https://library.tarvalon.net/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Raeviendha+al%27Toma 2026-05-25T07:58:49Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.29.1 https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Mychael_Ritoryn&diff=116158 2016-04-06T15:51:53Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Other Tower Relationships */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:JuniorMemberInfo<br /> |Avatar=avatar_mychael.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Mychael Ritoryn<br /> |RealName=John<br /> |Location=Indiana, {{US}}<br /> |Birthday=<br /> |Affiliation={{yellow2}}<br /> |TowerRank={{accepted}}<br /> |TowerTitle={{TechStaff}}<br /> |JoinDate=December 16, 2014<br /> |ProfileNo=11548<br /> |BarColor=#FFDD33<br /> |BarText=#CC9900<br /> }}<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: December 16, 2014<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: January 26, 2015<br /> *Raised {{soldier}}: May 16, 2015<br /> *Aspired to the {{yellow2}}: April 4, 2016<br /> <br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *{{TechStaff}}: February 20, 2015 - Present<br /> *[[Welcome Committee]] - Scribe: June 27, 2015 - Present<br /> <br /> ===Previous===<br /> *{{COS}}: May 4, 2015 - December 14, 2015<br /> <br /> ===Awards===<br /> *{{MCyear|2015}}: Outstanding Junior Member Involvement (Male) - 2015<br /> *{{MCyear|2016}}: Outstanding Junior Member Involvement (Male) - 2016<br /> ===Merits===<br /> {{Checked|201603}}{{2017-06-MembershipSilver}}{{Attendance0}}{{Mentor0}}{{StaffWorking|15}}{{Ladder-Staff}}{{Group-None}}{{2017-08-ProBonoSilver}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ====Gold====<br /> <br /> ====Silver====<br /> {{MembersChoice}}{{MembersChoice}}<br /> <br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> <br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentor<br /> *[[Calypsa al'Nicolai]], {{as}} of the {{red2}}<br /> *[[Ty al'Djinn]], {{gaidin}} of {{SDS2}}<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> [[Jahily al'Karee]], {{as}} of the {{yellow2}} - Yellow Big Sis<br /> <br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Accepted and Soldiers]]<br /> [[Category:US Members]]<br /> [[Category:North American Members]]<br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Aspirants]]<br /> [[Category:Current Staff]]<br /> [[Category:Current Technology]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Jahily_al%27Karee&diff=116157 2016-04-06T15:49:35Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Other Tower Relationships */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:MemberInfo <br /> |Avatar=jahily.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Jahily al'Karee<br /> |RealName= Jennifer<br /> |Location= Texas, {{US}}<br /> |Birthday=<br /> |Affiliation={{yellow2}}<br /> |TowerRank={{as}}<br /> |TowerTitle=[[Friendly Face Team]]<br /> |JoinDate=September 7, 2012<br /> |ProfileNo=10537<br /> |BondedTo=-<br /> |BarColor=#FFFF00<br /> |BarText=#CC9900<br /> }}<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: September 7, 2012<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: January 11, 2013<br /> *Raised {{accepted}}: April 18, 2013<br /> *{{aspired}} to the {{yellow2}}: June 25, 2013<br /> *Raised {{as}}: April 21, 2014<br /> <br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *[[Friendly Face Team]]: March 24, 2015 - Present<br /> *[[Officially_Unofficial#Yellow|THE Tea Brewer]]: January 20, 2015 - present<br /> *[[Officially_Unofficial#Yellow|Sunshine]] of the Yellow Ajah: August 2013 - present &lt;!--unofficial position--&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Previous===<br /> *{{TVTStaff}}: February 10, 2013 - December 1, 2014 &lt;!-- counts articles not time towards staff merit--&gt;<br /> **{{author|Jahily al'Karee}}<br /> *{{sitter}} for the {{yellow2}}: {{spring15hall}}<br /> *{{welcome}}: July 1, 2013 - January 4, 2014 &lt;!-- 6 months staff--&gt;<br /> ===Awards===<br /> *None<br /> ===Merits===<br /> {{Checked|201603}}{{Attendance0}}{{Mentor1}}{{StaffWorking|12}}{{AdminWorking|0}}{{Ladder-Staff}}{{Group-Sitter}}{{Reporter|10}}{{2017-09-MembershipGold}}{{2016-10-SeniorMembershipSilver}}<br /> ====Gold====<br /> ====Silver====<br /> {{MembershipSilver}}{{ClassParticipation}}<br /> <br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentor<br /> *[[Marivea al'Corriyi]], {{as}} of the {{gray2}}<br /> ;Mentees<br /> *[[Amina Coram]], {{aspirant}} of the {{yellow2}}<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> [[Raina Tsornin]], {{as}} of the {{yellow2}} - Yellow Big Sis<br /> <br /> Yellow Big Sis to [[Mychael Ritoryn]], {{aspirant}} of the {{yellow2}}<br /> <br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> *None<br /> ==Senior Member Interview==<br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]<br /> [[Category:US Members]]<br /> [[Category:North American Members]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Jahily_al%27Karee&diff=116156 2016-04-06T15:49:10Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Other Tower Relationships */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:MemberInfo <br /> |Avatar=jahily.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Jahily al'Karee<br /> |RealName= Jennifer<br /> |Location= Texas, {{US}}<br /> |Birthday=<br /> |Affiliation={{yellow2}}<br /> |TowerRank={{as}}<br /> |TowerTitle=[[Friendly Face Team]]<br /> |JoinDate=September 7, 2012<br /> |ProfileNo=10537<br /> |BondedTo=-<br /> |BarColor=#FFFF00<br /> |BarText=#CC9900<br /> }}<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: September 7, 2012<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: January 11, 2013<br /> *Raised {{accepted}}: April 18, 2013<br /> *{{aspired}} to the {{yellow2}}: June 25, 2013<br /> *Raised {{as}}: April 21, 2014<br /> <br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *[[Friendly Face Team]]: March 24, 2015 - Present<br /> *[[Officially_Unofficial#Yellow|THE Tea Brewer]]: January 20, 2015 - present<br /> *[[Officially_Unofficial#Yellow|Sunshine]] of the Yellow Ajah: August 2013 - present &lt;!--unofficial position--&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Previous===<br /> *{{TVTStaff}}: February 10, 2013 - December 1, 2014 &lt;!-- counts articles not time towards staff merit--&gt;<br /> **{{author|Jahily al'Karee}}<br /> *{{sitter}} for the {{yellow2}}: {{spring15hall}}<br /> *{{welcome}}: July 1, 2013 - January 4, 2014 &lt;!-- 6 months staff--&gt;<br /> ===Awards===<br /> *None<br /> ===Merits===<br /> {{Checked|201603}}{{Attendance0}}{{Mentor1}}{{StaffWorking|12}}{{AdminWorking|0}}{{Ladder-Staff}}{{Group-Sitter}}{{Reporter|10}}{{2017-09-MembershipGold}}{{2016-10-SeniorMembershipSilver}}<br /> ====Gold====<br /> ====Silver====<br /> {{MembershipSilver}}{{ClassParticipation}}<br /> <br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentor<br /> *[[Marivea al'Corriyi]], {{as}} of the {{gray2}}<br /> ;Mentees<br /> *[[Amina Coram]], {{aspirant}} of the {{yellow2}}<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> [[Raina Tsornin]], {{as}} of the {{yellow2}} - Yellow Big Sis<br /> Yellow Big Sis to [[Mychael Ritoryn]], {{aspirant}} of the {{yellow2}}<br /> <br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> *None<br /> ==Senior Member Interview==<br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]<br /> [[Category:US Members]]<br /> [[Category:North American Members]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Jahily_al%27Karee&diff=116155 2016-04-06T15:47:22Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Other Tower Relationships */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:MemberInfo <br /> |Avatar=jahily.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Jahily al'Karee<br /> |RealName= Jennifer<br /> |Location= Texas, {{US}}<br /> |Birthday=<br /> |Affiliation={{yellow2}}<br /> |TowerRank={{as}}<br /> |TowerTitle=[[Friendly Face Team]]<br /> |JoinDate=September 7, 2012<br /> |ProfileNo=10537<br /> |BondedTo=-<br /> |BarColor=#FFFF00<br /> |BarText=#CC9900<br /> }}<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: September 7, 2012<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: January 11, 2013<br /> *Raised {{accepted}}: April 18, 2013<br /> *{{aspired}} to the {{yellow2}}: June 25, 2013<br /> *Raised {{as}}: April 21, 2014<br /> <br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *[[Friendly Face Team]]: March 24, 2015 - Present<br /> *[[Officially_Unofficial#Yellow|THE Tea Brewer]]: January 20, 2015 - present<br /> *[[Officially_Unofficial#Yellow|Sunshine]] of the Yellow Ajah: August 2013 - present &lt;!--unofficial position--&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Previous===<br /> *{{TVTStaff}}: February 10, 2013 - December 1, 2014 &lt;!-- counts articles not time towards staff merit--&gt;<br /> **{{author|Jahily al'Karee}}<br /> *{{sitter}} for the {{yellow2}}: {{spring15hall}}<br /> *{{welcome}}: July 1, 2013 - January 4, 2014 &lt;!-- 6 months staff--&gt;<br /> ===Awards===<br /> *None<br /> ===Merits===<br /> {{Checked|201603}}{{Attendance0}}{{Mentor1}}{{StaffWorking|12}}{{AdminWorking|0}}{{Ladder-Staff}}{{Group-Sitter}}{{Reporter|10}}{{2017-09-MembershipGold}}{{2016-10-SeniorMembershipSilver}}<br /> ====Gold====<br /> ====Silver====<br /> {{MembershipSilver}}{{ClassParticipation}}<br /> <br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentor<br /> *[[Marivea al'Corriyi]], {{as}} of the {{gray2}}<br /> ;Mentees<br /> *[[Amina Coram]], {{aspirant}} of the {{yellow2}}<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> [[Raina Tsornin]], {{as}} of the {{yellow2}} - Yellow Big Sis<br /> <br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> *None<br /> ==Senior Member Interview==<br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]<br /> [[Category:US Members]]<br /> [[Category:North American Members]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Community_Page:_Yellow_Aspirants&diff=101671 2015-01-28T14:45:42Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Raeviendha al'Toma */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:VcYellow.jpg]]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'''Yellow Aspirants'''<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==[[Alicia Schairen]]==<br /> [[Image:Alicia.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Niere al'Aman]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Bekki al'Joran]]==<br /> [[Image:Bekki.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Estalia Walburga]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Kaelin Quinlan]]==<br /> [[Image:Kaelin.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Cimorene Traconnen]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Katina Ralstone]]==<br /> [[Image:Katina.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Skye Alani Galanodel]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Miriama ti Casside]]==<br /> [[Image:Miriama.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Samarasin Tavaral]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Myleaha Narisse]]==<br /> [[Image:Myleaha.png|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Sa'areah Britthorn]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Naedys Channirra]]==<br /> [[Image:Naedys.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Khisanth al'Danya]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Rina Aragon]]==<br /> [[Image:Rina.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Bryher al'Venna]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Selenia Soandor]]==<br /> [[Image:Selenia.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Cimorene Traconnen]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Sikozu O'men]]==<br /> [[Image:Sikozu.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Nyavene al'Meer]]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &lt; [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Ajah_HQ|Back to the HQ]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Community| ]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Community_Page:_Yellow_Aspirants&diff=101670 2015-01-28T14:45:28Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Jahily al'Karee */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:VcYellow.jpg]]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'''Yellow Aspirants'''<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==[[Alicia Schairen]]==<br /> [[Image:Alicia.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Niere al'Aman]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Bekki al'Joran]]==<br /> [[Image:Bekki.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Estalia Walburga]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Kaelin Quinlan]]==<br /> [[Image:Kaelin.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Cimorene Traconnen]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Katina Ralstone]]==<br /> [[Image:Katina.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Skye Alani Galanodel]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Miriama ti Casside]]==<br /> [[Image:Miriama.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Samarasin Tavaral]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Myleaha Narisse]]==<br /> [[Image:Myleaha.png|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Sa'areah Britthorn]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Naedys Channirra]]==<br /> [[Image:Naedys.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Khisanth al'Danya]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Raeviendha al'Toma]]==<br /> [[Image:Raeviendha.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Autumn Sapphira]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Rina Aragon]]==<br /> [[Image:Rina.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Bryher al'Venna]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Selenia Soandor]]==<br /> [[Image:Selenia.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Cimorene Traconnen]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Sikozu O'men]]==<br /> [[Image:Sikozu.jpg|85px]]<br /> Big Sister: [[Nyavene al'Meer]]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &lt; [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Ajah_HQ|Back to the HQ]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Community| ]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Community_Page:_Yellow_Ajah_HQ&diff=101669 2015-01-28T14:42:56Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Yellow Ajah Positionsbaseline */</p> <hr /> <div>= '''The Yellow Ajah at TarValon.net''' =<br /> <br /> [[Image:NewYellow2014.png|center|'''The Yellow Ajah''']]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Introduction to the Yellow Ajah'''[[Image:Yellowcurl.png|baseline]] ==<br /> <br /> Salutations!!!! The Yellow Ajah welcomes you to our Headquarters!!<br /> <br /> In the world of Robert Jordan, the Yellow Ajah was dedicated to healing through the use of the One Power. <br /> Here on TarValon.net we are also dedicated to healing, although in different ways. Our paths to that dedication are as myriad <br /> as the women that make up this cozy and eclectic group. Our passionate nature allows us to include all who visit with us, especially our Gaidin, who we love and trust with our hearts and souls. They are our equals in our journey to serve all. We have among us, those trained in Western medical professions, those involved in alternative and complimentary modalities and a good <br /> number of women that are the rock in the storm and the shoulder to lean on for many. <br /> <br /> Being a Yellow is about being a compassionate heart ready and willing to be there for one another. <br /> We are dedicated to raising the hearts of others through our individual talents, skills, presence and love.<br /> <br /> For many of us, being Yellow isn't just about healing. It's about having the passion to change things, to fix things that you can see are broken, and about standing by the Ajah even when you feel alone inside it, because there will always be someone there to lend a hand.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;All Ajahs are families, however Yellows pride themselves on really providing the love and close-knit relationships that make up real life families. They are always on the fore-front of any problem you may have, sending a helping hand, kind thoughts, advice, or just a hug if you need it. I've always admired anybody who does this in their day to day lives, and I've also been the person my friends or colleagues come to in times of need. So, really, I just saw a part of myself in the Ladies who had gathered under the banner of the Yellow Ajah.&quot; ~ '''[[Analaiya na'Imrath]]'''<br /> <br /> &quot;I would say “our” goals are to continue and always try to improve in the support to the members of TarValon as well as in the growth of our own Ajah and in ourselves.&quot; ~ '''[[Cimorene Traconnen]]'''<br /> <br /> &quot;I chose the Yellow Ajah because it fulfills a part of my life that is important to me. It has helped me to focus and define that portion of myself that always desires to reach out to others and the impetus I have to leave behind me seeds of healing, love and hope. My interests in herbs, nutrition and holistic philosophy is a part of my personal definition of being a Yellow.&quot; ~ '''[[Estalia Walburga]]'''<br /> <br /> &quot;Yellow sisters tend to be friendly women who enjoy the company of others and assisting in any way needed.&quot; ~ '''[[Caiti na Shaheen]]'''<br /> <br /> &quot;Yellow for me is a place I can be myself, or be anyone I feel like being, and know that there will always be someone to love me for doing just that.&quot; ~ '''[[Sa'areah Britthorn]]'''<br /> <br /> =='''Yellow Ajah Positions'''[[Image:Yellowcurl.png|baseline]]==<br /> '''First Weaver''': '''[[Raeviendha al'Toma]]'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Heart''': '''[[Khisanth al'Danya]]'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Sitters''': '''[[Autumn Sapphira]]''' and '''[[Jahily al'Karee]]'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Yellow Fellows'''[[Image:Yellowcurl.png|baseline]]==<br /> <br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Aes_Sedai|'''Yellow Aes Sedai''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Aspirants|'''Yellow Aspirants''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Warders|'''Yellow Warders''']]<br /> <br /> =='''Yellow News'''[[Image:Yellowcurl.png|baseline]]==<br /> ''January 2, 2014 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''Anika'' is an overachiever and is continuing as Heart!&lt;br&gt;<br /> And we have two new Sitters!&lt;br&gt;<br /> Congrats '''Niere''' and '''Khisanth'''! And a huge thank you to ''Raina'' and ''Anika''&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''November 12, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> We're so great she just can't get enough...&lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome back, ''Ealandrelle''!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''October 30, 2013 (by Bryher al'Venna)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Our new Tea Brewer is ''Bryher!!''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''HUGE''' Thank you to ''Vallen'' for her hard work!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''September 23, 2013 (by Bryher al'Venna)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Man, we're getting all the good ones! &lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome home '''NAEDYS'''!!&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[file:naedys.jpg|80px]]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''September 17, 2013 (by Bryher al'Venna)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Not to toot my own horn, but ... WELCOME HOME '''BRYHER SEDAI!!!'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who am I kidding, totally tooting my own horn.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''August 13, 2013 (by Bryher al'Venna)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Triple threat!!! &lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome Home '''RINA'''!!&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[File:rina.jpg|80px]]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''August 9, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> We have a new baby Yellow!! &lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome Home '''RAEVIENDHA'''!!&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[File:Raeviendha.jpg|80px]]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> We also have Winterdawn becoming the Cultivator. &lt;br&gt;<br /> And Nyavene has stepped up as Daffodil!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ''July 31, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Jahily is going to be assisting Idine as Ray of Sunshine!!&lt;br&gt;<br /> Bryher is taking one step forward in becoming the best minion ever and will be assisting Nya as Gardener!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''July 30, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome to the Sitting Room, Elorenya! We hope you enjoy your stay!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''July 29, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> We have a new guest. Welcome Raevi!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''July 1, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> We have two Sisters stepping up to serve in the Hall.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Congrats '''Anika''' and '''Raina'''! And thank you to Samarasin for her service.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''June 25, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> We have a new Aspirant! &lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome Home '''JAHILY'''!!&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[File:Jahily.jpg|80px]]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''June 23, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome to Tomeina! She'll be guesting with us for the next while.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Old_News|'''Older News''']]<br /> <br /> =='''Get to know Yellow'''[[Image:Yellowcurl.png|baseline]]==<br /> <br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Positions|'''Positions within the Yellow Ajah''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Yellow_Raisings|'''Raising dates of the Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Pages|'''Yellow Pages''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Quotes|'''Yellow Bits and Bobs''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_FAQ|'''Yellow FAQ''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [https://sites.google.com/a/tarvalon.net/yellowpages/home'''Yellow Ajah Newsletter''']&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Community| ]]<br /> [[Category:Community Group Headquarters]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Community_Page:_Yellow_Ajah_HQ&diff=99338 2014-11-11T17:38:58Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Yellow Ajah Positionsbaseline */</p> <hr /> <div>= '''The Yellow Ajah at TarValon.net''' =<br /> <br /> [[Image:YellowAjahLogo.jpg|center|'''The Yellow Ajah''']]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Introduction to the Yellow Ajah'''[[Image:Yellowcurl.png|baseline]] ==<br /> <br /> Salutations!!!! The Yellow Ajah welcomes you to our Headquarters!!<br /> <br /> In the world of Robert Jordan, the Yellow Ajah was dedicated to healing through the use of the One Power. <br /> Here on TarValon.net we are also dedicated to healing, although in different ways. Our paths to that dedication are as myriad <br /> as the women that make up this cozy and eclectic group. Our passionate nature allows us to include all who visit with us, especially our Gaidin, who we love and trust with our hearts and souls. They are our equals in our journey to serve all. We have among us, those trained in Western medical professions, those involved in alternative and complimentary modalities and a good <br /> number of women that are the rock in the storm and the shoulder to lean on for many. <br /> <br /> Being a Yellow is about being a compassionate heart ready and willing to be there for one another. <br /> We are dedicated to raising the hearts of others through our individual talents, skills, presence and love.<br /> <br /> For many of us, being Yellow isn't just about healing. It's about having the passion to change things, to fix things that you can see are broken, and about standing by the Ajah even when you feel alone inside it, because there will always be someone there to lend a hand.<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;All Ajahs are families, however Yellows pride themselves on really providing the love and close-knit relationships that make up real life families. They are always on the fore-front of any problem you may have, sending a helping hand, kind thoughts, advice, or just a hug if you need it. I've always admired anybody who does this in their day to day lives, and I've also been the person my friends or colleagues come to in times of need. So, really, I just saw a part of myself in the Ladies who had gathered under the banner of the Yellow Ajah.&quot; ~ '''[[Analaiya na'Imrath]]'''<br /> <br /> &quot;I would say “our” goals are to continue and always try to improve in the support to the members of TarValon as well as in the growth of our own Ajah and in ourselves.&quot; ~ '''[[Cimorene Traconnen]]'''<br /> <br /> &quot;I chose the Yellow Ajah because it fulfills a part of my life that is important to me. It has helped me to focus and define that portion of myself that always desires to reach out to others and the impetus I have to leave behind me seeds of healing, love and hope. My interests in herbs, nutrition and holistic philosophy is a part of my personal definition of being a Yellow.&quot; ~ '''[[Estalia Walburga]]'''<br /> <br /> &quot;Yellow sisters tend to be friendly women who enjoy the company of others and assisting in any way needed.&quot; ~ '''[[Caiti na Shaheen]]'''<br /> <br /> &quot;Yellow for me is a place I can be myself, or be anyone I feel like being, and know that there will always be someone to love me for doing just that.&quot; ~ '''[[Sa'areah Britthorn]]'''<br /> <br /> =='''Yellow Ajah Positions'''[[Image:Yellowcurl.png|baseline]]==<br /> '''First Weaver''': '''[[Raeviendha al'Toma]]'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Heart''': '''[[Bryher al'Venna]]'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''Sitters''': '''[[Khisanth al'Danya]]''' and '''[[Niere al'Aman]]'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> =='''Yellow Fellows'''[[Image:Yellowcurl.png|baseline]]==<br /> <br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Aes_Sedai|'''Yellow Aes Sedai''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Aspirants|'''Yellow Aspirants''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Warders|'''Yellow Warders''']]<br /> <br /> =='''Yellow News'''[[Image:Yellowcurl.png|baseline]]==<br /> ''January 2, 2014 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> ''Anika'' is an overachiever and is continuing as Heart!&lt;br&gt;<br /> And we have two new Sitters!&lt;br&gt;<br /> Congrats '''Niere''' and '''Khisanth'''! And a huge thank you to ''Raina'' and ''Anika''&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''November 12, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> We're so great she just can't get enough...&lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome back, ''Ealandrelle''!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''October 30, 2013 (by Bryher al'Venna)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Our new Tea Brewer is ''Bryher!!''&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''HUGE''' Thank you to ''Vallen'' for her hard work!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''September 23, 2013 (by Bryher al'Venna)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Man, we're getting all the good ones! &lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome home '''NAEDYS'''!!&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[file:naedys.jpg|80px]]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''September 17, 2013 (by Bryher al'Venna)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Not to toot my own horn, but ... WELCOME HOME '''BRYHER SEDAI!!!'''&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who am I kidding, totally tooting my own horn.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''August 13, 2013 (by Bryher al'Venna)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Triple threat!!! &lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome Home '''RINA'''!!&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[File:rina.jpg|80px]]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''August 9, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> We have a new baby Yellow!! &lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome Home '''RAEVIENDHA'''!!&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[File:Raeviendha.jpg|80px]]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> We also have Winterdawn becoming the Cultivator. &lt;br&gt;<br /> And Nyavene has stepped up as Daffodil!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ''July 31, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Jahily is going to be assisting Idine as Ray of Sunshine!!&lt;br&gt;<br /> Bryher is taking one step forward in becoming the best minion ever and will be assisting Nya as Gardener!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''July 30, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome to the Sitting Room, Elorenya! We hope you enjoy your stay!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''July 29, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> We have a new guest. Welcome Raevi!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''July 1, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> We have two Sisters stepping up to serve in the Hall.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Congrats '''Anika''' and '''Raina'''! And thank you to Samarasin for her service.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''June 25, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> We have a new Aspirant! &lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome Home '''JAHILY'''!!&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[File:Jahily.jpg|80px]]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ''June 23, 2013 (by Nyavene al'Meer)&lt;br&gt;<br /> Welcome to Tomeina! She'll be guesting with us for the next while.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Old_News|'''Older News''']]<br /> <br /> =='''Get to know Yellow'''[[Image:Yellowcurl.png|baseline]]==<br /> <br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Positions|'''Positions within the Yellow Ajah''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Yellow_Raisings|'''Raising dates of the Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Pages|'''Yellow Pages''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_Quotes|'''Yellow Bits and Bobs''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Community_Page:_Yellow_FAQ|'''Yellow FAQ''']]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [https://sites.google.com/a/tarvalon.net/yellowpages/home'''Yellow Ajah Newsletter''']&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Community| ]]<br /> [[Category:Community Group Headquarters]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Sailea_Nerid&diff=97965 2014-09-17T13:11:51Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:JuniorMemberInfo <br /> |Avatar=avatar_sailea.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Sailea Nerid<br /> |RealName=Kate<br /> |Location=Bulgaria<br /> |Birthday=January 14, 1989<br /> |Affiliation=<br /> |TowerRank={{novice}}<br /> |TowerTitle=<br /> |JoinDate=January 17, 2014<br /> |ProfileNo=11235<br /> |BarColor=<br /> |BarText<br /> }}<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: January 17, 2014<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: April 30, 2014<br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *[[Welcoming Committee]]: July 3, 2014 - present<br /> <br /> ===Previous===<br /> <br /> ===Awards===<br /> <br /> ===Merits===<br /> <br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> <br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentor<br /> *[[Raeviendha al'Toma]]<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> <br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Novices]]<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Sailea_Nerid&diff=97964 2014-09-17T13:01:12Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Mentoring */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:JuniorMemberInfo <br /> |Avatar=avatar_sailea.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Sailea Nerid<br /> |RealName=<br /> |Location=<br /> |Birthday=<br /> |Affiliation=<br /> |TowerRank={{novice}}<br /> |TowerTitle=<br /> |JoinDate=January 17, 2014<br /> |ProfileNo=11235<br /> |BarColor=<br /> |BarText<br /> }}<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: January 17, 2014<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: April 30, 2014<br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *[[Welcoming Committee]]: July 3, 2014 - present<br /> <br /> ===Previous===<br /> <br /> ===Awards===<br /> <br /> ===Merits===<br /> <br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> <br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentor<br /> *[[Raeviendha al'Toma]]<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> <br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Novices]]<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Raeviendha_al%27Toma&diff=97963 2014-09-17T12:58:40Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:MemberInfo <br /> |Avatar=raeviendha.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Raeviendha al'Toma<br /> |RealName=Roxanne<br /> |Location=Tennessee<br /> |Birthday=July 3<br /> |Affiliation={{yellow2}}<br /> |TowerRank={{as}}<br /> |TowerTitle={{mod}}<br /> |JoinDate=January 21, 2013<br /> |ProfileNo=10774<br /> |BondedTo=-<br /> |BarColor=#FFFF00<br /> |BarText=#CC9900<br /> }}<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: January 21, 2013<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: March 11, 2013<br /> *Raised {{accepted}}: June 20, 2013<br /> *{{aspired}} to the {{yellow2}}: August 8, 2013<br /> *Raised {{as}}: April 11, 2014<br /> <br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *{{Discussion B}} {{mod}}: July 17, 2014 - Present<br /> *{{owah}} {{mod}}: January 1, 2014 - Present &lt;!-- staff 4+ months --&gt;<br /> *{{Editor|Raeviendha al'Toma}}: January 30, 2013 - present &lt;!-- editing merit 15+ months--&gt; {{verify| she seems to have made a lot of edits but I cant tell which are her own articles - count it towards the editing merit?}}<br /> ===Previous===<br /> *{{welcome}}: July 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013 &lt;!-- staff 6 months --&gt;<br /> ===Awards===<br /> ===Merits===<br /> &lt;!-- last checked 10 april 2014 --&gt;<br /> {{Attendance0}}{{Mentor0}}{{StaffWorking|10+}}{{AdminWorking|0}}{{ProBono|0}}{{Ladder-None}}{{Group-None}}{{Reporter|0}}{{Writing0}}{{Editing|15+}}<br /> ====Gold====<br /> ====Silver====<br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentoring<br /> *[[Sailea Nerid]]<br /> ;Mentor<br /> *[[Seraph Delandra]]<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> {{jcon2014}}<br /> <br /> ==Senior Member Interview==<br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]<br /> [[Category:Current Research and Records]]<br /> [[Category:Current Staff]]<br /> [[Category:Current Moderators]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Autumn_Sapphira&diff=94250 2014-04-02T18:22:26Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:MemberInfo <br /> |Avatar=Autumn.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Autumn Sapphira<br /> |RealName=Erika<br /> |Location=Maine, USA<br /> |Birthday=September 25<br /> |Affiliation={{Yellow2}}<br /> |TowerRank={{as}}<br /> |TowerTitle={{head}}<br /> |JoinDate=March 2, 2008<br /> |BondedTo=-<br /> |ProfileNo=226<br /> |BarColor=#FFFF00<br /> |BarText=#CC9900<br /> }}<br /> <br /> Erika is an {{as}} of the {{Yellow2}}.<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: March 2, 2008<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: April 12, 2008<br /> *Raised {{accepted}}: December 16, 2008 <br /> *Raised {{as}}: February 26, 2009<br /> <br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *{{head}} of the {{yellow2}}: April 1, 2013 - present<br /> ===Previous===<br /> *{{sitter}} of the {{yellow2}}: Fall 2012<br /> *[[Officially_Unofficial#yellow| THE Tea Brewer]]: May 2, 2011 - October 10, 2011<br /> *{{Heart}} of the Yellow Ajah: October 22, 2009 - December 20, 2009<br /> *{{Editor|Autumn Sapphira }}<br /> ===Awards===<br /> <br /> ===Merits===<br /> {{Due-MembershipGold}}{{Due-SeniorMembershipGold}}{{Attendance0}}{{Mentor0}}{{StaffWorking|8}}{{Ladder-Staff}}{{Group-Sitter-Heart|2 months only served as Heart}}<br /> ====Gold====<br /> {{MembershipGold}}{{SM-Gold}}<br /> ====Silver====<br /> {{MembershipSilver}}{{SM-Silver}}<br /> <br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> ===Bonding===<br /> :none<br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentor <br /> *[[Kyla Sterling]]<br /> <br /> ;Mentees<br /> *[[Ara Alyona]]<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> * RL sister of [[Anigrel Tavadon]]<br /> <br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> :none<br /> <br /> ==''Senior Member Interview''==<br /> <br /> '''Why did you choose Yellow?'''<br /> <br /> To me, being Yellow embodies a love of people. It's all about compassion and being there for each other. That's always been a huge theme in my life and that's why Yellow felt like Home to me.<br /> <br /> '''Are you like the Yellows in the Books? Do you care for people and love to heal things?'''<br /> <br /> I think I am a little like the Book Yellows; like I mentioned above, compassion and a love of people have always been a theme in my life.<br /> <br /> '''Do you have a favorite Yellow Ajah character from the novels?'''<br /> <br /> I will always love Nyneave! I relate to her the most, except my temper isn't quite so hot.<br /> <br /> '''How long have you been a fan of the Wheel of Time series?'''<br /> <br /> Since about 2008.<br /> <br /> '''How did you first get into the series?'''<br /> <br /> It's all my brother's fault! He kept poking and prodding at me to read the books (and join this community). I finally relented and am glad I did!<br /> <br /> '''Who is your favorite &quot;hero&quot;?'''<br /> <br /> I can never pick a favorite! Perrin reminds me of my husband, Mat reminds me of my brother and Lan is just awesome... why choose? ;)<br /> <br /> '''Favorite bad guy/gal?'''<br /> <br /> Moghedien - If I were to go evil, I'd stay as behind-the-scenes as possible, too.<br /> <br /> '''Favorite book and scene?'''<br /> <br /> My favorite book is &quot;The Great Hunt&quot;. &quot;The Gathering Storm&quot; chapter 39 was my favorite scene - SO moving. I think it was the only time I actually wept while reading the series. Major spoiler, though, so I'll just leave it at that.<br /> <br /> '''If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?'''<br /> <br /> In all reality, I'd probably be a Wisdom in a small village somewhere. I love to think that I'd be Aes Sedai, however! ;)<br /> <br /> '''How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become a Senior Member?'''<br /> <br /> As mentioned above, my brother. What convinced me to stay were the people here. :)<br /> <br /> '''What do you do in &quot;real life&quot;?'''<br /> <br /> I'm a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) in home health care. So, I go into someone's home Monday-Friday and give them basic care and do light housekeeping if it's needed. Otherwise, I spend time with them, play cards and board games or watch tv. It doesn't sound rough, but it's definitely emotionally stressful and some days are absolutely more challenging than others. ;)<br /> <br /> '''Do you have any hobbies?'''<br /> <br /> I sing, am learning to play guitar, write and crochet.<br /> <br /> '''What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?'''<br /> <br /> All kinds! I'm open to anything that has a positive message (or is just plain fun!) and I love a good beat (but I really don't like techno :P figure that one out!)<br /> <br /> '''What are some of your favorite movies / television shows?'''<br /> <br /> For movies: Singing in the Rain; The Road to Singapore; Sleeping Beauty (Disney); The Outlaw Josey Wales; Pride and Prejudice (the A&amp;E version w/ Colin Firth); that's just a few - I love movies! ;) For TV shows: NCIS; Dr. Who; Red Dwarf; Castle; Firefly; How I Met Your Mother.... there are more, I just can't think of them all. :P Looks like I watch a lot of tv, but I really don't! I swear!<br /> <br /> '''Aside from The Wheel of Time, what are a few of your favorite books/series?'''<br /> <br /> &quot;Shirley&quot; by Charlotte Bronte; &quot;Three Fates&quot; by Nora Roberts; &quot;Pride and Prejudice&quot; by Jane Austen; &quot;Frankenstein&quot; by Mary Shelley; &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; by Gaston Leroux; &quot;A Wrinkle in Time&quot; by Madeleine L'Engle<br /> <br /> '''What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?'''<br /> <br /> I wanted to be a teacher. I used to make my brother play house and teach him math and spelling. That's why he's so smaht! ;)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Interviews]]<br /> [[Category:Senior Member Interviews]]<br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]<br /> [[Category:Current Administrators]]<br /> [[Category:Current Membership|*]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Autumn_Sapphira&diff=94249 2014-04-02T18:20:48Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:MemberInfo <br /> |Avatar=Autumn.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Autumn Sapphira<br /> |RealName=Erika<br /> |Location=Maine, USA<br /> |Birthday=September 25<br /> |Affiliation={{Yellow2}}<br /> |TowerRank={{as}}<br /> |TowerTitle={{head}}<br /> |JoinDate=March 2, 2008<br /> |BondedTo=-<br /> |ProfileNo=226<br /> |BarColor=#FFFF00<br /> |BarText=#CC9900<br /> }}<br /> <br /> Erika is an {{as}} of the {{Yellow2}}.<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: March 2, 2008<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: April 12, 2008<br /> *Raised {{accepted}}: December 16, 2008 <br /> *Raised {{as}}: February 26, 2009<br /> <br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *{{head}} of the {{yellow2}}: April 1, 2013 - present<br /> ===Previous===<br /> *{{sitter}} of the {{yellow2}}: Fall 2012<br /> *[[Officially_Unofficial#yellow| THE Tea Brewer]]: May 2, 2011 - October 10, 2011<br /> *{{Heart}} of the Yellow Ajah: October 22, 2009 - December 20, 2009<br /> *{{Editor|Autumn Sapphira }}<br /> ===Awards===<br /> <br /> ===Merits===<br /> {{Due-MembershipGold}}{{2014-02-SeniorMembershipGold}}{{Attendance0}}{{Mentor0}}{{StaffWorking|8}}{{Ladder-Staff}}{{Group-Sitter-Heart|2 months only served as Heart}}<br /> ====Gold====<br /> {{MembershipGold}}{{SeniorMembershipGold}}<br /> ====Silver====<br /> {{MembershipSilver}}{{SM-Silver}}<br /> <br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> ===Bonding===<br /> :none<br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentor <br /> *[[Kyla Sterling]]<br /> <br /> ;Mentees<br /> *[[Ara Alyona]]<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> * RL sister of [[Anigrel Tavadon]]<br /> <br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> :none<br /> <br /> ==''Senior Member Interview''==<br /> <br /> '''Why did you choose Yellow?'''<br /> <br /> To me, being Yellow embodies a love of people. It's all about compassion and being there for each other. That's always been a huge theme in my life and that's why Yellow felt like Home to me.<br /> <br /> '''Are you like the Yellows in the Books? Do you care for people and love to heal things?'''<br /> <br /> I think I am a little like the Book Yellows; like I mentioned above, compassion and a love of people have always been a theme in my life.<br /> <br /> '''Do you have a favorite Yellow Ajah character from the novels?'''<br /> <br /> I will always love Nyneave! I relate to her the most, except my temper isn't quite so hot.<br /> <br /> '''How long have you been a fan of the Wheel of Time series?'''<br /> <br /> Since about 2008.<br /> <br /> '''How did you first get into the series?'''<br /> <br /> It's all my brother's fault! He kept poking and prodding at me to read the books (and join this community). I finally relented and am glad I did!<br /> <br /> '''Who is your favorite &quot;hero&quot;?'''<br /> <br /> I can never pick a favorite! Perrin reminds me of my husband, Mat reminds me of my brother and Lan is just awesome... why choose? ;)<br /> <br /> '''Favorite bad guy/gal?'''<br /> <br /> Moghedien - If I were to go evil, I'd stay as behind-the-scenes as possible, too.<br /> <br /> '''Favorite book and scene?'''<br /> <br /> My favorite book is &quot;The Great Hunt&quot;. &quot;The Gathering Storm&quot; chapter 39 was my favorite scene - SO moving. I think it was the only time I actually wept while reading the series. Major spoiler, though, so I'll just leave it at that.<br /> <br /> '''If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?'''<br /> <br /> In all reality, I'd probably be a Wisdom in a small village somewhere. I love to think that I'd be Aes Sedai, however! ;)<br /> <br /> '''How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become a Senior Member?'''<br /> <br /> As mentioned above, my brother. What convinced me to stay were the people here. :)<br /> <br /> '''What do you do in &quot;real life&quot;?'''<br /> <br /> I'm a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) in home health care. So, I go into someone's home Monday-Friday and give them basic care and do light housekeeping if it's needed. Otherwise, I spend time with them, play cards and board games or watch tv. It doesn't sound rough, but it's definitely emotionally stressful and some days are absolutely more challenging than others. ;)<br /> <br /> '''Do you have any hobbies?'''<br /> <br /> I sing, am learning to play guitar, write and crochet.<br /> <br /> '''What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?'''<br /> <br /> All kinds! I'm open to anything that has a positive message (or is just plain fun!) and I love a good beat (but I really don't like techno :P figure that one out!)<br /> <br /> '''What are some of your favorite movies / television shows?'''<br /> <br /> For movies: Singing in the Rain; The Road to Singapore; Sleeping Beauty (Disney); The Outlaw Josey Wales; Pride and Prejudice (the A&amp;E version w/ Colin Firth); that's just a few - I love movies! ;) For TV shows: NCIS; Dr. Who; Red Dwarf; Castle; Firefly; How I Met Your Mother.... there are more, I just can't think of them all. :P Looks like I watch a lot of tv, but I really don't! I swear!<br /> <br /> '''Aside from The Wheel of Time, what are a few of your favorite books/series?'''<br /> <br /> &quot;Shirley&quot; by Charlotte Bronte; &quot;Three Fates&quot; by Nora Roberts; &quot;Pride and Prejudice&quot; by Jane Austen; &quot;Frankenstein&quot; by Mary Shelley; &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; by Gaston Leroux; &quot;A Wrinkle in Time&quot; by Madeleine L'Engle<br /> <br /> '''What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?'''<br /> <br /> I wanted to be a teacher. I used to make my brother play house and teach him math and spelling. That's why he's so smaht! ;)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Interviews]]<br /> [[Category:Senior Member Interviews]]<br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]<br /> [[Category:Current Administrators]]<br /> [[Category:Current Membership|*]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Autumn_Sapphira&diff=94248 2014-04-02T18:20:04Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:MemberInfo <br /> |Avatar=Autumn.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Autumn Sapphira<br /> |RealName=Erika<br /> |Location=Maine, USA<br /> |Birthday=September 25<br /> |Affiliation={{Yellow2}}<br /> |TowerRank={{as}}<br /> |TowerTitle={{head}}<br /> |JoinDate=March 2, 2008<br /> |BondedTo=-<br /> |ProfileNo=226<br /> |BarColor=#FFFF00<br /> |BarText=#CC9900<br /> }}<br /> <br /> Erika is an {{as}} of the {{Yellow2}}.<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: March 2, 2008<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: April 12, 2008<br /> *Raised {{accepted}}: December 16, 2008 <br /> *Raised {{as}}: February 26, 2009<br /> <br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *{{head}} of the {{yellow2}}: April 1, 2013 - present<br /> ===Previous===<br /> *{{sitter}} of the {{yellow2}}: Fall 2012<br /> *[[Officially_Unofficial#yellow| THE Tea Brewer]]: May 2, 2011 - October 10, 2011<br /> *{{Heart}} of the Yellow Ajah: October 22, 2009 - December 20, 2009<br /> *{{Editor|Autumn Sapphira }}<br /> ===Awards===<br /> <br /> ===Merits===<br /> {{Due-MembershipGold}}{{2014-02-SeniorMembershipGold}}{{Attendance0}}{{Mentor0}}{{StaffWorking|8}}{{Ladder-Staff}}{{Group-Sitter-Heart|2 months only served as Heart}}<br /> ====Gold====<br /> {{MembershipGold}}{{SeniorMembershipGold}<br /> ====Silver====<br /> {{MembershipSilver}}{{SM-Silver}}<br /> <br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> ===Bonding===<br /> :none<br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentor <br /> *[[Kyla Sterling]]<br /> <br /> ;Mentees<br /> *[[Ara Alyona]]<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> * RL sister of [[Anigrel Tavadon]]<br /> <br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> :none<br /> <br /> ==''Senior Member Interview''==<br /> <br /> '''Why did you choose Yellow?'''<br /> <br /> To me, being Yellow embodies a love of people. It's all about compassion and being there for each other. That's always been a huge theme in my life and that's why Yellow felt like Home to me.<br /> <br /> '''Are you like the Yellows in the Books? Do you care for people and love to heal things?'''<br /> <br /> I think I am a little like the Book Yellows; like I mentioned above, compassion and a love of people have always been a theme in my life.<br /> <br /> '''Do you have a favorite Yellow Ajah character from the novels?'''<br /> <br /> I will always love Nyneave! I relate to her the most, except my temper isn't quite so hot.<br /> <br /> '''How long have you been a fan of the Wheel of Time series?'''<br /> <br /> Since about 2008.<br /> <br /> '''How did you first get into the series?'''<br /> <br /> It's all my brother's fault! He kept poking and prodding at me to read the books (and join this community). I finally relented and am glad I did!<br /> <br /> '''Who is your favorite &quot;hero&quot;?'''<br /> <br /> I can never pick a favorite! Perrin reminds me of my husband, Mat reminds me of my brother and Lan is just awesome... why choose? ;)<br /> <br /> '''Favorite bad guy/gal?'''<br /> <br /> Moghedien - If I were to go evil, I'd stay as behind-the-scenes as possible, too.<br /> <br /> '''Favorite book and scene?'''<br /> <br /> My favorite book is &quot;The Great Hunt&quot;. &quot;The Gathering Storm&quot; chapter 39 was my favorite scene - SO moving. I think it was the only time I actually wept while reading the series. Major spoiler, though, so I'll just leave it at that.<br /> <br /> '''If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?'''<br /> <br /> In all reality, I'd probably be a Wisdom in a small village somewhere. I love to think that I'd be Aes Sedai, however! ;)<br /> <br /> '''How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become a Senior Member?'''<br /> <br /> As mentioned above, my brother. What convinced me to stay were the people here. :)<br /> <br /> '''What do you do in &quot;real life&quot;?'''<br /> <br /> I'm a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) in home health care. So, I go into someone's home Monday-Friday and give them basic care and do light housekeeping if it's needed. Otherwise, I spend time with them, play cards and board games or watch tv. It doesn't sound rough, but it's definitely emotionally stressful and some days are absolutely more challenging than others. ;)<br /> <br /> '''Do you have any hobbies?'''<br /> <br /> I sing, am learning to play guitar, write and crochet.<br /> <br /> '''What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?'''<br /> <br /> All kinds! I'm open to anything that has a positive message (or is just plain fun!) and I love a good beat (but I really don't like techno :P figure that one out!)<br /> <br /> '''What are some of your favorite movies / television shows?'''<br /> <br /> For movies: Singing in the Rain; The Road to Singapore; Sleeping Beauty (Disney); The Outlaw Josey Wales; Pride and Prejudice (the A&amp;E version w/ Colin Firth); that's just a few - I love movies! ;) For TV shows: NCIS; Dr. Who; Red Dwarf; Castle; Firefly; How I Met Your Mother.... there are more, I just can't think of them all. :P Looks like I watch a lot of tv, but I really don't! I swear!<br /> <br /> '''Aside from The Wheel of Time, what are a few of your favorite books/series?'''<br /> <br /> &quot;Shirley&quot; by Charlotte Bronte; &quot;Three Fates&quot; by Nora Roberts; &quot;Pride and Prejudice&quot; by Jane Austen; &quot;Frankenstein&quot; by Mary Shelley; &quot;The Phantom of the Opera&quot; by Gaston Leroux; &quot;A Wrinkle in Time&quot; by Madeleine L'Engle<br /> <br /> '''What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?'''<br /> <br /> I wanted to be a teacher. I used to make my brother play house and teach him math and spelling. That's why he's so smaht! ;)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Interviews]]<br /> [[Category:Senior Member Interviews]]<br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]<br /> [[Category:Current Administrators]]<br /> [[Category:Current Membership|*]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Anika_Forsyn&diff=94247 2014-04-02T18:12:13Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:MemberInfo <br /> |Avatar=anika.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Anika Forsyn<br /> |RealName=Kristin<br /> |Location=Madison, WI<br /> |Birthday=October 24<br /> |Affiliation={{yellow2}}<br /> |TowerRank={{as}}<br /> |TowerTitle={{sitter}}<br /> |JoinDate=March 4, 2011<br /> |ProfileNo=1816<br /> |BondedTo=-<br /> |BarColor=#FFFF00<br /> |BarText=#CC9900<br /> }}<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: March 4, 2011<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: June 10, 2011<br /> *Raised {{accepted}}: September 24, 2011<br /> *Aspired {{yellow}}: January 6, 2012<br /> *Raised {{as}}: November 24, 2012<br /> <br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *{{heart}} of the {{yellow2}}: July 1, 2013 - present<br /> *[[Officially_Unofficial#Yellow|Tea Cozy]]: July 2, 2012 - Present<br /> *{{Editor|Anika Forsyn}}<br /> ===Previous===<br /> *{{sitter}} of the {{yellow2}}: January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2014<br /> *[[Merit Minion]]: December 7, 2011 - December 1, 2012<br /> *{{OA}}: Janaury 1, 2012 - June 30, 2012<br /> *{{teacher}}<br /> **Borderlands: January 2012 - July 2012<br /> <br /> ===Awards===<br /> ===Merits===<br /> {{Due-MembershipSilver}}{{2016-03-MembershipGold}}&lt;!--joined 3/2011--&gt;<br /> {{2015-06-SeniorMembershipSilver}}&lt;!--Raised Nov 2012--&gt;<br /> {{ClassroomParticipation3}}{{Attendance1}}<br /> ====Gold====<br /> ====Silver====<br /> <br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> ===Bonding===<br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentor<br /> *[[Serenla Tamowith]]<br /> *[[Liathiana e'Kellenit]]<br /> ;Mentees<br /> *[[Ealandrelle Melyma]]<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> *First-Sister to [[Bryher al'Venna]]<br /> <br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> {{anni2012}}<br /> {{anni2013}}<br /> <br /> ==''Senior Member Interview''==<br /> <br /> ;Why did you choose Yellow?<br /> I don't know if I can really give an answer. It felt so right, even in the first few hours of guesting in Yellow. I had loved every other Ajah I had guested with, but when I hit Yellow, I knew I could never leave!<br /> ;Are you like the Yellows in the Books? Do you care for people and love to heal things?<br /> I do love to fix things! Puzzles and enigmas are a big draw for me! And as for healing: I'm going to school for nursing so I guess that's a yes!<br /> ;Do you have a favorite Yellow Ajah character from the novels?<br /> That would have to be [[Suana]]. She is unielding and firm, and does not hide her manipulation. I love how she wants to take the tower in hand and fix everything with the other heads of Ajahs. I guess I just love how blunt she is and so sure of herself.<br /> ;How long have you been a fan of the Wheel of Time series?<br /> I read the Eye of the World in 2004 as a sophomore in college and once I finally got through the first 100 pages, I couldn't stop. I made it through most of the books until my junior year when I shockingly discovered the other books hadn't been written yet! Worst bookstore trip EVER! <br /> ;How did you first get into the series?<br /> At the time, my twin sister was dating a total deadbeat, but his one redeeming quality was recommending the books! <br /> ;Who is your favorite &quot;hero&quot;?<br /> Mat. Team Mat, all the way!<br /> ;Favorite bad guy/gal?<br /> I've always liked Lanfear, even when she was the luscious yet whiny Cynadne. <br /> ;Favorite book and scene?<br /> Favorite book would probably be The Shadow Rising. I love the Aiel and their culture!!! Favorite scene would probably be any scene in which Nynaeve is kicking forsaken butt!<br /> ;If you were set down in Randland, who/what would you see yourself as? An Aes Sedai? Innkeeper? Seanchan Captain?<br /> I don't know if I'm brash enough to be an Aes Sedai. To be honest, they tick me off in the books. I would much prefer to be a Wise One!<br /> ;How did you find TarValon.Net and what convinced you to stay and become a Senior Member?<br /> I first found it in 2005 when a friend and I were on the phone googling Wheel of Time. She found it first, but I joined. I think I made it to citizen when finals hit. I disappeared but came back in March of 2010 when I was doing a re-read. I decided to stay when I met some people in real life, mainly Aavyn!<br /> ;What do you do in &quot;real life&quot;?<br /> I'm a student working towards a nursing degree.<br /> ;Do you have any hobbies?<br /> I love to knit and crochet. I also love anything outdoors. Hiking, camping, canoeing... LOVE IT!