The Answer

"The unstained tower breaks and bends knee to the forgotten sign.
The seas rage, and stormclouds gather unseen.
Beyond the horizon, hidden fires swell, and serpents nestle in the bosom.
What was exalted is cast down; what was cast down is raised up.
Order burns to clear his path."
   —The Prophecies of the Dragon

For other chapters with "Answer" in the title, see Answer.

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: Ebou Dar, The School of Cairhien, outside Ebou Dar, Salidar, the Pit of Doom

Summary

Point of view: Falion Bhoda

Falion receives a note from a Darkfriend in Tarasin Palace livery. Like Mat, she is trying to watch Elayne and Nynaeve so she can find the angreal cache Moghedien sent her to Ebou Dar to look for. She doesn't know why they are there, but she suspects that they will lead her to the cache. Unfortunately, they elude her watchers as well as they elude Mat's.

Point of view: Narrator Setting: the School of Cairhien

A gholam squeezes under the door to Herid Fel's study and tears him limb from limb. When Idrien finds the remains, she faints.

Point of view: Seanchan rider Setting: outside Ebou Dar

The Seanchan man that heard Mat's comment about the Daughter of the Nine Moons while in The Wandering Woman is leaving Ebou Dar to report. He hopes the city resists the Return so there will be loot to be had.

Point of view: Moghedien Setting: Salidar

Moghedien is dissatisfied with her situation, being held by an a'dam. Egwene is a terrifying mistress and Siuan is worse. Aran'gar enters her tent and frees her. Aran'gar channeled a light, but Moghedien cannot see the flows. It is Halima, but she must be channeling saidin like a man. Moghedien has been summoned to Shayol Ghul by Aran'gar. Aran'gar frees her from the a'dam.

Point of view: Egwene al'Vere Setting: Salidar

Egwene feels the necklace being removed and hastens to Moghedien's tent, but she is too late. The pain of the a'dam coming off tells her that it was removed by a man who can channel. She worries briefly that it could have been Logain, whom she helped to escape.

Point of view: Demandred Setting: the Pit of Doom

Demandred believes he has done well and tells that to the Dark Lord. For once, he does not care that Shaidar Haran is watching him.

Characters

• Falion Bhoda
• Herid Fel
• unnamed Seanchan rider
• Moghedien
• Aran'gar
• Egwene al'Vere
• Demandred
• Dark One
• Gholam
• Idrien Tarsin
• Chesa
• Shaidar Haran

Referenced

• Elayne Trakand
• Nynaeve al'Meara
• Jeorad Manyard
• Siuan Sanche
• Leane Sharif
• Birgitte Silverbow
• Logain Ablar
• Artur Hawkwing

Places

• Ebou Dar
• School of Cairhien
• Salidar
• Pit of Doom

Referenced

• Tanchico
• Amadicia
• Shayol Ghul
• Andor

One Power

• Angreal
• A'dam