[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=ToM,Ch9'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/dragon_fang_bw.gif' align='center' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Dragon Fang Chapter Icon Usage'}] ''[ToM|Towers of Midnight]: After the Taint'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=ToM,Ch11' align='right'}] }] %%tabs ! __Perrin__ POV [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] sets up camp on an elevated meadow along the [Jehannah Road] near an ancient statue with a blade thrust into the ground.[1] He walks through the camp with [Elyas|Elyas Machera], [Grady|Jur Grady], [Montem al'San] and [Azi al'Thone]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] regrets sending [Gill|Basel Gill] and the other ahead but [Elyas|Elyas Machera] chides him for second guessing himself. They pass a guard post with [Hu Barran] and [Darl Coplin]. Last night [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] had to wake [Berin Thane]. He and [Jori Congar] like to drink. [Grady|Jur Grady] and [Neald|Fager Neald] could attack the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] to free [Gill|Basel Gill] and the others but [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] remembers the horror of [Dumai's Wells|Dumais Wells]. [Grady|Jur Grady] senses something and they walk to the [Wise Ones|Aiel]' tents. [Neald|Fager Neald] sits with [Edarra] and [Masuri|Masuri Sokawa] and there is a large gateway open. [Neald|Fager Neald] says %%ot [saidar|Said]%% is beautiful. He weaves %%ot [saidin|Said]%% but strengthens the weaves with %%ot [saidar|Said]%%. They will send the scouts to [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)] soon. [Grady|Jur Grady] wants to return to the [Black Tower] to visit his wife [Sora|Sora Grady] and son [Gadren|Gadren Grady]. He is hopeful since the taint was cleansed. [Tam|Tam alThor] joins them. A [Maiden|Maidens of the Spear] runs up with news that a [Whitecloak|Children of the Light] is riding to the camp with a truce flag. It is [Dain Bornhald]. After a couple of nasty remarks, he tells [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] that the Lord Captain Commander wants to meet him. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] agrees to the meeting and asks for [Grady|Jur Grady], [Gaul], [Sulin] and [Edarra] to come with him. Fortunately, [Faile|Zarine Bashere] has not heard about this. The six of them walk a distance up the road and find a dozen [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] by a small tent. Their leader is quite handsome and smells better than the others.[2] [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] demands his people back and the leader refuses unless they meet in battle. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] returns to his camp. \\%%follow [Follow Perrin|ToM,Ch16]%% \\ \\ More [Perrin POV] ! __Galad__ POV [Galad|Galad Damodred] did not believe [Byar|Jaret Byar]'s insistence that [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is [Shadowspawn], but he is now not sure. [Bornhald|Dain Bornhald] is relieved, but [Galad|Galad Damodred] was confident that he would not be attacked. His mind is made up now. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is dangerous and they must fight. \\%%follow [Follow Galad |ToM,Ch26]%% \\ \\ More [Galad POV] %% %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) [#1] This is the %%ot [amahn'rukane|geography]%% that [Rand|Rand alThor] describes to [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] who passes it on to [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] ([TGS,Ch44]) \\[#2] This is the second reference to a smell of wrongness about [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light]. ([TEotW,Ch30]) %% ---- More [Category Chapters], [Dragon Fang Chapter Icon Usage|Dragon Fang Chapter Icon]