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! __Elayne__ POV

[Elayne|Elayne Trakand] wakes in her bed with [Aviendha], [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] nearby. It is night. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] [Healed|Weaves] [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin]. The Guardsman was unhurt. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] gave her herbs to overcome the effect of the [forkroot|Herbs]. She says [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] needs lots of rest. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] thinks that [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin] proved her loyalty. [Aviendha] is not around much because [Melaine] and the other [Wise Ones|Aiel] have her back in training. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] shows [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] one of the knives they recovered. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] says it has deadly poison on it. They all think it was a very complicated plan.[1] [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] reluctantly agrees to accept a small bodyguard from [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion]. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] says about twenty should be right, but who should command? [Caseille|Caseille Raskovni] is not really ready. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] suggests [Doilin Mellar|Daved Hanlon], the Guardsman who saved her. [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] says he is an [Andoran|Andor] from near [Baerlon]. He fought for [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] during the Succession.[2] He has a bad habit of bothering women. They agree to promote him to captain. It is the night for meeting [Egwene|Egwene alVere] in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] gets the [twisted ring] from her purse. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] goes to her own room. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] drinks a glass of wine and goes to sleep.

[Elayne|Elayne Trakand] is in the [Grand Hall|Royal Palace] of the [Royal Palace]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] arrives. Using a copy of the [twisted ring] she appears misty. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] arrives and they tell her about the day's news and events. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] already knew about the attack on [Rand|Rand alThor].[3] In [Murandy], the [Sitters] want to stop accepting new [novices] because there are only sixteen [Accepted] to train them. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] wants [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] to meet [Sharina Melloy]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] is startled, remembering the name from her [Accepted] test.[4] [Egwene|Egwene alVere] now intends to keep the [Oath Rod] and require the Three Oaths for all [Aes Sedai].[5] [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] disagree. The eldest of the [Kin], [Aloisia Nemosni] is nearly six hundred years old. She might fall over dead on swearing, but [Egwene|Egwene alVere] is adamant. She spells out her plan for the [Kin], in which they may keep their own ways, but are tied to the [White Tower] and subservient to the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]. All sisters must swear on the [Oath Rod], but any that want to retire later in life may be released from the oaths and join the [Kin], but they must give up the title of [Aes Sedai]. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] asks about [Egwene|Egwene alVere]'s headaches and she replies that [Halima|AranGar]'s massages still work wonders. 

They stop talking as they see a man standing by the door. He looks like he could be [Rand|Rand alThor]'s uncle.[6] He turns and runs down the hallway. Then they hear the click of a door closing at the opposite end of the throne room. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] then tells [Egwene|Egwene alVere] about the [Borderlands]. [Egwene|Egwene alVere] is irritated knowing they must be after [Rand|Rand alThor], but she has no idea why. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] is suddenly pleased, as she has an idea how to use them to secure the [Lion Throne|Royal Palace].[7]
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! __Asne__ POV

Late at night [Asne|Asne Zeramene] and [Chesmal|Chesmal Emry] wait in their house in [Caemlyn]. [Asne|Asne Zeramene] avoids conversation because [Chesmal|Chesmal Emry] does nothing but brag about her part in questioning [Tamra|Tamra Ospenya] and how she induced the [Red Ajah] to murder [Sierin Vayu].[8] [Eldrith|Eldrith Jhondar] finally returns. [Chesmal|Chesmal Emry] is angry that she is so late. [Eldrith|Eldrith Jhondar] is in charge of their group. On [Moghedien]'s orders, they remained in [Samara] even after the [Prophet|Masema Dagar] moved into [Amadicia]. They finally fled when [Eldrith|Eldrith Jhondar]'s [Warder|Warders], [Kennit], showed up intent on killing her. They decided on [Caemlyn] in hopes that [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] would eventually come there. 

[Temaile|Temaile Kinderode] then enters wearing the [glass bracelet] %%ot [ter'angreal|Angreal]%%. [Eldrith|Eldrith Jhondar] is annoyed. They had agreed not to visit %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% because they think [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] bested [Moghedien] there. [Temaile|Temaile Kinderode] reports that [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] were together and that they are in the [Royal Palace]. She says they can get by all the [wilders|Wilder]; there are only three [Aes Sedai] in the palace.[9] She then adds that there were others spying on the two [Accepted], a man that they saw and someone else. She could not see because she was hiding.[10] [Asne|Asne Zeramene] thinks to herself that she is glad her four [Warders] are nearing [Caemlyn]. She stopped masking herself when they left [Samara]. She is more comfortable with muscle and steel around her even though [Powl] is the only [Darkfriend|Darkfriends] among them. She also has the [fluted black rod] that [Moghedien] had thought well hidden.
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! __Mili Skane__ POV

[Mili Skane] now thinks of herself as Lady [Shiaine Avarhin|Mili Skane]. [Willim Avarhin] was an impoverished lord. He and his daughter lived on a farm. [Mili Skane] murdered them and adopted the daughter's identity. The Heart and Hand is the sigil of House Avarhin. [Falion|Falion Bhoda] serves as her maid, satisfying [Moridin]'s punishment. [Shiaine|Mili Skane] thinks that her own failure is deeply buried.[11] On [Moridin]'s orders passed through [Moghedien], [Marillin|Marillin Gemalphin] also reports to [Shiaine|Mili Skane]. [Marillin|Marillin Gemalphin] tells [Shiaine|Mili Skane] that she cannot do what [Shiaine|Mili Skane] wants. There are too many [channelers|True Source] in the [Royal Palace] so she would quickly be detected. However, there is a woman in the [Royal Palace] who can do what [Shiaine|Mili Skane] wants. [Shiaine|Mili Skane] thinks that must mean she is [Black Ajah].[12] The guard, [Murellin], opens the door and admits [Daved Hanlon]. He fondles [Falion|Falion Bhoda] then proudly announces that he is now Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Yet no one seems have serious suspicions about it. We later find out that this did instill suspicions. ([CoT,Ch15], [KoD,Ch16])
\\[#2] All of this information on [Doilin Mellar|Daved Hanlon] may be true or false.
\\[#3] Most likely from the [Wise Ones|Aiel].
\\[#4] It is still not clear how much the [three arches|Three Arches] draw on reality and how much they create from the [Accepted]'s own mind.
\\[#5] This is an abrupt reversal from her earlier opinion. ([TPoD,Ch15]) [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] apparently convinced her of the value of the Three Oaths, though it is possible that [Aran'gar|AranGar] played a hand as well.
\\[#6] [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran]. Of course, as [Luc|Luc Mantear], he is [Rand|Rand alThor]'s uncle.
\\[#7] This plan is revealed in [WH,Ch27].
\\[#8] Is this related to [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin]'s "vileness?" ([ACoS,Ch19])
\\[#9] There are four [Aes Sedai] in the [Royal Palace]. This implies that one of [Careane|Careane Fransi], [Merilille|Merilille Ceandevin], [Sareitha|Sareitha Tomares] and [Vandene|Vandene Namelle] really is [Black Ajah].
\\[#10] The man was [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran]. Was there actually another spy or was the other person [Egwene|Egwene alVere]?
\\[#11] This might be her failure to kill [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]. ([TEotW,Ch33])
\\[#12] The task is not specified. It is also not clear if [Shiaine|Mili Skane] is right in assuming the woman is [Black Ajah]. If it is [channeling|True Source] that is required, then she might be one of the [Kin] or [Windfinders|Sea Folk].
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