Tellings of the Wheel

"No truce with the Forsaken. No truce with the Shadow."
   — Rand to Sammael's emissary

For the chapter with the same title in The Eye of the World, see The Eye of the World/Chapter 9.

Book Index
0 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV
Chapters
The First Message 1 Lion on the Hill 2 A New Arrival 3 A Woman's Eyes 4 A Sense of Humor 5 A Different Dance 6 Threads Woven of Shadow 7 A Matter of Thought 8 The Storm Gathers 9 Plans 10 A Saying in the Borderlands 11 Lessons and Teachers 12 Questions and Answers 13 Under the Dust 14 Dreams and Nightmares 15 A Pile of Sand 16 Tellings of the Wheel 17 The Wheel of a Life 18 A Taste of Solitude 19 Matters of Toh 20 From the Stedding 21 To Shadar Logoth 22 Heading South 23 To Understand a Message 24 An Embassy 25 Like Lightning and Rain 26 Connecting Lines 27 Gifts 28 Letters 29 Fire and Spirit 30 To Heal Again 31 Red Wax 32 Summoned in Haste 33 Courage to Strengthen 34 Journey to Salidar 35 In the Hall of the Sitters 36 The Amyrlin Is Raised 37 When Battle Begins 38 A Sudden Chill 39 Possibilities 40 Unexpected Laughter 41 A Threat 42 The Black Tower 43 The Crown of Roses 44 The Color of Trust 45 A Bitter Thought 46 Beyond the Gate 47 The Wandering Woman 48 Leaning on the Knife 49 The Mirror of Mists 50 Thorns 51 The Taking 52 Weaves of the Power 53 The Feast of Lights 54 The Sending 55 Dumai's Wells The Answer

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Setting: Caemlyn, Royal Palace of Andor

Point of view: Rand al'Thor

Rand is finally learning how to ignore heat and cold while listening to Halwin Norry drone on about the financial status of Andor. Rand dismisses Halwin so that he can meet with the Andoran nobles Dyelin, Luan, Abelle, and Ellorien to try to get their support for Elayne to take the Lion Throne. After some discussion Rand does not get any commitment from the nobles but they do look at him a bit strangely. After the meeting Rand asks Dyelin about the strange looks. She says it is because he looks like Tigraine, the Daughter-heir that disappeared from the palace twenty-five years ago. Rand pieces together that Tigraine must have gone to the Aiel Waste and become Shaiel, his mother. It was suspected that the Aes Sedai Gitara Moroso was involved in the disappearance of Tigraine and of her brother Luc a year earlier. Tigraine had been married to Taringail, a political marriage intended to end the wars between Andor and Cairhien. Her disappearance drove King Laman mad with suspicion, so he cut down Avendoraldera and made himself a throne out of it, prompting the Aiel War, which led to Rand's birth, to Shaiel, on the slopes of Dragonmount.

Bashere brings in an emissary from "Lord Brend", actually Sammael in Illian. After introductions, the emissary's voice changes and the true message from Sammael is given, a request for a truce between them until the Last Battle. Rand rejects the offer of a truce and promises to call Sammael to account for all to deaths and misery he has caused. His rejection of the truce offer causes the emissary to die a bloody death. Rand announces his intention to go to Cairhien. Aviendha arrives and demands to go along, too.

Characters

• Rand
• Lews Therin in Rand's head
• Halwin Norry
• Sulin
• Urien
• Davram Bashere
• Dyelin
• Abelle Pendar
• Luan Norwelyn
• Ellorien Traemane
• Pelivar Coelan
• Hamad
• Aviendha

Referenced

• Alanna
• Mazrim Taim
• Elayne
• Morgase
• Sammael
• Moiraine
• Naean
• Tenobia
• Arymilla
• Lir Baryn
• Kari al'Thor
• Shaiel
• Janduin (father)
• Tigraine
• Taringail
• Galad
• Laman
• Gitara Moroso
• Siuan
• Modrellein
• Luc
• Nynaeve
• Egwene
• Asmodean
• Demandred
• Graendal
• Semirhage
• Mat
• Amys

Places

• Caemlyn
• Royal Palace of Andor

Referenced

• Andor
• Murandy
• Altara
• Illian
• Tear
• Cairhien
• Tarabon
• Arad Doman
• Two Rivers
• Aiel Waste
• Blight
• Plains of Maredo
• Jehannah
• Lugard
• Rorn M'doi - location from Lews Therin's memories
• Nol Caimaine - location from Lews Therin's memories
• Sohadra - location from Lews Therin's memories