[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=ToM,Ch6'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/heron_mark_bw.gif' align='center' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Heron Mark Chapter Icon Usage'}] ''[ToM|Towers of Midnight]: Lighter than a Feather'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=ToM,Ch8' align='right'}] }] %tabs ! __Lan__ POV [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] and [Bulen|bulen] have been traveling for weeks and they are now on the [Plain of Lances|../geography/kandor/index] near the border between [Kandor] and [Saldaea]. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] bought [Bulen|bulen] a horse and he still has his pack horse [Scouter|../creatures/horses/scouter]. [Bulen|bulen] suggests they go south at [Berndt Crossroads|../geography/kandor/berndt/index] then east to [South Mettler|../geography/kandor/mettler/index], a much better road, but [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] declines. They pass an inn and three men from the inn follow. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] is prepared for bandits but they see two of them wearing ''[hadori|../items/hadori]''. They are [Andere|andere], [Nazar|nazar_kurenin] and [Rakim|rakim]. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] refuses to let them join him, but the three decide to ride the same direction anyway. [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran] grudgingly rides [Mandarb] on. ! __Galad__ POV [Galad|Galad Damodred] is eating his morning meal when [Byar|Jaret Byar] comes from scouting [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]-s camp. They fly the flags of [Ghealdan] and [Mayene]. The wolf head banner is no longer up. [Byar|Jaret Byar] insists that [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] killed [Bornhald|geofram_bornhald] senior. He is from the [Two Rivers]. [Galad|Galad Damodred] remembers that is [Rand|Rand alThor]-s home as well. ! __Perrin__ POV [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] eats a ham chop for breakfast and [Faile|Zarine Bashere] thinks it is gross. She refuses to wear her golden belts anymore.[1] She carries a blue stone on a cord.[2] She is breakfasting with [Alliandre|Alliandre Maritha Kigarin]. They remain camped on the [Jehannah Road] with the [Whitecloak|Children of the Light] army blocking their path to [Lugard]. [Gaul] enters to make a report ! __Galad__ POV [Byar|Jaret Byar] tells [Galad|Galad Damodred] that they fought [Trollocs] in the [Two Rivers]. [Niall|Pedron Niall] sent them for that purpose. The [Two Rivers] is full of [Darkfriends]. He says even farmers can be dangerous and [Galad|Galad Damodred] ruefully agrees.[3] He is certain that [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] is [Shadowspawn] and that he brought the [Trollocs]. He also killed two [Children of the Light] in [Andor] when he was under [Geofram Bornhald]. [Oratar|oratar] and [Bornhald|Dain Bornhald] can confirm the stories. ! __Perrin__ POV [Gaul] reports that the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] are holding their people. [Elyas|Elyas Machera] recognized [Basel Gill] . [Sulin] reported the same. [Gaul] is having trouble with both [Bain] and [Chiad] as %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%%. They also saw a banner over the camp and drew a picture. [Sebban Balwer|../../characters/s/sebban_balwer] says it means that the Lord Captain Commander is in the camp. [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] remembers meeting a Lord Captain the night [Hopper] died. The first time he killed a man. ! __Galad__ POV [Byar|Jaret Byar] presses [Galad|Galad Damodred] and he agrees that [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] must be brought to justice. [Alliandre|Alliandre Maritha Kigarin] has sworn fealty to him. They may be able to make [Ghealdan] the new home of the [Children of the Light]. ! __Perrin__ POV [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] thinks the [Whitecloaks|Children of the Light] here must be his %%ot [ta'veren|Wheel of Time]%% effect. He cannot escape his past. They have twenty thousand soldiers, not as many as [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]. And they have no channelers. ! __Galad__ POV [Galad|Galad Damodred] agrees that they must move against [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]. ! __Perrin__ POV [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] orders that they find a better place to camp, send more scouts and offer parley. They must free [Gill|Basel Gill] and the others. %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) [#1] [Sevanna] forced her to wear a golden belt as a sign of ownership. \\[#2] Her remembrance of [Rolan]. ([TGS,Ch21]) \\[#3] Remembering the trouncing that [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] gave him and [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand]. ([TDR,Ch24]) %% ---- More [Category Chapters], [Heron Mark Chapter Icon Usage]