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Book Index

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

Chapters
1 The Hook
2 A Wish Fulfilled
3 Practice
4 Leaving the Tower
5 The Human Heart
6 Surprises
7 The Itch
8 Shreds of Serenity
9 It Begins
10 It Finishes
11 Just Before Dawn
12 Entering Home
13 Business in the City
14 Changes
15 Into Canluum
16 The Deeps
17 An Arrival
18 A Narrow Passage
19 Pond Water
20 Breakfast in Manala
21 Some Tricks of the Power
22 Keeping Custom
23 The Evening Star
24 Making Use of Invisibility
25 An Answer
26 When to Surrender

Epilogue


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Setting: White Tower

Summary[]

Point of view: Moiraine Damodred

Early the next morning Moiraine prepares for the raising ceremony. Soon she will be Aes Sedai. Seven Aes Sedai are behind the door to her rooms and are waiting to escort her. They include Elaida for the Red. They then proceed to Siuan's rooms and bring her as well. They return to the chamber where Moiraine and Siuan were tested the day before. In contravention of custom, Moiraine and Siuan proceed with the ceremony together, as synchronized as possible. The Accepted walk through the oval ring and approach Tamra, the Amyrlin Seat. Tamra takes the Oath Rod from Aeldra Najaf, places it in Moiraine's hands, and channels Spirit. Siuan had tricked Moiraine into agreeing to be the first to swear the Oaths, which cannot be done together as there is only one Rod.

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Moiraine swears on the Oath Rod

Moiraine speaks the Three Oaths. At each one she feels her skin tighten in pain, "as if a net had been drawn over it." Tamra repeats the process with Siuan. As they both walk towards the Blue Ajah to choose their shawls, Tamra and the sisters of the other Ajahs depart, though Aeldra stays. Leane lays the shawl on Moiraine's shoulders, and Rafela on Siuan's. Moiraine remembers their friendship with Leane during her time as Accepted and looks forward to renewing their friendship now that they are on the same level again. They are welcomed into the Blue Ajah by the Sitters. While Leane takes them on a tour of the White Tower as Aes Sedai, she tells them the secret title of the Blue Ajah's head: the First Selector. Rafela also talks to them about customs related to the Ajah, including many dubious ones that only Rafela is trying to revive.

Notes[]

  • Moiraine is sore. She and Siuan were caught the night before with mice they had planned to leave in Elaida's bed and sent to Merean.
  • Leane and Rafela do not have the ageless face. It is customary for the most newly raised to offer the shawl.

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