[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TEotW,Ch7'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/staff_bw.gif' align='center'}] ''A Place of Safety'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TEotW,Ch9' align='right'}] }] %%tabs ! __[Rand|Rand alThor]__ POV [Rand|Rand alThor], [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] come to [Tam|Tam alThor]'s room. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] immediately leaves. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] does not like or trust [Thom|Thom Merrilin]. [Rand|Rand alThor] feels prickly and shivers when [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] [Heals|Weaves] [Tam|Tam alThor].[1] [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] notes the heron-mark sword. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] says the weapon that caused [Tam|Tam alThor]'s wound came from [Thakan'dar|Thakandar]. She uses her [ivory figurine|../items/ivory_figurine] %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%% to [Heal|Weaves] [Tam|Tam alThor]. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] the black rider was a [Myrddraal|Fade] and gives some background on them. After [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] finishes, she is exhausted. She tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that he, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] must leave with them. The [Dark One|Shaitan] sent the [Trollocs] specifically for them. [Bandry Crawe|../characters/b/bandry_crawe] is ten months older and [Lem Thane|../characters/l/lem_thane] is eight months younger than the boys. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] cannot figure how the [Trollocs] got to [Emond's Field|Emonds Field].[2] [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] offers to take [Rand|Rand alThor] to [Tar Valon] for safety. [Rand|Rand alThor] reluctantly agrees and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] sighs.[3] With renewed vigor, [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred][3] says she will get [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and that they must leave this night. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] leave. [Bran|Bran alVere] and [Marin|Marin alVere] bring food. [Bran|Bran alVere] confirms that only two farms were attacked, his and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s, and the first houses to burn were [Abell Cauthon|../characters/a/abell_cauthon]'s and [Haral Luhhan|../characters/h/h_luhhan]'s. They leave and [Rand|Rand alThor] falls asleep by [Tam|Tam alThor]. %% !! Notes [#1] [Rand|Rand alThor]'s first experience feeling %%ot [saidar|Said]%%. [#2] Via the [Ways]. [#3] Did [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] just now draw strength from [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran]? If so, this is the first indication of some of the secret benefits the [Aes Sedai] get from their [Warders]. ! Artwork * [A Place of Safety|http://members.shaw.ca/jbeveridge/teotw12.htm] ([James Beveridge|http://members.shaw.ca/jbeveridge/wot01.htm]) %% ---- More [Category Chapters], [Category Staff Icon]