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| Setting: The Maule, Tear |
Summary[]
- Point of view: Egwene al'Vere
As the Darter approaches to the docks at Tear, Egwene attempts to get over her seasickness. Nynaeve is doing even worse and frequently vomits. They are traveling under fake names without showing their Great Serpent rings. Channeling is illegal in Tear and any known Aes Sedai are closely watched. Egwene continues to have dreams but she can't figure out the meanings. She is frustrated that she cannot make her dreams give her information regarding things she is interested in, such as the Black Ajah.
- A Whitecloak putting Master Luhhan in the middle of a huge, toothed trap for bait[1]
- Perrin with a falcon on his shoulder
- Perrin choosing between his axe and a blacksmith's hammer
- Mat dicing with the Dark One and shouting, "I am coming!" — and she thinks he's shouting that to her[2]
- Rand sneaking through darkness toward Callandor, followed by six men and five women, including a man with eyes of flame who wanted Rand desperately
- Rand in a dry, dusty chamber with small creatures settling on to his skin[3]
- Rand confronting a horde of Seanchan[4]
- Rand confronting her[5] and she has a Seanchan woman with her[6]
They get off the ship with their horses and on to dry land. They get off in the waterside district of the Maule, where it is muddy everywhere. People use special platformed shoes to avoid sinking into the mud. Egwene looks at the people and sees that many faces seem to have given up. The imposing Stone of Tear can be seen in the distance. Egwene and Nynaeve are still at odds on almost every topic that comes up. Elayne had sewn their dresses on the ship to be divided for riding. Elayne says they need a thief-taker, to help them find Liandrin and the rest of the Black Ajah. Egwene says they can just an innkeeper to find one for them. Nynaeve says they should not stay at an inn or the Black Ajah will surely find out about them and attack them.
After riding the streets for a while Nynaeve spots the house of a Wisdom, although they are not called that in Tear. Nynaeve asks Mother Guenna for something to settle her stomach as pretext. Nynaeve and Mother Guenna fire questions at each other, to sound each other out about their herb knowledge and to learn new things. Nynaeve asks Guenna what she hears on the wind, but Guenna cannot do that. Egwene is annoyed at this time wasting and stops the back and forth by pointing out that Nynaeve really doesn't need to learn about herbs and such anymore, which causes Nynaeve to snap that Egwene used to care about these learning things too. Elayne asks how Guenna handles women that won't stop arguing with each other. Mother Guenna replies that after she is paid, she sticks their heads in a barrel of water until they agree to stop arguing. Mother Guenna says most of the people who see her lately need a cure for bad dreams. Nynaeve asks to hire rooms from her, but Mother Guenna wishes an explanation first. They explain they are chasing dangerous thieves, Darkfriends, and have no men-folk they could call on to do it for them. She leaves to bring Juilin Sandar, a thief-catcher, to help them.
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- Rand
- Mat
- Perrin
- Forsaken
- Atuan Larisett
- Siuan - as Amyrlin
- Liandrin
- Hurin
- Alsbet Luhhan
- Leuese Mulan
- Juilin Sandar
- Moiraine
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Notes
- ↑ The Whitecloak invasion of the Two Rivers in The Shadow Rising - an attempt by Padan Fain to lure Rand.
- ↑ Mat coming to rescue Nynaeve, Egwene, and Elayne in Tear.
- ↑ Fulfilled in The Shadow Rising, Chapter 34.
- ↑ Fulfilled in The Path of Daggers, Chapter 24.
- ↑ Fulfilled in Towers of Midnight, Chapter 3.
- ↑ This is probably Egeanin.