Before the Stone of Tear

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Book Index

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

Chapters

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: Bandar Eban in Arad Doman, Tear (city)

Summary[]

Point of view: Rand al'Thor

Rand is leaving Arad Doman feeling as though he has failed. He hadn't been able to track down enough council members to have a new king named. Milisair Chadmar and the other four that the Aiel had been able to track down have returned to their mansions. Bashere tells Rand he expects them to flee once Rand is gone. They talk of Rodel, Rand is told he has been seeing large forces of Trollocs gathering in the Blight, always just out of sight, but large enough to overwhelm Rodel and his army. As they are about to leave, Iralin approaches to tell Rand that all the food - in the stores and the food the Sea Folk brought has gone bad and is totally inedible. There is nothing Rand can do and he steps through the gateway to Tear.

Tear is full of foreigners. He wonders where Nynaeve and Cadsuane are and what they are up to. He tells Bashere that he expects the Seanchan to take Tear and probably Illian and that when Rodel abandons the Blight, they will need the Borderlanders to return to their posts. He tells Bashere to take a couple of Asha'man and find out where they are and goes on to see Darlin and Dobraine. He surveys the lords with Darlin, thinking how many of them were opposed to him until recently and that better men have died than some that survived. Darlin tells him the armies he has raised are ready to go to Arad Doman. Rand responds that they will not be going to Arad Doman, but will be going with him to Shayol Ghul.

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