<br /> ;What kind of music do you enjoy listening to?<br /> Symphonic music! Especially Romantic composers. Guess that's a throwback from my worthless music degree!<br /> ;What are some of your favorite movies / television shows?<br /> Not really into television, but I do enjoy a little Dexter!<br /> Aside from The Wheel of Time, what are a few of your favorite books/series?<br /> ;The Malazan Empire series, Anne McCaffrey's Dragon series (Well, pretty much anything she ever wrote), and the Green Riders series.<br /> ;What profession did you want to have when you were a kid?<br /> I wanted to be a nurse of a teacher, and after the teaching tanked, I'm on to nursing!<br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Aes Sedai]]<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]<br /> [[Category:Current Membership|H]]<br /> [[Category:Current Staff]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Crossroads_of_Twilight:_Chapter_11&diff=93791 2014-01-23T20:11:26Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{next10b|10|12}}<br /> ''Author: Kiana A'Jadein''<br /> {{Title|Talk of Debts}}<br /> {{icon|{{lion}}}}<br /> {{pov|Elayne}}<br /> '''Setting: The Royal Palace, [[Caemlyn]], [[Andor]] '''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Elayne]], [[Aviendha]], [[Birgitte]], [[Merilille]], [[Careane]], [[Sareitha]], [[Doilin Mellar]], [[Vandene]]'''<br /> ==Summary==<br /> Elayne, Aviendha, and escort return to Caemlyn from visiting the minor houses via the Queen's Stableyard, with Elayne noting immediately that no one inside the palace is channeling ''[[saidar]]'', even though that has never occurred before. Birgitte and the Guardswomen greet them; Birgitte immediately joins Aviendha so they might discuss Elayne's health and habits. <br /> <br /> Irritated over their mothering, the amount of Guardswomen surrounding her at all times, and a headache via the bond due to excessive drinking on Birgitte's part, Elayne attempts to put them in place, but only succeeds in making Aviendha blush. <br /> <br /> While wondering why Birgitte has not been [[Healing|Healed]], Elayne is told that [[Dyelin Taravin|Dyelin]] has not returned and thinks over how, out of over four hundred Houses, only ten of the major nineteen have to stand to elect a queen. [[Arymilla Marne|Arymilla]] already has six Houses behind her to Elayne's two. Dyelin is sure three others will come, but Elayne is unsure because those three Houses seem determined to put Dyelin on the throne. <br /> <br /> Birgitte grumbles over the new recruits brought in from the minor Houses, but goes on to tell of how she had asked [[Sumeko]] for Healing only to have Sumeko pass out. She mentions that [[the Kin]] and the [[Windfinders]] were all behaving oddly. <br /> <br /> Elayne explains briefly about the beacon of ''saidar'' and its connection, somehow, to [[Rand]] and receives sympathy from Aviendha and Birgitte in return. All agree there is nothing that can be done for it when they run into Vandene, Merilille, Sareitha, and Careane. <br /> <br /> Elayne notes that Vandene appears to be wearing one of [[Adeleas]]' dresses as Vandene walks off, avoiding Sareitha's attempts to stop her. After accepting the remaining [[Aes Sedai]]'s curtsies, Elayne remarks that she does not know what the beacon of ''saidar'' is, and, despite many arguments, puts down the idea of running away from it. <br /> <br /> After this, the other sisters turn to complaining about Vandene's lack in teaching the [[Sea Folk]], but Elayne stamps this down as well. <br /> <br /> Shortly after, Captain Mellar arrives with Birgitte telling all that Mellar led a sortie at the gate without orders, leaving the Gate open the whole time. Sareitha protests and insists Mellar was a hero in his actions. When asked about his actions by Elayne, Mellar proudly admits allowing eighty men into Caemlyn, and Elayne notes aloud that because their liege lord is not committed to her, the men will have to be watched at all times and places him with the task. <br /> <br /> Sareitha continues to defend him and goes so far as to accuse Elayne of forgetting her debt from his act of saving her life. Elayne dismisses them while thinking Adeleas' killer lies among the three and making a vow to repay her debts. <br /> <br /> {{next10|10|12|11}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Crossroads_of_Twilight:_Prologue&diff=93790 2014-01-23T20:00:57Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Winter's Heart: Chapter 35|&lt;&lt; Previous Book]] / [[Crossroads of Twilight: Chapter 1|Next Chapter &gt;&gt;]]<br /> <br /> ''Author: Leora Oldessroth''<br /> {{title|Glimmers of the Pattern}}<br /> {{Icon|{{Wheel}}}}<br /> '''Points of View: [[Rodel]], [[Eamon Valda]], [[Gabrelle]], [[Yukiri]], [[Gawyn]], [[Davram Bashere]], [[Samitsu]]<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Rodel}}<br /> '''Setting: The abandoned hunting lodge of [[Osana]]''' <br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Ankaer]], [[Donjel]], [[Jaalam Nishur]], Lady [[Osana]], [[Rajabi]], [[Rodel Ituralde]], [[Shimron]], [[Wakeda]]'''<br /> <br /> Rodel Ituralde and his companions Donjel and Jaalam arrive at the abandoned hunting lodge of the Lady Osana; Ituralde has offered the White Ribbon to lords of various nations so they can come together to talk without fear of violence. He is greeted by Lord Shimron, one of [[Alsalam]]'s most trusted advisors until he joined the Dragonsworn, and is taken to the other lords (Ankaer, Rajabi, Wakeda) who are waiting in the ballroom. <br /> <br /> Ituralde shows the lords his orders from Alsalam to strike hard at the [[Seanchan]]. Ituralde offers a truce to the [[Arad Doman|Domani]] as long as they agree to fight the Seanchan with him. Ituralde tells the men that the Seanchan can be beaten and says he has a plan to do so. Shimron, Rajabi and Wakeda (as well as other lords present) all pledge to fight the Seanchan alongside Ituralde. <br /> <br /> The [[Tarabon]]ers present are not so quick to pledge their support; Ituralde tells them that he plans to have many small companies of Taraboners strike at the Seanchan all on the same day all across Tarabon. He also offers to ride with the Taraboners so they will know he isn't trying to trick them. This earns agreement from the Taraboner lord in charge. With those pledges, Ituralde is sure he can gather the forces he needs to attack the Seanchan and put his plan into action. <br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Eamon Valda}}<br /> '''Setting: A camp of the [[Children of the Light]] '''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Asunawa]], [[Eamon Valda]] '''<br /> <br /> Eamon Valda and some of the Children of the Light who managed to escape the Seanchan have pitched camp. Valda goes to speak with Asunawa, who lives in an abandoned house next to the camp. Valda tells Asunawa that it is time for them to leave this place, to go to [[Murandy]], and asks Asunawa if he is ready to go. Asunawa argues that Murandy is not a good place to be at the moment because an [[Andor]]an army is in Murandy. He suggests cutting north through [[Altara]] but Valda tells him no-- [[Salidar Aes Sedai]] are in Altara with an army of their own. Asunawa and Valda agree that ultimately all &quot;witches&quot; must be destroyed. Their conversation ends with Asunawa being called away to a meeting with the Council of the Anointed. <br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Gabrelle}}<br /> '''Setting: [[The Black Tower]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Desandre]], [[Gabrelle]], [[Lemai]], [[Logain]], [[Mishraile]], [[Toveine]] '''<br /> <br /> Gabrelle, Toveine and Logain are all out enjoying a ride. Gabrelle thinks to herself that it is odd to be a part of a [[Warder]] bond - especially being on the wrong end of it; being a [[Brown]], she had never needed a Warder. She wonders to herself that the [[Asha'man]] have failed to command their bonded Aes Sedai to not harm the Black Tower given that the sisters came to destroy it and only a fool would believe that fifty-one [[Aes Sedai]] had resigned themselves to this fate. Gabrelle is still amazed that Toveine is being nice to Logain as Toveine hates men who can channel with a passion. <br /> <br /> Toveine teases Gabrelle about her relationship with Logain, causing Gabrelle to blush and to lose her cool. This makes Logain very satisfied with his efforts when he and Gabrelle share a bed; Gabrelle seethes over Logain's satisfaction, which only amuses Logain. <br /> <br /> The three are interrupted by the arrival of Atal Mishraile, an Asha'man loyal to [[Taim]]. He tells Logain that Taim has given Logain permission to go out recruiting more men to train in the Black Tower. Mishraile doesn't understand why Logain wants to go; he tells Logain that he wouldn't want to go if Taim let him into his private classes at the palace. Logain ends the ride, going back to begin his leaving preparations. <br /> <br /> Toveine and Gabrelle agree that they must see to it that they accompany Logain when he goes recruiting. <br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Yukiri}}<br /> '''Setting: [[The White Tower]] '''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Atuan Larisett]], [[Bernaile Gelbarn]], [[Doraise Mesianos]], [[Elin Warrel]], [[Leonin]], [[Marris Thornhill]], [[Meidani]], [[Pritalle Nerbaijan]], '''[[Seaine Herimon|Seaine]], [[Yukiri]] '''<br /> <br /> Yukiri and Meidani are walking through the Tower, exchanging information on their efforts to root out the [[Black Ajah]], followed by Meidani's Warder, Leonin. Their talking is interrupted when they cross paths with three Brown sisters, Marris Thornhill, Doraise Mesianos and Elin Warrel. With the marked hostility between [[Ajah]]s, Meidani pretends to be asking Yukiri a question about [[Arafel]]lin law on fishing rights. After some glaring, the Browns stalk past Yukiri and Meidani and they resume talking about the Black Ajah. Their talks are continually interrupted as they walk past servants and other Aes Sedai who are also out walking. Yukiri has a hard time maintaining her composure when they pass Pritalle Nerbaijan and Atuan Larisett; Atuan is Black Ajah. <br /> <br /> Yukiri remembers that Meidani and [[Elaida]] were good friends as novices and tells Meidani that she should renew her friendship with Elaida. Meidani tells Yukiri that she has already tried but [[Alviarin]] won't let her see Elaida. Yukiri tells Meidani that she's in luck as Alviarin has just left the Tower; she orders Meidani to visit Elaida. <br /> <br /> The pair is once again interrupted, this time by the arrival of Seaine. Yukiri is not happy that Seaine is out of her apartments; Seaine had been ordered to stay in them as she might be a targeted to be killed by the Black Ajah. Seaine says she is safe and asks to speak with Yukiri alone. <br /> <br /> Once Yukiri and Seaine are private, Seaine tells her that she has worked out a strange pattern in how the Ajahs replaced their Sitters who joined [[Salidar Aes Sedai|the rebels]]. All of the Heads of Ajahs had an abnormally large hand in picking the new Sitters - to the point where they went against customs and rules of their individual Ajahs. Seaine suggests that the Heads of Ajahs conspired on who to choose but does not know what their purpose in doing so was; she does, however, intend to figure it out as she has lots of time to think. <br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Gawyn}}<br /> '''Setting: Village of [[Dorlan]] outside of [[Tar Valon]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Gawyn]], [[Katerine Alruddin]], [[Narenwin]], [[Rajar]], [[Tarna Feir]] '''<br /> <br /> Gawyn is still in the village of Dorlan with the Tower Aes Sedai who managed to escape [[Dumai's Wells]]. His First Lieutenant, Rajar, tells him that an Aes Sedai has just come to the village asking for the sister in charge. Gawyn regrets not having left before the winter snows as he needs to be in [[Caemlyn]] for [[Elayne]]. Deciding to see what news this new Aes Sedai has, Gawyn heads to the Mayor of Dorlan's house, where all the Aes Sedai are staying. <br /> <br /> When Gawyn gets to the Mayor's house, he finds Katerine Alruddin and Tarna Feir already talking with the newly arrived sister, Narenwin. Narenwin immediately tells Gawyn that she has orders from Elaida. Katerine and Tarna cut her off, insisting that Narenwin tell them how to find the fisherman that helped her cross the rivers to get to Dorlan. They both say they have pressing business in the Tower and want to get back immediately. <br /> <br /> Narenwin says her orders are to take charge of all the Aes Sedai in Dorlan who were under the authority of [[Covarla]], so both Katerine and Tarna must stay. Katerine says she was never under Covarla's authority so she is leaving and that Tarna is coming with her. <br /> <br /> Gawyn asks Narenwin if she has any news of Elayne. Tarna tells him Elayne was with the rebels when she last saw her. Tarna tells Gawyn that Elayne will be safe from retribution as she is Accepted and cannot choose which sisters to obey. Narenwin confirms that Elayne can suffer no lasting harm. <br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Davram Bashere}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Caemlyn]] '''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Bael]], [[Davram Bashere]], [[Deira Bashere]], [[Tumad Ahzkan]], [[Zavion]] '''<br /> <br /> Davram Bashere and Bael are observing [[Arymilla]]'s camp; Bashere cannot figure out how Arymilla got the support of [[Naean Arawn]] and [[Elenia Sarand]]. Bael complains that Arymilla and her cohorts are ignoring them; he seems insulted by this as his [[Aiel]] could crush them all before sunset. Bashere reminds Bael that Elayne wouldn't like that very much, especially because they are both outlanders. <br /> <br /> Bael and Bashere observe the Queen's Guard coming to save some refugees who had been stopped and searched by horseman, probably loyal to Arymilla. When no fighting, breaks out, Bael decides he has better things to do and leaves. Bashere also leaves to return to the city. Tumad, who has command of Bashere's escort, agrees with Bael that Arymilla's forces are mocking them. Bashere says he just wants excitement and he shouldn't be worried; with [[Tenobia]], [[Ethenielle]], [[Paitar]] and [[Easar]] fifty leagues north of Caemlyn, they'll have excitement enough when those forces arrive. <br /> <br /> When Bashere arrives back at his camp, he notices a cluster of women gathered in the center of the camp. When he enters his tent, he finds his wife Deira with an injured left arm. She tells him that she found two strange men ransacking their tent so she fought with them and was injured in the fighting. Zavion, one of her ladies-in-waiting, and some others came in just then and the two men fled. Deira has ordered a search for the men; Zavion suggests that Bashere withdraw while she sews up Deira and he complies. Tumad tells Bashere that the two men have been found, each one with a blade thrust into the base of his skull. <br /> <br /> Bashere sends Tumad to find a man who came to visit him and to tell him that he agreed. It is unclear what he is agreeing to. <br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Samitsu}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Cairhien (City)|Cairhien]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Andil]], [[Cera Doinal]], [[Corgaide Marendevin]], [[Dobraine]], [[Eldrid Methin]], [[Karldin]], [[Kasi]], [[Loial]], [[Mistress Beldair]], [[Rosara Medrano]], [[Samitsu]], [[Sashalle]] '''<br /> <br /> Samitsu is conversing with Sashalle about various matters as [[Cadsuane]] has departed Cairhien and left Samitsu in charge. Samitsu doesn't like meeting with Sashalle; she doesn't understand how the Red could swear fealty to any man, much less the [[Dragon Reborn]]. Sashalle asks Samitsu if [[Ailil Riatin]] can claim the High Seat of House Riatin since [[Toram Riatin|Toram]] has disappeared. Samitsu says no as they do not know for sure that Toram has died. <br /> <br /> Samitsu wants Cadsuane to return and take charge again as she doesn't think she is handling this job very well. Corgaide Marendevin, the Holder of the Keys of the Sun Palace, interrupts them to report that an [[Ogier]] and young man have entered the kitchens supposedly looking for Ogier stonemasons. Sashalle announces that they should go investigate; this irritates Samitsu because she is supposed to be in charge but ends up following Sashalle's lead. <br /> <br /> When they arrive in the kitchen, the Ogier and the young man are surrounded by kitchen staff including Eldrid Methin, Mistress Beldair, Andil and Kasi. The Ogier is telling stories of his travels. When the kitchen staff sees Samitsu and Sashalle, they scurry back to work. The Ogier and the man, Karldin, attempt to leave but the Aes Sedai stop them. Samitsu says that she has heard of an Ogier, a friend of Rand's, who had left in the company of a young man named Karldin. She correctly guesses that the Ogier is Loial. <br /> <br /> Karldin demands that the Aes Sedai tell him what happened to Rand, whether he is sane, and about his friends. Samitsu tells Karldin that Rand is sane but that he has left the Sun Palace as there had been an attempt to kill him. Loial is insisting that he and Karldin must find Rand when a serving woman, Cera Doinal, bursts into the kitchen with the news that Dobraine has been murdered. <br /> <br /> Sashalle, Samitsu, Loial and Karldin immediately go to Dobraine's apartments to see what happened. When they arrive, they find Dobraine lying motionless in his room, apparently dead, along with two dead servants. Sashalle orders Samitsu to see if anything can still be done for Dobraine. Irritated at yet another command, Samitsu nonetheless moves to Dobraine's side. When she Delves him, she finds he is still alive although severely injured. She Heals him to the best of her ability and orders his servants to give him honey-water and find a Reader to give him herbs. Meanwhile, Karldin finds a note that has been forged to look like it was written by Dobraine; it appears to give the bearers authority to remove items from his apartment. They conclude that the men who attacked Dobraine must have been there to steal something. Rosara Medrano arrives and announces to Samitsu that a party of Aes Sedai have arrived in the city along with Logain - who is an Asha'man! <br /> <br /> [[Winter's Heart: Chapter 35|&lt;&lt; Previous Book]] / [[Crossroads of Twilight: Chapter 1|Next Chapter &gt;&gt;]]<br /> [[Category:Crossroads of Twilight Summaries|00]]</div>

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<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* The Morenal Ocean */</p> <hr /> <div>''{{info|{{Guide2|15}}}}''<br /> <br /> If you wanted information on every place in the series, visit the [[Location_Glossary_A|Location Glossary]]<br /> ==General==<br /> <br /> The World of the Wheel of Time consists of three large continents, separated by two oceans, the [[Aryth Ocean|Aryth]] and the [[Morenal Ocean|Morenal]] with many smaller islands and seas. Within these landmasses, are numerous [[List of Mountains|mountain ranges]], [[List of Rivers|rivers]], [[List of Hills|hills]] and other geographical features.<br /> <br /> ==The Main Continent==<br /> {{Main|Main continent}}<br /> The area in which the majority of the books takes place, is in the easternmost region of a large unnamed continent, split into three areas, each of which is isolated from the others by mountains or other difficult to pass features.<br /> ===The Westlands===<br /> {{Main|Westlands}}<br /> The majority of the events occur in the area west of the [[Spine of the World]], referred to as the Westlands, approximately three thousand miles from east to west and two thousand from north to south. It is bordered along the north by the [[Mountains of Dhoom]],separating it from the [[Blight]]. there are fourteen nations, three large city states and a few other minor settlements, and around half the area is unclaimed, and either sparsely populated or unpopulated.<br /> ===The Aiel Waste===<br /> {{Main|Aiel Waste}}<br /> East of the Spine of the World, is a large desolate area, occupied by the [[Aiel]] since [[the Breaking]] and known as the Aiel Waste. North to south it is a similar size to the Westlands, though is only about half as big east to west. The Mountains of Dhoom continue along the northern border, while to the east, the [[Cliffs of Dawn]] and the [[Great Rift]] form the border.<br /> <br /> ===Shara===<br /> {{Main|Shara}}<br /> To the east of the Aiel Waste, separated from it by the Great Rift and Cliffs of Dawn is the third distinct section of the landmass, given many names by its inhabitants. It is a little larger than the area called the Westlands, about two thousand miles across and four thousand miles North to South. It is one nation and its inhabitants claim that this has been the case since the Breaking.<br /> ==The Aryth Ocean==<br /> {{Main|Aryth Ocean}}<br /> The Aryth Ocean is the large ocean separating the main continent from the Seanchan lands in the east and is around ten thousand miles across.<br /> ===The Sea Folk Isles===<br /> {{Main|Sea Folk Isles}}<br /> In the Aryth Ocean there are a number of small Islands.<br /> <br /> ==Seanchan==<br /> {{Main|Seanchan (Continent)}}<br /> The Seanchan continent is bordered by the Aryth Ocean to the east and the Morenal Ocean to the west and is around fifteen hundred leagues at its widest and four thousand leagues from north to south. It is as large as the westlands, the Waste and Shara combined. To the north, is a mountain range known as the Mountains of Dhoom, after the mountains of the same name in the main continent. The Seanchan Blight lays north of this, showing the same corruption of the main one, but less virulent and lacking [[Myrddraal]] and [[Trollocs]], though some [[Shadowspawn]] such as [[Draghkar]] remain. For this reason, it was named the Lesser Blight by [[Luthair Paendrag]]'s armies. The continent crosses the equator and has seven significant islands.<br /> <br /> ==The Morenal Ocean==<br /> The Morenal Ocean is an ocean, between the land of Shara in the main continent and the Seanchan Continent. Little is known of it, including whether or not it has island ranges. None of the known Sharan ports are on the Morenal Ocean<br /> <br /> ==The Land of Madmen==<br /> The Land of Madmen is a continent in the Aryth Ocean, to the south of the Main continent. It is uncharted, with many active volcanoes and according to the [[Sea Folk]], civilisation never recovered after the Breaking. Both male and female channellers live there and are dangerous and unpredictable. <br /> ==The Blight==<br /> {{Main|Blight}}<br /> The Great Blight, commonly referred to as the Blight, is a region in the north that is entirely corrupted by the Dark One and inhabited by Shadowspawn. It stretches on either side of the Mountains of Dhoom from [[World's End]] in the west to Shara in the east. The Blight also exists in Seanchan, where it is called the Lesser Great Blight, because not as many dangerous creatures of the dark thrive there (TWoRJTWoT).<br /> Entering the Blight is dangerous and moving at night even more so ({{teotw|48}}), even for experienced campaigners, as the smallest things like insect bites mean death there ({{ns|15}}). <br /> <br /> [[Category:Geography and Cultures]]<br /> [[Category:Articles to be formatted]]<br /> [[Category:New Articles]]</div>

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<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Seanchan */</p> <hr /> <div>''{{info|{{Guide2|15}}}}''<br /> <br /> If you wanted information on every place in the series, visit the [[Location_Glossary_A|Location Glossary]]<br /> ==General==<br /> <br /> The World of the Wheel of Time consists of three large continents, separated by two oceans, the [[Aryth Ocean|Aryth]] and the [[Morenal Ocean|Morenal]] with many smaller islands and seas. Within these landmasses, are numerous [[List of Mountains|mountain ranges]], [[List of Rivers|rivers]], [[List of Hills|hills]] and other geographical features.<br /> <br /> ==The Main Continent==<br /> {{Main|Main continent}}<br /> The area in which the majority of the books takes place, is in the easternmost region of a large unnamed continent, split into three areas, each of which is isolated from the others by mountains or other difficult to pass features.<br /> ===The Westlands===<br /> {{Main|Westlands}}<br /> The majority of the events occur in the area west of the [[Spine of the World]], referred to as the Westlands, approximately three thousand miles from east to west and two thousand from north to south. It is bordered along the north by the [[Mountains of Dhoom]],separating it from the [[Blight]]. there are fourteen nations, three large city states and a few other minor settlements, and around half the area is unclaimed, and either sparsely populated or unpopulated.<br /> ===The Aiel Waste===<br /> {{Main|Aiel Waste}}<br /> East of the Spine of the World, is a large desolate area, occupied by the [[Aiel]] since [[the Breaking]] and known as the Aiel Waste. North to south it is a similar size to the Westlands, though is only about half as big east to west. The Mountains of Dhoom continue along the northern border, while to the east, the [[Cliffs of Dawn]] and the [[Great Rift]] form the border.<br /> <br /> ===Shara===<br /> {{Main|Shara}}<br /> To the east of the Aiel Waste, separated from it by the Great Rift and Cliffs of Dawn is the third distinct section of the landmass, given many names by its inhabitants. It is a little larger than the area called the Westlands, about two thousand miles across and four thousand miles North to South. It is one nation and its inhabitants claim that this has been the case since the Breaking.<br /> ==The Aryth Ocean==<br /> {{Main|Aryth Ocean}}<br /> The Aryth Ocean is the large ocean separating the main continent from the Seanchan lands in the east and is around ten thousand miles across.<br /> ===The Sea Folk Isles===<br /> {{Main|Sea Folk Isles}}<br /> In the Aryth Ocean there are a number of small Islands.<br /> <br /> ==Seanchan==<br /> {{Main|Seanchan (Continent)}}<br /> The Seanchan continent is bordered by the Aryth Ocean to the east and the Morenal Ocean to the west and is around fifteen hundred leagues at its widest and four thousand leagues from north to south. It is as large as the westlands, the Waste and Shara combined. To the north, is a mountain range known as the Mountains of Dhoom, after the mountains of the same name in the main continent. The Seanchan Blight lays north of this, showing the same corruption of the main one, but less virulent and lacking [[Myrddraal]] and [[Trollocs]], though some [[Shadowspawn]] such as [[Draghkar]] remain. For this reason, it was named the Lesser Blight by [[Luthair Paendrag]]'s armies. The continent crosses the equator and has seven significant islands.<br /> <br /> ==The Morenal Ocean==<br /> The Morenal Ocean is an ocean, between the land of Shara in the main continent and the Seanchan Continent. Little is known of it, including whether or not is has island ranges. None of the known Sharan ports are on the Morenal Ocean <br /> ==The Land of Madmen==<br /> The Land of Madmen is a continent in the Aryth Ocean, to the south of the Main continent. It is uncharted, with many active volcanoes and according to the [[Sea Folk]], civilisation never recovered after the Breaking. Both male and female channellers live there and are dangerous and unpredictable. <br /> ==The Blight==<br /> {{Main|Blight}}<br /> The Great Blight, commonly referred to as the Blight, is a region in the north that is entirely corrupted by the Dark One and inhabited by Shadowspawn. It stretches on either side of the Mountains of Dhoom from [[World's End]] in the west to Shara in the east. The Blight also exists in Seanchan, where it is called the Lesser Great Blight, because not as many dangerous creatures of the dark thrive there (TWoRJTWoT).<br /> Entering the Blight is dangerous and moving at night even more so ({{teotw|48}}), even for experienced campaigners, as the smallest things like insect bites mean death there ({{ns|15}}). <br /> <br /> [[Category:Geography and Cultures]]<br /> [[Category:Articles to be formatted]]<br /> [[Category:New Articles]]</div>

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<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* The Aryth Ocean */</p> <hr /> <div>''{{info|{{Guide2|15}}}}''<br /> <br /> If you wanted information on every place in the series, visit the [[Location_Glossary_A|Location Glossary]]<br /> ==General==<br /> <br /> The World of the Wheel of Time consists of three large continents, separated by two oceans, the [[Aryth Ocean|Aryth]] and the [[Morenal Ocean|Morenal]] with many smaller islands and seas. Within these landmasses, are numerous [[List of Mountains|mountain ranges]], [[List of Rivers|rivers]], [[List of Hills|hills]] and other geographical features.<br /> <br /> ==The Main Continent==<br /> {{Main|Main continent}}<br /> The area in which the majority of the books takes place, is in the easternmost region of a large unnamed continent, split into three areas, each of which is isolated from the others by mountains or other difficult to pass features.<br /> ===The Westlands===<br /> {{Main|Westlands}}<br /> The majority of the events occur in the area west of the [[Spine of the World]], referred to as the Westlands, approximately three thousand miles from east to west and two thousand from north to south. It is bordered along the north by the [[Mountains of Dhoom]],separating it from the [[Blight]]. there are fourteen nations, three large city states and a few other minor settlements, and around half the area is unclaimed, and either sparsely populated or unpopulated.<br /> ===The Aiel Waste===<br /> {{Main|Aiel Waste}}<br /> East of the Spine of the World, is a large desolate area, occupied by the [[Aiel]] since [[the Breaking]] and known as the Aiel Waste. North to south it is a similar size to the Westlands, though is only about half as big east to west. The Mountains of Dhoom continue along the northern border, while to the east, the [[Cliffs of Dawn]] and the [[Great Rift]] form the border.<br /> <br /> ===Shara===<br /> {{Main|Shara}}<br /> To the east of the Aiel Waste, separated from it by the Great Rift and Cliffs of Dawn is the third distinct section of the landmass, given many names by its inhabitants. It is a little larger than the area called the Westlands, about two thousand miles across and four thousand miles North to South. It is one nation and its inhabitants claim that this has been the case since the Breaking.<br /> ==The Aryth Ocean==<br /> {{Main|Aryth Ocean}}<br /> The Aryth Ocean is the large ocean separating the main continent from the Seanchan lands in the east and is around ten thousand miles across.<br /> ===The Sea Folk Isles===<br /> {{Main|Sea Folk Isles}}<br /> In the Aryth Ocean there are a number of small Islands.<br /> <br /> ==Seanchan==<br /> {{Main|Seanchan (Continent)}}<br /> The Seanchan continent is bordered by the Aryth Ocean to the east and the Morenal Ocean to the west and is around fifteen hundred leagues at its widest and four thousand leagues from north to south. It is as large as the westlands, the Waste and Shara combined. To the north, is a mountain range known as the Mountains of Dhoom, after the mountains of the same name in the main continent. The Seanchan Blight lays north of this, showing the same corruption of the main one, but less virulent and lacking [[Myrddraal]] and [[Trollocs]], though some [[Shadowspawn]] such as [[Draghkar]] remain. for this reason, it was named the Lesser blight by [[Luthair Paendrag]]'s armies. The continent crosses the equator and has seven significant islands. <br /> ==The Morenal Ocean==<br /> The Morenal Ocean is an ocean, between the land of Shara in the main continent and the Seanchan Continent. Little is known of it, including whether or not is has island ranges. None of the known Sharan ports are on the Morenal Ocean <br /> ==The Land of Madmen==<br /> The Land of Madmen is a continent in the Aryth Ocean, to the south of the Main continent. It is uncharted, with many active volcanoes and according to the [[Sea Folk]], civilisation never recovered after the Breaking. Both male and female channellers live there and are dangerous and unpredictable. <br /> ==The Blight==<br /> {{Main|Blight}}<br /> The Great Blight, commonly referred to as the Blight, is a region in the north that is entirely corrupted by the Dark One and inhabited by Shadowspawn. It stretches on either side of the Mountains of Dhoom from [[World's End]] in the west to Shara in the east. The Blight also exists in Seanchan, where it is called the Lesser Great Blight, because not as many dangerous creatures of the dark thrive there (TWoRJTWoT).<br /> Entering the Blight is dangerous and moving at night even more so ({{teotw|48}}), even for experienced campaigners, as the smallest things like insect bites mean death there ({{ns|15}}). <br /> <br /> [[Category:Geography and Cultures]]<br /> [[Category:Articles to be formatted]]<br /> [[Category:New Articles]]</div>

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<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* The Aiel Waste */</p> <hr /> <div>''{{info|{{Guide2|15}}}}''<br /> <br /> If you wanted information on every place in the series, visit the [[Location_Glossary_A|Location Glossary]]<br /> ==General==<br /> <br /> The World of the Wheel of Time consists of three large continents, separated by two oceans, the [[Aryth Ocean|Aryth]] and the [[Morenal Ocean|Morenal]] with many smaller islands and seas. Within these landmasses, are numerous [[List of Mountains|mountain ranges]], [[List of Rivers|rivers]], [[List of Hills|hills]] and other geographical features.<br /> <br /> ==The Main Continent==<br /> {{Main|Main continent}}<br /> The area in which the majority of the books takes place, is in the easternmost region of a large unnamed continent, split into three areas, each of which is isolated from the others by mountains or other difficult to pass features.<br /> ===The Westlands===<br /> {{Main|Westlands}}<br /> The majority of the events occur in the area west of the [[Spine of the World]], referred to as the Westlands, approximately three thousand miles from east to west and two thousand from north to south. It is bordered along the north by the [[Mountains of Dhoom]],separating it from the [[Blight]]. there are fourteen nations, three large city states and a few other minor settlements, and around half the area is unclaimed, and either sparsely populated or unpopulated.<br /> ===The Aiel Waste===<br /> {{Main|Aiel Waste}}<br /> East of the Spine of the World, is a large desolate area, occupied by the [[Aiel]] since [[the Breaking]] and known as the Aiel Waste. North to south it is a similar size to the Westlands, though is only about half as big east to west. The Mountains of Dhoom continue along the northern border, while to the east, the [[Cliffs of Dawn]] and the [[Great Rift]] form the border.<br /> <br /> ===Shara===<br /> {{Main|Shara}}<br /> To the east of the Aiel Waste, separated from it by the Great Rift and Cliffs of Dawn is the third distinct section of the landmass, given many names by its inhabitants. It is a little larger than the area called the Westlands, about two thousand miles across and four thousand miles North to South. It is one nation and its inhabitants claim that this has been the case since the Breaking.<br /> ==The Aryth Ocean==<br /> {{Main|Aryth Ocean}}<br /> The Aryth Ocean is the large ocean separating the main continent from the Seanchan lands in the east and is around ten thousand miles across<br /> ===The Sea Folk Isles===<br /> {{Main|Sea Folk Isles}}<br /> In the Aryth Ocean there are a number of small Islands.<br /> <br /> ==Seanchan==<br /> {{Main|Seanchan (Continent)}}<br /> The Seanchan continent is bordered by the Aryth Ocean to the east and the Morenal Ocean to the west and is around fifteen hundred leagues at its widest and four thousand leagues from north to south. It is as large as the westlands, the Waste and Shara combined. To the north, is a mountain range known as the Mountains of Dhoom, after the mountains of the same name in the main continent. The Seanchan Blight lays north of this, showing the same corruption of the main one, but less virulent and lacking [[Myrddraal]] and [[Trollocs]], though some [[Shadowspawn]] such as [[Draghkar]] remain. for this reason, it was named the Lesser blight by [[Luthair Paendrag]]'s armies. The continent crosses the equator and has seven significant islands. <br /> ==The Morenal Ocean==<br /> The Morenal Ocean is an ocean, between the land of Shara in the main continent and the Seanchan Continent. Little is known of it, including whether or not is has island ranges. None of the known Sharan ports are on the Morenal Ocean <br /> ==The Land of Madmen==<br /> The Land of Madmen is a continent in the Aryth Ocean, to the south of the Main continent. It is uncharted, with many active volcanoes and according to the [[Sea Folk]], civilisation never recovered after the Breaking. Both male and female channellers live there and are dangerous and unpredictable. <br /> ==The Blight==<br /> {{Main|Blight}}<br /> The Great Blight, commonly referred to as the Blight, is a region in the north that is entirely corrupted by the Dark One and inhabited by Shadowspawn. It stretches on either side of the Mountains of Dhoom from [[World's End]] in the west to Shara in the east. The Blight also exists in Seanchan, where it is called the Lesser Great Blight, because not as many dangerous creatures of the dark thrive there (TWoRJTWoT).<br /> Entering the Blight is dangerous and moving at night even more so ({{teotw|48}}), even for experienced campaigners, as the smallest things like insect bites mean death there ({{ns|15}}). <br /> <br /> [[Category:Geography and Cultures]]<br /> [[Category:Articles to be formatted]]<br /> [[Category:New Articles]]</div>

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<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Perrin]] encounters the [[Whitecloak]]s and agrees to a trial. [[Galad]] recognizes [[Morgase]] among his followers and asks her for judgment; Perrin is found guilty. He saves them from a [[Trolloc]] army and Galad names the punishment as blood money. He gives an oath to follow Perrin until the [[Last Battle]].<br /> <br /> [[Rand]] tells [[Egwene]] he intends to break the [[seals]]. She assumes this is wrong and opposes him, writing to all the leaders of the world to encourage them to join her. Egwene and several of the [[Aes Sedai]], plus [[Amys]], [[Bair]] and [[Melaine]] fight [[Mesaana]] and members of the [[Black Ajah]] in ''[[Tel'aran'rhiod]].'' With the inadvertent help of Perrin, who is chasing [[Slayer]], they are victorious and Mesaana's mind is crushed. [[Gawyn]] is wounded while fending off [[Bloodknives]] sent to kill the [[Amyrlin]] and Egwene [[bond]]s him to save his life.<br /> <br /> [[Mat]] contacts [[Elayne]] and arranges to have [[Andor]] make [[Aludra]]'s dragons. She takes the throne of [[Cairhien]]. Mat fights the ''[[gholam]]'' and forces it to fall into the darkness in a [[Skimming]] [[gateway]]. He [[Travel]]s to the [[Tower of Ghenjei]] and rescues [[Moiraine]], losing an eye and [[Jain Fairstrider|Jain]] in the process. <br /> <br /> [[Rodel]] loses most of his army fighting outside [[Maradon]]. He is saved when Rand arrives and kills the entire army. [[Nynaeve]] heals [[Naeff]]'s madness, passes her [[Aes Sedai Test|Aes Sedai test]] and takes [[Lan]]'s bond. Lan makes it across the [[Borderlands]], gathering a small army and leads a charge against a Trolloc force ten times his size at [[Tarwin's Gap]]. <br /> <br /> The [[Seanchan]] learn Traveling and began to plan for a full attack on the [[White Tower]].<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Knife of Dreams (Brief Plot Summary)|&lt; Previous Book]] / [[A Memory of Light (Brief Plot Summary)|Next Book &gt;&gt;]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Book Summaries]]</div>

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<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Template:JuniorMemberInfo <br /> |Avatar=raeviendha.jpg<br /> |TowerName=Raeviendha al'Toma<br /> |RealName=Roxanne<br /> |Location=Tennessee<br /> |Birthday=July 3<br /> |Affiliation={{aspirant}} of the {{yellow2}}<br /> |TowerRank={{accepted}}<br /> |TowerTitle=<br /> |JoinDate=January 21, 2013<br /> |ProfileNo=10774<br /> |BarColor=#FFFF00<br /> |BarText=#CC9900<br /> }}<br /> ==Tower History==<br /> *Joined {{TV}}: January 21, 2013<br /> *Joined {{Tower}}: March 11, 2013<br /> *Raised {{accepted}}: June 20, 2013<br /> *Aspired {{yellow}}: August 8, 2013<br /> ==Tower Involvement==<br /> ===Current===<br /> *{{owah}} {{mod}}: January 1, 2014 - Present<br /> *{{Editor|Raeviendha al'Toma}}: January 30, 2013 - present<br /> ===Previous===<br /> *{{welcome}}: July 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013<br /> ===Awards===<br /> ===Merits===<br /> ====Gold====<br /> ====Silver====<br /> ==Tower Relationships==<br /> ===Mentoring===<br /> ;Mentor<br /> *[[Seraph Delandra]]<br /> <br /> ===Other Tower Relationships===<br /> ==Official Event Attendance==<br /> <br /> [[Category:Yellow Ajah Aspirants]]<br /> [[Category:TarValon.Net Accepted]]<br /> [[Category:Who's Who Members]]<br /> [[Category:Current Research and Records]]<br /> [[Category:Current Staff]]<br /> [[Category:Current Moderators]]</div>

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<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* The Admin Meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>[[The Tower in 2013|&lt;&lt;2013]]<br /> <br /> The major events at [[TarValon.Net]] in 2014<br /> ==General==<br /> ==Administration==<br /> ===The Admin Meeting===<br /> No admin meeting has been held yet.<br /> <br /> ==Membership==<br /> ===General===<br /> ===Raisings===<br /> {{Main|2014 Raisings}}<br /> ===Bondings===<br /> {{Main|2014 Bondings}}<br /> <br /> ==Online Events==<br /> {{Main|2014 Outreach Activities}}<br /> <br /> ==Events==<br /> {{Main|2014 Official Events}}<br /> ==Awards==<br /> {{Main|2014 Awards}}<br /> ;Amyrlin's Awards<br /> ;Keeper's Awards<br /> <br /> ==Staff==<br /> {{Main|Administrative and Staff Positions in 2014}}<br /> [[Category:2014]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Epilogue&diff=93677 2014-01-16T17:26:46Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>[[A Memory of Light: Chapter 49|&lt;&lt; Previous Chapter]]<br /> {{title|To See the Answer}}<br /> {{icon|{{Wheel}}}}<br /> {{povb10|Rand|Mat|Perrin|Loial|Moghedien|Nynaeve|Birgitte|Tam|Min|Cadsuane}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> Rand and Moridin swap bodies and Rand fakes his own death. He loses the ability to channel, but lights a pipe by willing it to be lit.<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting|Shayol Ghul}}<br /> '''Characters: [[Rand]], an old woman'''<br /> <br /> Rand stumbles as he carries [[Moridin]] along a tunnel. He falls as it closes behind him. A woman's voice that he does not recognise tells him it is what he needs to do. As she moves off, he thinks he recognises Aiel clothing and gray hair and he tells her he asked the [[Aelfinn]] the wrong question and that choice is what matters.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> '''Setting: Outside [[Shayol Ghul]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Mat]]'''<br /> <br /> Mat stands as [[Mashadar]] vanishes and the sun comes out. He sees Padan Fain's corpse rotting quickly. He puts on his hat and leaves<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Perrin}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Shayol Ghul]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Perrin]], [[Damer Flinn]], [[Lan]] [[Nynaeve]]'''<br /> <br /> Perrin walks into the camp at the base of Shayol Ghul. He hears [[Damer Flinn]] complaining that he cannot save [[Rand]], and that Nynaeve also tried, with [[Moiraine]]'s ''[[angreal]]''. Perrin sees [[Moridin]] and is told that he is also dying. He leaves the tent and sees Lan, who tells him that [[Olver]] was the last to see [[Faile]]. He goes to find a [[gateway]] to the [[Field of Merrilor]].<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Loial}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Shayol Ghul]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Loial]], [[Aviendha]], [[Damer Flinn]], [[Elswell]], [[Nynaeve]], [[Rodel]], [[Saerin]], [[Yukiri]]<br /> <br /> Loial looks for Mat to get his account of the battle and sees several [[Aes Sedai]] trying to push Rodel into accepting the crown of [[Arad Doman]]. He enters [[Rand]]'s tent and hears that Rand is dying, but [[Moridin]] is getting better. Damer tells Nynaeve he thinks it odd that none of the women bonded to Rand, [[Aviendha]], [[Elayne]] and [[Min]], seem concerned. Loial talks to Aviendha and passes Elayne and Min and agrees with Damer, that it is odd they aren't wanting to be with him.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> '''Setting: the [[Field of Merrilor]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Mat]], [[Tuon]]'''<br /> <br /> Mat goes to see Tuon, who tells him she is pregnant, which means she can now kill him. This does not concern him.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Perrin}}<br /> '''Setting: The [[Field of Merrilor]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Perrin]]'''<br /> <br /> Perrin is exhausted and believes [[Faile]] to be dead. He collapses among the corpes.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Moghedien}}<br /> '''Setting: The [[Field of Merrilor]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Moghedien]], [[Shanan]]'''<br /> <br /> Moghedien wakes among the [[Shara]] corpses. She thinks how she might be able to rule the whole world in just a few years, but her train of thought is interrupted by an ''[[a'dam]]'' closing around her neck. The ''[[sul'dam]]'', Shanan says that they are not to take any [[Aes Sedai]], but that Moghedien doesn't wear the rings and looks as if she is up to no good. They open a [[gateway]] to [[Ebou Dar]] and drag Moghedien through.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Nynaeve}}<br /> '''Setting: The [[Field of Merrilor]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Nynaeve]], [[Aviendha]], [[Bair]], [[Lan]]<br /> <br /> Rand dies, but Aviendha, Elayne and Min do not seem to care. Nynaeve thinks they must know something and she will have it out of them. She hears Aviendha telling [[Bair]] that [[Rhuarc]]'s death means that something about her vision of the future has already changed. Nynaeve challenges her with Rand's death and Aviendha responds that Rand woke from the dream in greatness and it must be celebrated in greatness. Nynaeve doesn't believe a word of it and demands the truth. Aviendha merely says they must prepare his funeral pyre.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Perrin}}<br /> '''Setting: ''[[Tel'aran'rhiod]]'''''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Perrin]] [[Faile]]'''<br /> <br /> Perrin races through the wolfdream, visiting places he had been with Faile or Rand. He collapses in the place he met [[Elyas]] and hears the cry of a falcon. He follows it to the [[Field of Merrilor]] and finds a tiny falcon, pinned beneath a rock. He brings himself out of the dream and finds Faile by her scent, breathing shallowly. He takes her to [[Nynaeve]].<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Birgitte}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Shayol Ghul]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Birgitte]], [[Elayne]]'''<br /> <br /> Birgitte asks Elayne if she knows something about the Dragon, but Elayne shrugs. She tells Elayne that she knows Elayne wants to keep the [[Horn of Valere|Horn]] so she sent it away with [[Olver]] to dispose of it where it won't be found. She is surprised when Elayne thanks her for saving her the decision. She feels herself being reborn and tells Elayne she will be with Gaidal.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Tam}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Shayol Ghul]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Tam]]'''<br /> <br /> Tam lights Rand's funeral pyre, thinking that Rand did well.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Min}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Shayol Ghul]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Min]], [[Aviendha]], [[Elayne]]<br /> <br /> Min watches Tam light the funeral pyre and tells the others she always knew this would come. In the back of her mind, she feels the bond grow stronger and tells the others they must make sure everyone believes Rand gone.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Shayol Ghul]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: Rand'''<br /> <br /> Rand wakes in [[Moridin]]'s body, next to a mixed pile of clothing left by [[Alivia]]. He sneaks out of the tent and sees [[Cadsuane]] looking at him.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Cadsuane}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Shayol Ghul]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Cadsuane]], [[Lyrelle]], [[Saerin]], [[Rubinde]], [[Yukiri]]<br /> <br /> Cadsuane sees Rand leave and decides there is no need to continue the sham of a funeral. As she walks off, Lyrelle, Saerin, Rubinde and Yukiri walk up to her, to tell her she is to be the [[Amyrlin]].<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Shayol Ghul]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Rand]]'''<br /> <br /> Rand walks off, relieved that [[Cadsuane]] didn't raise an alarm. He realises she probably suspects something. He pulls out a pipe and finds there is no ''[[saidin]]'' for him to use. He tries to use the [[True Power]], just to be sure and can't use that either. He is relieved. He has no way to light his tabac, so thinks of the pipe as being lit, and it is. He looks back at [[Aviendha]], [[Elayne]] and [[Min]] and wonders which will follow him and who he will pick. He realises he can't choose. He thinks on how it will be novel to travel just for the pleasure of seeing the world.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Common Themes===<br /> ;Balance<br /> Rand swapping bodies with Moridin could be said to be part of the theme of balance<br /> ;Pipes<br /> Rand's reality altering abilities first manifest in lighting a pipe<br /> ===Visions and Prophecies===<br /> ;She will help you die ({{wh|24}})<br /> Alivia prepares Rand's clothes for when he leaves. This could be said to be helping him seem to die<br /> ;A pipe with smoke curling from it ({{tom|14}})<br /> Rand lighting a pipe by simply wanting it to be lit<br /> *Three women standing over a funeral bier with you on it, black rock wet with blood ({{teotw|15}})<br /> The funeral scene and Rand bleeding. As Min's viewings are of important events in a person's life, it seems clear that Rand could not be dead in this viewing of his funeral<br /> ===Mysteries===<br /> ;Who was the old woman with grey hair?<br /> Does she have anything to do with Nakomi? Nakomi was described as middle aged, but this woman has grey hair.<br /> ;How did Rand swap bodies?<br /> Demonstrating a phenomena that occured in A Crown of Swords, and the double bond of [[Androl]] and [[Pevara]], Rand was able to use his own [[Balefire]]-forged bond between himself and Moridin as well as his newfound knowledge on manipulating [[the Pattern]] to make the swap.<br /> ;Why was no one watching Moridin?<br /> It may have been preplanned but not mentioned in the books between Rand and those who needed to know, hence those that were in the know simply left it knowing what Rand was going to do.<br /> ;Did Alivia know Rand was alive?<br /> She most likely did, though it was left vague enough for the readers to come up with their own conclusions.<br /> ;Is Aviendha already pregnant or is that still to come?<br /> In her viewings of the possible future, her children knew they were of the Dragon's line.<br /> ;Is the Compulsion on Graendal permanent?<br /> Damer refers to her as a &quot;horrid looking Aes Sedai&quot; so it seems Aviendha didn't reveal who she was.<br /> ;Why can't Rand Channel?<br /> Was he burned out? He doesn't seem to feel the loss that is common in all others who suffer that fate.<br /> <br /> More likely, because Moridin can't Channel ''Saidin'' and as the Dark One was the source of the True Power, Rand, in Moridin's body is similarly unable to Channel anymore.<br /> ;How did Rand light the pipe?<br /> As a result of his time in manipulating the Pattern of the Wheel, Rand appears to have the ability to now simply will things to happen as he wishes, easily making him the most powerful being in the world now.<br /> <br /> [[A Memory of Light: Chapter 49|&lt;&lt; Previous Chapter]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:A Memory of Light Summaries]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_48&diff=93676 2014-01-16T17:22:27Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{next14b|47|49}}<br /> {{title|A Brilliant Lance}}<br /> {{icon|{{Symbol}}}}<br /> {{povb5|Elayne|Thom|Min|Aviendha|Logain}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> Logain breaks the Seals<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Elayne}}<br /> '''Setting: The [[Field of Merrilor]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Elayne]]'''<br /> <br /> Elayne feels Rand's strength, control and determination and realises the end has come. She sees a bright light shoot into the sky.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Thom}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Shayol Ghul]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Thom]]'''<br /> <br /> Thom sees light break out from Shayol Ghul.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Min}}<br /> '''Setting: The [[Field of Merrilor]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Min]]'''<br /> <br /> Min sees light from Shayol Ghul burn away the clouds.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Aviendha}}<br /> '''Setting:'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Aviendha]], [[Graendal]]'''<br /> <br /> Aviendha sees the light and realises Rand is winning. Graendal bows down before Aviendha and asks how she can serve, the [[compulsion]] she had been weaving when the [[unweaving|unraveling]] [[gateway]] exploded having backfired on her.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Logain}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Caemlyn]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Logain]], [[Androl]], [[Gabrelle]]<br /> <br /> Androl tells Logain that [[Polov Heights]] has been destroyed. He is annoyed that the ''sa'angreal'' will also have been lost and thinks he wasted his time saving people who will hate him, until he sees they are looking at him with awe, thanking and praising them. One woman tells him she will have her son tested as soon as he is old enough to see if he has the talent. He feels the light from Shayol Ghul and Gabrelle hands him the [[Seals]], telling him it is time. He breaks them.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> <br /> {{next14|47|49|48}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_37&diff=93675 2014-01-16T17:13:16Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|36|38}}<br /> {{title|The Last Battle}}<br /> {{icon|{{Symbol}}}}<br /> {{povb28|Lan|Elayne|Uno|Logain|Gawyn|Tam|Pevara|Rand|Galad|Egwene|Faile|Perrin|Androl|Rhuarc|Silviana|Min|Demandred|Juilin|Fortuona|Bashere|Arganda|Olver|Leane|Talmanes|Ila|Hurin|Berelain|Taim}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> Mat leads the battle at the Field of Merrilor while Rand and Perrin fight their own battles. Lan kills Demandred<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Lan}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters3|Lan|Andere|Logain}}<br /> <br /> Lan and Andere ride to the [[River Mora]] where they are to lead the cavalry as the frontline against the [[trolloc]]s and [[Shara]]ns. They see Logain there, with a group of [[Asha'man]] and [[Aes Sedai]]. They cross at [[Hawal Ford]] and attack the Sharans riding between bogs and [[Polov Heights]].<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Elayne}}<br /> {{setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Elayne|Birgitte|Mat|Tuon}}<br /> <br /> Elayne hears [[Draghkar]] in the [[Seanchan]] camp at the base of [[Dashar Knob]] and starts riding towards the noise. Birgitte alerts her and she weaves a thunderclap, deafening those around here and rendering the Draghkar's call useless. They ride into the camp and see over a hundred of the Draghkhar. Elayne has Birgitte to tell one of the ''[[sul'dam]]'' to [[Heal]]. She enters the command building, where Mat tells her he had been expecting her. He explains that if he had revealed the true battle plan, it would have got back to the enemy. She asks what the real plan is, and he doesn't tell her. She realises that he can't say anything as it might be overheard.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Uno}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters7|Uno|Allin|Aludra|Demandred|Einar|Kwamesa|Talmanes}}<br /> <br /> On the [[Polov Heights|Heights]], Uno watches the battle begin to unfold, with Talmanes and Aludra ordering the [[dragons]]. A ''[[raken]]'' drops a message telling him to retreat down the southwestern slope. They begin to do this when they come under attack from the [[Shara]]ns. Lightning rains down on them overwhelming the [[Aes Sedai]] and [[Asha'man]] defenders. An immense gateway opens behind them and they see [[Demandred]], who weaves [[balefire]] killing Kwamesa, then Einar. Uno realises the wisdom of the order to retreat and organises his men.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Logain}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters10|Logain|Androl|Arel Malevin|Canler|Demandred|Emarin|Gabrelle|Jonneth|Karldin Manfor|Pevara}}<br /> <br /> Logain stands by the [[Mora]], he releases the power from what had been a thirty nine person circle and tells the [[Asha'man]] and [[Aes Sedai]] with him that they are going to try and find the [[Seals]] that [[Taim]] has stolen. He tells them to kill any male channelers they encounter and most go, leaving just Gabrelle, Karldin and Arel. He tells Gabrelle that he has released the bond to Toveine and that he will kill her if he gets the chance. He is shocked when he feels envy through the bond to Gabrelle and thnks on how she had being trying to manipulate him. He links with those remaining, drawing through the ''[[angreal]]'' that Rand had given him and tells them he means to be the one to kill Taim.