[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=CoT,Prologue'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/dice_bw.gif' align='center' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Dice Chapter Icon'}] ''[CoT|Crossroads of Twilight]: Time to Be Gone'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=CoT,Ch2' align='right'}] }] %%tabs ! __Mat__ POV A wind rises in the [Rhannon Hills] and blows northwest across the harbor of [Ebou Dar] and the mouth of the [Eldar River]. After leaving the [Tarasin Palace], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] arrives at the city gate with [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath], [Bayle Domon], [Vanin|Chel Vanin], [Blaeric|Blaeric Negina], [Fen|Fen Mizar] and [Selucia].[1] The others with him include three %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% and %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%.[2] [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] is hidden in a bundle across his saddle. [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath]'s cloak bears an eagle with spread black-and-white wings.[3] A %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% and %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% with the guards check the party for %%ot [marath'damane|Seanchan (People)]%%, but [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s [foxhead medallion|Foxhead Medallion] does not go cold. He can feel the dice spinning.[4] As the guards talk to [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath], alarm bells sound in the city. The [Windfinders|Sea Folk] jumped the gun.[5] The guards hurriedly urge them through the gate and the dice stop.[4] A fierce battle ensues in the city. Many [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] ships are destroyed by the [Windfinders|Sea Folk] and hundreds of [Sea Folk] are killed or captured and later hung. Six days later, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s party is hiding with a show[6] camped near the [Great North Road|Ebou Dar] north of the [Circuit of Heaven].[7] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is with [Noal|Noal Charin] at the [Eldar River]. He is catching fish to make a stew he had in [Shara]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is trying to count [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] ships left in the harbor. He recalls a naval battle between [Fergansea] and [Moreina]. [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] shows up; she is angry that they left the camp. She is going by the name [Leilwin|Egeanin Tamarath].[8] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] asks her again if [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] will torture the escaped %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% who were recaptured. She replies that they are property of the [Empress] and too valuable to harm. Her own %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%, [Serrisa], cost her a fortune. She is still in [Cantorin]. The three of them head back to the camp. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is sure there are arrest warrants for him for tying up [Tylin|Tylin Quintara] and for [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] for stealing %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%, but all is quiet about [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag]'s disappearance. [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] says it is a cover up. As they cross the [Great North Road|Ebou Dar] they note lots of emigrants heading north and merchants heading south. A troop of soldiers heads north. Their banner is a stylized anchor or arrowhead crossed by an arrow and a lightning bolt. [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] says they are ship's archers. They hurry across the road and head back to camp. \\ \\ More [Mat POV] %% %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) [#1] The setting for the scene begins at the riverbank six days after their escape. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] recalls the escape from [Ebou Dar] in flashback. \\[#2] The %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% are [Renna|Renna Emain], [Seta|Seta Zarbey], and [Bethamin|Bethamin Zeami]. The %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% are [Joline|Joline Maza], [Teslyn|Teslyn Baradon] and [Edesina|Edesina Azzedin]. [Noal|Noal Charin], [Harnan], [Setalle|Setalle Anan], [Thom|Thom Merrilin], [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] and [Amathera|Amathera Aelfdene Casmir Lounault] are also with them. ([WH,Ch30], [WH,Ch31]) \\[#3] The bird is a [Seanchan|Seanchan (Country)] black mountain eagle. [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] has a painted panel depicting the same creature. ([TSR,Ch1], [ACoS,Ch26]) \\[#4] Is this just an indication that they were at risk of being discovered or something else? \\[#5] After [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] freed her, [Nestelle din Sakura South Star] agreed to wait three hours before starting to free the other [Windfinders|Sea Folk]. ([WH,Ch31]) \\[#6] [Valan Luca]'s circus. \\[#7] Rejoining [Olver], [Nerim], [Lopin], [Metwyn], [Fergin] and [Gorderan] along the way. ([WH,Ch30]) \\[#8] [Leilwin] was the name of the [Taraboner|Tarabon] noblewoman that [Floran Gelb] accidentally abducted and [Egeanin|Egeanin Tamarath] shipped off to [Seanchan|Seanchan (Country)]. ([TSR,Ch38]) %% ---- More [Category Chapters|Category.Chapters], [Dice Chapter Icon]