The Fires of Heaven/Chapter 22

"You are well muscled for such a short man, Matrim Cauthon."
   — Melindhra to Mat in their tent

For other uses of the word "night," see Night.

Book Index
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Chapters
The First Sparks Fall 1 Fanning the Sparks 2 Rhuidean 3 Pale Shadows 4 Twilight 5 Among the Wise Ones 6 Gateways 7 A Departure 8 Over the Border 9 A Signal 10 Figs and Mice 11 The Nine Horse Hitch 12 An Old Pipe 13 A Small Room in Sienda 14 Meetings 15 What Can Be Learned in Dreams 16 An Unexpected Offer 17 Heading West 18 A Hound of Darkness 19 Memories 20 Jangai Pass 21 The Gift of a Blade 22 Birdcalls by Night 23 "The Fifth, I Give You" 24 A Message Sent 25 Dreams of Galad 26 Sallie Daera 27 The Practice of Diffidence 28 Trapped 29 Memories of Saldaea 30 A Wager 31 The Far Snows 32 A Short Spear 33 A Question of Crimson 34 A Silver Arrow 35 Ripped Away 36 A New Name 37 Performances in Samara 38 An Old Acquaintance 39 Encounters in Samara 40 The Wheel Weaves 41 The Craft of Kin Tovere 42 Before the Arrow 43 This Place, This Day 44 The Lesser Sadness 45 After the Storm 46 Other Battle, Other Weapons 47 The Price of a Ship 48 Leavetakings 49 To Boannda 50 To Teach, and Learn 51 News Comes to Cairhien 52 Choices 53 Fading Words 54 To Caemlyn 55 The Threads Burn 56 Glowing Embers

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Setting: Jangai Pass, Taien

Point of view: Matrim Cauthon

Mat is getting a backrub from Melindhra. He has memories of being different men, some taller, some shorter than he is today. Melindhra questions why he stands in the shadow of Rand. A blackbird call is heard in the tent, all around the camp actually and they spring to action to fight Trollocs. Mat kills three Trollocs and a Myrddraal before the attackers are dead or fled. His battle knowledge notes that the size of the attack was too small to have really hoped to accomplish anything.

Point of view: Rand al'Thor

Rand wakes to the same birdcalls as Mat and grasps saidin immediately and runs out of his tent. Rand doesn't understand why they would be attacked. When the sounds of fighting die down he turns to go back into his tent and sees a Draghkar closing on Aviendha. Rand channels a narrow beam of balefire to destroy the Draghkar. She turns toward him and channels a fireball at him, which he ducks. He yells at her before he realizes she was destroying another Draghkar, not attacking him.

The Wise Ones and Egwene come up the hill to Rand's tent to check on him. Moiraine and Lan arrive also. Adelin and the Maidens assigned to guard Rand come back from the fighting to find the dead Draghkar being dragged away. The Maiden's believe they have failed Rand and offer him their spears, but he just tells them to go back to guarding him. Rand then goes to check on Asmodean who is fine in his tent. Rand believes it is Sammael who attacked, since it was similar to another attack he arranged during the Age of Legends. Asmodean thinks it was one of the other Forsaken trying to mislead him. Rand is distrustful of Asmodean though.

He returns to his tent where Adelin still wants to talk about the failure of the Maidens to guard him properly. He tells them to talk to Amys or Bair about it.

Characters

• Mat
• Melindhra
• Rand
• Adelin
• Aviendha
• Egwene
• Amys
• Bair
• Melaine
• Moiraine
• Lan
• Asmodean

Referenced

• Artur Hawkwing
• Maecine King of Eharon in Mat's head
• Sammael
• Hadnan Kadere
• Timolan
• Bael
• Dorindha
• Couladin

Places

• Jangai Pass
• Taien

Referenced

• Eharon
• Borderlands
• Thakan'dar
• Manetheren
• Serendahar 2nd age location from Lews Therin's memories

Birdcalls by Night

The Fires of Heaven/Chapter 22