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! __Egwene__ POV

[Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] meets [Egwene|Egwene alVere] in the hall. She has been hunting [Egwene|Egwene alVere] because it is time for her [Accepted] test. She asks about [Egwene|Egwene alVere]'s papers and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] answers that they are study material from [Verin|Verin Mathwin]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] asks if it has to be immediately and [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] responds that [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] said now. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] has already been tested. With some trepidation [Egwene|Egwene alVere] recalls [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]'s reaction to her test. At the [three arches|Three Arches], [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] and [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] are waiting along with a [Yellow|Yellow Ajah] and a [White|White Ajah] whom [Egwene|Egwene alVere] does not recognize. [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] and [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] have a brief spat. [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] does not think [Egwene|Egwene alVere] should be tested, but [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] reminds her that she had no complaints about [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] being tested. Turning to [Egwene|Egwene alVere], [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] says that she refused her first time, but [Egwene|Egwene alVere] accepts the challenge. [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] mentions that she feels an echo or resonance,[1] but it does not seem strong enough to delay the test. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] places the [twisted ring] and papers under her clothes hoping no one will look at them. [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] begins the ceremony and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] enters the first arch.

[Egwene|Egwene alVere] is married to [Rand|Rand alThor] and they have a baby girl named [Joiya|Joiya alThor]. [Tam|Tam alThor] is out in the fields. [Jaim Dawtry] came by and told [Rand|Rand alThor] stories of war and chaos outside the [Two Rivers]. [Rand|Rand alThor] has severe headaches that [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] cannot help. Strange things happen and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] suspects he can [channel|True Source]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] knows that she has [Healed|Weaves] people as [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]'s apprentice. [Rand|Rand alThor] experiences the worst headache ever just as the silver arch appears. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] enters the arch instead of helping [Rand|Rand alThor].

[Egwene|Egwene alVere] mumbles about her baby and [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] comforts her. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] asks if it was real and [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] replies that no one knows. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] enters the second arch.

[Egwene|Egwene alVere] is in the [Royal Palace] in [Caemlyn]. It has been destroyed by [Fades|Fade], [Trollocs] and [Darkfriends]. [Rand|Rand alThor] is pinned under the wreckage. He is afraid to [channel|True Source] because he is barely holding on to sanity. He begs her to kill him before the [Dreadlords] and [Fades|Fade] can turn him to the Shadow against his will.[2] The silver arch appears and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] enters instead of helping him.

Where only [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] can hear, [Egwene|Egwene alVere] asks if it is true that [Dreadlords] and [Fades|Fade] could turn [Rand|Rand alThor] to the Shadow. [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] is startled, makes sure that no one else can hear, then tells [Egwene|Egwene alVere] that it is custom not to talk about her experiences in the [three arches|Three Arches].[3] [Egwene|Egwene alVere] asks again and [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] whispers that it has not been done since the [Trolloc Wars] and few even know of it. Thirteen [Dreadlords] weaving through thirteen [Myrddraal|Fade] can turn anyone who can [channel|True Source] to the Shadow against their will.[4] [Egwene|Egwene alVere] notes that that is the number of [Black Ajah] who fled the [White Tower]. [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] tells her to forget it. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] enters the third arch.

[Egwene|Egwene alVere] is the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai] in her rooms with her [Keeper|Aes Sedai], [Beldeine|Beldeine Nyram] of the [Green Ajah].[5] She has an [ageless] face.[6] Something feels wrong. She thinks of thirteen of the [Black Ajah] but then thinks they were destroyed in the Great Purge.[7] They go to the [Hall|Sitters] of the [Tower|White Tower] where [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] presents [Rand|Rand alThor] and demands that [Egwene|Egwene alVere] issue the order for him to be [gentled|stilling]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] says she cannot and [Beldeine|Beldeine Nyram] knocks her unconscious. She wakes in a cell with thirteen [Aes Sedai] and thirteen [Myrddraal|Fade]. The [Aes Sedai] are [Black Ajah]. One is [Gyldan],[8] [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]'s closest ally. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] manages to kill them all and escape. She finds [Beldeine|Beldeine Nyram] in her study. [Beldeine|Beldeine Nyram] breaks down and admits that she was stilled by the [Black Ajah]. [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] told her if she helped them the [Dark One|ShaiTan] could restore her ability to [channel|True Source]. They took [Rand|Rand alThor] to [Traitor's Court|White Tower] for [gentling|stilling]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] says she never held the [Oath Rod][6] and intends to help [Rand|Rand alThor]. The court will be surrounded by guards. This is because followers of false Dragons [Guaire Amalasan] and [Raolin Darksbane] tried to break into the [White Tower] to rescue them. She thinks she might use [balefire|Weaves][9] against them, then wonders what [balefire|Weaves] is. At the [Traitor's Court|White Tower] she sees that [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] is now [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]. Before she can help [Rand|Rand alThor] the silver arch appears and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] jumps into it instead of helping him.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

Compare with [TGH,Ch23]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] saw nothing that could not reasonably be expected to come from her own knowledge or imagination.

[#1] The resonance is between the [three arches|Three Arches] and the [twisted ring].\\
[#2] This information seems to be true.\\
[#3] Strange. Nothing was said about this after the first ring or at [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]'s testing.\\([TGH,Ch23]) Is this an outright lie?\\
[#4] And how is it that [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] knows of it? [Egwene|Egwene alVere]'s words clearly imply that [Rand|Rand alThor] can [channel|True Source], yet [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar]'s reaction does not seem right.\\
[#5] [Beldeine|Beldeine Nyram] is real. The description matches exactly.\\
[#6] A contradiction here, having an [ageless] face but never holding the [Oath Rod].\\
[#7] A reference to true events in [TGS,Ch45], et al.\\
[#8] [Gyldan|gyldan] is never mentioned again so it is not clear if she is real or imaginary.\\
[#9] Again, real information comes from the [three arches|Three Arches]. This is the first mention of [balefire|Weaves].\\
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