Chapter 10 -- Secrets

   Egwene, Nynaeve, Mat, Elayne, Verin and Hurin have been traveling to
   Tar Valon all winter. Egwene has been having dreams of Rand running to
   and from something at the same time. Nynaeve can feel a storm coming
   and Hurin says that he can smell trouble. At this point in time,
   Egwene has given up on marrying Rand.

   Hurin sees dozens of horse tracks and says that there will be trouble,
   but Nynaeve disagrees. A large group of Whitecloaks approach over the
   horizon. The captain, Dain Bornhald, demands them to surrender.
   Egwene, vowing to herself to never be taken prisoner again, uses the
   Power the destroys the ground beneath the feet of the Whitecloaks.
   Elayne and Nynaeve join her. This gets Verin very mad, and she claims
   she could have talked their way by them. Dain is the only one who
   hasn't run away. He hints that Morgase has had a falling out with Aes
   Sedai. Verin dismisses him telling him to walk in the Light.

   The group of six finishes the home-stretch to Tar Valon where Verin
   says the real danger begins.

  Chapter 11 -- Tar Valon

   The party of six crosses the bridge to Tar Valon through the village
   of Dairien. Verin comments that what awaits them at the Tower is
   dangerous. Just outside the Tower, Hurin leaves them to return to
   Shienar. He says that if they ever need help, all they have to do is
   send word and he will come.

   Inside the Tower grounds, Mat is taken away on his stretcher by two
   men, and Sheriam greets the women. She scolds them and orders three
   Accepted to take them to their rooms and guard them. They are not
   allowed to speak to anyone until the Amyrlin Seat says so.

  Chapter 12 -- The Amyrlin Seat

   Siuan is in her study: "Ten years with the shawl, Nearly twenty since
   I decided to sail these dangerous waters. And if I slip now, I'll wish
   I were back hauling nets". Leane announces Verin's arrival. Siuan
   tells Verin that there are no more False Dragons loose in the world:
   Mazrim Taim has been captured and the one in Hadon Mirk has been
   executed. She believes that these events happened the moment that Rand
   declared himself The Dragon Reborn on Toman Head. "...And even if the
   newest Novice learns of it, I will be stilled before the next sunrise,
   if I'm not torn to pieces first. Me, and Moiraine, and Verin, and
   likely anyone thought to be a friend of ours, as well.

   Verin gives Siuan the Horn and tells her Mat has already sounded it.
   She also gives her opinion that she thinks the Seanchan will return,
   but Siuan doesn't want to talk about that. She says that she is going
   to severely punish the three women for leaving the Tower without
   permission. She tells Verin to tell her about everything they did
   while they were gone.

  Chapter 13 -- Punishments

   Egwene and Elayne are in their rooms waiting. Through the small hole
   connecting their rooms, they talk about how they do not want to be
   stilled and will runaway if they have to. They are both very afraid.
   They are summoned to see the Amyrlin Seat.

   Siuan tells them she knows that Liandrin is Black Ajah and that a few
   months ago her and twelve other Aes Sedai left with some stolen
   angreal. At the same time three sisters, two Warders, seven guards,
   and nine servants were killed. Only a few people know, or even suspect
   the connection between these happenings.

   Siuan reveals that, of everyone in the Tower, only herself, Leane and
   Verin know that the three of them left with Liandrin. If others knew,
   they would probably be stilled.

   Siuan tells them that they are being punished to severe switching and
   scrubbing duty in the kitchen. She adds that they are also to be
   raised to Accepted because of the amount of experience they have had
   with the One Power while they were away.

   The two girls also learn that about a month after they had left,
   Morgase had come to Tar Valon demanding to know the whereabouts of her
   daughter. She ended up going home without Elaida thus breaking a three
   thousand year old custom of having Aes Sedai council. Morgase wants
   her daughter returned as soon as she gets back, but Siuan intends to
   keep her.

   Elayne goes of to see Sheriam and get the letter that her mother left
   for her, while Egwene and Nynaeve stay behind because Siuan wants to
   talk to them.

  Chapter 14 -- The Bite of the Thorns

   Siuan says to Egwene and Nynaeve that they are going to receive even
   more punishment. She says that she doesn't know who to trust but she
   believes that the three of them are not Black Ajah because they were
   manipulated by Liandrin. Siuan goes on to reveal her plan to them.
   They are to be spies, searching for other Black Ajah in the Tower.
   They both accept this new responsibility. To aid them in their task
   Siuan gives them each a piece of paper:

     What the bearer does is done at my order and by my authority. Obey,
     and keep silent, at my command.

     Siuan Sanche
     Watcher of the Seals
     Flame of Tar Valon
     The Amyrlin Seat

  Chapter 15 -- The Gray Man

   Walking to Egwene's room, a crossbow just misses Egwene's head and
   hits the wall. She sees the man who she thinks shot it and holds him
   with Air. When they reach him, he is dead with a dagger in his chest.
   Sheriam arrives moments later and says that he is a Gray man, one of
   the Soulless. There is no crossbow in the immediate vicinity. Sheriam
   covers the body with an opaque shield. Egwene secretly goes back to
   get the arrow, but it is gone, which leads her to believe that there
   is still another Gray Man in the Tower.

   Egwene and Nynaeve head to Nynaeve's room. Nynaeve makes the comment
   that Sheriam never asked if they knew who stabbed the man.

  Chapter 16 -- Hunters Three

   When they open the door to Nynaeve's room, Elayne, Galad and Gawyn are
   inside. The men want to know where the three of them have been for the
   past few months. They say that Morgase has ordered them to see Elayne
   safely home as soon as she has learned enough of the One Power to use
   it without hurting herself. Nynaeve makes them leave by threatening to
   report the unwarranted presence within the Accepted quarters to
   Coulin, the Master of Arms. There is no such rule, but the `louts'
   weren't aware of that fact.

   Elayne tells Egwene that Gawyn is besotted with her. After Nynaeve
   snaps at them to grow up, they reveal to Elayne what Siuan said to
   them after Elayne had left the study and about their near death
   experience with the Gray man. Nynaeve doesn't trust the Amyrlin and
   want Elayne to be their spy.

   Nynaeve goes on to voice her opinion that she thinks the Amyrlin is
   going to let Mat die. She says she can do it herself. They end up
   deciding to try to work together to heal him.

  Chapter 17 -- The Red Sister

   Elaida barges into the Nynaeve's room. She asks them if they know
   about the Black Ajah and they tell her the truth. She also wants to
   know where they have been. Egwene says it was to help Mat, but Nynaeve
   tells her that the Amyrlin told them not to talk about it. The Aes
   Sedai then proceeds to ask them questions about Rand. During this line
   of questioning Sheriam comes into the room and subtly makes Elaida
   leave. Sheriam tells them to forget about the Gray man and orders them
   to follow her to see Mat healed.

  Chapter 18 -- Healing

   Sheriam takes them down to the basement into some dark halls. Egwene
   thinks for a moment that Sheriam is Black Ajah and is taking them to
   their deaths. Once they reach the room where Mat is, they find Siuan,
   Leane, Alanna, Serafelle, Anaiya, Verin and Sheriam among others
   gathered around a table with Mat lying on top. Egwene notices that
   they are using the most powerful sa'angreal known to the Tower hinting
   at how difficult a procedure they are about to undertake. She notices
   some of them as visibly nervous.

   During the process, Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve all feel the urge to
   add their weaves to the flow. All the while Mat seems to be in a great
   deal of pain and mutters sayings from the Old Tongue:

   "Muad'drin tia dar allende caba'drin rhadiem! Los Valdar Cuebiyari!
   Los! Carai an Caldazar! Al Caldazar!"

   Egwene recognizes the end of this phrase as: "For the honor of the Red
   Eagle! The Red Eagle"

   "Mia ayende, Aes Sedai! Caballein misain ye! Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai
   misain ye! Mia Ayende!"

