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! __Shalon__ POV

[Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] and her party arrive at the [Hall of the Counsels] in the central square of [Far Madding]. A clerk at the Hall greets them and [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] sends him to find the First Counsel, [Aleis Barsalla]. She orders [Verin|Verin Mathwin] and [Kumira] to accompany her at [Merise|Merise Haindehl] to keep everyone else together. She has to order [Alanna|Alanna Mosvani] to stay with the others. [Shalon|Shalon din Togara Morning Tide] notes that [Jahar|Jahar Narishma] is not with the other men.[1] [Tomas] is leading his horse. [Sarene|Sarene Nemdahl] explains that the First Counsel used to be advisor to the Queen of [Maredo]. Since [Maredo] fell apart, the First Counsels took over the whole job. 

[Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] adds [Shalon|Shalon din Togara Morning Tide] and [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] to her retinue, then leads them to the central dome. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] was last in [Far Madding] twenty years ago during the [Aiel War]. While [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] and [Verin|Verin Mathwin] wait, [Kumira] takes [Shalon|Shalon din Togara Morning Tide] and [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] to see the [guardian]. It comprises three clouded crystal discs a span wide. Each disc has a clear crystal wedge that points to the center. The women of the Counsel arrive. [Aleis Barsalla] welcomes [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] and the others. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] announces that a man just [channeled|True Source]. The wedges on the [guardian] are now black and now point in roughly the same direction, allowing one to triangulate the position of the [channeler|True Source].[1] [Kumira] adds that the wedges would be red for a woman [channeler|True Source]. 

The First Counsel asks [Verin|Verin Mathwin]'s name and she identifies herself as [Eadwina|Verin Mathwin]. [Verin|Verin Mathwin] brings up [Guaire Amalasan]'s conquest of [Far Madding] that took just three weeks. She then notes that the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor] has huge armies nearby and that the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] are not far to the west. Clearly distressed, the First Counsel asks two of the other Counsels, [Cumere Powys] and [Narvais Maslin], to escort [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] and [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] to her palace. [Shalon|Shalon din Togara Morning Tide] admits to [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] that she is afraid. [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] comforts her, telling her that she will not leave her alone. [Shalon|Shalon din Togara Morning Tide] never left [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] alone when she raised her little sister. [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds] again orders [Shalon|Shalon din Togara Morning Tide] to spy on [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] and learn her plans. [Shalon|Shalon din Togara Morning Tide] considers confessing to [Harine|Harine din Togara Two Winds].
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] From the text, it seems clear that [Jahar|Jahar Narishma] stayed behind and [channeled|True Source]. However, at Winter's Heart [signings|Guide#3] Robert Jordan stated that it was [Damer Flinn] [channeling|True Source] outside the male shielding zone. If that is the case, then where did [Narishma|Jahar Narishma] go and why did [Shalon|Shalon din Togara Morning Tide] not notice that [Flinn|Damer Flinn] was missing? Did Jordan just make a mistake at the signing?
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