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Gawyn}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters9|Gawyn|Gareth Bryne|Demandred|Doesine|Egwene|Lelaine|Silviana|Siuan|Yukiri|}}<br /> <br /> Gawyn watches the battle through a [[gateway]] created by [[Yukiri]]. Bryne suggests that Mat is trying to bait a trap. They see Demandred kill thousands of men, but there is nothing they can do, as even if they had their own full circle, they couldn't match his power. Gawyn thinks that he had promised to stand in Egwene's shadow, but that didn't mean he had to stop doing important work. He takes out the rings he got from the [[bloodknife]]s and puts them on.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Tam}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> '''Characters: [[Tam]], [[Abell]], [[Arganda]], [[Alliandre]], {{azi}}, [[Bayrd]], [[Dannil Lewin]], [[Galad]], [[Tinna]]'''<br /> <br /> On the south bank of the [[Mora]], Tam fires arrows at [[Trollocs]] that are trying to cross. Dannil tells him that [[Mat]] is sending infantry banners from the [[Legion of the Dragon]] to try and ensure that Tam's men are able to hold their positions. Tam says he will make sure Arganda and Galad know to expect reinforcements.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Pevara}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters6|Pevara|Androl|Canler|Emarin|Jonneth|Theodrin}}<br /> <br /> Pevara fights [[Trolloc]]s at [[Hawal Ford]]. She tells Androl her location through their thoughts and he comes to her through a [[gateway]], from the [[Shara]]n army. They move along the southwestern base of the [[Polov Heights|Heights]], saving a group of soldiers on the way. They join Jonneth, Canler and Theodrin and move through another gateway. Pevara and Androl link and they continue to fight, Androl killing Trollocs and [[Myrddraal]] through creative use of gateways. Lightning strikes at them and Androl loses his gateway, but despite being linked, Pevara is able to [[weave]] her own gateway and they pass through to safety.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters6|Mat|Birgitte|Elayne|Galad|Mika|Tuon}}<br /> <br /> Galad complains about Mat's decisions, but Mat tells him to do as he is told and hold the river. He agrees. Elayne also complains, but Mat responds that they put him in charge so they should let him do his job. Elayne responds with the somewhat petty argument that they made him commander of the armies but that he isn't in charge. He sends the Ogier in as reinforcements at the ford and instructs Lan to swing round behind the second trolloc army at the ruins and hold position without engaging them and sends orders to Talmanes. He uses his looking glass and sees that the [[Shara]]ns have moved to intercept Lan, before Lan even receives his order and realises there is a spy in the command tent. Talmanes sends a response that his forces cannot fight and that the dragons need repairing. There are five or six that are functional and more that can be repaired, but Mat decides to wait before deploying them as once he does, Demandred will strike immediately. He goes outside the command tent to talk to Elayne, who weaves a [[ward]] against eavesdropping. He tells her of the spy and that he plans to use it. He tells her that the battle is a little like cards, that you want your opponent to think they are winning and start betting too high, so that you can take advantage when the right hand comes along. He tells her that Demandred has sent a force to block the river, which will succeed before long and that they need a solid defense in place when they come over the river bed. Elayne says she will go. Mat goes back in the command tent thinking that Talmanes understood his signal and that Elayne is doing what he wanted, so now he just has to persuade Tuon.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Galad}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters2|Galad|Golever}}<br /> <br /> Galad leads the [[Whitecloak]] cavalry against the [[Trollocs]]. After the charge, he searches out small groups of isolated men and orders them to the ruins so they can be formed into new banners. He thinks he might have given [[Mat]] too little credit. He tells Golever that he doesn't expect the Trollocs to stop for the night and sees the river go dry. At that he realises he did give Mat too little credit. Golever hands him a letter from Mat instructing him to move to [[Hawal Ford]] and to wait for more orders once he sees [[Elayne]]'s banner.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting2|Shayol Ghul}}<br /> {{Characters7|Rand|Dannil Lewin|Damer Flinn|Dark One|Jori Congar|Nynaeve|Tam}}<br /> <br /> The Dark One shows Rand a possible future in which the [[Blight]] has overun the world. He sees Tam, Jori and Dannil working on a tree stump. Insects swarm out of it and kill Jori. Dannil takes Rand to Nynaeve who then takes him to be [[turned]]. He learns that in this reality, Nynaeve, [[Egwene]], [[Cadsuane]] and [[Logain]] have all been turned and that [[Elayne]], [[Aviendha]] and [[Min]] are endlessly tortured. He refuses the reality of the world and it shatters. He takes the threads of [[the Pattern]] and tells the Dark One he will show him what is going to happen.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters6|Egwene|Chubain|Gareth|Siuan|Silviana|Yukiri}}<br /> <br /> Egwene sees tiny cracks in the rocks and Yukiri tells her they think they are a result of [[balefire]]. She looks at them in detail and sees they look into pure nothing. She weaves and heals them turning them into normal cracks, before noticing that Gawyn is missing. Bryne goes to look for him and she sends Siuan to Mat and Tuon. Egwene goes through a [[gateway]] and speaks with Chubain who says at first he thought [[Mat]] was mad, but he is now able to see his reasoning for some of what he has done, but does not understand why Mat abandoned the [[Polov Heights|Heights]] only to assault them again.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Gawyn}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters2|Gawyn|Demandred}}<br /> <br /> Gawyn walks through the battlesite. He kills a Trolloc that is carrying the body of [[Symon]] and immediately regrets it. He sees where Demandred is, and runs after him, thinking that someone had to kill Demandred and that Egwene and Logain can't be risked, but he can. He sees Demandred and plans to sneak up on him, pull him off his horse and kill him but Demandred senses him and turns round, aiming [[balefire]] at Gawyn, which misses. He strikes Demandred's horse and prepares to kill him after he is thrown off. A blast of air saves Demandred and the two begin to fight, Demandred waving off the [[Shara]]ns. Gawyn does well at first, with the edge the rings gives him, but despite the extra speed, is unable to land a hit on Demandred. Demandred channels to throw a rock at Gawyn, hitting him, before telling Gawyn that he is the saviour and that Rand is mad, as the [[Great Lord]] cannot be defeated. He says he will protect the world by destroying it and sheltering its people. He also tells Gawyn that he believes that [[Mat]] is actually [[Lews Therin]] as no mortal general would have the skill Mat has shown. He tells Gawyn that his weakness is that he wields the sword, rather than becoming it. He stabs Gawyn in the stomach and tells Gawyn that if he survives, he should tell Lews Therin that Demandred is looking forward to a match between the two and has improved since they last met. Demandred leaves and Gawyn pulls himself onto a horse and rides off.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Faile}}<br /> {{Setting3|The|Blasted Lands}}<br /> {{Characters4|Faile|Arrela|Mandevwin|Selande}}<br /> <br /> Mandevwin insists that [[Vanin]] and [[Harnan]] are not [[Darkfriends]]. Faile assumes he must be wrong. She looks up at [[Thakan'dar]] and thinks she will get the [[Horn of Valere|Horn]] to [[Shayol Ghul]]. Selande and Arrela arrive from scouting and tell her they have seen a caravan.<br /> <br /> They see [[the Town|a village]] in the foothills of Thakan'dar and that there is a central supply station not far from it. A [[gateway]] opens and men trudge through with carts. Faile and Mandevwin think that sneaking through the gateway might be their best option. They see a group of [[Samma N'Sei]] and realise they won't be able to sneak past them so retreat to plan their next move.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Perrin}}<br /> {{Setting2|Mayene}}<br /> {{Characters4|Perrin|Berelain|Janina|Uno}}<br /> <br /> Perrin wakes in Berelain's palace. She tells him she has taken precautions to prevent the problems that occurred last time he spent the night in her tent. He learns that the armies now fight at the [[Field of Merrilor]] and that [[Faile]] vanished in a [[Bubble of Evil]]. He asks Janina if she can wash away his tiredness, but she says even if she knew how she wouldn't as he needs rest. He falls asleep, and considers the possibilities of the Wolf Dream, the Wolf Dream in the flesh, and true sleep and realises he needs true sleep or he will die.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Androl}}<br /> {{Setting3|Away from the|Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters5|Androl|Emarin|Jonneth|Pevara|Theodrin}}<br /> <br /> The group rest and [[Heal]] their injuries while planning their next move. Androl thinks he is falling in love with Pevara, and is amused as he had thought love a thing for the young. He tells her that if they are going to get the [[Seals]] from [[Taim]], they will have to use stealth.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rhuarc}}<br /> {{Setting2|Valley of Thakan'dar}}<br /> {{Characters|Rhuarc|Baelder|Hessalam|Trask}}<br /> <br /> Rhuarc stalks through Thakan'dar hunting [[Shadowspawn]] and [[Samma N'Sei]], who he thinks of as the Honorless. He and his companions come across a group that are unable to channel fighting [[Aiel]]. They slay them, but Trask is killed. He sneaks up on one of the red veiled men who is able to channel and kills him. He thinks that the [[Aes Sedai]] and [[Asha'man]] are tiring. Hessalam uses [[compulsion]] on him, turning him into her adoring slave.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting|A possible future}}<br /> {{Characters|Rand|Dark One}}<br /> <br /> Rand walks through a large city in what was the [[Two Rivers]] in a world he has constructed. The Dark One tells him he has not eliminated suffering and that his vision is flawed. The Dark One attacks and the world becomes just a possibility.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Silviana}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Silviana|Chubain|Egwene|Leilwin}}<br /> <br /> Silviana attacks the [[Shara]]ns with fire. The [[Tower]] forces have split in two, the infantry attacking on the [[heights]] and the other half, the cavalry, to the corridor between the bogs and the heights to attack the rear flank of Trollocs attacking the first group. She sees Egwene go pale and thinks she is under attack, but Egwene tells her that [[Gawyn]] has been injured. Egwene wants to go after him, but Silviana says it is too dangerous and suggests that Egwene pass the [[bond]] to her. Egwene refuses.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Elayne}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Elayne|Birgitte|Galad|Gareth}}<br /> <br /> Elayne looks across the riverbed to the [[Heights]], where a large number of Sharans have gathered on the heights. Birgitte tells her she now only has memories of her current life. Galad asks her why Mat wanted him there, but she has no idea. A messenger arrives with a note from Mat. It has a note telling him to do what must be done along with a copy of his [[foxhead medallion|medallion]] that Elayne made. They don't understand, so Galad turns the page over, and sees further instructions that he is to go and kill as many Sharan channelers as he can. Bryne also arrives, to tell her that Gawyn had been that way and that no one knows where he is.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Mat|Logain|Mika|Tuon}}<br /> <br /> Mat looks out on the battle, with the Trollocs crossing the riverbed, under fire from Tam's men. He hopes Tam can hold long enough for Lan and the Borderlanders to strike the rear flank. Logain enters and Mat tells him he needs the Asha'man to help the Aes Sedai. Logain tells him it is not his war, but Mat replies it is everyone's war. He says he and his men should be at [[Shayol Ghul]], but Mat realises he doesn't really mean this. Logain tells him that none of them are able to face [[Demandred]] and Mat realises Logain wants to. Mat knows that he has to do something about Demandred, and that even though Logain stands little chance, he may be a distraction at least, so gives him permission. He suggests to Tuon that they move her to safety, but she says she can protect herself, choosing the matter as something to fight over so that Mat can fake a split with the [[Seanchan]]. Two guards enter and Mat notices that there is a gray man with them. He sees him pull out a knife as Mika shouts that there is channeling nearby.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Min}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Min|Mat|Siuan|Tuon}}<br /> <br /> Min throws herself at Fortuona, tipping over her chair as [[Ayyad]] and other [[Shara]]ns come though a hole they create in the wall. She sees Tuon abandon her costume for sleek silken trousers and shirt and run to Mat. Min steps through the hole and runs round the building, encountering a male Ayyad, who catches a knife she throws at him, before being killed by Siuan stopping his heart. She tells Siuan that Siuan was supposed to stay near Gareth, if she wanted to live and Siuan says she did that and they saved each other's lives. Min tells her the danger still exists. Siuan tells her it is more important to save Mat, even if it costs both their lives. They see Mat fighting three [[gray men]], and one surviving ''[[damane]]'' who won't do anything as her ''[[sul'dam]]'' is dead. She sees one of the gray men has left Mat and is about to kill Tuon who she saves. She sees Siuan dead and with Mat and Tuon, steps outside.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters|Egwene}}<br /> <br /> Egwene instructs the [[Aes Sedai]] with her to try and stop the [[Shara]]ns' weaves while she attacks, intending to fight her way through them to [[Gawyn]]<br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Demandred}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Demandred|Galbrait|Shendla|Taim}}<br /> <br /> Demandred watches the battle through the eyes of a falcon as ravens are shot down by the [[Borderlander]]s. He thinks it should give him an unsurmountable advantage, but the [[gateways]] that look down on the battle even things out. He considers [[Traveling]] to the command post at [[Dashar Knob]] but is concerned it might be a trap. He wonders why the resistance encountered when diverting the river was a small unit of soldiers and townspeople. He looks to his side and sees Shendla, with three other women and thinks that his affection for her is almost enough to change his heart. Galbrait, the leader of the [[Ayyad]] tells him she failed and that Mat escaped, but he says she wasn't supposed to kill him because he is beyond her skill. It is enough that she disrupted his command post. Demandred still suspects that Mat is Lews Therin in disguise, but feels he can't prove it. He thinks that to truly master battle tactics takes centuries. He admits to himself that in general, Lews Therin was more accomplished than he was, but that Demandred was the better general. He thinks that if Cauthon really is Lews Therin, he is a better general than he was in the [[Age of Legends]]. He wonders when Mat will commit the ''[[damane]]'' and if he can widen the fracture between them and the Aes Sedai. The three Ayyad leave and he asks Shendla if she is worried, fighting alongside Trollocs and Halfmen despite not having given herself to the Shadow. She tells him she doesn't see his actions as evil, as he will remake the world and preserve her people. He briefly wonders what he will do once Lews Therin is dead and the world has been remade. Taim arives, through a [[True Power]] [[gateway]]. He mocks Demandred for losing the battle near the ruins and Demandred has two dozen of his Ayyad [[shield]] him but Taim seizes the True Power and fights back. Demandred shields him with a True Power shield and pulls energy out of him and the intense use of the True Power begins to unravel [[the Pattern]]. He tells Taim to keep away from him, from Lews Therin, and from the enemy general, but other than that he doesn't care what chaos he creates . He turns and weaves [[balefire]] from the True Power, destroying hundreds of the forces of [[the Light]]. He tells Taim to go and is amazed that he is able to Travel with the True Power.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Pit of Doom}}<br /> {{Characters2|Rand|The Dark One}}<br /> <br /> The Dark One tells Rand he will win eventually and prepares to show him another possible future.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Juilin}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> '''Characters: [[Juilin]], [[Myk]], [[Charn (2)|Charn]]'''<br /> <br /> Juilin leads a squad of pikemen against a [[Sharan]] troop.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Pevara}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters6|Androl|Demandred|Emarin|Jonneth|Pevara|Theodrin}}<br /> <br /> Androl and Pevara, wearing [[invert]]ed [[Mask of Mirrors]] walk through [[Darkfriends]], [[Shadowspawn]] and [[Sharan]]s. She is not pleased when he tells her she looks good in black. Androl is disguised as [[Nensen]] and [[Emarin]] as [[Kash]]. Pevara is disguised as [[Alviarin]] and Theodrin as Rianna, with Jonneth simply as a Darkfriend. Pevara wonders about some of the battle tactics and Androl is able to telepathically explain some of what is going on. An old man interrupts the and says he will take them to the Wyld. She thinks on how she had intended to take multiple [[Asha'man]] warders, but can't continue her train of thought as it is interrupted by Androl's jealousy. Androl is surprised when she tells him Emarin prefers men. They see Demandred, who tells them that if he sees any [[Dreadlord]]s away from the fight against the [[White Tower]] forces, he will make them wish he had given them to the [[Trollocs]]. Androl thinks what they did was effective, as they know where to find [[Taim]].<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Galad}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Galad|Alhanra|Gawyn|Golever}}<br /> <br /> Galad is feeling that the [[Last Battle]] may be the end of the world as he hunts [[Sharan]] [[channeler]]s. He sees three of them and approaches. One throws a ball of fire at him, which dissipates when it hits him, leaving him singed but unharmed. She looks at him in shock as he takes her head off with his sword. Golever comes to tell him that this is a great day and the [[Whitecloaks|Children]] should have done much more of it in the past. Alhanra tells him that he has found Gawyn, and Galad goes to see him. They see him, lying between two rocks and Galad assumes he is dead. Gawyn speaks and tells Galad that he had failed. Galad tells him not to die and that he won't be left without a brother, but Gawyn tells him he has one, that [[Tigraine]] went to the [[Waste]] and gave birth to a son on [[Dragonmount]]. He asks Galad not to hate [[Rand]] and dies. Galad tells Golever to take the wounded to safety and plans to fight [[Demandred]]<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{Pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters2|Egwene|Silviana}}<br /> <br /> Egwene feels [[Gawyn]] die and lashes out with [[the Power]] until Silviana makes her realise she is out of control. Someone weaves a [[gateway]] and she leaves the battlefield through it.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Tam}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{characters2|Tam|Abell}}<br /> <br /> Tam uses his last arrow, saving a [[Whitecloak]]. Downriver, the [[Legion of the Dragon]] is halting the [[Trollocs]] and his men are doing the same. He feels there is no reason to retreat, so tells the men to gather their weapons and leave the bows, for when they have more arrows, though he knows none will come. He splits the forces into two wedges, Tam leading one and [[Deoan]] leading the other. They attack.<br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Fortuona}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{characters5|Fortuona|Galgan|Karede|Mat|Min}}<br /> <br /> Fortuona refuses ''[[damane]]'' [[Healing]], though she thinks it a useful development. She realises that the [[Deathwatch Guards]] who allowed the assasins through will need punishment, as to deny it them would be to deny them their honour. She instructs Karede to go to the enemy and fight the ''marath'damane'' directly. She raises Min to [[the Blood]]. Tuon decides that it is time to misdirect the spy. She tells Mat that he holds the ultimate responsibility for the attack and is surprised to see Galgan frown, and that Mat has already converted him. She tells him that he is not serious enough and he laughs. Tuon is the only one to see an omen behind him, twin lines of smoke rising from the heights to signify a large gamble that will yield a large reward or a great cost. He tells Tuon he has had it with her and Seanchan ways and she tells him the Seanchan should never have joined the battle. She tells the Seanchan with her that other than the Deathwatch Guards, they are returning to Ebou Dar. She hopes the spy will simply see a young woman foolish enough to want to fight on her own and believe the ploy.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Pit of Doom}}<br /> {{Characters4|Rand|Basel Gill|Renel|Shai'tan}}<br /> <br /> The Dark One takes Rand to a world that could exist. He is at first surprised as it doesn't have any of the decay and devastation of the previous world he was shown. When a street vendor, Renel, kills a street urchin with not even a second thought, and starts to look at Rand as though she would do the same to him, Rand begins to grow suspicious. He goes to [[The Queen's Blessing]], where he doesn't recognise the door guard, but Basel Gill is still the Innkeeper. Gill tries to rob him and seems amazed at the idea that there would be laws against theft, claiming if a man can't keep what is his, he doesn't deserve it. Rand realises that the Dark One took people's consciences. He tells Shai'tan that he will show him the world's opposite.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{characters3|Mat|Karede|Min}}<br /> <br /> Mat walks away from Tuon, a little concerned that she meant what she was saying. He asks Min to stay with her and watch. He sees Karede, who says he is going to the front line. Mat tells him that he is going there as well and the [[Deathwatch Guard]] are to come with him. Karede agrees as long as Mat does not call the Empress &quot;Tuon&quot; as that would be a bad omen.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Tam}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters|Tam|Berelain|Dannil Lewin|Lan}}<br /> <br /> Tam fights [[Trolloc]]s. He is not as strong as he had been as a young man, but with age has come maturity and an understanding of the void. The Trollocs turn and break as the [[Borderlander]]s arrive, forcing them into a vise with the [[Legion of the Dragon]]. He has held his position. Lan rides over to tell him he had wondered if the man who gave [[Rand]] his sword had earned it, but that he now knows. He salutes Tam. He tells Tam that the battle is not done and that [[Demandred]] had sent a smaller force here to keep them from the battle at [[Hawal Ford]]. Lan leaves just before a [[gateway]] opens from [[Mayene]], bringing refugees from [[Caemlyn]] who had insisted on being brought to the battle. Tam thinks that battle is not the place for them, but when he sees them retrieving arrows, he thinks they can be of use. Berelain asks after [[Galad]].<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{Pov2|Elayne}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters5|Elayne|Birgitte|Celebrain|Charlz Guybon|Theodohr}}<br /> <br /> Birgitte tells Elayne that the command post at [[Dashar Knob]] has fallen and the [[Seanchan]] have retreated. Elayne says she will take charge until they hear from [[Mat]]. She realises that the [[Trollocs]] are slowly surrounding them and that their position is poor. They are attacked by [[Demandred]] who sends [[balefire]] at them and demands that [[Lews Therin]] come to him as he hunts a woman Lews' loves. Birgitte instructs Celebrain to raise a banner and ride in the opposite direction as a decoy. Elayne is not happy, as this is effectively a death sentence, but Birgitte makes her realise it is necessary.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Galad}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{characters2|Galad|Demandred}}<br /> <br /> Galad rides towards [[Demandred]]. He kills a male channeler and calls out to Demandred, telling him that the [[Dragon Reborn]]'s brother is there. He doesn't know what to make of this revelation. Demandred steps forward and Galad thinks he looks like Rand as they have a similar sense to them. Demandred says he is displeased that Lews Therin is ignoring him and the two begin to fight.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Nynaeve}}<br /> {{Setting|The Pit of Foom}}<br /> {{Characters2|Nynaeve|Alanna}}<br /> <br /> Unable to [[Heal]], Nynaeve uses her herbs to help Alanna.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters7|Mat|Davram Bashere|Deira Bashere|Loial|Karede|Teslyn|Tinna}}<br /> <br /> Mat encounters Bashere at the back of the [[Andor]]an lines. Bashere has become king of Saldaea, but has refused to be crowned. Elayne's forces are holding, but are in danger of being surrounded. Mat has the [[Band of the Red Hand|band]] and the Andoran cavalry engaging the [[Trolloc]]s to prevent them separating the lines of pikes in Elayne's forces. He sends Bashere to Lan, with instructions to engage the Trollocs trying to move round the Andoran right flank. Mat rides towards the [[Dragonsworn]] and sees Loial and other Ogier, including some of the [[Gardeners]] breaking a Trolloc [[Fist]]. He takes the Ogier and continues on to the Dragonsworn and talks with Tinna. He learns Teslyn is with the Dragonsworn and asks for a [[gateway]] to move as many of the troops as possible, to move them to the top of the [[Heights]] with the intention of seizing the northern slope and preventing [[Demandred]] from fully surrounding [[Elayne]]'s armies.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting2|Mayene}}<br /> {{characters4|Egwene|Leilwin|Rosil|Silviana}}<br /> <br /> Egwene wakes to hear Silviana and Rosil discussing her and realises she is in Mayene. Rosil tells her she should rest but she replies that she can't afford to. She tells Silviana that she wants [[Vora's Sa'angreal]]. Silviana hesitates, but Egwene insists as Rosil reluctantly agrees. She says she will need another [[warder]] and chooses Leilwin.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Galad}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters2|Galad|Demandred}}<br /> <br /> Demandred and Galad fight in darkness lit by [[Sharan]] torches. He injures Demandred, impressing him. Galad grabs him, but his muscle gives out from an earlier wound and he drops his sword. Demandred strikes, severing his right arm at the elbow. Demandred strikes and all goes black.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Androl}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Androl|Mishraile|Pevara|Taim}}<br /> <br /> Androl, disguised as [[Nensen]], and his companions look for Taim on the [[Heights]]. He sees Mishraile and Taim, holding one of the [[Seals]]. Taim asks him what he is doing and Androl tells him [[Demandred]]'s message, that he would kill any [[Dreadlord]] who is out of position. Taim places a [[Mask of Mirrors]], thinking he is disguising Nensen as Androl and tells him to find and kill [[Logain]]. Androl stumbles, and as he gets up, steals Taim's pouch containing the Seals.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Arganda}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Arganda|Abell|Lan|Tam}}<br /> <br /> Demandred rants that Rand's brother lies dying and that he is the true saviour of the world. Arganda charges and hits a [[Trolloc]], which back hands him as it dies. When he wakes, Lan tells him that a second army, of [[Dragonsworn]] accompanied by a banner of cavalry had attacked the left flank and broke the [[Sharan]]s apart. A flash of light reveals the sheer number of Trollocs and Arganda thinks that each man would have to kill at least five of them.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting|[[Caemlyn]] in a Possible Future}}<br /> {{Characters3|Rand|Elayne|Shai'tan}}<br /> <br /> Rand weaves the threads of [[the Pattern]] into a possible world, feeling it resist as he does, creating a world without the [[Dark One]]. He walks into the palace in Caemlyn and passes windows, gateways to other places, showing a rebuilt [[Malkier]], [[Tear (City)|Tear]] and [[Rhuidean]], surrounded by [[chora]] fields. He sees a stone slab, in what was the [[Blasted Lands]] where his body had been buried after the [[Last Battle]]. He sees Elayne who wonders if her daughter had pranked her with the [[Mask of Mirrors]]. When she realises it is Rand, she will invite [[Aviendha]] who is playing with children in Rhuidean. As she babbles on, Rand looks into her eyes and sees a shadow, similar to that in the eyes of someone who has been [[turned]]. He realises that the Dark One is not merely the source of evil, he is the manifestation of evil and that by removing him from existence, he has taken away the ability to do or be evil, condemning people to be insipid and vacuous. He realises the world he would create is horrible.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters2|Mat|Karede}}<br /> <br /> Mat sits on a dead Trolloc. Demandred didn't take his bait at the [[Hawal Ford|Ford]], having sent only [[Trolloc]]s and not [[Sharan]]s. Demandred is now trying to get behind [[Elayne]]'s forces, but Mat is managing to hold him off. He is aware that the [[Ayyad]] are winning against the Aes Sedai. He sees something attacking the Sharans and watches them flee across the Heights.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Olver}}<br /> {{Setting3|The|Blasted Lands}}<br /> {{Characters4|Olver|Aravine|Faile|Mandevwin}}<br /> <br /> Olver and Faile's group walk through the Blasted Lands. They had attacked a [[Shadow]] supply train, defeating [[Lifa|a merchant]] and three [[Darkfriends]]. They free a string of captives, many of whom accompany them into the supply dump. On their way in, they are stopped and Aravine claims to be Ansai, Lifa's partner. They are allowed through. A plump woman in white [[weaves]] a [[gateway]] and Aravine waves them through. On the other side, they see [[Dragonmount]] in the distance as the body of a member of the [[Band|Band of the Red Hand]] falls down a slope behind them and into the fire. Aravine comes through and points at Faile. Arrella, Selande and Mandevwin are captured by air. Aravine apologises and tells them she is a Darkfriend who thought she could escape her vows, but that she intends to take the [[Horn]] to [[Demandred]]. Olver thinks on what [[Mat]] would do and launches himself at the woman in white, stabbing her in the lower back.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Leane}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{characters5|Leane|Doesine|Egwene|Raechin|Manda Wan}}<br /> <br /> Leane and other [[Aes Sedai]] fight the [[Sharan]]s. They are attacked by male [[Ayyad]] and Doesine is killed. Leane feels pride at the way the Aes Sedai are holding out. She goes to Raechin who tells her she would like to know if there really is a way to make a man do as you wish. They see that the Sharans have replaced the troops who had drawn away earlier with what looks like villagers. Raechin is still able to call lightening on them. Manda Wan suggests pulling back to regroup at [[Dashar Knob]] but before they have the chance to, Egwene walks through them and releases a dozen flows of fire, killing Sharan channelers.<br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Talmanes}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Talmanes|Aludra|Dennel|Melten}}<br /> <br /> Talmanes and some of the [[Band]] are in a cavern somewhere, with no exit, found by one of the [[Asha'man]], trying to repair the [[dragons]]. He speaks with Dennel but decides it is too quiet, so starts singing [[Jak o' the Shadows]]. He thinks they will take part in the battle if they have to blast their way out.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Faile}}<br /> {{Setting|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters5|Olver|Aravine|Harnan|Faile|Vanin}}<br /> <br /> The bonds holding Faile vanish and Aravine jumps on a horse and flees. Faile gets on [[Bela]] and gives chase. [[Trolloc]]s move to bar her way but one is killed by Harnan and Vanin and the other knocked out of her way, allowing Faile to pass. They explain that they were not trying to steal the [[Horn]], but [[Mat]]'s tabac. They had allowed themselves to be captured and were preparing to free the captives and escape. They break off and intercept other riders and Faile continues after Aravine. She throws a knife, hitting her in the back and reclaiming the Horn. With Bela nearing exhaustion, she considers swapping horses, but as she is doing so hears Olver and hands him the Horn, asking him to take it to Mat.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Logain}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Logain|Androl|Emarin|Pevara}}<br /> <br /> Logain asks why [[Taim]] didn't break the [[Seals]], but no one knows. He wonders if he will ever have vengeance, but thinks vengeance seems empty. His [[Asha'man]] are in a small camp, below the bogs. He takes off his dragon pin and raises Androl to full Asha'man. Pevara tells him he should take the Seals to the Aes Sedai as they belong to the [[White Tower]], but he replies that the Amyrlin is as good as dead and he is a fitting steward. He tells them he is going to find [[Demandred]] and the others are to deal with Taim's men and the [[Sharan]] channelers, apart from [[Gabrelle]] who is to wait for him. He thinks that if he can get Demandred's ''[[sa'angreal]]'', the world would tremble for him and the [[Black Tower]].<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Egwene|Jahar|Leilwin|Merise}}<br /> <br /> Egwene leads an attack on the [[Sharan]]s seeking out [[Taim]]. Narishma gives a warning and she sends everyone away, apart from him, Merise and Leilwin.<br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Ila}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters2|Ila|Raen}}<br /> <br /> Ila scours the battlefield, searching for survivors. Raen tells her that in the future he will not think so poorly of those who don't follow the [[Way of the Leaf]]. She sees [[Hanlon]] looking for arrows and wonders who is worse, those that fight, or those that avoid it because they are cowards, or seek to exploit the dead and injured.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Olver}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Blight}}<br /> {{Characters2|Olver|Bela}}<br /> <br /> Olver rides Bela, but a Trolloc arrow hits and kills her. He sees a crack in a rocky outcrop and is able to squeeze himself into it.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Logain}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters3|Logain|Demandred|Gabrelle}}<br /> <br /> Logain hurls himself through a [[gateway]] and strikes at Demandred, weaving fire, but the [[Sharan]]s throw themselves in the way, giving Demandred time to defend himself. Logain sees that the [[Andor]]an pike formations are close to failing after which it will be a rout. He and Demandred fight with the Power, Demandred weaving a [[Deathgate]] that leaves a trail of lava, some of which splashes Logain. Logain weaves lightning at him, but Demandred creates a weave which dissipates it harmlessly and [[shield]]s Logain. He begins to weave [[balefire]] and Logain throws a rock at him, striking him and causing him to drop the shield. Logain quickly prepares a shield and a gateway, and, as Demandred destroys the shield, he goes through the gateway, and back to be [[Heal]]ed by Gabrelle.<br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Egwene|Jahar|Mazrim Taim|Merise}}<br /> <br /> Egwene fights Taim and comes close to [[shield]]ing him, but he [[balefire]]s the shield and [[Travel]]s away using the [[True Power]]. She launches herself at the [[Sharan]]s<br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Hurin}}<br /> {{Setting2|Polov Heights}}<br /> {{Characters2|Hurin|Lan}}<br /> <br /> Hurin fights on Polov Heights, trying to prevent the [[Trolloc]]s from taking it. The rest of the army is trying to push the [[Sharan]]s into the Trollocs fighting [[Elayne]]s forces, but [[Mat]]'s army is beginning to founder.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Berelain}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters5|Berelain|Annoura|Galad|Kitan|Ronja}}<br /> <br /> Berelain organises the Healing and talks with Ronja about the possibility of ''[[gai'shain]]'' fighting. Kitan comes and takes her to Galad. Annoura tells her she found him while [[Demandred]] was distracted fighting [[Logain]] and brought him back, but that she [[burned out|burned herself out]] in the process.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Pit of Doom}}<br /> {{Characters9|Rand|Alanna|Beldeine|Davram Bashere|Deira Bashere|Hurin|Jori Congar|Karldin Manfor|Nynaeve}}<br /> <br /> Rand watches people fight and die for him. He refuses to give in and the Dark One prepares one final world.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Taim}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters2|Taim|Demandred}}<br /> <br /> On the [[Heights]], Taim can see the [[Trolloc]]s control the corridor between the Heights and the bogs to the south, while the [[Shara]]n army fights on the Heights. He thinks the key to the battle is to destroy the [[Aes Sedai]]. Demandred arrives and asks him how it is he failed and he tells him that Egwene had a ''[[sa'angreal]]''. Demandred gives him [[Sakarnen]], saying he won't need it if [[Lews Therin]] comes as their strengths must be matched if he is to show himself the better. Taim thinks him insane, far worse than when they first met. As he leaves, Demandred tells him that Sakarnen is bonded to him and if Taim tries to use it against him it will destroy Taim. He tells Taim to use [[balefire]] against the [[Amyrlin]].<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Elayne}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters3|Elayne|Birgitte|Daved Hanlon}}<br /> <br /> Elayne has retreated to the ruins. A group of mercenaries, disguised as refugees attack her guards. She channels at one and the weave dissipates. She realises the man holds one of her [[foxhead medallion]]s as Hanlon grabs her and presses it to her skin. His comrades bring Birgitte and he kills her by beheading her. Another comes in with a dead body, dressed to look like Elayne. Hanlon says that the Dark One wants Elayne's babies, but doesn't need her. His companion says he can cut them out and keep them alive with a weave the [[Chosen]] taught him.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{Pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Pit of Doom}}<br /> {{Characters2|Rand|Shai'tan}}<br /> <br /> The Dark One shows Rand the final possibility - oblivion.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Min}}<br /> {{Setting|Unknown}}<br /> {{Characters6|Min|Beslan|Galgan|Tuon|Tylee|Yulan}}<br /> <br /> Min does not know her location. Galgan says that Mat has requested that the [[Seanchan]] return, but Yulan argues that Mat has proven himself reckless and he doesn't have confidence in him. Beslan and Galgan disagree. Tylee also says she thinks they should return. Yulan changes tack and says Mat fought well but is overmatched. Min sees a chain above Yulan's head and realises he is being used as a spy under [[compulsion]]. She looks around to see if she can see who is controlling him and sees that one of the ''[[so'jhin]]'' has images around her. She is suspicious, but not enough to condemn the woman so announces there is a spy for the Shadow. The ''so'jhin'' looks up and Min is sure. She announces it is Yulan and when she sees the relief of the ''so'jhin'''s face throws a knife at her, which is held in air. The woman flees through a gateway. Tuon tells Galgan to gather his troops as they are returning to Merrilor.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters3|Egwene|Leilwin|Taim}}<br /> <br /> As she fights, Leilwin comes to tell Egwene that [[Logain]] has the [[Seals]]. Taim's [[balefire]] kills half a dozen [[Aes Sedai]], undoing several hours of their lives and restoring many [[Sharan]]s. Egwene considers responding with balefire of her own, but realises it could make things worse. Leilwin tells her they must leave as they are being overrun. Egwene thinks on [[Perrin]]'s words that balefire is just a [[weave]] and creates her own weave, that she had tried earlier on the cracks, but much stronger, that she thinks of as the [[Flame of Tar Valon]]. She releases it against the balefire, overcoming it and shooting up Taim's arm, causing him to crystalise from the inside. She realises that if she releases [[the Power]] she will be [[burned out]]. She tells Leilwin to break the Seals at the moment the Light shines, releases the [[bond]] and pushes her through a [[gateway]]. Surrounded by hundreds of Sharan channelers, she draws in more power and releases her new weave, killing them and sealing the cracks Taim created.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting|The [[Pit of Doom]]}}<br /> {{Characters|Rand|Shai'tan}}<br /> <br /> Rand sees Egwene die.<br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{Pov2|Leane}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters|Leane}}<br /> <br /> Leane sees [[Sharan]]s crystalise. At the top of a fifty foot high column of crystal, she sees [[Vora's Sa'angreal|Vora's ]]''[[sa'angreal]]'' and realises the [[Amyrlin]] has fallen.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Berelain}}<br /> {{Setting2|Mayene}}<br /> {{Characters2|Berelain|Galad}}<br /> <br /> Galad briefly wakes to tell Berelain to take the [[Foxhead Medallion|Medallion]] back to [[Mat]].<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters7|Mat|Arganda|Dannil Lewin|Demandred|Lan|Naeff|Neald}}<br /> <br /> Arganda tells Mat that [[Egwene]] and half the [[Aes Sedai]] are dead, as are all the [[Sharan]] channelers, with the remaining [[Aes Sedai]] too weak to channel. Mat has joined his surviving forces together, strung out across the [[Heights]]. They are defending on two fronts as the [[Trolloc]]s have broken through on the east. Arganda tells him that [[Elayne]], [[Davram]] and six [[Aiel]] [[Clan Chief]]s are dead. Naeff and Neald arrive and tell him [[Tuon]] is waiting to return. He gives Naeff instructions for Tuon and tells Neald to go to [[Talmanes]]. He sees [[Lan]] riding towards [[Demandred]].<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Olver}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters|Olver}}<br /> <br /> Trollocs try to get Olver.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Loial}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters2|Loial|Erith}}<br /> <br /> Loial sees Lan burst from the ranks of soldiers and tells Erith he is going to witness the fall of the last king of [[Malkier]].<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Arganda}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters3|Arganda|Lan|Tam}}<br /> <br /> Arganda lines up his men for a charge that Tam expects to fail. Tam sees Lan riding to Demandred, his way blocked by [[Trolloc]]s and orders his men to fire on them. He looses a burning arrow.<br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Lan}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{characters2|Lan|Demandred}}<br /> <br /> Lan rides at the [[Trollocs]] wearing the [[Foxhead Medallion|Medallion]] he got from [[Berelain]]. Burning arrows rain down on them, creating an opening. He dismounts, to save [[Mandarb]] and attacks Demandred, exchanging three blows and drawing blood. Demandred asks him who he is and he replies &quot;I am the man who will kill you&quot;.<br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Min}}<br /> {{Setting|Unknown}}<br /> {{Characters|Min}}<br /> <br /> Min rides a ''[[torm]]'' through a [[gateway]] back to the [[Field of Merrilor]].<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting3|The|Pit of Doom}}<br /> {{characters|Rand}}<br /> <br /> Rand sees Lan fight, [[Elayne]] captive, [[Rhuarc]] a slave to [[Graendal]] and [[Mat]]. He thinks he has failed, but hears a voice at the back of his mind, &quot;let it go&quot;.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Lan}}<br /> {{Setting2|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{characters2|Lan|Demandred}}<br /> <br /> Lan and Demandred fight, Lan avoiding rocks Demandred throws at him with [[the Power]], but Demandred is the better swordsman. He doesn't believe anyone of the third age could have the skill that Lan shows and stops talking and using the Power to concentrate on the sword. Finally, he tells Lan that he has him and that he can't win. Thinking of the time he taught Rand [[Sheathing the Sword]], Lan replies that Demandred didn't listen; that he wasn't there to win, but to kill him. And he does.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Visions and Prophecies===<br /> ;Galad's body alone on a field, as if dead<br /> <br /> ;Glory of men, it's still to come<br /> About Logain<br /> <br /> ====Fulfilled====<br /> ;Gawyn<br /> *Down one fork was his violent death, down the other, a long life and a death in bed. On one path, he would marry her, on the other, not. She knew what lay ahead, but not what way led to which. Suddenly he did see her, or seemed to, and smiled, and turned his horse along one of the forks.... ({{acos|7}})<br /> Apparently, marrying Egwene was the fork that led to his violent death.<br /> ;Egwene<br /> *She was struggling up a narrow, rocky path along the face of a towering cliff. Clouds surrounded her, hiding the ground below and the crest above, yet she knew that both were very far away. She had to place her feet very carefully. The path was a cracked ledge barely wide enough for her to stand on with one shoulder pressed against the cliff, a ledge littered with stones as large as her fist that could turn under a misplaced step and send her hurtling over the edge. It almost seemed this was like the dreams of pushing millstones and pulling carts, yet she knew it was a true dream. Abruptly, the ledge dropped away from under her with the crack of crumbling stone, and she caught frantically at the cliff, fingers scrabbling to find a hold. Her fingertips slid into a tiny crevice, and her fall stopped with a jolt that wrenched her arms. Feet dangling into the clouds, she listened to the falling stone crash against the cliff until the sound faded to nothing without the stone ever hitting the ground. Dimly, she could see the broken ledge to her left. Ten feet away, it might as well have been a mile off for all the chance she had of reaching it. In the other direction, the mists hid whatever remained of the path, but she thought it had to be farther away still. There was no strength in her arms. She could not pull herself up, only hang there by her fingertips until she fell. The edge of the crevice seemed as sharp as a knife under fingers. Suddenly a woman appeared, clambering down the sheer side of the cliff out of the clouds, making her way as deftly as if she were walking down stairs. There was a sword strapped to her back. Her face wavered, never settling clearly, but the sword seemed as solid as the stone. The woman reached Egwene's level and held out one hand. &quot;We can reach the top together,&quot; she said in a familiar drawling accent ({{cot|10}}).<br /> This is likely Egwene bonding Leilwin<br /> ;Other<br /> *Two dead men on the ground, surrounded by ranks and ranks of Trollocs ({{Tom|13}})<br /> Likely Demandred and Lan, and she was mistaken about Lan being dead.<br /> <br /> ===Common Themes===<br /> Egwene's creation of a counter to balefire is in keeping with the theme of balance<br /> ===Mysteries===<br /> ;How does Mat spot the Gray Men<br /> This is the second time he's done it. Even Warders and Aes Sedai tend not to notice them, and they walk straight past Aiel.<br /> <br /> ;How does Min see auras around Moghedien?<br /> When Moghedien was disguised as Marigan, she could only see things just out of her view, even though she tried to look.<br /> <br /> ;How does Egwene know to break the Seals when the Light comes?<br /> <br /> ===Characters===<br /> ;First Mention<br /> [[Alix]], [[Alhanra]], [[Allin]], [[Baelder]], [[Brokel]], [[Celebrain]], [[Charn (2)|Charn]], [[Einar]], [[Galbrait]], [[Gerisch]], [[Lifa]], [[Kimtin]], [[Kitan]], [[Kline]], [[Manda Wan]], [[Mallone]], [[Mika]], [[Myk]], [[Renel]], [[Shendla]], [[Sidama]], [[Stinger]], [[Symon]], [[Theodohr]], [[Tinna]], [[Trask]]<br /> ;First Appearance<br /> [[Alix]], [[Alhanra]], [[Allin]], [[Baelder]], [[Celebrain]], [[Charn (2)|Charn]], [[Einar]], [[Galbrait]], [[Gerisch]], [[Kitan]], [[Kline]], [[Manda Wan]], [[Mika]], [[Myk]], [[Renel]], [[Shendla]], [[Sidama]], [[Stinger]], [[Symon]], [[Theodohr]], [[Tinna]], [[Trask]]<br /> ===Character Development===<br /> ;Egwene<br /> She dies<br /> ;Gawyn<br /> He dies<br /> ;Logain<br /> He is obsessed with never again being weak and having vengeance but is coming to accept that vengeance won't satisfy him<br /> ;Taim<br /> He dies<br /> ;Siuan<br /> She dies<br /> ;Gareth<br /> He dies<br /> <br /> {{Next14|36|38|37}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_36&diff=93673 2014-01-16T16:42:52Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Outline */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|35|37}}<br /> {{title|Unchangeable Things}}<br /> {{icon|{{Dice}}}}<br /> {{povb3|Nynaeve|Mat|Perrin}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> [[Nynaeve]] finds [[Alanna]] injured in the [[Pit of Doom]]. [[Mat]] surveys his troops. [[Perrin]] manages the trick of stepping in and out of the [[Tel'aran'rhiod|Dream]] in the flesh.<br /> <br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{Pov2|Nynaeve}}<br /> {{Setting|Shayol Ghul}}<br /> {{Characters5|Nynaeve|Rand|Moiraine|Alanna|Moridin}}<br /> [[Nynaeve]] holds onto the rocks in the [[Pit of Doom]] as she watches [[Rand]] and [[Moridin]] who appear frozen. She fears being pulled into the nothingness. [[Moiraine]] is similarly holding onto a nearby rock. Nynaeve moves from stone to stone and finds [[Alanna]] chained to the wall, crying. She has been stabbed in the gut. As Rand is in control of the circle, Nynaeve cannot [[Heal]] her and she fears if Alanna dies then Rand, as her [[Warder]], will go mad with rage. Nynaeve takes out her herbs and uses clothing to make a bandage but fears she cannot save Alanna without [[the Power]].<br /> {{break}}<br /> {{Pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting|Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters12|Mat|Almen Bunt|Renald Fanwar|Urien|Cynd|Sigmont|Egwene|Gawyn|Leilwin|Grady|Delarn|Gelen}}<br /> [[Mat]] shows his fresh troops how to make stakes for the palisade. He recognises [[Almen Bunt]] watching him. [[Urien]] comes up to warn Mat that the [[Deathwatch Guard]]s are coming. Mat leaves [[Cynd]] to keep the troops that are erecting the palisade in line. He passes some new Tower Guard recruits and, taking a quarterstaff from a fellow named [[Sigmont]], shows them how to grip and block with it. He sees the Deathwatch Guards coming his way and ducks around a tent into the path of some [[Aes Sedai]], including [[Egwene]]. Egwene sends the other Aes Sedai away and walks with Mat, [[Gawyn]] and [[Leilwin]], believing Mat is running from [[Tuon]], but really he is avoiding passing judgement on a trial. Mat asks Egwene if they have found the [[Horn]] yet, which they, of course, have not. Mat asks Egwene to make him a [[gateway]] to the top of the [[Dashar Knob]] where he surveys the terrain. [[Mat's memories]] tell him of similar battles fought.<br /> <br /> [[Grady]] approaches to tell Mat he has fetched the soldiers, one hundred of [[the Band]] led by [[Delarn]], and their five hundred recruits from a village. Mat instructs them to go up the [[River Mora]] and block it. Grady is to deal with the channelers while the others defend the river. <br /> <br /> The Deathwatch Guards finally catch up with Mat as [[Gelen]] comes through a gateway. At this moment Mat feels it; the enemy have arrived.<br /> {{break}}<br /> {{Pov2|Perrin}}<br /> {{Setting2|Tel'aran'rhiod|Field of Merrilor}}<br /> {{Characters2|Perrin|Master Luhhan}}<br /> [[Perrin]] lies in [[Tel'aran'rhiod]] close to death. Perrin realises his only choice is to awaken from the Dream, even though he is there in the flesh. He realises it is [[Slayer]]'s method of moving between the real world and Tel'aran'rhiod. He manages to make it work and lands on the battlefield at the [[Field of Merrilor]]. [[Master Luhhan]] sees him and carries him off for [[Healing]].<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ;Characters Mentioned<br /> [[Tuon]], [[Karede]], [[Loial]], [[Slayer]], [[Graendal]] <br /> <br /> {{Next14|35|37|36}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_29&diff=93670 2014-01-16T16:31:27Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|28|30}}<br /> {{title|The Loss of a Hill}}<br /> {{icon|{{Trolloc}}}}<br /> {{povb3|Egwene|Lan|Mat|}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> Egwene has to watch how her force of veteran soldiers is decimated.<br /> <br /> Lan realizes Agelmar must have been placed under [[Compulsion]] and has him arrested.<br /> <br /> Mat wins a skirmish, captures a [[Shara]]n channeler and gains supreme control of the [[Seanchan]] armies<br /> <br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting2|Kandor}}<br /> {{Characters3|Egwene|Gawyn|Leilwin}}<br /> <br /> Egwene fights [[Trolloc]]s climbing the hillside. From her vantage point she could see a trap springing around the veteran force under Joni Shagrin. Only a few cavalrymen manage to survive the slaughter.<br /> <br /> She wants to question [[Bryne]] about how this could have been allowed to happened. Afterwards, she plans to join the troops defending the ford.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Lan}}<br /> {{Setting2|Tarwin's Gap}}<br /> {{Characters4|Lan|Andere|Agelmar|Kaisel}}<br /> <br /> Lan goes to see Agelmar in his tent, who tells him he hopes to take down the leader of the [[Dreadlord]]s. Listening to Agelmar, Lan wonders if he missed something that Agelmar saw. But a messenger arrives, confirming Lan's earlier suspicion about a Shadowspawn force sneaking up on them.<br /> <br /> He relieves Agelmar of duty and places him under guard. Agelmar is at first outraged, but after a short cross-examinations about his latest decisions he suddenly realizes the mistakes he has made and tries to kill himself.<br /> <br /> Agelmar remembers that he has sent [[Tenobia]] to her death, just as Lan has resigned himself to their loss here.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting3|wester border of |Arafel}}<br /> {{Characters8|Mat|Fortuona|Selucia|Min|Galgan|Courtani|Karede|Tylee}}<br /> <br /> Mat, Fortuona, and her entourage ride to a point overlooking the battlefield on the border to Arafel. A few hundred paces opposite the ford Mat spots Tylee's soldiers waiting. Wondering what she was up to, he asks Fortuona for five minutes on his own and rides toward their camp. Tylee says [[Bryne]] gave them the order to stay put.<br /> <br /> Not being able to wait around any longer, Mat orders Tylee to take the right flank and Banner-General [[Makoti]] the middle; he himself will deal with the left flank and the channelers.<br /> <br /> In the midst of battle, Mat takes out an Ayyad woman, which is rare for a man and a great honor as Fortuona later tells him. Having seen Mat fight, the Seanchan soldiers are in awe of him.<br /> <br /> After the skirmish, Mat rides back to Fortuona, who is displeased about his joining the battle. But he explains he had to feel &quot;its pulse&quot; to know it. Mat demands absolute control of the Seanchan armies and sends Min to [[Egwene]] to warn her that [[Bryne]] is a [[Darkfriend]].<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Next14|28|30|29}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_28&diff=93669 2014-01-16T16:29:14Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|27|29}}<br /> {{title|Too Many Men}}<br /> {{icon|{{Sword}}}}<br /> {{povb3|Lan|Loial|Mat}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> Lan realizes Agelmar's tactics slowly expose them to a possible surprise attack, and overrides Agelmar's latest orders to find out if his suspicions are correct.<br /> <br /> In the midst of battle, Loial finds new determination to protect life.<br /> <br /> Mat prepares to head out for the battlefield.<br /> <br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Lan}}<br /> {{Setting2|Tarwin's Gap}}<br /> {{Characters7|Lan|Andere|Kaisel|Baldhere|Ethenielle|Ramsin|Serailla|Washim|Geral}}<br /> <br /> Lan learns that Agelmar has made a mistake by sending two separate reserve forces to the same point. He asks Baldhere how he would go about subtly sabotaging their army, if he could. Kaisel is aghast to hear Lan suspecting Agelmar of betraying them. Baldhere thinks something is wrong with Agelmar.<br /> <br /> A messenger arrives with the order to pull the archers from the hillttops, just as Baldhere has suggested to leave their eastern flank open. Hoping all to be just a coincidence, Lan tells the messenger to leave the archers where they are and instead send scouts into those hills to look for a Shadowspawn force sneaking up on them.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Loial}}<br /> {{Setting|[[Cairhien (Nation)|Cairhien]]}}<br /> {{Characters|Loial}}<br /> <br /> Loial fought alongside the other Ogier against the second Trolloc force. They sing a song of mourning. It pains him to see humans dead around him. Their bravery to fight despite their short life span gives him new determination and he sings a song of life, making the plants around them turn green again.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting2|Kandor}}<br /> {{Characters3|Mat|Min|Courtani|Galgan|Fortuona}}<br /> <br /> Because Mat doesn't trust the acccuracy of battle maps, he gets ready to see the battlefield himself. Meanwhile, he opens Min's eyes to how beneficial her newly acquired position as Fortuona's [[Truthspeaker]] would be to [[Rand]].