Outside the Gates

For other uses of the word "gate," see Gate.

Book Index

0 I II III IV V VI VII
VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV

Chapters

1	When Last Sounds
2	The Dark One's Touch
3	At the Gardens
4	A Deal
5	Something... Strange
6	A Stave and a Razor
7	A Cold Medallion
8	Dragons' Eggs
9	A Short Path
10	A Village in Shiota
11	A Hell in Maderin
12	A Manufactory
13	Siege
14	Wet Things
15	A Different Skill
16	The New Follower
17	A Bronze Bear
18	News for the Dragon
19	Vows
20	The Golden Crane
21	Within the Stone
22	To Make an Anchor Weep
23	Call to a Sitting
24	Honey in the Tea
25	Attending Elaida
26	As If the World Were Fog
27	A Plain Wooden Box
28	In Malden
29	The Last Knot
30	Outside the Gates
31	The House on Full Moon Street
32	To Keep the Bargain
33	Nine Out of Ten
34	A Cup of Kaf
35	The Importance of Dyelin
36	Under an Oak
37	Prince of the Ravens

Remember the Old Saying

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Setting: Malden

Summary[]

Point of view: Faile Bashere

It is almost noon and there is incessant thunder. Rolan, Kinhuin and Jhoradin have cleared some of the stairway. Rolan helps them climb out one at a time, Faile, then Maighdin, Arrela, Lacile and Alliandre. In the street there are a hundred or more of the people who swore fealty to Faile. Aravine hands her a waterskin. She can see that the sky is clear and there is a One Power battle going on. Jhoradin helps Lacile and Aldin helps Arrela, though she does not like men. After drinking, Maighdin collapses due to the forkroot in the town water supply. Rolan says he will hide Faile until nightfall then take her to the forest to escape. They will have to abandon the supplies since the building collapsed but Rolan promises to supply what is needed. Aldin carries Maighdin as they walk through Malden followed by Theril.

Point of view: Perrin Aybara

Perrin is only a hundred paces from the gates of Malden. As he fights two Shaido, Aram attacks him. Convinced by Masema that Perrin and Elyas are Shadowspawn, Aram intends to kill Perrin to save Faile. Two Shaido arrows kill Aram while he is focused on Perrin. Turning a corner, he sees a horde of people in white led by three veiled Shaido algai'd'siswai. One, who would have dwarfed Lamgwin, pulls Faile. Perrin leaps at him and kills him with his hammer after Faile distracted him by calling Perrin's name. Faile and Lacile stab the other two in the back when they join in the attack. He takes Faile in his arms and is filled with her scent but she also smells guilty and ashamed, so Perrin thinks she was raped.^[verify]^[1] Perrin tells them all to head north, the safest direction. He sends Theril to the fortress to tell Ban al'Seen, Seonid and the others they can come out now.

When Perrin discovers the woman he knew as Alyse didn't take Faile with her during her escape, Faile says she was actually Galina and figures she must be Black Ajah. Theril and those from the fortress return in a quarter hour. Selande and the other Cha Faile cluster around Faile. Rovair Kirklin goes to find Masuri. Tallanvor cradles Maighdin. Gaul goes to find Chiad and Elyas accompanies him. Furen and Teryl are with Seonid. She Heals Perrin, then Faile. She hears Faile mention Galina and after hearing the story, Seonid claims the right to try her in the White Tower. Perrin is irate but Faile reminds him how he required formal proof when Jon Thane accused Jac Coplin and Len Congar of stealing a cow. The battle is now over. Tylee rides up with Sevanna naked and tied across her horse. Most of Masema's men on the east ridge are dead but he escaped with roughly a hundred of his men. The sul'dam have already collared over two hundred Shaido Wise Ones. Fortunately, Perrin's forces suffered only light casualties. Faile claims Sevanna's wealth to help restore the hundred thousand prisoners the Shaido took. Perrin introduces Faile and Alliandre to Tylee and reminds her that Ghealdan is under his protection. They need to get going before the other two Shaido septs arrive. Perrin thought he was making a deal with the Dark One but now Tylee asks him to call her by her first name and he says the same.

Point of view: Galina Casban

Galina retrieves her stash and packs Swift's saddlebags. Out in the woods, she is in the middle of changing clothes when Therava finds her and recovers the binder. With Therava are other Wise Ones, including Belinde and Modarra, and several hundred Shaido. Therava says the Shaido will regroup and return to the Three-Fold Land, never to leave again. They will rebuild even though it will take generations. Galina is broken; she will be Therava's little Lina for the rest of her life.

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