[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=NS,Ch26'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/wheel_bw.gif' align='center' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Wheel Chapter Icon'}] ''[NS|New Spring]: EPILOGUE'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TEotW,Earlier' align='right'}] }] %%tabs ! __Moiraine__ POV The next morning the palace is in mourning over [Brys|Brys Kandor] and [Diryk]. Lady [Edeyn|Edeyn Arrel] is in mourning over [Iselle|Iselle Arrel] and now looks like a broken woman. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] searches %%black [Merean|Merean Redhill]'s%% belongings but finds nothing so she destroys them. She returns to her rooms to find %%blue [Siuan|Siuan Sanche]%%. She learned that [Rahien|Rahien Demain] was born in a farmhouse two miles from [Dragonmount]. They discuss the events of the past day. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] figures that the [Black Ajah] did not get the time of [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]'s birth, only that he is reborn. They are killing anyone showing signs of potential for [channeling|True Source] such as excessive luck or sudden rise in prominence.[1] [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] tells [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] she thinks %%green [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin]%% is [Black Ajah]. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] will go back to the [White Tower] and [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] will continue the search. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] says [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] left an hour ago; [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] follows. Outside of town, she catches up to him. He is burning his %%ot [daori]%%. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] tells him all about the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. He swears fealty to her and she bonds him as her [Warder|Warders] with an intricate weave of [Spirit|One Power]. She can now draw on his strength. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] led five hundred men at the [Battle of the Shining Walls|Aiel War]; half died. They head back to [Chachin], then to [Arafel], then the world. \\ \\ More [Moiraine POV] %% %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) [#1] Settling the [Black Ajah]'s motive in the deaths of [Ryne|Ryne Venamar]'s employer, ([NS,Ch16]) [Josef|Josef Najima], ([NS,Ch17]) the blacksmith ([NS,Ch23]) and quite possibly the attack on [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran]. ([NS,Ch16]) %% ---- More [Category Chapters], [Wheel Chapter Icon]