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! __Rand__ POV

The next morning [Rand|Rand alThor] prepares for his attack on [Rahvin]. [Aviendha] is in the room with him getting dressed. She tells him that she did not tell [Sulin] to ask the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear], [Enaila], [Somara], [Lamelle] and others, to watch him.[1] They did that on their own. She asks numerous questions about his plan[2] and he assures her that everything is arranged. [Rand|Rand alThor] met with [Rhuarc] and the other clan chiefs last night to outline his plan. Then more than fifty [Wise Ones|Aiel] led by [Amys], [Bair], [Melaine] and [Sorilea] came to make sure his understood his obligations to the [Aiel]. [Aviendha] alerted them. [Aviendha] tells him that a woman came to his quarters last night while he was away. [Rand|Rand alThor] completely forgot about his dinner with [Colavaere|Colavaere Saighan]. [Aviendha] took her back to her rooms and beat her. 

There is a knock and [Asmodean] enters. He says everyone is on pins and needles after hearing screams last night from [Colavaere|Colavaere Saighan]'s quarters. [Rand|Rand alThor] ordered him to stay in [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)], but he pleads to go with [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Rand|Rand alThor] finally agrees. [Asmodean] still has only a fraction of his old strength. [Rand|Rand alThor] wonders if [Lanfear] was lying about her shield slowly fading. He thinks that would be like her, then wonders if that is his own thought or [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon]'s. [Rand|Rand alThor] considers going to [Tear|Tear (Country)] for %%ot [Callandor]%% or to [Rhuidean] for the [control statue|Control Statue], but he does not trust himself with that much power. 

[Rand|Rand alThor] opens the door to find [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] standing there. There are no [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear].[3] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] what happened with [Melindhra]. [Rand|Rand alThor] says he will deal with [Sammael] later.[4] [Aviendha] thinks [Rand|Rand alThor] is responsible for the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] not being there. As the four of them leave, [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] join them. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] gives him two letters, one for him to read later and one for him to pass on to [Thom Merrilin].[5] She then tells him that there is something urgent he must see at the docks. [Rand|Rand alThor] grudgingly agrees that an hour delay will not hurt, so they leave for the docks.
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! __Hadnan Kadere__ POV

Down by the docks, [Kadere|Hadnan Kadere] wishes he could get away. [Lanfear] has not returned to his dreams for some time, but he still fears her too much to flee. He wishes he knew whom to trust. The last of his [Darkfriend|Darkfriends] drivers fled two days ago. He does not know the identity of the [Aiel] woman who slipped him the note. He sees [Rand|Rand alThor], [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and the others ride up.[6] [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] has joined them. Last night she made him personally pull the cover off the [twisted red doorway|Twisted Red Doorway]. He remembers seeing [Herid|Herid] fall halfway through it at [Rhuidean]. He was the first to leave after [Jangai Pass]. He thinks [Rand|Rand alThor] is sleeping with [Aviendha]. [Kadere|Hadnan Kadere] wants to talk to [Natael|Asmodean], the only other [Darkfriend|Darkfriends] he knows, but [Natael|Asmodean] has not been near him since they entered [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)]. He is surprised that there are no [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] around. Suddenly [Keille|Lanfear] appears. He follows her into his wagon where she reveals herself to be [Lanfear]. She says she has been too busy to watch [Rand|Rand alThor] and asks him for the latest news. He begins talking and [Lanfear] begins to grow angry.[7]
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! __Rand__ POV

At the wagons, [Rand|Rand alThor] ties up [Jeade'en|JeadeEn (Rand)] and asks [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] what he is supposed to see. He can see two casks and can sense the evil of the [seals|Seals] in them. Suddenly [Kadere|Hadnan Kadere]'s wagon explodes and [Rand|Rand alThor], [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] run toward it. [Lanfear] steps out holding [Kadere|Hadnan Kadere]'s whole skin. She is irate that [Rand|Rand alThor] slept with another woman.[7] She casually knocks [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] aside, then sends waves of fire over the nearby [Aiel]. [Rand|Rand alThor] weaves a shield to stop the fire from spreading. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Asmodean] are left outside the wall, but [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Aviendha] are near him. [Lanfear] begins torturing them. [Rand|Rand alThor] cuts her weaves with [Spirit|One Power], [Fire|One Power] and [Earth|One Power]. [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Lanfear] battle trying to shield each other. He calls her [Mierin|Lanfear] and tells her he always belonged to [Ilyena|Ilyena Therin Moerelle]. He can feel in his thoughts from [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] that there is a way to defeat her, but he cannot bring himself to do it. She begins torturing him and climbs atop the wagon with the [twisted red doorway|Twisted Red Doorway]. He sees that she is now holding an [ivory bracelet]. He can feel himself dying but he cannot make himself kill her.
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! __Moiraine__ POV

[Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] crawls out from under a wagon. She sees [Rand|Rand alThor], then [Lanfear]. It is the image she saw in [Rhuidean]. She sees the [ivory bracelet], an %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%% that she brought from [Rhuidean] and placed on the wagon yesterday. Carefully she climbs onto the wagon, opens herself to %%ot [saidar|Said]%% and leaps at [Lanfear] grabbing the [ivory bracelet] from her. They both fall through the [twisted red doorway|Twisted Red Doorway].[8]

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[#1] When the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] insisted on accompanying him in the attack on [Couladin] and the [Shaido]. ([TFoH,Ch43])
\\[#2] This seems atypical of [Aviendha]'s behavior. Is this nervousness about the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] who will demand to accompany him ([TFoH,Ch53]) or something else?
\\[#3] They are waiting for him elsewhere. ([TFoH,Ch53])
\\[#4] So [Rahvin]'s, [Sammael]'s, [Lanfear]'s and [Graendal]'s plan to keep [Rand|Rand alThor] focused on [Sammael] fails. ([TFoH,Ch34])
\\[#5] [Rand|Rand alThor] will give the letter to [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] ([LoC,Ch33]) who will eventually deliver it to [Thom|Thom Merrilin]. ([LoC,Ch40]) We finally learn the content of the letter in [KoD,Ch10]. [Rand|Rand alThor] notes the impression of [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]'s great serpent ring in blue sealing wax. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s description in [LoC,Ch40] has been corrected to agree with this.
\\[#6] [Kadere|Hadnan Kadere] apparently is clueless about the impending attack.
\\[#7] [Isendre] told [Kadere|Hadnan Kadere] that [Aviendha] was sharing [Rand|Rand alThor]'s bed. ([TFoH,Ch29]) [Kadere|Hadnan Kadere] foolishly passes this incorrect information to [Lanfear]. 
\\[#8] Everyone believes that they are both killed. ([TFoH,Ch53]) However, [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]'s letter to [Thom|Thom Merrilin] indicates that she is alive and awaiting rescue from the [Tower of Ghenjei] ([KoD,Ch10], [ToM,Ch57]) and the [Dark One|ShaiTan] will give [Lanfear] a new lease on life as [Cyndane]. ([TPoD,Ch12], [WH,Ch35])
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