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Book Index

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

Chapters
By Grace and Banners Fallen
1 Eastward the Wind Blew
2 The Choice of an Ajah
3 A Dangerous Place
4 Advantages to a Bond
5 To Require a Boon
6 A Knack
7 Into the Thick of It
8 That Smoldering City
9 To Die Well
10 The Use of Dragons
11 Just Another Sell-sword
12 A Shard of a Moment
13 What Must Be Done
14 Doses of Forkroot
15 Your Neck in a Cord
16 A Silence Like Screaming
17 Older, More Weathered
18 To Feel Wasted
19 The Choice of a Patch
20 Into Thakan'dar
21 Not a Mistake to Ignore
22 The Wyld
23 At the Edge of Time
24 To Ignore the Omens
25 Quick Fragments
26 Considerations
27 Friendly Fire
28 Too Many Men
29 The Loss of a Hill
30 The Way of the Predator
31 A Tempest of Water
32 A Yellow Flower-Spider
33 The Prince's Tabac
34 Drifting
35 A Practiced Grin
36 Unchangeable Things
37 The Last Battle
38 The Place That Was Not
39 Those Who Fight
40 Wolfbrother
41 A Smile
42 Impossibilities
43 A Field of Glass
44 Two Craftsmen
45 Tendrils of Mist
46 To Awaken
47 Watching the Flow Writhe
48 A Brilliant Lance
49 Light and Shadow

To See the Answer

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Setting: Caemlyn, The Black Tower, Tarwin's Gap, Braem Wood

Summary[]

Point of view: Perrin Aybara

Perrin rides with a group of soldiers whose task is to attract the attention of the Trollocs outside Caemlyn and make them follow the humans to the woods. The soldiers attack the Shadowspawn with arrows but they do not break from their position outside the city walls. Perrin declares they will continue attacking until the Trollocs follow.

Point of view: Elayne Trakand

Elayne is updated on Perrin's progress during the day. The Queen decides she will hop through a gateway and see for herself how the fight is going. Birgitte, holding the copy of the foxhead medallion Elayne made, threatens to carry her back on her shoulder if she dares going to Perrin. The Queen gives up her plan.

She meets Uno who is serving as Egwene's messenger. Elayne manages to catch her Warder watching the old soldier. Amused at Birgitte's lustful thoughts, she enters her command tent. They update her on the situation on the other fronts. She is unpleasantly surprised by the situation in Tarwin's Gap. She realizes they need to win swiftly in Andor so they could help the other armies. She insists on hitting the Trollocs harder and using the dragons if they retreat back into the city.

Point of view: Androl Genhald

Androl wakes, tied up and unable to channel due to the forkroot he's been dosed with. The Dreadlords have been working on Emarin, and though he hasn't Turned, he seems closer to breaking. Taim's thirteen Dreadlords are exhausted. Pevara has also been dosed with forkroot and is unconscious. Taim was angry when he found out his men gave it to her because he wanted to Turn Pevara next, and a person who can't channel, even temporarily, can't be Turned.

Toveine is brought in and gagged. Though Taim usually watches the turning, now he fondles a seal to the Dark One's prison[1]. Then he tells Mishraile that it's time and orders him to follow. Taim tells the thirteen Asha'man that he wants Toveine Turned by the time he returns. 

Point of view: Al'Lan Mandragoran

Lan rides toward the Gap when he hears explosions - enemy channelers. Narishma estimates their number at around two dozen. Lan admits they need to retreat and sends Narishma to Elayne in order to bring channelers who need to cover their retreat. The Gap is lost, as is Malkier, for the second time.

Point of view: Elayne Trakand

Elayne is waiting inside Braem Wood. She remembers a tale about Birgitte leading a band of thieves in the same forest. Birgitte is able to confirm the tale, though her memories are continuing to fade.

A messenger from Caemlyn arrives informing the Queen that Perrin has successfully engaged the Trollocs. The soldiers in the wood begin to prepare themselves.

Perrin's soldiers finally reach Braem Wood, the Trollocs close behind them. The archers loose their arrows taking down many of the Shadowspawn's archers. Elayne's forces lure the Trollocs further into the woods. They succeed and use the cover the trees provide to take down even more Trollocs using explosives, more arrows and dragons. The result is impressive. Elayne and Birgitte argue over the dragons. Elayne states that nobody but Trollocs would go against such weapons. Birgitte doesn't think that's a good thing. Warfare has changed forever.

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Notes

  1. It is unclear when and how the selas were stolen.
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