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! __Rand__ POV

[Rand|Rand alThor] is with [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] in a courtyard when [Loial] arrives. They have a happy reunion until [Rand|Rand alThor] mentions his mother. [Rand|Rand alThor] tells [Loial] that his mother, Elder [Haman] and [Erith] were in [Caemlyn] and that he took them to [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] a month ago. [Loial] is terribly upset until he starts thinking about how beautiful [Erith] is. He is sure he will be married to [Erith] and dragged back to [Stedding Shangtai]. [Serden son of Kolom son of Radlin|Serden] wrote about the [Ways] six hundred years ago. [Rand|Rand alThor] asks [Loial] to help him find and put guards at all the [Waygates|Ways].[1] [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is furious with him for using his friends again. 

[Min|Min Farshaw] arrives in a panic saying that seven of the [Aes Sedai] are coming. [Merana|Merana Ambrey] and two other [Aes Sedai] visited three days in a row, but there have been no more visits in the last five days.[2] All [Rand|Rand alThor] knows is that [Demira|Demira Eriff] has been in bed. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] moans that he cannot handle seven [Aes Sedai], but he fades away when [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks of his [little fat man] %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%%.[3] [Beralna] goes to inform [Nandera]. [Sulin] goes to [Rand|Rand alThor]'s quarters to help him prepare and [Jalani] stays with [Rand|Rand alThor]. He tells [Min|Min Farshaw] to stay with [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Loial]. [Rand|Rand alThor] gets his coat and goes back to the [Grand Hall|Royal Palace] to find [Bael], [Melaine] and a hundred [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] waiting. [Bashere|Davram Bashere] and [Deira|Deira Bashere] are out with their troops. [Naean|Naean Arawn], [Elenia|Elenia Sarand], [Lir|Lir Baryn] and the other nobles are not there, which means they have heard there are [Aes Sedai] in the palace. As soon as he sits, [Reene Harfor] announces the [Aes Sedai] have arrived. [Merana|Merana Ambrey] leads [Faeldrin Harella], [Valinde Nathenos], [Demira Eriff], [Rafela Cindal], [Seonid|Seonid Traighan] and [Masuri|Masuri Sokawa]. As they approach him they seem to grow larger. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] is disdainful that they would try to impress him by [spinning|One Power] the [Mirror of Mists|Weaves].[4] [Rand|Rand alThor] also recognizes this from [Asmodean]'s teachings as the [Mirror of Mists|Weaves],[4] also called [Illusion|Weaves]. [Demira|Demira Eriff] speaks for them and says they no longer agree to his restrictions. [Rand|Rand alThor] [channels|True Source] [Spirit|One Power], [Fire|One Power] and [Earth|One Power] and breaks through their [Illusion|Weaves] shocking them. [Rand|Rand alThor] tells them the restrictions still stand and dismisses them. The [Aes Sedai] leave in a huff. [Melaine] tells him he handled them well and [Rand|Rand alThor] wonders what they were after.
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! __Min__ POV

[Min|Min Farshaw] gets away from [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Loial] and watches the audience. She cannot [view|viewings] anything because all the [channeling|True Source] obscures the images. She gets [Wildrose] and gallops back to [The Crown of Roses]. Mistress [Cinchonine] looks sour because no one is drinking. [Min|Min Farshaw] talks with [Mahiro Shukosa], [Rafela|Rafela Cindal]'s [Warder|Warder]. He tells her the [Aes Sedai] are furious but will not tell her why. [Bera Harkin] and [Kiruna Nachiman] enter the common room. [Min|Min Farshaw] [views|viewings] them:

* a brownish yellow and deep purple aura

As they pass the table, [Kiruna|Kiruna Nachiman] says that [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] should have brought [Rand|Rand alThor] under control by now. [Min|Min Farshaw] wonders why they are not in the [Aiel Waste]. The [Warder|Warder] tells her that they were half way to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)] when they heard that [Rand|Rand alThor] was in [Caemlyn]. He hints that [Rand|Rand alThor] is in trouble with the [Aes Sedai]. [Min|Min Farshaw] realizes that [Kiruna|Kiruna Nachiman] and [Bera|Bera Harkin] bring the total number of Aes Sedai to thirteen and gallops back to the [Royal Palace] on [Wildrose] to warn [Rand|Rand alThor].
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! __Rand__ POV

When [Min|Min Farshaw] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] there are now thirteen [Aes Sedai], [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] almost seizes %%ot [saidin|Said]%% from him. [Min|Min Farshaw] also tells him about the [viewing|viewings] of [Bera|Bera Harkin] and [Kiruna|Kiruna Nachiman]:

* "It's the aura. Blood, death, the [One Power], those two women and you, all in the same place at the same time."

