The Hunt Begins

"Never anger an Aes Sedai. Better to embrace the sun than to anger an Aes Sedai"
— Loial son of Arent son of Halan

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Book Index

0 I II III IV V VI VII
VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV

Chapters

1	Waiting
2	Saidin
3	News from the Plain
4	Shadows Sleeping
5	Nightmares Walking
6	The Hunt Begins
7	The Way Out of the Mountains
8	Jarra
9	Wolf Dreams
10	Secrets
11	Tar Valon
12	The Amyrlin Seat
13	Punishments
14	The Bite of the Thorns
15	The Gray Man
16	Hunters Three
17	The Red Sister
18	Healing
19	Awakening
20	Visitations
21	A World of Dreams
22	The Price of the Ring
23	Sealed
24	Scouting and Discoveries
25	Questions
26	Behind a Lock
27	Tel'aran'rhiod
28	A Way Out
29	A Trap to Spring
30	The First Toss
31	The Woman of Tanchico
32	The First Ship
33	Within the Weave
34	A Different Dance
35	The Falcon
36	Daughter of the Night
37	Fires in Cairhien
38	Maidens of the Spear
39	Threads in the Pattern
40	A Hero in the Night
41	A Hunter's Oath
42	Easing the Badger
43	Shadowbrothers
44	Hunted
45	Caemlyn
46	A Message Out of the Shadow
47	To Race the Shadow
48	Following the Craft
49	A Storm in Tear
50	The Hammer
51	Bait for the Net
52	In Search of a Remedy
53	A Flow of the Spirit
54	Into the Stone
55	What Is Written in Prophecy
56	People of the Dragon

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Setting: Mountains of Mist

Summary[]

Point of view: Perrin Aybara

Lan wakes Perrin and says that Rand is gone. Perrin is still hungry, an effect of being Healed. He craves raw meat as wolves do. Masema thinks they did something to anger the Dragon, and he abandoned them but Perrin reassures him that this was Rand's plan. Perrin goes to Moiraine's hut and Min and Loial are also there. Perrin thinks Masema is going crazy, but Moiraine has no time to spare for that. Min gives Perrin the note Rand wrote before leaving in the night. Rand's note says that Ba'alzamon is hunting for him again and this time either Ba'alzamon or Rand must die. Rand has left alone because he does not want anyone else dying for him.

Perrin blames Moiraine for this because she pushed Rand to declare himself the Dragon; does she really believe him the true Dragon Reborn or is she just using him for her own ends? She does not answer the question directly. Moiraine worries about dangers Rand is not aware of. The Seals on the Dark One’s prison are weakening and many of the Forsaken may be loose already. Perrin mutters about Rand's dreams and Moiraine makes him tell her about his dreams, the one about Callandor in particular. Apparently Rand is unconsciously broadcasting his dreams so that others have the same dreams. Someone could be manipulating Rand's dreams of Callandor to lure him to take it. The Dragon is prophesied to be the only person who can take Callandor from where it sits in the Heart of the Stone. They know Rand is going to Tear now and must follow him. Moiraine sends the Shienarans to Jehannah, capital of Ghealdan, since most are too wounded to participate in the chase. Moiraine insists that Min go to Tar Valon to report to the Amyrlin what has happened. Min protests mightily but she is the only one who can deliver the message without others realizing it is from Moiraine. Just Moiraine, Lan, Loial and Perrin will pursue Rand.

Before they leave, Min takes Perrin aside and tells him of viewings she had of him since his decision to go was made.

an Aielman in a cage
a Tuatha'an with a sword
a falcon and a hawk, perching on his shoulders, both female

She also warns him to run if he encounters the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, but this just confuses him now and later. Perrin starts to think Min is interested in him but then realizes that Min is in love with Rand.

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