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Androl POV - Androl and Pevara
wait in the storeroom for Emarin
. Dobser
is tied up and Welyn
and Leems
still unconscious and shielded. She tells him the story of her family killed by Darkfriends
. He tells her that his father could channel and killed himself when he started to go mad. Emarin
enters; he had another confrontation with Coteren
. Androl
thinks the men who have been Turned are really dead. Their bodies have new, evil souls. Emarin
tricks Dobser
with a story of taking him, Evin
and others to start a rival Black Tower
and he gives Dobser
a sack of money. He says he pretended to follow Logain
because Taim
would be too suspicious of him. Dobser
swallows the story and confirms that Taim
now has Logain
. Logain
is taking a long time to Turn because of his strong will. Dobser
tells them where Logain
and the others are held in underground rooms. With the information in hand, Pevara
ties up Dobser
again. Androl
says they will gather Nalaam
, Canler
, Evin
and Jonneth
then wait for Taim
to finish with Logain
and then rescue him.
Rand POV - Rand is in a dream after he and Aviendha
fall asleep. It does not feel exactly like Tel'aran'rhiod so it must be a dreamshard
. He set wards so he wonders how he was pulled in. He feels a presence and addresses the man as Elan
. Elan
addresses him as Lews Therin
. He still wears his new body as Moridin
. Moridin
says he does not know how Rand
is pulled into his dream. The Pattern
pulls them together. Rand
says he knows about Mierin
. Moridin
is furious that he knows and thinks she must have come to him. He has mixed emotions about Mierin
, Lanfear
, Selene
. She tried to kill Egwene
and Aviendha
. Mierin
being alive makes him hope for Moiraine
. Moridin
says her name is now Cyndane
and that she hates Rand
for what happened. Rand
remembers Ishamael
pulling him into dreams.1 Rand
understands that Moridin
wants oblivion. Moridin
continues to taunt Rand
, but Rand
says he is finished with Moridin
. It is now between him and the Dark One
. He exercises his will and sunlight comes through the clouds. Moridin
thinks it is a trick like he used on Weiramon
.2 Rand
exerts his will more. The clouds disappear and the ground blooms with growth. Moridin
recoils in shock then disappears. Rand
then lets the transformation go and returns to his body for sleep.
Pevara POV - Pevara and Androl
approach the underground prison. She is afraid to channel because of the Black Ajah
. There are two of Taim
's Asha'man
standing guard. Three ribbons of fire kill the guards and Nalaam
, Emarin
and Jonneth
join them. Canler
and the rest of the Two Rivers
men stay behind. They follow running water looking for the entrance. Androl
says he learned scouting in the Mountains of Mist
. They find a tunnel and enter. They hear a voice ahead. A Two Rivers
arrow from Jonneth
takes out Coteren
who was guarding a door. Beyond the door the find a series of cells and Logain
is there. Androl
examines him and he is not Turned yet. Androl
suddenly feels powerful channeling. Logain
is too weak to help. They hear voices past the door and one of them is Taim
. They try to fight but a weave brings the earthen ceiling pouring down on them.
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Notes (Possible Spoilers)#
[1] All the dreams that he, Mat and Perrin had of Ba'alzamon early on.[2] Rand really could sense that Weiramon and Anaiyella were Darkfriends but Moridin does not understand how that could be.
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