[Rand|Rand alThor] says he is leaving and taking [Min|Min Farshaw] with him. Outside, [Jalani] and [Beralna] stand guard. He sends [Beralna] to fetch [Nandera] and as many [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] as she wants and send them to [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s quarters. He cannot leave [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] because one of the [Aes Sedai] may bond him, too. [Rand|Rand alThor] says to [Min|Min Farshaw], "I will cut off my arm before I hurt you." [Min|Min Farshaw] reacts oddly.[5] [Faile|Zarine Bashere], [Loial], [Bain], [Chiad] and [Gaul] are going as well. [Sulin] also joins them. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] sends word to [Dannil Lewin] and the [Two Rivers] men to follow. [Faile|Zarine Bashere] writes a letter to her mother and father explaining why she has to leave. [Min|Min Farshaw] writes to [Mahiro Shukosa] and [Loial] writes to [Erith]. [Rand|Rand alThor] sends a message to [Taim|Mazrim Taim] warning him of the thirteen [Aes Sedai]. Finally, he sends a letter of warning to [Merana|Merana Ambrey]. They give all the letters to [Reene Harfor] for delivery. [Nandera] brings five hundred other [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear]. [Rand|Rand alThor] opens a gateway and they [Travel|Weaves] to the [Sun Palace]. [Rand|Rand alThor] is so exhausted that [Loial] has to carry him to his rooms.

! __Merana Ambrey__ POV

[Merana|Merana Ambrey] reads [Rand|Rand alThor]'s letter again. [Rand|Rand alThor] says he has gone to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)]. She can follow him if she chooses, but only with six [Aes Sedai] total. They will then be on equal footing with the [White Tower] embassy. [Berenicia|Berenicia Morsad] is very quiet. [Faeldrin|Faeldrin Harella], [Masuri|Masuri Sokawa], [Rafela|Rafela Cindal] and [Seonid|Seonid Traighan] seem determined. [Valinde|Valinde Nathenos] and the rest are more placid. They are all there except [Verin|Verin Mathwin] and [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani]. [Kiruna|Kiruna Nachiman] and [Bera|Bera Harkin] are now in charge. [Demira|Demira Eriff]'s informant[6] confirmed that [Rand|Rand alThor] is gone. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] enters and announces that the [Two Rivers] men are preparing to move. [Merana|Merana Ambrey] notes that [Verin|Verin Mathwin] skillfully guided [Demira|Demira Eriff] into suggesting the unfortunate confrontation with [Rand|Rand alThor].[7] [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] arrives. She says [Rand|Rand alThor] is now somewhere in the east. [Kiruna|Kiruna Nachiman] asks why she does not control him. [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] says she tried to compel him but it did not work.[8] [Merana|Merana Ambrey] says that they now need [Rand|Rand alThor] more that he needs them. All the rest look shocked except for [Verin|Verin Mathwin].[7] [Kiruna|Kiruna Nachiman] assigns [Demira|Demira Eriff], [Valinde|Valinde Nathenos], [Kairen|Kairen Stang] and [Berenicia|Berenicia Morsad] to take the [Two Rivers] girls to [Salidar]. The rest will accompany her to [Cairhien|Cairhien (City)].[9] [Merana|Merana Ambrey] fervently hopes that the [Salidar Aes Sedai] have elected an [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai] as strong as [Deane Aryman] or [Rashima]. That is their only hope to make the [Aes Sedai] whole again.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] He tried himself but the [Stedding Tsofu] Elders would not listen to a human. ([LoC,Ch20]) He will send [Loial] and [Karldin|Karldin Manfor] on this mission in [ACoS,Ch27].
\\[#2] Placing the time at five days since [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] arrived in [LoC,Ch45] and [LoC,Ch46]. [Loial] won his bet.
\\[#3] Giving a rough picture of relative strengths of [Rand|Rand alThor] and the [Aes Sedai].
\\[#4] In early printings, [ACoS,Ch20], [ACoS,Ch33] and [ACoS,Ch40] call this weave [Mask of Mirrors|Weaves] but these are being corrected to [Mirror of Mists|Weaves].
\\[#5] Is this a foreshadowing of some sort?
\\[#6] [Milam Harnder]?
\\[#7] Why? Yet another [Verin|Verin Mathwin] mystery. See the discussion on her in the [FAQ, Section 2.2.7|http://steelypips.org/wot-tgs/node/88.html].
\\[#8] Is this because [Rand|Rand alThor] can [channel|True Source] himself or some other reason?
\\[#9] So [Kiruna|Kiruna Nachiman] is bringing nine [Aes Sedai], not six. They will pay a price for this. ([LoC,Ch55])
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