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! __Lan__ POV

During their last two nights on the road [Alys|Moiraine Damodred] plagues [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] with fleas and blackflies.[1] He cannot wait to be rid of her. At noon they cross the Bridge of Sunrise into [Chachin]. Glad to be rid of her, he gallops [Cat Dancer] into the city and [Ryne|Ryne Venamar] and [Bukama|Bukama Marenellin] follow and they head to the [Aesdaishar Palace]. It is adorned with banners of the prancing Red Horse. At the gates to the palace, a dozen guards block their way. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] introduces himself and an old comrade, [Jurad Shiman] welcomes them greeting [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] with %%ot [Tai'shar|Compleat] [Malkier]%%. The %%ot [shatayan|Shienar]%% herself, Mistress [Romera|romera] takes them to their rooms. [Ryne|Ryne Venamar] and [Bukama|Bukama Marenellin] get small rooms, but [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] gets three spacious rooms, two serving women, [Anya] and [Esne], and an errand boy named [Bulen]. [Anya] informs him that Queen [Ethenielle|Ethenielle Cosaru Noramaga] is in the south but her Prince Consort [Brys|Brys (Kandor)], her Swordbearer and general, is in residence. [Edeyn Arrel] is also at the palace. In no time, she sends a message for [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] to call on her. He has no intention of meeting her in private because she is his %%ot [carneira]%%. He assumes %%ot [ko'di]%% to calm himself. Later, Mistress [Romera] summons him to an audience with [Brys|Brys (Kandor)]. They are old friends having saved each other's lives in the [Blight]. In the meeting hall there are numerous men wearing %%ot [hadori]%% and women wearing %%ot [ki'sain]%%. [Brys|Brys (Kandor)]' and [Ethenielle|Ethenielle Cosaru Noramaga]'s second son [Diryk] is extremely lucky. He fell off a balcony and lived. He quizzes [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] until his father sends him to his tutor Mistress [Tuval|tuval]. 

Among the other nobles is [Edeyn ti Gemallen Arrel|Edeyn Arrel].[2] She still wears the white %%ot [ki'sain]%% of a widow. When [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] greets her she kneels and pledges fealty to [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] as king of [Malkier]. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] and [Brys|Brys (Kandor)] go to a private balcony for a long talk. They discuss the [Aiel War] and rumors of a man who can [channel|True Source].[3] [Brys|Brys (Kandor)] tells [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] of a message from [Ethenielle|Ethenielle Cosaru Noramaga] that two [Aes Sedai] caught an impostor in a village to the south.[4] When [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] returns to his rooms he finds [Edeyn|Edeyn Arrel] waiting for him. She plans for him to marry her seventeen-year-old daughter [Iselle|Iselle Arrel]. She still holds his %%ot [daori]%%, the braid of hair from one's %%ot [carneira]%% cut at their first time. This means that he still owes her. She takes him to bed.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Assuming there were no other plagues, the trip from [Canluum] to [Chachin] took just over six days.
\\[#2] It is interesting that her maiden name is that of [Cowin Gemallan Fairheart|Cowin Gemallan], a [Malkier] noble and [Darkfriend|Darkfriends]. ([TEotW,Ch47])
\\[#3] Again, no indication if this rumor is founded or not.
\\[#4] This is a different incident from the one that [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] cites about [Myrelle|Myrelle Berengari] finding a woman masquerading as [Green Ajah] in [Chachin]. ([LoC,Ch15]) The location is wrong and %%green [Myrelle|Myrelle Berengari]%% will not be raised to the shawl for another six years. ([LoC,Ch40])
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