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"That pretty little slip of a girl? A village Wisdom? Why, at her age, she should better be flirting with the young men than foretelling the weather and curing the sick."
   —Thomdril Merrilin


Book Index

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

Chapters
Dragonmount - Ravens
1 An Empty Road
2 Strangers
3 The Peddler
4 The Gleeman
5 Winternight
6 The Westwood
7 Out of the Woods
8 A Place of Safety
9 Tellings of the Wheel
10 Leavetaking
11 The Road to Taren Ferry
12 Across the Taren
13 Choices
14 The Stag and Lion
15 Strangers and Friends
16 The Wisdom
17 Watchers and Hunters
18 The Caemlyn Road
19 Shadow's Waiting
20 Dust on the Wind
21 Listen to the Wind
22 A Path Chosen
23 Wolfbrother
24 Flight Down the Arinelle
25 The Traveling People
26 Whitebridge
27 Shelter from the Storm
28 Footprints in Air
29 Eyes Without Pity
30 Children of Shadow
31 Play for Your Supper
32 Four Kings in Shadow
33 The Dark Waits
34 The Last Village
35 Caemlyn
36 Web of the Pattern
37 The Long Chase
38 Rescue
39 Weaving of the Web
40 The Web Tightens
41 Old Friends and New Threats
42 Remembrance of Dreams
43 Decisions and Apparitions
44 The Dark Along the Ways
45 What Follows in Shadow
46 Fal Dara
47 More Tales of the Wheel
48 The Blight
49 The Dark One Stirs
50 Meetings at the Eye
51 Against the Shadow
52 Neither Beginning Nor End
53 The Wheel Turns


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Setting: Emond's Field, The Two Rivers

Summary[]

Point of view: Rand al'Thor

Thomdril Merrilin, the gleeman, emerges from the Winespring Inn and entertains Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene, and Ewin, as well as many other villagers. He juggles many balls and talks about the stories he will be sharing during Bel Tine. The performance is interrupted, however, by the arrival of Moiraine and Lan. Ewin says that Moiraine collects stories. There is tension between the gleeman and the visiting Lady, but he assures her all of his stories will be pleasing.

Thom Merrilin

"I suppose I had better give you a small sample. So you can run tell the others."

After a while, Nynaeve and the Village Council emerge from their questioning of Padan Fain. The boys ask Tam about their discussion with Fain, but Tam says it was just a lot of talk about battles in far away Ghealdan. Mat is particularly interested in the battles but Tam dismisses them. Tam informs Rand that they will be returning to their farm that night. On the way, Rand asks his father why the Village Council took Fain in for a private talk when what Fain said could have easily been shared with everyone. Tam explains that it was important for the village to see that the Council was calmly considering the issue even if it would likely not affect them at all. By doing so, it puts everyone at ease that it would be handled and nobody would be worrying about it during the festival. Rand begins to understand that being a leader is more complicated than it looks. Tam also reveals that several other village boys have spotted the strange rider, and that a watch is being mounted. That is why they are heading back to their farm early.

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  • Lance of Fire

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