   After they have successfully broken the bond between Mat and the
   dagger, Siuan tells the women that Mat was ordering soldiers in a
   battle over two thousand years ago. The last phrase meant, "I am a
   free man Aes Sedai. I am no Aes Sedai meat". Siuan explains that for a
   moment Mat was in both the past and the present at the same time. "The
   Old blood comes again."

  Chapter 19 -- Awakening

   Mat wakes up in a fancy room very disoriented. He has a dream about
   commanding soldiers in the Trolloc Wars. "Los Valdar Cuebiyari!"
   (Forward the Heart Guard). When he finally gets up, he hobbles over to
   a table with enough food on it for four meals. He is very weak and
   very hungry, but he decides to find out where he is first. From his
   sparatic memory, his surroundings and the fact that he feels healed,
   he reasons that he is in Tar Valon. "I feel -- whole and well, that's
   all. I've been healed."

   Slowly his memory comes back to him and he remembers that he blew the
   Horn of Valere. He intends to leave Tar Valon in a few days, after he
   has had a chance to win some money from gambling and see Egwene and
   Nynaeve.

   After all of the reflection and his slowly returning memory, he feels
   that he has outgrown the Two Rivers and has aspirations beyond what he
   did a year ago. However, he does feels that he would like to return
   for a visit.

  Chapter 20 -- Visitations

   Lanfear comes into Mat's room and introduces herself as Selene. He
   finds her oddly familiar. She tells him that he can have glory if he
   doesn't do what the Amyrlin wants him to do. She says that she will
   use him too, but that her uses will lead him to glory. She tells him
   that Tam and Abell came to Tar Valon and were sent home empty handed
   without being told whether their sons were alive or not. Lanfear
   leaves him and Mat decides he had better get out of the city as fast
   as he can. He finds his clothes and dice in the wardrobe and starts
   getting ready to leave when Siuan and Leane knock at the door. They
   tell him that he will have to stay and recover for some time. He
   manages to get the Amyrlin to admit that his father was there looking
   for him.

   Leane is told to get some more food for Mat, during which time Siuan
   asks Mat if he remembers sounding the Horn. She tells him he must stay
   for his own safety.

   When she leaves Mat doesn't think she was as devious as Selene said
   she would be but he doesn't want to have anything to do with either of
   them. He begins planning his flight from Tar Valon.

  Chapter 21 -- A World of Dreams

   Egwene is in the kitchens and has been cleaning and scrubbing for some
   time. Verin walks by summoning her to her study. When Egwene is done
   she finds her way to the study through the dark, empty hallways. The
   room is cluttered with endless books and papers. During their
   conversation, Egwene recognizes the large skull on a nearby table as
   that of a Trolloc.

   Verin gives Egwene a list of the thirteen Black Ajah along with a
   information and descriptions of each of them.

   She doesn't completely trust Verin yet.

   They discuss Egwene's possible Dreaming talent. Corianin Nedeal was
   the last dreamer, although she wasn't very talented, 473 years ago.
   Verin talks about parallel and perpendicular worlds and how the Dark
   One and the Creator and Tel'aran'rhiod are a constant in each of them.
   Dreams are real in Tel'aran'rhiod and what injuries you sustain are
   real.

   Verin gives Egwene a ring ter'angreal that will allow the wearer to
   more easily enter the Dream World whether they have the talent or not.
   Egwene is very scared of the ring and doesn't really want to take it.

   When Egwene has left her study, Verin reveals that nobody even knows
   the ring even exists as Corianin managed to erase it from the Tower's
   records. She also looks at Corianin's notes, whose existence is
   unknown as well. She decided not to give them to Egwene.

  Chapter 22 -- The Price of the Ring

   Sheriam finds Egwene in the hall and tells her to follow. She asks
   about the paper but Egwene says they are just study material. She is
   to be made Accepted; Elayne has already succeeded.

   Elaida is in the room with the ter'angreal and openly shows that she
   has no wish to help Egwene in the ceremony. Egwene wants to be able to
   hide the papers, but accepts the challenge of the three silver arches
   regardless.

   Inside the first arch, she is married to Rand; they have a baby girl
   named Joiya. Rand has headaches quite frequently and she knows he can
   channel -- each time a headache comes there is some unnatural event
   that she is able to link back to her husband. She, too, can channel
   but has managed to keep both a secret. At that moment Rand has the
   most severe headache he has ever had. It is very difficult, but she
   manages to make herself enter the silver ring that appears
   simultaneously.

   Inside the second arch Egwene is in a Caemlyn that has been destroyed
   and has Fades, Trollocs and Darkfriend in its streets. She has cried
   herself to the point where there are no more tears left. Inside the
   castle Rand is pinned under a column. He wants her to kill him. He
   says that he is holding the madness at bay, but if the Shadow gets a
   hold of him, they will be able to turn him to the Shadow against his
   will. She leaves him there pleading for him to kill him to go back
   through the arch.

   Before entering the third arch, prompted by Egwene's question, Sheriam
   explains that it would take thirteen Aes Sedai weaving the power
   through thirteen Myrddraal to turn Rand to the Shadow against his
   will.

   Inside the third arch, Egwene finds herself Amyrlin, although she has
   the feeling that she is a still a Novice. The voice of the Aes Sedai
   outside the ter'angreal keeps getting cut off. ∞Be steadfast. The way
   back will come but...

   In the Hall of the Tower Elaida presents Rand in chains to her and
   asks her to give the order to gentle him. Egwene refuses, and her
   Keeper, Beldeine, knocks her unconscious with her staff. When Egwene
   wakes up she is in a room with thirteen Black Ajah and thirteen
   Myrddraal. She catches them off guard and manages to escape to her
   study. Beldeine is there and confesses that she has been stilled and
   was promised to have the One Power given back to her if she would help
   the Black Ajah overthrow Egwene. Egwene tells her that she never held
   the Oath Rod and she is going to help Rand who has been taken to
   Traitors Court to be gentled.

   She sneaks her way above the chamber and witnesses Rand in the middle.
   Elaida has taken over the role of Amyrlin. Just when she is going to
   help him, the arch appears to her and she throws herself at it.

  Chapter 23 -- Sealed

   When Egwene comes out of the ter'angreal, she realizes that all is not
   as it should be. There are six Aes Sedai `holding' the arches where
   there should only be three. Alanna says it was her fault and she
   should have done something about the resonance she noticed earlier
   within the ter'angreal. Egwene was almost killed.

   Elaida gives Egwene her clothes along with the papers. The Aes Sedai
   has had an opportunity to look through them but gives no indication of
   having done so. She tells Egwene that she didn't want to help her
   because she believes that Egwene will always be a wilder and will
   never `belong' to the White Tower.

   Alanna says that she wants to share Egwene's punishment. Egwene thinks
   that Alanna is offering this to be able to spy on her -- that she is
   Black Ajah.

   Egwene asks Alanna what it means to be Green Ajah. She replies it
   means to love men, and to fight battles; to fight in Tarman Gai'don.
   Egwene goes back to her room not trusting anyone but Nynaeve and
   Elayne. Inside, Elayne in crying in Nynaeve's lap -- Egwene finally
   lets it all out.

  Chapter 24 -- Scouting and Discoveries

   Mat wakes in his room and finds his memory still foggy and he is still
   without a plan to leave. He eats another extremely large meal and
   leaves with his dice cups. He sees many servants, Accepted and Aes
   Sedai on the way out but none of them try to stop them. Outside he
   talks to some guards who recognize him from the description they were
   given. They have been ordered not to let him leave the city. Wandering
   around some more, he sees Else Grinwell, but she speaks only a few
   sparse words to him.

   From there he wanders over to the Warder training yard and sees dozens
   of students dueling with the Gaidin watching them. Watching one
   particular pair is a large group of Accepted and Aes Sedai. He
   recognizes the two young men as Galad and Gawyn. When they take a
   break they come over to talk to Mat as they have recognized him from
   Elayne's description.

