The Great Hunt/Chapter 21

"Nothing is happening the way I expect."
   — Rand al'Thor

For other uses of the term, see The Nine Rings.

Book Index
0 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV
Chapters
In the Shadow 1 The Flame of Tar Valon 2 The Welcome 3 Friends and Enemies 4 Summoned 5 The Shadow in Shienar 6 Dark Prophecy 7 Blood Calls Blood 8 The Dragon Reborn 9 Leavetakings 10 The Hunt Begins 11 Glimmers of the Pattern 12 Woven in the Pattern 13 From Stone to Stone 14 Wolfbrother 15 Kinslayer 16 In the Mirror of Darkness 17 Choices 18 To the White Tower 19 Beneath the Dagger 20 Saidin 21 The Nine Rings 22 Watchers 23 The Testing 24 New Friends and Old Enemies 25 Cairhien 26 Discord 27 The Shadow in the Night 28 A New Thread in the Pattern 29 Seanchan 30 Daes Dae'mar 31 On the Scent 32 Dangerous Words 33 A Message from the Dark 34 The Wheel Weaves 35 Stedding Tsofu 36 Among the Elders 37 What Might Be 38 Practice 39 Flight From the White Tower 40 Damane 41 Disagreements 42 Falme 43 A Plan 44 Five Will Ride Forth 45 Blademaster 46 To Come Out of the Shadow 47 The Grave Is No Bar to My Call 48 First Claiming 49 What Was Meant to Be 50 After

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Setting: Cairhien

Point of view: Rand al'Thor

The innkeeper asks if Rand is hunting for the Horn, and he says no, looking at Loial nervously.  They eat their dinner, and Rand plays several songs on the flute. Aldrin Caldevwin to check to see if he can find any holes in Rand's story. When he begins to question Selene, a maid drops a lamp and Selene leaves to go to bed, claiming sickness.  Hurin is seen by everyone in the inn as a servant, and no one talks to him.  Rand asks about the statue he saw with a huge hand and a crystal sphere.  The guard he is talking to tells him it is from the Age of Legends.  The guard says he has a crew working on uncovering the statue, to be taken to the capital.  There are people guarding the worksite, and the guard says he needs to rotate them, and would Rand mind accompanying them tomorrow? (already assuming they will).  Seeing as how they are all traveling in the same direction.  When they get to their rooms, Rand asks what that was all about, the guard acting suspicious and all.  Hurin explains the Great Game, Daes Dae'mar.

In the morning, there was a note for Rand, and Selene was gone.  It was sealed with a crescent moon and stars. Confused by her departure, Rand, Hurin, Loial, and the others bound for Cairhien begin their journey, with an escort of fifty soldiers.

Characters

• Rand
• Loial
• Hurin
• Selene
• Maglin Madwen The Nine Rings Innkeeper
• Catrine Maid at the Nine Rings
• Lidan Maid at the Nine Rings
• Aldrin Caldevwin
• Elricain Tavolin
• Red

Referenced

• Barin Madwen
• Ingtar
• Mat
• Moiraine
• Gareth Bryne
• Mother Caredwain Healer in Tremonsien
• Galldrian Riatin
• Egwene
• Elder Haman
• Padan Fain

Groups

• Aes Sedai

Places

• Tremonsien
• Cairhien

Referenced

• Stedding Tsofu
• Borderlands
• Two Rivers
• Andor
• Illian
• Lugard
• Foregate

Items

• Horn of Valere
• Harp
• Flute

Concepts

• Daes Dae'mar

The Nine Rings

The Great Hunt/Chapter 21