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! __Elayne__ POV

[Melfane|Melfane Dawlish] orders [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] to one week of bed rest. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] is in the doorway and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] in the room beyond. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] feels like [Gelfina|Fictional Characters] locked in a tower for a thousand years. After [Melfane|Melfane Dawlish] leaves [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] promises [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] that she will be more careful. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] enters. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] tells them of the assassination plot against [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] but she holds back on the invasion %%black [Chesmal|Chesmal Emry]%% mentioned for the moment. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] reports that [Mellar|Daved Hanlon], Lady [Shiaine|Mili Skane], %%black [Marillin|Marillin Gemalphin]%% and %%white [Falion|Falion Bhoda]%% escaped. The secretary was also murdered.[1] [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] gives the [foxhead medallion|Foxhead Medallion] back to [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]. He wants to talk to her about the %%ot [gholam|Gholam]%%.[2]
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! __Ituralde__ POV

[Yoeli] and [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] walk into [Maradon]. [Asha'man] [Antail] [Healed|Weaves] [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde]'s broken leg. [Yoeli]'s sister [Sigril] leads the Lastriders to the southeast who will ride with the news if [Maradon] falls. Queen [Tenobia|Tenobia si Bashere Kazadi] took many troops with her when she left to search for the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. [Yoeli] and many others carry a black and yellow pendant called the Traitor's Banner. [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] thinks of an [Old Tongue] phrase, ''Desya gavane cierto cuendar isain carentin'' ("A resolute heart is worth ten arguments."). His rescue came only after fighting among the [Saldaeans|Saldaea]. They go to see [Vram Torkumen] appointed lord of the city in [Tenobia|Tenobia si Bashere Kazadi]'s absence. [Tarran] leads the guard at the manor house. [Torkumen|Vram Torkumen] and his wife are there. [Torkumen|Vram Torkumen] is insulting, telling [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] he is an invader and Dragonsworn. The Queen will return after unmasking the false Dragon and execute [Yoeli]. [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] names him a [Darkfriend|Darkfriends] and hopes that he burns for the men he lost. [Yoeli] and [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] leave. [Yoeli] asks about the [Asha'man] and gateways. [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] knows it is about communications and supplies. Neither [Yoeli] nor [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] will use them to escape.
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! __Perrin__ POV

[Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] prepare for bed. He gave her a silver comb he traded for from [Gaul] from [Malden]. The [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] have chosen a battlefield. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] will probably win, but he is frustrated that he will lose men. He goes to sleep.

In the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] starts at his camp by the great sword impaling the ground.[3] He calls for [Hopper] but gets no response. He searches the [Whitecloak|Children of the Light] camp again but learns nothing new. [Balwer|Sebban Balwer] did not recognize the Lord Captain Commander's signet. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] thinks he is an honorable man. He senses [Oak Dancer]'s pack, [Boundless], [Sparks], [Morninglight] and others. They lead him on a chase to the [Mountains of Mist] but he cannot catch them. [Hopper] appears and tells him he is in the dream too strongly, to remember [Faile|Zarine Bashere]. He practices moving to where the wolves are and finally gets it right. The wolves laugh and he feels like he did when cousin [Wil|Wil] dropped a bucket of wet feathers on him. He practices following and changing his surroundings. He moves again and he is on the side of [Dragonmount]. The next move takes him back to the [Jehannah Road]. There is a howl of pain and [Morninglight] dies, killed by [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] goes there and attacks the man who looks like [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran].[4] [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran] is much stronger, more proficient in the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] barely escapes alive. [Hopper] is angry that a foolish cub attacked a lion. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] says he must learn to face [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran]. The [Last Hunt|Creator] is upon them. 

[Perrin|Perrin Aybara] wakes next to [Faile|Zarine Bashere]. He cannot sleep so he gets up, passing [Kenly Maerin] and [Jaim Dawtry]. [Gaul] follows him. He supposedly is guarding [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] but [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] thinks he is really avoiding his %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%%.[5] [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] goes to the woods nearby where [Denton] prepared a pile of logs. [Denton] is taking [Lamgwin|Lamgwin Dorn]'s place until he returns. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] chops wood and thinks while [Gaul] watches. [Loial] liked to sit and think but [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] must be active. His focus impressed Master [Luhhan|Haral Luhhan]. He wonders about lords, soft people like the [Cairhienin|Cairhien (Country)] and hard men like [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] and [Faile|Zarine Bashere]'s father.[6] [Elyas|Elyas Machera] approaches. [Elyas|Elyas Machera] chose to leave his life for the wolves. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] does not want to and [Noam] had to. [Elyas|Elyas Machera] only has a scent of worry. He says he stays away from the [wolf dream|TelAranRhiod]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] tells him to alert [Tam|Tam alThor] and the others. They will meet the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] tomorrow. He wonders about his vision of wolves running sheep toward a beast and wonders if it is the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light].[7]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] [Jaq Lounalt]
\\[#2] We learn what they discuss in [ToM,Ch31].
\\[#3] This statue is called %%ot [amahn'rukane|geography]%%. ([TGS,Ch44])
\\[#4] This is the [Isam|Isam Mandragoran] aspect of [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran].
\\[#5] [Bain] and [Chiad]
\\[#6] [Davram Bashere]
\\[#7] We learn more about this vision in [ToM,Ch34] and [ToM,Ch40].
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