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! __Aviendha__ POV

She is [Ladalin], [Wise One|Aiel] of the [Taardad] [Aiel]. She and [Mora|Mora (Goshien)] of the [Goshien] [Aiel] are the only ones with the three clan chiefs. Her mother spoke of %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%% but now all [Aiel] fight the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)]. She is very old now and her first memories were the [Almoth] strikes.[1] She fought at [Tear|Tear (Country)]. [Tamaav] arrives with news that the [White Tower] has fallen. [Takai] is clan chief of the [Miagoma]. [Jorshem|Jorshem (Clan Chief)] is another chief. The [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] have taken [Rhuidean], [Illian|Illian (Country)] and [Cairhien|Cairhien (Country)]. All of the lands west of the mountains have fallen and the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] have the [Andoran|Andor] war machines. The [Daryne] and [Shiande] are no more; only five clans remain, one scattered.[2] They must retreat back to the [Three-fold Land|Aiel Waste]. The Dragon wanted peace but the [Aiel] could not accept that with the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)]. 

This was the worst vision for [Aviendha] as she felt some sense of [Aiel] in [Ladalin]. But they have no honor. They fight just for the sake of fighting and hatred. She steps forward.

She is [Oncala], a [Maiden of the Spear|Maidens of the Spear]. She carries the blood of the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor] and is held in high esteem. She plans to marry [Hehyal], of the [Dawn Runners] and clan chief of the [Taardad]. All of the nations still keep the peace of the Dragon[3] except for the [Aiel] who have been fighting the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] for forty years. She and [Hehyal] have come to [Caemlyn] and Queen [Talana] to convince her to fight the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] as well. They show her plans stolen from the [Ebou Dar] palace that outline an attack on [Caemlyn]. [Talana] will think on it. Afterwards, [Hehyal] is uncomfortable that they did not tell the whole truth, that the plans are only a contingency but [Oncala] is satisfied. With [Andor]'s power, other nations in the [Pact of the Griffin|Fourth Age] and the [Court of the Sun|Fourth Age][4] will join the war. They will defeat the Raven Empire and she will rule the Dragon Empire.

[Aviendha] can barely go on. That power-hungry, honorless creature was her own granddaughter. She steps forward.

She is [Padra], daughter of the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor] and a [Maiden|Maidens of the Spear]. She and her three siblings, brothers [Alarch] and [Janduin|Janduin (Aviendha)] and sister [Marinna|marinna], hold the [One Power] constantly and channeled since early childhood.[5] [Alarch] has his looks from his wetlander side and has dark hair.[6] She and her spear sisters attacked a [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] patrol that got too close to the [Aiel] camp and [Tarra] died in the skirmish. It is seventeen years since the [Last Battle|Creator] and their camp in [Arad Doman] has been in the same place for a decade. She reports to [Ronam], son of [Rhuarc] and now clan chief of the [Taardad]. There is a meeting of clan chiefs, [Tavalad] of the [Goshien], [Alalved] of the [Tomanelle], [Darvin] of the [Reyn], [Bruan] of the [Nakai], [Shedren] of the [Daryne]. [Padra] says the Dragon's Peace does not apply to the [Aiel] and they will attack any [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] who come too close to their camp. They have been in one place too long. It is time to make war on the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] for collaring [Wise Ones|Aiel]. The clan chiefs agree and all leave except [Padra] and [Ronam]. He is ten years older and remembers [Rand|Rand alThor] from [Cold Rocks] Hold. [Rhuarc] told him that [Rand|Rand alThor] was clever and a great leader, but he did not know what to do with the [Aiel]. He planned for the other nations but left the [Aiel] to drift. War is all they know and it will bring honor.

[Aviendha] is exhausted. She now remembers her children from the [three rings|Three Arches] but she did not remember these visions. There has to be a way for her to change the future. She reenters the [glass columns] but they are now dead. She must figure out a way to save her people. She will return to the [Wise Ones|Aiel] but first she must remain in the [Three-fold Land|Aiel Waste] to think.[7]
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] So the war with the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] has been going on for a couple of generations beginning in the far west.
\\[#2] Which clan was dispersed? Could this be the [Shaido]?
\\[#3] It seems clear that the demand that [Rand|Rand alThor] will place on the nations in return for going to [Shayol Ghul] is that they sign a widespread peace treaty.
\\[#4] The [Court of the Sun|Fourth Age] is also mentioned in the Fourth Age quote in [TSR,Ch58].
\\[#5] Is this ability the oddness in [Min|Min Farshaw]'s [viewing|viewings] of [Aviendha]'s children? ([WH,Ch12])
\\[#6] How curious. [Rand|Rand alThor] had reddish hair from both his true father's and mother's sides.
\\[#7] Many questions here. Does [Aviendha] have the [twisted ring] with her and did that affect her visions? Is what she saw ''the'' future or a ''possible'' future? If this is the future, who are the remnant of a remnant that [Rand|Rand alThor] saved?
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