Rand POV#
Rand cuts open the igloo and is surprised that it is broad daylight. It is the middle of the night in Cairhien. He is astounded to see a great beast flying in the air with two riders. He and Aviendha carefully make their way back to the gateway. There is a great ocean to the east confirming again that they are in a land Rand never heard of. Near the gateway there are four mounted women with about twenty soldiers. Two of the women hold leashes to two others and the soldiers have familiar armor. They are in Seanchan. Egwene taught Aviendha to handle multiple weaves at once. Egwene knows little of Healing and Aviendha knows less. Rand has Aviendha shield the two damane and two sul'dam, then he binds them all with Air. The damane wail in despair at the
marath'damane.
Rand notes that the gateway is gray instead of showing the inside of his room. There is
saidin involved so
Asmodean must have done something.
Rand tries to remove the
a'dam from one of the
damane and gets a painful jolt of
saidin. The
damane and
sul'dam are both stunned.
Aviendha tries to remove the other
a'dam but she cannot figure out how. The
damane are
Jini
and
Seri. One of the
sul'dam tells the woman in charge, Lady
Morsa, that the tall man must be
Rand al'Thor. Lady
Morsa was at
Falme and recognizes him. Her sign is a silver stag's head. The other woman with a black raven and tower on her cloak is
Jalindin, a
Seeker for Truth.
Jalindin is suspicious of what
Morsa knows. The two women argue over what they should do with
Rand.
Morsa belittles
Jalindin saying she is only there because a nobleman,
Sarek, looked above his place and had designs on
Serengada Dai and
Tuel.
Jalindin places
Morsa under arrest. They will return to
Merinloe.
Rand and
Aviendha leap through the gateway. A piece of a
Seanchan spear comes though as the gateway snaps shut.
Asmodean is there. He rendered the gateway invisible. He is amazed at what
Rand did. Only
Demandred,
Semirhage and
Lews Therin could block a gateway open.
Asmodean tells
Aviendha that a
gai'shain came looking for her. She was delighted when
Asmodean told her that
Aviendha and
Rand did not want to be disturbed. Soon, there were twenty
Maidens outside the window chanting. To her chagrin,
Aviendha identifies the
gai'shain as her first-sister,
Niella. She was taken six months ago by
Chareen Maidens in a raid on
Sulara Hold.
Aviendha vows to welt her.
Aviendha agrees to sleep elsewhere and leaves.
Rand is angry that
Asmodean never mentioned invisibility to him. He commands
Asmodean to teach him the invisibility weave and how to block flows of
saidar. He decides to keep the
Dragon Scepter as a reminder of the
Seanchan.
Notes (Possible Spoilers)#
A raken
The defeat of the Seanchan army at Falme is a closely held secret. Apparently Jalindin has heard rumors but does not know the full truth.
This is the only time these places in Seanchan are mentioned.
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