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"Ravens and crows. Rats. Mists and clouds. Insects and corrupt-\\
tion. Strange events and odd occurrences. The ordinary twisted\\
and strange. Wonders!

The dead are beginning to walk, and some see them. Others do\\
not, but more and more, we all fear the night.

These have been our days. They rain upon us beneath a dead sky,\\
crushing us with their fury, until as one we beg: "Let it begin!"
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—Journal of the Unknown 
Scholar,         \\
entry for The Feast of Freia, 1000 NE"
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! __Renald Fanwar__ POV

Somewhere in the [Borderlands], [Renald Fanwar] watches in concern as stark, unnatural black and silver clouds come and go. His friend [Gaffin] might think him crazy. [Thulin], the blacksmith from [Oak Water|Borderlands] comes by in a loaded wagon with his wife [Gallanha] and daughter [Mirala]. They left everything else behind and are heading north. An army will be gathering and they will need a smith. [Renald|Renald Fanwar] and his wife [Auaine] will go, too. He has his farmhands [Merk], [Favidan], [Rinnin], [Veshir|veshir], [Adamad] and [Geleni] gather the animals and provisions. He begins working his two best scythes into polearms. The storm is coming.
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__Falendre__ POV - After the debacle with the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor], the remaining %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% and %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%, [Falendre] and [Nenci], [Surya] and [Tabi], [Malian], [Ciar], and [Talha] have been moved via gateway to the [Ebou Dar] road outside the city. The bodies of [Tanera] and [Miri] are tied across horses. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin], [Merise|Merise Haindehl] and [Logain|Logain Ablar] are there, among others. [Falendre] is still trying to grasp the idea that [Anath|semirhage] was really one of the [Forsaken]. [Rand|Rand alThor] orders [Falendre] to take a message to the [Daughter of the Nine Moons|Tuon] that he still wants a meeting. He will be in [Arad Doman] quelling the fighting against the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] there.
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__Tylee Khirgan__ POV - Lieutenant General [Tylee Khirgan] rides her warhorse [Duster] as her army returns to [Ebou Dar], a day away. She is from [Maram Kashor|Seanchan (Country)], very different from [Altara]. Her ancestors might have come from here with [Luthair Paendrag|Luthair Paendrag Mondwin]. She lost few soldiers at [Malden] because [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]'s plan worked so well. [Mishima|Bakayar Mishima] is from [Halamak|Seanchan (Country)]. They have been seeing ghosts and do not know what to make of it. [Karm], the quartermaster, reported that a pack of rations turned to dust. [Tylee|Tylee Khirgan] worries that they are focusing on the wrong enemy. [Galgan|Lunal Galgan] and [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] have a single purpose, at least until High Lady [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag] unveils.[1] Suddenly a barbed arrow takes down [Mishima|Bakayar Mishima] and hundreds of [Trollocs] attack.
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__Graendal__ POV - [Graendal] lounges in her palace[2] when a gateway opens, nearly taking out [Thurasa], one of the [Domani|Arad Doman] [Council of Merchants|Arad Doman]. A messenger enters. He must be from [Moridin] as [Sammael] was the only other who knew where she is and she is sure [Sammael] died in his struggle with [Rand|Rand alThor]. She follows the messenger into a black stone fortress in the deep northeastern [Blight]. The heat is intense and she cools the area around her with [Air|One Power] and [Water|One Power]. She does not understand why [Moridin] is focused on killing the other two boys[3] instead of [Rand|Rand alThor]. 

[Demandred] and [Mesaana] enter. She knows [Mesaana] is in the [White Tower]. She gets information from her agents in the [White Tower] and from [Aran'gar|AranGar] with the rebels.[4] [Moridin] spends his time gathering forces for the [Last Battle|Creator] while [Moghedien] and [Cyndane] rally [Darkfriends] to kill [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]. She knows [Semirhage] is with the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] so she knows the plans for everyone except [Demandred]. She thinks she would have heard from her spies if he were with the [Borderlanders|Borderlands]. 

[Moridin] enters. [Mesaana] and [Demandred] asked for a meeting to ask for help in freeing [Semirhage]. [Mesaana] had a woman spy at the meeting.[5] [Moridin] says she failed to capture him and disobeyed orders in harming him, so no rescue. He flexes his left hand.[6] Maybe the [Great Lord|Shaitan] will find some use for her.[7] [Mesaana] reports that the [White Tower] is nearly broken. [Demandred] reports that his rule is secure.[8] [Moridin] dismisses them then tells [Graendal] that her presence was her reward for good work. He tells her [Rand|Rand alThor] is coming to [Arad Doman] to restore order. Her orders are to prevent that. She is not to harm him, but bring him pain of heart, frustration and anguish.
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__[Rodel Ituralde]__ POV - [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] prepares to face a [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] army of 150,000 outside the city of [Darluna]. One of his officers is [Lidrin]. [Jaalam Nishur] was killed in one of their last engagements. [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde]'s soldiers are dressed as farmers to fool the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)]. [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] would have thought [Darluna] a grand city before he went to fight the [Aiel] at [Tar Valon]. The [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] army falls into the trap and [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] attacks.
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__[Masema Dagar]__ POV - [Masema|Masema Dagar] and his remaining followers, less than a hundred, scramble up a cliff fleeing the area of [Malden]. He is convinced that [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is [Shadowspawn]. The Lord [Dragon|Lews Therin Telamon] appeared to him last night and ordered him to kill [Perrin|Perrin Aybara].[9] [Masema|Masema Dagar] sent his best tool, [Aram], to do the job but he failed. Now he plans to escape from [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and rebuild. [Faile|Zarine Bashere] and her %%ot [Cha Faile]%% followers are waiting in a clearing at the top of the cliff. [Faile|Zarine Bashere] orders her bowmen to fire;[10] [Masema|Masema Dagar] is wounded. [Faile|Zarine Bashere] walks up and stabs [Masema|Masema Dagar] in the heart while she orders her followers to make sure that [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] does not find out.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] [Tylee|Tylee Khirgan] is out of touch! ([KoD,Epilogue])
\\[#2] It is an ancient fortress looking out at the [Mountains of Mist] known as [Natrin's Barrow|Arad Doman]. ([TGS,Ch37])
\\[#3] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]
\\[#4] Evidently [Graendal] has not heard from [Aran'gar|AranGar] since she and [Delana|Delana Mosalaine] fled the rebel camp.
\\[#5] Who? [Elza Penfell] or someone else?
\\[#6] Why the order for no harm? Because he literally feels [Rand|Rand alThor]'s pain? 
\\[#7] He certainly will! ([TGS,Ch22])
\\[#8] We still do not know where.
\\[#9] It is not clear if this vision was [Masema|Masema Dagar]'s madness or one of the [Forsaken].
\\[#10] Presumably all of [Masema|Masema Dagar]'s followers are now dead including [Hari|hari], [Bartu|bartu] and [Nengar|nengar].
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