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! __Kennar Miraj__ POV

Captain General [Kennar Miraj] is camped a few miles east of [Ebou Dar]. There are lots of %%ot [raken]%%, %%ot [morat'torm|Torm]%% and %%ot [morat'grolm|Grolm]%% on their mounts. He believes there are ninety thousand men in the opposing force, nearly twice his own number. They seem to spring up like [trap-worms|Trap-worm] in the [Sen T'jore|Seanchan (Country)]. They are still a hundred miles east. His men are from all over [Seanchan|Seanchan (Country)] - [Alqam|Seanchan (Country)], [N'Kon|Seanchan (Country)], [Khoweal|Seanchan (Country)] and [Dalenshar|Seanchan (Country)]. 

High Lady [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] arrives from [Ebou Dar]. She arrives with [Alwhin] and two %%ot [da'covale|Old Tongue]%%. Both appear [ageless|Ageless]. One is [Liandrin].[1] [Miraj|Kennar Miraj] notes with some surprise that the second who is short, dark-haired, slim and pale-eyed, is leashed as %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%.[2] [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] tells him there are only a few thousand troops, but fifty [Asha'man] so they are [Traveling|Weaves#t]. She orders him to wipe them out. [Miraj|Kennar Miraj] wonders about her source of information.[3] He asks for %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% and %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% and assurance that they are no longer sick.[4] She gives him the %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%, but no assurance.
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! __Rand__ POV

[Rand|Rand alThor] rides [Tai'daishar] the day after he was wounded. 

[Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] is becoming more withdrawn. [Dashiva|OsanGar], [Flinn|Damer Flinn], [Adley|Jonan Adley], [Hopwil|Eben Hopwil], [Morr|Fedwin Morr], [Narishma|Jahar Narishma], [Gedwyn|Charl Gedwyn] and [Rochaid|Manel Rochaid] hold gateways as the army pours through. [Bashere|Davram Bashere] rides up joining [Ailil|Ailil Riatin] and [Anaiyella|Anaiyella Narencelona]. [Denharad] is nearby. The nobles begin to join [Bashere|Davram Bashere] while [Tihera|Rodrivar Tihera] and [Marcolin|Demetre Marcolin] stay to the sides. [Weiramon|Weiramon Saniago], [Torean|Torean Andiama], [Sunamon|Sunamon Haellin], [Gueyam], [Maraconn], [Bertome|Bertome Saighan], [Semaradrid|Semaradrid Maravin], [Gregorin|Gregorin Panar den Lushenos] and the three others of the [Council of Nine|Illian (Country)] are there. [Rand|Rand alThor] announces that there are fifty thousand [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] ten miles west and warns everyone to stick with the plan. [Weiramon|Weiramon Saniago] leads [Kiril Drapaneos], [Bertome|Bertome Saighan], [Doressin|Doressin Chuliandred] and several minor [Cairhienin|Cairhien (Country)]. [Gregorin|Gregorin Panar den Lushenos] leads [Sunamon|Sunamon Haellin] and [Dalthanes|Dalthanes Annallin]. [Bashere|Davram Bashere] leads [Jeordwyn Semaris](of the Nine), [Amondrid|Amondrid Osiellin] and [Gueyam]. [Semaradrid|Semaradrid Maravin] leads [Torean|Torean Andiama], [Maraconn] and [Ershin Netari]. [Gedwyn|Charl Gedwyn] accompanies [Weiramon|Weiramon Saniago] while [Rochaid|Manel Rochaid] accompanies [Bashere|Davram Bashere]. [Masond|Jak Masond] leads a company of the [Legion|Legion of the Dragon]. 

As the [Asha'man] join [Rand|Rand alThor], [Dashiva|OsanGar] rides up and weaves a barrier against eavesdropping. He tells [Rand|Rand alThor] in very precise terms that %%ot [saidin|Said]%% is misbehaving.[5] His weave vibrates instead of holding steady. [Rand|Rand alThor] belittles the problem and [Dashiva|OsanGar]'s experience whereupon [Dashiva|OsanGar] gets angry. [Rand|Rand alThor] wishes [Herid Fel] were still alive as he might have an answer. [Nalaam|Arlen Nalaam] gates in with a report that the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] are on the march only five miles away. 
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! __Kennar Miraj__ POV

[Miraj|Kennar Miraj] leads his forces east. He knows that news of an army such as his runs like wildfire on the [Sa'las Plains|Seanchan (Country)]. He is accompanied by [Abaldar Yulan], one of his captains, and [Lisaine Jarath], his senior %%ot [der'sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%%. He has at least twenty %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% and %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%%. An under-lieutenant, [Varek], reports that the enemy is only five miles east. [Miraj|Kennar Miraj] issues orders to prepare for attack.

