The Great Hunt/Prologue
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Yet one shall be born to face the Shadow, born once more as he was born before and shall be born again, time without end. The Dragon shall be Reborn, and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth at his rebirth. In sackcloth and ashes shall he clothe the people, and he shall break the world again by his coming, tearing apart all ties that bind. Like the unfettered dawn shall he blind us, and burn us, yet shall the Dragon Reborn confront the Shadow at the Last Battle, and his blood shall give us the Light. Let tears flow, O ye people of the world. Weep for your salvation.”
—from the Karaethon Cycle, The Prophecies of the Dragon
as translated by Ellaine Marise'idin Alshinn,
Chief Librarian at the Court of Arafel,
in the Year of Grace 231
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| Setting: near Shayol Ghul |
- Point of view: The man who calls himself Bors
The man who calls himself Bors is at a Darkfriend social. There are a hundred Darkfriends in attendence. They are all masked, but Bors is able to identify an Illianer noblewoman wearing a low cut scarlet dress and golden slippers; a Domani woman wearing a golden bracelet identifying her House; a Shienaran soldier; a Tinker wearing green pants and a yellow coat; a High Lord of Tear; an Andoran Queen's Guard; a Sea Folk man; two Aes Sedai; and people from Kandor, Cairhien, Saldaea, and Ghealdan. Bors is completely disguised so no one can identify him.
The door opens and two Trollocs and a Myrddraal enter. The Myrddraal announces to the Darkfriends that their master comes. A red-masked man identifying himself as Ba'alzamon enters; he tells them that the room where they are gathered is near Shayol Ghul. Bors wonders if he really is the Dark One or if one of the Forsaken has been set free.
Ba'alzamon forms images of Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, and Perrin Aybara and tells the Darkfriends that one of them is the Dragon Reborn. The Shienaran asks if they are to be killed, but Ba'alzamon says it would be better if the Dragon were turned to serve him. He gives orders to each of the Darkfriends individually. He commands Bors to return to Tarabon and keep up his good work there. He is to keep a lookout for the three ta'veren, but also to keep quiet about those who have landed on Toman Head. He then sees images of the Shayol Ghul sky, a young woman dressed in white, a raven, a Seanchan soldier, the Horn of Valere, and a wolf.
Bors returns to his room and dons his normal clothes. He is a Whitecloak Questioner.
[edit] Notes
[edit] Characters
- Jaichim Carridin - as "The man who called himself Bors"
- Ba'alzamon
- Shaidar Haran - as the Myrddraal
- Liandrin (one of the Aes Sedai)
- Ingtar Shinowa (the Shienaran)
[edit] Referenced
- Dark One - as Great Lord of the Dark
- Rand al'Thor
- Mat Cauthon
- Perrin Aybara
[edit] Groups
- the Forsaken
- the Tuatha'an
- the Sea Folk
- Aes Sedai
- the Seanchan - as "those who have landed at Toman Head"
- Children of the Light
[edit] First appearance of
[edit] Places
- Near Shayol Ghul
[edit] Referenced
[edit] Events
- Darkfriend Social
[edit] Referenced
- The Dark One's Day of Return
