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! __Rand__ POV

It is morning. [Rand|Rand alThor] can feel that [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] is in a temper and has a couple of minor scrapes. He rides [Jeade'en|JeadeEn (Rand)] and carries the [Dragon Scepter] as he watches [Bashere|Davram Bashere]'s cavalry gallop between two white stones only four paces apart.[1] [Deira Bashere] stares at him the whole time. [Nandera] leads the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] and [Caldin] leads the [Mountain Dancers] who guard him. [Rand|Rand alThor] wonders where [Sulin] is. He as not seen her in eight days since the trip to [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)].[2] [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] laughs at him. [Rand|Rand alThor] asks if he is really there, but gets no answer. [Rand|Rand alThor] recalls one of the answers he got from the [Snake people|Finn], "If you would live, you must die." 

As he rides back to [Caemlyn], several [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] attack. [Desora] is killed. The [Aiel] kill or capture all of them. The attack reminds [Caldin] of an event near [Sedar Cut|Aiel Waste].[3] They bring [Dimir Faral] to [Rand|Rand alThor]. His cloak is filthy.[4] [Rand|Rand alThor] tells him that he will watch the others hang, then take that message back to [Pedron Niall]. [Rand|Rand alThor] remembers all the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] who died for him including [Liah], [Dailin|Dailin (Maiden)][5] and [Lamelle]. He is surprised to find that [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] added [Ilyena Therin Moerelle] to his list. 

Back in the [Royal Palace] [Reene Harfor] brings him a message. The [Wavemistress|Sea Folk] of Clan [Catelar|Sea Folk][6] is asking for an audience. She and her entourage are staying at [The Ball and Hoop]. [Rand|Rand alThor] says he will meet her this afternoon.[7] 

[Elenia|Elenia Sarand] also wants to see [Rand|Rand alThor] in his rooms. [Rand|Rand alThor] meets with her and asks her to tell him about the history of [Andor]. [Endara Casalain] was [Artur Hawkwing]'s governor in [Andor] province. Her husband was [Joal Ramedar], the last king of [Aldeshar]. Their daughter was [Ishara]. After [Artur Hawkwing] died, [Endara Casalain] abdicated giving the throne to [Ishara]. [Ishara] married [Artur Hawkwing]'s general [Souran Maravaile] who was laying siege to [Tar Valon] and brought him to [Caemlyn]. This effectively ended the siege. She also started custom of sending the Daughter-Heir to [Tar Valon] for training. She got an [Aes Sedai] advisor, [Ballair|ballair]. There were nine queens of [Andor] during the [War of the Hundred Years] from [Alesinde] to [Lyndelle]. None of their sons lived to have families thus starting the tradition of queens only. There were numerous rebellions during the [War of the Hundred Years]. Ten years before the end of the war [Narasim Bhuran] attacked [Andor] and was killed. Thirty years earlier [Esmara Getares] tried and spent the rest of her life prisoner of Queen [Telaisien]. Four kings attacked Queen [Maragaine]'s forces at the site later named [Four Kings]. The right to the throne of [Andor] is determined by the number of bloodlines to [Ishara]. [Elenia|Elenia Sarand] is careful to explain that, after [Elayne|Elayne Trakand], she has the best claim followed by [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin]. [Rand|Rand alThor] asks [Elenia|Elenia Sarand] how closely related [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] and [Tigraine|Tigraine Mantear] are. [Elenia|Elenia Sarand] replies that they are royal cousins, but if they were commoners the bloodlines connect so far back that they would not be considered related at all. [Rand|Rand alThor] is relieved that he is not related to [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. He dismisses [Elenia|Elenia Sarand]. Feeling pressured by women and his ancestry, [Rand|Rand alThor] tells [Nandera] and [Caldin] to assemble his escort. He is going to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)].[7] He asks them not to tell [Aviendha].
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Practicing for their attack on [Illian|Illian (City)]. ([ACoS,Ch41])
\\[#2] So eight days since [LoC,Ch21]. [Sulin] is meeting her %%ot [toh|Aiel]%% to the %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%%. ([LoC,Ch28])
\\[#3] Evidently some place in the [Aiel Waste]. It is not mentioned elsewhere.
\\[#4] A hint that these [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] are, in fact, [Padan Fain]'s. ([LoC,Ch28])
\\[#5] This is peculiar. [Dailin|Dailin (Maiden)] was killed in [TDR,Ch39] while [Egwene|Egwene alVere], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] are on their way to [Tear|Tear (Country)]. Did [Aviendha] tell [Rand|Rand alThor] about [Dailin|Dailin (Maiden)] or is this a misstep? Also, in early printings, [Dailin|Dailin (Maiden)] is incorrectly identified as an [Iron Mountain|../organizations/aiel/iron_mountain] [Taardad]. In later printings her sept is corrected to [Nine Valleys|../organizations/aiel/nine_valleys] as stated in [TDR,Ch38].
\\[#6] The [Wavemistress|Sea Folk] is [Zaida din Parede Blackwing|../characters/uz/zaida]. [Shielyn|shielyn] is with her. ([LoC,Ch28], [WH,Ch11])
\\[#7] Instead, [Rand|Rand alThor] returns to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] standing up the [Wavemistress|Sea Folk].
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