Matters of Toh

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: Cairhien (city), Caemlyn, Sun Palace, Royal Palace of Andor

Point of view: Rand al'Thor

Rand dreams of sho-wings and jo-cars. When he wakes he realizes that it was Lews Therin's dreams, which is the first time that has happened to him. As he leaves his sleeping chamber, he encounters a large crowd which includes Aviendha and a Wise One delegation. Various nobles are also waiting. Rand is about to leave for Caemlyn when Berelain reminds him his orders for Mangin to hang today are ready to be carried out. He announces that he does not intend to watch each murderer hang and heads to the Traveling room with the crowd following in his wake.

Back in Caemlyn Rand decides that two Aiel guards are enough. Aviendha goes with him to his room where they talk for a while. She tells him that the Wise Ones have been having Dreams about him:

• Rand on a boat with three women whose faces they could not see, and a scale teetering back and forth
• A man standing by Rand's side with a dagger to his throat, but Rand doesn't see him
• Rand cutting the wetlands in two with a sword
• Rain that comes from a bowl, but there are snares and pitfalls around it. If the right hands pick up the bowl, they will find a treasure perhaps as great as the bowl. But if the wrong hands pick it up, the world is doomed. The key to finding the bowl is to find the one who is no longer.

Rand is sure the second Dream is a Gray Man and he thinks the the third means the turmoil he has caused in the wetlands. Aviendha is not so sure. Eventually she leaves.

Point of view: Aviendha

Outside Rand's room Aviendha remembers the obligation, toh, she has because of the time she Traveled to Seanchan. She has toh to Rand because he saved her life. She has toh to Elayne because she slept with Rand. To fulfill her toh to Elayne, she must kill Rand. To fulfill her toh to Rand, she must kill herself. They are mutually incompatible.

Characters

• Rand
• Aviendha
• Sulin
• Urien
• Amys
• Bair
• Melaine
• Sorilea
• Chaelin
• Edarra
• Berelain
• Colavaere
• Dobraine
• Maringil
• Meilan
• Fionnda Annariz
• Anaiyella
• Maraconn
• Gueyam
• Aracome
• Selande
• Jalani
• Liah
• Cassin
• Bari (servant)
• Lews Therin in Rand's head

Referenced

• Alanna
• Rhuarc
• Simaan
• Hearne
• Moiraine
• Egwene
• Mangin
• Perrin
• Mat
• Bael
• Enaila
• Somara
• Elayne
• Laman
• Lanfear

Places

• Cairhien (city)
• Caemlyn
• Sun Palace
• Royal Palace of Andor

Referenced

• Rhuidean
• Stone of Tear
• Tarabon
• Arad Doman
• Illian
• Tear
• Altara
• Murandy
• Spine of the World