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! __Elayne__ POV

It is a month and a half since the end of [The Fires of Heaven]. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] prepare for bed and a busy night. They share a tiny room in  [Salidar]. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] has made copies of the [amber plaque], the [iron disc] and the [twisted ring]. As [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] goes to sleep she thinks about [Sammael] in [Illian|Illian (Country)] and about [Min|Min Farshaw] and the embassy to [Rand|Rand alThor]. They should be over half way by now.

In %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% on a street in [Salidar], they meet [Siuan|Siuan Sanche], [Leane|Leane Sharif], [Anaiya], [Beonin|Beonin Marinye], [Carlinya], [Morvrin], [Myrelle|Myrelle Berengari] and [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar]. As the [Aes Sedai] approach they discuss their "choice".[1] [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] threatens to send [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] and [Leane|Leane Sharif] to [Tiana|Tiana Noselle] if they cannot get along.[2] [Egwene|Egwene alVere] was injured about the same time they arrived in [Salidar]. Now the six [Aes Sedai] meet with the [Wise Ones|Aiel]. The meetings usually do not go well. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] are required to give them lessons the day before and the day after meetings. One of the cooks, [Gera], appears momentarily dreaming of her self as [Green Ajah]. [Myrelle|Myrelle Berengari] has been increasingly hard on [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] the last few weeks.[3] [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] instructs them to visualize [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]'s study.

And they are in the [White Tower]. There are now no stools in [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]'s study.[4] [Leane|Leane Sharif] excuses herself to check messages left by her eyes-and-ears around [Tar Valon]. [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] sends [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] after her. [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] herself appears briefly in a dream. The sisters split up to search for information. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] twice found evidence that [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] countermanded orders from [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]. They find a report from [Danelle] that [Mattin Stepaneos|Mattin Stepaneos den Balgar] accepts the offer but [Roedran|Roedran Analoy], [Alliandre|Alliandre Maritha Kigarin] and [Tylin|Tylin Quintara] are still thinking about it.[5] The arrest warrant for [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] is still in effect so [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] has not yet heard that she is dead. The [Accepted] [Shemerin] has run away.[6] The fighting in [Shienar] and [Arafel] is dying down. There is still no news from [Tarabon]. [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] comments that they will know more in a few weeks.[7] There are still orders to return [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] to the [White Tower] or they will envy [Ronde Macura]. [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] has heard about [Rand|Rand alThor]'s amnesty and is furious. There are currently two hundred ninety four [Aes Sedai] in the [White Tower], nearly a third. There are slightly more in [Salidar]. [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] has sent an embassy to [Rand|Rand alThor] in [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)] to escort him to the [White Tower]. They hear a scream out in the hall. [Carlinya] is trapped in a nightmare of [Trollocs]. The other [Aes Sedai] try to help and are shortly trapped themselves. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] realize they cannot help from outside and wade in. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] finally gets them to disbelieve sufficiently so that the nightmare ends, but all are injured. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] says she will stay to search a while longer, but the [Aes Sedai] are ready to leave immediately. They insist that [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] goes back as well.

Before returning to her body [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] makes a quick trip to the [Grand Hall|Royal Palace] in the [Royal Palace]. She is worried about what [Rand|Rand alThor] is doing and whispers her feelings aloud, then she returns to her body.
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! __Demandred__ POV

[Demandred] is in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% in the [Royal Palace] in [Caemlyn].[8] He sees [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and figures out who she must be.[9] She clearly does not like what [Rand|Rand alThor] is doing. He thinks this is another thread in the pattern pulled. He must let the Lord of Chaos rule, but he does not understand why. He opens a gateway to leave %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Choosing [Egwene|Egwene alVere] for their new [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]. ([LoC,Ch34])
\\[#2] [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] and [Leane|Leane Sharif] fake their animosity so the other [Aes Sedai] will not know that they are actually working together.
\\[#3] This must be because she can feel the bond to [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], but what are her ultimate intentions?
\\[#4] [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] has apparently dissolved her Council.
\\[#5] It is not clear exactly what the [White Tower] is trying to get them to agree to.
\\[#6] We finally learn what becomes of her and how she escaped from [Tar Valon] in [TGS,Ch24] and [TGS,Ch26].
\\[#7] They sent [Afara], [Edesina|Edesina Azzedin] and [Guisin] to [Tarabon] as emissaries. ([LoC,Ch15])
\\[#8] What is he doing there?
\\[#9] Implying that he did not know her face before. 
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