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! __Perrin__ POV

[Ihvon] returns and says they may continue, then he and [Tomas] vanish. [Marin|Marin alVere] leads [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Faile|Zarine Bashere], [Loial], [Gaul], [Bain] and [Chiad] to the sickhouse. They enter and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] recognizes [Verin Mathwin] and [Alanna Mosvani]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] recalls that [Egwene|Egwene alVere] told him [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] and [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] showed a lot of interest in [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] tells [Marin|Marin alVere] she did the right thing by bringing them, then [Marin|Marin alVere] leaves. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] demands to know why they are there. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] explains that they are screening [Two Rivers] girls for [channeling|True Source] potential because the area already produced three [channelers|True Source] plus three %%ot [ta'veren|Wheel of Time]%%.[1] They were in [Watch Hill] for a week before the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] came, but already found five girls with varying degrees of potential. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] starts to give some history of how they find fewer and fewer girls each year. [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] thinks [gentling|stilling] all male [channelers|True Source] has culled the ability out of people. The [White Ajah] developed a mating plan for [gentled|stilling] men. [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] was furious when [Verin|Verin Mathwin] suggest that they also serve as the mothers.

[Perrin|Perrin Aybara] asks why they do not do something about the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] and [Trollocs]. [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] angrily replies that they can only do so much because of the Three Oaths. Her other [Warder|Warder], [Owein], was already killed by the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light]. They have, however, killed a few [Trollocs] and two [Fades|Fade]. [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] [Delves|Weaves] [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s injuries. [Bain] explains that they fought [Trollocs] in the [Ways]. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] nods saying [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] told her they were using the [Ways]. [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] is angry that [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] let [Rand|Rand alThor], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] go their own way. She says [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] is the most vehement in her anger. She says she would have bonded them if she had her way.[2] [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] [Heals|Weaves] [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], then moves to [Bain]. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] [Heals|Weaves] [Gaul] and [Chiad]. [Ihvon] enters and whispers to [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani], then leaves. 

A moment later, [Tam al'Thor|Tam alThor] and [Abell Cauthon] enter. They greet [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and ask about [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]. He tells them they are well and in [Tear|Tear (City)]. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] takes note of that. [Tam|Tam alThor] asks if they ever found out why [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] wanted them. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] gives [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] a warning look, so he gives a vague, non-committal answer. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and the two men go for a walk. On the way out, the men admire [Stepper] and [Swallow], then walk into the woods. [Abell|Abell Cauthon] tells him that [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] let out that all three boys are %%ot [ta'veren|Wheel of Time]%%. [Abell|Abell Cauthon] tells [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] that he and [Tam|Tam alThor] traveled all the way to [Tar Valon], but [Leane|Leane Sharif] sent them on their way with no information.[3] [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] tells them he heard about his own family. A raven lights nearby and [Tam|Tam alThor] and [Abell|Abell Cauthon] kill it. [Abell|Abell Cauthon] tells him that someone has killed lots of animals and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] realizes it must mean that [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran] is here. He asks about the prisoners. [Tam|Tam alThor] and [Abell|Abell Cauthon] tell him the [Whitecloak|Children of the Light] camp near [Watch Hill] has seven or eight hundred men with lots of patrols. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] tells them he means to free the prisoners, then rid the [Two Rivers] of [Trollocs].
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! __Dain Bornhald__ POV

[Dain Bornhald] leads his patrol back into [Watch Hill] after being attacked by [Trollocs]. They only attack patrols that he leads personally. They pass the [White Boar]. He seldom drinks, but he stops in sometimes to visit with the locals. He notes that there is activity in the [Tinker|TuathaAn] camp a half mile away and sends [Farran] to tell [Raen] that they will only be allowed to move south.[4] [Dain|Dain Bornhald] is angry that the [Two Rivers] people are hiding the [Aes Sedai] of the [Warder|Warder] his men killed. He is trying to keep the peace so he refuses to let [Jaret Byar] and [Farran] put the prisoners to the question. His main mission is to capture [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] who led his father, [Geofram Bornhald], to his death. [Byar|Jaret Byar] meets him and reports that [Ordeith|Padan Fain] is back. His force had a skirmish with [Trollocs] and two were killed, [Joelin] and [Gomanes]. They were the two [Dain|Dain Bornhald] sent to watch [Ordeith|Padan Fain]. [Dain|Dain Bornhald] orders [Byar|Jaret Byar] to bring [Ordeith|Padan Fain] to him. While he waits, [Dain|Dain Bornhald] wonders if [Pedron Niall] somehow knew there would be [Trollocs] in the [Two Rivers]. [Ordeith|Padan Fain] enters with a mocking attitude and [Dain|Dain Bornhald] strikes him. [Ordeith|Padan Fain] tells him they must work together to take down the [Darkfriends] [Rand al'Thor|Rand alThor], [Mat Cauthon|Matrim Cauthon] and [Perrin Aybara]. [Dain|Dain Bornhald] says he covered the murders of [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s family, but he will not condone the murder of [Children of the Light]. [Ordeith|Padan Fain] reminds him that he killed two [Gray Men|Gray Man]. After [Ordeith|Padan Fain] leaves, [Dain|Dain Bornhald] hunts for his flask of brandy.
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! __Padan Fain__ POV

As [Ordeith|Padan Fain] heads back to his tent, he thinks that he should have restrained himself when [Joslyn Aybara] and [Con Aybara] insulted him. He can feel one of the boys to the south, but he knows it is not [Rand|Rand alThor]. He is annoyed by the new one who brought the [Gray Men|Gray Man][5] and he is having trouble in his dreams.[6] He thinks no one can kill him; a part of him has survived since the [Trolloc Wars].[7] Back in his tent, he checks his prisoner, a [Myrddraal|Fade]. He offers to free the [Fade] in return for accepting his proposal. The [Fade] accepts, but sweats at the prospect.[8]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Is this the true reason? We learn a little more about [Verin|Verin Mathwin] in [TSR,Ch39].\\
[#2] Foreshadowing of events in [Lord of Chaos].\\
[#3] So [Lanfear] told [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] the truth. ([TDR,Ch20])\\
[#4] He is trying to control information leaving the [Two Rivers].\\
[#5] This must be [Luc|Luc Mantear]/[Slayer|Isam Mandragoran] who thinks of [Fain|Padan Fain] as "the renegade." ([TSR,Ch42])\\
[#6] It is not clear if it is [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran] or someone else troubling his dreams. Nor is it clear if this is short term or ongoing.\\
[#7] He is now thinking of himself partly as [Mordeth].\\
[#8] The terms of the deal are unknown, but [Fain|Padan Fain] clearly has figured out how to control [Fades|Fade]. For more on [Fain|Padan Fain] and his abilities see the [FAQ, Section 1.7.1|http://www.steelypips.org/wotfaq/node/180].\\
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