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! __Gawyn__ POV

A convoy of boats with [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand], [Siuan|Siuan Sanche], [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] and a hundred of his soldiers arrive at the water channel into [Tar Valon]. The soldiers dress as [Tower Guards|White Tower]. They see %%ot [raken]%% circling overhead as they make their way to the [White Tower]. They plan to start searching for [Egwene|Egwene alVere] in the basement where the cells are.
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! __Saerin Asnobar__ POV

[Saerin|Saerin Asnobar] attempts to coordinate the [White Tower] defense. [Moradri] reports that sisters are fighting in small groups of their own [Ajah|Aes Sedai]. Captain [Chubain|Jimar Chubain] enters. He reports that the [Tower Guard|White Tower] is nearly useless in the defense. [Saerin|Saerin Asnobar] thinks that [Egwene|Egwene alVere] was right in predicting the attack as well as chiding the [Ajahs|Aes Sedai] for fighting each other. [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin], [Notasha] and two other [Reds|Red Ajah] enter. [Katerine|Katerine Alruddin] tries to take over until [Saerin|Saerin Asnobar] overrides them. They hear booms that do not shake the [Tower|White Tower]. A soldier reports that they are coming from the twenty-second floor, the [novice|novices] quarters.
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! __Egwene__ POV

Every time she strikes down a [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] [Egwene|Egwene alVere] thinks of [Renna|Renna Emain]. With ''[white fluted wand]'' they cannot shield her except with a circle and the %%ot [a'dam|aDam]%% prevents %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% from linking. She strikes %%ot [raken]%% and %%ot [to'raken|Toraken]%% from the sky, especially if they bear captured sisters, but some inevitably escape. She does not think of violating the Three Oaths. This battle must be fought. This raid must cost the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)].
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! __Gareth Bryne__ POV

[Bryne|Gareth Bryne] and [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] dodge falling rocks, fireballs and %%ot [raken]%%. [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] thinks [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] is rash when he takes on two [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] soldiers at once, but he dispatches both with a single move. They spot someone on a high floor who might be [Egwene|Egwene alVere]. [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] realizes that [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] is gone, but through the bond he can feel that she is alive and in the [Tower|White Tower]. She reappears dragging a [novice|novices], [Hashala]. [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] chides her for entering the [Tower|White Tower], but [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] says even [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] would not recognize her now. [Hashala] tells them that [Egwene|Egwene alVere] was freed earlier and is on the twenty-second floor, confirming their sighting. She wants to help them. A captain named [Vestas] reports to [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] that three of the men are seriously wounded. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] stops to [Heal|Weaves#h] them. As she finishes, [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] sees a shadow and, with his [Warder|Warder]-enhanced senses, draws and skewers the man.[1] The man grabs at his wrist, then dies. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] says that [Min|Min Farshaw] was right in her [viewing|viewings]. But wait. She said ''both'' would die if they did not stay together. Quickly she [Delves|Weaves#d] [Bryne|Gareth Bryne], finds poison, and [Heals|Weaves#h] him. The man left a tiny poisoned pin in his wrist.[2]\\
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! __Egwene__ POV

The [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] have fled and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] is exhausted from the battle, barely awake. She barely notices when someone picks her up. It is [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand]. She can hear [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] and [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] as well. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] finds the [white fluted wand] and she uses it to [Travel|Weaves#t] for their escape. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] tries to resist but she is too tired.

! __Saerin Asnobar__ POV

[Saerin|Saerin Asnobar] reviews their losses. There are many dead including over twenty [Aes Sedai]. [Yellow|Yellow Ajah] and [Brown|Brown Ajah] sisters work to [Heal|Weaves#h] the wounded, using [healall|Herbs] on the less serious. She wonders where [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] is. She is astounded at the report on [Egwene|Egwene alVere]. Only three of sixty [novices] and one of forty [Aes Sedai] killed. Ten %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% captured. Over thirty %%ot [raken]%% destroyed. Captain [Chubain|Jimar Chubain] enters bringing an [Accepted] named [Mair|mair] who was attending [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]. She tearfully recounts that the wall collapsed and fell on her. She could not do anything to stop it.

! __Elaida__ POV

[Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] awakes to a sensation of movement and wind and wonders if [Carlya] left the window open. She realizes she is hundreds of feet in the air. She tries to embrace the [True Source] but feels pain. A voice whispers that her name is now [Suffa|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] and she will be a good %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%. [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] screams despite the pain.[3]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] One of the [Bloodknives|Seanchan (People)]. ([TGS,Ch36])
\\[#2] This was one of only two [viewings] with an "if". ([TFoH,Ch28], [TSR,Ch47]) That is because the [viewing|viewings] itself affected the outcome. If [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] had not remembered the [viewing|viewings] she would not have [Healed|Weaves] [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] in time to save his life.
\\[#3] So the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] have at least one [Aes Sedai] collared who knows [Traveling|Weaves]. It will certainly be interesting to see how this affects the balance of power!
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