The Eye of the World/Chapter 7

"We will speak of prices later, Rand, if at all."
   —Moiraine Sedai

For other uses of the word "wood," see Wood.

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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: The Westwood and Emond's Field, The Two Rivers

Summary

Point of view: Rand al'Thor

Rand arrives at Emond's Field to find that it has also been attacked by Trollocs. He is met by Master Luhhan, who flags down Egwene. They follow her to Nynaeve, who inspects Tam and concludes that she can do nothing for him. Egwene gives Rand an emotional embrace, then rushes back to continue helping Nynaeve. Rand goes to the Winespring Inn in search of the mayor, Brandelwyn al'Vere, hoping he will know how to help Tam.

He finds Thom Merrilin outside the inn and the two of them carry Tam inside. There is a Dragon's Fang on the inn door. Bran al'Vere sends the gleeman running to fetch Nynaeve to care for Tam before Rand can tell them she's already seen him. After Thom leaves, Rand and Bran find a bed for Tam in one of the inn's vacant rooms.

Dragon's Fang on the Inn dorr

Rand is in denial after learning that Tam found him and is not really his father.

Thom returns after nearly having his head removed by the wrath of the village Wisdom and steers the conversation to Moiraine. The Mayor says that the village would've been utterly destroyed if not for her help, revealing that she and Lan had sounded the first warning of the impending attack. In the battle she called ball lightning from the sky, making it obvious that she is Aes Sedai and Lan is her Warder.

Bran reminds Rand of the stories that Aes Sedai can Heal, so Rand goes to find Moiraine. He swears he will pay any price in his power if she will heal Tam. Moiraine questions Rand about his dreams and asks him to let her know if he has nightmares. Lan begins calling Rand "sheepherder."

Characters

• Rand al'Thor
• Tam al'Thor
• Haral Luhhan
• Egwene al'Vere
• Nynaeve al'Meara
• Thom Merrilin
• Brandelwyn al'Vere
• al'Lan Mandragoran
• Moiraine Damodred

Referenced

• Myrddraal as black-cloaked rider
• Cenn Buie
• Berin Thane
• Abell Cauthon
• Matrim Cauthon
• Alsbet Luhhan
• Mistress Calder
• Padan Fain
• Bela (animal)
• Darl Coplin
• Dark One

Groups

• Trollocs
• Aes Sedai
• The Congars and the Coplins
• gleemen
• Warders
• Ko'bal

Places

• Quarry Road
• Westwood
• Emond's Field
• Winespring Water
• Wagon Bridge
• Green
• Two Rivers
• Winespring Inn

Referenced

• Quarry Road
• Green
• Watch Hill
• Deven Ride
• Tar Valon

Items

• Heron-mark sword

Referenced

• Moiraine's angreal

Events

Referenced

• Bel Tine
• Winternight
• Trolloc Wars

Concepts

• Light
• Wheel of Time
• False Dragon
• Dragon's Fang

One Power

• Healing
• Lightnings

Culture

Sayings

• "Help from an Aes Sedai was sometimes worse than no help at all, like poison in a pie, and their gifts always had a hook in them, like fishbait."
• "Aes Sedai do what they do for reasons of their own, and they aren't always the reasons others think."
• "Death comes sooner or later to everyone, unless they serve the Dark One, and only fools are willing to pay that price."

Out of the Woods

The Eye of the World/Chapter 7