The Gathering Storm/Chapter 22

"You truly saw what a person was made of, in more ways than one, when you began to slice into them."
   —Semirhage

Book Index
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Chapters
What the Storm Means 1 Tears from Steel 2 The Nature of Pain 3 The Ways of Honor 4 Nightfall 5 A Tale of Blood 6 When Iron Melts 7 The Plan for Arad Doman 8 Clean Shirts 9 Leaving Malden 10 The Last of the Tabac 11 The Death of Adrin 12 Unexpected Encounters 13 An Offer and a Departure 14 A Box Opens 15 A Place to Begin 16 In the White Tower 17 Questions of Control 18 A Message in Haste 19 Gambits 20 On a Broken Road 21 Embers and Ash 22 The Last That Could Be Done 23 A Warp in the Air 24 A New Commitment 25 In Darkness 26 A Crack in the Stone 27 The Tipsy Gelding 28 Night in Hinderstap 29 Into Bander Eban 30 Old Advice 31 A Promise to Lews Therin 32 Rivers of Shadow 33 A Conversation with the Dragon 34 Legends 35 A Halo of Blackness 36 The Death of Tuon 37 A Force of Light 38 News in Tel'aran'rhiod 39 A Visit from Verin Sedai 40 The Tower Shakes 41 A Fount of Power 42 Before the Stone of Tear 43 Sealed to the Flame 44 Scents Unknown 45 The Tower Stands 46 To Be Forged Again 47 The One He Lost 48 Reading the Commentary 49 Just Another Man 50 Veins of Gold Bathed in Light

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Setting: Lord Tellaen's manor in Arad Doman, Blight in Saldaea

Summary

Point of view: Semirhage As a master of torture, Semirhage considers torture an art form as well as a scientific pursuit. She was psychologically ready to accept the pain that the Aes Sedai would inflict on her while in captivity. How humiliated she was when the woman in the paralis-net, Cadsuane Melaidhrin, placed her across her knees, and spanked her on her bottom, instead. Semirhage does not understand how these childlike Aes Sedai women suddenly transformed from being frightened by a Forsaken in their midst to regarding her like a child. She is furious that they are not treating her with the respect she deserves.

Alone in her dark room, Semirhage is plotting the torture she would administer to Cadsuane, when Shaidar Haran suddenly appears. After listing all of her failures, Shaidar Haran tells her that the Dark One is giving her one more chance. She feels the return of saidar as her shield is broken. As she walks outside of her cell, she sees the bodies of the three Aes Sedai who were maintaining her shield on the ground. An additional Aes Sedai, Elza Penfell, is prostrating herself before her, revealing herself to be Black Ajah. She relays orders to Semirhage that the Compulsion placed on her was to be removed. In addition, she proffers Semirhage the Domination Band.

Point of view: Rand al'Thor

Characters

• Semirhage
• Shaidar Haran
• Elza Penfell
• Rand al'Thor
• Rodel Ituralde
• Davram Bashere
• Tai'daishar
• Jahar Narishma
• Lews Therin Telamon
• Deira Bashere
• Elmindreda Farshaw

Referenced

• Cadsuane Melaidhrin
• Dark One
• Lan Mandragoran
• Tenobia Kazadi
• Moridin
• Sammael
• Tamlin al'Thor
• Janduin
• Tellaen
• Tenobia as queen
• Ilyena

Groups

• Forsaken
• Aes Sedai
• Saldaeans
• Borderlanders
• Dragonsworn
• Asha'man
• Maidens of the Spear
• Hundred Companions
• Wise Ones

Places

• Lord Tellaen's manor in Arad Doman
• Great Blight
• Saldaea

Referenced

• Aiel Waste
• World's End
• Mountains of Dhoom
• Two Rivers
• Bandar Eban
• Dumai's Wells
• Shadar Logoth
• Shayol Ghul
• Mountains of Mist
• Emond's Field
• Illian
• Tear
• Cairhien
• Andor
• Bore

Items

• Domination Band

Referenced

• Choedan Kal

Events

• Age of Legends
• Last Battle
• Breaking of the World

The Last That Could Be Done

The Gathering Storm/Chapter 22