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__[Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]__ POV - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] are in [Tifan's Well|../geography/arafel/tifans_well/index] in [Arafel|../geography/arafel/index] at the home of [Adeleas|Adeleas Namelle] and [Vandene|Vandene Namelle], two elderly sisters who are [Aes Sedai]. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] is studying old books and manuscripts. She thinks no one would expect her to come here. She must clear her head and start over. [Adeleas|Adeleas Namelle] of the [Brown Ajah] and [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] of the [Green Ajah] retired from the [White Tower] a long time ago.[1] [Vandene|Vandene Namelle]'s [Warder|Warders] is [Jaem|jaem]. She came to them because they are writing a history and have lots of old references. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] talks to [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] about bonding him nearly twenty years ago near [Chachin|../geography/kandor/chachin/index].[2] She goads him about having to obey her and he angrily responds that she never had to compel him. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] tells him that she passed his bond to [Myrelle|Myrelle Berengari] back in [Tar Valon].[3] It will happen when she dies. [Myrelle|Myrelle Berengari] promised to pass [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] to one who suits him better. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] is even angrier. Nonconsensual passing of a bond has not been done in four hundred years. She asks why he helped [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] responds that it seemed right. It might be ''[ta'veren|Wheel of Time]'' effect. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] thinks he now cares about [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] folks because of [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]. She sends [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] away so she can think. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] thinks of herself as, "married to her battle."[4] She recalls [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] carrying her to [Anaiya] to be [Healed|Weaves].[5] [Vandene|../../characters/uz/vandene] enters with tea. She notes [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] is reading books on the [Trolloc Wars], the [Watchers Over the Waves|../geography/toman_head/falme/index], the legend of the [Return|../organizations/seanchan.html#r], the [Horn of Valere|../../items/horn_of_valere], [Dark Prophecy], [Santhra|santhra]'s book on the [Forsaken], [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)] and the [Prophecies of the Dragon|Karaethon Prophecies].[6] She says there is a rumor in the village that the [Horn|Horn of Valere] has been found, but she discounts it. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] asks about the [Horn|Horn of Valere] and the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] replies that there is no direct link, only that the [Horn|Horn of Valere] must be found before [Tarmon Gai'don|Creator]. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] asks about the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor] and [Toman Head]. [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] answers that the prophecy says, "Five ride forth, four return. Above the watchers shall he proclaim himself, bannered cross the sky in fire." In the original [Old Tongue] version, the word "watchers" is [''ma'vron''|../history/compleat.html#ma'vron], but watchers is really [''a'vron''|../../history/compleat.html#a'vron]. She thinks [''ma'vron''|../../history/compleat.html#ma'vron] means [''Do Miere A'vron''|../../history/compleat.html#phDo], the [Watchers Over the Waves|../../geography/toman_head/falme/index]. She thinks it means the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor] will appear above [Toman Head]. She is curious about [Mazrim Taim] who is nearby in [Saldaea] and not captured yet. Changing the subject, [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] asks if a [Fade] would take something that came from [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)].[7] [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] says [Adeleas|Adeleas Namelle] knows more of [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)], but even she knows that a [Fade] would not touch it. Changing the subject again, [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] asks about [Lanfear]. [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] replies that all she knows is that [Lanfear] was linked to [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon]. She asks if [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] knows anything about the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. Using [Aes Sedai] sleight of tongue, [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] indirectly denies it. [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] leaves and [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] goes outside. A [Draghkar] attacks, but [Jaem|jaem] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] save her. [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] and [Adeleas|Adeleas Namelle] rush out of the house. [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] [Heals|Weaves] [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and they both wonder why they did not detect its evil. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] says it was warded, therefore the [Black Ajah] was involved![8] [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] says she must leave immediately and asks the sister to send letters to the [White Tower] for her. She says she may have found an answer that she did not know she sought.[9]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1]<li start=1>So how did [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] know of them and where to find them?
[#2]<li start=2>The full story is in [NS|../books/new_spring/index].
[#3]<li start=3>How long ago did this happen? And why?
[#4]<li start=4>Is this what she means when she tells [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] that she knows her future husband? ([TSR,Ch6])
[#5]<li start=5>No clue as to when this happened.
[#6]<li start=6>She also finds a scrap of manuscript from the [Age of Legends] that describes [Wolfbrothers|Wolves] and the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod]. ([TDR,Ch9])
[#7]<li start=7>She is still trying to figure out why [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s [ruby dagger|Ruby Dagger] was taken. Ergo, she has not yet made (or is just now making) the connection between [Fain|Padan Fain] and [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)].
[#8]<li start=8>[Liandrin] or someone else? Or is [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] wrong?
[#9]<li start=9>Not definitive, but most likely that [Fain|Padan Fain] is now [Mordeth].
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