Insects

Once, long ago, I saw three Myrddraal make a man give them his wife and his daughters one by one, then beg them to cut off his right leg, then the left, then his arms, and burn out his eyes. It was a game with them, you understand, to see how much they could make him beg them to take. They left his tongue for last, of course, but there wasn’t a great deal of him remaining by then. He had been quite powerful, handsome and famous. Envied. No one would ever envy what they finally tossed to the Trollocs. You wouldn’t believe the sounds it made. Find what I want, Carridin. You will not like it if I withdraw my hand.

Sammael threatening Jaichim Carridin

Once, long ago, I saw three Myrddraal make a man give them his wife and his daughters one by one, then beg them to cut off his right leg, then the left, then his arms, and burn out his eyes. It was a game with them, you understand, to see how much they could make him beg them to take. They left his tongue for last, of course, but there wasn’t a great deal of him remaining by then. He had been quite powerful, handsome and famous. Envied. No one would ever envy what they finally tossed to the Trollocs. You wouldn’t believe the sounds it made. Find what I want, Carridin. You will not like it if I withdraw my hand.
— Sammael threatening Jaichim Carridin

Book Index
0 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV
Chapters
Lightnings 1 High Chasaline 2 The Butcher's Yard 3 Hill of the Golden Dawn 4 Into Cairhien 5 A Broken Crown 6 Old Fear, and New Fear 7 Pitfalls and Tripwires 8 The Figurehead 9 A Pair of Silverpike 10 Unseen Eyes 11 An Oath 12 A Morning of Victory 13 The Bowl of the Winds 14 White Plumes 15 Insects 16 A Touch on the Cheek 17 The Triumph of Logic 18 As the Plow Breaks the Earth 19 Diamonds and Stars 20 Patterns Within Patterns 21 Swovan Night 22 Small Sacrifices 23 Next Door to a Weaver 24 The Kin 25 Mindtrap 26 The Irrevocable Words 27 To Be Alone 28 Bread and Cheese 29 The Festival of Birds 30 The First Cup 31 Mashiara 32 Sealed to the Flame 33 A Bath 34 Ta'veren 35 Into the Woods 36 Blades 37 A Note from the Palace 38 Six Stories 39 Promises to Keep 40 Spears 41 A Crown of Swords

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Setting: Ebou Dar

Point of view: Jaichim Carridin

Carridin has been stirring up mobs in Altara and Murandy to provide justification for the Children of the Light invading to restore order. He also has orders to abduct Elayne Trakand out of the Tarasin Palace. He rebukes Shiaine Avarhin for her lack of progress on her assignment to find a stash of angreal, sa'angreal, and ter'angreal. As he looks out the window, Carridin spots Mat talking to a white-haired old man. Sammael arrives in his room and Carridin reports spotting Mat outside. Sammael emphasizes that the search is the most important thing Carridin should be working on, the only thing. During their conversation Shiaine is frozen. When Sammael leaves, she is startled since Carridin is not in the place he was a moment before, at least to her. Despite his orders, Carridin tells Shiaine to focus on finding Mat.

Characters

• Jaichim Carridin
• Shiaine
• Sammael
• Mat
• Noal Charin as white-haired man

Referenced

• Pedron Niall
• Elayne
• Old Cully
• Tylin
• Vanora one of Carridin's sisters
• Ishamael

Places

• Ebou Dar

Referenced

• Altara
• Murandy
• Tar Valon
• Whitebridge
• Caemlyn

Items

Referenced

• Horn of Valere