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Book Index

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

Chapters
What the Storm Means
1 Tears from Steel
2 The Nature of Pain
3 The Ways of Honor
4 Nightfall
5 A Tale of Blood
6 When Iron Melts
7 The Plan for Arad Doman
8 Clean Shirts
9 Leaving Malden
10 The Last of the Tabac
11 The Death of Adrin
12 Unexpected Encounters
13 An Offer and a Departure
14 A Box Opens
15 A Place to Begin
16 In the White Tower
17 Questions of Control
18 A Message in Haste
19 Gambits
20 On a Broken Road
21 Embers and Ash
22 The Last That Could Be Done
23 A Warp in the Air
24 A New Commitment
25 In Darkness
26 A Crack in the Stone
27 The Tipsy Gelding
28 Night in Hinderstap
29 Into Bander Eban
30 Old Advice
31 A Promise to Lews Therin
32 Rivers of Shadow
33 A Conversation with the Dragon
34 Legends
35 A Halo of Blackness
36 The Death of Tuon
37 A Force of Light
38 News in Tel'aran'rhiod
39 A Visit from Verin Sedai
40 The Tower Shakes
41 A Fount of Power
42 Before the Stone of Tear
43 Sealed to the Flame
44 Scents Unknown
45 The Tower Stands
46 To Be Forged Again
47 The One He Lost
48 Reading the Commentary
49 Just Another Man
50 Veins of Gold

Bathed in Light


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Setting: Falme

Summary[]

Point of view: Rand al'Thor

Rand arrives in Falme for his meeting with the Daughter of the Nine Moons, Tuon. He is accompanied by Nynaeve, Corele, Narishma, Flinn, three Wise Ones, and unspecified others. Rand reminisces about the Battle of Falme, and notes that Rand the sheepherder had died at Falme, and Rand the Dragon Reborn had risen from his ashes. He and Nynaeve discuss his battle with High Lord Turak, something Rand realizes he had never spoken of with anyone. Tuon awaits their meeting on a pavilion, surrounded by hundreds of damane and sul'dam. Rand preemptively seizes saidin through the Choeden Kal access key as a precaution against an attack or an attempt to shield him. He then sees Tuon for the first time, noting how young she is.

Point of view: Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag Tuon notes that Rand does not look as old as she had thought. Tuon thinks of how she has still not declared herself Empress, as this would require that she be seated above the Dragon Reborn. The Seanchan are visibly uncomfortable at the presence of unleashed channelers. Tuon notices in the sky a flash of lightning between two clouds, an omen meaning "Tread very lightly and be careful what you speak."

Rand immediately demands that a peace be declared, so that the forces of humanity can fight united against the Shadow instead of among themselves. Tuon thinks of the Seanchan's own prophecies, which state that humanity must be united under the Seanchan before fighting the Shadow, and that the Empress herself will send the Dragon to fight the Dark One. [1] Tuon tells Rand that The Return intended to find the Westlands united, and surrender to the Seanchan for the Last Battle; instead, they found a fractured land, squabbling like children. Rand rebuts that he has united much of the land, and that an alliance need only last as long as he is alive, which he assures Tuon will not be for long. Tuon then suggests that if Rand sees the value of a united humanity, he should also be amenable to his people taking oaths to the Seanchan and seeing their channelers leashed. Rand then grows forceful, saying he will not see another channeler leashed.

Tuon then turns the discussion to Mat, and Rand and Nynaeve are shocked that Tuon knows of Mat. Rand then realized that it was Tuon he had been seeing in the color swirls. Tuon insults Mat, and Nynaeve rebukes her, saying that Mat is a brave and selfless hero, albeit a bit of a carouser. Rand defends him as well.

Rand begins the discussion of a treaty again, demanding it of Tuon. Tuon finds it harder and harder to resist Rand, and observes the chapter's titular "Halo of Darkness" around Rand, and the reader is left to assume he is attempting to exert his ta'veren effect. Tuon manages to resist, and Rand storms off. Tuon, in this moment, decides that she cannot allow Rand, a madman, to grow anymore powerful. She orders the strike on Tar Valon to proceed, and then plans to attack Rand himself.

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Notes

  1. Tuon notes to herself that the Dragon has not yet been blinded, which needs to happen before he can face Lighteater (the Seanchan name for the Dark One), according to the Seanchan prophecies.
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