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__[Egwene]__ POV - It is late spring and [Egwene] is nine years old.[2] She is fetching water from the Winespring Water for the shearing of the sheep. She intends to be the best water carrier. She notices a raven acting unusually bold and wonders about tales of spies for the [Dark One|Shaitan]. [Kenley Ahan|../characters/k/kenley_ahan] teases her a bit then heads off with his bucket and [Egwene] follows. The shearing takes place in Widow [Egwene]'s Meadow. [Egwene] watches for her oldest sister, [Egwene]. She sees [Kenley Ahan|../characters/k/kenley_ahan] snatch a honeycake from the tables and thinks he is as bad as [Ewin Finngar|../characters/e/ewin_finngar]. [Corin Ayellin|../characters/c/corin_ayellin] catches him. [Egwene] sees [Perrin Aybara|../characters/op/perrin] in the crowd with his parents, little sisters [Perrin] and [Perrin] and baby brother [Perrin]. [Joslyn Aybara|../characters/j/joslyn_aybara] and [Con Aybara|../characters/c/con_aybara] are talking with Master [Perrin] about [Perrin] becoming his apprentice. [Cilia Cole|../characters/c/cilia_cole] is nearby making calf eyes at [Perrin]. [Egwene] notices more ravens watching the meadow. [Egwene] fetches more water. When she returns, she bumps into her youngest sister, [Egwene], arguing with [Dag Coplin|../characters/d/dag_coplin]. Another of [Egwene]'s sisters is [Nynaeve]. She then passes the Wisdom, [Doral Barran|../characters/d/doral_barran], and [Nynaeve] bandaging [Bili Congar|../characters/b/bili_congar]'s leg. [Nynaeve] has been her apprentice for three years. The Wisdom is suspicious of [Nynaeve]'s work.[3] [Nynaeve] knows [Egwene] is there without even seeing her.[4] [Egwene] thinks about teasing [Nynaeve] about Mistress [Egwene] and a pie.[5] Continuing with her rounds, [Egwene] runs into her other sister, [Nynaeve], with [Jillie Lewin|../characters/j/jillie_lewin] folding fleece. She is a year older than [Nynaeve] but does not have her hair braided yet. [Calle Coplin|../characters/c/calle_coplin] nearby is twenty and still does not have hers braided. [Egwene] goes to look for [Perrin] and [Mat]. [Wil al'Seen|../characters/uz/wil_alseen] sends her to one of the sheep pens. [Paet al'Caar|../characters/op/paet_alcaar] and [Jac al'Caar|../characters/j/jac_alcaar] both brought sheep. [Perrin] and [Mat] are behind one of the pens with [Rand], [Dav Ayellin|../characters/d/dav_ayellin], [Lem Thane|../characters/l/lem_thane], [Bandry Crawe|../characters/b/bandry_crawe] and [Elam Dowtry|../characters/e/elam_dowtry]. [Dannil Lewin|../characters/d/dannil] comes with a message that [Bran al'Vere|../characters/b/bran_alvere] sent for the boys. On the way they pass [Natti Cauthon|../characters/n/natti_cauthon] with [Tam] and [Tam]. The Village Council members including [Cenn Buie|../characters/c/cenn_buie] and [Master al'Dai|../characters/a/aldai], [Bili al'Dai|../characters/b/bili_aldai]'s grandfather, are all shearing the sheep except for [Master Cole|../characters/c/cole] who is napping. [Tam] asks [Tam al'Thor|Tam alThor] to tell a story. [Tam] tells about the [Age of Legends] and the [War of the Shadow|../history/shadow_war]. The [Dark One|Shaitan] touched the world and [Trollocs] and [Myrddraal|Fade] came in armies. Some [Aes Sedai] sided with the [Shadow|Creator], the [Forsaken]. The [Shadow|Creator] was winning the war until the [Tam], [Lews Therin Telamon|../characters/hist/ltt], and his Hundred Companions went to [Shayol Ghul] and sealed the [Dark One|Shaitan] back into the prison the [Creator] made for him along with the [Forsaken]. No one knows what a "[Tam]" is, not even the [Aes Sedai]. [Tam] sends the boys back to work and [Egwene] notices many more ravens in the trees that take off flying west.


!! Notes


[#1]<li start=1>This additional prologue only appears in the Starscape edition, "From the Two Rivers."
[#2]<li start=2>[Egwene]'s nameday is later in the year making the year 991 NE. [Rand], [Mat] and [Perrin] are twelve. [Nynaeve] is seventeen.
[#3]<li start=3>She has probably caught on to the fact that some of [Nynaeve]'s "cures" are unusually effective.
[#4]<li start=4>From [Healing|../main/true_source/weaves.html#h] her of breakbone fever the previous fall. ([TEotW,Ch21])
[#5]<li start=5>[Nynaeve] stole a plum pudding from [Mistress Ayellin|../characters/c/corin_ayellin] and got a whipping for it. ([TFoH,Ch55])