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! __Tuon__ POV

As they ride through the forest, [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] and [Selucia] keep close to [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] so she can hear his conversation with [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde]. She failed to catch [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s lie that he did not know the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s was her first kiss. [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde] left [Estean|Estean Andiama] in charge in [Murandy]; he is the only noble who will listen to [Daerid|Daerid Ondin], a commoner. [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde] brought [Edorion|Edorion Selorna], [Reimon] and [Carlomin]. They are all Banner-Generals now. [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde] and [Daerid|Daerid Ondin] are Lieutenant-Generals. [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] is intrigued by the Red Hand symbol, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s ring, and the fact that he remembers [Hawkwing|Artur Hawkwing]'s face.[1] [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] is bemused by [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s complexity and capability. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is concerned about the crossbowmen riding, but [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde] says they all ride well. They also have the new crank that lets them fire seven or eight times a minute. A mechanic in [Murandy] invented it and was taking it to the school in [Caemlyn].[2] [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde] cites [Madoc Comadrin] in ''Fog and Steel'', "It is always better to kill your enemies far off than close at hand." King [Roedran|Roedran Analoy] has two copies of the book. [Gorderan] and the other [Redarms|Band of the Red Hand] keep a watchful eye out. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Aludra] ride up near [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag]. She thinks [Thom|Thom Merrilin] is a spy but does not know who sent him to [Ebou Dar]. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] tells her the chance encounter with [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde] must be because [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is %%ot [ta'veren|Wheel of Time]%%, "tied to the [Pattern|Wheel of Time]" in the [Old Tongue], like [Artur Hawkwing]. She thinks that is a myth. 

In about an hour they reach the [Band|Band of the Red Hand]. They have not seen any %%ot [raken]%% but they are still cautious. Most of the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] are to the north or south. [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde]' scouts have located most of their camps from the [Malvide Narrows|Damona Mountains] to their current location. The men sing two verses of Jak o' the Shadows. The [Band|Band of the Red Hand] has its own mapmaker now, Master [Roidelle]. He made detailed maps of eastern [Altara] to the [Damona Mountains]. Soldiers take [Akein] and [Rosebud].

[Lopin] serves them tea. [Nerim] is delighted to be back with [Talmanes|Talmanes Delovinde]. [Leilwin|Egeanin Tamarath], [Domon|Bayle Domon], [Noal|Noal Charin], [Olver], [Juilin|Juilin Sandar], [Amathera|Amathera Aelfdene Casmir Lounault] and Mistress [Anan|Setalle Anan] sit nearby. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] has a reunion with [Edorion|Edorion Selorna], [Reimon] and [Carlomin]. They bow to [Edesina|Edesina Azzedin], [Joline|Joline Maza], [Teslyn|Teslyn Baradon] and even [Bethamin|Bethamin Zeami] and [Seta|Seta Zarbey]. Master [Roidelle] brings his maps. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] studies the one with the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] camps marked and begins planning a war. [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] now thinks he more a lion than a buffoon.
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! __Perrin__ POV

It is night with a fat crescent moon. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] rides [Stepper] near the windmills and aqueduct east of [Malden]. Tomorrow will be the fifty-fourth day since [Faile|Zarine Bashere] was taken. [Snowy Dawn] confirms that the wolves will be ready in two days. [Gaul] and [Sulin] confirm that the windmills are still deserted. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] gives the word and [Mishima|Bakayar Mishima] orders the six carts to come forward. It took the woman in [Almizar] two days to deliver all the [forkroot|Herbs]. They lift a lid off the aqueduct and [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] soldiers including [Arrata] start dumping in the [forkroot|Herbs]. [Seonid|Seonid Traighan] arrives with [Furen|Furen Alharra], [Teryl|Teryl Wynter] and [Rovair Kirklin]. He does not like being separated from [Masuri|Masuri Sokawa]. 

