[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TEotW,Ch4'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/tree2_bw.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Dead Tree Chapter Icon Usage' align='center'}] ''Winternight'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TEotW,Ch6' align='right'}] }] %%tabs ! __Rand__ POV [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Tam|Tam alThor] return to the farm, finish chores and prepare for the evening meal. [Tam|Tam alThor] has numerous books including ''The Travels of [Jain Farstrider|Jain Charin]''. [Tam|Tam alThor] brings out his heron-mark sword. [Rand|Rand alThor] never knew [Tam|Tam alThor] even owned a sword.[1] Their closest neighbor is [Oren Dautry]. [Trollocs] attack and [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Tam|Tam alThor] run from the house. [Rand|Rand alThor] finds [Tam|Tam alThor] wounded and feverish.[2] [Tam|Tam alThor] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] what he learned of [Trollocs] from other soldiers' stories. [Rand|Rand alThor] takes the sword and goes back to the farm for the cart and supplies. In the house a [Trolloc|Trollocs] confronts him. [Narg] says a [Myrddraal|Fade] wants to talk to [Rand|Rand alThor]. He tells [Rand|Rand alThor] ''"Vlja daeg roghda,"'' "Put sword down." [Narg] attacks but [Rand|Rand alThor] kills him. [Rand|Rand alThor] searches the house and barn but the [Trollocs] destroyed nearly everything. Their animals are all dead and [Bela] is missing. The cart is destroyed. He uses [Tam|Tam alThor]'s sword to cut staffs from the cart to make a travois for [Tam|Tam alThor]. The sword is still razor sharp after hacking hard wood.[3] ---- More [Category Rand POV|Rand POV] %% %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) [#1] In fact, [Tam|Tam alThor] participated in the [Aiel War] as a Second Captain in the [Illianer|Illian (Country)] [Companions|Illian (Country)]. ([TPoD,Ch13])\\ [#2] [Shadowspawn] weapons are often tainted. Even a slight cut will eventually kill.\\ [#3] The first hint that this sword was crafted with the [One Power].\\ %% ! Artwork * [Winternight|http://members.shaw.ca/jbeveridge/teotw08.htm] * [Winternight II|http://members.shaw.ca/jbeveridge/teotw09.htm] ([James Beveridge|http://members.shaw.ca/jbeveridge/wot01.htm]) ---- More [Category Chapters], [Dead Tree Chapter Icon Usage]