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! __Rand__ POV

[Rand|Rand alThor] is in the [Royal Palace] [Grand Hall|Royal Palace] listening to a report from [Halwin Norry]. He is getting good at [Taim|Mazrim Taim]'s trick of not feeling the heat. He can feel [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] is still in the [New City|Caemlyn]. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] whispers to him. [Sulin] leads the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] and [Urien] leads the [Red Shields] guarding [Rand|Rand alThor]. 

[Rand|Rand alThor] dismisses the clerk when [Bashere|Davram Bashere] enters with four nobles, Lady [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin] of House [Taravin|Andor], Lord [Abelle Pendar] of House [Pendar|Andor], Lady [Ellorien|Ellorien Traemane] of House [Traemane|Andor] and Lord [Luan|Luan Norwelyn] of House [Norwelyn|Andor].[1] They accepted his invitation after five days and they are clearly angry that he is there. They are as angry as [Naean|Naean Arawn] and her group that the [Saldaean|Saldaea] army is in [Andor]. [Bashere|Davram Bashere] leaves and %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%% serve a [Tunaighan|Other Locations] Hills wine. [Rand|Rand alThor] tells them he wants their help and support in [Andor], but if they will not help him he will turn to the others in the palace including [Arymilla|Arymilla Marne] and [Lir|Lir Baryn]. [Rand|Rand alThor] reiterates that, now that [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] is dead, he is holding the throne for [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin] supports [Elayne|Elayne Trakand], but [Luan|Luan Norwelyn][1] and [Ellorien|Ellorien Traemane] are still angry with [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] and now support [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin] for the throne. [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin] says she will support [Rand|Rand alThor] once [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] is crowned, but they all say they will fight him if it does not happen soon. 

[Rand|Rand alThor] dismisses them, but holds [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin] back because he noticed her looking at him oddly. She asks who his mother is. Thinking of [Kari al'Thor], [Rand|Rand alThor] says his mother was [Shaiel|Tigraine Mantear] and his father was [Janduin] but he grew up in the [Two Rivers]. [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin] explains that he looks like [Tigraine|Tigraine Mantear] who disappeared more than twenty-five years ago. She left behind her husband [Taringail|Taringail Damodred] and her son [Galad|Galad Damodred]. There were rumors that [Gitara Moroso] had a hand in it. Her brother [Luc|Luc Mantear] rode north and disappeared a year before. There were rumors that [Gitara|Gitara Moroso] was responsible for that as well. [Rand|Rand alThor] is shocked realizing that [Tigraine|Tigraine Mantear] was the woman the [Aiel] found who became [Shaiel|Tigraine Mantear]. She really was his mother. [Gitara|Gitara Moroso] was counselor to Queen [Mordrellen][2] until her death. After [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin] leaves [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks about [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani], but he does not trust her enough to replace [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]. He can only trust [Elayne|Elayne Trakand], [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]. 

[Bashere|Davram Bashere] enters with one of his soldiers, [Hamad]. [Rand|Rand alThor] decides he is going to [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)]. He has not been there in weeks. [Bashere|Davram Bashere] says he needs to see a visitor first, he comes from Lord [Brend|Sammael]. [Hamad] leaves, then he and a bunch of soldiers return a few minutes later escorting a man.[3] He is clearly under some kind of compulsion.[4] The man suddenly speaks in a voice [Rand|Rand alThor] recognizes as [Sammael]'s. He offers a truce. He will stay in the south and not attack [Rand|Rand alThor] if [Rand|Rand alThor] agrees not to attack him. [Rand|Rand alThor] can eliminate the rest of the [Forsaken], then it will just be him and [Sammael] on the Day of Return. [Rand|Rand alThor] angrily replies that he calls due [Sammael]'s crimes at [Rorn M'doi|Age of Legends], [Nol Caimaine|Age of Legends] and [Sohadra|Age of Legends].[5] No truce with the [Forsaken].[6] The man begins bleeding profusely and collapses in a pool of blood. 

[Aviendha] enters and says she must also go to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] to meet with the [Wise Ones|Aiel]. [Rand|Rand alThor] wonders again where [Aviendha] got her necklace.[7] [Bashere|Davram Bashere] reminds [Rand|Rand alThor] that he was going to watch the [Saldaean|Saldaea] cavalry exercise this afternoon[8] but [Rand|Rand alThor] has to get away from [Caemlyn].
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] In early printings [Bashere|Davram Bashere] commits a serious faux pas and introduces Lord [Luan|Luan Norwelyn] as Lord [Pelivar|Pelivar Coelan]. This is corrected in later printings, e.g., the 7th paperback printing.
\\[#2] Earlier printings incorrectly give her name as [Modrellein].
\\[#3] His name is [Andris]. ([LoC,Ch23])
\\[#4] Or perhaps a [mindtrap]?
\\[#5] Evidently [Age of Legends] places.
\\[#6] [Sammael] will later claim that he has a truce with [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([LoC,Ch23]) Is he lying or did he misinterpret his emissary's death? See the discussion in the [FAQ, Section 1.1.4|http://steelypips.org/wot-tgs/node/34].
\\[#7] It was a gift from [Egwene|Egwene alVere]. ([TFoH,Ch7])
\\[#8] Practicing for the attack on [Illian|Illian (City)]. ([ACoS,Ch41])
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