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! __Rand__ POV

[Rhuarc] leads [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Aviendha] forward. [Heirn] and the [Jindo] follow. The [Shaido] stop and begin to set up their tents. [Amys] joins [Rhuarc], but [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and the rest of the [Wise Ones|Aiel] stay back. [Couladin] also runs forward. Strangely, he seems to look amused.[1] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] rides up. He tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that [Cold Rocks] Hold looks like a pretty good fortress, but not as good as the [Stone of Tear] or [Tora Harad|Other History].[2] [Rand|Rand alThor] is amazed when they enter. [Cold Rocks] Hold is a fair sized town. [Amys] and [Lian|Lian (Aiel)] stand atop a boulder. 

[Rhuarc] asks permission to enter using the format of a clan chief and [Lian|Lian (Aiel)] welcomes him. [Heirn] asks permission as a sept chief and is welcomed. [Couladin] then asks permission using the clan chief form. [Lian|Lian (Aiel)] welcomes him as a beggar, a grave insult. [Couladin] leaves in a rage. [Rand|Rand alThor] then moves forward. He was instructed to ask permission as a clan chief, but instead he uses the form that [Heirn] used. [Lian|Lian (Aiel)] welcomes him as the %%ot [Car'a'carn|Rand]%%. While introductions are being made, [Rand|Rand alThor] notes that [Amys] looks young, not [ageless|Ageless]. [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] leave [Jeade'en|JeadeEn (Rand)] and [Pips] and accompany [Lian|Lian (Aiel)] to her house. Shortly, [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred], [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran], [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and the [Wise Ones|Aiel] arrive. They eat a meal including [Aiel] staples %%ot [zemai|Aiel Items]%%, %%ot [t'mat|Aiel Items]%% and %%ot [kardon|Aiel Items]%%. [Amys] and [Lian|Lian (Aiel)] lie on either side of [Rhuarc]. [Rand|Rand alThor] has a random thought that he cannot see [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Min|Min Farshaw] doing that. 

After dinner, [Rhuarc] reports the news he got from [Lian|Lian (Aiel)]. [Jheran], clan chief of the [Shaarad], and [Bael], clan chief of the [Goshien], are already at [Alcair Dal]. [Erim], clan chief of the [Chareen], will be there soon. [Rand|Rand alThor] wants to go immediately, but [Rhuarc] tells him he should not. It is only three or four days to [Alcair Dal] and it would be an insult to clan chiefs who have not arrived yet. The [Nakai] have the farthest to come. [Seana] reports that she visited [Alsera]'s dreams. [Bruan] is coming from [Shiagi] Hold as fast as he can and will be at [Alcair Dal] in less than a month. [Rand|Rand alThor] asks how many of the clan chiefs will support him. [Rhuarc] says he will. [Bruan] and [Dhearic] of the [Reyn] will. [Sevanna], [Suladric]'s widow, will bring more [Shaido] that might make trouble. [Han] of the [Tomanelle] is hard to predict. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] suddenly asks [Rand|Rand alThor] where he plans to "lead the spears to war once more."[3] Angrily he gets up and goes for a walk.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Is there something [Asmodean] has set up for [Couladin]?\\
[#2] Something dredged up from [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s memories. There is no indication elsewhere in the series what [Tora Harad|Other History] was.\\
[#3] A line from the [Karaethon Cycle|Karaethon Prophecies]. ([TSR,Ch6])\\
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