! __Bertome Saighan__ POV

[Bertome|Bertome Saighan] talks with [Doressin|Doressin Chuliandred], his boyhood friend. [Doressin|Doressin Chuliandred] thinks [Rand|Rand alThor] means for him to die because he listened to [Colavaere|Colavaere Saighan]. There are seven [Asha'man] leading them. [Bertome|Bertome Saighan] rides up to speak to [Weiramon|Weiramon Saniago] and hears him angrily say to [Gedwyn|Charl Gedwyn], "I don't care who you are. I won't take more risk without a command direct from the lips of—"[6] [Weiramon|Weiramon Saniago] stops, immediately smiles, and begins gigging [Bertome|Bertome Saighan] about [Colavaere|Colavaere Saighan]. [Bertome|Bertome Saighan] has mixed feelings. [Colavaere|Colavaere Saighan] was ambitious beyond reason, yet she was his favorite cousin. One of his scouts, [Doile] from his [Colchaine|Cairhien (Country)] estates, rides up with news that two thousand [Tarabon] with %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% and %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% are right on his heals. They prepare to fight as the [Tarabon] attack.
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! __Varek__ POV

[Varek], in the heat of battle, hears shouts for [den Lushenos|Gregorin Panar den Lushenos], [Annallin|Cairhien (Country)] and [Haellin|Tear (Country)] for High Lord [Sunamon|Sunamon Haellin]. He has an urgent message for Banner-General [Chianmai] from [Miraj|Kennar Miraj], an order to pull back. He thinks this is even worse than [Falme]. He finds [Chianmai] dead, accidentally killed when the %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%, [Zakai], had her [channeling|True Source] go out of control. [Varek] takes charge of the survivors and orders them to head south. 
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! __Davram Bashere__ POV

[Bashere|Davram Bashere] is with [Gueyam], [Amondrid|Amondrid Osiellin], [Jeordwyn Semaris] and [Rochaid|Manel Rochaid]. His horse is [Quick]. A third of his men and two of the seven [Asha'man] with them are dead. [Rochaid|Manel Rochaid] acts worried. The [Asha'man] are becoming slow and hesitant in their attacks.[7]
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! __Rand__ POV

[Rand|Rand alThor] is with [Adley|Jonan Adley] who lost control of %%ot [saidin|Said]%% killing a bunch of [Ailil|Ailil Riatin]'s and [Anaiyella|Anaiyella Narencelona]'s men. [Morr|Fedwin Morr] is with the [Companions|Illian (Country)] to the south and [Narishma|Jahar Narishma] and [Hopwil|Eben Hopwil] are with the [Defenders of the Stone|Tear (City)] to the north. [Flinn|Damer Flinn] and [Dashiva|OsanGar] are also with him. [Bashere|Davram Bashere] rides up telling [Rand|Rand alThor] that he sent orders to [Semaradrid|Semaradrid Maravin], [Gregorin|Gregorin Panar den Lushenos] and [Weiramon|Weiramon Saniago] to rally to [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Rand|Rand alThor] is angry, but [Bashere|Davram Bashere] says there are ten to fifteen thousand soldiers with maybe a hundred %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% nearby. [Rand|Rand alThor] says not even the [Forsaken] stand against the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor] and [Dashiva|OsanGar] flinches. 

[Rand|Rand alThor] draws %%ot [Callandor]%%, the bundle that [Narishma|Jahar Narishma] brought. [Rand|Rand alThor] [channels|True Source] [Wind|One Power], [Water|One Power] and [Fire|One Power] and lightning destroys the entire area. Despite [Asmodean]'s teaching, [Rand|Rand alThor] often does not know what he is doing when he [channels|True Source]. He loses control, killing men on both sides. [Jonan Adley] is killed. [Bashere|Davram Bashere] tackles him to the ground to stop him. Despondent, [Rand|Rand alThor] orders a retreat not knowing whether he has won or lost.[8]
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! __Abaldar Yulan__ POV

[Abaldar Yulan] covers [Miraj|Kennar Miraj]'s body and orders a general retreat back to [Ebou Dar]. This is the second devastating defeat for the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)]. He will have to apologize to [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] and the [Empress|empress].
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] [Liandrin] must have been captured by [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] in [Amador]. She is evidently still shielded. Hence she is not leashed.
\\[#2] The description matches [Pura|Ryma Galfrey].
\\[#3] Good question. Does the information come from [Dashiva|OsanGar], the renegade [Asha'man] or some other source?
\\[#4] The sickness is the effect of %%ot [saidar|Said]%% misbehaving from the overuse of the [Bowl of the Winds]. The effect is strongest near [Ebou Dar]. ([TPoD,Ch6])
\\[#5] So %%ot [saidin|Said]%% is also misbehaving.
\\[#6] Was he about to say, "the Lord [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]," or someone else?
\\[#7] Because of %%ot [saidin|Said]%% acting so strange.
\\[#8] [Aracome] is already dead fulfilling part of [Min|Min Farshaw]'s [viewing|viewings]. ([LoC,Ch50]) It is not clear if [Gueyam] and [Maraconn] also die in this battle or if they survive.
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