They enter the aqueduct to get into the cistern and then to the fortress to wait for [Faile|Zarine Bashere]. [Alyse|Galina Casban] was not sure how late the [Shaido] stayed in the town.[3] [Elyas|Elyas Machera], [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor], twenty %%ot [Cha Faile]%% led by [Selande Darengil] and fifty [Two Rivers] men led by [Ban al'Seen] follow them. The [Two Rivers] men include [Tod al'Caar], [Leof Torfinn], [Kenly Maerin], [Bili Adarra] and [Had al'Lora]. At the last minute [Gaul] joins them so he can be the first to reach [Chiad]. He does not care about [Bain]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] heads down the hill while the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] continue to unload the [forkroot|Herbs]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] would like to go with them but he does not trust [Gallenne|Bertain Gallenne] and [Arganda|Gerard Arganda] to stick with the attack plan. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] rides down to the bottom of the hill where [Grady|Jur Grady] waits. He opens a gateway back to [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s camp. He will return the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] to their camp when they are done. The two camps are far apart because [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] wants to keep the [Aes Sedai] and [Wise Ones|Aiel] far from the %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% and %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%. He wants to keep [Grady|Jur Grady] and [Neald|Fager Neald] from getting too tired.

[Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s camp is near [Brytan]. There is a %%ot [raken]%% outside the camp which means someone arrived with a message. At his tent [Athan Chandin] takes [Stepper]. Inside are [Berelain|Berelain sur Paendrag], [Annoura|Annoura Larisen], [Breane|Breane Taborwin], [Lini|Lini Eltring], [Aram], [Balwer|Sebban Balwer] and [Tylee|Tylee Khirgan]. [Aram] leaves, probably for [Masema|Masema Dagar]'s camp. Scouts found seven thousand [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] fifty miles from the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] camp heading north.[4] Rumor says [Pedron Niall] died fighting the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)].[5] His successor, [Eamon Valda], swore fealty to the [Empress]. Over a month ago [Galad|Galad Damodred] killed him and led this band in desertion. [Balwer|Sebban Balwer] feels he owes a debt of gratitude to [Galad|Galad Damodred]. The other piece of news is that two more bands of [Shaido] are approaching [Malden] from the southeast and southwest.[6] They will be there in three days. Reality seems to ripple as though the world were fog. It happens three times. No one knows what it means, but [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] says [Faile|Zarine Bashere] is all that matters.
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! __Faile__ POV

It is before noon, but [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and [Alliandre|Alliandre Maritha Kigarin] were already beaten because [Sevanna]'s bath was not hot enough. Twenty more %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%% begged to swear fealty to her just this morning. They want to attack the [Aiel]. [Rolan] is with her. He wants her to play a kissing game. Many of the [Aiel] are drunk. [Galina|Galina Casban] approaches. She is wearing clothes again and her hair is less than an inch long. [Rolan] leaves and [Galina|Galina Casban] demands the [binder|Oath Rod]. She is nearly broken from [Therava]'s treatment. After arguing and slapping each other, [Galina|Galina Casban] says straight out that she will leave tomorrow and take [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and her friends with her. [Faile|Zarine Bashere] says the [binder|Oath Rod] is hidden in town and offers to get it. [Galina|Galina Casban] declines and tells her to take it tomorrow morning to a building marked with a red scarf at the south end of town. [Faile|Zarine Bashere] believes her.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] All components of [Lidya]'s [Foretelling|Weaves]. ([WH,Ch14], [KoD,Ch36])
\\[#2] The school is the [Academy of the Rose|Caemlyn] founded by [Rand|Rand alThor] and maintained by [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. Is this the same crank that [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s troops have in [KoD,Ch33]?
\\[#3] In the first printing [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] thinks of her as [Galina|Galina Casban] though he knows her only as [Alyse|Galina Casban]. This is corrected in later printings.
\\[#4] The same direction [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] will head. ([KoD,Ch30])
\\[#5] The rumor is wrong. He was assassinated on orders from [Eamon Valda]. ([ACoS,Prologue])
\\[#6] The [Morai] and [White Cliff] septs. ([KoD,Ch5])
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