<br /> <br /> When Fortuona returns, Courtani informs her of Mat's intention. Fortuona plans to accompany him to the battlefield.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Next14|27|29|28}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_23&diff=93580 2014-01-13T22:05:03Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|22|24}}<br /> {{title|At the Edge of Time}}<br /> {{icon|{{Frayed}}}}<br /> {{povb4|Gawyn|Egwene|Aviendha|Rand}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Gawyn}}<br /> {{Setting2|Kandor}}<br /> {{Characters2|Gawyn|Egwene}}<br /> <br /> [[Gawyn]] scouts ahead while leaving his warder’s cloak on [[Egwene]]. He tells her that he will drop a stone as a warning if he finds anything. He slips on one of the rings of the [[Bloodknives]].<br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting2|Kandor}}<br /> {{Characters4|Egwene|Bayle|Gawyn|Leilwin}}<br /> <br /> Egwene begins moving behind Gawyn, but pauses at the sound of a dropped stone. She crouches to wait for another chance to move. She senses the channeler mere moments before a shield is slammed between Egwene and the Source. She let her terror build to alert Gawyn through their bond. [[Leilwin]] smashes the channeler on the head to rescue Egwene. Gawyn and [[Bayle]] rejoin the women.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Aviendha}}<br /> {{Setting2|Thakan'dar}}<br /> {{Characters6|Aviendha|Alivia|Amys|Bera|Sarene|Vitalien}}<br /> <br /> [[Aviendha]] attacks the Shadow-forgers and releases the captives. Her job was to guard Rand’s back as he entered the Pit of Doom. He warned her to look for Darkfriends. She battles channelers who use balefire and notices cracks that lead to darkness in the rocks. Duhara &amp; Falion are found to be Dreadlords and Aviendha escapes an encounter with the third woman, likely Graendal. Aviendha sets up three circles: one to attack the Trollocs while the other two wait to goad the enemy to attack what seems like a singular circle. She then sets up Traveling grounds and keeps strict control over who channels and where in order to pinpoint an attack.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting3|The entrance to the |Pit of Doom}}<br /> {{Characters5|Rand|Moiraine|Nynaeve|Thom|The Creator}}?<br /> <br /> [[Rand]] approaches the bases of the mountain of Shayol Ghul. He orders no channeling until the strike on the Dark one, if possible. [[Thom]] volunteers to guard the entry into the cave. [[Nynaeve]] suggest that Rand should rest, eyeing the old wound in his side. His blood ran inside his boot &amp; he left a bloody footprint behind…blood on the rocks. He unsheathes Callandor &amp; asks Moiraine &amp; Nynaeve to form a circle. [[Moiraine]] asks if one of them should lead so he could use that safely. Rand states that he doesn’t intend to be safe. So long as he led the circle, another could strike and seize control of him. Questioning himself about whether or not he had planned well enough and was it the right time, a voice in all capital letters booms “IT IS TIME. LET THE TASK BE UNDERTAKEN”. Rand was not surprised, as he had heard this voice once before now. He had been hoping for it. Presumably, the voice was the Creator.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Next14|22|24|22}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_20&diff=93579 2014-01-13T22:01:46Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|19|21}}<br /> {{title|Into Thakan'dar}}<br /> {{icon|{{Spear}}}}<br /> {{povb2|Egwene|Aviendha}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> Egwene and the Aes Sedai are attacked by the Sharans. Rand announces that he will ride into Shayol Ghul the next day.<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting2|Kandor}}<br /> {{Characters7|Egwene|Gawyn|Leane|Lelaine|Raemassa|Romanda|Silviana}}<br /> Later after her meeting with [[Rand]], Egwene uses Vora's [[sa'angreal]] to hurl large boulder sized fireballs at [[Trollocs]]. She exits through a gateway with [[Gawyn]], [[Romanda]], [[Leane]], [[Silviana]], [[Raemassa]], and several [[Warder]]s onto the field she just cleared. The Trollocs scatter as the attack turns on them, but as more coordinated groups of Trollocs linked to a [[Fade]] charge the hilltop the group retreats through a gateway. Egwene senses something is not right just before a very large gateway opens up before them. She sees an enormous army wearing strange clothes made of knee-length padded armor reinforced with chain. The army is accompanied by hundreds of women who can [[channel]] wearing stiff dresses of black silk. She tells her Aes Sedai to release the [[One Power]] so that they cannot be sensed. Romanda does not listen and begins to weave a gateway. She never gets the chance to finish as she is obliterated where she stood. The group scrambles through the camp and Lelaine says that the invaders are [[Sharan]]. Their command tent is assaulted with the One Power. Egwene and Gawyn react in time, but Egwene searches for signs of Lelaine and wonders if [[Siuan]] or [[Bryne]] were in there as well. The pair hide for over an hour. Egwene silently resolves to stay strong and survive, but also allows herself to be held by Gawyn. <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Aviendha}}<br /> {{Setting2|Thakan'dar}}<br /> {{characters10|Aviendha|Alsalam|Amys|Darlin|Nynaeve|Moiraine|Rand|Rodel|Rhuarc|Shaen}}<br /> [[Aviendha]] crawls across the ground with [[Rhuarc]]to her left and [[Shaen]] to her right. [[Amys]] accompanies all of them. No one objected to a [[Wise One]] joining the advanced scouts. The air is cold with air that smells like it came from a tomb. [[Rodel]] catches up to them. The [[Aiel]] agreed to follow a [[wetlander]] general, but it did not sit well with them. They discuss the need to create a distraction so that [[Rand]] can slip in to face the [[Dark One]]. The speculate on how long the duel will last. They return to Rand who is accompanied by [[Moiraine]] and [[Nynaeve]]. Rand tells Aviendha about his plan to kill the Dark One and she counters with the idea of taking him as [[gai'shain]]. Back through a gateway to their camp, Aviendha releases the [[Source]] and follows Rand to this tent. He tells her that the dagger worked; the Dark One could not see him. He also tells her about the fake seals and how he is expecting the [[Forsaken]] to arrive once he begins to fight the Dark One. The two walk up to the tent where [[Min]] is with Nynaeve and Moiraine. [[Callandor]] rests on Moiraine's lap. Rand asks if Min would go and keep an eye on [[Egwene]] and the [[Seanchan]] who he has sent to fight together. Finally, he announces that the next day he will invade [[Shayol Ghul]].<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Next14|19|21|20}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_19&diff=93578 2014-01-13T21:59:49Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|18|20}}<br /> {{title|The Choice of a Patch}}<br /> {{icon|{{Dice}}}}<br /> {{povb3|Elayne|Egwene|Mat}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> Elayne and Bashere realize the Trollocs are going after Cairhien. Egwene meets with the Wise Ones and then Rand. Mat is outfitted for a Seanchan military outfit.<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Elayne}}<br /> {{Setting3|Along the bank of the|Alguenya}}<br /> {{Characters2|Elayne|Davram Bashere}}<br /> [[Elayne]] and [[Bashere]] look down at the [[Alguenya]] river. The discuss the trap that they walked into. Scouts spotted a Trolloc army coming from the north and heading to [[Cairhien]]; a city now filled with refugees. <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting|Kandor}}<br /> {{Characters6|Egwene|Amys|Bair|Gawyn|Melaine|Rand}}<br /> [[Egwene]] enters [[Tel'aran'rhiod]]. She meets with the [[Wise One]]s in the Heart of the Stone. She overhears them discussing [[Melaine]] seeing through the eyes of her descendents on her third visit to [[Rhuidean]] as [[Aviendha]] did. Egwene approaches the group and they ask her if she has noticed the odd deep black cracks in the rocks. They seem to appear more frequently when the [[Dreadlords]] fight. Egwene says that they are probably caused by [[Balefire]] which [[Aes Sedai]] are forbidden to use. [[Amys]] tells Egwene that they will not be visiting the World of Dreams much anymore. They say their farewells to each other. Egwene awakes and meets with [[Rand]]. He presents her with a ribbon, which initially makes her angry, but he tells her that he wants to make amends and to go into the Last Battle as friends. He says Egwene was always like a sibling to him and that the sibling he does have doesn't know him. This shocks Gawyn to learn that Rand is the half brother of [[Galad]]. Egwene shows Rand the seals at his request. He reveals that what she has is a fake. The [[Dark One]] holds the keys to his own prison.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{setting2|Ebou Dar}}<br /> {{Characters2|Mat|Nata}}<br /> Not having people look at him is frustrating [[Mat]]. He is introduced to [[Nata]], his personal tailor who is making his new regalia. Mat just barely keeps from having his hat burned. They make him a ceremonial warriors outfit which seems too ridiculous and overdone to Mat. They lacquer his fingernails and he comes to the realization that he is a bloody nobleman now.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> Gawyn learns that Galad is Rand's brother.<br /> {{Next14|18|20|19}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_17&diff=93577 2014-01-13T21:55:57Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|16|18}}<br /> {{title|Older, More Weathered}}<br /> {{icon|{{Dragon}}}}<br /> {{pov|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting2|Ebou Dar}}<br /> {{Characters6|Mat|Fortuona|Musenge|Musicar|Rand|Selucia}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> Rand arrives to make a deal with the Seanchan. Mat vouches for him and Tuon agrees to help as long as Rand helps to secure their borders. <br /> ==Summary==<br /> Mat wakes up outside on the grass. He is interrupted by voices talking about the escaped [[Gray Man]]. He's quite embarrassed by his and Tuon's nakedness even though [[Musenge]] is bowing his head towards the ground. A Deathwatch Guard approaches and tells them that another possible assassin has been captured. [[Fortuona]] bids him to bring the assassin forward. The assassin is actually [[Rand]]. Tuon shouts for her [[damane]] to be brought quickly. Rand remains nonchalant. Mat appeals to Rand to remain calm, despite no obvious signs of hostility. Mat is caught up in air. Rand reveals that he is shielded and could not do it, and Mat realizes that Tuon has stolen his medallion. Mat and Rand quickly compare notes about what the other has been up to. Tuon believes Rand to have surrendered himself to the Seanchan and in turn he begins to question what she would have done if they had arrived at the shores only to find the armies of [[Artur Hawkwing]] still ruling. Tuon insists that it is her right to rule the lands as she is a descendant of Hawkwing himself. Rand proves her logic is wrong as he is [[Lews Therin Telamon]] reborn so his rule supersedes her own. At this, the grass begins to grow more green around Rand. Mat notices that Rand is singing very softly and as he does so the green begins to spread and sprout more trees and growth. He again asks Tuon to fight with him in the Last Battle. Mat convinces Tuon to use Rand to their advantage. She will have him secure their boarders in Altara. He also gives her [[Tarabon]] and half of [[Almoth Plain]]. However, when she attempts to claim any woman that can channel, Rand denies her the right to capture any new damane. Instead, she will be allowed to keep those already collared. With the agreement made, everyone retreats to go prepare for war. Before he leaves, Mat tells Rand that he saved [[Moiraine]] thus winning their little competition.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Next14|16|18|17}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_15&diff=93576 2014-01-13T21:52:46Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|14|16}}<br /> {{title|Your Neck in a Cord}}<br /> {{icon|{{Helmet}}}}<br /> {{povb2|Mat|Rand}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> Mat climbs up the side of the Tarasin Palace to try and find Tuon. He finds her in the garden where a Gray Man tries to kill her. Rand visits his father to give him a gift.<br /> <br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting3|The|Tarasin Palace}}<br /> {{Characters2|Mat|Selucia}}<br /> As [[Mat]] dangles from a balcony three stories above the Tarasin Palace, he consoles himself by thinking that it isn't the hardest place he's ever tried to break into. He makes his way onto the balcony while rehearsing how he will tell [[Tuon]] that [[Galgan]] was betraying her and she should leave the city. Before he can make it to her, something is shot from the shadows. [[Selucia]] reveals herself to be a bodyguard as she levels a crossbow at Mat. The two banter with Selucia very nearly making a joke and coming very close to guessing the reason why Mat lost his eye. She dismisses the idea that Galgan would assassinate Tuon while also reminding Mat that the Empress' name is now Fortuona. Mat thanks her, although she questions if it is for telling him where Tuon was or not killing him. He replies it is for not calling him &quot;Highness.&quot;<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting2|Braem Wood}}<br /> {{Characters4|Rand|Ban al'Seen|Dav al'Thone|Tam}}<br /> [[Rand]] walks through Elayne's camp accompanied by a pair of Maidens. Everything in the camp is quiet so as to avoid attracting the [[Trollocs]]. He ruminates on how Elayne asked him to reveal himself when he visits the camp as they fight for him. He comes across [[Ban al'Seen]] and [[Dav al'Thone]]. He tells them that they have the most important task; watching over his father. Rand walks into the tent to find his father, [[Tam]] looking over maps. Rand presents him with a replacement sword for the one he was unable to return. Tam believes it is too fine, but Rand insists on it being a thank you gift. They discuss the [[flame and the void]]. Tam reveals that it is not about archery or swords. Rather, it is about inner peace. The two go outside and Tam convinces his son to duel with him. Rand is hesitant, but eventually learns to let go and find balance. <br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> {{Setting3|The|Tarasin Palace}}<br /> {{Characters5|Mat|Daruo|Barrin|Karede|Fortuona}}<br /> [[Mat]] makes his way to the gardens. He finds [[Tuon]] practicing hand combat forms and admires her beauty. He asks himself if he loves her, but the question makes him uncomfortable. Something moves out of the corner of his eye, but he dismisses it as a gardener. He tries to look again and cannot focus on the person. Almost unconsciously, he pulls out a knife from his sleeve and throws it at the man. Tuon tries to pin down the attacker but misses, as does Mat's second knife and the [[Gray Man]] escapes. Mat tells her about [[Galgan]] and she also dismisses the idea. [[Karede]] arrives and offers his life to repay his shame. Tuon refuses, and tells him that Mat will teach him how to spot a Gray Man. She dismisses everyone in order to spend time with Mat. She unceremoniously disrobes and says that it is a reward for saving her life. Mat asks his she loves him, but she replies she is with him because the omens say she must be. She concedes that it is good to see him, and Mat accepts that for the time being.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Mysteries===<br /> ;Who sent the Gray Man after Tuon?<br /> ;How does Mat see the Gray Man?<br /> {{Next14|14|16|15}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_14&diff=93575 2014-01-13T21:50:59Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|13|15}}<br /> {{title|Doses of Forkroot}}<br /> {{icon|{{Fang}}}}<br /> {{povb2|Perrin|Androl}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Perrin}}<br /> {{Setting|''[[Tel'aran'rhiod]]''}}<br /> {{Characters2|Perrin|Gaul}}<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Androl}}<br /> {{Setting3|The|Black Tower}}<br /> {{Characters10|Androl|Abors|Canler|Emarin|Evin|Hessalam|Logain|Mishraile|Pevara|Toveine}}<br /> Toveine was Turned easily because it is easier for male channelers to turn females and vice versa. The reason the Dreadlords are having such a hard time Turning Logain is because they are all male. Toveine goes to Logain and tells him to stop resisting. She orders the others to put Logain into position so he can be Turned. Emarin has gone through two Turning sessions, and though he has not Turned, he is whimpering and crying. Logain has survived almost 12 sessions without Turning. [[Hessalam]] arrives with several Aes Sedai of the Black Ajah, including all the Reds who came to the Black Tower with Pevara. Pevara is awake but drowsy and unable to channel. Logain screams in pain while being Turned, something Androl hasn't heard before. Androl is shielded, which is only done to captives unless they are letting the forkroot fade so the victim can be Turned.<br /> <br /> Androl notices signs of madness in Evin, so he coughs to draw Evin to him. Evin tells Androl to be quiet and not make the others angry. He says he's convinced the others to Turn Androl instead of kill him and that he'll be taken next, after Logain. Evin says now that Taim has women the Turning will go quickly. Androl says he'll swear to serve the Dark One but Evin says Taim won't accept an oath - Androl must be Turned. Androl tells Evin that he overheard Abors is upset that Evin was Turned and may be planning to kill him. Evin thanks Androl and then attacks Abors, who drops Androl's shield. Abors dies. Androl burns Emarin's, Pevara's, and his bonds away with Fire. He sees a dais at the far end of a room with Logain tied to a chair in the middle, surrounded by a double ring of Myrddraal and women. Evin and Mishraile are wrestling with a knife on the floor. Emarin and Pevara are dosed with forkroot and can't channel. <br /> <br /> Androl holds the Power and tries to open a gateway to Canler's store. He whispers a plea for help. Taim kills Evin and turns toward Androl. Androl stops trying to make a gateway and throws a weave of Fire at Taim, which Taim easily dissipates. Taim is standing on the dais next to Logain. Taim throws Androl against the wall with Air and pulls him across the room. Hessalam tells Taim he doesn't have as much control as he indicated and says she will take charge. Taim says he holds &quot;the keys&quot; in his hands (the seals). Hessalam is surprised and asks if he stole them. Androl is not shielded and he throws another weave at Taim, who drops him. Taim tells Mishraile to kill the captives and says they will take the rest of the Black Tower's men and relocate the Turning project to Shayol Ghul. Taim prepares to balefire Androl. Androl opens a gateway the size of the width of a coin, catching Taim's balefire in it. The room goes silent. Canler and the Two Rivers boys burst into the room. Taim yells that they're being attacked.<br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{pov2|Perrin}}<br /> {{Setting|''[[Tel'aran'rhiod]]''}}<br /> {{Characters3|Perrin|Cyndane|Gaul}}<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Androl}}<br /> {{Setting3|The|Black Tower}}<br /> {{Characters6|Androl|Canler|Emarin|Jonneth|Logain|Pevara}}<br /> During the fight, Canler tells Androl that they heard Androl begging for help, so they decided to come attack Taim's men. Apparently the gateway Androl wove earlier had opened so narrowly that he hadn't been able to see it. He tries to weave a small gateway and suddenly the wall blocking gateways vanishes. Canler and the Two Rivers boys are beginning to lose the fight. Androl creates a gateway the size of a large wagon in front of some of the Dreadlords and makes it open a few feet behind them. The Dreadlords' own weaves travel through the gateway and come out behind them, killing them and the Myrddraal. He breaks Logain's bonds with a small gateway and opens another gateway under Logain's chair, dropping Logain somewhere far from the Black Tower. Hessalam, Taim, and a couple others escape through a gateway. Androl opens a gateway as wide as the floor, and the remaining Dreadlords drop hundreds of feet, presumably to their deaths.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Next14|13|15|14}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_13&diff=93574 2014-01-13T21:48:21Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|12|14}}<br /> <br /> ''Author Leo Kian''<br /> {{title|What Must Be Done}}<br /> {{icon|{{Lion}}}}<br /> {{povb3|Egwene|Elayne|Perrin}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting3|South Eastern|Kandor}}<br /> {{Characters2|Egwene|Gawyn}}<br /> <br /> Egwene and the [[Aes Sedai]] are positioned at the top of some hills in southeastern [[Kandor]]. Egwene leads one hundred sisters, mainly from the [[Green Ajah]], and a massive army, yet once she sees the [[Trolloc]] army she is no long so confident. She uses [[Vora's Sa'angreal]] to destroy the oncoming Trollocs, mainly using weaves of [[Earth]] in a raw destructive manner. The Aes Sedai fighting alongside her do the same, wave after wave of Trollocs fall to weaves of [[the Power]]. Egwene thinks that the Green Ajah is living up to it's name as they rain destruction down on the [[Shadowspawn]]. After an undisclosed amount of time the Shadowspawn retreat, [[Gawyn]] comments on how impressive the Aes Sedai were. Egwene replies that the Trollocs will return, and the use of the Power will not be such a surprise to them next time. <br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Elayne}}<br /> {{Setting2|Braem Wood}}<br /> {{Characters3|Elayne|Davram Bashere|Talmanes}}<br /> <br /> Elayne is meeting with Bashere at her command in Braem Wood. They discuss how the other battles are going, the [[Borderlander]]s led by [[Lan]] have been pushed out of [[Tarwin's Gap]]. Elayne orders the cities of [[Shienar]], [[Fal Dara]], [[Fal Moran]] and [[Mos Shirare]] to be burnt and the people evacuated to [[Tar Valon]]. [[Talmanes]] enters with news of the battle in Braem Wood, the [[Dragons]] are useless as the Trollocs are keeping off the road. Bashere suggests they retreat, sending a group of bridge builders to the [[River Erinin]] so that they can cross into [[Cairhien (Nation)|Cairhien]]. Bashere's advice is to retreat all the way to the city of [[Cairhien (City)|Cairhien]] and fight the Shadowspawn with the city at their backs. Elayne agrees but worries that she cannot afford to keep retreating, she must defeat the Shadow here so that her troops can be of use elsewhere.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Perrin}}<br /> {{Setting2|Braem Wood}}<br /> {{Characters14|Perrin|Aviendha|Arganda|Cadsuane|Dain Bornhald|Galad|Gallenne|Gaul|Grady|Moiraine|Naeff|Neald|Nynaeve|Tam}}<br /> <br /> Perrin is in his camp in Brawm Wood, he hears the news of the retreat to Cairhien and agrees it is a good plan. He places [[Tam al'Thor]] in charge of his combined forces, the Wolf Guard, the [[Ghealdan]]in and the [[Mayene]]rs. Tam protests at first but Perrin declares him a Lord and steward of the [[Two Rivers]], giving him a position and authority the others can respect. Perrin feels [[Rand]]'s [[ta'veren|pull]], he will need to go to Rand soon. Gaul casts asides Perrin's objections and agrees to join him on his mission. Just before he leaves Dain Bornhald tells him the truth about his family, that it was [[Ordeith]] who ordered them murdered when [[Con Aybara|Perrin's father]] insulted him. Perrin is angry and hurt but he knows he must continue with his work. Perrin has a gateway opened to [[Merrilor]] and once there convinces some [[Asha'man]] to open a [[gateway]] for him to Rand, they talk of the dangers of entering ''[[Tel'aran'rhiod]]'' in the flesh but Rand agrees to open a gateway for Perrin to do so. It is also agreed an Asha'man will open a gateway at the same time each day so Perrin can re-enter the waking world. Perrin and Gaul then enter the World of Dreams in the flesh to hunt Slayer.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Next14|12|14|13}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_12&diff=93573 2014-01-13T21:45:05Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|11|13}}<br /> <br /> ''Author - Leo Kian''<br /> {{title|A Shard of a Moment}}<br /> {{icon|{{Crescent}}}}<br /> {{povb3|Birgitte|Rand|Perrin}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Birgitte}}<br /> {{Setting2|Braem Wood}}<br /> {{Characters|Birgitte}}<br /> <br /> Birgitte has been severed from the [[Horn]] forever. She fears that she has lost [[Gaidal]]. She is beginning to lose her past memories. Birgitte and the [[Aiel]] hide in a cave and ambush a Fist of fifty [[Trollocs]] which they quickly overcome. They move through the forest, death and decay fill the air. They come across another group of Trollocs but must retreat as the group is too big for them to fight. [[Elayne]] has ordered the human dead recovered, hopefully inspiring fear in the Trollocs when they see only their dead. Elayne's plan is to have small groups of fighters pick off the Trollocs. <br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{Pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting|''[[Tel'aran'rhiod]]''}}<br /> {{Characters2|Rand|Cyndane}}<br /> <br /> Rand is in a [[dreamshard]] of his own creation. He walks through a peaceful wood and through a valley. He ignores a dark cave placed before him once before entering when seeing it for the second time. Inside he finds [[Mierin]] struggling in a pool of water, she asks him to help her, to release her. Rand sees through the deception and she quickly releases the illusion. They talk of her captivity and her lust for power, which Rand sees as her motive for everything. He asks her to open herself completely to him, to let him see her true intentions but she refuses. Mierin attempts to play on the love that she believed [[Lews Therin]] had for her, but Rand refutes this saying that he never loved her. He then lets go of any feeling he had for her. Rand opens himself to her, showing her his intentions and desires, she sees them as a swirl of colour, as pictures and learns of his plan to kill the [[Dark One]]. After this Rand leaves the cave. <br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Perrin}}<br /> {{Setting2|Braem Wood}}<br /> {{Characters2|Perrin|Edarra}}<br /> <br /> Perrin is in [[Braem Wood]] in the evening. He checks on his people, making sure their camp is secure and that they are fed before going to the Aiel encampment [[Elayne]]'s forces are doing well against the [[Shadowspawn]] but they are outnumbered. Perrin finds Edarra, a [[Wise One]] who stayed with Perrin despite most of her kind going north to [[Shayol Ghul]] with Rand. Perrin asks her about [[Dreamwalking]] in the flesh, she replies that it is an evil thing and that he would risk losing a part of himself. She also warns that if he dies in the flesh there he could die forever. She refuses to speak to him any more on the matter and leaves.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Next14|11|13|12}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_11&diff=93572 2014-01-13T21:43:33Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{next14b|10|12}}<br /> {{Title|Just Another Sell-sword}}<br /> {{Icon|{{Dice}}}}<br /> {{povb3|Egwene|Mat|Rand}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> Mat returns to Ebou Dar and learns of plots against Tuon<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting|The Field of Merrilor}}<br /> '''Characters: [[Adelorna]], [[Bryne]], [[Egwene]], [[Yukiri]]<br /> <br /> Egwene and Adelorna talk. Adelorna tells her that those among the [[Green Ajah]] that have not been supportive of her have been told to mend their ways. Adelorna tells her that her fight during the [[Seanchan]] attack had shown her to have the spirit of a warrior and that the Greens should embrace it as an example. Egwene realises that Adelorna is letting her know that she is the Head of the Green Ajah and that she feels that Egwene should have been raised from the Green. She enters Gareth's command tent and almost falls into a [[Gateway]] on the floor, that opens above the [[Trollocs]]. Yukiri tells Egwene that she volunteered for the duty after Gareth asked if it was possible. She tells Egwene that she has been considering if it is possible to make a gateway that only allows light through, so that a person could stand on it, or to hide it from the other side. She looks at Gareth's battle plans and complains that he has not planned to use the [[Aes Sedai]]. He responds that he had intended them as a reserve force, but Egwene insists that the Tower has not trained for three thousand years to be a reserve force. He tells her that he has made plans that would make more use of them, but that he had not wanted to push the issue<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Mat}}<br /> '''Setting: [[Ebou Dar]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Mat]], [[Kathana]], [[Jame]]'''<br /> <br /> Mat approaches Ebou Dar, which is almost surrounded by [[Tinkers]]; He finds it unnatural that they should be settling so much. There is a line to get into the city, but when he gets into the gate, he is waved through after confirming he has sworn the oaths, and barely gets the chance to tell any of the elaborate back story he concocted. As he walks through, he notices soldiers camped in the Rahad, though he is not convinced they will succeed and thinks to himself that Ebou Dar feels more like home than anywhere, including the Two Rivers, even if they are insane. The first inn he tries has [[Deathwatch Guard]]s, but the second, the [[Yearly Brawl]] is acceptable.<br /> <br /> Inside the inn, a man, [[Jame]] questions him, but is ushered away by [[Kathana]], who asks Mat how he lost the eye and doesn't believe the lie he tells, though she claims he lies well. She tells him that duels are now regulated, which she feels has taken the fun out of them, but Jame, who is not Ebou Dari, feels it has saved lives. Jame mistakes Mat for an assassin, as he thinks that no real one eyed man would carry so many throwing knives and Mat shows him the hole where his eye used to be, asking him if there are assassins after [[Tuon]]. Jame tells him there are and that he has personally seen to it that one died in the dueling grounds. Mat asks who is bringing them, and eventually Jame tells him it is [[Lunal Galgan]]. They talk a little more and Kathana realises who Mat is and that every soldier in Ebou Dar has been told to look for his face.<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> {{Setting2|Tarwin's Gap}}<br /> {{next14|10|12|11}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_8&diff=93571 2014-01-13T21:39:33Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|7|9}}<br /> {{title|That Smoldering City}}<br /> {{icon|{{Lion}}}}<br /> {{povb2|Elayne|Androl}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Elayne}}<br /> {{Setting2|Caemlyn}}<br /> {{Characters6|Elayne|Guybon|Davram Bashere|Birgitte|Dannil|Talmanes}}<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Androl}}<br /> {{Setting3|The|Black Tower}}<br /> {{Characters8|Androl|Evin|Logain|Mezar|Mishraile|Pevara|Taim|Welyn}}<br /> Androl, Jonneth, and Emarin are laying down, tied to hooks in the ground and shielded. Pevara and Evin are also tied up and shielded. Evin tells Androl that Taim's men broke him and learned of Androl's plan when they came looking for Emarin. Pevara tells Androl telepathically that they were dug out of the dirt room because Taim hasn't met his quota of Turned Dreadlords yet. Evin is Turned and tells Androl that Nalaam died in the cave-in. Emarin is taken to be Turned next and Androl thinks that Nalaam was lucky to have died in the cave-in.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Next14|7|9|8}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_4&diff=93570 2014-01-13T21:38:23Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|3|5}}<br /> {{title|Advantages to a Bond}}<br /> {{icon|{{fang}}}}<br /> {{povb3|Androl|Rand|Pevara}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Androl}}<br /> {{Setting3|The|Black Tower}}<br /> {{Characters6|Androl|Dobser|Emarin|Dobser|Welyn|Leems}}<br /> Pevara tells Androl about her family being murdered by Darkfriends. Androl tells her about his father, who could channel, committing suicide before the taint could drive him mad. <br /> <br /> Pevara and Androl are developing telepathic communication through their double [[bond]]. <br /> <br /> Emarin arrives and interrogates Dobser, pretending to be a High Lord of Tear wanting to set up a rival tower with male and female channelers working together. Dobser tells Emarin where Logain is being held, in hidden rooms in the foundation of the Black Tower building, and says that it will probably take one or two days to Turn him. Pevara binds Dobser in Air and blocks his ears after he tells them where the hidden rooms are. Androl says they'll dose Dobser, Welyn, and Leems with something that will make them sleep &quot;until Bel Tine&quot; and then rescue Logain that night after Taim inspects him.<br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Rand}}<br /> '''Setting: One of [[Moridin]]' [[Dreamshard]]s<br /> <br /> {{Characters2|Rand|Moridin}}<br /> <br /> {{Break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Pevara}}<br /> {{Setting3|The|Black Tower}}<br /> {{Characters8|Pevara|Androl|Canler|Coteren|Emarin|Jonneth|Logain|Nalaam}}<br /> Pevara, Androl, Emarin, Jonneth, and Nalaam prepare to rescue Logain. Canler is left behind, because he has a family, with the Two Rivers boys and men and told to attempt to escape if they fail to rescue Logain. They watch as Emarin, Jonneth, and Nalaam kill three men guarding the Black Tower building's foundations. Pevara is surprised they would lead with a lethal attack because that is something Aes Sedai would not do. Pevara, Androl, Emarin, Jonneth, and and Nalaam go into the Black Tower foundations. They find Coteren guarding a door to an earthen room. Jonneth kills him with an arrow from his Two Rivers bow. They find Logain and take him out of his cell, but he is either drugged or too weak to channel. Androl confirms Logain has not been Turned. Taim's men burst into the room and the two sides fight with the Power. Androl tries to make a gateway. The dirt roof of the room collapses.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Next14|3|5|4}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=A_Memory_of_Light:_Chapter_2&diff=93569 2014-01-13T21:34:54Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Next14b|1|3}}<br /> {{Title|The Choice of an Ajah}}<br /> {{Icon|{{Fang}}}}<br /> {{povb2|Pevara|Aviendha}}<br /> ==Outline==<br /> Pevara and Androl bond each other. Aviendha and Elayne talk about Elayne's plans and Rand.<br /> ==Summary==<br /> {{pov2|Pevara}}<br /> '''Setting: The [[Black Tower]]<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Pevara]], [[Androl]], [[Evin]]<br /> <br /> Pevara watches Androl make a saddle and tries to engage him in a conversation. She offers herself as bait for Taim, but Androl refuses, because he thinks it is not her fight. They start to argue about the purpose of the Red Ajah now that ''saidin'' is clean. Androl thinks they have only two choices: either continue hunting men or stop being Reds, but Pevara disagrees. They can adapt to the circumstances. Androl wants to show her that the Source really is clean, because she still doubts him. Pevara offers to show him how to link, then regrets that she cannot lead the circle. Androl seizes the Source through her and Pevara panics. Even after she asks him to release her, he draws more of the Power. When he does release her, she bonds him before she knows what she is doing. He then bonds her in return. Evin then enters and tells them Welyn and his Aes Sedai have returned, but Welyn doesn't seem to be the same anymore.<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> <br /> {{pov2|Aviendha}}<br /> '''Setting: The [[Field of Merrilor]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Characters: [[Aviendha]], [[Elayne]], [[Lir]], [[Dyelin]], [[Perival]]<br /> <br /> Aviendha sneaks into Elayne's tent and sits down without anyone noticing. Lord Lir wants Elayne to reclaim Caemlyn, but she intends to wait until the Trollocs leave the city. When Elayne addresses Aviendha, the others with her are surprised, but then leave the two alone. When Aviendha asks whether Caemlyn has fallen, Elayne replies that there were Darkfriends in the guard who was supposed to keep the Waygate safe. When they talk about Elayne's plans for the next day, a guardswoman enters and delivers a letter from Rand. He urges her to return to Caemlyn, but she knows he actually wants her there during the meeting. Aviendha then says she must go to Rand that night, because it might be the only night they have left and Elayne gives her blessing.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *Welyn has been turned to the Shadow<br /> <br /> {{next14|1|3|2}}</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Matrim_Cauthon&diff=90950 2013-06-11T16:52:05Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Personality */</p> <hr /> <div>''Author: Atarah al'Norahn''<br /> <br /> MAT-rihm CAW-thon<br /> <br /> ==General==<br /> <br /> Matrim Cauthon was born in 978 NE, in [[Emond's Field]], [[Andor]], to [[Abell]] and [[Natti Cauthon]]. Other than his parents, his family consists of two younger sisters, [[Bodewhin Cauthon|Bodewhin]] and [[Eldrin Cauthon|Eldrin]]. <br /> <br /> ===Appearance===<br /> Most women find him appealing, with a wiry body and brown hair and eyes.<br /> ===Personality===<br /> Dancing and flirting seem to be two of his favorite past times. He also has quite a bit of a gambling streak, and plays dice often. Many people who see him gambling declare that he seems to have [[the Dark One]]'s own luck. While in Emond's Field his luck was average; he lost as much as he won. After the incident at [[Shadar Logoth]], his luck became rather good. After he was [[Heal]]ed by the [[Aes Sedai]] in [[the White Tower]], it became extraordinary ({{tdr|30}}) .<br /> <br /> Another major side to Mat is that of the prankster. In Emond's Field, he was well known for his escapades.<br /> <br /> ===Condensed Timeline===<br /> ==Relationships with other Characters==<br /> ==Strengths and Talents==<br /> ===Mat's Memories===<br /> Mat gained memories from around a 1500 year period in history of soldiers who had passed through the redstone doorway located in the [[Stone of Tear]]<br /> {{Main|Mat's Memories}}<br /> <br /> === The Dice ===<br /> Mat hears dice in his head when an important event is about to occur<br /> ~NOTE~ As with 'Mat's Memories', I have done as much research on this section as I could. Once again, there are most likely a few things missing. Here are a bunch of excerpts from sections of the book where the dice warn Mat of an upcoming event. They are numbered to help separate them. <br /> <br /> '''1.'''<br /> <br /> &quot;He had no idea why he had not simply ignored them. Except that his step was lighter and he felt full of vinegar. No wonder, really, leaving tomorrow at last. The dice seemed to be spinning in his head, and there was no knowing what pips would show when they landed. Odd, that. It must be Melindhra worrying him. Yes. He would definitely leave early, and as quietly as a mouse tiptoeing on feathers&quot; ({{tfoh|42}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;That should bring the Shaido in right enough, especially if Couladin was leading. If Couladin really was leading, if he thought Rand was with the pikes, if the pikes could hold until the horse arrived... A lot of ifs. Mat could hear those dice rolling in his head again. This was the biggest gamble he had ever taken in his life. He wondered how long it was until nightfall; a man should be able to make his way out in the night. He wished those dice would get out of his head, or else fall so he knew what they showed. Scowling into the rain, he booted [[Pips]] on down the hillside.&quot; ({{tfoh|44}}).<br /> <br /> Reducing the platform by one outer ring of square stones, he turned. Bael was waiting out there in what seemed a huge square doorway into daylight with the steps beyond. At his side, Pevin looked no more perturbed by what he saw than the Aiel chief, which was to say not at all. Pevin would carry that banner wherever Rand went, even [[Shayol Ghul|the Pit of Doom]], and never blink. Mat shoved back his hat to scratch his head, then jerked it low again, muttering something about dice in his head. (On the way to face Rahvin; {{tfoh|54}}).<br /> <br /> '''2.'''<br /> <br /> &quot;The largest palace he had seen yet filled one entire side of the square, all domes and spires and colonnades three and four stories above the ground. The other three sides mixed great houses with inns and shops, each as white as the next. A statue of a woman in flowing robes, taller than an Ogier, stood on an even taller pedestal in the middle of the square, one arm raised to point south toward the sea. There were only a handful of people walking across the pale paving stones, and no wonder in that heat. A few were eating their midday meal on the lowest step of the pedestal, and pigeons and seagulls flocked about fighting for scraps. It was a picture of tranquility. Mat did not understand why he suddenly felt the dice rolling in his head.&quot; ({{loc|47}}). <br /> <br /> The stately innkeeper introduced herself as Setalle Anan, though her hazel eyes had never been born in Ebou Dar. &quot;Good my Lords... &quot; Large gold hoops in her ears swayed as she bowed her head equally to Mat and Nalesean. &quot;... may The Wandering Woman offer you her humble accommodation?&quot; <br /> <br /> She was pretty despite a touch of gray in her hair, but Mat watched her eyes. She wore a marriage knife hanging from a close-fitting necklace, the hilt set with red and white stones nestling in her generous cleavage, and she also had one of those curving knives in her belt. Still, he could not help grinning. &quot;Mistress Anan, I feel like I've come home.&quot; <br /> <br /> The odd thing was, the dice had stopped rolling in his head ({{loc|47}}).<br /> <br /> '''3.'''<br /> <br /> &quot;Thank you ... &quot; Mat gave a start. The fellow was gone, swallowed up in the crowd. Strange, but he had looked familiar. Maybe another long-dead acquaintance drifting out of those old memories. Maybe... It hit him like an Illuminator's nightflower exploding inside his head. A white-haired man with a hooked nose. That old man had been at the Silver Circuit, standing not far from the woman who had just gone into Carridin's rented palace. Turning his hat in his hands, he frowned uneasily at the palace. The Mire never held a bog like this one. He could feel the dice tumbling in his head suddenly, and that was always a bad sign ({{acos|14}}). <br /> <br /> Normally, displays of wealth made Mat feel comfortable. For one thing, where there was money, some might stick to his fingers. This time he felt impatient, more so by the step. And anxious. The last time he had felt the dice rolling so hard in his head was just before he found himself with three hundred of the Band, a thousand of Gaebril's White Lions on a ridge to his front and another thousand coming hard up the road behind him, when all he had been trying to do was ride away from the entire mess. That time he had avoided the chop by the grace of other men's memories and more luck than he had a right to. The dice almost always meant danger, and something else he had not figured out yet. The prospect of having his skull cracked was not enough, and once or twice there had been no possibility of such, yet the upcoming likelihood of Mat Cauthon dead in some spectacular fashion seemed the most usual cause. Unlikely, maybe, in the Tarasin Palace, but unlikely did not make the dice go away. He was going to leave his message, grab Nynaeve and Elayne by the scruff of the neck if he had an opportunity, give them a talking-to that made their ears glow, and then get out ({{acos|16}}). <br /> <br /> Mat wanted to back away; even Teslyn stood close enough to be almost touching him. Instead he put on his most insolent grin. It had always landed him in trouble back home, but it seemed appropriate. Those dice in his head could have nothing to do with this pair, or they would have stopped spinning. And he did have the medallion. &quot;They see pretty well, I'd say.&quot; Nynaeve badly needed to be snatched down a peg or six, and Elayne even more, but he was not about to stand by and listen to this woman talk Nynaeve down. If that meant defending Elayne too, so be it &quot;Maybe you should abandon your nonsense.&quot; Joline's smile vanished, but Teslyn replaced it with one of her own, a razored smile ({{acos|16}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Majesty,&quot; he said, sweeping his hat wide in a bow and flourishing an imaginary cloak, &quot;by your summons do I come.&quot; Imposing or not, it was hard to keep his eyes away from the not small lace-trimmed oval where her white-sheathed marriage-knife hung. A very nicely rounded sight indeed, yet the more bosom a woman displayed, the less she wanted you to look. Openly, at least. White-sheathed; but he already knew she was a widow. Not that it mattered. He would as soon tangle himself with that [[Mili Skane|fox-faced Darkfriend]] as with a queen. Not looking at all was difficult, but he managed. Most likely she would call guards rather than draw the gem-encrusted dagger thrust behind a woven-gold belt to match the collar her marriage knife hung from. Maybe that was why the dice were still rolling in his head. The possibility of an encounter with the headsman would set them spinning if anything did ({{acos|16}}). <br /> <br /> Tall triple-arched windows opening onto a wrought-iron balcony admitted a sea breeze that was surprisingly pleasant, if not exactly cool, yet Mat felt hotter than in the street, and it had nothing to do with her stare. Deyeniye, dyu ninte concion ca'lyet ye. That was what he had said. The bloody Old Tongue popping out of his mouth again without him knowing it. He had thought he had that little bother under control. No telling when those bloody dice would stop or for what. Best to keep his eyes to himself and his mouth shut as much as possible. &quot;I thank you, Majesty.&quot; He made very sure of those words ({{acos|16}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;You are Lord Mat Cauthon?&quot; There was just a hint of question in the title. Her eyes minded him more than ever of an eagle's. A queen could not like someone coming to her pretending to be a lord. <br /> <br /> &quot;Just Mat Cauthon.&quot; Something told him she would hear a lie. Besides, letting people think he was a lord was just a ruse, one he would rather have managed without. In Ebou Dar you could find a duel any time you turned around, but few challenged lords except other lords. As it was, in the last month he had cracked a number of heads, bloodied four men and run half a mile to escape a woman. Tylin's stare made him nervous. And those dice still rattled about in his skull. He wanted out of there. &quot;If you'll tell me where to leave the letter, Majesty...?&quot; ({{acos|16}}). <br /> <br /> She nodded calmly, hazel eyes serene. Men knifed in her inn did not ruffle her feathers. &quot;They insisted on carrying it up themselves. Their stock, so they claimed. They took the room just before you came in. For a few hours, they said, to sleep before traveling on toward Nor Chasen.&quot; That was a small village on the coast to the east, but it was unlikely they would have told the truth. Her tone implied as much. She frowned at the dead men as though wishing she could shake them alive to answer questions. &quot;They were picky about the room, though. The pale-haired man was in charge. He turned down the first three he was offered, then accepted this, that was meant for a single servant. I thought he was being stingy with a coin.&quot; <br /> &quot;Even a thief can be tightfisted,&quot; Mat said absently. This could have qualified to start those dice rolling in his head ... a head that would have been cracked open for sure without the luck of that fellow stepping on the one board in the whole inn that would squeak ... but the bloody things were still tumbling. He did not like it ({{acos|17}}). <br /> <br /> Mat frowned after her. A gilded woman? In his room? The chest of gold rested now in a small hollow beneath the kitchen floor, in front of one of the stoves, but the dice in his head drummed like thunder suddenly ({{acos|21}}). <br /> <br /> He nodded before he thought Other men's memories told him Tovans were a stark and disapproving people, abstemious to the point of pain; at least they had been, a thousand years gone and more. He was not sure whether to laugh or groan. On the one hand, a chance to talk with Birgitte ... Birgitte! he doubted he would ever get over the shock ... but on the other, he doubted he would be able to hear the music downstairs for the noise of those dice rattling in his skull. She must be a key to it, somehow. A man with any brains would climb out the window right now. &quot;A pitcher or two sounds fine to me,&quot; he told her ({{acos|21}}).<br /> <br /> &quot;I won't shout at you,&quot; Nynaeve shouted. &quot;And all the rest, too. I promise, you... you...!&quot; She gobbled on the edge of swallowing her tongue as she realized she could not call him one of the names he warranted without breaking the promise already. And yet, the effect of her shout was most gratifying. <br /> <br /> With a cry, he shuddered and dropped the cloth, clutched his head with both hands. His eyes bulged. &quot;Flaming dice,&quot; he whimpered, or something very like. It suddenly struck Elayne that he would be a very good source of pithy language. Stablemen and the like always seemed to scrape their tongues clean the moment they saw her. Of course, she had promised herself to civilize him, to make him useful to Rand, but that need not interfere too much with his language. In fact, she realized there was a good deal she had not promised not to do. Pointing that out should settle Nynaeve considerably ({{acos|21}}). <br /> <br /> Mat knew he was in trouble from the day he moved into the Tarasin Palace. He could have refused. Just because the flaming dice started or stopped did not mean he had to do anything; usually when they stopped spinning, it was too late not to do something. The problem was, he wanted to know why. Before very many days, he wished he had taken his curiosity by the throat and throttled it ({{acos|28}}). <br /> <br /> '''4.'''<br /> <br /> Nobody slipped a note under his door that night. Nobody rattled the lock. He began to think things might turn for the better. Tomorrow was the Festival of Birds. From what he had heard of the costumes some people wore, men and women both, it might be possible Tylin would find herself a new duckling to chase after. Somebody might come out of that bloody house across from the Rose of the Eldar and hand him the bloody Bowl of the Winds. Things just had to turn for the better. <br /> <br /> When he woke for his third morning in the Tarasin Palace, the dice were rolling in his head ({{acos|28}}).<br /> <br /> Waking to the dice, Mat considered going back to sleep until they went away, but at last he got up feeling grumpy. As if he did not have more than enough on his plate already. He chased Nerim away and dressed himself, eating the last of the bread and cheese from the night before while he did, then went to check on Olver. The boy flashed between bursts of yanking on his clothes in a hurry to be out and stopping entirely with boot or shirt in hand to spout dozens of questions that Mat answered with half a mind. No, they would not go racing today, and never mind the rich races at the Circuit of Heaven, north of the city. Maybe they could go see the menagerie. Yes, Mat would buy him a feathered mask for the festival. If he ever got dressed. That sent him into a flurry. <br /> <br /> What really occupied Mat's thoughts were those bloody dice. Why had they started up again? He still did not know why they had before! ({{acos|29}}).<br /> <br /> It was too much. The woman hounded him, tried to starve him; now she locked them in together like... like he did not know what. Lambkin! Those bloody dice were bouncing around in his skull. Besides, he had important business to see to. The dice had never had anything to do with finding something, but... He reached her in two long strides, seized her arm, and began fumbling in her belt for the keys. &quot;I don't have bloody time for ... &quot; His breath froze as the sharp point of her dagger beneath his chin shut his mouth and drove him right up onto his toes ({{acos|29}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;If I'm not back by tomorrow,&quot; Mat shouted back absently over his shoulder, &quot;tell them they'll have to find it for themselves!&quot; He walked on after the woman in a daze, not hearing if Nalesean or Beslan shouted again. The man knew! He remembered once thinking that Beslan and his mother were both mad. They were worse! All of Ebou Dar was mad! He was hardly aware of the dice still spinning inside his skull ({{acos|29}}).<br /> <br /> Snatching off his hat, Mat considered throwing it down and jumping on it. Women! He should have known better than to expect sympathy. He would like to throttle the bloody Daughter-Heir. And Nynaeve, too, on general principle. Except, of course, that he could not. He had made promises. And those dice were still using his skull for a dice cup. And one of the Forsaken might be around somewhere. Settling the hat squarely back on his head, he marched down the landing, brushed past the Wise Women and caught up to Elayne. She was still trying to fight down giggles, but every time she cut her eyes his way, the color in her cheeks renewed itself and so did the giggles ({{acos|38}}).<br /> <br /> Her tone was so mild that Elayne must have passed on the truth about Tylin, but if anything, that only soured his mood further. He did not want anyone to know. Bloody useless! But those dice were still rattling around in his head. &quot;Maybe Moghedien likes back doors,&quot; he said dryly. Something cluttered in the dark end of the hall, and one of the men with Harnan cursed loudly about rats({{acos|38}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;We are bloody well getting out of here now,&quot; Mat said again later, and this time there was argument. There had been argument for the past half-hour, near enough. Outside, the sun was past its noon peak. The trade winds cut the heat a little; stiff yellow curtains fastened over the tall windows bulged and snapped at gusts. Three hours back in the Tarasin Palace, the dice still bouncing in his head, and he wanted to kick something. Or somebody. He tugged at the scarf tied around his neck; it felt as though the rope that had given him the scar under that scarf was back and tightening slowly. &quot;Love of the Light, are you all blind? Or just deaf?&quot; ({{acos|39}}). <br /> <br /> The ''sul'dam'' apparently was not satisfied. The foxhead went cool again, and from behind another roar hammered him to the pavement, pavement that jumped up to meet him. Through the ringing in his ears, he heard masonry groan. Above him, the white-plastered brick wall began leaning outward. <br /> <br /> &quot;What happened to my bloody luck?&quot; he shouted. He had time for that. And just time to realize, as brick and timbers crashed down on him, that the dice in his head had just stopped dead ({{acos|39}}).<br /> <br /> '''5.'''<br /> <br /> Mat groaned. It was not his leg, this time, or the fact that every man in Ebou Dar seemed to be choosing the bosom they rested their heads on except for Mat Cauthon. Those bloody dice had just started tumbling in his head again. Something bad was coming his way. Something very bad ({{wh|15}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;I think I can do better for you than that,&quot; Mat told him, but the rest of what he had been going to say died on his tongue. The dice were still spinning in his head, he realized. He had managed to forget them with the ''gholam'' trying to kill him, but they were still bouncing, still waiting to land. If they were warning of something worse than the ''gholam'', he did not want to know. Only, he would. There was no doubt of that. He would, when it was too late ({{wh|16}}). <br /> <br /> Light, he wished those bloody dice in his head would just stop and get it over with! No, that was a lie. Since he had finally realized what they meant, he had never wanted the dice to stop ({{wh|17}}). <br /> <br /> Flinging open the doors of Tylin's apartments, Mat strode in, sailed his hat across the width of the room and stopped dead, his mouth hanging open and everything he had planned to say frozen on his tongue. His hat hit the carpets and rolled, he did not see where. A gust of wind rattled the tall triple-arched windows that led out onto a long, screened balcony overlooking the Mol Hara. <br /> <br /> Tylin turned in a chair carved to look like gilded bamboo and stared at him over her golden wine cup. Waves of glossy black hair touched with gray at the temples framed a beautiful face with the eyes of a bird of prey, and not one best pleased at the moment. Inconsequential things seemed to leap at him. She kicked her crossed leg slightly, rippling layered green and white petticoats. Pale green lace trimmed the oval opening in her gown that half exposed her full breasts, where the jeweled hilt of her marriage knife dangled. She was not alone. Suroth sat facing her, frowning into her winecup and tapping long fingernails on the arm of her chair, a pretty enough woman despite her hair being shaved to that long crest, except that she made Tylin seem a rabbit by comparison. Two of those fingernails on each hand were lacquered blue. Seated at her side was a little girl, of all things, also in an elaborately flowered robe over pleated white skirts, but with a sheer veil covering her entire head - it seemed to be shaved completely! - and wearing a fortune in rubies. Even in a state of shock, he noticed rubies and gold. A slender woman, nearly as dark as her stark black gown and tall even had she been Aiel, stood behind the girl's chair with her arms folded and ill-concealed impatience. Her wavy back hair was short, but not shaved at all, so she was neither of the Blood nor ''so'jhin''. Imperiously beautiful, she put Tylin and Suroth both in the shade. He noticed beautiful women, too, even when he did feel hit in the head with a hammer. <br /> <br /> It was not the presence of Suroth or the strangers that jerked him to a halt, though. The dice had stopped, landing with a thunder that made his skull ring. That had never happened before. He stood there waiting for one of the Forsaken to leap out of the flames in the marble fireplace, or the earth to swallow the palace beneath him. <br /> <br /> &quot;You aren't listening to me, pigeon,&quot; Tylin cooed in dangerous tones. &quot;I said, take yourself down to the kitchens and have a pastry until I have time for you. Have a bath while you're about it.