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! __Perrin__ POV

[Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Faile|Zarine Bashere], [Marin al'Vere], [Daise Congar], [Tam|Tam alThor], [Abell|Abell Cauthon], [Bran|Brandelwyn alVere] and [Cenn Buie] are planning in the common room of the [Winespring Inn]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] wishes it could be [Jon Thane]'s, [Haral Luhhan]'s or [Samel Crawe]'s turn to represent the Village Council instead of [Cenn Buie]. There have been several more [Trolloc|Trollocs] attacks since the first one seven days ago and supplies are running low. [Dannil Lewin] barges in and announces that the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] brought in a dying man who demands to see [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] go with [Dannil|Dannil Lewin]. [Aram] also follows. [Raen] and [Ila] will not speak to him, so he follows [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] whenever he is not practicing the sword. 

They go to the Old Road where the man is lying. [Dain Bornhald], [Jaret Byar] and several other [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] are there. They found the man a few miles south. The man tells [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] that he was sent with the message, "We are coming."[1] The he dies. Before they can return, a boy[2] comes up with a message that there is movement in the [Westwood|Two Rivers]. They go to that edge of the village and watch anxiously. [Tomas], [Bain] and [Chiad] are there. It turns out to be [Loial] and [Gaul] who successfully sealed the [Waygate|Ways]. They were chased by [Trollocs] most of the way. [Loial] outran them even though he was carrying [Gaul] who received a serious wound in the leg. [Bain] and [Chiad] begin tending [Gaul]. [Loial] tells [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] there are several thousand [Trollocs] and maybe fifty [Fades|Fade] in the [Two Rivers]. [Luc|Luc Mantear] rides up and tells them they are wrong. There are less than a thousand. [Gaul] agrees with [Loial] whereupon [Luc|Luc Mantear] says he has spent time in the [Blight] and knows what he is talking about. They all go back to the inn and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] forces [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] to go to bed. He goes to sleep and enters the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod]. He has several dreams:

* [Egwene|Egwene alVere] stood among a crowd of women, fear in her eyes; slowly the women knelt around her. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] was one of them, and he believed he saw [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s red-gold hair.[3]
* [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] stood naked and bound, snarling; an odd spear with a black shaft had been thrust across his back behind his elbows, and a silver medallion, a foxhead, hung on his chest.
* [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] thought it was [Rand|Rand alThor]. He wore rags and a rough cloak, and a bandage covered his eyes.[4]

In the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod] he searches the [Two Rivers] for signs of [Trollocs]. He finds hundreds of fires meaning several thousand [Trollocs]. At [Deven Ride] he notes the inn, the [Goose and Pipe]. There are only enough camps nearby to keep the people penned in. At [Watch Hill] he finds the same. There is now a [Manetheren] banner in front of the [White Boar]. [Taren Ferry] is destroyed, but the ferry is still intact and he sees signs that many people fled north. Word might spread to [Baerlon] or even [Caemlyn] so help can come. As [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] bends over an arrow passes over his head. This time [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] makes one big jump then holds still. [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran] approaches, but [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] sees him and hits him in the chest with an arrow. [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran] screams and disappears. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] steps out of the dream.

As he wakes, [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] hears shouts downstairs. When he opens the window and calls down, [Ban al'Seen] tells him that [Luc|Luc Mantear] just rode away looking hurt. He almost rode down [Wil al'Seen] and [Tell Lewin]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] wonders about [Luc|Luc Mantear] and [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran]. They smell different, but both smell cold, not human. Downstairs, [Faile|Zarine Bashere] confirms that [Luc|Luc Mantear] ran by clutching his chest. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] asks her to ride to [Caemlyn] for help. She agrees to leave, but her price is a wedding. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] agrees. Shortly, they are kneeling in front of the Women's Circle, [Daise Congar], [Marin al'Vere], [Alsbet Luhhan], [Neysa Ayellin] and the rest. [Loial] and [Aram] stand for [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]. [Bain] and [Chiad] stand for [Faile|Zarine Bashere]. They are married.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Men from [Deven Ride] are coming to help with the defense of [Emond's Field|Emonds Field]. ([TSR,Ch56])\\
[#2] [Jaim Aybara] ([TSR,Ch56])\\
[#3] [Egwene|Egwene alVere] being raised to the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]. ([LoC,Ch36])\\
[#4] [Rand|Rand alThor] at a low point. ([TGS,Ch49])\\
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