   Mat wagers that he can the defeat the two of them at the same time
   with nothing but a quarterstaff. Mat sets the odds at 2:1 and the
   stakes at two silver marks, but both men are unwillingly to take his
   money in what would be a farce. Hammar Gaidin, who has been watching
   the three of them, makes them accept and promises to cover the payment
   if they are unwilling to pay.

   Mat gets incredibly hungry during the fight but relies on his luck and
   makes relatively quick work of Gawyn and then Galad. When Galad goes
   down all the women watching rush over to heal him. Hammar Gaidin makes
   reference to Jearom Gaidin, the greatest swordsman who fought over ten
   thousand times and only lost once -- to a farmer with a quarterstaff.

   At a couple points Mat lets words of the Old Tongue slip out of his
   mouth. When Hammar asks him where he is from he says `Manetheren'. Mat
   wanders off with the staff. He is so weak and hungry it is the only
   thing keeping him up.

  Chapter 25 -- Questions

   Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne are in Nynaeve's room. They have studied
   the list of the Black Ajah and the 13 angreal that they took with
   them. Egwene has been having dreams of Rand, Mat and Perrin.

   Rand: one where he is reaching for a crystal sword with a net dropping
   down on top of him, another where creatures like the one on the Dragon
   banner are flying around him and settling onto his skin, yet another
   of him walking into a hole in a mountain from which a reddish light is
   emanating. Finally, she dreams of him confronting the Seanchan.

   Perrin: one where he has a falcon on his shoulder and a hawk trying to
   put a leash around his neck; the hawk is female. In the other one he
   has a beard and is leading a huge pack of wolves.

   Mat: he is balancing his left eye on a scale and in another he is
   hanging from a tree with a rope around his neck.

   Elayne deduces that the seeming randomness with which the Black Ajah
   have been chosen means that there is more of them left in the Tower;
   care has been taken to make it seem random and that means that there
   was more than the thirteen to chose from. From the lists they find
   that the use of most of the ter'angreal is unknown and that they were
   last studied by Corianin Nedeal. They conclude that they must suspect
   everyone but themselves.

   The three of them argue about using the ring Egwene was given, but
   Egwene wins and they agree to let her try it that night. Else Grinwell
   enters the room and telling them that the belongings left behind by
   Liandrin and the others are down in the second basement of the Tower,
   before she quickly disappears. Egwene runs after her but only finds
   Lanfear in the hallway (her identity unknown to Egwene).

  Chapter 26 -- Behind a Lock

   The three women head down to the basement. The door to the room is
   locked, but Nynaeve is able to open it. Egwene makes uncomfortable
   progress with the One Power; she weaves two threads at once and is
   able to leave a ball of light hanging like a lamp. They open the
   thirteen sacks and within each one is something that has to do with
   Tear. They can't quite determine if it is bait, carelessness, or
   simply a lead.

  Chapter 27 -- Tel'aran'rhiod

   Egwene goes to sleep wearing the ring around her neck while Elayne and
   Nynaeve sit beside the ring keeping watch. Egwene's first trip into
   the Dream World begins on rolling hills on a bright day. While
   wandering around she figures out that she is still able to
   channel...all of a sudden she is in a dark hall of an inn and sees
   Perrin chained with a wolf guarding him. Before Hopper is able to
   attack her she is outside in a forest. She senses someone near and
   approaches their camp. It is Rand, and he is visibly disturbed by her
   presence. He says to no one in particular how his mother had appeared
   and tried to slip him a poisoned honeycake, and how his father had a
   knife for his ribs. "I could stand any face but that one." He proceeds
   to swing Callandor at her. Before it strikes her she finds herself
   back in the hills where she first appeared -- she is confused and
   wants to find answers. Almost in answer to her wish, she finds herself
   in the Heart of the Stone in Tear. There is an old women there named
   Sylvie who says she has served Egwene and her family. Egwene takes a
   good look at Callandor suspended in mid-air. It is protected by both
   saidar and saidin. The two women can hear men approaching and Sylvie
   insists that Egwene leave but she is unable to. In a desperate attempt
   Sylvie grabs the ring around the younger women's neck causing Egwene
   to wake up in a burst of pain back in the White Tower.

   Egwene describes all that she saw, save for Perrin, and Nynaeve
   decides that it is best if they journey to Tear. Elayne wants to send
   a letter to her mother, and Nynaeve knows just the person for the job.

  Chapter 28 -- A Way Out

   Elayne, Egwene, and Nynaeve walk into Mat's room. They try various
   ways to get Mat to commit to delivering Elayne's letter, but Nynaeve
   resorts to giving him a guilt trip. In order to aid him in his
   journey, they give him one of the letters that the Amyrlin had given
   them. Nynaeve channels on him and saying, "not a tenth of what you
   deserve, in all likelihood." Mat thanks them and makes much the same
   comment that Hurin made to them before he left them when they first
   arrived at the Tower making the three women chuckle.

   "You'll never catch me. You'll never catch Cauthon."

  Chapter 29 -- A Trap to Spring

   The three women are in the kitchens cleaning. Laras, Mistress of the
   Kitchens is introduced for the first time. She is a stern, overbearing
   women, but is like a little girl when the Amyrlin enters the kitchens.
   Siuan gets Elayne and Egwene taken out by Laras to be punished so she
   can talk to Nynaeve. She tells the younger woman that Sheriam found a
   Gray Man lying dead in her bed. Nynaeve tells her about their visit
   from Else, but Siuan says that the girl is ten days gone from the
   Tower. Nynaeve thus concludes that Tear has been set up as a trap.
   Siuan goes on to reveal that she knew Elayne was told about the Black
   Ajah. Nynaeve learns that Callandor is a sa'angreal and the High Lords
   don't want anything to do with it. Siuan carries on to say that the
   breaking of the Heart of the Stone is but one sign of the Dragon
   Reborn.

   Their conversation over, Siuan compliments Laras on her kitchen on her
   way out. When the other two women return, Nynaeve tells them that they
   are to leave for Tear after their work is done in the kitchens.

  Chapter 30 -- The First Toss

   Anaiya is checking up on Mat. He tells her that he won't even try to
   leave Tar Valon. After a little conversation, he gets dressed, packs
   and boldly heads out of the Tower. "If you can't hide what you are
   going to do, do it so everyone thinks you are a fool." His plan is to
   gamble for a hour and then a take a ship to Aringill. He ends up
   gambling most of the night; he wins every toss. Raab, one of the Sea
   Folk, wagers on Mat and wins some money. He eventually leaves the inn
   he is at when a man comments that Mat must have `The Dark One's own
   luck'. Outside, Mat is able to avoid footpads in an alley and heads up
   on the roofs of the houses. Crossing a bridge high above the ground,
   he is attacked and pinned down. He throws himself and his assailant
   over the edge with the comment, ∞Time to toss the diceε. He lands on
   top of the other man who dies on impact. Mat walks away from the fall.

  Chapter 31 -- The Women of Tanchico

   Mat wanders into an inn named `The Women of Tanchico' for a rest. He
   finds Thom performing inside and notices that he is acting different;
   stumbling, yet passionate. He is drunk. Mada and Saal are sisters and
   are concerned about Thom in his inebriated state. Mat orders three
   chickens that he quickly devours. Thom mentions that he recently
   killed a man in Cairhien (King Galldrian?). He also saw Elaida in Tar
   Valon who would definitely want to throttle him. Mat invites him to go
   to Caemlyn with him. On their way out Saal gives Mat a Tar Valon
   silver mark and tells him that he has pretty eyes. Mat tells Thom
   about his encounter with footpads and Thom says he must be mistaken
   because there are no footpads in Tar Valon. Outside, the body of Mat's
   assailant has disappeared.

  Chapter 32 -- The First Ship

   Down at Southharbour, Mat and Thom get by the Dockmaster and manage to
   jump onto the Gray Gull. The captain is a Tairen named Huan Mallia. At
   the outset, Mallia doesn't even want them on his ship, but to the
   astonishment of the crew, Mat talks him into giving him and Thom his
   cabin and his food for twelve gold marks. Inside the cabin, Mallia
   does most of the talking and is quite contemptuous of any nation other
   than Tear. Thom doesn't believe the story the man tells. With his dice
   out, Mat rolls the Dark One's eyes (all ones). This confuses him since
   in some games it is the highest roll and in others, the lowest; he
   doesn't yet know what game he is playing.

