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Season 2 - Daughter of the Night

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Scenes are as identified by the TV series. The non-story scenes are listed first.

Scene 1 - Amazon Original
Scene 2 - Previously On
Scene 4 - Opening Credits
Scene 30 - End Credits

Scene 3 - Blood Calls Blood

Ishamael enters a cavern in the Cairhien countryside with a seal overhead. He chants in the Old Tongue and channels, breaking the seal. Debris falls, revealing a crouching figure. Ishamael chants, "Blood feeds blood. Blood calls blood. Blood is. Blood was and blood shall ever be," and the figure begins to stand[1].

Scene 5 - It's Been Decades

Anvaere [2] rises from her bed in her home in Cairhien, dresses, and applies makeup. She rings a bell, summoning a servant who assists with her dressing. She then rests on a couch. Her butler, Jhonas, enters and announces that her older sister has arrived.

In another room, Jhonas brings Moiraine to Anvaere. After a brief greeting, Moiraine declines tea, stating she has stabled her horse, requests her old room if available, and asks to keep a low profile in the city. Anvaere begins to reply, but Moiraine interrupts, asking Jhonas for a bottle of Ghealdanin red wine from the cellar and starting to order a dress. Anvaere interrupts, shouting that it’s been decades and insisting Moiraine sit for tea. Moiraine suggests lunch instead, as she has a meeting this morning, and then departs.

Scene 6 - A Chance To Get Away

Rand cleans up debris from the burned-down inn[3] in Cairhien. Selene takes responsibility for the fire, admitting she forgot to blow out the candles, and mentions she’s having the inn rebuilt, giving her time to stay at her family’s cabin near Kinslayer's Dagger. She invites Rand to join her, but he declines, saying he’s not good company right now. Selene notes that the fire drove off the other tenants, leaving Rand the place to himself if he prefers solitude.

Scene 7 - It Wasn't Real

Nynaeve lies in her bed in the White Tower, recalling her experience in the Three Arches. A knock on the door interrupts her thoughts. She rises, placing her novice ring on her finger, and opens the door to find Egwene standing there. Egwene offers Nynaeve honeycakes, and they begin to talk. Egwene reaches for Nynaeve’s novice ring, but Nynaeve pulls her hand away. Egwene offers her friendship and hugs Nynaeve, who hesitantly returns the embrace. Egwene reassures Nynaeve that her experience in the Three Arches was not real[4].

Scene 8 - Dinner With the Mosvanis

On the grounds of the Mosvani family hold in Arafel, surrounded by olive trees and conical stone huts, a gathering is underway in a central clearing with Alanna, Maksim, Ihvon, and Lan present. Maksim play-swordfights with children while Lan watches. Alanna helps others prepare a meal as the children clamor for Maksim. He suggests they play with Ihvon, but Ihvon declines, saying he’ll join after eating. Everyone sits at wooden tables for dinner, and Alanna warns that she’ll set anyone on fire if they complain about the food. A family member remarks that it’s been a while since Alanna brought a new man home, suggesting she might be slowing down in her old age.

Scene 9 - Not Looking to Repeat

After dinner, Alanna approaches Lan as he relieves himself against a tree near the Mosvani family hold in Arafel. Lan remarks that Maksim and Ihvon always check on him when he steps away, starting with a joke and sharing a warm memory to give him something to live for. Alanna interrupts, saying she’ll skip that approach, and notes that she doesn’t think Lan will kill himself because his bond with Moiraine was taken by her, not ripped away. She asks what he wants to do now, mentioning that she, Maksim, and Ihvon are heading to the White Tower tomorrow, and invites him to join them. Lan says he doesn’t know. Alanna informs him that Nynaeve will go through the Three Arches tomorrow, the fastest anyone has done so since Cadsuane, suggesting Nynaeve might soon need a Warder. Lan responds that he’s not looking to repeat his failures. Alanna wishes Lan had known Moiraine before she changed about twenty years ago, a year or two before their bonding[5].