&quot; Her dark eyes glittered. &quot;We will discuss your mud later.&quot; <br /> <br /> In a daze, he ran it through again in his head. He had walked into the room, the dice had stopped, and nothing had happened. Nothing! <br /> <br /> &quot;This man has been set upon,&quot; the tiny, veiled figure said, rising. Her tone turned cold as the wind outside. &quot;You told me the streets were safe, Suroth! I am displeased.&quot; <br /> <br /> Something had to happen! It already should have! Something always happened when the dice stopped ({{wh|17}}).<br /> <br /> '''6.'''<br /> The Dice stop rolling when Tuon promises not to escape as long as he keeps his promises ({{cot|3}}).<br /> <br /> '''7.'''<br /> <br /> The dice stop rolling when Tuon smiles at Mat ({[cot|28}}).<br /> <br /> '''8.'''<br /> <br /> As the mayor of Hinderstap leaves Mat and his group, and after apprising them of the &quot;Rules,&quot; he is joined by some burly men casually carrying axes. They fall into step with the mayor, and all walk together in the same direction as though nothing is untoward. It is then that the dice start rattling in Mat's head. He decides to ignore them ({{tgs|27}}).<br /> <br /> Moments before the sun sets behind the clouds, while Mat gambles with the villagers, he tells [[Talmanes]] that they are staying. At this the dice stop rattling in his head ({{tgs|27}}). [[Category:New Articles]]<br /> <br /> '''9.'''<br /> <br /> The dice begin rattling in the Dead Man's Breath when Mat hears of a man drained of blood ({{tom|8}}).<br /> <br /> Later on, during Mat's stay in Caemlyn, the dice stop when Mat leaves The Dusty Wheel. The ''gholam'' appears shortly afterward ({{tom|31}}).<br /> <br /> ==Relationships with other Characters== <br /> <br /> The relationship between Mat and Rand starts off as that of best friends. During their early years, Mat and Rand pulled a lot of pranks on people in Emond's Field and just generally had a good time together. Once Mat learns that Rand is the Dragon Reborn, he becomes very cautious and uncomfortable, and tries to avoid him. He eventually accepts the fact and maintains his friendship with Rand. Rand considers Mat one of the few people that he can still trust. <br /> <br /> As with Rand, Mat and Perrin were good friends back when they lived in the Two Rivers. As the series progresses, they understandably become a bit distant as their paths don't cross all that much; however, they are still bound by the bonds of friendship and the fact that they both came from the Two Rivers. Either one would most likely help the other any way possible. <br /> <br /> Before leaving Emond's Field, Mat and Egwene didn't have much of a relationship despite their connections to Rand. Still, both being from the Two Rivers, they still feel a certain connection to them. Mat's relationship with Nynaeve is much the same. <br /> <br /> Mat doesn't have the best of relationships with Aes Sedai, mainly because he has a hard time trusting them. A lot of this comes from his memories of past lives. The Aes Sedai with whom he is best acquainted is Moiraine; he seems to think well enough of her, though he does seem to put a limit to the extent to which he will trust her. <br /> <br /> Throughout the series, Thom and Juilin become friends of Mat's. He meets Thom in 'The Eye of the World' in Emond's Field, and Juilin in 'The Dragon Reborn' when he goes to rescue Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve from the Stone of Tear. Later, they are with him in Ebou Dar and help him plan to get Joline, Teslyn and Edesina out of the city. In 'The Eye of the World,' Thom fights a Fade to buy Rand and Mat time to escape; he often tries to protect all three of the Emond's Field boys since he wasn't able to save his own nephew from Aes Sedai. <br /> <br /> Mat's relationship with Tuon gets off to a very rocky start indeed. The first time that they meet, Tuon wishes to buy him. Forever after, she calls him 'Toy', even though he tries many times to get her to call him by his real name. In 'Winter's Heart', he learns that she is the Daughter of the Nine Moons, his fated wife. In 'Crossroads of Twilight,' he begins to court her. Mat thinks that Tuon is pretty, if on the thin side. <br /> ==Viewings and Dreams==<br /> <br /> &quot;And the other one ... a red eagle, an eye on a balance scale, a dagger with a ruby, a horn, and a laughing face.&quot; ([[Min]]'s viewing of Mat; {{teotw|15}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;You know I've read you, Egwene. I don't understand most of it - I almost never do - but I see things I am sure link you to Rand, and Perrin, and Mat, and - yes, even Galad, the light help you for a fool. How can any of that happen if the Seanchan take you off across the ocean?&quot; (Min to Egwene; {{tgh|42}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Mat, placing his own left eye on a balance scale. Mat, hanging by his neck from a tree limb. There had been a dream of Mat and Seanchan, too, but she was willing to dismiss that as a nightmare. It had to have been just a nightmare. Just like the one about Mat speaking the Old Tongue. That had to come from what she had heard during his Healing.&quot; (Egwene's Dream; {{tdr|25}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;There had been dreams of Mat, too. Of Mat with dice spinning 'round him - she felt she knew where that one came from - of Mat being followed by a man who was not there - she still did not understand that; there was a man following, or maybe more than one, but in some way there was no one there - of Mat riding desperately toward something unseen in the distance that he had to reach, and Mat with a woman who seemed to be tossing fireworks about. An Illuminator, she assumed, but that made no more sense than anything else.&quot; (Egwene's dream; {{tdr|37}}).<br /> <br /> &quot;Mat, rattling a dice cup. His opponent stared at Mat with eyes of fire. Mat did not seem to see the man, but Perrin knew him.&quot; (Perrin's Dream; {{tdr|43}}).<br /> <br /> &quot;What did it mean that Mat was dicing with the Dark One, and why did he keep shouting, &quot;I am coming!&quot; and why did she think in the dream that he was shouting at her?&quot; (Egwene's dream; {{tdr|48}}).<br /> <br /> &quot;Mat wrestling with a Seanchan woman who tied an invisible leash to him.&quot; (Egwene's dream; ({{tsr|11}}).<br /> <br /> &quot;Mat, standing where a road forked ahead of him. He flipped a coin, started down one branch, and suddenly was wearing a wide brimmed hat and walking with a staff bearing a short sword blade.&quot; (Perrin's Dream; ({{tsr|28}}).<br /> <br /> &quot;Mat stood naked and bound, snarling; an odd spear with a black shaft had been thrust across his back behind his elbows, and a silver medallion, a foxhead, hung on his chest.&quot; (Perrin's dream; ({{tsr|53}}).<br /> <br /> &quot;Mat throwing dice with blood streaming down his face, the wide brim of his hat pulled low so she could not see his wound, while Thom Merrilin put his hand into a fire to draw out the small blue stone that now dangled on Moiraine's forehead.&quot; (Egwene's Dream; {{tfoh|15}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Mat spoke strange words she almost understood ... the Old Tongue, she thought ... and two ravens alighted on his shoulders, claws sinking through his coat into the flesh beneath. He seemed no more aware of them than Perrin had been of the hawk and falcon, yet defiance passed across his face, and then grim acceptance. In another a woman, face shrouded in shadow, beckoned him toward great danger; Egwene did not know what, only that it was monstrous.&quot; (Egwene's Dream; {{loc|15}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Mat sat on a night-shrouded hilltop, watching a grand Illuminator's display of fireworks, and suddenly his hand shot up, seized one of those bursting lights in the sky. Arrows of fire flashed from his clenched fist, and a sense of dread filled her. Men would die because of this. The world would change. But the world was changing; it always changed.&quot; (Egwene's Dream; {{acos|10}}).<br /> <br /> &quot;Mat, weighing two Aes Sedai on a huge set of balance scales, and on his decision depended¦.She could not say what; something vast; the world, perhaps. There had been other dreams, most tinged with suffering. Recently, all of her dreams about Mat were pale and full of pain, like shadows cast by nightmares, almost as though Mat himself were not quite real. That made her afraid for him, left behind in Ebou Dar, and gave her agonies of grief for sending him there, not to mention poor old Thom Merrilin.&quot; (Egwene's Dream; {{tpod|15}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Mat stood on a village green, playing at bowls. The thatch-roofed houses were vague, in the manner of dreams - sometimes the roofs were slate; sometimes the houses seemed of stone, sometimes wood - but he was sharp and clear, dressed in a fine green coat and that wide-brimmed hat, just as he had been the day he rode into Salidar. There was not another human being in sight. Rubbing the ball between his hands, he took a short run and casually rolled it across the smooth grass. All nine pins fell, scattered as if they had been kicked. Mat turned and picked up another ball, and the pins were back upright. No, there was a fresh set of pins. The old still lay where they had fallen. He hurled the ball again, a lazy underhanded bowl. And Egwene wanted to scream. The pins were not turned pieces of wood. They were men, standing there watching the ball roll toward them. None moved until the ball sent them flying. Mat turned to pick up another ball, and there were more new pins, new men, standing in orderly formation among the men lying sprawled on the ground as if dead. No, they were dead. Unconcerned, Mat bowled.&quot; (Egwene's dream; {{cot|20}}) <br /> ==Mat's Journey==<br /> <br /> Mat's journey, like [[Rand]] and [[Perrin]]'s, begins the day before [[Bel Tine]] when he sees a [[Fade]] and discusses it with Rand. ({{teotw|1}}). Later on the same day, he meets [[Moiraine]], the Aes Sedai who will take him and his friends away from Emond's Field. ({{teotw|2}}). That night, his house is one of the one's targeted when [[Trollocs]] attack Emond's Field. Luckily, he is not injured. ({{teotw|7}}). The next evening, Moiraine and her [[Warder]], [[Lan]], whisk Mat, Perrin, Rand and [[Egwene]] away from Emond's Field and towards a safer place ({{teotw|10}}). <br /> <br /> After several days of traveling, Mat and company wind up in [[Baerlon]], where they stay at an inn called [[The Stag and Lion]]. ({{teotw|13}}) His sleep that night is disturbed by dreams of [[Ba'alzamon]], the Dark One, who is after the three boys for a reason that is unknown to them ({{teotw|14}}). <br /> <br /> A few incidents occur while the group is in Baerlon; Mat plays pranks on a group of [[Whitecloaks]], shares his dream with Rand (who, incidentally, had the same dream) and Thom, and is, along with the others, shocked by [[Nynaeve]]'s arrival in Baerlon ({{teotw|15}}; {{ch1|16}}). When a fade shows up in Baerlon, Mat and company flee, confronting the Whitecloaks in the process ({{teotw|17}}). <br /> <br /> Three days later, they are attacked by Trollocs. The entire group has to fight in order to get away. During the battle, Mat shouts a phrase in [[the Old Tongue]] without knowing it. ''&quot;[[Pronunciation Guide|Carai an Caldazar]]! Carai an Ellisande! Al Ellisande!&quot;'' (&quot;For the honor of the Red Eagle. For the honor of the Rose of the Sun. The Rose of the Sun.&quot;) ({{teotw|18}}) They finally reach an abandoned city named [[Shadar Logoth]] ({{teotw|18}}). <br /> <br /> Mat, along with Rand and Perrin, leaves the camp in Shadar Logoth to go exploring. They meet a man named [[Mordeth]] who asks for their help before attempting to kill them. As they flee, Mat grabs a [[ruby dagger|dagger]] with a large ruby on the hilt. When they return to the camp, they are told that Lan is out looking for them and scouting the city. When he returns, they learn that there are Trollocs in Shadar Logoth ({{teotw|19}}). <br /> <br /> The group decides to leave Shadar Logoth, but [[Mashadar]], the evil mist of the city, is rising with the coming dark. They are all separated, but manage to get out of the city alive. Mat, Rand and [[Thom]] end up jumping aboard a boat named the ''[[Spray]]''. The three of them are dropped off at [[Whitebridge]]. There, they encounter a Fade. Rand and Mat get away, while Thom stays to delay it. <br /> <br /> Thinking that Thom is dead, Mat and Rand head off towards [[Caemlyn]]. Along the way, they meet a multitude of [[Darkfriends]] who either try to kill or capture them. During the trip, Mat begins to act strangely; he is often dark and brooding ({{teotw|32}}; {{ch1|33}}). <br /> <br /> Finally, Mat and Rand reach Caemlyn and proceed towards an inn named '[[The Queen's Blessing]],' the place that Thom had told them to go if the three of them got separated. Mat shuts himself away in his room and refuses to leave. ({{teotw|35}});{{ch1|36}})<br /> <br /> Mat is still in his room when Moiraine, Lan, Perrin, Egwene and Nynaeve finally arrive in Caemlyn. When Moiraine sees Mat, she is aghast. Although he tries to injure her with the ruby dagger when she touches him, she manages to partially Heal him, bringing him back to his usual self. The others are told that the reason Mat became sick was because the dagger is tainted. She was unable to Heal him enough so as to be able to take the dagger away from him; if he is separated from it before he is fully Healed at the Tower, he will die ({{teotw|41}}; {{ch1|42}}).<br /> <br /> Moiraine decides that they all need to go to the [[Eye of the World]]. After speaking with [[Loial]], the [[Ogier]] that Rand met in Caemlyn, she decides that they will use [[the Ways]]. Before leaving Caemlyn, Mat is once again plagued by dreams of Ba'alzamon ({{teotw|43}}). <br /> <br /> Mat and company proceed to travel through the Ways. Like everyone else, Mat is spooked out, especially when they are almost caught by ''[[Machin Shin]]''. Never the less, they finally arrive in [[Fal Dara]], [[Shienar]] ({{teotw|44}}; {{ch1|45}}).<br /> Their stay in Fal Dara is relatively short before they set off for [[the Blight]], intent on finding the Eye of the World. ({{teotw|48}}) Finally, after an unpleasant trip through the Blight, they reach the Green Man's garden and are led to the Eye of the World. ({{teotw|49}}) There, the group is faced by two of the Forsaken, [[Aginor]] and [[Balthamel]]. After they are defeated, Mat, along with Loial, Lan and Perrin, enters the Eye of the World. There, they find the Dragon Banner, [[the Horn of Valere]], and one of [[The Seals]] to the Dark One's prison. ({{teotw|50}}; {{ch1|52}}).<br /> After this long ordeal, Mat and the others go back to Fal Dara ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> Back in Fal Dara, a few things of consequence happen. Mat discovers that, since obtaining the ruby dagger and being partially Healed, his luck has significantly increased. Later, [[Padan Fain]], now a known Darkfriend, steals the Horn of Valere and Mat's ruby dagger ({{tgh|3}}; {{ch2|6}}). Without the dagger, the Aes Sedai won't be able to fully Heal him of its taint. For this reason, the [[Amyrlin Seat]] asks if he will accompany the party that will go to find the two stolen items ({{tgh|7}}; {{tgh|8}}) When they leave, Perrin and Rand accompany them ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> The Hunt for the Horn is relatively uneventful until Mat and Perrin find Rand with the Dragon Banner, which Moiraine had put into his saddlebags. It is then that they learn that Rand is the [[Dragon Reborn]]. After this revelation, they both avoid him ({{tgh|11}]). When Rand, Loial and [[Hurin]] are found missing the next morning, Mat and company continue on without them ({{tgh|14}}). Eventually, they end up in the city of [[Cairhien (City)|Cairhien]], where they are reunited with Rand, Loial and Hurin ({{tgh|30}}) <br /> <br /> When Hurin discovers that the Horn of Valere is in Lord [[Barthanes]]' manor, Mat, Rand and some of the others attend a party there({{tgh|21}}; {{ch2|32}}). The Horn of Valere, however, is no longer there. Believing that Padan Fain has gone to [[Falme]], they try to go through a [[Waygate]], but encounter Machin Shin. Gathering everyone together, they all head for Stedding Tsofu. They arrive and gain permission from the Ogier Elders to use the Stedding Tsofu Waygate, only to encounter ''Machin Shin'' again({{tgh|33}}; {{ch2|35}}; {{ch2|36}}). As a last resort, Rand takes them to [[Toman Head]] with the use of a [[Portal Stone]]. They arrive to find that four months have passed ({{tgh|37}}) <br /> <br /> Mat, along with Rand, Perrin, Hurin and [[Ingtar]], goes into Falme with the intent of recovering the Horn of Valere and the ruby dagger. They find both items in the house of the [[Seanchan]] Lord [[Turak]], whom Rand kills ({{tgh|45}}). As they leave the city, they are caught between the Seanchan army and the [[Whitecloaks]], with no escape. Mat blows the Horn of Valere, and the Heroes of the Horn ride to their rescue ({{tgh|47}}). <br /> <br /> Once everything is finally over, Mat heads to the White Tower to be Healed ({{tgh|49}}). By the time Mat finally reaches the White Tower, he is very ill. It takes ten Aes Sedai and a powerful ''[[sa'angreal]]'' to Heal him ({{tdr|11}}; {{ch3|18}}). <br /> <br /> When Mat awakens, he is thin and weak. He receives visits from [[Lanfear]] in the guise of Selene, who attempts to get him to join her, and then from [[Siuan]] and [[Leane]]. They inform him that he will be staying at the Tower for quite awhile ({{tdr|19}}; {{ch3|20}}). <br /> <br /> Tired of being cooped up in his room, Mat goes out for a walk and ends up at the Warder practice field. There, he bets [[Gawyn]] and [[Galad]] that he can beat them both and wins ({{tdr|24}}). <br /> <br /> Later on, he is visited by [[Egwene]], [[Elayne]] and [[Nynaeve]]. They talk for a while and come to an agreement. They will give him one of the letters that Siuan gave them to get around easily if he will carry a letter to [[Morgase]] from Elayne. He agrees because it will get him out of Tar Valon ({{tdr|28}}). He leaves the Tower and begins gambling at taverns in the city to make some money for his trip. He ends up making a fortune. After an attempt n his life by a [[Gray Men|gray man]] and Darkfriends, he runs into Thom at an inn named 'The Woman of [[Tanchico]],' and convinces Thom to go to Caemlyn with him ({{tdr|30}}; {{ch3|31}}). <br /> <br /> Mat is able to secure passage on a ship using the Amyrlin's letter, but that night he is once again attacked by Darkfriends. They finally arrive safely in Aringill. They decide to stay in the stable of an inn named '[[The Good Queen]]' for the night. There, they save [[Aludra]], an [[Illuminator]], from some men. In return, Aludra gifts Mat with fireworks ({{tdr|32}}; {{ch3|40}}). <br /> <br /> On the way to Caemlyn. Mat and Thom are once again attacked by Darkfriends. They kill them and continue on towards Caemlyn ({{tdr|44}}). When they arrive, Mat attempts to deliver Elayne's letter, but the guards won't let him. Later, he remembers how Rand once got into the palace by climbing a wall. He decides to try it out and succeeds. On his way to Morgase, he hears a man telling someone to kill Elayne. After delivering Elayne's letter, he realizes that it was Morgase's lover, Lord [[Gaebril]], and is glad that he didn't say anything ({{tdr|45}}; {{ch3|46}}). Mat and Thom decide to go to Tear to rescue Elayne ({{tdr|47}}). When they reach Tear, Mat uses his luck to find [[Comar]], Gaebril's lackey ({{tdr|49}}). <br /> <br /> Because Thom gets sick, Mat takes him to a Wise Woman, [[Ailhuin Guenna|Mother Guenna]], who is able to tell them about Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve. Mat heads off for [[the Stone of Tear]], where he meets [[Juilin]] and some of the [[Aiel]]. Using the fireworks that Aludra gave him, he blasts a hole in the wall, and Mat and Juilin start looking for the three girls ({{tdr|52}}; {{ch3|54}}). They manage to free the girls; despite the fact that Mat and Juilin risked their lives among the [[Black Ajah]], Elayne, Egwene and Nynaeve do not thank them ({{tdr|55}}). <br /> <br /> The Stone of Tear is now secure, Mat is playing cards with some Tairen lords. Suddenly, his cards come to life and attack him. He manages to turn them all back into cards. After this, the Tairens all avoid him ({{tsr|2}}). <br /> <br /> Later, wanting to escape and not knowing what to do, he goes through the twisted red doorway ''[[ter'angreal]]'' that Egwene told him about. There, he meets the [[Aelfinn]], who tell him four things. <br /> 1) If he doesn't go to [[Rhuidean]], he will die. <br /> 2) He is destined to marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons. <br /> 3) He will die and live again. <br /> 4) He will have to give up half the light of the world to save the world. <br /> ({{tsr|15}}) <br /> <br /> When everyone is ready to leave for the [[Aiel Waste]], Rand transports himself, Mat and the others using a Portal Stone ({{tsr|22}})) When Rand requests of the Aiel [[Wise Ones]] to go to Rhuidean, Mat asks if he can accompany him, and the Wise Ones concede ({{tsr|23}}). <br /> <br /> In Rhuidean, Mat finds another twisted red doorway ''ter'angreal''. Little does he know that the [[Eelfinn]], unlike the Aelfinn, do not answer questions, but grant wishes. When they don't answer his questions, he angrily begins demanding things of them. He tells them that he wants the holes in his memory to be filled, that he wants to be free of Aes Sedai channeling, and that he wants to go back to Rhuidean. When Rand finds him, Mat is hanging from Avendesora with a spear bearing a curved blade and a [[foxhead medallion]]. He has also gained fluency in the Old Tongue ({{tsr|24}}; {{ch4|26}}). <br /> <br /> After returning from Rhuidean, Mat accompanies Rand and the Aiel to [[Imre Stand]], and then to [[Cold Rocks Hold]], participating in battles against Trollocs along the way ({{tsr|36}}; {{ch4|37}}; {{ch4|48}}; {{ch4|49}}; {{ch4|50}}). He also accompanies Rand to [[Alcair Dal]] ({{tsr|57}}; {{ch4|58}}). <br /> <br /> Since Rhuidean is now open to everyone, Mat and the others, as well as the Aiel, have moved in. While Mat is out on the streets, he meets [[Melindhra]], a [[Shaido]] [[Maiden of the Spear]] who has chosen to follow Rand ({{tfoh|3}}). Later, when they are in bed together, [[Darkhounds]] attack; however, no one is killed ({{tfoh|6}}).<br /> <br /> They are soon on the move again. Mat accompanies Rand and the Aiel to [[Jangai Pass]] and the town of [[Taien]], which has been destroyed. Later, when they are camped, they are attacked by Trollocs. Both Mat and Melindhra join the fight ({{tfoh|20}}; {{ch5|21}}; {{ch5|22}}. <br /> <br /> After reaching [[Cairhien (Nation)|Cairhien]], Mat decides that he is going to leave Rand and the others ({{tfoh|23}}; {{ch5|42}}). When he goes to tell Rand, he ends up discussing battle plans with Lan ({{tfoh|42}}). However, despite his intentions to leave, the next day's planned battle against the Shaido prevents him from escaping. When he can't get away, he notices that the Shaido have set an unexpected trap. He goes to warn the Tairens and Cairhienin soldiers, and ends up leading them throughout the battle {{tfoh|43}}; {{ch5|44}}). During said battle, Mat encounters Couladin, the leader of the Shaido, and kills him ({{tfoh|45}}). [[Talmanes]] and [[Nalesean]], the Tairen and Cairhienin leaders of the soldiers that Mat led, end up swearing fealty to him ({{tfoh|45}}).<br /> <br /> After returning to Cairhien, Mat learns that Melindhra is really a Darkfriend when she tries to kill him, but he ends up killing her instead ({{tfoh|51}})The next morning, Mat is present when Lanfear attacks Rand, Egwene and Aviendha, but he is not injured ({{tfoh|52}}). Later, however, he is killed during Rand's attack on Rahvin in Caemlyn, but is brought back to life when Rand [[balefire]]s Rahvin ({{tfoh|54}}); {{ch5|55}}). <br /> <br /> Some time later as Mat leads his newly found army, [[the Band of the Red Hand]], towards Tear, there is another assassination attempt on his life, this time by a group of Aiel ({{loc|22}}). Later, Rand asks Mat to go to [[Salidar]] in order to find Elayne, who is now Queen of Andor as Morgase is presumed to be dead. Mat agrees, and Aviendha accompanies him ({{loc|23}}). When he arrives in Salidar with the Band of the Red Hand, he gets the shock of his life when he learns that Egwene is the rebel's Amyrlin. Several days later, he is enlisted to go to [[Ebou Dar]] with Elayne and Nynaeve ({{loc|38}}; {{ch6|44}}). During the trip to Ebou Dar, Mat is pestered by Elayne, Nynaeve, and [[Vandene]] and [[Adeleas]], the two Aes Sedai who are accompanying them ({{loc|23}}). <br /> <br /> Once in Ebou Dar, Mat opts not to stay in the palace, but randomly chooses an inn named '[[The Wandering Woman]].' Over the next little while, he spends his time attempting to keep track of Elayne and Nynaeve, wandering around the city, and going to festivals with [[Beslan]], Queen [[Tylin]]'s son. Tylin seems to be interested in him ({{loc|52}}; {{acos|14}}; {{ch7|16}}). He is also attacked a couple more times, and meets [[Birgitte]] ({{acos|17}}; {{ch7|21}}). <br /> <br /> After a long wait, Mat finally gets his thanks from Nynaeve and Elayne for rescuing them in Tear. They then enlist his help in finding [[the Bowl of the Winds]], and he moves into [[the Tarasin Palace]] with them. Unfortunately for Mat, this brings him into Tylin's path, and she claims him for her own ({{acos|22}}; {{ch7|28}}; {{ch7|29}}). <br /> <br /> Mat finally finds the hiding place of the Bowl of the Winds, and accompanies Nynaeve, Elayne, Aviendha, Birgitte, Lan and the Kin into [[the Rahad]] to get it. There, two Black sisters and the ''[[gholam]]'' attack them ({{acos|31}}; {{ch7|37}}; {{ch7|38}}). All the women leave Ebou Dar with the Bowl of the Winds and Mat, Thom, Juilin and Olver are accidentally left behind when the Seanchan attack Ebou Dar. He is injured when a wall topples onto him ({{acos|39}}). He spends 'A Path of Daggers' recuperating. <br /> <br /> While still in Ebou Dar, Mat meets Aludra the Illuminator again, and spends quite a bit of time with her. He is also attacked by the ''gholam'' again. It is then that he meets [[Noal Charin]], an old man, who helps him ({{wh|15}}; {{ch9|16}}). Upon returning to the Tarasin Palace, he meets [[Tuon]], though he does not know that she is the Daughter of the Nine Moons ({{wh|17}}). <br /> <br /> By this time, Mat wants nothing more than to get away from Ebou Dar, Tylin and the Seanchan. With this in mind, he begins moving his belongings back to The Wandering Woman inn. On one of these trips, he gets himself into an even worse circumstance. [[Setalle Anan]], the owner, has been aiding [[Joline]] Sedai so as not to let her be caught by the Seanchan. Mat ends up agreeing to help her get out of the city. Upon returning to the Tarasin Palace, Mat visits Teslyn Sedai in the ''damane'' quarters and adds both [[Teslyn]] and [[Edesina]] to the list of Aes Sedai escapees. Mat, Thom and Juilin begin to forming a plan, but are unable to get it to work without ''[[sul'dam]]''. When Mat meets [[Egeanin]] and [[Bayle Domon]], who want to hire the three men, their problems are solved. Egeanin pulls some strings to make the escape possible ({{wh|18}}; {{ch9|19}}; {{ch9|29}}). <br /> <br /> The next night, the plan is put into action. Mat goes up to the ''[[damane]]'' kennels and ends up freeing one of the [[Sea Folk]] [[Windfinders]]. When he returns to Tylin's room, he is surprised to find her there, as she was supposed to be away. He ends up, with her permission, tying her up and leaving her under the bed so that no one thinks that she helped him. As he reaches the stable yard, he runs into Tuon. It is then that he learns that she is the Daughter of the Nine Moons. Shocked, he says three times that she is his wife, not realizing that he has thus completed his half of the Seanchan marriage ceremony. They end up taking Tuon and [[Selucia]], her maid, with them ({{wh|30}}; {{ch9|31}}). <br /> <br /> Once they are out of Ebou Dar, they take refuge in [[Valan Luca]]'s circus ({{cot|1}}). Over the next little while, as they travel towards [[Lugard]], [[Murandy]], Mat courts Tuon. At one point, [[Renna]], one of the ''sul'dam'', attempts to escape and Mat is forced to kill her ({{cot|2}}; {{ch10|3}}; {{ch10|28}}; {{ch10|29}}).<br /> <br /> Tuon reflects on Matrim Cauthon while she holds audience in Ebou Dar. When Lieutenant-General Tylee Khirgan has the actual heads of Trollocs delivered, Tuon realizes that, not only had she felt safe with Mat (or rather, Matrim), but she wonders what other things he had said which she mistakenly discounted, but which were true ({{tgs|19}}).<br /> <br /> While riding through the mountains of [[Murandy]], down an old road, probably dating from before [[the Breaking]], Mat rants to Talmanes about women. [[Talmanes]] is perceptive enough to know that Mat's bad temper is owing to his missing of and worry over [[Tuon]], his new wife. Mat, [[Thom]], [[Talmanes]], and several thousand of Mat's usual entourage are riding on their way to [[Caemlyn]], which is about two hundred leagues to the north. Between [[Vanin]] and the new maps, it is determined that they are nearing a village called [[Hinderstap]]. The [[Aes Sedai]], predominantly [[Joline]], approach Mat and make a demand for horses, so they can set off on their own. Mat refuses her terms. Mat gives the Band his directives for the town ({{tgs|20}}).<br /> <br /> Mat, [[Thom]], [[Talmanes]], the three [[Aes Sedai]], two warders, and five of the Band's soldiers ride down the road to the village of Hinderstap. Mat notes that [[Thom]] is rereading the letter from [[Moiraine]], and this launches Mat into his own reverie and dread about the [[Tower of Ghenjei]] and the upcoming attempted rescue. This all leads into [[Thom]] and Mat talking and reminiscing about past times, including [[Rand]]. Upon mention of [[Rand]], Mat sees the colors swirl in his head, and he sees Rand and the missing hand, thinking of his shock a few weeks earlier when he had first seen the injury. Reciting the words of an ancient song, relating to the area in which they are currently riding, [[Thom]] begins discussing its history. Mat has an [[Eelfinn]] memory, and there is now no doubt that the ruby dagger still affects him. [[Olver]] and [[Noal]] are discussed, and how the boy intends to follow them to the [[Tower of Ghenjei]]. The town emerges in a green-pastured valley in the mountains, what appears to be a lovely, pastoral scene. Mat sends three of the soldiers with the [[Aes Sedai]] and warders, while Thom goes into one of the inns by himself to gather information. Mat notices that the villagers' clothing have been greatly mended. Barlden, the mayor of Hinderstap, approaches them, informing the visitors of the &quot;Rules.&quot; There is a curfew mandating that all outsiders be out of the town by nightfall. Mat, [[Talmanes]], and the remaining two soldiers locate the most decrepit of the three inns, [[The Tipsy Gelding]]. Mat engages the locals and begins gambling, desiring to lose, which he does, noting to himself again the torn and patched state of the clothing, as well as their evident exhaustion. Eventually the mayor enters, believing Mat to be cheating, conventionally cheating, and intervenes. The final stakes for the last throw of the dice are Mat's chest of gold for food and supplies from the villagers. They all go outside, the villagers gathering supplies onto a wagon. Meanwhile, the mayor and a group of men are talking, one of the men gesturing toward Mat, a sheet of paper in his hand. Nightfall is only minutes away. The mayor tosses the last throw of the dice. Mat wins. The mayor and betting villagers go back into The Tipsy Gelding. That is when the screaming begins ({{tgs|27}}).<br /> <br /> In raging, crazed frenzy, the villagers of Hinderstap try to kill everyone, each other as well as Mat and his crew. Corpses litter the street. Mat and his three companions mount and ride away from The Tipsy Gelding, fighting their way out of the fray. The entire town has gone mad, including women and children. One of Mat's soldiers is thrown from his saddle and mortally wounded by the villagers. While trying to save the fallen Red Arm, Mat becomes trapped, and [[Thom]], throwing knives, rescues him. Making their way toward the inn where the [[Aes Sedai]] are staying, the five men seem to have left the slaughtering villagers behind. When they reach the nicest of the three inns, they see [[Aes Sedai]] fireballs being thrown from the upper story. Mat, [[Thom]], and [[Talmanes]] make their way stealthily into the inn, using the servants' stairway and reaching the [[Aes Sedai]]. [[Joline]], as usual, initially resists the rescue, [[Edesina]] heals Delarn (the wounded Red Arm), and all thirteen, in addition to two of the inn's serving girls, bound, escape out of the town. They camp north of the town, on the opposite side of Mat's main encampment. Mat sits on a rock outcropping, talking with [[Thom]]. Thom, extracting a folded paper he had taken from a drunken man in the inn he had patronized, shows Mat what is on the paper. It is a drawing of Mat's face, including hat and foxhead medallion. Apparently an outlander woman has been passing around multiple copies of Mat's likeness and offering a reward to anyone who can pinpoint his location. Mat pockets the paper. The bound serving girls suddenly and mysteriously disappear from under the warders' guard. Mat returns to Hinderstap, allowing only Thom to accompany him. As they enter the village, they notice that things, at first glance, appear to be normal--that cannot be normal under the circumstances. Then they begin seeing dead villagers from the night before, walking around. Also, the only blood that shows is Delarn's. The mayor is summoned, takes Mat and [[Thom]] to his house, and begins to tell his story. Several months previously villagers began noticing small things: an isolated broken door, ripped clothing, some shared nightmares. Some of the women started comparing notes and realized that everyone was having the nightmares and that almost no one remembered going to bed at night. Only those who retired early, before sunset, ever remembered going to bed. But oddly, everyone always woke up in their beds the next morning. Any traveler trapped in the village overnight and killed was trapped for good and woke up in one of the vacant beds in the town. Barlden relays that none of them know what happens at night, and when Mat begins to tell him, the mayor forestalls Mat, telling him that they do not want to know. Barlden reiterates the &quot;Rules,&quot; no fires and no outsiders after sunset. The villagers cannot leave, nor can they commit suicide. Mat asks about the picture of himself. Barlden tells that the pictures have been spread around nearby villages, by someone in a village about twenty leagues to the northeast, in a town called Trustair. The individual can be found in an inn called [[The Shaken Fist]]. There is another picture, one depicting a burly fellow with a beard, and a note says that he has golden eyes. Mat and [[Thom]] ride out with the chest of gold and the wagon of supplies. Mat leaves the amount of gold for what he thinks would be a fair price and some added silver ({{tgs|28}}).<br /> <br /> Striving to evade the mysterious woman who is looking for him, Mat concocts an elaborate and convoluted scheme involving scripts for various members of the Band. [[Talmanes]] refuses to take any of it seriously. Mat checks on various aspects of the camp: the horses, the crossbowmen, and finally [[Aludra]] and her work. [[Aludra]] has been calculating her stores and expected requirements for making her &quot;dragons&quot; and &quot;dragons' eggs.&quot; [[Bayle Domon]] and [[Egeanin]] (now calling herself &quot;[[Leilwin]]&quot;) are there as well. Mat feels [[Rand]]'s ''[[ta'veren]]'' pull on him, knowing the time for the Last Battle is growing near. [[Olver]] barges into the tent to tell Mat of a woman in camp possessing papers with Mat's picture on them and that he is supposed to tell Mat that she has a &quot;distinctive&quot; face. Mat contemplates Olver's ugliness while going to meet this woman. The woman is the [[Aes Sedai]], [[Verin Mathwin]]. Mat grasps that she is the one who has been passing around likenesses of him and [[Perrin]], and that she has [[Traveling]] ({{tgs|34}}).<br /> <br /> [[Rand]], arriving in [[Falme]], remembers when he was last on [[Toman Head]] and thinks of Mat and the ruby dagger. While [[Rand]] meets with [[Tuon]], she mentions &quot;Matrim Cauthon.&quot; [[Rand]] and [[Nynaeve]] are more than a little surprised. [[Tuon]] tells of kidnapping, and [[Rand]] defends Mat. [[Tuon]] wonders at such loyalty. Surprisingly, [[Nynaeve]] defends Mat, and more fiercely than [[Rand]] had. [[Rand]] speaks of seeing [[Tuon]] with Mat, referring to the color-swirling visions that he and Mat and [[Perrin]] have of each other. [[Tuon]] believes this is merely a manifestation of the [[Dragon Reborn]]'s madness ({{tgs|35}}).<br /> <br /> [[Verin]], her warder, [[Tomas]], Mat, [[Mandevwin]], [[Talmanes]] and [[Thom]] meet in Mat's audience tent. Verin begins her tale. She had started out from the manor house in [[Tear]], intending to [[Travel]] directly to [[Tar Valon]]. She asserts that Mat's ''[[ta'veren]]'' nature kept diverting her off course. Mat detects that Verin uses preconceptions concerning Brown Sisters to deceive people regarding her craftiness, the entire time letting Mat in on the scam. They discuss [[Rand]], his insanity, and that it is not mainly due to the [[One Power]]. Mat is shocked to learn that ''[[saidin]]'' has been cleansed. Verin then resumes her story of how she landed in Trustair. Mat is disconcerted at Verin insisting that, short of [[Rand]], he is the most strongly ''[[ta'veren]]'' person in centuries. Verin warns Mat that he and [[Perrin]] are in grave danger. Verin begins her sly negotiations with Mat. She gives him a sealed letter and specific instructions. At this Mat and Verin sit down to strike a deal. After some initial haggling, they settle on a compromise: Verin will [[Travel]], taking Mat and everyone with him to [[Caemlyn]], and in return Mat will either wait thirty days and discard the letter and be about his business, or he will wait till the tenth day after Verin departs, open her letter and do what it says. He notices that she has more sealed letters in her satchel. Verin uses a ''[[ter'angreal]]'', in the form of a translucent, stone lily, to take everyone to [[Caemlyn]] ({{tgs|36}}).<br /> <br /> Mat, now in Caemlyn and going by the alias of Lord Crimson, sits in a tavern named the Seven-striped Lass stewing over Verin’s letter. After leaving this tavern, he visits two more. In the first tavern, Mat hears of a man whose throat has been ripped out, the blood drained from his body. Mat knows this has to be the ''gholam'', and the dice begin clattering in his head. As he begins to leave, Mat sees a paper being shown, a paper with, he is sure, his picture on it. At the next tavern Thom is performing. Mat tells Thom of the ''gholam'' attack. They discuss plans for the Tower of Ghenjei as they walk back to camp. Teslyn detains him before he can retire for the night; she informs him that she and the other Aes Sedai will be departing for Tar Valon. Surprisingly, perhaps, she thanks him for her rescue. Even more surprisingly, Mat voluntarily offers her horses for the trip. As soon as he enters his tent, he smells it—blood! ({{tom|8}}).<br /> <br /> At the scent of the blood, Mat ducks and is immediately attacked. Screaming, “Bloody Murder,” he gathers his ''ashandarei'', slashes the tent, and leaps out, wrenching the foxhead medallion from his neck. Mat goes on the offensive, swinging the foxhead. It is the ''gholam'', and he tells Mat that he has been ordered to kill Thom, Noal, and Tuon if he does not kill Mat tonight. Teslyn enters the fight, using Air to hurl objects at the ''gholam'' since she cannot touch the creature directly with the Power. Terrified that the blood is Olver’s, Mat rushes into the tent finding Lopin, his serving man and a couple of Red Arms dead. Olver has been with Noal, playing Snakes and Foxes. Mat warns Thom and Noal. Joline barges in and asks for horses for the trip to Tar Valon. Mat agrees ({{tom|9}}).<br /> <br /> Mat sends Elayne a very irreverent letter which she loves ({{tom|11}}).<br /> <br /> The Aes Sedai, warders, former ''sul’dam'', Juilin, Thera, Bayle Domon, and Egeanin leave for Tar Valon. Seta refers to Mat as “Highness.” He tries to reassure them that maybe he can convince Tuon of the validity of channeling. The ''sul’dam'' seem to take his words as a promise to remedy the problem for certain. Mat tells Teslyn to inform the Amyrlin that the White Tower has something of his and that he will be coming to claim it soon. He is referring to the Horn of Valere. Setalle Anan is not departing; she and Mat discuss her former status as an Aes Sedai and concerning her taking care of Olver ({{tom|17}}).<br /> <br /> Mat and Thom meet with Elayne in the Palace. Elayne gives Thom official papers absolving him from any crimes and making him court bard of Caemlyn. She and Mat haggle over making the dragons. As part of the bargain, Mat agrees to let Elayne study the foxhead medallion ({{tom|19}}).<br /> <br /> Mat is joined in an inn by Noal and Thom to discuss the Tower of Ghenjei. Rumors about Mat abound in Caemlyn. He knows they make him more vulnerable to attack and is proven correct when he is attacked in an alley. The attacker, whom Mat is forced to kill, bears a paper with Mat’s picture on it and gold coin. Mat meets with Birgitte in a tavern to question her about the Tower of Ghenjei. She unsuccessfully tries to dissuade him to abandon this venture ({{tom|22}}).<br /> <br /> Mat and Birgitte appear in the dungeon just after Elayne has been injured and healed. Later Mat materializes, peeking around the door of Elayne’s bedroom as she recovers from the dungeon attack, wanting to know if Elayne is decent ({{tom|23}}; {{ch10|24}}).<br /> <br /> Aludra gives a demonstration of the prototype dragon for Elayne. Mat is, of course, present ({{tom|29}}).<br /> <br /> Mat, playing dice in The Dusty Wheel, knows he is winning without actually being familiar with the game. Once he is recognized, he leaves the tavern. The instant he steps outside, the dice stop. He prepares for what he is sure to come, affixing the foxhead medallion to the ''ashandarei''. Men of the Band help when thugs approach; they hang back when the ''gholam'' appears. Mat and the ''gholam'' engage in combat until Mat lures the creature into a building where one of the Kinswomen has a skimming platform ready. Mat, using medallion copies which Elayne has made, forces the ''gholam'' over the edge and into the void ({{tom|31}}).<br /> <br /> Perrin has arrived in Caemlyn by gateway. Mat accosts him with a bagged badger, also warning his friend of their constantly endangered state ({{tom|44}}).<br /> <br /> Mat, Perrin, and Thom meet in a tavern, each relaying their stories since they have been parted then discussing the Tower of Ghenjei. Perrin, especially, is fairly stunned by what he hears from the other two ({{tom|47}}).<br /> <br /> Perrin has Grady open a gateway from the Traveling ground, depositing Mat, Thom, and Noal near the River Arinelle, the Tower of Ghenjei in view. The three men make their way through the forest to the tower. Thom uses a bronze knife to open a triangular doorway into the tower. The tower has transported them to the realm of the Eelfinn and the Aelfinn. The interior is a maze-like network of shifting rooms and corridors in which they would be thoroughly lost without Mat’s luck and dice ({{tom|53}}).<br /> <br /> The three have a number of unpleasant encounters with the Eelfinn, where the men use dice, music, fire, fireworks, and iron, fending off the fox-like creatures as best they can. They enter a room with a black lump in the middle of the floor. Mat recognizes it as the Eelfinn side of the melted stone doorway from Rhuidean. Here they must escape numerous of the creatures until they reach Moiraine in the Chamber of Bonds. She is floating in the air, clothed in mist or steam. Thom is burned as he rescues her. She is unconscious and wearing an odd bracelet. Here Mat must bargain with the Eelfinn—the price has been set: half the light of the world—to save the world. Mat’s left eye. In his bargain, Mat has neglected to include the Aelfinn in the requirement to let them leave the tower. Down one of the corridors, the snake-like Aelfinn appear and begin chase ({{tom|54}}).<br /> <br /> After they attempt futilely to escape, Noal chooses to sacrifice himself to save the others. He positions himself in a narrow corridor with the remaining fireworks. Before Mat, Thom and Moiraine leave the old man, he reveals that he is Jain Farstrider. They run and finally reach the room holding the archway leading into the red stone doorway in the Stone of Tear. It has been smashed. They are trapped, and as the Aelfinn move in for the kill, Mat realizes that the ''ashandarei'' is the key to escape this sinister realm. He cuts an inverted triangular opening in the wall, then he and Thom, who is carrying Moiraine, run out of the tower in a flash of white light ({{tom|55}}).<br /> <br /> Mat, Thom, and Moiraine sit below the Tower of Ghenjei talking. Mat is shocked when he discovers that Thom and Moiraine have feelings for each other. He leaves them alone, hoping to find Grady’s gateway. While at the Arinelle, he makes a cairn for Noal, kills a rabbit, and finds a nearly new cook pot at the river’s edge, thinking of his luck ({{tom|57}}).<br /> <br /> Back in Caemlyn Olver plays Snakes and Foxes with Talmanes. At the final play, Olver wins! There is question about the exact timeline at this moment, but there is some speculation that Olver wins the board game at the exact moment that Mat beats the Snakes and Foxes in real life. Afterward, Olver opens Verin’s letter. It is a warning that Caemlyn is going to be attacked by the Shadow’s forces entering through the abandoned Waygate. Verin thought Mat’s curiosity would have provoked him to open it earlier. She had apparently known nothing about Moiraine and the Tower of Ghenjei. Olver and Talmanes see that Caemlyn is on fire ({{epi13}}).<br /> <br /> [[Category:New Articles]]<br /> <br /> ==Mat's Escapades== <br /> <br /> Most of his life, Mat has been a big prankster, playing all kinds of jokes and often dragging Rand along with him. Mat's mother used to tell him that the Forsaken would come for him if he didn't mend his ways. ({{teotw|1}}) <br /> <br /> When Mat and Rand are ten years old, [[Cenn Buie]] caught them in his apple trees ({{teotw|3}})<br /> <br /> Once, when Mat was ten years old, he tried to cut a firework open to see what was inside, causing an uproar; [[Bran al'Vere]] cuffed him, [[Doral Barran]], the then [[Wisdom]] had switched him and his father strapped him. For a month, no one in Emond's Field would talk to him with the exception of Rand and Perrin ({{tdr|40}}). <br /> <br /> Soon after turning thirteen, Mat talked Rand into stealing a jar of apple brandy. Nynaeve found them asleep at Bran al'Vere's table. Their heads were hurting so badly that they didn't even feel the switches she gave them ({{tsr|7}}). <br /> <br /> On the day before Bel Tine, Mat covered two of [[Haral Luhhan]]'s dogs with flour. Having told [[Adan al'Caar]], [[Ewin Finngar]] and [[Dag Coplin (2)|Dag Coplin]] that some farms had seen ghost hounds, he set them loose near Dag's house, but they ran straight home. [[Alsbet Luhhan]] had left her door open, so they ran inside and got flour all over the house. ({{teotw|2}}) <br /> <br /> On the day before Bel Tine, Mat and [[Dav Ayellin|Dav]] caught a badger and planned to let it loose on the Green so that they could watch the girls run. ({{teotw|1}}) <br /> <br /> ==Quotes== <br /> ===Quotes about Mat===<br /> &quot;'Welcome, son of battles.'&quot; (The Eelfinn; {{tom2|Chapter 54}})<br /> <br /> &quot;'…And the gambler becomes the center of all!...'&quot; (The Eelfinn after they’ve taken Mat’s eye; {{tom2|Chapter 54}})<br /> ===Quotes by Mat===<br /> &quot;It has to be there at the Last Battle. Nothing says it can't be used before then. Nothing says it can't. (Mat about the Horn of Valere; {{tgh2|Chapter 47}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;Swords aren't the be-all and end-all, you know. I could do fairly well against either of you, I think, if you had a sword and I had my quarterstaff.&quot; (Mat to Gawyn and Galad; {{tdr2|Chapter 24}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;I have no intention of marrying. And I have no intention of dying, either, whether I am supposed to live again or not. I walk around with holes in my memory, holes in my life, and you stare at me like idiots. If I had my way, I would want those holes filled, but at least answers to my questions might fill some in my future. You have to answer - !) (Mat to the Eelfinn; {{tsr2|Chapter 24}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;Everything always changes. The best plan lasts until the first arrow leaves the bow.&quot; (Mat to Lan; {{tfoh2|Chapter 42}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;Now. When the poor blind fool they've chosen out for their Amyrlin gets here, I will do the talking. She can't be very bright, or they'd never have been able to shove her into the job. Amyrlin Seat for a bloody village in the middle of bloody nowhere. You keep your mouth shut and curtsey for all you're worth, and I'll pull your bacon off the coals again.&quot; (Mat to Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve; {{loc2|Chapter 38}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;She is my wife. Your bloody Daughter of the Nine Moons is my wife!&quot; (Mat to Egeanin; {{wh2|Chapter 31}})<br /> <br /> &quot;Women are like...goats...&quot; (Mat to [[Talmanes]] on broken road; {{tgs2|Chapter 20}})<br /> <br /> &quot;I'm not giving up gambling,&quot; Mat muttered. &quot;Or drinking.&quot; (Mat to [[Talmanes]]; {{tgs2|Chapter 20}})<br /> <br /> &quot;The trouble with you, Mat, is that you're actually good at lying, unlike those other two boys.&quot; ([[Thom]] to Mat on broken road to Hinderstap; {{tgs2|Chapter 27}})<br /> <br /> &quot;Marriage, I guess. Burn me, but I'm not going to stop drinking or gambling.&quot; (Mat to [[Thom]], and in the hearing of [[Talmanes]], concerning being married to [[Tuon]]; {{tgs2|Chapter 27}})<br /> <br /> &quot;She's not a woman, [[Talmanes]]...she's an [[Aes Sedai]]. Don't think of her as a woman.&quot; (Mat to [[Talmanes]] about [[Joline]]; {{tgs2|Chapter 28}})<br /> <br /> &quot;You're [[Aes Sedai]]. . .I figured you . . . you know, ''[[saidar]]''ed it.&quot; (Mat to [[Verin]] regarding the pictures of him and [[Perrin]]; {{tgs2|Chapter 36}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;He was a married man, and could not afford to charm her, but he could keep an eye out for his friends.&quot; (Mat in the taverns of Caemlyn; {{tom2|Chapter 8}})<br /> <br /> &quot;'Of course I am. . .How else is she going to trust that it’s really from me?'&quot; (Mat to Joline about swearing in his letter to Elayne; {{tom2|Chapter 17}})<br /> <br /> &quot;'Just because a man marries someone doesn’t mean he suddenly becomes bloody nobility.'&quot; (Mat on not being a nobleman; {{tom2|Chapter 19}})<br /> <br /> &quot;'Al dival, al kiserai, al mashi!' For light, glory, and love!&quot;<br /> &quot;'Tai’daishar!' True Blood of Battle!&quot;<br /> &quot;'Carai manshimaya Tylin. Carai an manshimaya Nalesean. Carai an manshimaya ayend’an!' Honor of my blade for Tylin. Honor of my blade for Nalesean. Honor of my blade for the fallen.&quot; (Mat’s Old Tongue litany for the fallen dead when fighting the gholam: {{tom2|Chapter 31}})<br /> <br /> &quot;'Courage to strengthen, Fire to blind. Music to dazzle. Iron to bind.'&quot; &quot;'And Matrim Cauthon to bloody even the odds.'&quot; (Noal with the rhyme and Mat to finish, as they enter the Tower of Ghenjei; {{tom2|Chapter 53}})<br /> <br /> &quot;'But to be bonded to a woman? Isn’t going to happen to Matrim Cauthon.'&quot; (Mat to Thom and Moiraine on being a Warder; {{tom2|Chapter 57}})<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:All Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Principle Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Band of the Red Hand]]<br /> [[Category:Emond's Fielders]]<br /> [[Category:Point of View Characters]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Loial&diff=90949 2013-06-11T16:48:33Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Books 10 - 11 */</p> <hr /> <div>''Author: Atarah al'Norahn''<br /> <br /> LOY-ahl<br /> <br /> == General ==<br /> Loial, son of [[Arent]] son of [[Halan]], is the most prominent [[Ogier]] character in the series. He is the son of [[Covril]] daughter of Ella daughter of Soong ({{Loc|20}}) and recently married to [[Erith]] daughter of [[Iva]] daughter of [[Alar]] ({{Kod|19}}). He is from Stedding Shangtai ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> Loial is something of a runaway among the Ogier; he left the ''[[stedding]]'' without the permission of the Elders and before he was old enough to be outside the ''stedding'' on his own. The Stump in Stedding Shangtai had not met for even a year on the discussion of whether or not he could leave before he ran away; he knew that by the time they reached a decision, he'd be old enough to leave on his own anyway. In his opinion, he thinks that he should have been able to address the Stump, even though he was too young to do so, since they were talking about whether or not he should be allowed to leave the ''stedding'' ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> ===Appearance===<br /> He is just over ninety years old, which is young for an Ogier. He is almost ten feet tall with a nose as broad as his face, eyebrows that hang down like tails, pale eyes as large as teacups, pointed ears, a shaggy mane of black hair and a voice as deep as a drum. He wears wide-toed, knee-high boots, baggy trousers and a coat that buttons from the neck to the waist before flaring out to his boot tops ({{teotw|36}}). Many people's first reaction to Loial is astonishment or to assume that he is a [[Trolloc]] ({{teotw|36}}), and he takes offense to this ({{tdr|8}}). <br /> ===Personality===<br /> Among the Ogier, Loial is considered hot-headed ({{teotw|36}}) and odd for wanting to travel ({{teotw|42}}). Loial maintains that the fact that he left the ''stedding'' before he was old enough is proof of his rashness ({{tgh|9}}). Elder [[Haman]] always said that Loial had no sense ({{teotw|45}}), and the Elders always said that he spoke an hour before he thought ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> Like other Ogier in the [[Westlands]], Loial is very gentle and relatively slow to act. [[Rand]] thinks that he has never met anyone as gentle as Loial ({{tgh|3}}) and is shocked when he becomes angry ({{teotw|44}}), and [[Perrin]] wonders how anyone can be frightened of him for long ({{tdr|2}}). He worries terribly about worrying anyone else ({{loc|54}}). However, his anger when it comes, is something to fear. Perrin does not think he ever wants Loial, as gentle as he is, to become angry with him ({{tsr|18}}). <br /> <br /> Loial is quite modest. He does not seem to think that anything he does is brave or worth writing about ({{tsr|53}}). However, Perrin tells Loial that he is a hero whether or not he wants to be ({{tsr|56}}). He is also known for his intelligence. Elder Haman thinks that he has the makings of a scholar about him ({{kod|19}}). For more on Loial's knowledge, see Strengths and Talents. He loves to talk, and talks at length whenever he has the chance. He usually seems to think that a story needs two or three hundred years of background to make it understood ({{teotw|42}}). He also loves to read, and is never far from a book. Partway through the series, he decides to write a book of his own; he is determined to be the only one to write a true book about the Dragon Reborn, as someone who traveled with him ({{tdr|2}}; {{tsr|16}}). He eventually completes the book, titled &quot;The Dragon Reborn&quot; (ToM, Header).<br /> ===Condensed Timeline===<br /> <br /> ==Strengths and Talents==<br /> Loial has the talent of being able to sing to trees ({{teotw|42}}). Erith mentions that Stedding Shangtai has a young Treesinger who is very talented (Loial) ({{tgh|35}}). Apparently, he is among the best of those who can sing wood ({{tdr|34}}).<br /> <br /> Loial knows more things than anybody Rand has ever met, and has read more books than Rand has ever seen ({{tgh|16}}). Sometimes, Perrin thinks that Loial has read every book ever printed ({{tsr|2}}). He is a very good source of information throughout the series; what he says he knows, you can be sure of, for he never claims to know anything that he doesn't ({{tgh|13}}). Aside from Ogier knowledge, like that about the Ways, he also knows a lot about the Pattern ({{teotw|36}}) and a lot about the Forsaken, even more than Moiraine ({{tdr|50}}). He is also very well versed in history, knowing much about such topics as false Dragons ({{loc|54}}). He also knows how to read the Old Tongue ({{teotw|52}}).<br /> ==Relationships with other Characters==<br /> When Loial first spends time in Caemlyn, Master Gill is very hospitable to him ({{teotw|36}}). They play stones sometimes ({{teotw|41}}). <br /> <br /> Although Rand's first reaction is to think that Loial is a Trolloc ({{teotw|36}}), they soon become good friends. Rand thinks that, even though Loial is young by Ogier standards, he seems as unflappable as a rock, like Tam ({{teotw|36}}). He cares what Loial thinks of him, as in the second book, Rand thinks to himself that he would rather die than let Mat, Perrin and Loial know that he is really the Dragon Reborn ({{tgh|3}}). Later on in the series, Loial remains one of the few people that Rand feels he can trust ({{acos|3}}). In turn, Loial likes Rand, and says that he would like him even if Rand weren't a ''ta'veren'' ({{tgh|33}}). However, he is not in awe of Rand or frightened of him like many others are; the fact that Rand is the Dragon Reborn does not seem to phase Loial, and he sill considers Rand to be his friend ({{tgh|49}}). In the camp of the Dragon Reborn in the third book, Loial, Moiraine, Lan, Perrin and Min are the only ones who don't stare at Rand as if he is even more than a king ({{tdr|2}}). He is loyal to Rand, and promises to be with him at Tarmon Gai'don ({{kod|20}}). However, despite their friendship, Loial is aware of the changes that have been occurring in Rand; he thinks to himself that Rand is not the same man that he first met in Caemlyn, or even the man he left in Cairhien when he went to visit the ''stedding'' about the Waygates ({{kod|19}}). Late in the series, Rand fondly remembers his earlier days traveling with Loial and Hurin as a much less complicated time ({{tgs|47}}).