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! __Rand__ POV

[Rand|Rand alThor] opens the door to find the six [Aiel] dead along with three more [Gray Men|Gray Man]. Soldiers are fighting [Fades|Fade] and [Trollocs].[1] [Rand|Rand alThor]'s [One Power] sword flashes blue sparks when it strikes the [Myrddraal|Fade]'s [Thakan'dar|ThakanDar] forged blade. [Rand|Rand alThor] kills the [Fade] and the [Trollocs] linked to it collapse. [Rand|Rand alThor] leads the troops, but there are too many [Shadowspawn] in too many places. [Rand|Rand alThor] wonders where [Lanfear] is. [Rand|Rand alThor] sees [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] fighting. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] is injured. There are [Darkfriends] fighting with the [Trollocs]. [Rand|Rand alThor] falls and is pinned by a dead [Trolloc|Trollocs]. Just as another [Trolloc|Trollocs] prepares to kill him, a third [Trolloc|Trollocs] kills it saving [Rand|Rand alThor]. He sees two [Fades|Fade] fighting each other. During a lull, [Lanfear] appears. He asks if she is responsible for the good guy [Shadowspawn] but she denies it.[2] She again offers to teach him. He binds her with [Air|One Power], but she severs his weave telling him she does not have to see it to know what it is. She tells him to get %%ot [Callandor]%% before another of the [Forsaken] does and he decides to comply. On his way, he sees [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] guarding each other's backs. He retrieves %%ot [Callandor]%%. A [Fade] following him sees it and turns to flee, but he vaporizes it. He runs through the hall killing [Shadowspawn] one at a time, but soon gives up because there are too many. He [channels|True Source] a powerful storm cloud. A cackling voice in his head says, "Now,"[3] and the cloud releases streams of lightning that kill every [Fade] and [Trolloc|Trollocs] in the [Stone of Tear].[4] [Rand|Rand alThor] has no idea what he did but he thinks he could destroy all the [Shadowspawn] in the world though it would kill him as well.[5] [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] arrive, but stay well away from him. [Rand|Rand alThor] sees a child's body. Thinking that he can do anything,[6] he tries to revive it using %%ot [Callandor]%%. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] tells him to stop. He is not the [Creator] and death cannot be [Healed|Weaves]. He finally stops and asks if the others are all right. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] assures him that they are. He asks how the [Trollocs] got in and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] tells him eight grain barges and thirty wagons arrived at the [Stone of Tear] late that afternoon and no one questioned their arrival. [Rand|Rand alThor] starts to collapse from exhaustion. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] holds him and [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] [Heals|Weaves] him. He tells [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] that [Lanfear] was there and that neither of them tried to kill the other. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] tells him she doubts that he could kill [Lanfear]. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] says [Lanfear] loved [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] so she will probably continue to try to win him to her side. [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks [Lanfear] is jealous of [Elayne|Elayne Trakand].[7] He announces that he will reveal his plans tomorrow and thinks that [Lanfear] gave him almost the last piece without knowing it.[8]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] The [Shadowspawn] attack is orchestrated by [Sammael]. ([LoC,Ch6])\\
[#2] This is true. The [Dark One|ShaiTan] had [Semirhage] send them. ([LoC,Ch6])\\
[#3] Some interpret this as the first manifestation of [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon].\\
[#4] In [TWoTRPG|Guide], this weave is described as using [Air|One Power], [Fire|One Power] and [Spirit|One Power].\\
[#5] Is this grandiose thinking brought on by %%ot [Callandor]%% or is it a hint of things to come?\\
[#6] This "I can do anything" feeling is a hint at the flaw in %%ot [Callandor]%%. ([TPoD,Ch27])\\
[#7] The "pale-haired milksop" of [TSR,Ch9] was actually [Ilyena|Ilyena Therin Moerelle].\\
[#8] [Rand|Rand alThor] needs someone to teach him how to [channel|True Source]. He plans to capture a male [Forsaken] and sever his connection to the [Dark One|ShaiTan]. [Lanfear] gave him [Asmodean].\\
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! Artwork

* [{Image src='http://ew2.lysator.liu.se/loth/c/h/chi/randsmallersigned.jpg.index.jpeg' link='http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/c/h/chi/randsmallersigned.jpg.html'}] The Stone Stands - by [Chi Cheung|http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/c/h/chi/chi.html]
* [Rand's Offensive in the Stone|http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/b/r/braymp/lightning.jpg.html] by [Mark Bray|http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/b/r/braymp/braymp.html]

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