  Chapter 33 -- Within the Weave

   Perrin, Loial, Lan and Moiraine have reached the Lugard border and are
   pressing after Rand. Perrin sees a large hound print and smells
   something funny but doesn't quite know what it is although he is sure
   the two are not related. He reflects on the recent dream he had of
   Egwene where Hopper lunged at her throat. He believes that he must be
   safe in the White Tower and that he shouldn't be worrying about he

   Throughout their journey they pass many villages through which Rand
   had recently passed, all having been affected in some strange way. The
   results are more bad than good. In the poorest town, the Mayor dug up
   a sac of gold coins which none of the villagers could recognize.
   Moiraine says they are from Manetheren. She explains to Perrin and
   Loial that Rand has "caused" so many bad things simply because the
   Pattern is both good and bad.

   Upon entering the town of Remen, Perrin smells the same thing he did
   in Jarra. In the square is a tall man in cage at which small children
   are throwing rocks. Lan takes the group of them right by the cage and
   on to an inn named The Wayman's Forge where the innkeeper's name is
   Master Furlan. Everyone in the common room is dressed up save for four
   men. The mention that the man in the cage is an Aiel triggers Perrin
   recollection of Min's prophecy: "An Aielman in a cage. A turning point
   in your life, or something important that will happen." They also hear
   news of fighting in Altara. The man everyone is gathered to hear is
   Lord Orban. He is telling a story of how he managed to catch the Aiel,
   and was able to kill twenty others while only losing half of his dozen
   men. Going up the stairs to his room Perrin sees a girl in plain
   clothes watching him.

  Chapter 34 -- A Different Dance

   The innkeeper is talking to Moiraine, Lan and Perrin on the way to
   their rooms when he mentions, what Moiraine interprets as, another
   False Dragon rising in Ghealdan. It is at that point that Perrin
   smells fear on her. It turns out that is a man who is preaching about
   the dragon (Masema). Loial's room has a bed that is made of Sung wood
   and tries to share this with Perrin but he is lost in thought about
   the girl that was staring at him. He remarks, at this point, how
   natural the axe has become to him.

   Perrin goes to talk to Moiraine. She tells how she is debating whether
   to continue following Rand on land or to take to a ship to his
   eventual destination of Tear. She remarks how Rand has the blood of
   strong walkers/runners in him. For a moment Perrin gets a little
   excited in the room alone with her as he notices what a beautiful
   woman she really is.

   Perrin has come to the conclusion that the girl who was watching him
   must be a Darkfriend. He proceeds outside to the square where the Aiel
   is being held and lets the man down. His name is Gaul of the Imran
   sept of the Shaarad Aiel. He is Shae'en M'taal, a Stone Dog. He and
   his kind have crossed the Spine of the World to search for He Who
   Comes With the Dawn. A dozen Whitecloaks see what Perrin has done and
   attack the two of them. They "dance" with the Whitecloaks and when
   they are through Gaul discredits Orban's story by telling Perrin that
   there was only him and another that fought with Orban and his men. The
   Aiel leaves Perrin and sets out for Tear. Lan quickly approaches and
   hurries Perrin off to the harbour.

  Chapter 35 -- The Falcon

   Sneaking their way down to the docks, Loial mentions the book he is
   writing about their adventures and comments on how much he is enjoying
   everything. The ship they board is named `Snow Goose' and its captain
   is Jaim Adarra. The girl from the inn manages to jump on board just as
   the boat is setting sail. She immediately walks right up to Perrin.
   Her reason for following them is that she couldn't figure out how he
   fit in with the rest of his companions. She lets him know that the
   townsfolk think the Aiel freed himself. She goes on to reveal that she
   is a Hunter of the Horn and that she is incredibly adept with knives.
   She believes that the Horn can be found in the Mountains of Mist but
   is willing to follow a strange trail. She names herself as Zarine
   Bashere and as Perrin is walking away she says to call her Faile.
   Perrin almost falls down the ladder when he hears this.

  Chapter 36 -- Daughter of the Night

   Perrin goes to sleep in his cabin with the wolves absent for the first
   time in a longtime. In his dream there is a very thick fog and he is
   being lead along by Hopper. Looking down he can see men bent down in
   front of Ba'alzamon but who are really asleep back in their own beds.
   He sees Ba'alzamon kill the man from Tar Valon for letting Mat escape
   and then proceeds to order the rest of them awake. Lanfear appears in
   front of the Dark One and Perrin recognizes her from his dream and now
   as one of the Forsaken freed from her prison. She is defiant of her
   master and claims Lews Therin for her own. Eventually she submits and
   vows to serve. Hopper proceeds to lead Perrin out of the fog and then
   flies away. At that point Perrin see Rand slaying a Myrddraal and a
   large circle of people closing in on him. Perrin tries to warn him but
   Rand turns on him and Perrin wakes up in a great burst of pain. There
   is a small burn on his chest from the lighting that Rand fired at him.

   Perrin goes to Moiraine's cabin and tells her about the dream but she
   doesn't much except that he must be careful. He asks her about Zarine
   and finds out that her name is of Saldaean royalty.

   Rand awakes realizing Perrin was real and warns himself to be careful
   in the future. A female merchant and her men approach his camp in a
   peaceful manner looking to share it with him. Without hesitation he
   kills all of them with a sword of fire. "No Mistakes." He takes the
   woman's gelding and heads out on the straightest path to Tear. "`I
   will put an end to it. The taunting. The baiting. I will end it!
   Callandor.' It called to him."

  Chapter 37 -- Fires in Cairhien

   The Blue Crane is passing near Cairhien with Egwene, Nynaeve and
   Elayne on board. The towns on the Cairhien side have all been burnt
   down and are abandoned. The captain and the crew think that the three
   women are Aes Sedai. Egwene has been using the ring most nights since
   her first attempt but they have not been very productive. Her own
   dreams however, without the ter'angreal, have been filled with her
   friends. Of Rand, she has dreamed of him with a fire sword and that he
   is in danger from two people. Of Perrin, she has seen him with a wolf,
   a falcon and a hawk who are fighting each other, him running from
   something deadly and him stepping of a cliff saying, "It must be done.
   I must learn to fly before I reach the bottom." She has dreamed of Min
   springing a steel trap but walking right through it without noticing
   it. With relation to Mat she has dreamed of dice spinning, men
   following him who aren't really there, and him riding towards
   something unseen in the distance that he has to reach and him with a
   women with fireworks all around her.

   Talking to Elayne later, they figure out that the men following Mat
   who are not there must be Gray men. Their conversation is interrupted
   when the ship runs into something that turns out to be a sunken ship.
   Nynaeve determines that they can't wait so the three of them are going
   to continue on foot. She decides to take the shorter route, on the
   Cairhien side, despite Ellisor's insistence on the safer Andor side.
   Not long on their way, a figure jumps up in front of the three women
   from behind a small bush.

  Chapter 38 -- Maidens of the Spear

   The figure in front of them is a Aiel girl of Egwene's age. Egwene
   notices that she looks like she could be Rand's cousin. The girls
   introduces herself as Aviendha of the Bitter Water sept of the Taardad
   Aiel and as Far Dareis Mai. She recognizes them as Women of the White
   Tower and says that they are similar to the women called Wise Ones in
   her culture. She is there to ask them to help her dying friend. They
   meet up with two other Aiel girls, Bain and Chiad, before going to
   tend to the wounded girl. On the way, Egwene and Elayne, and Bain and
   Chiad have an awkward conversation about the concept of first sisters
   in the Aiel culture.

