Kinslayer

"Rand, this land was glad for a weapon to be made. Glad!"
   — Loial son of Arent son of Halan

For other uses of the word "Kinslayer," see Kinslayer.

Book Index
0 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV
Chapters
In the Shadow 1 The Flame of Tar Valon 2 The Welcome 3 Friends and Enemies 4 Summoned 5 The Shadow in Shienar 6 Dark Prophecy 7 Blood Calls Blood 8 The Dragon Reborn 9 Leavetakings 10 The Hunt Begins 11 Glimmers of the Pattern 12 Woven in the Pattern 13 From Stone to Stone 14 Wolfbrother 15 Kinslayer 16 In the Mirror of Darkness 17 Choices 18 To the White Tower 19 Beneath the Dagger 20 Saidin 21 The Nine Rings 22 Watchers 23 The Testing 24 New Friends and Old Enemies 25 Cairhien 26 Discord 27 The Shadow in the Night 28 A New Thread in the Pattern 29 Seanchan 30 Daes Dae'mar 31 On the Scent 32 Dangerous Words 33 A Message from the Dark 34 The Wheel Weaves 35 Stedding Tsofu 36 Among the Elders 37 What Might Be 38 Practice 39 Flight From the White Tower 40 Damane 41 Disagreements 42 Falme 43 A Plan 44 Five Will Ride Forth 45 Blademaster 46 To Come Out of the Shadow 47 The Grave Is No Bar to My Call 48 First Claiming 49 What Was Meant to Be 50 After

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Setting: Mirror World, Tel'aran'rhiod

Summary

Point of view: Rand al'Thor

Rand sees that there are char marks on the ground, seemingly in a straight line. There is no sign of animal life anywhere. No birds, foxes, minnows or any other creature.  They come to a stream and he makes the others wait to see if anything happens to him before he lets them drink.  After riding for half the morning, Loial gets out of the saddle next to a group of trees and sings, touching one of the trees.  He then holds in his hand a staff made from the tree, which now has new growth.

Hurin continues to follow the trail, but it is as if he is remembering the trail instead of smelling it. There is also no sign of anyone passing through this land. Rand takes the first watch for the night and Ba'alzamon appears again. Rand draws his sword but Ba'alzamon just laughs. He tries again to turn Rand to the Shadow and offers to teach him how to channel – lying that no one else lives can do that except him, if only Rand will serve the Dark Lord. He reveals to Rand that he has Darkfriends even in the White Tower and that he knows Rand is hunting for the Horn of Valere. Ba'alzamon says that Moiraine did not lie when she called him the Dragon Reborn; Rand cannot escape from his fate, he will either serve or die. Rand denies being Lews Therin, being the Dragon Reborn. He denies that Ba'alzamon can touch him. Ba'alzamon makes Rand's sword glow and the sword hilt burns its heron-mark into the palm of his right hand fulfilling the Prophecy: "Once the heron, to set his path."

Characters

• Rand
• Loial
• Hurin
• Red (animal)
• Ba'alzamon

Referenced

• Elder Haman
• Padan Fain
• Mat
• Uno
• Moiraine
• Siuan - as Amyrlin
• Lan
• Thom
• Lews Therin
• Egwene - as girl who tries to watch over you

Groups

Referenced

• Aes Sedai
• Darkfriends

Places

• Mirror World

Referenced

• Two Rivers
• Tar Valon

Items

• Horn of Valere
• Heron-mark sword

Events

• Last Battle