[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TGH,Ch40'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/dagger_bw.gif' align='center' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Dagger Chapter Icon'}] ''[TGH|The Great Hunt]: Disagreements'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TGH,Ch42' align='right'}] }] %%tabs ! __Rand__ POV [Rand|Rand alThor] is riding [Red] heading to [Falme] with [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Loial], %%brown [Verin|Verin Mathwin]%%, [Hurin], [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] and the [Shienarans|Shienar]. They have been on [Toman Head] for three days looking for [Fain|Padan Fain]'s trail. They are still two days from [Falme]. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] is completely lost in thought. [Uno|Uno Nomesta] curses the weather. At a village, [Atuan's Mill|Atuans Mill], they learned about the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)]. The [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] murdered many of the villagers. They wonder why [Fain|Padan Fain] brought the [Horn|Horn of Valere] to [Falme]. [Masema|Masema Dagar] reports another deserted village ahead. They enter the inn and [Ragan] stables the horses. [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] and [Verin|Verin Mathwin] argue. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] is certain [Fain|Padan Fain] is in [Falme]. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] wants to head to [Falme] while [Ingtar|Ingtar Shinowa] wants to quarter the area for [Fain|Padan Fain]'s trail. [Rand|Rand alThor] feels pulled to [Falme]. He goes upstairs to sleep. He rolls over and sees [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] holding the [Dragon Banner].[1] He stands in a cloud of darkness. He burns are nearly healed. [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] says he has faced [Rand|Rand alThor] a thousand times. [Rand|Rand alThor] [channels|True Source] at him but the [One Power] sinks into the black mist and vanishes.[2] [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] again offers to teach [Rand|Rand alThor]. When [Rand|Rand alThor] looks again, [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] is gone, his saddlebag is re-buckled, but there are burn marks on a chair where [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] grasped it. \\%%follow [Follow Rand, Mat, Perrin, Loial|TGH,Ch44] %% \\ \\ More [Rand POV] %% %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) [#1] It is not clear if this scene is real or if [Ba'alzamon|Ishamael] is in [Rand|Rand alThor]'s dream.\\ [#2] A manifestation of the [True Power].\\ %% ---- More [Category Chapters|Category.Chapters], [Dagger Chapter Icon]