Scene 10 - Memories of Childhood

Moiraine has returned to her own room in the Damodred house in Cairhien. She’s going through the room, inspecting various items that evoke memories: a dollhouse, books, a ballerina box, and a box containing cigars, which she sniffs. She uncovers a mirror, pauses to smile at her reflection, and notices a picture of her and Anvaere as a child. She leaves her room and sees a bottle of Ghealdanin red wine on a nearby table[6]. She sees her sister talking to her butler, grabs the bottle, and leaves the house.

Scene 11 - What You Really Want

Moiraine visits the asylum in Cairhien and asks Celestin about Rand, noting he hasn’t shown up for work today despite coming every day. Celestin asks if Rand is in trouble but grants Moiraine access to see Logain. Logain recognizes Moiraine, saying he should kill her, then assumes she wanted him here instead of the White Tower. Moiraine pours two glasses of Ghealdanin red wine[6] and asks if Logain has started training Rand, but he assumes she sent Rand and refuses to answer, knocking a glass from her hand. She offers Logain a knife[7], promising it if he helps her, and asks where Rand is staying; this time, Logain reveals Rand is staying at the Crescent Inn and has as much power as he did but fears and cannot control it. Moiraine instructs Logain to teach Rand everything about channelling, promising the knife once she’s satisfied with Rand’s progress, then leaves.

Scene 12 - Stop Trying / Like I Used To Be

TODO - Egwene and Elayne talk about friendship in the Tower.

Scene 13 - Sword Practice / I Hope It's Not Red

TODO - Nynaeve looks to get some more sword practice with Alanna's warders. They're not there, but another warder says he'll teach her and hopes that she won't pick Red Ajah.

Scene 14 - Under Attack / Every Time I Open My Mouth / You'll Fall With Her (Start: 0:18:52)

Leane is in a room, writing in a book. Liandrin enters and tells her that the western shore is under attack and that Leane is doing nothing about it. But Leane tells her that they have sent sisters to investigate. Liandrin want to know about the last report, but Leane does not answer. Liandrin then asks when did she last talk to the Amyrlin and Leane responds that the Keeper of the Chronicles (Leane) rules the Tower when the Amyrlin is away which means that she speaks to the Amyrlin every time she opens her mouth. Liandrin leaves, but on the way out says that if Siuan falls, then Leane will as well.

TODO - Leane and Liandrin talk.

Scene 15 - Wolfbrother

TODO - Elyas and Perrin.

Scene 16 - Hopper

TODO - Elyas and Perrin and Hopper.

Scene 17 - Masked For The Last Six Months / You Can Go Back

TODO - Maksim and Lan talk about the bonding. Also where Maksim sees Lan put the poem in the pouch.

Scene 18 - Questions at the Gate

Moiraine walks through the Foregate, drawing stares from passersby as she moves with purpose. At the city gate, she approaches a gatekeeper, Asan Sandair, and questions him about the Crescent Inn burning down. Asan Sandair claims to know nothing about the incident, remarking callously that it’s a shame more buildings didn’t burn. Moiraine then asks if he knows of a red-haired boy who was staying at the inn and his current whereabouts, but the gatekeeper shakes his head, offering no information[8]. Frustrated but undeterred, Moiraine continues into the city.

Scene 19 - Kinslayer Dagger View / If You Want Something, You Have To Take It

TODO - Rand and Selene chat.

Scene 20 - The Attic

TODO - Mat and Min in inn. Min gets a room in the attic.

Scene 21 - My Daughter, My Son

Liandrin passes the Three Arches room in the White Tower, sees Nynaeve inside, and enters. She mentions most Aes Sedai avoid the room after their tests. Nynaeve asks if the experience was real; Liandrin says the pain was real but fades. Nynaeve reveals she lost a daughter inside, and Liandrin expresses sorrow. Liandrin shares she hid her son for 80 or 90 years to protect him, admitting she kept him close despite safer options. She explains Aes Sedai are cursed to watch loved ones age and die, advising Nynaeve to hold onto a piece of the world and replace it when lost.

Liandrin confides that Shienaran soldiers, Perrin, and Loial were captured on the west coast[9], asking Nynaeve not to act rashly.

Scene 22 - Meditation / They Are Not Gods / And Dessert After

TODO - Maksim, Ihvon and Lan chat.

