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! __Thom Merrilin__ POV

The morning after the attack [Thom|Thom Merrilin] is still up. He continues to sow discord, implying that the High Lords were negligent in letting the [Trollocs] attack. He returns to his room to find [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] waiting. He thinks she is beautiful.[1] She tries to [Heal|Weaves] his knee, but it has been too long. She comments that High Lord [Carleon] was "accidentally" killed by [Tedosian].[2] Then [Tedosian] fell ill after his wife gave him a glass of wine. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] feigns innocence, then [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] tells him how much she really knows about him. He was known as the Gray Fox when he was Court bard at the [Royal Palace] in [Caemlyn]. He was [Morgase|Morgase Trakand]' lover for a while after [Taringail|Taringail Damodred] died. That was fortunate, indeed, as [Taringail|Taringail Damodred] had plotted her death to make himself the first king of [Andor].[3] He then tells what he knows of her. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] was [Taringail|Taringail Damodred]'s youngest half-sister and King [Laman|Laman Damodred]'s niece. He then asks what she wants. She tells him she wants him to accompany [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] to [Tanchico]. She tells him that he will survive and that she ''will'' see him again.[4] In return, she will supply the names of the [Red|Red Ajah] sisters who [gentled|stilling] [Owyn|owyn] and those who gave the order.[5] He is overcome with emotion and asks her to leave. She does.\\
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! __Min__ POV

[Min|Min Farshaw] strolls into the garden to practice her embroidery. [Laras] has taken her under her wing and seems intent on teaching her to be flirtatious. She is supposedly sheltering in the [White Tower] to escape two suitors, [Darvan|Fictional Characters] and [Goemal|Fictional Characters]. [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] and [Galad|Galad Damodred] walk up. [Galad|Galad Damodred] has been reading ''The Way of the Light'' by [Lothair Mantelar] and thinks he was a great man even if the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] are now sometimes excessive. They have noticed that [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] speaks to [Elmindreda|Min Farshaw] every day and ask if she has mentioned anything about [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] or [Egwene|Egwene alVere]. She says no. [Logain|Logain Ablar] walks by and she has a [viewing|viewings]:

* [Logain|Logain Ablar] - a flaring halo around his head, radiant in gold and blue. It shouted of glory and power to come.

She says she has to leave and [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] accompanies her. She chews him out about asking after girls. "[Elmindreda|Min Farshaw]" never met them. [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] is concerned about the rumors coming from [Tear|Tear (City)] about a [false Dragon|False Dragons] taking the [Stone|Stone of Tear]. [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] says [Eamon Valda] gave [Galad|Galad Damodred] the book. She leaves [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] and goes to the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]'s study and finds [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] and [Leane|Leane Sharif] there. [Leane|Leane Sharif] is now in on who she is, so she tells them about her [viewing|viewings]. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] adds that to the list of things she worries about - starvation in [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)]. An [Aes Sedai] missing in [Tarabon].[6] [Trolloc|Trollocs] raids increasing in the [Borderlands]. Someone calling himself the [Prophet|Masema Dagar] stirring up riots in [Ghealdan]. War in [Arad Doman] stopping trade from [Saldaea], which might dethrone [Tenobia|Tenobia si Bashere Kazadi]. One piece of good news is that the [Blight] has retreated two miles.[7] [Min|Min Farshaw] asks again to be allowed to leave, but [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] refuses saying [Min|Min Farshaw] has had very helpful [viewings]:

* A groom - he was stealing.
* A fire-haired [novices] and a guard - they would be married soon. There was a farm in that pair's future, and a swarm of children.

[Min|Min Farshaw] asks if she can tell [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] and [Galad|Galad Damodred] something about [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Egwene|Egwene alVere]. She replies that she will have [Coulin] work them harder. Rumors from [Tear|Tear (Country)] started two days ago. There is a knock and a [novices] delivers two messages that came by pigeon. The first is that [Mazrim Taim] has escaped and two [Aes Sedai] killed. It happened at the village of [Denhuir] on the [Maradon Road] east of the [Black Hills] above the headwaters of the [Antaeo River] and [Luan River]. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] tells [Leane|Leane Sharif] to send a dozen [Aes Sedai] and a thousand guards after him and to gentle him immediately.[8] She cannot risk another [Guaire Amalasan].  The second message is from [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]. The [Stone of Tear] has fallen and [Rand|Rand alThor] has taken %%ot [Callandor]%%.[9] [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] orders a meeting of the [Hall|Sitters] immediately so she can make the announcement.
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! __Sahra Covenry__ POV

[Sahra Covenry] is working on Mistress [Moira Elward]'s farm. An [Aes Sedai] approaches and asks her about [Elmindreda|Min Farshaw]. When she says she remembers nothing she is suddenly wracked with pain. She says [Elmindreda|Min Farshaw] spoke to [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand], but that was all. Unfortunately, this answer is not sufficient. When the [Aes Sedai] leaves, there is no one alive.[10]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] More foreshadowing of an eventual relationship between the two.\\
[#2] The results of [Thom|Thom Merrilin]'s activities. ([TSR,Ch4])\\
[#3] The implication is that [Thom|Thom Merrilin] killed [Taringail|Taringail Damodred]. By [Thom|Thom Merrilin]'s reaction the implication is correct.\\
[#4] [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] knows a lot about her own future from [Min|Min Farshaw]'s [viewings] and her trip through the [twisted red doorway|Twisted Red Doorway]. Is this related to the "other small thing" she knows about the future in her letter to [Rand|Rand alThor] in [TFoH,Ch53]? We also learn more in [ToM,Ch57].\\
[#5] Early speculation was that this information is in the letter that [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] gives to [Rand|Rand alThor] ([TFoH,Ch52], [TFoH,Ch53]) who gives it to [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] ([LoC,Ch33]) who finally delivers it to [Thom|Thom Merrilin]. ([LoC,Ch40]) This turns out not to be the case. ([KoD,Ch10])\\
[#6] We never learn her identity.\\
[#7] No evidence if this is continued effect from the use of the [Eye of the World] or something else.\\
[#8] There is never any word on what happens to this expedition.\\
[#9] [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] sent numerous messages. They must have been intercepted. ([TSR,Ch6])\\
[#10] [Sahra|Sahra Covenry]'s [Black Ajah] assailant is never identified. The most popular candidate is [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] but there is no direct evidence of the killer's identity.\\
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