<br /> <br /> At first, Mat refers to Loial as a &quot;Trolloc&quot; and is very surly when he talks to Rand about him ({{teotw|39}}). However, this is just the sickness inflicted by the dagger speaking; after Mat is Healed, he looks at Loial as if seeing him for the first time ({{teotw|42}}). Later on, Mat states that he likes Loial, though he doesn't like how Loial is always talking about ''ta'veren''. He jokes that he can't dislike someone who dices as badly as Loial ({{tgh|35}}). In an attempt to convince the Ogier Elders to let Loial accompany them to Falme, Mat tells the Elders, &quot;he doesn't get in the way, and he carries his own weight&quot; ({{tgh|36}}). Loial is also referred to as a friend in Mat's thoughts later on in the series ({{wh|18}}). He thinks that it will be good to see Loial again ({{kod|8}}).<br /> <br /> Perrin considers Loial to be a friend ({{tgh|36}}). Like with Rand, he is very loyal to Perrin and even puts himself into danger so as not to abandon him ({{tdr|50}}; {{tsr|56}}). Perrin thinks that Loial is a hero whether he wants to be or not ({{tsr|56}}).<br /> <br /> Loial sees Faile as someone who is very free and who shouldn't be trapped ({{tdr|53}}). Although he likes her, he seems uncomfortable whenever she is fighting with Perrin ({{tsr|16}}; {{loc|53}}).<br /> <br /> Min seems to enjoy Loial's company and is delighted to see him again when he arrives at Lord Algarin's manor in Tear ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> According to Loial, Covril has always thought that her son is too hasty and in need of a wife. He is pretty sure that she was looking for a wife when he first left Stedding Shangtai ({{tgh|35}}). She is very put out that she has had to chase after him when he runs away ({{kod|19}}). Even after Loial's marriage, she tries to control his life until Erith reminds her that he is married to her now ({{kod|19}}; {{ch11|20}}). Loial fears her temper ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> Loial looks up to Elder Haman. According to him, Haman knows everything ({{loc|20}}). In turn, Haman thinks that Loial has the makings of a scholar, and says that Loial is a good writer ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> Loial thinks that Erith is beautiful and intelligent ({{loc|49}}). He wants to marry her, just not yet, since he thinks that she will expect him to settle down and stay at home ({{cot|24}}). In turn, Erith thinks that Loial is handsome and very brave ({{tgh|36}}; {{loc|20}}) and refers to him as &quot;my Loial&quot; ({{loc|20}}; {{ch6|21}}). She tells him that he is her Hero, but that if he gets himself killed, she will be very angry ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> Loial considers Dobraine to be a friend. He looks as much angry as saddened when he hears the false rumor that Dobraine has been murdered ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> Lan thinks that Loial is a good man ({{teotw|53}}).<br /> <br /> Loial is very respectful of Moiraine ({{teotw|42}}). In turn, Moiraine uses Loial's knowledge to help her in her quest ({{teotw|43}}; {{tdr|50}}).<br /> <br /> Cadsuane makes Loial nervous with how she is always pinching at Rand; he fears that it will make Rand explode ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> In general, Loial is very wary and diffident around Aes Sedai, but Perrin thinks to himself that he does not seem to mind if there are fifty of them around him ({{tdr|6}}; {{loc|50}}). He holds a deep but uneasy respect for them; even though he is almost twice as tall as most Aes Sedai, he sometimes behaves as if one might step on him if he gets in her way ({{acos|2}}).<br /> <br /> ==Timeline==<br /> <br /> ===Books 1 - 3===<br /> <br /> *Loial meets Rand in [[Basel Gill|Master Gill]]'s library. He has been in [[Caemlyn]] for four days and hasn't been able to put his nose out of Master Gill's inn because of people thinking that he is a Trolloc. At first, Rand is frightened and thinks the same, but he soon realizes that Loial is an Ogier. They talk for quite some time of how Loial came to be in Caemlyn and about the history of the Ogier. Loial laments how much has changed in the human world from the history that he has read about. When Loial asks Rand what he is doing in Caemlyn, Rand finds that he cannot lie to the Ogier, and tells him everything that has happened since the Trollocs attacked [[Emond's Field]]. After hearing the story, Loial informs Rand that he is ''ta'veren''. He also tells Rand that he wishes to travel with him. Rand tries to argue, but Loial says that he wishes to see the grove at [[Tar Valon]], and that he also wishes to witness the Pattern shaping around someone who is ''ta'veren''. Rand still doesn't think it's a good idea because of the danger and says so, but he agrees to come play stones and talk with him sometimes ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is in the library playing stones with Master Gill when Rand returns from his incident at the Royal Palace. Rand tells them about meeting [[Morgase]] and [[Elaida]], and Master Gill tells Rand that he will have to leave if Elaida is going to start searching for him. Loial once again tells Rand that he wishes to travel with him. Rand finally agrees ({{teotw|41}}) <br /> <br /> *Loial meets [[Egwene]], [[Nynaeve]] and Perrin, all of whom are quite surprised to see him, and Rand introduces them. They all sit down to wait for [[Moiraine]]. Perrin asks Loial about the ''stedding'', and Loial is quite happy to talk about the ''stedding'' and retell the story of how he came to be in Caemlyn. Moiraine appears with [[Mat]], whom she has just Healed, and [[Lan]]. Mat stares at Loial as if seeing him for the first time, even though he has met him before and had referred to him as a Trolloc. Rand informs Moiraine that Loial is going to accompany them, and she agrees ({{teotw|39}}; {{ch1|42}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial asks Moiraine if she can answer a question for him, and she agrees. He tells her a story about a man who came to Stedding Shangtai about twenty years ago and who claimed that [[the Dark One]] meant to blind the [[Eye of the World]] and slay the Great Serpent, which would kill time itself. Loial wants to know if that is even possible. When Perrin and Egwene hear this, they add that they heard a similar story from the Tuatha'an, about a dying Aiel woman who claimed the same thing, that the Dark One meant to blind the Eye of the World. Moiraine decides that they need to leave Caemlyn right away and go to [[the Blight]] to see the [[Green Man]], to tell him of the threat to the Eye of the World. However, it will still take them a good two weeks to ride to the Blight, unless they use [[the Ways]]. Moiraine asks if Loial can take them through the Ways, and Loial is aghast. He tells Moiraine that they will all die, or be swallowed by the Shadow, if they enter the Ways. When Rand questions him about it, Loial tells the story of how the Ways were created and how they have deteriorated. After all of the others decide that they will go to the Blight to warn the Green Man, Loial finally gives in and agrees to guide them through the Ways ({{teotw|42}}; {{ch1|43}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Moiraine plans their journey, with Loial advising her concerning the Ways ({{teotw|43}}). <br /> <br /> *As the group prepares to leave early the next morning, Loial is waiting anxiously. He leads the others through Caemlyn towards the Caemlyn Waygate, which he is somehow able to sense. The Waygate is located in the cellar of a shop. Moiraine leads them to it through a cellar door. Loial becomes angry, because once, trees stood in this spot but were cut down to make way for buildings ({{teotw|44}}). <br /> <br /> *They enter the Ways, and Loial begins to lead them towards the [[Fal Dara]] Waygate. They travel past midday. Eventually, they reach a part of the Ways where one of the bridges is broken and they have to backtrack to take another bridge ({{teotw|44}}; {{ch1|45}}). <br /> <br /> *They spend the night in the Ways and then travel on in the morning ({{teotw|45}}). <br /> <br /> *When ''Machin Shin'' begins to chase the group, Loial frantically leads the others along the bridges towards the Fal Dara Waygate. When they reach the Waygate and Moiraine realizes that the key has been taken, Loial gives a mournful cry. Moiraine burns a hole through the Waygate and they exit as quickly as they can ({{teotw|45}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and the others ride towards Fal Dara. Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Nynaeve ride clustered behind Moiraine and Lan. Loial is looking forward to meeting the Green Man ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *When they ride into Fal Dara, people shout out to Loial, &quot;''Kiserai ti Wansho''!&quot;, which means &quot;Glory to the Builders!&quot; When they reach the fortress in the middle of the town, [[Ingtar]] repeats this and bows, and Loial replies, &quot;I am unworthy, and the work small. ''Tsingu ma choba''&quot;. [[Agelmar]] greets Loial in the same fashion as Ingtar when the group meets him ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *Agelmar and his guests talk through and after dinner. Agelmar comments to Loial that he seems troubled, and says that he hopes Loial is not beset by the Longing. Loial replies that he has not been gone long enough for the Longing to begin, but that he had hoped that the grove that once existed at Fal Dara would still be there ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is present when [[Padan Fain]] is brought into the Fal Dara keep and Moiraine goes off to interrogate him. While Loial and the Two Rivers folk wait for Moiraine to return, Loial looks unconcerned, even though Rand, Mat and Perrin are obviously worried. He listens intently, along with everyone else, when Moiraine returns and tells them what she has learned from Padan Fain ({{teotw|46}}; {{ch1|47}}). <br /> <br /> *The next day, Loial rides with the others towards the Blightborder, accompanied by Ingtar and a hundred men in case they run into a Trolloc raid. At the border, Ingtar and his men leave them, and they travel into the Blight alone. Loial is uncomfortable in the heat of the Blight, as his home, Stedding Shangtai, is located in the cool mountains. As they continue to ride onwards, Loial is disgusted by the desecration of the land ({{teotw|48}}). <br /> <br /> *They camp that night near the Seven Towers of [[Malkier]]. Loial pulls out a book. He is the first to go to sleep that night ({{teotw|48}}). <br /> <br /> *In the morning, they continue on towards the Mountains of Dhoom. They are attacked by the trees and by [[Jumara|Worms]], but manage to repel the attacks. When Lan says that the Worms will not follow them into the mountains because they are afraid of what lives in the high passes, Loial moans aloud, knowing that there's worse to come ({{teotw|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Just as Loial and the others are about to be attacked by more Worms, the land around them changes into the Green Man's garden. The Green Man calls Loial &quot;little brother&quot;, and says that they will sing the Treesongs together, remember the Great Trees and the ''stedding'', and keep the Longing at bay ({{teotw|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Loial, Moiraine, Lan, Egwene, Nynaeve, Rand, Perrin and Mat see the Eye of the World for the first time, Loial wonders aloud about why it was made ({{teotw|50}}). <br /> <br /> *When Moiraine yells at Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Loial to run from [[Aginor]], Rand sees Loial running into the trees ({{teotw|50}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand has returned from fighting [[Ba'alzamon]], Nynaeve tells him that Mat, Perrin and Loial all wanted to look for him when he disappeared, but Moiraine told them that Rand mustn't be disturbed ({{teotw|52}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial goes into the cavern of the Eye of the World with Lan, Mat and Perrin while they wait for Rand to return. There, they find the [[Horn of Valere]], the Dragon Banner, and a broken seal from the Dark One's prison. When they join Moiraine, Nynaeve, Egwene and Rand outside again, Loial is carrying the large golden chest that houses the Horn of Valere. Loial asks Rand what happened to him and why he was gone for so long, and Rand lies, saying that he ran until he fell down a hill, hit his head on a rock and fell unconscious ({{teotw|52}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial reads aloud the inscription on the Horn of Valere: &quot;''Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin''&quot;, &quot;The grave is no bar to my call&quot;. He then helps Lan unroll the Dragon Banner; when Moiraine tells them what it is, he almost drops his end ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is disturbed by the death of the Green Man. Early the next morning before the group leaves the Green Man's garden for the return journey to Fal Dara, Loial sings to the oak tree that marks the Green Man's grave. By the time he is done, the sun is well over the horizon. He says that he has never sung so hard in his life ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel for the rest of the day, camp that night and travel again the next day. When they reach the Fal Dara keep in the late afternoon, Ingtar welcomes them all back ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Upon their return, Moiraine tells Ingtar to bring them all to Lord Agelmar, Loial carrying the golden chest of the Horn of Valere with him. There, they hear about the battle at Tarwin's Gap and show Agelmar the Horn of Valere ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand is trying to avoid meeting the [[Amyrlin Seat]] in Fal Dara, he runs into Loial watching a group of men playing dice. When he sees Rand, Loial tells him that the men will not let him play with them; they just say &quot;Glory to the Builders&quot; and refuse to bet against him. Loial doesn't think it's fair. Rand suddenly remembers that the Ogier built Fal Dara, and asks Loial if he knows any way out aside from through the gates. Loial replies that the Ogier built Mafal Dadaranel, the city that once stood where Fal Dara now stands, but not Fal Dara. Rand seems desperate to find a way out of the city, and Loial, worried that Rand is sick, calls for Mat and Perrin. Rand, afraid of Mat, Perrin and Loial learning that he is the Dragon Reborn and afraid of hurting his friends if they accompany him out of Fal Dara, is very harsh with them all. Mat, upset at the way Rand is acting, yells at Loial when he begins to talk about ''ta'veren''. When Mat and Perrin leave Rand, Rand yells at Loial to go after them, that he is no use to him if he doesn't know a way out of Fal Dara. At first, Loial's eyes look hurt, but the hurt quickly turns to anger ({{tgh|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Mat, Perrin and Loial tell Egwene what Rand said to them. Egwene tells Rand that she knows what he is trying to do, and that it is foolish ({{tgh|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is to accompany Rand, Mat, Perrin and the [[Shienar]]an soldiers on their hunt for the stolen Horn of Valere. Rand sees that Loial's saddlebags are full of books for the trip. Loial stops his horse a little ways away from Rand and looks at him uncertainly. Rand apologizes to him, Mat and Perrin for what he said, but Loial is the only one of the three to forgive him ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *Before the hunters for the Horn of Valere leave, [[Siuan]] says farewell to Ingtar, and to Loial, saying &quot;Glory to the Builders, Loial Kiseran (Builder)&quot; ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial rides at the head of the column of hunters with Ingtar, Mat and Perrin ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, they camp in the forest. Loial eats with Ingtar, Rand, Mat and Perrin ({{tgh|10}}). <br /> <br /> *The next day, they travel on, but find nothing, and it same for the following days as well. Eventually, they reach the River Erinin ({{tgh|10}}). <br /> <br /> *On the night when Mat and Perrin find out that Rand is the Dragon Reborn, Loial sleeps next to Rand and [[Hurin]] near a [[Portal Stone]] ({{tgh|11}}). <br /> <br /> *During the night, Loial, Rand and Hurin are transported by the Portal Stone into a mirror world of their own. Rand, seeing that everyone else is gone, awakens Loial and Hurin. Loial thinks he knows what has happened; he remembers reading a few pages of an old book, and one of the pages had a drawing of a Portal Stone. He thinks that the Stone can be used to travel to other worlds that might have been. Loial is confused when Rand tries to use the Portal Stone to take them back to their world, since the Aes Sedai in the Age of Legends used the One Power on the Portal Stones, and Loial still doesn't know who Rand is ({{tgh|13}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand and Hurin begin to follow the trail of the Darkfriends, which Hurin can still smell, although it is much fainter. Rand finds that things look normal in the mirror world except when you turn your head, and then things that appear distant from the corner of your eye rush towards you. Like Rand, Loial seems disoriented by this ({{tgh|13}}). <br /> <br /> *They continue to travel throughout the day. Loial rides slumped in his saddle, muttering to himself. After half the morning has passed, Loial leaves his saddle and moves towards a stand of trees. He places his hands on the trunk of one of the trees and begins to sing. Singing, he creates a long quarterstaff. He tells Rand and Hurin that this place makes him feel he needs a weapon. They travel on ({{tgh|15}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop to eat as the sun touches the horizon and set up camp for the night. Loial and Hurin sleep while Rand takes the first watch ({{tgh|15}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they ride on. Loial seems concerned about Rand's hand, onto which a heron was branded the night before, when Ba'alzamon visited Rand while Loial and Hurin slept. As they ride, Loial is once again lost in his own thoughts. After an hour of riding, they see a spire in the distance; Loial doesn't know what it is, but Hurin thinks that it might be a monument to [[Artur Hawkwing]] that he has heard about, which makes no sense because it was torn down a thousand years ago, and it was supposed to be three or four days away from where they were ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *When they reach the spire, they find that it is not Artur Hawkwing's monument. There is a raven carved into the top, and some symbols of the Trollocs. Rand is confused, since Ingtar told them that Artur Hawkwing won a victory over the Trollocs in this spot. Loial thinks that, since this is a different world, perhaps they are seeing a world that could have happened, but didn't. Loial also figures out that time moves differently in this world; they can see Kinslayer's Dagger off in the distance, but it is supposed to lie more than a hundred leagues south of the River Erinin ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *Suddenly, Loial, Rand and Hurin hear a woman scream to the south of them. They ride towards the sound, and see a woman being attacked by a huge creature (a ''grolm'', they are later told). Rand kills the creature, and they meet the woman, Selene ([[Lanfear]] in disguise) ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *They ride on, now in the company of Selene. Selene speaks with Rand for some time, and then drops back to ride next to Loial. Loial becomes very wrapped up in whatever he is talking about with Selene. After a while, Loial goes to ride with Rand, and tells Rand what Selene has told him about Portal Stones ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *The group continues to ride, getting closer to the Portal Stone that Selene says brought her into this world. Before they reach it, they see a pack of ''grolm'' chasing after them. Rand manages to kill all of the ''grolm'', but there are more approaching and they hurry towards the Portal Stone. Loial throws aside his quarterstaff, as it is only slowing him down and will be of no use against the ''grolm'' ({{tgh|16}}; {{ch2|17}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand uses the Portal Stone to return them all to their own world, at the edge of Kinslayer's Dagger, Loial looks stunned. They figure out that they are ahead of Fain and his Trollocs, who have the Horn of Valere and Mat's ruby dagger. They decide to wait and see if they can catch Fain ({{tgh|17}}). <br /> <br /> *They wait for days, but find nothing until one night, Hurin sees a fire down in the hills. The fire is quite small and hidden, but it is hidden only from those following the makers, not from those ahead. Rand realizes that it must be Fain, and decides to go check it out, telling Loial and Hurin to stay and guard Selene. Selene replies that she can take care of herself, and that Rand should take Loial with him ({{tgh|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand and Loial make it to Fain's camp and sneak in. Rand takes the dagger and Loial takes the Horn, which is still in its chest. Fain wakes up just as they are leaving, and Rand and Loial are attacked by Trollocs. Rand tells Loial to run and kills the Trollocs. Loial fastens the chest onto his horse, and runs beside it back to Selene and Hurin. They get ready to ride to [[Cairhien (City)|Cairhien]] ({{tgh|19}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel towards Cairhien through the night, stopping only to let the horses rest at dawn, as well as Loial, since he is running while his horse carries the chest containing the Horn of Valere. They travel through the next day, as well ({{tgh|20}}). <br /> <br /> *Eventually, they reach the village of [[Tremonsien]] and stop at an inn named the Nine Rings for the night. They eat dinner and then go to the rooms that the innkeeper has given them, Selene in one and Loial, Rand and Hurin in another. Loial carries the chest of the Horn of Valere up to their room ({{tgh|20}}; {{ch2|21}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they find that Selene has left them and intends to meet them again in the city of Cairhien. Loial, Rand and Hurin set off for Cairhien, with Loial once again running beside his horse and the Horn of Valere ({{tgh|21}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the city of Cairhien. They decide to stay at an inn named The Defender of the Dragonwall. They go to their rooms, Rand in one and Loial and Hurin in another through a connecting door. Rand decides to go out to the Foregate and Hurin wants to go down to the common room for a drink. Loial stays in his room to guard the Horn of Valere, not wanting to run into any Ogier, in case they have had word from Stedding Shangtai about a runaway ({{tgh|25}}). <br /> <br /> *After Rand learns that [[Thom]] is in Cairhien, he takes Loial to meet him while Hurin watches the Horn of Valere. They go to an inn named the Bunch of Grapes, where Thom is staying. They wait for Thom in his and [[Dena]]'s room, and when Thom finally shows up, Rand introduces Loial to him. Rand and Loial tell Thom about the Horn of Valere. Rand tries to talk Thom into helping them, but he refuses. Rand asks Loial if he can talk to Thom alone, and Loial leaves the room and goes to play dice in the common room while he waits for Rand. He wins most of the games, until Dena joins, and then she wins all of Loial's winnings right back ({{tgh|26}}; {{ch2|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and Rand begin to make their way back to The Defender of the Dragonwall. Along the way, they are attacked by a Trolloc who is disguised as a puppet being led by five men with poles, but Rand kills it. They are about to hurry back to the inn, knowing that Hurin is alone, when another Trolloc attacks Rand from behind. Loial tears the Trolloc away from Rand. Loial manages to kill it, and then confides to Rand that he has never killed before. They can see another Trolloc coming towards them, but it hasn't spotted them yet. They continue back towards their inn, but there are many other Trollocs in the streets. Everywhere they turn, there seems to be another one, and they cannot get back to the inn. Rand sees a large manor on a hill about a mile away and thinks that it can withstand Trollocs and might shelter them, but Loial tells him that it is an Illuminator Chapter House and would probably not let the King of Cairhien himself within. Selene shows up again. Rand decides that, in order to escape the Trollocs, they will have to sneak into the Illuminators chapter house ({{tgh|27}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the wall that surrounds the chapter house. Loial can see Trollocs running towards them in the distance. They find a door in the wall and go through it. Loial tells Rand that Illuminators kill intruders, so they are faced with danger on both sides. As they are sneaking between two racks of fireworks, Loial accidentally brushes up against one of the racks and sets off a firework. Luckily, they are not caught, but shortly after, Loial sees that some of the Trollocs have also managed to sneak into the chapter house. They eventually manage to get out, with Rand setting off some more fireworks, killing the Trollocs. Selene has disappeared again, so Loial and Rand go back to their inn alone ({{tgh|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand, anxious about the decision he has to make between seemingly aligning himself with either [[Barthanes]] or [[Galldrian]], goes out to check at the guardhouse whether Ingtar has entered the city yet; Loial goes with him. On the way, they speak of leaving Cairhien, but know that if they do, they will be easy prey for the Trollocs. Upon reaching the guardhouse, they learn that Ingtar has not entered the city ({{tgh|30}}). <br /> <br /> *As Loial and Rand walk back to their inn, they see a fire up ahead, and, running towards the inn, find that The Defender of the Dragonwall has been set on fire. They hurry up towards their room, even though people try to stop them. Rand wants Loial to stay behind, but Loial insists that Rand cannot carry Hurin and the chest outside, and he also doesn't want his books to burn. When they reach the room that Loial and Hurin shared, it is to find that Hurin is sprawled on the floor and that the Horn of Valere is gone. They manage to get Hurin out, though Loial has to let his books burn. When they get outside, it is to find that Ingtar has finally found them ({{tgh|30}}). <br /> <br /> *Now reunited with Ingtar, Mat, Perrin and [[Verin]], Loial goes to get his, Rand and Hurin's horses, and they ride towards the Foregate, where the newcomers are staying at an inn named The Great Tree ({{tgh|31}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Loial is reading in the private dining room that Verin has procured. When Rand tells the others how he, Loial and Hurin got so far ahead of them, Loial pretends to be still reading, but it is obvious that he is listening. After they eat dinner, Loial returns to his reading. When Hurin returns from trying to find the trail of the Trollocs, he informs the group that they are hiding in Barthanes' manor. It is decided that they will use Rand's invitation from Barthanes' to get into the manor and steal back the Horn and the dagger ({{tgh|31}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand, Mat, Hurin, Verin, Ingtar, [[Uno]] and ten Shienaran escorts go to Lord Barthanes' manor. After having met Barthanes, Loial tells Rand that he can feel a Waygate nearby. When Loial leaves Rand to circulate about the room, he gathers a circle of lords and ladies before he takes ten steps. The pester him with questions as to whether the Ogier are coming back to Cairhien, and he is very glad to get away when Hurin picks up the trail of the Trollocs ({{tgh|32}}; {{ch2|33}}). <br /> <br /> *When Hurin informs Rand that he has found the trail, which leads into the garden, Rand and Hurin meet up with Mat and Loial. Hurin takes them to the garden. When they reach a walled enclosure within the garden, Loial informs them that the Waygate is within. Loial boosts Rand up over the wall. Hurin and Loial join him. When Rand opens the Waygate, they find ''Machin Shin'' waiting for them. Loial manages to put the ''Avendesora'' leaf back and seal the Waygate closed. Loial lifts Rand and Hurin back over the wall, and then joins them on the other side ({{tgh|33}}). <br /> <br /> *They all return to their inn and discuss what they are going to do. Before they left, Barthanes gave a message to Rand, saying that Fain is waiting for him on [[Toman Head]]. Rand intends to ride there, and Loial says that he will go with him. It is decided that they will all go to Stedding Tsofu in the morning to use the Waygate there ({{tgh|33}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they ride to Stedding Tsofu. Loial is reluctant to go, since he is afraid that he will be sent back to Stedding Shangtai. When they reach their destination, Loial comments that it feels good to be back inside a ''stedding''. Soon after entering the ''stedding'', they meet a young Ogier woman named Erith who leads Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar and Hurin deeper within the ''stedding'' while the rest of the Shienarans wait outside ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *They learn that there are also three Aiel Maidens visiting the ''stedding''; they veil at the sight of the armed men in the ''stedding'', and almost get into a fight with Rand, Ingtar, Hurin and Perrin. Loial, Erith and Verin frantically try to get them all to put away their weapons. Eventually, an Ogier man breaks it up and takes Verin with him to see the Ogier Elders ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *Erith takes Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Hurin and Ingtar away to wait until the Elders have spoken with Verin. A dozen Ogier girls check up on them, bringing them food and making sure that the humans are comfortable. Before each of them leaves, she turns her attention to Loial, who answers respectfully but in very few words. When they have left, he huddles in his chair with a book. When asked about what is wrong, Loial tells his friends about the marriage customs among the Ogier: if a girl sees a boy she likes, or if a woman sees a boy that might be a good husband for her daughter, and the mother and daughter agree on a marriage, the girl's mother goes to the boy's mother and the marriage is arranged, with the male having no say in the matter. If the Elders discover that Loial is outside the ''stedding'' without permission, they will likely decide that he needs a wife to settle him down ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *[[Juin]], the Ogier man who took Verin away, comes to tell the others that the Elders would like to see them now. Loial grows more and more anxious as they are led towards the Elders. Rand suggests that he wait for them outside, saying that the Elders likely only want to speak to the humans, and Loial agrees, in relief, that he will wait for them and read. When the Elders bring up Loial's name during their meeting with the humans, Rand hurriedly says that they need Loial to go with them, and Perrin and Mat quickly agree. Verin also agrees that they will need Loial to guide them along the Ways. It is agreed that Loial can accompany them, if they take care of him and return him to Stedding Shangtai when they are done ({{tgh|35}}; {{ch2|36}}).<br /> <br /> *While Loial waits for Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar and Hurin, Erith speaks with him and gives him flowers. She listens very intently when he talks about [[Serden]] son of Kolom son of Radlin's theory of the Ways ({{tgh|36}}; {{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin and Ingtar join Loial again, they are taken to the Waygate by Alar, the Eldest among the Ogier Elders of Stedding Tsofu. Once again, they find ''Machin Shin'' waiting. Loial seems relieved that they cannot use the Waygate, but ashamed at being relieved. Hurin suggests that they use a Portal Stone, and Alar tells them that there is a Portal Stone nearby ({{tgh|36}}). <br /> <br /> *Alar escorts them all to the Portal Stone. When Rand transports them to Toman Head, something goes wrong, and each person with him sees hundreds of possibilities of what their lives might have been, many of them horrible. When they finally reach Toman Head, Rand sees Loial sitting sprawled on the ground, wide-eyed and stunned. By the look of the trees, they have lost four months in the transportation ({{tgh|37}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar, Hurin and the Shienaran soldiers ride west, away from the Portal Stone ({{tgh|37}}). <br /> <br /> *Three days after arriving on Toman Head, the group is riding towards [[Falme]] in the rain. Loial continually checks on the books in his saddlebags ({{tgh|41}}). <br /> <br /> *They spend the night at an inn in a deserted village that was attacked by the [[Seanchan]]. They discuss what they are going to do. Ingtar wants to have Hurin search around for a trail, while Rand wants to go straight to Falme. Loial tells Rand that he will go wherever Rand goes, but that he still thinks they should wait a few days before going to Falme ({{tgh|41}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is in a camp with Rand, Verin, Ingtar and the Shienaran soldiers while Perrin, Mat and Hurin are out searching for Fain's trail. Loial is reading. When Perrin, Mat and Hurin come back with news that Hurin has found the trail, it is decided that five people will go to Falme to recover the Horn and dagger, in accordance with the ''Karaethon Cycle'' (&quot;five will ride forth&quot;). Ingtar and Hurin will go, along with Mat and Rand. Perrin also volunteers, with Loial volunteering just a second behind; Verin decides that, because Perrin spoke first, he will go. Loial argues that if the Horn is still in the chest, he can carry it, but Verin says that he would attract too much attention ({{tgh|44}}). <br /> <br /> *After the Horn and dagger have been recovered and Rand has battled Ba'alzamon for the second time, Loial, Rand, [[Min]], Moiraine, Lan and the Shienaran soldiers travel away from Falme. When Rand awakens five days east of Falme, he sees Loial reading a book named &quot;To Sail Beyond the Sunset&quot;. When Rand tells Loial that he is glad he stayed, Loial replies that even though Rand is obviously more ''ta'veren'' than Loial knew, Rand is still his friend ({{tgh|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial stays the winter in the Mountains of Mist with Perrin, Rand, Moiraine, Lan, Min and the Shienaran soldiers ({{tdr|1}}). <br /> <br /> *When Perrin brings [[Leya]], a Tuatha'an woman, back to the camp to speak with Moiraine, he sees Loial reading a book. When Loial hears Perrin and Min talking about the Tuatha'an, he joins them. Min tells Loial about Leya's arrival in the camp. When Min complains about ''ta'veren'', Loial goes off on a spiel about how ''ta'veren'' works, and then confesses that he is thinking of writing a book on Rand, Mat and Perrin ({{tdr|1}}). <br /> <br /> *After Rand accidentally causes the earth to shake using ''saidin'', Perrin sees Loial helping the Shienarans rebuild a collapsed hut. Loial, Uno and Lan join Perrin, Min and Moiraine, and Moiraine tells them the news that Leya has brought her: there is much fighting on [[Almoth Plain]], and the [[Whitecloaks]] have five thousand men on Almoth Plain. However, all of the Dragonsworn on Almoth Plain have not been destroyed; the Whitecloaks are avoiding all groups of fifty or more together. Loial suggests that perhaps Rand can go speak to the Dragonsworn as he wishes, but Lan thinks that it is a Whitecloak plot ({{tdr|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Trollocs attack the camp. Loial participates in the battle, using a quarterstaff the size of a fence rail as his weapon ({{tdr|5}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Loial goes to see Rand. Rand asks him for pen, paper and ink. Unbeknown to Loial, Rand uses them to write a farewell note before he sneaks out of the camp ({{tdr|6}}). <br /> <br /> *Early the next morning, when it is discovered that Rand has left the camp, Perrin, Loial and Min meet with Moiraine and Lan. They talk about why Rand has left, with Loial trying to calm Perrin down when he demands answers of Moiraine. They talk about the dream that Perrin has had about ''Callandor'', and Moiraine realizes that Rand must be heading to the [[Stone of Tear]]. While they wait for Lan to question the Shienarans outside about whether they have had the same dream, Loial pulls out a book. When Lan returns with the information that half the Shienarans remember dreaming the same thing, Moiraine decides that she, Lan, Perrin and Loial will follow Rand to Tear. They will leave before midday ({{tdr|6}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan travel through the Mountains of Mist for many days. Sometimes at night, Perrin and Loial catch fish for dinner. Moiraine seems to be manipulating the two of them into doing the chores and little tasks that she asks of them, and Perrin thinks that she is trying to get them into the habit of doing whatever she says ({{tdr|7}}). <br /> <br /> *Eventually they leave the Mountains of Mist behind and reach the forested foothills of [[Ghealdan]]. Soon they are noticing farms and other signs of civilization ({{tdr|7}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the village of [[Jarra]]. They pay for a meal and rooms at the inn, [[Harilin's Leap]]. Loial's appearance causes quite a stir. They learn that quite a few odd things have been happening (many weddings, strange behavior from Whitecloaks) in Jarra. [[Simion]], a man who works at the inn, wants to know if Moiraine will help his brother, [[Noam]], who is ill. Perrin replies that he will ask her, and suggests that Loial keep Simion company while he does so. When Perrin leaves the two of them, he hears Loial asking Simion what he knows about trees. When Perrin and Moiraine go looking for them, they find them in Loial's room. Loial is telling Simion about the ''stedding'', while Simion looks at Loial in wonder ({{tdr|7}}; {{ch3|8}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel on from Jarra towards Tear. Moiraine has been pushing them hard, and Loial has had to give up reading as he rides, after having found himself a mile behind everyone due to his immersion in a book. They stop at many villages and towns, including Sidon, Willar, Samaha, Tallan and Fyall ({{tdr|33}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop in the town of [[Remen]], which Lan comments has seen an eventful day or two. This time, instead of people being frightened by Loial's appearance, he hears awed whispers of &quot;Ogier&quot; and looks quite pleased about it. Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan see that there is a man dressed in grays and browns (an Aielman) in a cage in the town square. There are children throwing stones at him, which makes Loial angry. They go to the inn, the Wayland's Forge. There, they learn that there are Hunters of the Horn staying at the inn as well. They are shown to their rooms ({{tdr|33}}; {{ch3|34}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial joins Perrin in his room at the [[Wayland's Forge]]. He is very excited to have found an Ogier-sized bed made of sung wood in his room. After exclaiming about it, Loial goes down to supper ({{tdr|34}}). <br /> <br /> *After Perrin sets the Aielman, [[Gaul]], free and they kill a group of Whitecloaks that attacks them, Perrin and Lan hurry to inform Moiraine and Loial that they must leave immediately. Perrin finds Loial in his room, writing notes for his book. Perrin tells him to meet the others at the stable as quickly as he can and not to let anyone see him. As they sneak out of Remen, Loial comments to Perrin that it is just like old times, &quot;sneaking away in the night, with enemies behind us, and maybe enemies ahead, and danger in the air, and the cold tang of adventure&quot; ({{tdr|35}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan board a ship named the ''[[Snow Goose]]'', which is headed for [[Illian (City)|Illian]]. [[Faile]] is also on this ship. As Perrin looks for his room, he finds Loial scribbling notes down for his book. Loial wants to discuss the past day with Perrin, but Perrin is too tired ({{tdr|35}}; {{ch3|36}}). <br /> <br /> *During the journey to Illian, Loial stays in his room whenever Moiraine and Faile are on deck together because of the tension between them ({{tdr|41}}). <br /> <br /> *The ship reaches Illian. Loial is the last to get off the ship, not having realized that they had arrived as he was in his room rereading his notes ({{tdr|41}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Faile, Moiraine and Lan ride through Illian. Loial is fearful of running into other Ogier. Perrin comforts him by saying that Moiraine would not let the Ogier take him away. Still, Loial seems uncomfortable in the city. He thinks that something is wrong, and Perrin and Moiraine agree ({{tdr|42}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop at an inn in Illian named [[Easing the Badger]]. They eat dinner, after which Loial begins to read. Six [[Gray Men]] attack the group, and almost go unnoticed; when Perrin suddenly yells out, Loial snatches up his chair like a club and then embarrassedly sets it down once the Gray Men are dead ({{tdr|42}}). <br /> <br /> *When Lan goes outside to look around he asks for Perrin and Loial's help, saying that they might see something that he misses. After Lan finds [[Darkhounds|Darkhound]] tracks, he tells Loial, Perrin and Faile to go back inside and get some sleep, as they will likely not be spending the entire night in Illian and have hard riding ahead of them. The three of them separate inside the inn, Loial saying that at least dreams will be better than lying awake ({{tdr|43}}). <br /> <br /> *When Moiraine returns and tells the others that [[Sammael]] is in Illian, they hurry to get ready to leave. Perrin meets Loial on the way down the stairs, trying to stuff a wood-bound book into his saddlebags while putting his cloak on. They all get their horses and begin to ride out of Illian. They hear Darkhounds chasing them in the distance, and Loial wonders aloud why he ever left the ''stedding'' ({{tdr|44}}). <br /> <br /> *They find a good place to stand and fight the Darkhounds. Lan tells Loial and Faile to hold the horses and make sure they do not get away. Moiraine balefires the Darkhounds and they ride on ({{tdr|44}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Faile, Moiraine and Lan arrive in the city of Tear. They stay at an inn named the Star. Moiraine and Lan leave to scout out Tear, and Perrin goes to his room, leaving Loial and Faile alone ({{tdr|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Moiraine tells Loial, Perrin and Faile that [[Be'lal]] is in Tear. Loial once again bemoans the fact that he ever left the ''stedding'', and Moiraine tells him that he can leave and go back to Stedding Shangtai if he wishes. Loial ends up deciding to stay, as he has many more notes to take for his book and he doesn't want to leave Perrin and Rand. She later asks Loial what he knows of Be'lal. Loial tells what he knows, which is not much, but Moiraine says that it is still helpful and thanks him. Moiraine and Lan decide that they will be the only ones to go into the Stone of Tear to fight Be'lal, while Loial, Perrin and Faile will stay behind ({{tdr|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Moiraine tells Perrin and Faile that they and Loial are to go to Tar Valon until everything in Tear is over so that they will be safe, but they never get the chance to leave ({{tdr|53}}). <br /> <br /> *When Faile is trapped in ''Tel'aran'rhiod'' by the hedgehog ''ter'angreal'' and Perrin goes after her, Perrin asks Loial to guard their bodies. Loial replies that no one will pass him while he lives ({{tdr|53}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 4 - 6===<br /> <br /> *After everything is over in the Stone, Loial runs into an Ogier in Tear who is from his ''stedding'', and he has no doubt that [[Laefar]] will tell his mother where he is ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *While the Stone of Tear is attacked by Trollocs and [[Myrddraal]], Loial gathers as many children as he can, as well as some of their mothers, into a large room and holds the door against the Shadowspawn throughout the entire battle. He is hurt, receiving a hit to the head and a heavy limp to his walk. After the battle, women from the Stone send him all sorts of flowers for his courage and faithfulness ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *After hearing a rumor about Whitecloaks in the Two Rivers, Perrin decides that he will travel back to the Two Rivers using the Ways. Knowing that Loial wishes to be out of Tear in case his mother knows where he is, Perrin thinks that Loial will agree to guide him through the Ways ({{tsr|14}}). <br /> <br /> *Faile visits Loial and makes him promise to take her anywhere she wants, before anyone else, and that if anyone wants to accompany them, they must ask her, because she is angry that Perrin refuses to take her through the Ways to the Two Rivers with him ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, Perrin goes to Loial's rooms. Perrin learns that Loial has been up half the night writing notes for his book. He asks Loial to guide him through the Ways to the Two Rivers, but Faile reminds Loial of his promise. Loial is very upset when Faile refuses to relent and Perrin refuses to ask Faile if he can accompany her and Loial through the Ways. In the end, Perrin decides that he will follow Loial and Faile through the Ways. They will leave in two hours ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *Perrin and Gaul meet Loial, Faile, [[Bain]] and [[Chiad]] at the [[Dragonwall Gate (Tear)|Dragonwall Gate]]. Perrin notices that Loial's limp seems better. They ride through the streets of Tear and the surrounding landscape and eventually reach the Waygate and enter the Ways ({{tsr|18}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel through the Ways, with Perrin and Gaul trailing behind Loial, Faile, Bain and Chiad. When Faile gets angry at Perrin and slaps him, causing Perrin to seize her by the scruff of the neck, Loial tries to intervene, which makes Faile furious ({{tsr|27}}). <br /> <br /> *They finally reach the [[Manetheren]] Waygate. Just before they exit the Ways, they are attacked by Trollocs. Loial uses his pole-lantern as a weapon. He takes an injury to his thigh. They have a moment's respite, and then are attacked by a Fade. Gaul, Bain and Chiad attack it, and Perrin lands the killing blow with his hammer. They can hear more Trollocs in the distance. As Loial opens the Waygate, they suddenly hear ''Machin Shin'' in the distance. Loial insists on being last out of the Ways. He locks the Waygate, placing the key from inside, the ''Avendesora'' leaf, on the outside so that the Trollocs cannot follow them ({{tsr|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Faile tends everyone's wounds and they camp for the night. Faile insists on two camps once again, though Loial says that now he has taken Faile through the Ways, his oath to her is done with and they should camp as one. Perrin tells Loial to leave it alone, since Faile remains stubborn about it. Loial moves as if to join Perrin and Gaul's camp, but Perrin waves him back. Faile, Bain and Chiad talk into the night, but their talk obviously embarrasses Loial, as he sits as far from them as he can while still being in the light of their campfire and tries to bury himself in a book ({{tsr|27}}; {{ch4|28}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Gaul, Faile, Bain and Chiad travel for three days through the Westwood. Loial rides with Faile, Bain and Chiad at Perrin's request, though the situation seems to upset him ({{tsr|29}}). <br /> <br /> *Before entering Emond's Field, they camp the night near [[Tam]] and Rand's ruined farm. Early the next morning, Perrin and Gaul leave before Faile and Loial awaken, though one of the Aiel women, Perrin is not sure which, is on watch and sees them leave ({{tsr|29}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Faile, Bain and Chiad follow Perrin and Gaul to Emond's Field. While Faile, Bain and Chiad enter the common room of the Winespring Inn to speak with Perrin and [[Bran al'Vere|Master al'Vere]] and [[Marin al'Vere|Mistress al'Vere]], Loial waits in the kitchen. When Marin sees him later, she almost faints. When Perrin and Faile enter the kitchen, they see Loial drinking tea and eating, trying to put Marin at ease by complimenting her baking. Loial sympathizes with Perrin over the loss of his family, and offers to sing to the apple trees that they are buried beneath ({{tsr|29}}; {{ch4|30}}). <br /> <br /> *Perrin lays out his plans for rescuing the Cauthons and Luhhans and tells Loial that he understands if Loial wishes to leave, as he will not be able to write much of a book about the Dragon Reborn while in the Two Rivers. Loial replies that he thinks it is the same fight, and perhaps he will have a chapter in his book on Perrin ({{tsr|30}}). <br /> <br /> *When Marin takes Loial, Perrin, Gaul, Faile, Bain and Chiad out to hide in the old sickhouse, Loial wears his cloak with the hood up in an attempt to avoid having attention drawn to him. When they reach their hiding place, they learn that two Aes Sedai, Verin and [[Alanna]], are also hiding there with their Warders, [[Tomas]] and [[Ihvon]]. They all talk for some time about why Alanna and Verin are in the Two Rivers, and about the Trollocs. Tam and [[Abell]] appear, and are amazed at the sight of Loial ({{tsr|30}}; {{ch4|31}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial wants to accompany Perrin when he goes to scout out the Whitecloak camp, but Abell and Tam tell him that he will attract too much attention. Perrin pulls Loial aside and asks him to keep an eye on Alanna, who is also staying behind ({{tsr|32}}). <br /> <br /> *After returning from hunting Trollocs, Perrin learns that Loial, along with everyone else, including the Aes Sedai and the rescued prisoners, is now in Emond's Field at the Winespring Inn. Loial asks Faile to tell Perrin that Alanna vanished twice ({{tsr|40}}).<br /> <br /> *Having learned that the Waygate is open again, Perrin asks for Loial and learns that Loial is helping clear trees along the edges of the Westwood as a defense against the Trollocs. [[Dav Ayellin]] says that Loial acts as if he is cutting down his brother every time he cuts down a tree, but still clears three times as many as each of the men does. When Loial returns, Perrin tells him about the Waygate being unlocked. Loial wants to go up to the Waygate to remove both ''Avendesora'' leaves from it, which will cause the Waygate to die, but Perrin protests, knowing that there are Trollocs near there. When Perrin collapses due to his injury from fighting Trollocs, Loial carries him into the Winespring Inn. While Alanna pulls out the arrow so that she can Heal him, Loial holds Perrin's shoulders down ({{tsr|43}}).<br /> <br /> *When Perrin awakens after having been Healed, Faile tells him that Loial and Gaul have gone to take care of the Waygate ({{tsr|44}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial returns to Emond's Field in the night, carrying an injured Gaul. Loial tells Perrin that four days ago, they closed the Waygate, and that it will now take an Ogier Elder or an Aes Sedai to open it again. Loial had to carry Gaul most of the way from the Mountains of Mist, with a Myrddraal and fifty Trollocs chasing them the first three days before Loial outran them. Loial also brings the news that there are still several thousand Trollocs in the Two Rivers, and perhaps fifty Myrddraal ({{tsr|53}}).<br /> <br /> *Everyone goes back to the Winespring Inn to rest. Later that night, Perrin sees Loial in the kitchen frantically writing down notes. When Loial overhears Perrin asking Faile to go to Caemlyn for help against the Trollocs, really just wanting to get her somewhere safe, Loial asks Faile if she can take his notes with her to keep them safe ({{tsr|53}}).<br /> <br /> *When Perrin and Faile get married that same night, Loial and [[Aram]] stand for Perrin. According to custom, Loial threads a red ribbon through Faile's hair while Bain tucks one around Perrin's neck ({{tsr|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial stays to fight in the big battle against the Trollocs, even though Perrin had told him he could sneak out after Faile so that he could go to Caemlyn and safety. During the battle, he uses two wood axes as weapons and fights ferociously ({{tsr|56}}). <br /> <br /> *After the Trollocs are defeated, Perrin sees that Loial is still among the living, though his ears are drooping wearily ({{tsr|56}}).<br /> <br /> *Several months later, Loial is still in the Two Rivers with Perrin and Faile. Faile thinks to herself that it has only been a few months since the mothers in the Two Rivers were terrified for their children's safety when they would flock to Loial in wonder, but now, they send their children to Loial to read to them ({{Prol6}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial has been out of the ''stedding'' for more than five years now ({{loc|20}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial leaves the Two Rivers with Perrin and Faile to travel to Caemlyn ({{loc|45}}). <br /> <br /> *While Perrin and Faile go on to Caemlyn, Loial makes a detour to an abandoned ''stedding'' that Perrin knows of, north of the road from [[Whitebridge]], because he is feeling tired and has been gone from the ''stedding'' for too long. Before they part ways, he bets Perrin a gold crown that he will be in Caemlyn only ten days after Perrin and Faile ({{loc|45}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial arrives in Caemlyn less than ten days after Perrin, winning the bet. Loial learns that his mother, Erith and Elder Haman were in Caemlyn and realizes that his mother means to marry him to Erith. He becomes very distressed, claiming that he will be dragged back to the ''stedding'' and that he'll never be able to finish his book ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand tells Loial that he needs someone to find all the Waygates and talk to the Ogier Elders about guarding them. Perrin becomes angry, saying that Loial has just arrived and needs to rest, and Loial has to break up their arguing. Min arrives with the news that the [[Salidar Aes Sedai]] embassy is on their way to the palace to speak with Rand, and Rand leaves Loial, Perrin and Min in the courtyard in which they were talking. When Min later follows Rand against his request that she stay with Perrin and Loial, Loial protests but Min goes anyway ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand learns from Min that there are now thirteen Aes Sedai in Caemlyn, he decides that he is going to Cairhien and has Perrin, Faile and Loial sent for. When Rand reaches Perrin's rooms, he finds Perrin, Faile, Loial, Gaul, Bain and Chiad waiting for him. When he announces his intentions to Travel to Cairhien, Loial goes running off and returns with his belongings. Before they leave, Loial writes a letter to Erith and gives it to [[Reene Harfor|Mistress Harfor]] to deliver if she gets the chance ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *After Traveling to the Sun Palace in Cairhien, Rand collapses and Loial carries him to his rooms ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial spends the better part of every day in the Royal Library in the Sun Palace. On one day, in an attempt to avoid [[Berelain]], Perrin seeks Loial out; they breakfast together and then Perrin accompanies Loial to the Library ({{loc|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is playing stones with Faile when they and Perrin learn that Rand has disappeared, but they do not think anything of it since [[Nandera]] informs them that Rand often disappears for half a day ({{loc|51}}). <br /> <br /> *[[Dobraine]] enters the room while Loial and Faile are still playing stones and wishes to speak to Perrin privately, but Perrin replies that he will not send Loial and Faile away. They learn that Lord [[Maringil]] and High Lord [[Meilan]] have been murdered. Before they can speak too long about this, Berelain enters the room carrying Rand's sword, which he left behind when he disappeared, which is very unusual. With [[Sulin]]'s help, they realize that Rand has been kidnapped. Perrin announces that he will get Rand back even if he has to go after him alone, but Loial replies that Perrin will never have to go alone while he is there ({{loc|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Four days after Rand's capture, two hundred [[Mayene]]rs, five hundred of Dobraine's armsmen, five thousand Aielmen, a thousand Maidens and ninety-four Wise Ones set out to rescue Rand. Perrin and Loial are with them. Loial brings a long-handled axe that he found in the Sun Palace as his weapon. He leaves two letters with Faile, one for Erith and one for his mother, to be delivered if something happens to him ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *Every night after the day's travel, Perrin and Loial sit talking quietly, smoking their pipes. They speak of the Aes Sedai and of what might happen. Loial thinks that there are more than six Aes Sedai ahead of them, because it would have taken more to capture Rand. After they have spoken of the Aes Sedai, Loial wants to know what it is like to be married, and Perrin talks for a while about Faile ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *On their seventh day out of Cairhien, the army meets up with Perrin's Two Rivers' men, composed of three hundred archers, and the Salidar Aes Sedai embassy, containing nine Aes Sedai ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *On the tenth day, they catch up with Rand's captors. The battle begins; Loial fights alongside Perrin and Aram ({{loc|54}}; {{ch6|55}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and Perrin are among those who reach Rand before the [[Asha'man]] create a shield to keep the attackers out. Perrin is worried about their allies still without, and wants to slip out to let them know that Rand is okay and that they can retreat; Loial wants to go with him. Rand will not let them go, and has [[Taim]] attack the Shaido with his Asha'man instead ({{loc|55}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 7 - 9===<br /> <br /> *In the aftermath of the battle at [[Dumai's Wells]], Loial is uncomfortable about the Aes Sedai being held prisoner. He is also worried about the amount of tension that surrounds the warriors; he thinks that it will only take one spark to make the whole place erupt. As he, Perrin and Aram look around at all the graves, Perrin thinks he hears Loial whisper, &quot;Light, let me never see the like again&quot; ({{acos|1}}; {{ch7|2}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin and Aram ride towards the Aes Sedai and Perrin speaks with [[Kiruna]] while Loial and Aram look on. They see Rand coming towards them, and Loial wonders aloud whether Rand might tell him what went on inside the Aes Sedai camp for his book, since Loial didn't see much once the fighting began. Rand promises to tell Loial everything while it is still fresh in his memory, but only once they are back in Cairhien ({{acos|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Everyone rides through a gateway that takes them near to the city of Cairhien. Loial hopes that there won't be more fighting in the city. He tries to comfort Perrin, who is especially worried about Faile after learning that Bain and Chiad went to Dumai's Wells and did not stay behind to protect her ({{acos|3}}).