   The wounded girl is named Dailin and she is hurt quite bad. While
   Nynaeve is healing her with herbs, the others continue there
   conversation, verbally exploring the othersφ culture. Egwene learns
   that the Far Dareis Mai cannot attack an Aes Sedai because history
   says that their ancestors used to serve the Tower. The Aiel find the
   concept of swimming very difficult to grasp. The Aiel girls mention
   balefire, a power that the ancient Aes Sedai used although Elayne
   doesn't know what it is. Egwene, however, is sure that balefire was
   what she saw in her dream. By that time Nynaeve has worked up her
   anger and has healed Dailin.

  Chapter 39 -- Threads in the Pattern

   Aviendha is very grateful to Nynaeve: "Aes Sedai, I owe you a debt. My
   water is yours, and the shade of my septhold will welcome you. Dailin
   is my second-sister... I owe you a blood debt." The Aiel say that they
   are searching for He Who Comes With The Dawn and that he was born of
   Far Dareis Mai. When Nynaeve mentions that they are on their way to
   Tear the Aiel seem perplexed at the thought. While following Nynaeve
   on to Jurene, the nearest village, Egwene and Elayne discuss the Aiel
   war and its causes. It was King Laman of Cairhien who cut down the
   Avendoraldera tree that the Aiel had given as a present four hundred
   years prior so that he could make a throne for himself. The
   Avendoraldera was an offspring of the Avendesora tree, `The Tree of
   Life', itself. The Aiel do not view those three years as a war but a
   rather an execution. Elayne makes the connection between Rand and He
   Who Comes With the Dawn and explains it to Egwene.

   Passing a copse of trees, the three of them are ambushed by a group of
   men and knocked unconscious. Egwene wakes tied onto a horse and vows
   not to be taken prisoner again. She is promptly knocked out again.

   Some time later she wakes once again in a dark room. She is able to
   see a dozen men, their captors, in the next room through cracks in the
   wall. They are planning to sell the women to another man. They think
   that their prisoners will be unconscious for some time yet. Egwene
   wakes up Nynaeve and figures out that they have been given `sleep
   root' which does not keep one unconscious, but rather helps relieve
   headaches. They find that Elayne is near death but Nynaeve is able to
   heal her.

   There are three Myrddraal in the room with the men. When Egwene and
   the others burst out of their room, a group of Aiel attack from
   outside. Egwene is holding the Fades when Nynaeve unleashes a stream
   of incredibly intense light at them. Nynaeve doesn't know what it is
   but Egwene recognizes it as balefire. One of the two dead Aiel is
   Dailin. Rhuarc is the male and he is a clan leader. He is there
   because a Wise One's dream said he should go. He recognizes Nynaeve's
   ring as that of the King of Malkier and is quite intrigued by the
   three of them. The women leave the next morning and part ways with the
   Aiel before they reach Jurene. They board a boat named Darter and
   continue their trip downriver.

  Chapter 40 -- A Hero in the Night

   The Gray Gull has arrived in Aringill. Mat opened Elayne's letter on
   the way but didn't find anything interesting. "I told you I'd deliver
   it, Nynaeve, and I bloody will, no matter who tries to stop me." There
   are many Cairhienin refugees on the docks. Mat's appetite has finally
   returned to normal over the last two days. Ashore, they are informed
   by a guard that as of tomorrow, Morgase has ordered that no more
   refugees be allowed to cross. Thom remarks that that does not sound
   very much like something Morgase would do. They are turned down at
   several inns before Mat is able to get them a stable to sleep in and a
   couple of geldings by dicing with an innkeeper named Jeral Floory. Mat
   has not been winning every toss anymore but he remarks: "I win
   enough". Thom and Mat have retired to the stable when a women walks in
   followed by four men who are threatening her. Mat rescues Aludra who
   is a apparently a renegade Illuminator. To thank him she gives him a
   bundle of fireworks. Aludra and then Mat and Thom leave.

  Chapter 41 -- A Hunter's Oath

   The Snow Goose is approaching Illian. Moiraine has learned that Zarine
   is a Hunter of the Horn and knows that she is Aes Sedai. She is mad at
   Perrin for not letting her know these things. Actually, everyone on
   board knows that Moiraine is Aes Sedai. Perrin: "(Zarine) may be
   pretty, but she looks at me the way I'd look at a tool I'd never seen
   before, trying to puzzle out how it is made and what it is supposed to
   be used for. "Zarine insists that they use the name `Faile'. Moiraine
   tells her that they must part ways but Zarine is intent on following
   them. Moiraine makes her take an oath and says, much to his dismay,
   that she is Perrin's responsibility. "It seems that you have found
   Min's falcon, ta'veren."

  Chapter 42 -- Easing the Badger

   Riding through Illian, Loial is worrying about other Ogier being there
   and taking him home. He mentions the Ways in front of Zarine. Moiraine
   and Lan both notice that something with the city is not right. Perrin
   notices that many people seem unhappy. Lan leads them into the
   Perfumed Quarter and to an inn named Easing the Badger. The
   proprietress, Nieda, greets Moiraine as Mistress Mari and asks if her
   pigeons arrived safely. She goes on about a tough winter and says that
   Lord Brend, a newcomer to Illian has been raised to the Council of
   Nine and is controlling it. She also mentions that she has been having
   strange dreams. It is after that remark that Perrin senses that
   Moiraine is scared once again. Moiraine states that she has something
   to do that night. There are no ships allowed to or from Tear; there is
   talk of war with them.

   Eating in the common room, Perrin smells the thing from Jarra and
   Remen. It is coming from the six men approaching him from across the
   room who attack him with knives. The six of them are dead in seconds
   with help from Moiraine and the others. She identifies them as Gray
   Men. At that point she leaves the inn although Lan does try to stop
   her. She insists on going alone, possibly to her death. "The wheel
   weaves as the wheel wills, and the Shadow darkens the world. Heed me,
   Lan, and obey as you swore to."

  Chapter 43 -- Shadowbrothers

   Lan asks Perrin and Loial to help him search outside; Zarine follows.
   There is no one about and Perrin smells something almost like burnt
   sulphur. Lan finds the tracks of a Darkhound in the stone; that is the
   source of the smell. It has found what it was looking for and has gone
   to report to its master. These creatures have not been seen south of
   the Mountains of Dhoom since the Trolloc Wars. Lan offers to release
   Zarine from her oath in light of recent events but she declines. He
   goes off to find Moiraine, and Perrin and the others go to sleep.

   He is searching for the Wolf dream and eventually finds it. While
   looking around for Hopper in a barren land, he sees visions of Mat
   dicing with the Dark One and Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne stepping into
   a huge cage. Hopper arrives. "Dangerous. You have been warned, Young
   Bull. Too young. Too new yet." Hopper tells Perrin that `the Last
   Hunt' comes and that Perrin must flee the `Shadowbrothers'
   (Darkhounds). Perrin wakes up in his room with Zarine there. He thinks
   for a moment that she might be the beautiful woman that Min had told
   him to run from. Before he can think any further Moiraine bursts into
   the room: "Your Wolf dreams tell as truly as a Dreamer's, Perrin. The
   Forsaken are loose, and one of them rules in Illian."

  Chapter 44 -- Hunted

   The Forsaken in control of Illian is Sammael. Lan has killed the
   Darkhound and Moiraine says that they have to leave before Sammael
   finds out they are there. Moiraine gives Zarine another chance to
   leave but she says she will stay for the story she will be able to
   tell once the adventure is over. Perrin: "She has to have a reason.
   Being in a bloody story isn't reason enough for any but a mad woman."
   Nieda has been serving Moraine for twelve years but she doesn't really
   believe that Moiraine is serious about the danger that they are all
   in. Moraine reveals that is was not Sammael who sent the Gray Men
   after Perrin. He realizes that this must mean that another Forsaken is
   loose! Moiraine does not believe that Sammael knows that Perrin exists
   yet. Perrin: "Why me? Rand is the bloody Dragon Reborn!". He says this
   in front of Zarine and Nieda.

