A Sudden Chill

"If the world is ending, a woman will want time to fix her hair. If the world's ending, a woman will take time to tell a man something he's done wrong."
— Mat to himself while Aviendha rides behind him on Pips

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: Salidar, Altara

Point of view: Matrim Cauthon

Mat and the Band are riding toward Salidar in the burning heat of what should be a fall day. Aviendha is walking beside him as she has all three days of the journey since Rand put them through a Gateway from Cairhien. Vanin returns and reports Warders captured two of their scouts and Salidar is only eight to ten miles away. Vanin slipped into the village and figures there are three hundred Aes Sedai, perhaps more, plus an army twice the size of Mat's off to the north.

Aviendha heads off on her own, so Mat gives command of the Band to Talmanes and catches up to her with just a few others of the Band, including the bannermen. To Mat's surprise, Aviendha insists on riding behind him on the horse. In the village, Mat sees Birgitte with a bow, but doesn't recognize her from Falme when he blew the Horn of Valere (or from the memories given him by the Finn). Mat asks after Egwene, Elayne, and Nynaeve and an Aes Sedai leads him to the Little Tower to meet with the Amyrlin. A crowd begins to gather around. Anaiya brings Nicola who can see a glow around Mat since she has the Talent for seeing ta'veren. The rest of the Aes Sedai are focused on Aviendha, recognizing that she can channel and has enormous strength compared to them. The Aes Sedai begin asking Aviendha questions with the intention of getting her to become a Novice.

Nynaeve appears and asks Mat if he has anything to do with the dragonsworn army nearby and he replies that he is in command, but they are not dragonsworn. Nynaeve leads him to a room with Elayne and Egwene, with Egwene wearing the Amyrlin's stole. Mat snatches it off her shoulders and dresses her down for pretending to be the Amyrlin. The foxhead medallion goes cold when one of the women tries to use the Power to stop him. Mat begins a long string of orders to the three women and won't listen to what they are trying to tell them. A Novice comes in to see if Egwene needs anything and addresses her as Mother.

A Sudden Chill

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