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! __Rand__ POV

Outside Lord [Algarin|Algarin Pendaloan]'s manor [Rand|Rand alThor] surveys the mess of dead [Trollocs] and [Myrddraal|Fade] with [Logain|Logain Ablar], [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin], [Alivia], [Min|Min Farshaw], the [Asha'man] and [Aes Sedai] and the surviving [Saldaeans|Saldaea]. [Nandera] leads fifty [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] with him. [Logain|Logain Ablar] has an umbrella of [Air|One Power] against the rain but [Rand|Rand alThor] is afraid [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] will take over again if he tries it. They have given up trying to kill all the crows and ravens. [Logain|Logain Ablar] says [Gabrelle] and [Toveine|Toveine Gazal] have worn themselves out. The fewer than twelve [Asha'man] and fewer than twenty [Aes Sedai] are working to incinerate the thousands of corpses. They think the [Trollocs] came from the [Spine of the World] through the [Waygate|Ways] at [Stedding Shangtai]. 

The [Aes Sedai] refuse to teach new weaves to [Alivia] but she is still learning fast just by watching. [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks someone knows [Ishamael]'s trick of tracking %%ot [ta'veren|Wheel of Time]%%, or maybe the blue-eyed man can locate him.[1] The [True Source] is now clean, but with the wounds in his side from [Ishamael] and [Padan Fain] [Rand|Rand alThor] wonders if he is. A serving man even older than [Ethin] brings [Rand|Rand alThor] a letter from [Verin|Verin Mathwin]. The nineteen dead [Saldaeans|Saldaea] are laid out in a barn; they do not bury their dead in the rain. Suddenly they are covered in flies.[2] [Alivia] weaves and they all fly out the door. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] notes that she learns fast.[3] [Min|Min Farshaw] thinks she had [viewings] about [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] that were wrong because she is dead.[4] [Rand|Rand alThor] reads [Verin|Verin Mathwin]'s letter. She left taking [Tomas] with her.[5] She says to trust [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] and heed her advice, but be wary of everyone else. 

[Loial] and Elder [Haman|haman] come outside. [Loial] says he married [Erith] and [Rand|Rand alThor] congratulates him. [Loial] promises that he will be there for [Rand|Rand alThor] at [Tarmon Gai'don|Creator]. [Rand|Rand alThor] sealed the [Waygates|Ways] at [Caemlyn], [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)], [Illian|Illian (Country)] and [Tear|Tear (Country)]. He put a trap on the open one near [Fal Dara]. He could not find the one near [Far Madding]. He needs [Loial] now to locate the others. Elder [Haman] insists that [Loial] must return to [Stedding Shangtai] to speak at the Great Stump but he volunteers to take up the task himself. [Rand|Rand alThor] says he will take them to [Stedding Shangtai] the next morning. 

[Elza Penfell] arrives with [Davram Bashere]. Two of the dead [Saldaeans|Saldaea] are [Kirkun] and [Ahzkan|Tumad Ahzkan]. [Bashere|Davram Bashere] and [Karldin Manfor] met with High Lady [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath]. They were not allowed to talk with anyone else. The [Daughter of the Nine Moons|Tuon] will meet with [Rand|Rand alThor] at a manor house in northern [Altara].[6] She will bring six %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% and %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% and no one else. [Rand|Rand alThor] can bring five other channelers and one other woman to make the numbers even.
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! __Nynaeve__ POV

[Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] is resting from channeling too much. She took willow bark for her headache. She always wears the [bracelet and rings] %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%% and the [jewelry set|Jewelry Set] %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%%. One of her rings with a pale green stone detects %%ot [saidar|Said]%% and %%ot [saidin|Said]%%. Another with a flawless sapphire turns cold when someone nearby is hostile or angry. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] is there. It still grates on her that [Myrelle|Myrelle Berengari] holds his bond. Outside she sees [Aisling Noon], bonded to [Arel Malevin], and [Ayako Norsoni], bonded to [Donalo Sandomere]. She avoids the other [Aes Sedai] because they supported [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]. They are linked in pairs using %%ot [saidar|Said]%% and %%ot [saidin|Said]%% [Fire|One Power] to incinerate corpses. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] is angry that [Rand|Rand alThor] is negotiating with the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] instead of convincing King [Easar|Easar Togita] to return to guarding the [Blight]. The [Last Battle|Creator] will be there and at [Shayol Ghul]. In the [Trolloc Wars] the [Shadow|Creator] used [Tarwin's Gap|Tarwins Gap] to move large armies of [Trollocs]. 

[Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] offers to take him to the [Borderlands] but first makes him swear to ride to [Fal Moran] before he enters the [Blight] and to allow anyone who wishes to ride with him. He agrees. In the stables they mount [Mandarb] and [Loversknot]. Outside she weaves a gateway and they lead the horses through. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] realizes they are not in [Shienar]. They are at [World's End|Worlds End], in [Saldaea] as far from [Fal Moran] as possible. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] reminds him of his oath, hurriedly rides through a new gateway and lets it close.[7]
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! __Weilin Aldragoran__ POV

[Weilin Aldragoran] deals jewels in the common room of [The Queen's Lance|The Queens Lance] in [Kayacun] in western [Saldaea]. There are rich mines in the [Banikhan Mountains]. He still wears the %%ot [hadori]%% of his [Malkier] heritage even though he lived almost his whole life in [Saldaea]. His wife [Alida Aldragoran] is [Saldaean|Saldaea]. [Managan] and [Gorenellin] are also jewel merchants of [Malkier] heritage though they do not wear %%ot [hadori]%%. He sells his jewels to two [Illianers|Illian (Country)], [Pavil Geraneos] and [Jeorg Damentanis]. His clerk [Ruthan] carries his coin box. An [Aes Sedai] approaches; she is young and wears a red %%ot [ki'sain]%%. Few [Malkier] go to the [White Tower] since the [Aes Sedai] failed [Malkier]. She asks him to send messages to other merchants with his pigeons. She shows him [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran]'s ring and identifies herself as [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] ti al'Meara Mandragoran. The message is that [Lan Mandragoran|Lan] rides from [World's End|Worlds End] toward [Tarwin's Gap|Tarwins Gap], toward [Tarmon Gai'don|Creator]. Will he ride alone? [Aldragoran|Weilin Aldragoran] swears that he will ride with [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran]. She leaves saying that she has more towns to visit before returning to [Tear|Tear (Country)] that night. [Managan] and [Gorenellin] join him shouting, "The Golden Crane flies for [Tarmon Gai'don|Creator]!"
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Of course both are now [Moridin] and all the evidence says he did not send the attack. So who did and how did they locate [Rand|Rand alThor]? See the discussion in the [FAQ, Section 1.4.12|WoTFAQ:node/70.html].
\\[#2] Another sign of the decay prefacing the [Last Battle|Creator]?
\\[#3] The weave of controlling insects is supposed to be a secret of the [Blue Ajah]. ([NS,Ch21]) Where did [Alivia] and [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] learn it?
\\[#4] [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] is alive for now. ([KoD,Ch10]) Details of [Min|Min Farshaw]'s [viewings] are not known.
\\[#5] Where is she disappearing to this time? We learn where she is heading and where she actually winds up in [TGS,Ch36] and [TGS,Ch39].
\\[#6] Lady [Deirdru]'s manor house ([KoD,Ch27])
\\[#7] [Rand|Rand alThor] eventually figures this out and we see his response in [TGS,Ch31].
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