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! __Galina Casban__ POV

Nine days after [Dumai's Wells|Dumais Wells], [Galina|Galina Casban] is captive of [Therava] and about seventy [Shaido] [Wise Ones|Aiel]. She has been [Aes Sedai] less than ninety years, Highest of the [Red Ajah] almost twenty, and [Black Ajah] all but five. She is second to [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen]; only two others know [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] is the head. She helped break two [Amyrlins|Aes Sedai], one supposedly died in her sleep,[1] [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] deposed and [stilled|stilling]. She is shielded by [Micara], the weakest of the [Wise Ones|Aiel]. [Galina|Galina Casban] could break the shield, but she was severely punished when she tried to escape twice before. They arrive at [Sevanna]'s camp. In [Sevanna]'s tent with fourteen [Wise Ones|Aiel], [Sevanna] accuses her of lying and murder, but apparently does not know about the [Black Ajah]. They call her %%ot [da'tsang|Compleat]%% ("despised" in the [Old Tongue]) put a black robe on her and lead her out.
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! __Sevanna__ POV

Watching [Galina|Galina Casban] work, [Rhiale] tells [Sevanna] that [Efalin] and the other [Wise Ones|Aiel] think [Galina|Galina Casban] admitted killing [Desaine]. [Therava] wanted her as %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%%. [Caddar|Sammael] and [Maisia|Graendal] appear, dressed as they were six days ago. [Caddar|Sammael] gives [Sevanna] a [binder|Oath Rod] saying he got it yesterday.[2] He tells her it is activated by [Spirit|One Power] and that it is only for women who can [channel|True Source]. He implies he has something that will control [Rand|Rand alThor].[3] He mentions a binding chair for those who cannot [channel|True Source], but he does not know where one is. [Caddar|Sammael] brought "traveling boxes," %%ot [nar'baha]%%. He tells her they need to use them today because [Rand|Rand alThor] is coming with four clans. [Rand|Rand alThor]'s bound [Aes Sedai] taught their [Wise Ones|Aiel] how to [Travel|Weaves#t] short distances so they can be here today.[4] He tells her the boxes use %%ot [saidin|Said]%% and a woman must not touch it; they must wait three days before using them again.[5] [Sevanna] thinks [Caddar|Sammael] wants gold. She does not think he will betray her, but she takes precautions anyway.[6]
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! __Maeric__ POV

He is looking through a gateway. It appeared when he pressed the red spot on a "traveling box." He sees rolling hills.[7] [Sevanna] steps through another with the wetlander ([Caddar|Sammael]) and a dark woman ([Maisia|Graendal]) following the [Wise Ones|Aiel] she and [Rhiale] picked. There are very few [Wise Ones|Aiel] left with the [Moshaine] [Shaido]. He can see [Sevanna] talking to [Bendhuin]; the [Green Salts] sept has few [Wise Ones|Aiel] also. [Dyrele], his wife and roofmistress, is with him. He goes through the gateway followed by six thousand of his sept. He plans to be clan chief of the [Shaido]. There are also some men who fled their clans and joined the [Shaido], %%ot [Mera'din|Compleat]%% ("Brotherless" in the [Old Tongue]). The gateway snaps shut killing some. His son [Darin], a [Stone Dog|Stone Dogs], and daughter [Suraile], a [Maiden|Maidens of the Spear], had not come through yet; they are left behind. A [Maiden|Maidens of the Spear], [Naeise], arrives with news that seven to eight thousand [Reyn] are coming from the east. [Cairdin], a [Brother of the Eagle|Brothers of the Eagle], arrives with news that ten thousand spears and ten thousand wetlanders are to the north. [Laerad], a [Water Seeker], reports that eight thousand spears are to the south. It is all a trap. [Maeric] tells the blacksmith [Hamal] to try to get cube to work. Prepare to die.
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!  __Graendal__ POV

The last of the [Jumai] [Shaido] and all the [Wise Ones|Aiel] go through the gateway and it closes. It is sunset. %%ot [nar'baha]%% means "fool box" in the [Old Tongue]. [Sammael] is laughing, but stares off. She drops her [Mirror of Mists|Weaves#mi] first.[8] He sent some [Shaido] ahead of [Rand|Rand alThor]'s army and scattered the rest from [Illian|Illian (Country)] to [Ghealdan]. He thinks their [Wise Ones|Aiel] [channeling|True Source] will cause trouble, but not enough that anyone will suspect him. [Graendal] is surprised. He apparently did not realize that [Sevanna] took all the [channelers|True Source] with her. Is it time to give up on him? He says she is tied to him; she will rise or fall with him. If she tried to go back to the others [Demandred] and [Semirhage] have no mercy. Still, she will not be pulled down if he fails. They open gateways to [Illian|Illian (Country)] and [Arad Doman]. "But what if [al'Thor|Rand] comes after you himself?" [Sammael] laughs. "[Al'Thor|Rand] isn't going after anyone. All I have to do is wait."[9]
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! __Shaidar Haran__ POV

He can see the residue of the gateways. He cannot tell the flows apart, but %%ot [saidin|Said]%% and %%ot [saidar|Said]%% smell different. Other [Fades|Fade] cannot smell the difference. He examines [Sammael]'s bag, thinking much is happening outside the plan. He burns up a spear with black flames. He thinks that if [Sammael] serves chaos all is well. If not... He feels achy and weak, too long away from [Shayol Ghul]. He badly wants to find a way to sever that tie. He [Travels|Weaves#t] with the edge of a shadow.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] [Tamra|Tamra Ospenya]
\\[#2] Probably from the [Ebou Dari|Ebou Dar] %%ot *[angreal|Angreal]%% stash.
\\[#3] Does he mean the [sad bracelets|Sad Bracelets] or something else? [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] now has the [sad bracelets|Sad Bracelets]. ([WH,Ch21])
\\[#4] It is not clear how much truth and how much lie there is in these statements. [Rand|Rand alThor] does want to get rid of the [Shaido]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] (not the [Aes Sedai] sworn to [Rand|Rand alThor]) does teach the [Wise Ones|Aiel] to [Travel|Weaves#t], but the timing is not clear and distance has nothing to do with [Traveling|Weaves].
\\[#5] The "fool boxes" are just pieces of stone. [Sammael] is creating the gateways.
\\[#6] Taking all of the [channeling|True Source] [Wise Ones|Aiel] with her.
\\[#7] No specific indication of where this is.
\\[#8]  Early printings call this weave Mask of Mirrors but it is being corrected to Mirror of Mists.
\\[#9] [Sammael] seems to know that [Rand|Rand alThor] is hurt.
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