[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TGH,Ch17'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/tar_valon_bw.gif' align='center' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Category Tar Valon Icon'}] ''[TGH|The Great Hunt]: The White Tower'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TGH,Ch19' align='right'}] }] %%tabs !__Egwene__ POV The ''[River Queen]'' speeds down the River [Erinin River] toward [Tar Valon]. They will arrive later today. The wind has been steady since [Medo]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] visits with [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] who is seasick. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] is still dreaming about [Rand|Rand alThor] being in danger and the masked man.[1] Now he laughs at her. [Anaiya] is not much help. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] is sure she should not tell [Anaiya] about the masked man. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] comes in to give them their lessons. She binds [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Egwene|Egwene alVere] with Air to make a point and to get [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] angry. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] slams her against a wall whereupon [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] shields her and makes her swallow something nasty. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] says the records say that [Aes Sedai] could fly in the [Age of Legends], but not how.[2] The lesson continues. After the lesson is over, the boat arrives at [Tar Valon].[3] There is a detailed description of the city. After waiting a while, [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] meets them at the dock. She says she was delayed speaking with [Siuan|Siuan Sanche]. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] told [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] all about [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]'s embarrassing lesson. There are only forty [novices] in the [White Tower] and only eight or nine of those will make [Accepted].[4] She leads them to the [White Tower]. \\%%follow [Follow Egwene, Nynaeve, Min and Elayne|TGH,Ch23] %% \\ \\ More [Category Egwene POV] %% %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) [#1] [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael]\\ [#2] Most likely by sho-wing or other mechanical means.\\ [#3] Others who arrive at [Tar Valon] include [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani], [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] [Carlinya], [Leane|Leane Sharif], [Maigan|maigan], [Serafelle], [Ihvon] and [Owein|owein].\\ [#4] Twenty years earlier there were more than twice as many. ([NS,Ch3]) Their numbers are dwindling rapidly.\\ %% ---- More [Category Chapters], [Category Tar Valon Icon|Tar Valon Chapter Icon Usage|Aes Sedai Chapter Icon Usage]