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! __Siuan Sanche__ POV

[Siuan|Siuan Sanche] awakes from %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% knowing something is wrong. [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] also wakes and she tells him [Egwene|Egwene alVere] is in danger. Maybe [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] decided to execute her. A young soldier [Tijds] urgently calls from outside the tent then enters to report dark shadows and bursts of light around the [White Tower]. [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] realizes they are not [Shadowspawn]. This must be the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] attack. The flying things are %%ot [raken]%%.[1] [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] decides to try to rescue [Egwene|Egwene alVere] but [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] wants no part of it.
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! __Egwene__ POV

[Egwene|Egwene alVere] tells [Nicola|Nicola Treehill] that the attack is a [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] raid to capture %%ot [marath'damane|Seanchan (People)]%%. [Nicola|Nicola Treehill] wants to flee but [Egwene|Egwene alVere] says they will fight. She collects [novices] including [Jasmen], [Yeteri], [Inala], [Tamala]. With help from [Nicola|Nicola Treehill] she teaches them to form a circle. Linked with the [novices], [Egwene|Egwene alVere] has enough strength to open a gateway to the %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%% storeroom where she fetches the [white fluted wand]. They are now ready to fight.
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! __Siuan Sanche__ POV

[Siuan|Siuan Sanche] goes to [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] for help and he quickly agrees. They will use the passage [Shemerin] discovered to get into [Tar Valon]. [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] grudgingly agrees to go with them but only if [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] will agree to two demands. The first is to bond him as [Warder|Warders].[2] She bonds him and they are fully aware of each other's feelings. [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] brings [Bela] for her to ride. [Bryne|Gareth Bryne] will bring a hundred guards.

! __Adelorna Bastin__ POV

[Adelorna|Adelorna Bastine] runs through the [White Tower]. She saw [Josaine] dead and [Marthera] collared. One of her [Warders] is dead and [Talric] is wounded. Suddenly she is shielded and a %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%%, [Gregana], collars her and names her [Sivi|Adelorna Bastine]. [Adelorna|Adelorna Bastine] is horrified, but the next moment her collar flies off and a blast of fire takes [Gregana]. She sees [Egwene|Egwene alVere] with [Vora's sa'angreal|White fluted wand]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] continues to fight, giving orders to the [novices] including [Shanal], [Clara] and [Lucain]. [Adelorna|Adelorna Bastine] tries to take over but [Egwene|Egwene alVere] firmly tells her that she is in command. [Adelorna|Adelorna Bastine] acquiesces. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] opens a gateway to the storeroom to get more %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%%. They must prevent any sister who knows [Traveling|Weaves#t] from being captured. [Adelorna|Adelorna Bastine] is stunned that [Egwene|Egwene alVere] never tried to escape but [Egwene|Egwene alVere] replies that she would not have been escaping. She would have been abandoning them. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] intends to win this battle.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] The attacking force is mostly %%ot [to'raken|Toraken]%% with some %%ot [raken]%% as support, ([TGS,Ch36]) but this distinction is lost on most of the observers. 
\\[#2] We learn what the second demand will be in [TGS,Ch43].
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