   Moiraine, Lan, Perrin, Loial and Zarine head out of Illian but have to
   stop to face ten Darkhounds that are on their trail. "You can never
   outrun the Darkhounds, blacksmith." Perrin kills one of the hounds
   with an arrow before Moiraine obliterates the rest of them with a
   stream of blinding white light; something that is forbidden and has
   not been used in two thousand years. Moiraine says that they are not
   Sammael's main quarry. Zarine finds out that Mat has blown the Horn of
   Valere. Moiraine: "Once again events outpace me. I do not like that.
   And neither should you. If events outrun me, they may trample you and
   the rest of the world with you."

   Mat and Thom are camping near Caemlyn. Mat cuts up a firecracker
   exactly like he is supposed to avoid doing. The two of them are
   attacked by a group of men and a woman, all four of which they kill.
   Mat recognizes one of the men who jumped overboard into the Erinin.
   Mat is confused and thinks people are after him because of the letter
   he is carrying for Elayne. They head out for Caemlyn without any
   sleep.

  Chapter 45 -- Caemlyn

   Mat and Thom enter Caemlyn early in the morning. Mat goes to deliver
   Elayne's letter and Thom goes to the Queen's Blessing. Mat is chased
   away by the Palace guards -- they name him a Darkfriend for saying he
   comes from Tar Valon. He heads back to the inn. In the kitchen the
   cook remembers him as the servant to the young Prince who looked like
   Tigraine. Basel Gill, (the innkeeper and Thom's friend) and Thom tell
   Mat that Morgase has a new advisor. Bryne didn't like him and has been
   retired to his estate. Lord Gaebril, the new advisor has replaced half
   of the Queen's Guard in a very short time. Mat intends to get the
   letter to Morgase without having to deal with the guards. He rolls the
   Dark One's Eyes before leaving, again, not knowing what game he is
   playing. Basel (to Thom): "How does he come by gold?" Mat: "I always
   win, that's how. I just have to win once more and I'm done with
   Elayne, and that's the last of the White Tower for me. Just once
   more."

  Chapter 46 -- A Message out of the Shadow

   Mat climbs over the wall of the Palace Garden that Rand fell over a
   year earlier. While hiding from the guards behind a bush, he hears two
   men talking through the window. The man referred to as `Great Master'
   by the other, is ordering his `servant' to have Elayne, Egwene and
   Nynaeve killed. They are on their way to Tear. The same man also
   refers to a male third party whose plans the three women are trying to
   spoil.

   Guardsman-Lieutenant Tallanvor wanders across Mat and takes him to the
   Queen. Lord Gaebril, standing beside Morgase, is taller than Rand and
   almost as big as Perrin. When presenting himself to the Queen, Mat
   uses the name Thom Grinwell. He almost mentions the conversation he
   had just overheard concerning Elayne, when he is stopped by Gaebril.
   Mat recognizes his voice as that of the `Great Master'. During the
   following dialogue, there are several passages where Morgase is
   described by Jordan as a follower, or even a pet, of Gaebril. "It has
   come time, Morgase, to lance that festering sore on the border of
   Andor. By your marriage to Taringail Damodred you have claim to the
   Sun Throne. The Queen's Guard can make that claim as strong as any.
   Perhaps I can even aid them in some small way. Hear me."

  Chapter 47 -- To Race the Shadow

   Mat has a very strong urge to run as Tallanvor escorts him out of the
   Palace. He inquires whether Mat knows much about the Tower. He thinks
   Morgase was trying to say something by asking Mat questions concerning
   her daughter and Tar Valon. When Mat asks, Tallanvor says that he
   serves Morgase to the death. On his way back to the inn Mat is
   thinking about the trouble that Elayne, Egwene and Moiraine are in.
   ∞Fool women! Now I have to keep their bacon from burning instead of
   looking after my own!

   Back at the inn, Mat learns from Basel that Gaebril came to Caemlyn
   during the winter and restored order to the city while Morgase was in
   Tar Valon. She was so happy about what he had done, she named him her
   advisor. Basel continues to tell Mat and Thom that he and some others
   have been having strange dreams that are very similar to one anothers.
   Mat tells the other two men about the plan that Gaebril has for Elayne
   and the others. They don't believe him at first, but are eventually
   convinced. Thom suggests that the best thing for them to do is to
   spread a rumour about it and let I get back to Morgase. Jordan uses a
   very coy analogy in this passage. While telling his ideas, Thom's
   moves in the game of Stones he is playing with Gill are analogous to
   his plans for Gaebril. Mat declares that he is leaving for Tear and
   Thom agrees to go along. Mat tosses a purse of gold that he received
   from Gaebril to Master Gill. When Basel asks him what it is for, Mat
   replies, "Stakes. Gaebril doesn't know it, but he and I have a wager.
   And I always win." Mat proceeds to role five sixes.

  Chapter 48 -- Following the Craft

   The Darter arrives in Tear. Egwene and Nynaeve have been sick the
   entire trip. They have assumed the names Joslyn and Maryim,
   respectively. Elayne is calling herself Caryla. Egwene has been having
   dreams again and has been getting used the ter'angreal. She has dreamt
   of Perrin choosing between an axe and a hammer and Mat coming after
   her and gambling with the Dark One. Of Rand, she has seen him sneaking
   towards Callandor and around him are six men and five women all trying
   to get him.

   On shore, the women are in awe of the Stone of Tear, made with the One
   Power. Egwene does not like how Elayne always agrees with Nynaeve so
   easily. Elayne suggests that they hire a thief taker to help them find
   the Black Ajah. Nynaeve says that they should not stay in an inn and
   proceeds to walk to the door of a house which she recognizes to be
   that of a Wisdom. A woman named Mother Guenna answers the door and she
   gives Nynaeve something for her stomach. The two women test each other
   extensively with regards to how they would soothe a wide variety of
   aliments. Mother Guenna tells the women that her name in Ailhuin. She
   offers them her spare rooms in exchange for their story of why they
   are in Tear. After they answer, she says she knows a man that will be
   able to help them and goes off to find him. His name is Juilin Sandar,
   a thief taker, and the most dangerous man Ailhuin knows.

   Egwene comments on how manipulative Nynaeve has become and how much
   she is becoming like Moiraine. Elayne gets upset at this comment.
   Neither Egwene nor Elayne like what they have to do, but agree they
   that it has to be done.

  Chapter 49 -- A Storm in Tear

   Ailhuin bring Juilin back with her. He gives Nynaeve a second look and
   she notices. Ailhuin says that Juilin is an honourable man and will
   always tell the truth except where it might get him a kiss. To answer
   Elayne's question, he says that he doesn't carry a sword because,
   except for foreigners and High Lords, they are illegal in Tear.
   Nynaeve lays thirteen silver marks out on the table and promises that
   again once the 13 women that they seek are found. She describes all
   thirteen to Juilin and he says that he will treat them all like Aes
   Sedai and Black Ajah. He interprets Egwene's choking for fear and
   assures her that there are no Aes Sedai in Tear.

   That night, Elayne and Nynaeve are beside Egwene when she enters the
   Dream World. Egwene has learned how to travel in Tel'aran'rhiod. When
   she appears in the Heart of the Stone, thirteen women are seated
   around Callandor. Liandrin looks right at Egwene and smiles. Egwene is
   awake a moment later and tells Elayne and Nynaeve that, "They are
   waiting for us. And I think they know we are in Tear." A storm breaks
   out over the city.

   Mat and Thom have hired the ship named Swift and Captain Dermet to
   take them downriver to Tear. They have arrived in pouring rain.
   Walking up from the docks, Mat is intent on finding Egwene, Nynaeve
   and Elayne before Comar (Gaebril's servant) does. Thinking about his
   friends makes his homesick for a moment. During a lightning flash he
   sees the house where they are staying but doesn't know it. Along with
   Thom, he enters The White Crescent inn where the innkeeper's name is
   Cavar Loper. After a meal they are out in the city looking for the
   women.

