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! __Faile__ POV

[Faile|Zarine Bashere] rides [Daylight] beside [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] to a gateway opening near [Caemlyn]. [Gaul], [Sulin] and the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] run through to scout. They are accompanied by [Alliandre|Alliandre Maritha Kigarin], [Arganda|Gerard Arganda] and a hundred of her guards, a hundred [Two Rivers] men and a hundred others, largely [Cairhienin|Cairhien (Country)] minor nobles. [Galad|Galad Damodred] will stay behind with his men. [Grady|Jur Grady] rides through the gateway and looks toward the [Black Tower]. He tried to make a gateway there but it did not work.[1] [Caemlyn] is even more sprawling than [Whitebridge] with several armies camped nearby. [Faile|Zarine Bashere] is startled that there is a circle of clear sky over [Caemlyn]. 

They ride through the city and enter the [Royal Palace] with an honor guard. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] waits in the throne room. She is clearly pregnant and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] wonders if [Rand|Rand alThor] is the father. The official reason for the meeting is a formal thank you for returning [Morgase|Morgase Trakand]. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] thanks [Zarine|Zarine Bashere], [Alliandre|Alliandre Maritha Kigarin] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]. She then asks if they would ask a boon in return. [Faile|Zarine Bashere] asks if they can move to a more intimate setting first. 

[Faile|Zarine Bashere], [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Alliandre|Alliandre Maritha Kigarin] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] join [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] in a sitting room. The negotiations are testy at first and [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] speaks in favor of [Perrin|Perrin Aybara], also warning [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] that he is %%ot [ta'veren|Wheel of Time]%%. In fighting [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] she is fighting the [Pattern|Wheel of Time] itself. They ultimately agree that [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] will give the [Two Rivers] to the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] will be his steward and High Lord. That will form a bond with [Ghealdan] and also give [Andor] leverage against a pact between [Tear|Tear (Country)] and [Illian|Illian (Country)].[2] With that settled, the conversation becomes less formal and friendlier. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] tells them that [Egwene|Egwene alVere] is now [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai] and that [Rand|Rand alThor] has upset her. He plans to break the remaining [seals|Seals]. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] thinks it is a foolish plan. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] says he can be of help.[3] Testing [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s information, [Faile|Zarine Bashere] asks where [Rand|Rand alThor] is. She replies that she does not know right now, but she does know where he will be.[4]
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! __Fortuona__ POV

[Fortuona|tuon] Athaem Devi Paendrag enters her Teaching Chamber in the [Tarasin Palace], the place where %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% are taught. She mounts her throne and [Selucia] stands near her. King [Beslan] enters; he is loyal to her. Captain-General [Lunal Galgan] and others of the Blood join him. She plans to raise him to the Imperial family. He openly opposed [Suroth|Suroth Sabelle Meldarath] and also suggested the successful assault on the [White Tower]. She wonders if [Matrim|Mat] will be as loyal to her. Her %%ot [der'sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% [Melitene] steps forward with an unusually obstinate %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% [Suffa|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]. [Fortuona|tuon] enjoys breaking %%ot [marath'damane|Seanchan (People)]%% much as her brother [Halvate] enjoyed training wild %%ot [grolm]%% before his assassination. There are embarrassing outbursts from [Suffa|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan], but [Melitene] has her demonstrate [Traveling|Weaves#t] gateway. Others gasp and she covers her own surprise. This will change everything about war. The mysterious [Aes Sedai] weapon that they feared was apparently an isolated accident.[5] Through [Selucia], [Fortuona|tuon] asks how [Galgan|Lunal Galgan] would use [Traveling|Weaves#t]. He replies that he will need to question [Suffa|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] to learn more about it and [Fortuona|tuon] concurs. Speaking directly to [Beslan], she states that there are still hundreds of %%ot [marath'damane|Seanchan (People)]%% in the [White Tower]. They are the key to recapturing [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)], to holding this land and to prepare for the [Last Battle|Creator]. The [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor] must serve the [Crystal Throne]. [Galgan|Lunal Galgan] will bring every %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% back to [Ebou Dar] and train them in [Traveling|Weaves#t]. As Truthspeaker, [Selucia] warns [Fortuona|tuon] that this must be kept secret. They must strike soon and destroy the [White Tower].
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! __Perrin__ POV

[Perrin|Perrin Aybara], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Thom|Thom Merrilin] are in a private room in [The Happy Throng]. [Gaul] and [Grady|Jur Grady] wait in the common room. They have shared their stories. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] gave his account of [Malden], the [Prophet|Masema Dagar], [Alliandre|Alliandre Maritha Kigarin] and [Galad|Galad Damodred]. He is stunned that [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is married to the [Daughter of the Nine Moons|Tuon]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] shows [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] the note from [Verin|Verin Mathwin]. They have not seen her in over two weeks. The innkeeper [Denezel] enters with [Grady|Jur Grady]. [Faile|Zarine Bashere] asked him to remind them when it turned midnight. They discuss the images of [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] that are circulating. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] tells them the story of [Villiam Bloodletter] and his battle with the Banath savages of [Almoth Plain]. They discuss options for avoiding assassins. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] says he is leaving soon. He needs a gateway to the [Tower of Ghenjei] to rescue [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred]. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] remembers it.[6] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] says only three can come; [Olver] will be furious. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is confused so [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] begins the whole story.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Indicating the location of the second [dreamspike].
\\[#2] The beginnings of the [Pact of the Griffin|Fourth Age]?
\\[#3] Not exactly the help that [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] assumes! ([ToM,Ch53])
\\[#4] The [Field of Merrilor]
\\[#5] The explosion from [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s unweaving of their gateway. ([TPoD,Ch6])
\\[#6] From [TSR,Ch28].
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