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"Remember that body, Egwene. Remember that he tried to kill you. Kill us. Remember the Black Ajah. Remember them all the time. Because if you forget, just once, the next time, it may be you lying dead."
   — Nynaeve al'Meara


Book Index

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

Chapters
Fortress of the Light
1 Waiting
2 Saidin
3 News from the Plain
4 Shadows Sleeping
5 Nightmares Walking
6 The Hunt Begins
7 The Way Out of the Mountains
8 Jarra
9 Wolf Dreams
10 Secrets
11 Tar Valon
12 The Amyrlin Seat
13 Punishments
14 The Bite of the Thorns
15 The Gray Man
16 Hunters Three
17 The Red Sister
18 Healing
19 Awakening
20 Visitations
21 A World of Dreams
22 The Price of the Ring
23 Sealed
24 Scouting and Discoveries
25 Questions
26 Behind a Lock
27 Tel'aran'rhiod
28 A Way Out
29 A Trap to Spring
30 The First Toss
31 The Woman of Tanchico
32 The First Ship
33 Within the Weave
34 A Different Dance
35 The Falcon
36 Daughter of the Night
37 Fires in Cairhien
38 Maidens of the Spear
39 Threads in the Pattern
40 A Hero in the Night
41 A Hunter's Oath
42 Easing the Badger
43 Shadowbrothers
44 Hunted
45 Caemlyn
46 A Message Out of the Shadow
47 To Race the Shadow
48 Following the Craft
49 A Storm in Tear
50 The Hammer
51 Bait for the Net
52 In Search of a Remedy
53 A Flow of the Spirit
54 Into the Stone
55 What Is Written in Prophecy
56 People of the Dragon


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Setting: White Tower

Summary[]

Point of view: Egwene al'Vere

As they leave the Amyrlin's study they discuss the Black Ajah and how they will try to accomplish their task to find the Black Ajah. Nynaeve points out they are still in danger whether the Black Ajah suspects them or not. They don't understand why but the Black Ajah has already tried to eliminate them and probably will try again. Nynaeve checks Elayne's room but she is not there. Going back to their rooms Egwene pauses to ask Nynaeve a question and a crossbow flies past, right where they would have been had Egwene not stopped. Nynaeve becomes angry enough to channel and uses Air to hold the person who shot it. By the time they reach him, the man is already dead with a dagger in his chest.[1] Egwene notices there is no crossbow so someone else must be around.

Sheriam comes up the stairs and sees them. She kneels beside the corpse to examine it. Sheriam says he is one of the Soulless, a Gray Man. They give up their souls to serve the Dark One, Sheriam explains; one has not dared to enter Tar Valon since the Trolloc Wars. She says they are not to speak of this and sends them on their way. Nynaeve questions why Sheriam happened to be there and receives a scolding. Sheriam suggests they leave the novice area for Nynaeve's room while she cleans up the mess. Before they leave, Egwene remembers the crossbow bolt and hurries back to retrieve it before Sheriam can see it, but it is gone. While Egwene is gone, Nynaeve questions Sheriam some more and gets into more trouble. As they leave, Nynaeve points out that Sheriam did not wonder who might have stabbed the Gray Man.

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Notes

  1. Isam is the one who kills the Gray Man and retrieves the bolts. (Winter's Heart, Chapter 22)
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