   Just before dawn when complete fatigue is setting in, they wander into
   The Golden Cup--Comar is there. He is dicing at a table and is winning
   all the time. Thom shows how Comar is using weighted dice and leaves
   Mat and the innkeeper in awe of how he switched the dice without them
   noticing. Loper says that exposing Comar will do nothing for them
   since the guards are apt to believe an outland Lord before a poor
   local man. He also comments on how he has been having nightmares of a
   man who matches Rand's description. Mat takes matters into his own
   hands and challenges Comar to some dicing. When Mat rolls he fells the
   dice tumble oddly and wins. "I think your luck is about used up Comar.
   If you've harmed those girls, it's all gone." Comar slips and says
   that he hasn't even found them yet. Mat fights that larger man and
   ends up breaking his back, killing him. Before he dies, however, Comar
   reveals that he was not the only one looking for them.

   Leaving the inn, Mat tells Thom that he has figured out how his luck
   works; it only works for random things like dice, not Stones and other
   things that require thought. For three days and nights they wander
   about Tear picking random spots to look for the three women. During
   this time Mat has been dreaming of Rand quite a bit.

  Chapter 50 -- The Hammer

   Arriving in Tear, Perrin feels lonely when he reaches out for the
   wolves and they are not there. Riding through the city, Lan notices
   that most of the people look defeated for some unknown reason. He
   leads the group of them to an inn named The Star who's innkeepers name
   in Jurah Haret. Moiraine tells the others to stay near the inn while
   her and Lan go out into the city investigating.

   Perrin goes to the smithy that is next door and helps the blacksmith
   there. The man is very impressed with Perrin's work and asks if he
   would like to work for him since his three apprentices have left him
   because of their nightmares. He really wants Perrin to stay. Perrin
   says he doesn't know how long he will be in Tear, but agrees to stay
   for the meantime. He feels very much at home working in the smithy.
   When they close that night, Zarine is there. The Blacksmith, Dermid
   Ajala, asks Perrin to keep the ten pound hammer he was using because
   he says it looks right in his hands. He looks Perrin right in the eyes
   but doesn't flinch when he notices their colour.

   Back in the inn, Perrin gets upset when Lan calls him farmboy when he
   summons him into the private dining room. Moiraine tells the group of
   them that Be'lal is ruling in Tear and is using the name Lord Samon.
   Loial wants to go back to the Stedding, but doesn't want to leave his
   book incomplete. Zarine has no problems about leaving but is not
   allowed to. Moiraine says that Be'lal's plans are to let Rand into the
   Stone to take Callandor, only to kill him and take the sword for his
   own. She says that she will attempt to kill the Forsaken with
   Balefire, something she has learned over the past year. He is
   extremely dangerous, and will be difficult to defeat. She asks Loial
   what the Ogier remember about Be'lal. He tells how he was envious of
   Lews Therin Telamon, Lanfear and Sammael and thus Forsook the Light.
   He is called Netweaver and is a master of the Sword. Lan reports that
   he has seen Aiel on the rooftops in Tear. Perrin recounts how the Aiel
   he freed in Remen, Gaul, said that his people would leave the Three
   Fold Land when the Stone broke. Moiraine says she has never read
   anything about the Aiel in the Prophecies of the Dragon. Lan and
   Moiraine plan to find a way into the Stone tonight.

  Chapter 51 -- Bait for the Net

   Nynaeve thinks she sees Rand walking in the distance while she is out
   in the street buying some meat. Juilin approaches at that point to
   tell her that he has found the women for whom they are searching. He
   is very frightened and says that they are guests of the High Lord
   Samon. When they arrive at the house, Ailhuin is bound by Air and
   Nynaeve is shielded from the Source before she can do anything.
   Liandrin and Rianna are there. Nynaeve tries to fight with her fists
   but is beaten severely by flows of Air. Egwene and Elayne have
   suffered similar treatment. The two Black Ajah tell Ailhuin to keep
   her tongue quiet about what she has seen to which she agrees. Liandrin
   has to stop Rianna from killing Nynaeve rationalizing that bait is of
   no use of it is dead. Outside, when being loaded onto the Black Ajah's
   carriage, Nynaeve sees that Juilin was made to betray them. Liandrin
   and Rianna serve Be'lal who has sent for thirteen Myrddraal.

  Chapter 52 -- In Search of a Remedy

   Thom has become so sick that Mat has obtained directions to a Wise
   Woman's house in order to purchase a remedy. Outside the house Mat
   notices some recent carriage tracks and thinks them out of place in
   the Maule (the poorer part of Tear). He doesn't make much of it as his
   mind is on carrying Thom to the door. The woman, Mother Guenna, gives
   Thom a concoction to ease his cough against his will. In talking with
   Mat she realizes that Mat's friends (Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne) were
   there earlier. He is mad for walking by Mother Guenna's house on that
   first night in Tear. Against her judgment, she tells Mat that they
   have been taken to the Stone by Aes Sedai for Lord Samon. Mat thinks
   that this is good news until he learns that they were beaten. He
   leaves Thom with the Wise Woman and heads to the Stone with a mind to
   rescue his friends. He can feel the dice tumbling in his head.

  Chapter 53 -- A Flow of the Spirit

   Perrin has been working for the blacksmith again, while Zarine watches
   him. He has become uncomfortable with her gaze. When the two of them
   are on their way back to the inn, Lan and Moiraine tell them that Rand
   is in Tear; there have been may marriages and many other unlikely
   events occurring in the last day. Many people dreamt about Rand last
   night and have been having other nightmares because Be'lal has not
   been shielding his dreams. Lan orders Perrin and Zarine to leave for
   Tar Valon immediately. In the common room of the Star, Perrin
   overhears people talking about the Dragon. Upstairs he hears a noise
   from their private dining room and finds Zarine lying motionless on
   the floor with a carving of a hedgehog lying by her hand. The only
   thing that keeps Perrin from running to her side is Moiraine's cry to
   "Stop!".

   If he had entered the room, he too would have been caught in the trap.
   Moiraine is unsure as to what has happened and orders Lan to find the
   innkeeper. Moiraine had order the man to not allow anyone into that
   room. He is incredibly terrified but says that two women came and said
   that they wanted to leave a surprise for her. Moiraine concludes that
   Be'lal knows she is in Tear and had set that trap for her. Lan
   comments that Be'lal will not be expecting them tonight. Moiraine
   explains to Perrin that Faile has been sent entirely to the World of
   Dreams -- dreamers are only part way there -- and she will die if she
   is left there for too long. When her and Lan have left, Perrin asks
   Loial to watch his back while he tries to save Zarine. Perrin leaps
   into the room and manages to touch her ankle before he is gone.

   Perrin finds himself in the Wolf Dream where Hopper tells him that it
   is more dangerous than ever for Young Bull to be there. Instead of the
   axe at his side, he has his hammer. Perrin has entered the dream too
   strongly and his body turns into that of a wolf even larger than
   Hopper's. The two wolves set off together to find Faile.

  Chapter 54 -- Into the Stone

   It is night in Tear and Mat is on the rooftops. He intends to get into
   the Stone by crossing the wall to it and climbing up the wall.
   Glancing at it, he sees someone climbing up the wall. Out of nowhere,
   he feels a blade at his throat. He manages to put up a good fight
   before he is overcome by four figures. They are black-veiled Aiel.
   Juilin Sandar appears shortly thereafter feeling regret for how he
   betrayed Nynaeve and the others that afternoon. Among the Aiel are
   Rhuarc and Gaul. They leave the wetlanders trusting that they will not
   raise an alarm because of their presence in Tear. Juilin suggests that
   they use the thief-catchers entrance to the Stone. Mat asks Juilin to
   wait until he "stirs the ant-hill a bit."

   He lights the fireworks in an arrowslit of the Stone and they explode
   before he is halfway back across the town wall. He sees that they have
   made a hole in the wall big enough for him to get through although he
   doesn't understand how. Regardless, he doesn't trust Juilin and
   decides to head through the newly made entrance. Inside, he curses
   himself for there are many Defenders of the Stone waiting for him.
   While he is fighting them, Juilin appears and leads Mat down to the
   dungeon where they hope to find Nynaeve and the others.