Scene 23 - A Troubling Poem (Start: 0:38:10)

Maksim leads Alanna into Lan’s room in the White Tower. He shows her a pouch containing a poem that Lan took from Moiraine. Alanna removes the poem, reads it, and appears concerned[10].

Scene 24 - Ask Me Very Nicely (Start: 0:38:42)

Moiraine returns to the Damodred house in Cairhien, hesitates outside Anvaere’s room where a fire burns, and enters her own room to find Anvaere waiting. Anvaere insists they talk, recalling their family’s ruin after their uncle’s actions[11] and Moiraine’s departure. She describes rebuilding House Damodred’s status, including her son’s betrothal to the queen, and claims Moiraine’s former allies now report to her. Moiraine praises Anvaere’s success, but Anvaere rejects her approval and demands Moiraine ask politely over tea for information about the red-haired boy[12].

Scene 25 - Friends In Trouble (Start: 0:41:50)

Egwene and Elayne share a drink in Elayne’s room at the White Tower when Nynaeve enters, asking for a private moment with Egwene. Elayne leaves after Nynaeve insists. Nynaeve informs Egwene that Perrin and Loial have been captured and she’s heading to Falme to free them. Egwene points out Falme’s distance, and Nynaeve warns that as an Accepted, she can leave, but Egwene, a novice, risks expulsion if caught. Egwene insists on joining because her friends are in danger, explaining she’s training at the White Tower to avoid feeling helpless in such situations. Nynaeve leads her through caverns beneath the White Tower to escape, but they notice Elayne has followed them. Liandrin approaches, and Nynaeve takes responsibility for the group. Liandrin calls Elayne a complication, then weaves Air to knock all three against a wall, rendering them unconscious[13].

Scene 26 - A Safe Way Out

TODO - Min meets Ishamael in the inn's attic (or is it in her dreams).

Scene 27 - Take Away Your Curse

TODO - More Min and Ishamael.

Scene 28 - Outside A Cabin

TODO - Selene and Rand in Kinslayer's Dagger, outside a cabin and Fades attack.

Scene 29 - Daughter of the Night

TODO - the big reveal of Selene being Lanfear and Moiraine stabbing her. Plus saa.

Notes (Possible Spoilers)#

[1] The figure is revealed in the final scene of this episode to be Lanfear, when she identifies herself to Rand.
[2] Anvaere is the woman Rand spoke to at a party in Cairhien in Episode 203, Scene 15.
[3] The burned-down inn is the Crescent Inn, as revealed in Scene 11 of this episode. The fire that burned down the Crescent Inn occurred in Episode 203, Scene TBD.
[4] Nynaeve’s experience in the Three Arches occurred in Episode 203, when she faced her fears to become Accepted.
[5] Moiraine’s change about twenty years ago, a year or two before bonding Lan, is revealed in Episode 207, Scene 1.
[6] The bottle of Ghealdanin red wine was requested by Moiraine in Scene 5 and taken by her in Scene 10.
[7] Logain’s desire for the knife likely stems from his wish to kill himself, as he previously tried to provoke Siuan into killing him after being captured by others and presented to her for punishment in Episode 106, Scene 5, but was instead sent to be studied.
[8] In Scene 24 of this episode, Anvaere reveals that she knows of this encounter between Moiraine and Asan Sandair.
[9] Perrin, Loial, and Shienaran soldiers were captured on the west coast in Episode 202, Scene 28.
[10] Lan took the poem from Moiraine in Episode 202, Scene 27, while preparing her horse, after she received it from Bayle Domon in Episode 201, Scene 19. Bayle Domon found it written in blood on a moon dial in the Old Tongue outside Cairhien, suggesting a Dark One connection that concerns Alanna.
[11] More about their uncle’s actions and identity is revealed in Episode 304, Scene TBD.
[12] The red-haired boy is Rand, who was staying at the Crescent Inn before it burned down, as seen in Episode 202 and Episode 203.
[13] Liandrin’s actions here lead to the group’s journey to Falme, detailed in Episode 205, Scene TBD.

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