— Elayne to Egwene
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| Setting: River Erinin aboard the Blue Crane, Cairhien |
Summary[]
- Point of view: Egwene al'Vere
Egwene is aboard the Blue Crane heading downriver on the Erinin towards Tear. Egwene has not seen a living person in any of the villages they passed, most of which were burned. The sailors bow to her, seeing her ring. Captain Chin Ellisor is honored to have three Aes Sedai on his ship. Egwene recalls her dreams of Perrin, Rand, and Mat, and also one of Min.
- Rand holding a sword that blazed like the sun
- Rand threatened in a dozen ways, none of them the least bit real
- Perrin with a wolf, a falcon, and a hawk, with the falcon and hawk fighting
- Perrin running from someone deadly
- Perrin stepping over the edge of a towering cliff
- An Aiel related to Perrin
- Min springing a trap but not getting caught[1]
- Mat with spinning dice around him
- Mat being followed by a man who wasn't there
- Mat riding desperately toward something unseen in the distance[2]
- Mat with a woman who seemed to be tossing fireworks, an Illuminator
- Men and women breaking out of a cage and putting on crowns[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
- A woman playing with puppets with strings to greater puppets
- Kings dying, queens weeping, battles raging
- Whitecloaks ravaging the Two Rivers[10]
- Seanchan
- Her mother and father
Elayne comes over and feels pained over the devastation wrought by the Cairhienin civil war. Elayne speaks of recent history between Andor and Cairhien; after the Aiel War, the wars between Andor and Cairhien stopped and Andor exported much grain to Cairhien. Egwene says they can't worry about Cairhien's people, they can't do anything about it and have to figure out how to get into the Stone of Tear. Egwene suddenly realizes that one of her dreams means that a Gray Man is after Mat.
The ship suddenly stops, throwing them to the deck. Nynaeve comes up from below and surveys the status of the ship. Nynaeve says they hit a sunken ship and are stuck. The captain says a different ship should be there soon to help get them moving but it might take longer. Nynaeve says that they can just walk to Jurene, the next village on the river, and get on a different ship there. Chin Ellisor tries to talk them out of walking on the Cairhien side, but it is much shorter to the next town there. Egwene and Nynaeve start bickering as they disembark because Nynaeve is used to issuing orders as the Village Wisdom but Egwene will stand it no longer now that they are both Accepted. Elayne tries to play peacemaker with no success. They are walking along the riverside when a figure in brown and gray steps out from the bushes in front of them.
Characters[]
- Egwene
- Elayne
- Nynaeve
- Chin Ellisor
- Aviendha - as figure in brown and gray
Referenced[]
- Silvie
- Rand
- Perrin
- Min
- Mat
- Bran al'Vere - as Egwene's father
- Marin al'Vere - as Egwene's mother
- Siuan - as Amyrlin
- Bennae Nalsad
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Notes
- ↑ Min's return to Tar Valon in The Shadow Rising, Chapter 1 sets off a series of events which leads to the deposition of Siuan Sanche. Min herself is unharmed.
- ↑ Mat coming to rescue Nynaeve, Egwene, and Elayne in Tear.
- ↑ Sammael assumed the identity of Lord Brend in Illian.
- ↑ Be'lal assumed the identity of High Lord Samon in Tear.
- ↑ Rahvin assumed the identity of Lord Gaebril in Andor.
- ↑ Semirhage assumed the identity of Anath Dorje, Truthspeaker of the Seanchan Daughter of the Nine Moons.
- ↑ Mesaana assumed the identity of Danelle Sedai in the White Tower.
- ↑ Graendal assumed the identity of Lady Basene in Arad Doman.
- ↑ Demandred assumed the identity of Bao the Wyld, leader of the nation of Shara.
- ↑ The Whitecloaks invade the Two Rivers in The Shadow Rising.