   Rand is in the Stone and has heard the explosion and the resulting
   alarm. He climbed up the wall and opened the wound in his side while
   doing so. He is intent on getting Callandor and thus end the taunting
   and the hunting.

   Egwene wakes in a cell and finds Nynaeve and Elayne in there with her.
   She swears that she will not be held prisoner again. While she was
   unconscious she dreamt of Rand coming for Callandor, Mat coming to
   save them and Perrin as a wolf. The other women tell her that they
   have been taken as bait for Rand and that there are thirteen Myrddraal
   coming to the Stone. Egwene wants to enter Tel'aran'rhiod to see if
   she can help them escape. When she gets there is able to channel. In
   the dungeon, she finds Joiya Byir faintly appearing in and out of the
   Dream World in front of Callandor in the Heart of the Stone. Very
   quickly, Egwene shields her from the Source and bounds her with a flow
   of Air. She leaves the Black Ajah there because she doesn't have the
   heart to kill her.

   Perrin and Hopper are in the Stone killing the men guarding a tall
   door. Inside they find Faile who proclaims that she new Perrin would
   come before she disappears. Perrin vows to continue the hunt to find
   her.

   Mat and Juilin are fighting again. Mat is dueling with the High Lord
   Darlin who is a very skilled opponent. Mat eventually defeats him and
   sees Rand run by in an adjacent corridor. Casually swinging his staff
   over his shoulder while talking to Juilin, Mat knocks out another High
   Lord who would have surely killed both of them before they saw him.
   Mat urges Juilin to find the staircase that will lead them down to the
   dungeon.

  Chapter 55 -- What is Written in Prophecy

   Rand is in the Heart of the Stone along with Be'lal. The Forsaken
   describes how they were once allies. Rand refuses to cower before
   merely one of the Forsaken and will not take Callandor even with
   Be'lal's continued insistence. They engage in swordfight and Rand
   finds himself outmatched. There are now many others fighting around
   the two men with swords made from saidin. Before Be'lal can kill Rand,
   Moiraine comes in and blasts the Forsaken with balefire. She says to
   Rand that he has come too soon, but that he must take Callandor.

   Without warning, Moiraine is flung into one of the redstone columns by
   some unseen force. It is Ba'alzamon and he descends from the darkness
   above. "Twice in this life I have offered you the chance to serve me
   living. Twice you have refused, and wounded me. Now you will serve the
   Lord of the Grave in death. Die, Lews Therin Kinslayer. Die, Rand
   al'Thor. It is time for you to die! I take your soul!" The Dark One
   strikes Rand as he dives to grab Callandor. When he has it in his
   hands, he is able to channel more of the Power than he can believe.
   "You will not take my soul. This time, I mean to finish it once and
   for all! I mean to finish it now!" Ba'alzamon flees and Rand follows
   him with the Sword That Cannot Be Touched.

   Egwene is down in the dungeon as it exists in Tel'aran'rhiod. She is
   unable to locate her cell, but she catches a glimpse much fainter that
   Joiya had been before and recognizes it as Amico, the Black Ajah who
   was guarding the door to her cell. She shields the other women, bounds
   her with air and smashes the lock of the cell door. Awake, a moment
   later, Amico is still bound but the lock on the door is still intact.
   All three of them feel that something has happened to the shield
   severing them from the source; it has weakened. Egwene goes back to
   finish things off.

   Mat and Juilin have found their way down to the dungeon. Down the
   first corridor Mat sees a women sitting oddly in front of a door.
   Sandar recognizes the women as one of the Aes Sedai Nynaeve was
   looking for. Mat wants to help the seemingly helpless women, but
   decides to take her key and find out if his friends are behind the
   cell door. His hunch was right and Nynaeve and Elayne wake Egwene. Mat
   is let down at the harsh reception he receives from them. All three of
   them stare at Juilin when he walks in the door, and he apologizes for
   his earlier actions saying Liandrin made him do it. Nynaeve punches
   Amico which knocks her out and removes the shield from the One Power.
   Egwene takes Amico's ter'angreal. Mat asks why Nynaeve punched a
   helpless women and is momentarily suspended in the air while he is
   told to keep his opinions to himself. He and Juilin follow the women
   out of the dungeon.

   Hopper has led Perrin to Faile twice but she has disappeared each
   time. This time, behind a door with hundreds of Falcons engraved on
   it, there is a falcon chained to its perch. Running to the bird,
   Perrin is attacked by dozens of falcons clawing at him. He reaches the
   perch, breaks the chain and blacks out in pain.

   He awakens in the private dining room back at the Star with Faile
   bending over him tending to his many wounds. "My poor Perrin, my poor
   blacksmith. You are hurt so badly." There is a broken carving of a
   hedgehog on the floor near where he lay.

   Rand is in what appears to be the Heart of the Stone in the Dream
   World. Balefire is shot at him from behind a column and he deflects it
   with Callandor which sends it into the columns around him obliterating
   them. He fires back and proceeds to chase Ba'alzamon around the Stone.
   Rand is forced to defend himself against all the traps and obstacles
   that The Dark One throws in his way. He is able counteract them
   without so much as a thought but finds it difficult to maintain the
   balance between existence and nothingness. Ba'alzamon has lead him
   back into the Heart of the Stone. He makes a plea for Rand to join
   him. In response, Rand severs the black lines that are connected to
   his foe from the surrounding darkness and slays him through the chest.
   This sends them both back to the Heart of the Stone in the real world.
   A man with a hole in his chest lies dead at Rand's feet with tendrils
   of black smoke rising from his eyes. "I have done it. I have killed
   Ba'alzamon, killed Shai'tan! I have won the Last Battle! Light, I am
   the Dragon Reborn! The breaker of nations, the breaker of the World.
   No! I will end the breaking, end the killing! I will make it end!"
   Rising Callandor above his head he yells "Stop!" and proclaims himself
   as the Dragon Reborn. One by one everyone in the room kneels to him
   crying, "The Dragon is Reborn! The Dragon is Reborn!"

  Chapter 56 -- People of the Dragon

   In the morning, people all over Tear speak of the dream they had of
   the Dragon battling Ba'alzamon in the Heart of the Stone, and see the
   Dragon banner flying above the Stone. All day people wander through
   the streets proclaiming "al'Thor! The Dragon! al'Thor!"

   One hundred of three hundred Aiel had been lost through the night and
   ten times that many Defenders of the Stone. Mat has been laughed at by
   the Aiel for his efforts to try get Aviendha to dance without her
   spear and for trying to get Bain and Chiad alone. Moiraine tells
   Nynaeve and the others that Perrin is in Tear and should be safe with
   his companion. The Aes Sedai has one of the four remaining cuendillar
   disks that are still intact binding the Dark One in Shayol Ghul. Three
   of them have already been destroyed. Rhuarc tells how his people are
   the People of the Dragon mentioned in the prophecies. When an Aiel
   wishes to become a clan chief or a Wise One, they must travel to
   Rhuidean, in the land of the Jenn Aiel, where, among other things,
   they receive markings on their arms just like that on the Dragon
   banner. The Emond's Fielders are dumbfounded when Moiraine tells them
   that the Dark One is not dead. Egwene offers an explanation from
   something Verin had shown her. It mentioned Ba'alzamon and Ishamael
   together which might mean that is was the latter that Rand killed.
   That would leave nine Forsaken still alive.

   Berelain, a young and very pretty women who is also the First of
   Mayene, delivers a message to Moiraine. It reads:

     Lews Therin was mine. He is mine, and he will be mine, forever. I
     give him into your charge, to keep him for me until I come.

     Lanfear

   Knowing that Mat is eager to leave, Moiraine tells him that he is
   still a crucial part of the Pattern. He agrees with her, all the while
   planning his departure as soon a Thom is healthy enough to travel.

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