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! __Egwene__ POV

[Egwene|Egwene alVere] almost falls from [Mist] as they arrive on [Chaendaer]. In the valley below she sees a fog bank with tops of buildings stick out - [Rhuidean]. [Rand|Rand alThor] is exhausted, so [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] [Heals|Weaves] him. He gruffly tells her to ask next time. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and the [Aiel] all made it. There are three camps on the mountain, a large camp of the [Shaido], a smaller camp of the [Taardad] and a much smaller one of [Wise Ones|Aiel]. Four [Wise Ones|Aiel], [Amys] among them, greet [Rhuarc], [Rand|Rand alThor] and the others. They tell [Aviendha] to stay. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] admits that the [Wise Ones|Aiel]' letter said they would meet at [Rhuidean] this day, but she did not believe it. Two men arrive from the camps. [Rhuarc] greets [Heirn], chief of the [Jindo] sept. The other man is [Couladin] of the [Shaido]. He says the clan chief, [Suladric], is dead. [Couladin]'s brother, [Muradin], is now in [Rhuidean]. [Rand|Rand alThor] approaches the [Wise Ones|Aiel] and asks permission to enter [Rhuidean]. [Amys] and the other three, [Bair], [Seana|seana] and [Melaine], agree. [Couladin] is furious at the request, but they tell him to shut up. [Rand|Rand alThor] says his mother was [Aiel]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] is puzzled because she thought [Kari al'Thor] was [Rand|Rand alThor]'s real mother. [Amys] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] his father was [Aiel], but his mother was not. Suddenly, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] asks to enter [Rhuidean] as well.[1] [Couladin] tries to attack him, but he flies through the air instead. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] realizes that [Amys] and [Melaine] can [channel|True Source]. The [Wise Ones|Aiel] tell all the rest of the [Aiel] men to go to their tents and they do so. They tell [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] that he cannot go, but [Rand|Rand alThor] insists and they finally agree. [Bair] says the Time of Change has come.[2] They call [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] %%ot [Aan'allein|al'Lan Mandragoran]%%. [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] are told to leave all weapons, then go to the heart of the city. They do so, then head for the fog bank. 

[Egwene|Egwene alVere] starts to introduce herself to [Amys], but [Amys] cuts her off and tells [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] to go to the tents as well. He leaves. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] asks why they call him %%ot [Aan'allein|al'Lan Mandragoran]%% which means One Man. [Amys] says they know him and know he is the last of the [Malkier]. From the [dream|TelAranRhiod] they knew if [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] came he would almost certainly come, too. [Bair] then speaks up and tells [Aviendha] it is time for her to go to [Rhuidean]. She balks. [Amys] tells her that when it was her time, her sisters took her to [Bair] and [Coedelin] bound and naked. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] finally realizes that [Aviendha] can [channel|True Source][3] and that [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] has known it all along. After she gives up all her weapons and strips, the [Wise Ones|Aiel] tell her to go to the [three rings|Three Arches]. [Aviendha] leaves. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] tells [Amys] that she has come to learn. She asks about [Rand|Rand alThor]'s parents, but [Amys] says that is his story. They all go to the [Wise Ones|Aiel]'s tent to rest. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] learn a bit about %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%% and %%ot [ji'e'toh|Aiel]%%. [Bair] tells a story of taking %%ot [ji'e'toh|Aiel]%% to extremes. It involves [Chenda], the roofmistress of [Mainde Cut], who was pushed by a [Haido] boy. She went to [Bent Valley] and demanded that he make her %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%%. Within a year the [Haido] and [Jenda] septs were at peace. 

[Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] asks about the letter and what they saw in their dreams. [Melaine] begins telling about [dreamwalking|TelAranRhiod]. The [dreamwalkers|TelAranRhiod] did not see [Egwene|Egwene alVere] or [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] at all. There was an even chance [Rand|Rand alThor] would come. If he did not, he and the [Aiel] would die. If he survives [Rhuidean] some of the [Aiel] will survive. If [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] did not come [Rand|Rand alThor] would die. If [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] did not come [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] would die. [Melaine] then slips and starts to say what would happen if [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] does not go through the rings. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] says she assumes she must go as [Aviendha] did and strips. She heads down the hill as well. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] asks if they know what will happen. [Seana] tells her that some places are shielded from dreams - [Rhuidean], [Ogier] %%ot [stedding|Steddings]%%, a few others.[4] The [Wise Ones|Aiel] tell [Egwene|Egwene alVere] that she must obey everything they tell her and she agrees. Then they begin teaching her about [dreamwalking|TelAranRhiod]. Of all the [Aiel] [Wise Ones|Aiel], only the four of them are [dreamwalkers|TelAranRhiod]. It is not a thing of the [One Power]. Injuries and death in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% are real. To enter %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% in the flesh is evil. Each time you lose something of what makes you human.[5] As the lesson progresses [Egwene|Egwene alVere] listens intently.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Because of the answer from the [Aelfinn|Finn].\\
[#2] Meaning the end of an Age. The phrase also appears in the [Dark Prophecy] in [TGH,Ch7].\\
[#3] [Egwene|Egwene alVere] felt the affinity when they first met ([TDR,Ch38]) but did not know what it means.\\
[#4] Such as the [Ways].\\
[#5] It is not clear if this is true or not.\\
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