[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TSR,Ch38'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/harp_bw.gif' align='center' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Gleeman Chapter Icon'}] ''[TSR|The Shadow Rising]: A Cup of Wine'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TSR,Ch40' align='right'}] }] %%tabs ! __Elayne__ POV [Elayne|Elayne Trakand], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] prepare to disembark the ''[Wavedancer]'' in [Tanchico]. She and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] just told [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] about their mission to hunt the [Black Ajah]. They bid farewell to [Jorin|Jorin din Jubai White Wing] and [Coine|Coine din Jubai Wild Winds]. [Coine|Coine din Jubai Wild Winds] tells them that [Toram] will do what trading he can, then they will sail for [Dantora] and the [Aile Jafar], then [Cantorin][1] and the [Aile Somera]. As they leave, [Bayle Domon] spots them from his ship and greets them. He apologizes for having to leave them in [Falme]. They introduce [Bayle|Bayle Domon] to [Thom|Thom Merrilin] and [Juilin|Juilin Sandar]. [Bayle|Bayle Domon] and [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] do not like each other being [Illianer|Illian (Country)] and [Tairen|Tear (Country)]. He tells them he has done well smuggling and offers to help them get rooms. He takes them to the [Three Plum Court] on the [Calpene|Tanchico] and introduces them to the innkeeper, [Rendra]. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] are shocked at first because she looks so much like [Liandrin]. [Rendra] tells them that [Bayle|Bayle Domon] gives much of his income to the poor. In a private dining room, they tell him about the [Black Ajah]. He wants to go back to [Illian|Illian (Country)] till [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] tells him that [Sammael] is there. He agrees to help them search and they give him descriptions of the women. [Bayle|Bayle Domon] and [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] go out and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] goes to bed so [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] follows [Thom|Thom Merrilin] to the common room to watch him perform. She drinks way too much and after the performance she follows [Thom|Thom Merrilin] to his room. She has finally remembered him from her childhood. He admits he was Court-bard and [Morgase|Morgase Trakand]'s lover. She is angry thinking of [Thom|Thom Merrilin], [Gareth Bryne] and now [Gaebril|Rahvin] all sleeping with her mother. She says something insulting and [Thom|Thom Merrilin] slaps her. She cries and he comforts her, then sends her back to her room. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] recognizes her condition and dunks her head in a bucket of water. She can barely sense the [True Source] much less [channel|True Source]. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] agrees to keep watch while [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] uses the [twisted ring] to look for [Egwene|Egwene alVere] in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] lies down and closes her eyes. \\ \\ More [Elayne POV] ! __Nynaeve__ POV [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] finds herself in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% in the [Heart of the Stone|Stone of Tear]. She feels like she is being watched,[2] but [Egwene|Egwene alVere] does not appear.[3] She thinks of the [Aiel Waste]. She finds herself on a mountainside in the [Aiel Waste] above a city shrouded in fog.[4] She sees a man walking at the edge of the fog.[5] A woman appears and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] recognizes her as [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion]. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] tells her to leave immediately and points an arrow at her. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] flees. She finds herself in [Emond's Field|Emonds Field] in front of the [Winespring Inn]. She sees [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] disappear behind [Ailys Candwin]'s house. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] runs after her, then sees a man down the street. He looks like [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], but he shoots an arrow at her.[6] \\ \\ More [Nynaeve POV] ! __Elayne__ POV [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] screams and wakes, startling [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] tells her what happened and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] bandages the cut on [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]'s arm from the arrow. She is too poor at [Healing|Weaves] to [Heal|Weaves] even a simple cut. They go to bed and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] wakes the next morning with a terrible hangover. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] greets her and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] in the common room. [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] was out all night. Just then, [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] returns with some bumps and bruises. He recounts that two men saw a woman fitting [Rianna|Rianna Andomeran]'s description. He will try [Temaile Kinderode]'s description next. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] asks Mistress [Rendra] to dress her and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] as [Tarabon] so they can search, too. As the conversation continues, [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] thinks that they must find the danger to [Rand|Rand alThor] as well as the [Black Ajah]. \\%%follow [Follow Nynaeve and Elayne|TSR,Ch46] %% \\ \\ More [Elayne POV] %% %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) [#1] This just happens to be where the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] forces are consolidating. ([TSR,Ch1])\\ [#2] This is common in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% but no explanation is ever given.\\ [#3] Because she is being punished by the [Wise Ones|Aiel]. ([TSR,Ch35])\\ [#4] [Rhuidean]\\ [#5] [Asmodean]\\ [#6] [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran]\\ %% ---- More [Category Chapters], [Gleeman Chapter Icon]