<br /> <br /> *They ride from the gateway towards the city. Loial comforts Perrin about Faile's safety some more, and then mentions that Faile is not like Erith, as she can take care of herself; Loial can't wait to marry Erith and tend to her, and thinks he'd die if she changed her mind about marrying him. As soon as he says this, his mouth remains open and his eyes pop; he stammers that he never meant to say that, and that it's hardly safe to open your mouth with two ''ta'veren'' about ({{acos|4}}).<br /> <br /> *Rand leads a small delegation, including Loial, Perrin and Min, into the city of Cairhien. The enter the Sun Palace and make their way into the Grand Hall of the Sun. While Rand confronts [[Colavaere]], Loial is busy taking notes for his book ({{acos|4}}; {{ch7|5}}).<br /> <br /> *When Rand is done in the Grand Hall of the Sun, Loial follows him out, still trying to write down notes ({{acos|6}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial sets out to visit all of the ''stedding'', along with an Asha'man named [[Karldin]], to see about having the Waygates guarded. He asks Perrin if he and Faile will accompany him, but what Loial doesn't know is that Perrin has his own orders from Rand. Loial doesn't like that Rand is sending all of his friends away; Mat has already been sent away, and now him and Perrin, and next Min; apparently, when Loial was with Rand earlier, Min called and Rand sent Loial out to say that he wasn't there. Loial also says that that he isn't sure how he's going to finish his book if he's away from Rand ({{acos|27}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 10 - 11===<br /> <br /> *Loial and Karldin visit all of the ''stedding'' with the exception of Stedding Shangtai, though Loial leaves messages for his own ''stedding'' in every other ''stedding'' he visits. He does what he can, asking the Elders to have the Waygates guarded, but the ''stedding'' in the Borderlands and along the Shadow Coast tell him to go home. The other ''stedding'', however, agree to guard the Waygates ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *Having finished visiting the ''stedding'', Loial and Karldin return to the Sun Palace only to find Rand gone, a part of the Sun Palace destroyed and rumors flying everywhere. Loial is using the name Master Ledar and Karldin the name Master Underhill. In the kitchens, they ask the cooks about Rand. [[Sashalle]] and [[Samitsu]] arrive, and Samitsu guesses who Loial is. Karldin demands answers of the Aes Sedai concerning Rand, and Loial sighs heavily in relief when Samitsu tells them that Rand seemed sane when he left. Samitsu also tells them that it was Asha'man who damaged part of the Sun Palace. Karldin asks Loial what they should do now, and Loial replies that they have to find Rand, to let him know that they have done as he asked ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> *A serving woman runs into the kitchens claiming that Dobraine has been murdered, and Loial becomes very upset. He and Karldin accompany Sashalle and Samitsu up to Dobraine's rooms. Once Samitsu has Healed Dobraine, who is not dead after all, Karldin finds a note on one of the dead attackers and hands it to Loial. Loial seems very disturbed by what the note says; it says to let the bearers of the letter enter Dobraine's rooms to remove certain items, and is written in Dobraine's own hand - a forged letter. Loial seems to know what the attackers were looking for, and Sashalle claims that Loial and Karldin will not leave until they tell her ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial arrives at Lord [[Algarin]]'s manor in Tear, where Rand is staying, with Logain and other Asha'man and Aes Sedai, as well as [[Bashere]] and his [[Saldaea]]n soldiers ({{cot|24}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial shows up in Rand's rooms and speaks to Rand and Min. Min is delighted to see him. Loial tells them about his and Karldin's journey to all of the ''stedding''. Rand notices that Loial looks tired and gaunt, and Rand fears that he has been out of the ''stedding'' for too long. He suggests that Loial go to Stedding Shangtai, only a few days away, but Loial refuses as his mother and Erith will be there for the Great Stump that is meeting there ({{cot|24}}). <br /> <br /> *Before Loial leaves so that Rand can speak to [[Logain]] and Bashere, he tells Rand about the Aes Sedai being forcibly bonded to the Asha'man, which makes Rand very angry. He insists that Loial remain while he meets with Logain and Bashere; Loial pretends to study the flames in the fireplace, sometimes glancing towards the door as if wondering if he can sneak out, while Rand yells at Logain ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *After Rand has finished yelling at Logain, Bashere has some news for him; he tells him that the men who attacked Dobraine, as well as two men who ransacked his own tent, were both carrying forged notes saying that the men were allowed to remove certain items from Dobraine's room/Bashere's tent. Bashere says that it is obvious that they were looking for the seals, as he and Dobraine are the most likely candidates for guarding the seals. He suggests that, with Rand holding three seals and three already being destroyed, perhaps the Shadow holds the final seal. Loial becomes very worried that the Dark One will be set free. Rand, knowing that he can't fight the Shadow and the Seanchan at the same time, decides to send Logain, Bashere and Loial to make a truce with the Seanchan. Logain and Bashere argue, but Loial simply looks ready to faint ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial, Logain and Bashere meet with the Seanchan. Bashere later tells Rand that the Seanchan are amenable, but require a meeting, in person, between Rand and the Daughter of the Nine Moons ({{Epi10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial questions Rand, taking notes for his book. He asks him questions about the fall of Illian and cleansing ''saidin''. He complains that Rand makes him drag every detail out of him. When Logain arrives to speak to Rand, Loial continues taking notes ({{kod|18}}). <br /> <br /> *A servant arrives to tell Loial that three Ogier have arrived and are looking for him, and that one of them is his mother. Loial jumps up and wonders aloud about what he is going to do. [[Cadsuane]] tells him not to keep his mother waiting, and Loial seems to take it as a command, though he moves very slowly to obey ({{kod|18}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial goes to meet his mother, Elder Haman and Erith. He wants to ask either Nynaeve or Verin, as Aes Sedai, to accompany him, but they are gone by the time he works up the nerve. When me meets the other three Ogier, his mother and Elder Haman are quite put out by how long it has taken to find him, listing all the places they had to travel to, and Erith mentions how brave she thinks he is ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Elder Haman performs the wedding ceremony between Loial and Erith ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial learns from his mother and Elder Haman what the Great Stump is meeting about: opening the Book of Translation, which has something to do with leaving the world so that they can come to it again when the Wheel of Time turns; we are not given much more information than this. His mother is one of the Speakers who have argued for the Book being opened, while Elder Haman argued against it. Loial is very upset and decides that he wishes to speak to the Stump about not using the Book of Translation; he feels very strongly about this. Erith asks him what he would say, and Loial gives a short speech about how the Ogier have always stood up to and fought the Shadow ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *As Loial finishes talking about what he would say in front of the Great Stump, he sees something moving outside the window; it is Trollocs, thousands of them. Elder Haman and Loial each take down a long-handled axe off the wall and run down the corridor yelling a warning ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *When Loial sees Rand after the battle against the Trollocs, he promises Rand that he will be there for Tarmon Gai'don. Rand says that he might need Loial before the Last Battle, and asks Loial to help him with sealing the Waygates, since he can't find them all on his own (such as the one in [[Far Madding]]) but Loial mournfully replies that he can't, as he is leaving first thing the next morning. Haman claims that Loial needs weeks or months in the ''stedding'', as he has been Outside for over five years, and Rand says that he will take them to Stedding Shangtai himself, and maybe he can convince someone there to help him. Loial makes Rand promise to tell him everything for his book once he returns. Haman then offers to help Rand with the Waygates. Loial argues that Haman needs to address the Stump, but Haman replies that he will leave that in Loial's hands, and advises him not to try for beauty in his speech, but to stick to simple eloquence ({{kod|20}}). <br /> <br /> *As he promised he would, Rand takes Loial, Covril and Erith to Stedding Shangtai early the next morning ({{kod|21}}). <br /> <br /> *He speaks in favor of staying and fighting rather than opening the book of Translation and leaving the world (ToM, Header)<br /> <br /> == Miscellaneous ==<br /> <br /> *When he first arrived in Caemlyn, all the people thought he was a Trolloc; a mob chased him all the way across the city, but the Queen's Guards saved him ({{teotw|36}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial says that Elder Haman always droned on, and that the books about traveling were much more interesting, but he did listen sometimes, even though Haman claimed he didn't ({{teotw|36}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial is good at playing stones ({{teotw|41}}).<br /> <br /> *He has always wanted to travel ({{teotw|42}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial met some Tuatha'an some years back, and they wanted to learn the songs that the Ogier sing to trees. He taught the Tuatha'an what they could learn, but the trees never listen to humans ({{teotw|42}}).<br /> <br /> *As they are discussing finding the Eye of the World, Agelmar brings up the fact that so few humans ever find the Eye of the World. Moiraine replies that she has something that the others have not, and Rand thinks he sees her eyes drift towards Loial for just an instant ({{teotw|46}}).<br /> <br /> *He doesn't like the heat ({{teotw|48}}).<br /> <br /> *Rand thinks to himself that Loial knows so much about some things, so little about others, and seems to want to know everything ({{tgh|3}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial is the fastest runner in Stedding Shangtai; he once outran a horse ({{tgh|10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial doesn't know much about the Game of Houses, because the Ogier don't play it ({{tgh|21}}).<br /> <br /> *He has never seen the Aryth Ocean ({{tgh|44}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial can seldom be slowed, much less stopped, when one of his enthusiasms has him in its grip ({{tdr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial considers it a fortune, not a misfortune, to have fallen in with three ''ta'veren'' ({{tdr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *When Loial dreams, it is of the groves, and the Great Trees, and the ''stedding''. He has not had the dream about ''Callandor'' ({{tdr|6}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial says he has never heard of three ''ta'veren'', all the same age and from the same place ({{tsr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Perrin thinks to himself that it would be better to hit Loial on the head than harm one of his books ({{tsr|16}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial pities even Trollocs when they are caught by ''Machin Shin'' ({{tsr|27}}).<br /> <br /> *Perrin claims that Gaul has corrupted Loial; he dices now, and bets on horse races when he can barely tell one horse from another ({{loc|49}}).<br /> <br /> *Elder Haman says that Loial writes well ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> == Quotes ==<br /> ===Quotes by Loial===<br /> &quot;You humans are very excitable,&quot; Loial said in that bass rumble. &quot;I had heard all the stories, and read the books, of course, but I didn't realize. My first day in Caemlyn, I could not believe the uproar. Children cried, and women screamed, and a mob chased me all the way across the city, waving clubs and knives and torches, and shouting, 'Trolloc!' I'm afraid I was almost beginning to get a little upset. There's no telling what would have happened if a party of the Queen's Guards hadn't come along.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{teotw2|Chapter 36}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;I must say,&quot; Loial said, setting the chest down, &quot;that traveling with ''ta'veren'' has turned out to be even more interesting than I expected.&quot; His ears twitched violently. &quot;If it becomes any more interesting, I will go back to Stedding Shangtai immediately, confess everything to Elder Haman, and never leave my books again.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{teotw2|Chapter 52}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Oh.&quot; He opened the other eye, and scratched his cheek with blunt fingers the size of sausages. &quot;I suppose... I suppose... if I have a choice... that I will stay with all of you. I have taken a great many notes, but not nearly enough to complete my book, and I would not like to leave Perrin, and Rand&quot; (Loial to Moiraine upon being given the chance to return to Stedding Shangtai; {{tdr2|Chapter 50}}). <br /> <br /> Loial raised those huge hands that held books so carefully, and his thick fingers curled as if to crush stone. &quot;None will pass me while I live, Perrin. Not Myrddraal or the Dark One himself.&quot; He said it like a simple statement of fact. (Loial to Perrin about guarding him and Faile; {{tdr2|Chapter 53}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Gone! All gone, and for what? Grass. Once this was an Ogier grove. We did no great works here, not to compare with Manetheren, or the city you call Caemlyn, but enough that a grove was planted. Trees of every kind, from every land and place. The Great Trees, towering a hundred spans into the sky. All tended devotedly, to remind my people of the ''stedding'' they had left to build things for men. Men think it is the stonework we prize, but that is a trifling thing, learned during the Long Exile, after the Breaking. It is the trees we love. Men thought Manetheren my people's greatest triumph, but we knew it to be the grove there. Gone, now. Like this. Gone, and it will not come again.&quot; (Loial about the lost grove near the Waygate at Tear; {{tsr2|Chapter 18}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Do you think I would run away? he had said when Perrin suggested he could slip off into the night after Faile. His ears had dropped with weariness and hurt. I came with you, Perrin, and I will stay until you go. And then he had laughed suddenly, a deep booming sound that almost rattled the dishes. Perhaps someone will even tell a story of me, one day. We do not go in for such things, but there could be an Ogier hero, I suppose. A joke, Perrin. I made a joke. Laugh. Come, we will tell each other jokes, and laugh, and think of Faile flying free.&quot;(Loial to Perrin before battling Trollocs; {{tsr2|Chapter 56}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;Not alone,&quot; Loial said, as grimly as stone grinding. &quot;Never alone while I am here, Perrin.&quot; Abruptly his ears shifted in embarrassment; he always seemed embarrassed when anyone saw him being brave. &quot;After all, my book will not end very well if Rand is imprisoned in the Tower. And I can hardly write of his rescue if I am not there.&quot; (Loial to Perrin after Rand's capture; {{loc2|Chapter 53}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;That is serious, Rand. If someone breaks all the seals on the Dark One's prison, or maybe even just one or two more, the Dark One could break free. Even you can't face the Dark One! I mean, I know the Prophecies say you will, but that has to be just a way of speaking.&quot; (Loial to Rand, Logain and Bashere; {{cot2|Chapter 24}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;You never give enough detail, Rand. You make me drag everything out of you. Why, you never even mentioned being imprisoned in Far Madding until Min did. Never mentioned it! What did the Council of Nine say when they offered you the Laurel Crown? And when you renamed it? I can't think they liked that. What was the coronation like? Was there feasting, a festival, parades? How many Forsaken came against you at Shadar Logoth? Which ones? What did it look like at the end? What did it feel like? My book won't be very good without the details. I hope Mat and Perrin give me better answers.&quot; (Loial grilling Rand for notes for his book; {{kod2|Chapter 18}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;In the War of the Shadow, we did not huddle in our ''stedding'', hoping no Trollocs or Myrddraal would be driven to enter. We did not open the Book of Translation and flee. We marched alongside the humans and fought the Shadow. In the Trolloc Wars, we neither hid in the ''stedding'' nor opened the Book of Translation. We marched with the humans and fought the Shadow. In the darkest years, when hope seemed gone, we fought the Shadow.&quot; (Loial to Covril, Haman and Erith about not opening the Book of Translation; {{kod2|Chapter 19}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;When it is the Shadow that must be fought, our axes have always grown long handles. Perhaps in a year, or five, or ten, we will open the Book of Translation, but if we do it now, we cannot run away with any real hope of safety. Tarmon Gai'don is coming, and on that hangs the fate not only of this world, but of any world we might flee to. When fire threatens the trees, we do not run away and hope that the flames will not follow us. We fight. Now the Shadow is coming like wildfire, and we dare not run from it.&quot; (Loial to Covril, Haman and Erith about not opening the Book of Translation; {{kod2|Chapter 19}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;I promise you this, Rand,&quot; Loial said. &quot;Whatever happens, I will be there with you at Tarmon Gai'don. Whatever happens.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{kod2|Chapter 20}}).<br /> <br /> [[Category:All Characters]] <br /> [[Category:Principle Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Ogier Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Writers]]<br /> [[Category:Point of View Characters]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Loial&diff=90948 2013-06-11T16:42:15Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Books 4 - 6 */</p> <hr /> <div>''Author: Atarah al'Norahn''<br /> <br /> LOY-ahl<br /> <br /> == General ==<br /> Loial, son of [[Arent]] son of [[Halan]], is the most prominent [[Ogier]] character in the series. He is the son of [[Covril]] daughter of Ella daughter of Soong ({{Loc|20}}) and recently married to [[Erith]] daughter of [[Iva]] daughter of [[Alar]] ({{Kod|19}}). He is from Stedding Shangtai ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> Loial is something of a runaway among the Ogier; he left the ''[[stedding]]'' without the permission of the Elders and before he was old enough to be outside the ''stedding'' on his own. The Stump in Stedding Shangtai had not met for even a year on the discussion of whether or not he could leave before he ran away; he knew that by the time they reached a decision, he'd be old enough to leave on his own anyway. In his opinion, he thinks that he should have been able to address the Stump, even though he was too young to do so, since they were talking about whether or not he should be allowed to leave the ''stedding'' ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> ===Appearance===<br /> He is just over ninety years old, which is young for an Ogier. He is almost ten feet tall with a nose as broad as his face, eyebrows that hang down like tails, pale eyes as large as teacups, pointed ears, a shaggy mane of black hair and a voice as deep as a drum. He wears wide-toed, knee-high boots, baggy trousers and a coat that buttons from the neck to the waist before flaring out to his boot tops ({{teotw|36}}). Many people's first reaction to Loial is astonishment or to assume that he is a [[Trolloc]] ({{teotw|36}}), and he takes offense to this ({{tdr|8}}). <br /> ===Personality===<br /> Among the Ogier, Loial is considered hot-headed ({{teotw|36}}) and odd for wanting to travel ({{teotw|42}}). Loial maintains that the fact that he left the ''stedding'' before he was old enough is proof of his rashness ({{tgh|9}}). Elder [[Haman]] always said that Loial had no sense ({{teotw|45}}), and the Elders always said that he spoke an hour before he thought ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> Like other Ogier in the [[Westlands]], Loial is very gentle and relatively slow to act. [[Rand]] thinks that he has never met anyone as gentle as Loial ({{tgh|3}}) and is shocked when he becomes angry ({{teotw|44}}), and [[Perrin]] wonders how anyone can be frightened of him for long ({{tdr|2}}). He worries terribly about worrying anyone else ({{loc|54}}). However, his anger when it comes, is something to fear. Perrin does not think he ever wants Loial, as gentle as he is, to become angry with him ({{tsr|18}}). <br /> <br /> Loial is quite modest. He does not seem to think that anything he does is brave or worth writing about ({{tsr|53}}). However, Perrin tells Loial that he is a hero whether or not he wants to be ({{tsr|56}}). He is also known for his intelligence. Elder Haman thinks that he has the makings of a scholar about him ({{kod|19}}). For more on Loial's knowledge, see Strengths and Talents. He loves to talk, and talks at length whenever he has the chance. He usually seems to think that a story needs two or three hundred years of background to make it understood ({{teotw|42}}). He also loves to read, and is never far from a book. Partway through the series, he decides to write a book of his own; he is determined to be the only one to write a true book about the Dragon Reborn, as someone who traveled with him ({{tdr|2}}; {{tsr|16}}). He eventually completes the book, titled &quot;The Dragon Reborn&quot; (ToM, Header).<br /> ===Condensed Timeline===<br /> <br /> ==Strengths and Talents==<br /> Loial has the talent of being able to sing to trees ({{teotw|42}}). Erith mentions that Stedding Shangtai has a young Treesinger who is very talented (Loial) ({{tgh|35}}). Apparently, he is among the best of those who can sing wood ({{tdr|34}}).<br /> <br /> Loial knows more things than anybody Rand has ever met, and has read more books than Rand has ever seen ({{tgh|16}}). Sometimes, Perrin thinks that Loial has read every book ever printed ({{tsr|2}}). He is a very good source of information throughout the series; what he says he knows, you can be sure of, for he never claims to know anything that he doesn't ({{tgh|13}}). Aside from Ogier knowledge, like that about the Ways, he also knows a lot about the Pattern ({{teotw|36}}) and a lot about the Forsaken, even more than Moiraine ({{tdr|50}}). He is also very well versed in history, knowing much about such topics as false Dragons ({{loc|54}}). He also knows how to read the Old Tongue ({{teotw|52}}).<br /> ==Relationships with other Characters==<br /> When Loial first spends time in Caemlyn, Master Gill is very hospitable to him ({{teotw|36}}). They play stones sometimes ({{teotw|41}}). <br /> <br /> Although Rand's first reaction is to think that Loial is a Trolloc ({{teotw|36}}), they soon become good friends. Rand thinks that, even though Loial is young by Ogier standards, he seems as unflappable as a rock, like Tam ({{teotw|36}}). He cares what Loial thinks of him, as in the second book, Rand thinks to himself that he would rather die than let Mat, Perrin and Loial know that he is really the Dragon Reborn ({{tgh|3}}). Later on in the series, Loial remains one of the few people that Rand feels he can trust ({{acos|3}}). In turn, Loial likes Rand, and says that he would like him even if Rand weren't a ''ta'veren'' ({{tgh|33}}). However, he is not in awe of Rand or frightened of him like many others are; the fact that Rand is the Dragon Reborn does not seem to phase Loial, and he sill considers Rand to be his friend ({{tgh|49}}). In the camp of the Dragon Reborn in the third book, Loial, Moiraine, Lan, Perrin and Min are the only ones who don't stare at Rand as if he is even more than a king ({{tdr|2}}). He is loyal to Rand, and promises to be with him at Tarmon Gai'don ({{kod|20}}). However, despite their friendship, Loial is aware of the changes that have been occurring in Rand; he thinks to himself that Rand is not the same man that he first met in Caemlyn, or even the man he left in Cairhien when he went to visit the ''stedding'' about the Waygates ({{kod|19}}). Late in the series, Rand fondly remembers his earlier days traveling with Loial and Hurin as a much less complicated time ({{tgs|47}}).<br /> <br /> At first, Mat refers to Loial as a &quot;Trolloc&quot; and is very surly when he talks to Rand about him ({{teotw|39}}). However, this is just the sickness inflicted by the dagger speaking; after Mat is Healed, he looks at Loial as if seeing him for the first time ({{teotw|42}}). Later on, Mat states that he likes Loial, though he doesn't like how Loial is always talking about ''ta'veren''. He jokes that he can't dislike someone who dices as badly as Loial ({{tgh|35}}). In an attempt to convince the Ogier Elders to let Loial accompany them to Falme, Mat tells the Elders, &quot;he doesn't get in the way, and he carries his own weight&quot; ({{tgh|36}}). Loial is also referred to as a friend in Mat's thoughts later on in the series ({{wh|18}}). He thinks that it will be good to see Loial again ({{kod|8}}).<br /> <br /> Perrin considers Loial to be a friend ({{tgh|36}}). Like with Rand, he is very loyal to Perrin and even puts himself into danger so as not to abandon him ({{tdr|50}}; {{tsr|56}}). Perrin thinks that Loial is a hero whether he wants to be or not ({{tsr|56}}).<br /> <br /> Loial sees Faile as someone who is very free and who shouldn't be trapped ({{tdr|53}}). Although he likes her, he seems uncomfortable whenever she is fighting with Perrin ({{tsr|16}}; {{loc|53}}).<br /> <br /> Min seems to enjoy Loial's company and is delighted to see him again when he arrives at Lord Algarin's manor in Tear ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> According to Loial, Covril has always thought that her son is too hasty and in need of a wife. He is pretty sure that she was looking for a wife when he first left Stedding Shangtai ({{tgh|35}}). She is very put out that she has had to chase after him when he runs away ({{kod|19}}). Even after Loial's marriage, she tries to control his life until Erith reminds her that he is married to her now ({{kod|19}}; {{ch11|20}}). Loial fears her temper ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> Loial looks up to Elder Haman. According to him, Haman knows everything ({{loc|20}}). In turn, Haman thinks that Loial has the makings of a scholar, and says that Loial is a good writer ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> Loial thinks that Erith is beautiful and intelligent ({{loc|49}}). He wants to marry her, just not yet, since he thinks that she will expect him to settle down and stay at home ({{cot|24}}). In turn, Erith thinks that Loial is handsome and very brave ({{tgh|36}}; {{loc|20}}) and refers to him as &quot;my Loial&quot; ({{loc|20}}; {{ch6|21}}). She tells him that he is her Hero, but that if he gets himself killed, she will be very angry ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> Loial considers Dobraine to be a friend. He looks as much angry as saddened when he hears the false rumor that Dobraine has been murdered ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> Lan thinks that Loial is a good man ({{teotw|53}}).<br /> <br /> Loial is very respectful of Moiraine ({{teotw|42}}). In turn, Moiraine uses Loial's knowledge to help her in her quest ({{teotw|43}}; {{tdr|50}}).<br /> <br /> Cadsuane makes Loial nervous with how she is always pinching at Rand; he fears that it will make Rand explode ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> In general, Loial is very wary and diffident around Aes Sedai, but Perrin thinks to himself that he does not seem to mind if there are fifty of them around him ({{tdr|6}}; {{loc|50}}). He holds a deep but uneasy respect for them; even though he is almost twice as tall as most Aes Sedai, he sometimes behaves as if one might step on him if he gets in her way ({{acos|2}}).<br /> <br /> ==Timeline==<br /> <br /> ===Books 1 - 3===<br /> <br /> *Loial meets Rand in [[Basel Gill|Master Gill]]'s library. He has been in [[Caemlyn]] for four days and hasn't been able to put his nose out of Master Gill's inn because of people thinking that he is a Trolloc. At first, Rand is frightened and thinks the same, but he soon realizes that Loial is an Ogier. They talk for quite some time of how Loial came to be in Caemlyn and about the history of the Ogier. Loial laments how much has changed in the human world from the history that he has read about. When Loial asks Rand what he is doing in Caemlyn, Rand finds that he cannot lie to the Ogier, and tells him everything that has happened since the Trollocs attacked [[Emond's Field]]. After hearing the story, Loial informs Rand that he is ''ta'veren''. He also tells Rand that he wishes to travel with him. Rand tries to argue, but Loial says that he wishes to see the grove at [[Tar Valon]], and that he also wishes to witness the Pattern shaping around someone who is ''ta'veren''. Rand still doesn't think it's a good idea because of the danger and says so, but he agrees to come play stones and talk with him sometimes ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is in the library playing stones with Master Gill when Rand returns from his incident at the Royal Palace. Rand tells them about meeting [[Morgase]] and [[Elaida]], and Master Gill tells Rand that he will have to leave if Elaida is going to start searching for him. Loial once again tells Rand that he wishes to travel with him. Rand finally agrees ({{teotw|41}}) <br /> <br /> *Loial meets [[Egwene]], [[Nynaeve]] and Perrin, all of whom are quite surprised to see him, and Rand introduces them. They all sit down to wait for [[Moiraine]]. Perrin asks Loial about the ''stedding'', and Loial is quite happy to talk about the ''stedding'' and retell the story of how he came to be in Caemlyn. Moiraine appears with [[Mat]], whom she has just Healed, and [[Lan]]. Mat stares at Loial as if seeing him for the first time, even though he has met him before and had referred to him as a Trolloc. Rand informs Moiraine that Loial is going to accompany them, and she agrees ({{teotw|39}}; {{ch1|42}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial asks Moiraine if she can answer a question for him, and she agrees. He tells her a story about a man who came to Stedding Shangtai about twenty years ago and who claimed that [[the Dark One]] meant to blind the [[Eye of the World]] and slay the Great Serpent, which would kill time itself. Loial wants to know if that is even possible. When Perrin and Egwene hear this, they add that they heard a similar story from the Tuatha'an, about a dying Aiel woman who claimed the same thing, that the Dark One meant to blind the Eye of the World. Moiraine decides that they need to leave Caemlyn right away and go to [[the Blight]] to see the [[Green Man]], to tell him of the threat to the Eye of the World. However, it will still take them a good two weeks to ride to the Blight, unless they use [[the Ways]]. Moiraine asks if Loial can take them through the Ways, and Loial is aghast. He tells Moiraine that they will all die, or be swallowed by the Shadow, if they enter the Ways. When Rand questions him about it, Loial tells the story of how the Ways were created and how they have deteriorated. After all of the others decide that they will go to the Blight to warn the Green Man, Loial finally gives in and agrees to guide them through the Ways ({{teotw|42}}; {{ch1|43}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Moiraine plans their journey, with Loial advising her concerning the Ways ({{teotw|43}}). <br /> <br /> *As the group prepares to leave early the next morning, Loial is waiting anxiously. He leads the others through Caemlyn towards the Caemlyn Waygate, which he is somehow able to sense. The Waygate is located in the cellar of a shop. Moiraine leads them to it through a cellar door. Loial becomes angry, because once, trees stood in this spot but were cut down to make way for buildings ({{teotw|44}}). <br /> <br /> *They enter the Ways, and Loial begins to lead them towards the [[Fal Dara]] Waygate. They travel past midday. Eventually, they reach a part of the Ways where one of the bridges is broken and they have to backtrack to take another bridge ({{teotw|44}}; {{ch1|45}}). <br /> <br /> *They spend the night in the Ways and then travel on in the morning ({{teotw|45}}). <br /> <br /> *When ''Machin Shin'' begins to chase the group, Loial frantically leads the others along the bridges towards the Fal Dara Waygate. When they reach the Waygate and Moiraine realizes that the key has been taken, Loial gives a mournful cry. Moiraine burns a hole through the Waygate and they exit as quickly as they can ({{teotw|45}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and the others ride towards Fal Dara. Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Nynaeve ride clustered behind Moiraine and Lan. Loial is looking forward to meeting the Green Man ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *When they ride into Fal Dara, people shout out to Loial, &quot;''Kiserai ti Wansho''!&quot;, which means &quot;Glory to the Builders!&quot; When they reach the fortress in the middle of the town, [[Ingtar]] repeats this and bows, and Loial replies, &quot;I am unworthy, and the work small. ''Tsingu ma choba''&quot;. [[Agelmar]] greets Loial in the same fashion as Ingtar when the group meets him ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *Agelmar and his guests talk through and after dinner. Agelmar comments to Loial that he seems troubled, and says that he hopes Loial is not beset by the Longing. Loial replies that he has not been gone long enough for the Longing to begin, but that he had hoped that the grove that once existed at Fal Dara would still be there ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is present when [[Padan Fain]] is brought into the Fal Dara keep and Moiraine goes off to interrogate him. While Loial and the Two Rivers folk wait for Moiraine to return, Loial looks unconcerned, even though Rand, Mat and Perrin are obviously worried. He listens intently, along with everyone else, when Moiraine returns and tells them what she has learned from Padan Fain ({{teotw|46}}; {{ch1|47}}). <br /> <br /> *The next day, Loial rides with the others towards the Blightborder, accompanied by Ingtar and a hundred men in case they run into a Trolloc raid. At the border, Ingtar and his men leave them, and they travel into the Blight alone. Loial is uncomfortable in the heat of the Blight, as his home, Stedding Shangtai, is located in the cool mountains. As they continue to ride onwards, Loial is disgusted by the desecration of the land ({{teotw|48}}). <br /> <br /> *They camp that night near the Seven Towers of [[Malkier]]. Loial pulls out a book. He is the first to go to sleep that night ({{teotw|48}}). <br /> <br /> *In the morning, they continue on towards the Mountains of Dhoom. They are attacked by the trees and by [[Jumara|Worms]], but manage to repel the attacks. When Lan says that the Worms will not follow them into the mountains because they are afraid of what lives in the high passes, Loial moans aloud, knowing that there's worse to come ({{teotw|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Just as Loial and the others are about to be attacked by more Worms, the land around them changes into the Green Man's garden. The Green Man calls Loial &quot;little brother&quot;, and says that they will sing the Treesongs together, remember the Great Trees and the ''stedding'', and keep the Longing at bay ({{teotw|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Loial, Moiraine, Lan, Egwene, Nynaeve, Rand, Perrin and Mat see the Eye of the World for the first time, Loial wonders aloud about why it was made ({{teotw|50}}). <br /> <br /> *When Moiraine yells at Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Loial to run from [[Aginor]], Rand sees Loial running into the trees ({{teotw|50}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand has returned from fighting [[Ba'alzamon]], Nynaeve tells him that Mat, Perrin and Loial all wanted to look for him when he disappeared, but Moiraine told them that Rand mustn't be disturbed ({{teotw|52}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial goes into the cavern of the Eye of the World with Lan, Mat and Perrin while they wait for Rand to return. There, they find the [[Horn of Valere]], the Dragon Banner, and a broken seal from the Dark One's prison. When they join Moiraine, Nynaeve, Egwene and Rand outside again, Loial is carrying the large golden chest that houses the Horn of Valere. Loial asks Rand what happened to him and why he was gone for so long, and Rand lies, saying that he ran until he fell down a hill, hit his head on a rock and fell unconscious ({{teotw|52}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial reads aloud the inscription on the Horn of Valere: &quot;''Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin''&quot;, &quot;The grave is no bar to my call&quot;. He then helps Lan unroll the Dragon Banner; when Moiraine tells them what it is, he almost drops his end ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is disturbed by the death of the Green Man. Early the next morning before the group leaves the Green Man's garden for the return journey to Fal Dara, Loial sings to the oak tree that marks the Green Man's grave. By the time he is done, the sun is well over the horizon. He says that he has never sung so hard in his life ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel for the rest of the day, camp that night and travel again the next day. When they reach the Fal Dara keep in the late afternoon, Ingtar welcomes them all back ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Upon their return, Moiraine tells Ingtar to bring them all to Lord Agelmar, Loial carrying the golden chest of the Horn of Valere with him. There, they hear about the battle at Tarwin's Gap and show Agelmar the Horn of Valere ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand is trying to avoid meeting the [[Amyrlin Seat]] in Fal Dara, he runs into Loial watching a group of men playing dice. When he sees Rand, Loial tells him that the men will not let him play with them; they just say &quot;Glory to the Builders&quot; and refuse to bet against him. Loial doesn't think it's fair. Rand suddenly remembers that the Ogier built Fal Dara, and asks Loial if he knows any way out aside from through the gates. Loial replies that the Ogier built Mafal Dadaranel, the city that once stood where Fal Dara now stands, but not Fal Dara. Rand seems desperate to find a way out of the city, and Loial, worried that Rand is sick, calls for Mat and Perrin. Rand, afraid of Mat, Perrin and Loial learning that he is the Dragon Reborn and afraid of hurting his friends if they accompany him out of Fal Dara, is very harsh with them all. Mat, upset at the way Rand is acting, yells at Loial when he begins to talk about ''ta'veren''. When Mat and Perrin leave Rand, Rand yells at Loial to go after them, that he is no use to him if he doesn't know a way out of Fal Dara. At first, Loial's eyes look hurt, but the hurt quickly turns to anger ({{tgh|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Mat, Perrin and Loial tell Egwene what Rand said to them. Egwene tells Rand that she knows what he is trying to do, and that it is foolish ({{tgh|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is to accompany Rand, Mat, Perrin and the [[Shienar]]an soldiers on their hunt for the stolen Horn of Valere. Rand sees that Loial's saddlebags are full of books for the trip. Loial stops his horse a little ways away from Rand and looks at him uncertainly. Rand apologizes to him, Mat and Perrin for what he said, but Loial is the only one of the three to forgive him ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *Before the hunters for the Horn of Valere leave, [[Siuan]] says farewell to Ingtar, and to Loial, saying &quot;Glory to the Builders, Loial Kiseran (Builder)&quot; ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial rides at the head of the column of hunters with Ingtar, Mat and Perrin ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, they camp in the forest. Loial eats with Ingtar, Rand, Mat and Perrin ({{tgh|10}}). <br /> <br /> *The next day, they travel on, but find nothing, and it same for the following days as well. Eventually, they reach the River Erinin ({{tgh|10}}). <br /> <br /> *On the night when Mat and Perrin find out that Rand is the Dragon Reborn, Loial sleeps next to Rand and [[Hurin]] near a [[Portal Stone]] ({{tgh|11}}). <br /> <br /> *During the night, Loial, Rand and Hurin are transported by the Portal Stone into a mirror world of their own. Rand, seeing that everyone else is gone, awakens Loial and Hurin. Loial thinks he knows what has happened; he remembers reading a few pages of an old book, and one of the pages had a drawing of a Portal Stone. He thinks that the Stone can be used to travel to other worlds that might have been. Loial is confused when Rand tries to use the Portal Stone to take them back to their world, since the Aes Sedai in the Age of Legends used the One Power on the Portal Stones, and Loial still doesn't know who Rand is ({{tgh|13}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand and Hurin begin to follow the trail of the Darkfriends, which Hurin can still smell, although it is much fainter. Rand finds that things look normal in the mirror world except when you turn your head, and then things that appear distant from the corner of your eye rush towards you. Like Rand, Loial seems disoriented by this ({{tgh|13}}). <br /> <br /> *They continue to travel throughout the day. Loial rides slumped in his saddle, muttering to himself. After half the morning has passed, Loial leaves his saddle and moves towards a stand of trees. He places his hands on the trunk of one of the trees and begins to sing. Singing, he creates a long quarterstaff. He tells Rand and Hurin that this place makes him feel he needs a weapon. They travel on ({{tgh|15}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop to eat as the sun touches the horizon and set up camp for the night. Loial and Hurin sleep while Rand takes the first watch ({{tgh|15}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they ride on. Loial seems concerned about Rand's hand, onto which a heron was branded the night before, when Ba'alzamon visited Rand while Loial and Hurin slept. As they ride, Loial is once again lost in his own thoughts. After an hour of riding, they see a spire in the distance; Loial doesn't know what it is, but Hurin thinks that it might be a monument to [[Artur Hawkwing]] that he has heard about, which makes no sense because it was torn down a thousand years ago, and it was supposed to be three or four days away from where they were ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *When they reach the spire, they find that it is not Artur Hawkwing's monument. There is a raven carved into the top, and some symbols of the Trollocs. Rand is confused, since Ingtar told them that Artur Hawkwing won a victory over the Trollocs in this spot. Loial thinks that, since this is a different world, perhaps they are seeing a world that could have happened, but didn't. Loial also figures out that time moves differently in this world; they can see Kinslayer's Dagger off in the distance, but it is supposed to lie more than a hundred leagues south of the River Erinin ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *Suddenly, Loial, Rand and Hurin hear a woman scream to the south of them. They ride towards the sound, and see a woman being attacked by a huge creature (a ''grolm'', they are later told). Rand kills the creature, and they meet the woman, Selene ([[Lanfear]] in disguise) ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *They ride on, now in the company of Selene. Selene speaks with Rand for some time, and then drops back to ride next to Loial. Loial becomes very wrapped up in whatever he is talking about with Selene. After a while, Loial goes to ride with Rand, and tells Rand what Selene has told him about Portal Stones ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *The group continues to ride, getting closer to the Portal Stone that Selene says brought her into this world. Before they reach it, they see a pack of ''grolm'' chasing after them. Rand manages to kill all of the ''grolm'', but there are more approaching and they hurry towards the Portal Stone. Loial throws aside his quarterstaff, as it is only slowing him down and will be of no use against the ''grolm'' ({{tgh|16}}; {{ch2|17}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand uses the Portal Stone to return them all to their own world, at the edge of Kinslayer's Dagger, Loial looks stunned. They figure out that they are ahead of Fain and his Trollocs, who have the Horn of Valere and Mat's ruby dagger. They decide to wait and see if they can catch Fain ({{tgh|17}}). <br /> <br /> *They wait for days, but find nothing until one night, Hurin sees a fire down in the hills. The fire is quite small and hidden, but it is hidden only from those following the makers, not from those ahead. Rand realizes that it must be Fain, and decides to go check it out, telling Loial and Hurin to stay and guard Selene. Selene replies that she can take care of herself, and that Rand should take Loial with him ({{tgh|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand and Loial make it to Fain's camp and sneak in. Rand takes the dagger and Loial takes the Horn, which is still in its chest. Fain wakes up just as they are leaving, and Rand and Loial are attacked by Trollocs. Rand tells Loial to run and kills the Trollocs. Loial fastens the chest onto his horse, and runs beside it back to Selene and Hurin. They get ready to ride to [[Cairhien (City)|Cairhien]] ({{tgh|19}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel towards Cairhien through the night, stopping only to let the horses rest at dawn, as well as Loial, since he is running while his horse carries the chest containing the Horn of Valere. They travel through the next day, as well ({{tgh|20}}). <br /> <br /> *Eventually, they reach the village of [[Tremonsien]] and stop at an inn named the Nine Rings for the night. They eat dinner and then go to the rooms that the innkeeper has given them, Selene in one and Loial, Rand and Hurin in another. Loial carries the chest of the Horn of Valere up to their room ({{tgh|20}}; {{ch2|21}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they find that Selene has left them and intends to meet them again in the city of Cairhien. Loial, Rand and Hurin set off for Cairhien, with Loial once again running beside his horse and the Horn of Valere ({{tgh|21}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the city of Cairhien. They decide to stay at an inn named The Defender of the Dragonwall. They go to their rooms, Rand in one and Loial and Hurin in another through a connecting door. Rand decides to go out to the Foregate and Hurin wants to go down to the common room for a drink. Loial stays in his room to guard the Horn of Valere, not wanting to run into any Ogier, in case they have had word from Stedding Shangtai about a runaway ({{tgh|25}}). <br /> <br /> *After Rand learns that [[Thom]] is in Cairhien, he takes Loial to meet him while Hurin watches the Horn of Valere. They go to an inn named the Bunch of Grapes, where Thom is staying. They wait for Thom in his and [[Dena]]'s room, and when Thom finally shows up, Rand introduces Loial to him. Rand and Loial tell Thom about the Horn of Valere. Rand tries to talk Thom into helping them, but he refuses. Rand asks Loial if he can talk to Thom alone, and Loial leaves the room and goes to play dice in the common room while he waits for Rand. He wins most of the games, until Dena joins, and then she wins all of Loial's winnings right back ({{tgh|26}}; {{ch2|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and Rand begin to make their way back to The Defender of the Dragonwall. Along the way, they are attacked by a Trolloc who is disguised as a puppet being led by five men with poles, but Rand kills it. They are about to hurry back to the inn, knowing that Hurin is alone, when another Trolloc attacks Rand from behind. Loial tears the Trolloc away from Rand. Loial manages to kill it, and then confides to Rand that he has never killed before. They can see another Trolloc coming towards them, but it hasn't spotted them yet. They continue back towards their inn, but there are many other Trollocs in the streets. Everywhere they turn, there seems to be another one, and they cannot get back to the inn. Rand sees a large manor on a hill about a mile away and thinks that it can withstand Trollocs and might shelter them, but Loial tells him that it is an Illuminator Chapter House and would probably not let the King of Cairhien himself within. Selene shows up again. Rand decides that, in order to escape the Trollocs, they will have to sneak into the Illuminators chapter house ({{tgh|27}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the wall that surrounds the chapter house. Loial can see Trollocs running towards them in the distance. They find a door in the wall and go through it. Loial tells Rand that Illuminators kill intruders, so they are faced with danger on both sides. As they are sneaking between two racks of fireworks, Loial accidentally brushes up against one of the racks and sets off a firework. Luckily, they are not caught, but shortly after, Loial sees that some of the Trollocs have also managed to sneak into the chapter house. They eventually manage to get out, with Rand setting off some more fireworks, killing the Trollocs. Selene has disappeared again, so Loial and Rand go back to their inn alone ({{tgh|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand, anxious about the decision he has to make between seemingly aligning himself with either [[Barthanes]] or [[Galldrian]], goes out to check at the guardhouse whether Ingtar has entered the city yet; Loial goes with him. On the way, they speak of leaving Cairhien, but know that if they do, they will be easy prey for the Trollocs. Upon reaching the guardhouse, they learn that Ingtar has not entered the city ({{tgh|30}}). <br /> <br /> *As Loial and Rand walk back to their inn, they see a fire up ahead, and, running towards the inn, find that The Defender of the Dragonwall has been set on fire. They hurry up towards their room, even though people try to stop them. Rand wants Loial to stay behind, but Loial insists that Rand cannot carry Hurin and the chest outside, and he also doesn't want his books to burn. When they reach the room that Loial and Hurin shared, it is to find that Hurin is sprawled on the floor and that the Horn of Valere is gone. They manage to get Hurin out, though Loial has to let his books burn. When they get outside, it is to find that Ingtar has finally found them ({{tgh|30}}). <br /> <br /> *Now reunited with Ingtar, Mat, Perrin and [[Verin]], Loial goes to get his, Rand and Hurin's horses, and they ride towards the Foregate, where the newcomers are staying at an inn named The Great Tree ({{tgh|31}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Loial is reading in the private dining room that Verin has procured. When Rand tells the others how he, Loial and Hurin got so far ahead of them, Loial pretends to be still reading, but it is obvious that he is listening. After they eat dinner, Loial returns to his reading. When Hurin returns from trying to find the trail of the Trollocs, he informs the group that they are hiding in Barthanes' manor. It is decided that they will use Rand's invitation from Barthanes' to get into the manor and steal back the Horn and the dagger ({{tgh|31}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand, Mat, Hurin, Verin, Ingtar, [[Uno]] and ten Shienaran escorts go to Lord Barthanes' manor. After having met Barthanes, Loial tells Rand that he can feel a Waygate nearby. When Loial leaves Rand to circulate about the room, he gathers a circle of lords and ladies before he takes ten steps. The pester him with questions as to whether the Ogier are coming back to Cairhien, and he is very glad to get away when Hurin picks up the trail of the Trollocs ({{tgh|32}}; {{ch2|33}}). <br /> <br /> *When Hurin informs Rand that he has found the trail, which leads into the garden, Rand and Hurin meet up with Mat and Loial. Hurin takes them to the garden. When they reach a walled enclosure within the garden, Loial informs them that the Waygate is within. Loial boosts Rand up over the wall. Hurin and Loial join him. When Rand opens the Waygate, they find ''Machin Shin'' waiting for them. Loial manages to put the ''Avendesora'' leaf back and seal the Waygate closed. Loial lifts Rand and Hurin back over the wall, and then joins them on the other side ({{tgh|33}}). <br /> <br /> *They all return to their inn and discuss what they are going to do. Before they left, Barthanes gave a message to Rand, saying that Fain is waiting for him on [[Toman Head]]. Rand intends to ride there, and Loial says that he will go with him. It is decided that they will all go to Stedding Tsofu in the morning to use the Waygate there ({{tgh|33}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they ride to Stedding Tsofu. Loial is reluctant to go, since he is afraid that he will be sent back to Stedding Shangtai. When they reach their destination, Loial comments that it feels good to be back inside a ''stedding''. Soon after entering the ''stedding'', they meet a young Ogier woman named Erith who leads Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar and Hurin deeper within the ''stedding'' while the rest of the Shienarans wait outside ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *They learn that there are also three Aiel Maidens visiting the ''stedding''; they veil at the sight of the armed men in the ''stedding'', and almost get into a fight with Rand, Ingtar, Hurin and Perrin. Loial, Erith and Verin frantically try to get them all to put away their weapons. Eventually, an Ogier man breaks it up and takes Verin with him to see the Ogier Elders ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *Erith takes Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Hurin and Ingtar away to wait until the Elders have spoken with Verin. A dozen Ogier girls check up on them, bringing them food and making sure that the humans are comfortable. Before each of them leaves, she turns her attention to Loial, who answers respectfully but in very few words. When they have left, he huddles in his chair with a book. When asked about what is wrong, Loial tells his friends about the marriage customs among the Ogier: if a girl sees a boy she likes, or if a woman sees a boy that might be a good husband for her daughter, and the mother and daughter agree on a marriage, the girl's mother goes to the boy's mother and the marriage is arranged, with the male having no say in the matter. If the Elders discover that Loial is outside the ''stedding'' without permission, they will likely decide that he needs a wife to settle him down ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *[[Juin]], the Ogier man who took Verin away, comes to tell the others that the Elders would like to see them now. Loial grows more and more anxious as they are led towards the Elders. Rand suggests that he wait for them outside, saying that the Elders likely only want to speak to the humans, and Loial agrees, in relief, that he will wait for them and read. When the Elders bring up Loial's name during their meeting with the humans, Rand hurriedly says that they need Loial to go with them, and Perrin and Mat quickly agree. Verin also agrees that they will need Loial to guide them along the Ways. It is agreed that Loial can accompany them, if they take care of him and return him to Stedding Shangtai when they are done ({{tgh|35}}; {{ch2|36}}).