A New Thread in the Pattern

To us it is the Three-fold Land. A shaping stone, to make us; a testing ground, to prove our worth; and a punishment for the sin.
— Aiel saying

For other uses of the words "new" and "thread," see New and Thread.

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: Cairhien

Summary[]

Point of view: Perrin Aybara

Perrin, Mat, Ingtar and the Shienaran soldiers continue after Fain and the Horn of Valere. Mat seems paler than he once was, likely due to his separation from the stolen dagger. Healing by Verin seems to have no effect. Perrin notes that Verin is focused on Rand and assumes that she knows his secret somehow. Verin wants them to move faster than even Ingtar. Ingtar desparately wants the Horn and keeps asking Perrin to relate the events the wolves saw even though Perrin has explained it countless times. The wolves saw Shadowkiller attack the Darkfriend camp, and now the Darkfriends are following Shadowkiller. The wolves are in awe of Shadowkiller. Ingtar thinks Shadowkiller might be Shadowspawn, but Perrin assures him that it is not a Fade.

Uno spots an Aielman in the rocks, who then comes out to the path to meet them. The Aielman gives his name, Urien. Mat says the Aielman looks like Rand. Ingtar talks to the Aielman and wants to know if he's seen the Trollocs they follow, but he hasn't. When Urien identifies Verin as a Wise One^[1], she identifies herself as Aes Sedai and asks how they choose girls to become Wise Ones. The Aiel send men who are to be clan chiefs and women who are to be Wise Ones to a place called Rhuidean^[2]. That is all he can say. Urien thinks Verin will kill him when he cannot give her a full answer. The Aiel have a prophecy that says that the Aiel failed the Aes Sedai once, and should they do so again, the Aes Sedai would slay them. Urien says he searches for He Who Comes with the Dawn. There are signs and portents to know he has returned. Urien says, "He will be of our blood, but not live among us," and draws the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai in the dirt. Urien says, "...under this sign he will conquer." When Verin says she cannot help him, he departs.

Mat asks Perrin whether he thinks the Aiel was talking about Rand, who many think is Aiel. Perrin can only shrug. Verin muses over what Urien said. Ingtar has the soldiers remove their armor and they continue on to Cairhien.

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Darkfriends

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Cairhien

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Horn of Valere

Notes

↑ In early printings Urien says that Verin has the "look of those who go to Rhuidean", which originally meant the Wise Ones would also be ageless but was later edited to mean the way they age more slowly.
↑ Urien also makes a very curious statement here: "None may go there [to Rhuidean] save women who wish to become Wise Ones, or men who wish to be clan chiefs... Many go; few return, and those are marked as what they are—Wise Ones, or clan chiefs." Again in the original printings this probably meant the ageless look for women, since we know how men are marked. Once we learn that not all Wise Ones can even channel though, this statement makes no sense!

[1] In early printings Urien says that Verin has the "look of those who go to Rhuidean", which originally meant the Wise Ones would also be ageless but was later edited to mean the way they age more slowly.

[2] Urien also makes a very curious statement here: "None may go there [to Rhuidean] save women who wish to become Wise Ones, or men who wish to be clan chiefs... Many go; few return, and those are marked as what they are—Wise Ones, or clan chiefs." Again in the original printings this probably meant the ageless look for women, since we know how men are marked. Once we learn that not all Wise Ones can even channel though, this statement makes no sense!

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