<br /> <br /> *While Loial waits for Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar and Hurin, Erith speaks with him and gives him flowers. She listens very intently when he talks about [[Serden]] son of Kolom son of Radlin's theory of the Ways ({{tgh|36}}; {{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin and Ingtar join Loial again, they are taken to the Waygate by Alar, the Eldest among the Ogier Elders of Stedding Tsofu. Once again, they find ''Machin Shin'' waiting. Loial seems relieved that they cannot use the Waygate, but ashamed at being relieved. Hurin suggests that they use a Portal Stone, and Alar tells them that there is a Portal Stone nearby ({{tgh|36}}). <br /> <br /> *Alar escorts them all to the Portal Stone. When Rand transports them to Toman Head, something goes wrong, and each person with him sees hundreds of possibilities of what their lives might have been, many of them horrible. When they finally reach Toman Head, Rand sees Loial sitting sprawled on the ground, wide-eyed and stunned. By the look of the trees, they have lost four months in the transportation ({{tgh|37}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar, Hurin and the Shienaran soldiers ride west, away from the Portal Stone ({{tgh|37}}). <br /> <br /> *Three days after arriving on Toman Head, the group is riding towards [[Falme]] in the rain. Loial continually checks on the books in his saddlebags ({{tgh|41}}). <br /> <br /> *They spend the night at an inn in a deserted village that was attacked by the [[Seanchan]]. They discuss what they are going to do. Ingtar wants to have Hurin search around for a trail, while Rand wants to go straight to Falme. Loial tells Rand that he will go wherever Rand goes, but that he still thinks they should wait a few days before going to Falme ({{tgh|41}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is in a camp with Rand, Verin, Ingtar and the Shienaran soldiers while Perrin, Mat and Hurin are out searching for Fain's trail. Loial is reading. When Perrin, Mat and Hurin come back with news that Hurin has found the trail, it is decided that five people will go to Falme to recover the Horn and dagger, in accordance with the ''Karaethon Cycle'' (&quot;five will ride forth&quot;). Ingtar and Hurin will go, along with Mat and Rand. Perrin also volunteers, with Loial volunteering just a second behind; Verin decides that, because Perrin spoke first, he will go. Loial argues that if the Horn is still in the chest, he can carry it, but Verin says that he would attract too much attention ({{tgh|44}}). <br /> <br /> *After the Horn and dagger have been recovered and Rand has battled Ba'alzamon for the second time, Loial, Rand, [[Min]], Moiraine, Lan and the Shienaran soldiers travel away from Falme. When Rand awakens five days east of Falme, he sees Loial reading a book named &quot;To Sail Beyond the Sunset&quot;. When Rand tells Loial that he is glad he stayed, Loial replies that even though Rand is obviously more ''ta'veren'' than Loial knew, Rand is still his friend ({{tgh|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial stays the winter in the Mountains of Mist with Perrin, Rand, Moiraine, Lan, Min and the Shienaran soldiers ({{tdr|1}}). <br /> <br /> *When Perrin brings [[Leya]], a Tuatha'an woman, back to the camp to speak with Moiraine, he sees Loial reading a book. When Loial hears Perrin and Min talking about the Tuatha'an, he joins them. Min tells Loial about Leya's arrival in the camp. When Min complains about ''ta'veren'', Loial goes off on a spiel about how ''ta'veren'' works, and then confesses that he is thinking of writing a book on Rand, Mat and Perrin ({{tdr|1}}). <br /> <br /> *After Rand accidentally causes the earth to shake using ''saidin'', Perrin sees Loial helping the Shienarans rebuild a collapsed hut. Loial, Uno and Lan join Perrin, Min and Moiraine, and Moiraine tells them the news that Leya has brought her: there is much fighting on [[Almoth Plain]], and the [[Whitecloaks]] have five thousand men on Almoth Plain. However, all of the Dragonsworn on Almoth Plain have not been destroyed; the Whitecloaks are avoiding all groups of fifty or more together. Loial suggests that perhaps Rand can go speak to the Dragonsworn as he wishes, but Lan thinks that it is a Whitecloak plot ({{tdr|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Trollocs attack the camp. Loial participates in the battle, using a quarterstaff the size of a fence rail as his weapon ({{tdr|5}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Loial goes to see Rand. Rand asks him for pen, paper and ink. Unbeknown to Loial, Rand uses them to write a farewell note before he sneaks out of the camp ({{tdr|6}}). <br /> <br /> *Early the next morning, when it is discovered that Rand has left the camp, Perrin, Loial and Min meet with Moiraine and Lan. They talk about why Rand has left, with Loial trying to calm Perrin down when he demands answers of Moiraine. They talk about the dream that Perrin has had about ''Callandor'', and Moiraine realizes that Rand must be heading to the [[Stone of Tear]]. While they wait for Lan to question the Shienarans outside about whether they have had the same dream, Loial pulls out a book. When Lan returns with the information that half the Shienarans remember dreaming the same thing, Moiraine decides that she, Lan, Perrin and Loial will follow Rand to Tear. They will leave before midday ({{tdr|6}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan travel through the Mountains of Mist for many days. Sometimes at night, Perrin and Loial catch fish for dinner. Moiraine seems to be manipulating the two of them into doing the chores and little tasks that she asks of them, and Perrin thinks that she is trying to get them into the habit of doing whatever she says ({{tdr|7}}). <br /> <br /> *Eventually they leave the Mountains of Mist behind and reach the forested foothills of [[Ghealdan]]. Soon they are noticing farms and other signs of civilization ({{tdr|7}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the village of [[Jarra]]. They pay for a meal and rooms at the inn, [[Harilin's Leap]]. Loial's appearance causes quite a stir. They learn that quite a few odd things have been happening (many weddings, strange behavior from Whitecloaks) in Jarra. [[Simion]], a man who works at the inn, wants to know if Moiraine will help his brother, [[Noam]], who is ill. Perrin replies that he will ask her, and suggests that Loial keep Simion company while he does so. When Perrin leaves the two of them, he hears Loial asking Simion what he knows about trees. When Perrin and Moiraine go looking for them, they find them in Loial's room. Loial is telling Simion about the ''stedding'', while Simion looks at Loial in wonder ({{tdr|7}}; {{ch3|8}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel on from Jarra towards Tear. Moiraine has been pushing them hard, and Loial has had to give up reading as he rides, after having found himself a mile behind everyone due to his immersion in a book. They stop at many villages and towns, including Sidon, Willar, Samaha, Tallan and Fyall ({{tdr|33}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop in the town of [[Remen]], which Lan comments has seen an eventful day or two. This time, instead of people being frightened by Loial's appearance, he hears awed whispers of &quot;Ogier&quot; and looks quite pleased about it. Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan see that there is a man dressed in grays and browns (an Aielman) in a cage in the town square. There are children throwing stones at him, which makes Loial angry. They go to the inn, the Wayland's Forge. There, they learn that there are Hunters of the Horn staying at the inn as well. They are shown to their rooms ({{tdr|33}}; {{ch3|34}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial joins Perrin in his room at the [[Wayland's Forge]]. He is very excited to have found an Ogier-sized bed made of sung wood in his room. After exclaiming about it, Loial goes down to supper ({{tdr|34}}). <br /> <br /> *After Perrin sets the Aielman, [[Gaul]], free and they kill a group of Whitecloaks that attacks them, Perrin and Lan hurry to inform Moiraine and Loial that they must leave immediately. Perrin finds Loial in his room, writing notes for his book. Perrin tells him to meet the others at the stable as quickly as he can and not to let anyone see him. As they sneak out of Remen, Loial comments to Perrin that it is just like old times, &quot;sneaking away in the night, with enemies behind us, and maybe enemies ahead, and danger in the air, and the cold tang of adventure&quot; ({{tdr|35}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan board a ship named the ''[[Snow Goose]]'', which is headed for [[Illian (City)|Illian]]. [[Faile]] is also on this ship. As Perrin looks for his room, he finds Loial scribbling notes down for his book. Loial wants to discuss the past day with Perrin, but Perrin is too tired ({{tdr|35}}; {{ch3|36}}). <br /> <br /> *During the journey to Illian, Loial stays in his room whenever Moiraine and Faile are on deck together because of the tension between them ({{tdr|41}}). <br /> <br /> *The ship reaches Illian. Loial is the last to get off the ship, not having realized that they had arrived as he was in his room rereading his notes ({{tdr|41}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Faile, Moiraine and Lan ride through Illian. Loial is fearful of running into other Ogier. Perrin comforts him by saying that Moiraine would not let the Ogier take him away. Still, Loial seems uncomfortable in the city. He thinks that something is wrong, and Perrin and Moiraine agree ({{tdr|42}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop at an inn in Illian named [[Easing the Badger]]. They eat dinner, after which Loial begins to read. Six [[Gray Men]] attack the group, and almost go unnoticed; when Perrin suddenly yells out, Loial snatches up his chair like a club and then embarrassedly sets it down once the Gray Men are dead ({{tdr|42}}). <br /> <br /> *When Lan goes outside to look around he asks for Perrin and Loial's help, saying that they might see something that he misses. After Lan finds [[Darkhounds|Darkhound]] tracks, he tells Loial, Perrin and Faile to go back inside and get some sleep, as they will likely not be spending the entire night in Illian and have hard riding ahead of them. The three of them separate inside the inn, Loial saying that at least dreams will be better than lying awake ({{tdr|43}}). <br /> <br /> *When Moiraine returns and tells the others that [[Sammael]] is in Illian, they hurry to get ready to leave. Perrin meets Loial on the way down the stairs, trying to stuff a wood-bound book into his saddlebags while putting his cloak on. They all get their horses and begin to ride out of Illian. They hear Darkhounds chasing them in the distance, and Loial wonders aloud why he ever left the ''stedding'' ({{tdr|44}}). <br /> <br /> *They find a good place to stand and fight the Darkhounds. Lan tells Loial and Faile to hold the horses and make sure they do not get away. Moiraine balefires the Darkhounds and they ride on ({{tdr|44}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Faile, Moiraine and Lan arrive in the city of Tear. They stay at an inn named the Star. Moiraine and Lan leave to scout out Tear, and Perrin goes to his room, leaving Loial and Faile alone ({{tdr|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Moiraine tells Loial, Perrin and Faile that [[Be'lal]] is in Tear. Loial once again bemoans the fact that he ever left the ''stedding'', and Moiraine tells him that he can leave and go back to Stedding Shangtai if he wishes. Loial ends up deciding to stay, as he has many more notes to take for his book and he doesn't want to leave Perrin and Rand. She later asks Loial what he knows of Be'lal. Loial tells what he knows, which is not much, but Moiraine says that it is still helpful and thanks him. Moiraine and Lan decide that they will be the only ones to go into the Stone of Tear to fight Be'lal, while Loial, Perrin and Faile will stay behind ({{tdr|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Moiraine tells Perrin and Faile that they and Loial are to go to Tar Valon until everything in Tear is over so that they will be safe, but they never get the chance to leave ({{tdr|53}}). <br /> <br /> *When Faile is trapped in ''Tel'aran'rhiod'' by the hedgehog ''ter'angreal'' and Perrin goes after her, Perrin asks Loial to guard their bodies. Loial replies that no one will pass him while he lives ({{tdr|53}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 4 - 6===<br /> <br /> *After everything is over in the Stone, Loial runs into an Ogier in Tear who is from his ''stedding'', and he has no doubt that [[Laefar]] will tell his mother where he is ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *While the Stone of Tear is attacked by Trollocs and [[Myrddraal]], Loial gathers as many children as he can, as well as some of their mothers, into a large room and holds the door against the Shadowspawn throughout the entire battle. He is hurt, receiving a hit to the head and a heavy limp to his walk. After the battle, women from the Stone send him all sorts of flowers for his courage and faithfulness ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *After hearing a rumor about Whitecloaks in the Two Rivers, Perrin decides that he will travel back to the Two Rivers using the Ways. Knowing that Loial wishes to be out of Tear in case his mother knows where he is, Perrin thinks that Loial will agree to guide him through the Ways ({{tsr|14}}). <br /> <br /> *Faile visits Loial and makes him promise to take her anywhere she wants, before anyone else, and that if anyone wants to accompany them, they must ask her, because she is angry that Perrin refuses to take her through the Ways to the Two Rivers with him ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, Perrin goes to Loial's rooms. Perrin learns that Loial has been up half the night writing notes for his book. He asks Loial to guide him through the Ways to the Two Rivers, but Faile reminds Loial of his promise. Loial is very upset when Faile refuses to relent and Perrin refuses to ask Faile if he can accompany her and Loial through the Ways. In the end, Perrin decides that he will follow Loial and Faile through the Ways. They will leave in two hours ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *Perrin and Gaul meet Loial, Faile, [[Bain]] and [[Chiad]] at the [[Dragonwall Gate (Tear)|Dragonwall Gate]]. Perrin notices that Loial's limp seems better. They ride through the streets of Tear and the surrounding landscape and eventually reach the Waygate and enter the Ways ({{tsr|18}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel through the Ways, with Perrin and Gaul trailing behind Loial, Faile, Bain and Chiad. When Faile gets angry at Perrin and slaps him, causing Perrin to seize her by the scruff of the neck, Loial tries to intervene, which makes Faile furious ({{tsr|27}}). <br /> <br /> *They finally reach the [[Manetheren]] Waygate. Just before they exit the Ways, they are attacked by Trollocs. Loial uses his pole-lantern as a weapon. He takes an injury to his thigh. They have a moment's respite, and then are attacked by a Fade. Gaul, Bain and Chiad attack it, and Perrin lands the killing blow with his hammer. They can hear more Trollocs in the distance. As Loial opens the Waygate, they suddenly hear ''Machin Shin'' in the distance. Loial insists on being last out of the Ways. He locks the Waygate, placing the key from inside, the ''Avendesora'' leaf, on the outside so that the Trollocs cannot follow them ({{tsr|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Faile tends everyone's wounds and they camp for the night. Faile insists on two camps once again, though Loial says that now he has taken Faile through the Ways, his oath to her is done with and they should camp as one. Perrin tells Loial to leave it alone, since Faile remains stubborn about it. Loial moves as if to join Perrin and Gaul's camp, but Perrin waves him back. Faile, Bain and Chiad talk into the night, but their talk obviously embarrasses Loial, as he sits as far from them as he can while still being in the light of their campfire and tries to bury himself in a book ({{tsr|27}}; {{ch4|28}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Gaul, Faile, Bain and Chiad travel for three days through the Westwood. Loial rides with Faile, Bain and Chiad at Perrin's request, though the situation seems to upset him ({{tsr|29}}). <br /> <br /> *Before entering Emond's Field, they camp the night near [[Tam]] and Rand's ruined farm. Early the next morning, Perrin and Gaul leave before Faile and Loial awaken, though one of the Aiel women, Perrin is not sure which, is on watch and sees them leave ({{tsr|29}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Faile, Bain and Chiad follow Perrin and Gaul to Emond's Field. While Faile, Bain and Chiad enter the common room of the Winespring Inn to speak with Perrin and [[Bran al'Vere|Master al'Vere]] and [[Marin al'Vere|Mistress al'Vere]], Loial waits in the kitchen. When Marin sees him later, she almost faints. When Perrin and Faile enter the kitchen, they see Loial drinking tea and eating, trying to put Marin at ease by complimenting her baking. Loial sympathizes with Perrin over the loss of his family, and offers to sing to the apple trees that they are buried beneath ({{tsr|29}}; {{ch4|30}}). <br /> <br /> *Perrin lays out his plans for rescuing the Cauthons and Luhhans and tells Loial that he understands if Loial wishes to leave, as he will not be able to write much of a book about the Dragon Reborn while in the Two Rivers. Loial replies that he thinks it is the same fight, and perhaps he will have a chapter in his book on Perrin ({{tsr|30}}). <br /> <br /> *When Marin takes Loial, Perrin, Gaul, Faile, Bain and Chiad out to hide in the old sickhouse, Loial wears his cloak with the hood up in an attempt to avoid having attention drawn to him. When they reach their hiding place, they learn that two Aes Sedai, Verin and [[Alanna]], are also hiding there with their Warders, [[Tomas]] and [[Ihvon]]. They all talk for some time about why Alanna and Verin are in the Two Rivers, and about the Trollocs. Tam and [[Abell]] appear, and are amazed at the sight of Loial ({{tsr|30}}; {{ch4|31}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial wants to accompany Perrin when he goes to scout out the Whitecloak camp, but Abell and Tam tell him that he will attract too much attention. Perrin pulls Loial aside and asks him to keep an eye on Alanna, who is also staying behind ({{tsr|32}}). <br /> <br /> *After returning from hunting Trollocs, Perrin learns that Loial, along with everyone else, including the Aes Sedai and the rescued prisoners, is now in Emond's Field at the Winespring Inn. Loial asks Faile to tell Perrin that Alanna vanished twice ({{tsr|40}}).<br /> <br /> *Having learned that the Waygate is open again, Perrin asks for Loial and learns that Loial is helping clear trees along the edges of the Westwood as a defense against the Trollocs. [[Dav Ayellin]] says that Loial acts as if he is cutting down his brother every time he cuts down a tree, but still clears three times as many as each of the men does. When Loial returns, Perrin tells him about the Waygate being unlocked. Loial wants to go up to the Waygate to remove both ''Avendesora'' leaves from it, which will cause the Waygate to die, but Perrin protests, knowing that there are Trollocs near there. When Perrin collapses due to his injury from fighting Trollocs, Loial carries him into the Winespring Inn. While Alanna pulls out the arrow so that she can Heal him, Loial holds Perrin's shoulders down ({{tsr|43}}).<br /> <br /> *When Perrin awakens after having been Healed, Faile tells him that Loial and Gaul have gone to take care of the Waygate ({{tsr|44}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial returns to Emond's Field in the night, carrying an injured Gaul. Loial tells Perrin that four days ago, they closed the Waygate, and that it will now take an Ogier Elder or an Aes Sedai to open it again. Loial had to carry Gaul most of the way from the Mountains of Mist, with a Myrddraal and fifty Trollocs chasing them the first three days before Loial outran them. Loial also brings the news that there are still several thousand Trollocs in the Two Rivers, and perhaps fifty Myrddraal ({{tsr|53}}).<br /> <br /> *Everyone goes back to the Winespring Inn to rest. Later that night, Perrin sees Loial in the kitchen frantically writing down notes. When Loial overhears Perrin asking Faile to go to Caemlyn for help against the Trollocs, really just wanting to get her somewhere safe, Loial asks Faile if she can take his notes with her to keep them safe ({{tsr|53}}).<br /> <br /> *When Perrin and Faile get married that same night, Loial and [[Aram]] stand for Perrin. According to custom, Loial threads a red ribbon through Faile's hair while Bain tucks one around Perrin's neck ({{tsr|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial stays to fight in the big battle against the Trollocs, even though Perrin had told him he could sneak out after Faile so that he could go to Caemlyn and safety. During the battle, he uses two wood axes as weapons and fights ferociously ({{tsr|56}}). <br /> <br /> *After the Trollocs are defeated, Perrin sees that Loial is still among the living, though his ears are drooping wearily ({{tsr|56}}).<br /> <br /> *Several months later, Loial is still in the Two Rivers with Perrin and Faile. Faile thinks to herself that it has only been a few months since the mothers in the Two Rivers were terrified for their children's safety when they would flock to Loial in wonder, but now, they send their children to Loial to read to them ({{Prol6}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial has been out of the ''stedding'' for more than five years now ({{loc|20}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial leaves the Two Rivers with Perrin and Faile to travel to Caemlyn ({{loc|45}}). <br /> <br /> *While Perrin and Faile go on to Caemlyn, Loial makes a detour to an abandoned ''stedding'' that Perrin knows of, north of the road from [[Whitebridge]], because he is feeling tired and has been gone from the ''stedding'' for too long. Before they part ways, he bets Perrin a gold crown that he will be in Caemlyn only ten days after Perrin and Faile ({{loc|45}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial arrives in Caemlyn less than ten days after Perrin, winning the bet. Loial learns that his mother, Erith and Elder Haman were in Caemlyn and realizes that his mother means to marry him to Erith. He becomes very distressed, claiming that he will be dragged back to the ''stedding'' and that he'll never be able to finish his book ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand tells Loial that he needs someone to find all the Waygates and talk to the Ogier Elders about guarding them. Perrin becomes angry, saying that Loial has just arrived and needs to rest, and Loial has to break up their arguing. Min arrives with the news that the [[Salidar Aes Sedai]] embassy is on their way to the palace to speak with Rand, and Rand leaves Loial, Perrin and Min in the courtyard in which they were talking. When Min later follows Rand against his request that she stay with Perrin and Loial, Loial protests but Min goes anyway ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand learns from Min that there are now thirteen Aes Sedai in Caemlyn, he decides that he is going to Cairhien and has Perrin, Faile and Loial sent for. When Rand reaches Perrin's rooms, he finds Perrin, Faile, Loial, Gaul, Bain and Chiad waiting for him. When he announces his intentions to Travel to Cairhien, Loial goes running off and returns with his belongings. Before they leave, Loial writes a letter to Erith and gives it to [[Reene Harfor|Mistress Harfor]] to deliver if she gets the chance ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *After Traveling to the Sun Palace in Cairhien, Rand collapses and Loial carries him to his rooms ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial spends the better part of every day in the Royal Library in the Sun Palace. On one day, in an attempt to avoid [[Berelain]], Perrin seeks Loial out; they breakfast together and then Perrin accompanies Loial to the Library ({{loc|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is playing stones with Faile when they and Perrin learn that Rand has disappeared, but they do not think anything of it since [[Nandera]] informs them that Rand often disappears for half a day ({{loc|51}}). <br /> <br /> *[[Dobraine]] enters the room while Loial and Faile are still playing stones and wishes to speak to Perrin privately, but Perrin replies that he will not send Loial and Faile away. They learn that Lord [[Maringil]] and High Lord [[Meilan]] have been murdered. Before they can speak too long about this, Berelain enters the room carrying Rand's sword, which he left behind when he disappeared, which is very unusual. With [[Sulin]]'s help, they realize that Rand has been kidnapped. Perrin announces that he will get Rand back even if he has to go after him alone, but Loial replies that Perrin will never have to go alone while he is there ({{loc|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Four days after Rand's capture, two hundred [[Mayene]]rs, five hundred of Dobraine's armsmen, five thousand Aielmen, a thousand Maidens and ninety-four Wise Ones set out to rescue Rand. Perrin and Loial are with them. Loial brings a long-handled axe that he found in the Sun Palace as his weapon. He leaves two letters with Faile, one for Erith and one for his mother, to be delivered if something happens to him ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *Every night after the day's travel, Perrin and Loial sit talking quietly, smoking their pipes. They speak of the Aes Sedai and of what might happen. Loial thinks that there are more than six Aes Sedai ahead of them, because it would have taken more to capture Rand. After they have spoken of the Aes Sedai, Loial wants to know what it is like to be married, and Perrin talks for a while about Faile ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *On their seventh day out of Cairhien, the army meets up with Perrin's Two Rivers' men, composed of three hundred archers, and the Salidar Aes Sedai embassy, containing nine Aes Sedai ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *On the tenth day, they catch up with Rand's captors. The battle begins; Loial fights alongside Perrin and Aram ({{loc|54}}; {{ch6|55}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and Perrin are among those who reach Rand before the [[Asha'man]] create a shield to keep the attackers out. Perrin is worried about their allies still without, and wants to slip out to let them know that Rand is okay and that they can retreat; Loial wants to go with him. Rand will not let them go, and has [[Taim]] attack the Shaido with his Asha'man instead ({{loc|55}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 7 - 9===<br /> <br /> *In the aftermath of the battle at [[Dumai's Wells]], Loial is uncomfortable about the Aes Sedai being held prisoner. He is also worried about the amount of tension that surrounds the warriors; he thinks that it will only take one spark to make the whole place erupt. As he, Perrin and Aram look around at all the graves, Perrin thinks he hears Loial whisper, &quot;Light, let me never see the like again&quot; ({{acos|1}}; {{ch7|2}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin and Aram ride towards the Aes Sedai and Perrin speaks with [[Kiruna]] while Loial and Aram look on. They see Rand coming towards them, and Loial wonders aloud whether Rand might tell him what went on inside the Aes Sedai camp for his book, since Loial didn't see much once the fighting began. Rand promises to tell Loial everything while it is still fresh in his memory, but only once they are back in Cairhien ({{acos|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Everyone rides through a gateway that takes them near to the city of Cairhien. Loial hopes that there won't be more fighting in the city. He tries to comfort Perrin, who is especially worried about Faile after learning that Bain and Chiad went to Dumai's Wells and did not stay behind to protect her ({{acos|3}}).<br /> <br /> *They ride from the gateway towards the city. Loial comforts Perrin about Faile's safety some more, and then mentions that Faile is not like Erith, as she can take care of herself; Loial can't wait to marry Erith and tend to her, and thinks he'd die if she changed her mind about marrying him. As soon as he says this, his mouth remains open and his eyes pop; he stammers that he never meant to say that, and that it's hardly safe to open your mouth with two ''ta'veren'' about ({{acos|4}}).<br /> <br /> *Rand leads a small delegation, including Loial, Perrin and Min, into the city of Cairhien. The enter the Sun Palace and make their way into the Grand Hall of the Sun. While Rand confronts [[Colavaere]], Loial is busy taking notes for his book ({{acos|4}}; {{ch7|5}}).<br /> <br /> *When Rand is done in the Grand Hall of the Sun, Loial follows him out, still trying to write down notes ({{acos|6}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial sets out to visit all of the ''stedding'', along with an Asha'man named [[Karldin]], to see about having the Waygates guarded. He asks Perrin if he and Faile will accompany him, but what Loial doesn't know is that Perrin has his own orders from Rand. Loial doesn't like that Rand is sending all of his friends away; Mat has already been sent away, and now him and Perrin, and next Min; apparently, when Loial was with Rand earlier, Min called and Rand sent Loial out to say that he wasn't there. Loial also says that that he isn't sure how he's going to finish his book if he's away from Rand ({{acos|27}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 10 - 11===<br /> <br /> *Loial and Karldin visit all of the ''stedding'' with the exception of Stedding Shangtai, though Loial leaves messages for his own ''stedding'' in every other ''stedding'' he visits. He does what he can, asking the Elders to have the Waygates guarded, but the ''stedding'' in the Borderlands and along the Shadow Coast tell him to go home. The other ''stedding'', however, agree to guard the Waygates ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *Having finished visiting the ''stedding'', Loial and Karldin return to the Sun Palace only to find Rand gone, a part of the Sun Palace destroyed and rumors flying everywhere it. Loial is using the name Master Ledar and Karldin the name Master Underhill. In the kitchens, they ask the cooks about Rand. [[Sashalle]] and [[Samitsu]] arrive, and Samitsu guesses who Loial is. Karldin demands answers of the Aes Sedai concerning Rand, and Loial sighs heavily in relief when Samitsu tells them that Rand seemed sane when he left. Samitsu also tells them that it was Asha'man who damaged part of the Sun Palace. Karldin asks Loial what they should do now, and Loial replies that they have to find Rand, to let him know that they have done as he asked ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> *A serving woman runs into the kitchens claiming that Dobraine has been murdered, and Loial becomes very upset. He and Karldin accompany Sashalle and Samitsu up to Dobraine's rooms. Once Samitsu has Healed Dobraine, who is not dead after all, Karldin finds a note on one of the dead attackers and hands it to Loial. Loial seems very disturbed by what the note says; it says to let the bearers of the letter enter Dobraine's rooms to remove certain items, and is written in Dobraine's own hand - a forged letter. Loial seems to know what the attackers were looking for, and Sashalle claims that Loial and Karldin will not leave until they tell her ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial arrives at Lord [[Algarin]]'s manor in Tear, where Rand is staying, with Logain and other Asha'man and Aes Sedai, as well as [[Bashere]] and his [[Saldaea]]n soldiers ({{cot|24}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial shows up in Rand's rooms and speaks to Rand and Min. Min is delighted to see him. Loial tells them about his and Karldin's journey to all of the ''stedding''. Rand notices that Loial looks tired and gaunt, and Rand fears that he has been out of the ''stedding'' for too long. He suggests that Loial go to Stedding Shangtai, only a few days away, but Loial refuses as his mother and Erith will be there for the Great Stump that is meeting there ({{cot|24}}). <br /> <br /> *Before Loial leaves so that Rand can speak to [[Logain]] and Bashere, he tells Rand about the Aes Sedai being forcibly bonded to the Asha'man, which makes Rand very angry. He insists that Loial remain while he meets with Logain and Bashere; Loial pretends to study the flames in the fireplace, sometimes glancing towards the door as if wondering if he can sneak out, while Rand yells at Logain ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *After Rand has finished yelling at Logain, Bashere has some news for him; he tells him that the men who attacked Dobraine, as well as two men who ransacked his own tent, were both carrying forged notes saying that the men were allowed to remove certain items from Dobraine's room/Bashere's tent. Bashere says that it is obvious that they were looking for the seals, as he and Dobraine are the most likely candidates for guarding the seals. He suggests that, with Rand holding three seals and three already being destroyed, perhaps the Shadow holds the final seal. Loial becomes very worried that the Dark One will be set free. Rand, knowing that he can't fight the Shadow and the Seanchan at the same time, decides to send Logain, Bashere and Loial to make a truce with the Seanchan. Logain and Bashere argue, but Loial simply looks ready to faint ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial, Logain and Bashere meet with the Seanchan. Bashere later tells Rand that the Seanchan are amenable, but require a meeting, in person, between Rand and the Daughter of the Nine Moons ({{Epi10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial questions Rand, taking notes for his book. He asks him questions about the fall of Illian and cleansing ''saidin''. He complains that Rand makes him drag every detail out of him. When Logain arrives to speak to Rand, Loial continues taking notes ({{kod|18}}). <br /> <br /> *A servant arrives to tell Loial that three Ogier have arrived and are looking for him, and that one of them is his mother. Loial jumps up and wonders aloud about what he is going to do. [[Cadsuane]] tells him not to keep his mother waiting, and Loial seems to take it as a command, though he moves very slowly to obey ({{kod|18}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial goes to meet his mother, Elder Haman and Erith. He wants to ask either Nynaeve or Verin, as Aes Sedai, to accompany him, but they are gone by the time he works up the nerve. When me meets the other three Ogier, his mother and Elder Haman are quite put out by how long it has taken to find him, listing all the places they had to travel to, and Erith mentions how brave she thinks he is ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Elder Haman performs the wedding ceremony between Loial and Erith ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial learns from his mother and Elder Haman what the Great Stump is meeting about: opening the Book of Translation, which has something to do with leaving the world so that they can come to it again when the Wheel of Time turns; we are not given much more information than this. His mother is one of the Speakers who have argued for the Book being opened, while Elder Haman argued against it. Loial is very upset and decides that he wishes to speak to the Stump about not using the Book of Translation; he feels very strongly about this. Erith asks him what he would say, and Loial gives a short speech about how the Ogier have always stood up to and fought the Shadow ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *As Loial finishes talking about what he would say in front of the Great Stump, he sees something moving outside the window; it is Trollocs, thousands of them. Elder Haman and Loial each take down a long-handled axe off the wall and run down the corridor yelling a warning ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *When Loial sees Rand after the battle against the Trollocs, he promises Rand that he will be there for Tarmon Gai'don. Rand says that he might need Loial before the Last Battle, and asks Loial to help him with sealing the Waygates, since he can't find them all on his own (such as the one in [[Far Madding]]) but Loial mournfully replies that he can't, as he is leaving first thing the next morning. Haman claims that Loial needs weeks or months in the ''stedding'', as he has been Outside for over five years, and Rand says that he will take them to Stedding Shangtai himself, and maybe he can convince someone there to help him. Loial makes Rand promise to tell him everything for his book once he returns. Haman then offers to help Rand with the Waygates. Loial argues that Haman needs to address the Stump, but Haman replies that he will leave that in Loial's hands, and advises him not to try for beauty in his speech, but to stick to simple eloquence ({{kod|20}}). <br /> <br /> *As he promised he would, Rand takes Loial, Covril and Erith to Stedding Shangtai early the next morning ({{kod|21}}). <br /> <br /> *He speaks in favor of staying and fighting rather than opening the book of Translation and leaving the world (ToM, Header)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Miscellaneous ==<br /> <br /> *When he first arrived in Caemlyn, all the people thought he was a Trolloc; a mob chased him all the way across the city, but the Queen's Guards saved him ({{teotw|36}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial says that Elder Haman always droned on, and that the books about traveling were much more interesting, but he did listen sometimes, even though Haman claimed he didn't ({{teotw|36}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial is good at playing stones ({{teotw|41}}).<br /> <br /> *He has always wanted to travel ({{teotw|42}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial met some Tuatha'an some years back, and they wanted to learn the songs that the Ogier sing to trees. He taught the Tuatha'an what they could learn, but the trees never listen to humans ({{teotw|42}}).<br /> <br /> *As they are discussing finding the Eye of the World, Agelmar brings up the fact that so few humans ever find the Eye of the World. Moiraine replies that she has something that the others have not, and Rand thinks he sees her eyes drift towards Loial for just an instant ({{teotw|46}}).<br /> <br /> *He doesn't like the heat ({{teotw|48}}).<br /> <br /> *Rand thinks to himself that Loial knows so much about some things, so little about others, and seems to want to know everything ({{tgh|3}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial is the fastest runner in Stedding Shangtai; he once outran a horse ({{tgh|10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial doesn't know much about the Game of Houses, because the Ogier don't play it ({{tgh|21}}).<br /> <br /> *He has never seen the Aryth Ocean ({{tgh|44}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial can seldom be slowed, much less stopped, when one of his enthusiasms has him in its grip ({{tdr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial considers it a fortune, not a misfortune, to have fallen in with three ''ta'veren'' ({{tdr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *When Loial dreams, it is of the groves, and the Great Trees, and the ''stedding''. He has not had the dream about ''Callandor'' ({{tdr|6}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial says he has never heard of three ''ta'veren'', all the same age and from the same place ({{tsr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Perrin thinks to himself that it would be better to hit Loial on the head than harm one of his books ({{tsr|16}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial pities even Trollocs when they are caught by ''Machin Shin'' ({{tsr|27}}).<br /> <br /> *Perrin claims that Gaul has corrupted Loial; he dices now, and bets on horse races when he can barely tell one horse from another ({{loc|49}}).<br /> <br /> *Elder Haman says that Loial writes well ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> == Quotes ==<br /> ===Quotes by Loial===<br /> &quot;You humans are very excitable,&quot; Loial said in that bass rumble. &quot;I had heard all the stories, and read the books, of course, but I didn't realize. My first day in Caemlyn, I could not believe the uproar. Children cried, and women screamed, and a mob chased me all the way across the city, waving clubs and knives and torches, and shouting, 'Trolloc!' I'm afraid I was almost beginning to get a little upset. There's no telling what would have happened if a party of the Queen's Guards hadn't come along.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{teotw2|Chapter 36}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;I must say,&quot; Loial said, setting the chest down, &quot;that traveling with ''ta'veren'' has turned out to be even more interesting than I expected.&quot; His ears twitched violently. &quot;If it becomes any more interesting, I will go back to Stedding Shangtai immediately, confess everything to Elder Haman, and never leave my books again.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{teotw2|Chapter 52}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Oh.&quot; He opened the other eye, and scratched his cheek with blunt fingers the size of sausages. &quot;I suppose... I suppose... if I have a choice... that I will stay with all of you. I have taken a great many notes, but not nearly enough to complete my book, and I would not like to leave Perrin, and Rand&quot; (Loial to Moiraine upon being given the chance to return to Stedding Shangtai; {{tdr2|Chapter 50}}). <br /> <br /> Loial raised those huge hands that held books so carefully, and his thick fingers curled as if to crush stone. &quot;None will pass me while I live, Perrin. Not Myrddraal or the Dark One himself.&quot; He said it like a simple statement of fact. (Loial to Perrin about guarding him and Faile; {{tdr2|Chapter 53}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Gone! All gone, and for what? Grass. Once this was an Ogier grove. We did no great works here, not to compare with Manetheren, or the city you call Caemlyn, but enough that a grove was planted. Trees of every kind, from every land and place. The Great Trees, towering a hundred spans into the sky. All tended devotedly, to remind my people of the ''stedding'' they had left to build things for men. Men think it is the stonework we prize, but that is a trifling thing, learned during the Long Exile, after the Breaking. It is the trees we love. Men thought Manetheren my people's greatest triumph, but we knew it to be the grove there. Gone, now. Like this. Gone, and it will not come again.&quot; (Loial about the lost grove near the Waygate at Tear; {{tsr2|Chapter 18}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Do you think I would run away? he had said when Perrin suggested he could slip off into the night after Faile. His ears had dropped with weariness and hurt. I came with you, Perrin, and I will stay until you go. And then he had laughed suddenly, a deep booming sound that almost rattled the dishes. Perhaps someone will even tell a story of me, one day. We do not go in for such things, but there could be an Ogier hero, I suppose. A joke, Perrin. I made a joke. Laugh. Come, we will tell each other jokes, and laugh, and think of Faile flying free.&quot;(Loial to Perrin before battling Trollocs; {{tsr2|Chapter 56}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;Not alone,&quot; Loial said, as grimly as stone grinding. &quot;Never alone while I am here, Perrin.&quot; Abruptly his ears shifted in embarrassment; he always seemed embarrassed when anyone saw him being brave. &quot;After all, my book will not end very well if Rand is imprisoned in the Tower. And I can hardly write of his rescue if I am not there.&quot; (Loial to Perrin after Rand's capture; {{loc2|Chapter 53}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;That is serious, Rand. If someone breaks all the seals on the Dark One's prison, or maybe even just one or two more, the Dark One could break free. Even you can't face the Dark One! I mean, I know the Prophecies say you will, but that has to be just a way of speaking.&quot; (Loial to Rand, Logain and Bashere; {{cot2|Chapter 24}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;You never give enough detail, Rand. You make me drag everything out of you. Why, you never even mentioned being imprisoned in Far Madding until Min did. Never mentioned it! What did the Council of Nine say when they offered you the Laurel Crown? And when you renamed it? I can't think they liked that. What was the coronation like? Was there feasting, a festival, parades? How many Forsaken came against you at Shadar Logoth? Which ones? What did it look like at the end? What did it feel like? My book won't be very good without the details. I hope Mat and Perrin give me better answers.&quot; (Loial grilling Rand for notes for his book; {{kod2|Chapter 18}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;In the War of the Shadow, we did not huddle in our ''stedding'', hoping no Trollocs or Myrddraal would be driven to enter. We did not open the Book of Translation and flee. We marched alongside the humans and fought the Shadow. In the Trolloc Wars, we neither hid in the ''stedding'' nor opened the Book of Translation. We marched with the humans and fought the Shadow. In the darkest years, when hope seemed gone, we fought the Shadow.&quot; (Loial to Covril, Haman and Erith about not opening the Book of Translation; {{kod2|Chapter 19}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;When it is the Shadow that must be fought, our axes have always grown long handles. Perhaps in a year, or five, or ten, we will open the Book of Translation, but if we do it now, we cannot run away with any real hope of safety. Tarmon Gai'don is coming, and on that hangs the fate not only of this world, but of any world we might flee to. When fire threatens the trees, we do not run away and hope that the flames will not follow us. We fight. Now the Shadow is coming like wildfire, and we dare not run from it.&quot; (Loial to Covril, Haman and Erith about not opening the Book of Translation; {{kod2|Chapter 19}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;I promise you this, Rand,&quot; Loial said. &quot;Whatever happens, I will be there with you at Tarmon Gai'don. Whatever happens.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{kod2|Chapter 20}}).<br /> <br /> [[Category:All Characters]] <br /> [[Category:Principle Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Ogier Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Writers]]<br /> [[Category:Point of View Characters]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Loial&diff=90947 2013-06-11T16:29:22Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Books 1 - 3 */</p> <hr /> <div>''Author: Atarah al'Norahn''<br /> <br /> LOY-ahl<br /> <br /> == General ==<br /> Loial, son of [[Arent]] son of [[Halan]], is the most prominent [[Ogier]] character in the series. He is the son of [[Covril]] daughter of Ella daughter of Soong ({{Loc|20}}) and recently married to [[Erith]] daughter of [[Iva]] daughter of [[Alar]] ({{Kod|19}}). He is from Stedding Shangtai ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> Loial is something of a runaway among the Ogier; he left the ''[[stedding]]'' without the permission of the Elders and before he was old enough to be outside the ''stedding'' on his own. The Stump in Stedding Shangtai had not met for even a year on the discussion of whether or not he could leave before he ran away; he knew that by the time they reached a decision, he'd be old enough to leave on his own anyway. In his opinion, he thinks that he should have been able to address the Stump, even though he was too young to do so, since they were talking about whether or not he should be allowed to leave the ''stedding'' ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> ===Appearance===<br /> He is just over ninety years old, which is young for an Ogier. He is almost ten feet tall with a nose as broad as his face, eyebrows that hang down like tails, pale eyes as large as teacups, pointed ears, a shaggy mane of black hair and a voice as deep as a drum. He wears wide-toed, knee-high boots, baggy trousers and a coat that buttons from the neck to the waist before flaring out to his boot tops ({{teotw|36}}). Many people's first reaction to Loial is astonishment or to assume that he is a [[Trolloc]] ({{teotw|36}}), and he takes offense to this ({{tdr|8}}). <br /> ===Personality===<br /> Among the Ogier, Loial is considered hot-headed ({{teotw|36}}) and odd for wanting to travel ({{teotw|42}}). Loial maintains that the fact that he left the ''stedding'' before he was old enough is proof of his rashness ({{tgh|9}}). Elder [[Haman]] always said that Loial had no sense ({{teotw|45}}), and the Elders always said that he spoke an hour before he thought ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> Like other Ogier in the [[Westlands]], Loial is very gentle and relatively slow to act. [[Rand]] thinks that he has never met anyone as gentle as Loial ({{tgh|3}}) and is shocked when he becomes angry ({{teotw|44}}), and [[Perrin]] wonders how anyone can be frightened of him for long ({{tdr|2}}). He worries terribly about worrying anyone else ({{loc|54}}). However, his anger when it comes, is something to fear. Perrin does not think he ever wants Loial, as gentle as he is, to become angry with him ({{tsr|18}}). <br /> <br /> Loial is quite modest. He does not seem to think that anything he does is brave or worth writing about ({{tsr|53}}). However, Perrin tells Loial that he is a hero whether or not he wants to be ({{tsr|56}}). He is also known for his intelligence. Elder Haman thinks that he has the makings of a scholar about him ({{kod|19}}). For more on Loial's knowledge, see Strengths and Talents. He loves to talk, and talks at length whenever he has the chance. He usually seems to think that a story needs two or three hundred years of background to make it understood ({{teotw|42}}). He also loves to read, and is never far from a book. Partway through the series, he decides to write a book of his own; he is determined to be the only one to write a true book about the Dragon Reborn, as someone who traveled with him ({{tdr|2}}; {{tsr|16}}). He eventually completes the book, titled &quot;The Dragon Reborn&quot; (ToM, Header).<br /> ===Condensed Timeline===<br /> <br /> ==Strengths and Talents==<br /> Loial has the talent of being able to sing to trees ({{teotw|42}}). Erith mentions that Stedding Shangtai has a young Treesinger who is very talented (Loial) ({{tgh|35}}). Apparently, he is among the best of those who can sing wood ({{tdr|34}}).<br /> <br /> Loial knows more things than anybody Rand has ever met, and has read more books than Rand has ever seen ({{tgh|16}}). Sometimes, Perrin thinks that Loial has read every book ever printed ({{tsr|2}}). He is a very good source of information throughout the series; what he says he knows, you can be sure of, for he never claims to know anything that he doesn't ({{tgh|13}}). Aside from Ogier knowledge, like that about the Ways, he also knows a lot about the Pattern ({{teotw|36}}) and a lot about the Forsaken, even more than Moiraine ({{tdr|50}}). He is also very well versed in history, knowing much about such topics as false Dragons ({{loc|54}}). He also knows how to read the Old Tongue ({{teotw|52}}).<br /> ==Relationships with other Characters==<br /> When Loial first spends time in Caemlyn, Master Gill is very hospitable to him ({{teotw|36}}). They play stones sometimes ({{teotw|41}}). <br /> <br /> Although Rand's first reaction is to think that Loial is a Trolloc ({{teotw|36}}), they soon become good friends. Rand thinks that, even though Loial is young by Ogier standards, he seems as unflappable as a rock, like Tam ({{teotw|36}}). He cares what Loial thinks of him, as in the second book, Rand thinks to himself that he would rather die than let Mat, Perrin and Loial know that he is really the Dragon Reborn ({{tgh|3}}). Later on in the series, Loial remains one of the few people that Rand feels he can trust ({{acos|3}}). In turn, Loial likes Rand, and says that he would like him even if Rand weren't a ''ta'veren'' ({{tgh|33}}). However, he is not in awe of Rand or frightened of him like many others are; the fact that Rand is the Dragon Reborn does not seem to phase Loial, and he sill considers Rand to be his friend ({{tgh|49}}). In the camp of the Dragon Reborn in the third book, Loial, Moiraine, Lan, Perrin and Min are the only ones who don't stare at Rand as if he is even more than a king ({{tdr|2}}). He is loyal to Rand, and promises to be with him at Tarmon Gai'don ({{kod|20}}). However, despite their friendship, Loial is aware of the changes that have been occurring in Rand; he thinks to himself that Rand is not the same man that he first met in Caemlyn, or even the man he left in Cairhien when he went to visit the ''stedding'' about the Waygates ({{kod|19}}). Late in the series, Rand fondly remembers his earlier days traveling with Loial and Hurin as a much less complicated time ({{tgs|47}}).<br /> <br /> At first, Mat refers to Loial as a &quot;Trolloc&quot; and is very surly when he talks to Rand about him ({{teotw|39}}). However, this is just the sickness inflicted by the dagger speaking; after Mat is Healed, he looks at Loial as if seeing him for the first time ({{teotw|42}}). Later on, Mat states that he likes Loial, though he doesn't like how Loial is always talking about ''ta'veren''. He jokes that he can't dislike someone who dices as badly as Loial ({{tgh|35}}). In an attempt to convince the Ogier Elders to let Loial accompany them to Falme, Mat tells the Elders, &quot;he doesn't get in the way, and he carries his own weight&quot; ({{tgh|36}}). Loial is also referred to as a friend in Mat's thoughts later on in the series ({{wh|18}}). He thinks that it will be good to see Loial again ({{kod|8}}).<br /> <br /> Perrin considers Loial to be a friend ({{tgh|36}}). Like with Rand, he is very loyal to Perrin and even puts himself into danger so as not to abandon him ({{tdr|50}}; {{tsr|56}}). Perrin thinks that Loial is a hero whether he wants to be or not ({{tsr|56}}).<br /> <br /> Loial sees Faile as someone who is very free and who shouldn't be trapped ({{tdr|53}}). Although he likes her, he seems uncomfortable whenever she is fighting with Perrin ({{tsr|16}}; {{loc|53}}).<br /> <br /> Min seems to enjoy Loial's company and is delighted to see him again when he arrives at Lord Algarin's manor in Tear ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> According to Loial, Covril has always thought that her son is too hasty and in need of a wife. He is pretty sure that she was looking for a wife when he first left Stedding Shangtai ({{tgh|35}}). She is very put out that she has had to chase after him when he runs away ({{kod|19}}). Even after Loial's marriage, she tries to control his life until Erith reminds her that he is married to her now ({{kod|19}}; {{ch11|20}}). Loial fears her temper ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> Loial looks up to Elder Haman. According to him, Haman knows everything ({{loc|20}}). In turn, Haman thinks that Loial has the makings of a scholar, and says that Loial is a good writer ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> Loial thinks that Erith is beautiful and intelligent ({{loc|49}}). He wants to marry her, just not yet, since he thinks that she will expect him to settle down and stay at home ({{cot|24}}). In turn, Erith thinks that Loial is handsome and very brave ({{tgh|36}}; {{loc|20}}) and refers to him as &quot;my Loial&quot; ({{loc|20}}; {{ch6|21}}). She tells him that he is her Hero, but that if he gets himself killed, she will be very angry ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> Loial considers Dobraine to be a friend. He looks as much angry as saddened when he hears the false rumor that Dobraine has been murdered ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> Lan thinks that Loial is a good man ({{teotw|53}}).<br /> <br /> Loial is very respectful of Moiraine ({{teotw|42}}). In turn, Moiraine uses Loial's knowledge to help her in her quest ({{teotw|43}}; {{tdr|50}}).<br /> <br /> Cadsuane makes Loial nervous with how she is always pinching at Rand; he fears that it will make Rand explode ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> In general, Loial is very wary and diffident around Aes Sedai, but Perrin thinks to himself that he does not seem to mind if there are fifty of them around him ({{tdr|6}}; {{loc|50}}). He holds a deep but uneasy respect for them; even though he is almost twice as tall as most Aes Sedai, he sometimes behaves as if one might step on him if he gets in her way ({{acos|2}}).<br /> <br /> ==Timeline==<br /> <br /> ===Books 1 - 3===<br /> <br /> *Loial meets Rand in [[Basel Gill|Master Gill]]'s library. He has been in [[Caemlyn]] for four days and hasn't been able to put his nose out of Master Gill's inn because of people thinking that he is a Trolloc. At first, Rand is frightened and thinks the same, but he soon realizes that Loial is an Ogier. They talk for quite some time of how Loial came to be in Caemlyn and about the history of the Ogier. Loial laments how much has changed in the human world from the history that he has read about. When Loial asks Rand what he is doing in Caemlyn, Rand finds that he cannot lie to the Ogier, and tells him everything that has happened since the Trollocs attacked [[Emond's Field]]. After hearing the story, Loial informs Rand that he is ''ta'veren''. He also tells Rand that he wishes to travel with him. Rand tries to argue, but Loial says that he wishes to see the grove at [[Tar Valon]], and that he also wishes to witness the Pattern shaping around someone who is ''ta'veren''. Rand still doesn't think it's a good idea because of the danger and says so, but he agrees to come play stones and talk with him sometimes ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is in the library playing stones with Master Gill when Rand returns from his incident at the Royal Palace. Rand tells them about meeting [[Morgase]] and [[Elaida]], and Master Gill tells Rand that he will have to leave if Elaida is going to start searching for him. Loial once again tells Rand that he wishes to travel with him. Rand finally agrees ({{teotw|41}}) <br /> <br /> *Loial meets [[Egwene]], [[Nynaeve]] and Perrin, all of whom are quite surprised to see him, and Rand introduces them. They all sit down to wait for [[Moiraine]]. Perrin asks Loial about the ''stedding'', and Loial is quite happy to talk about the ''stedding'' and retell the story of how he came to be in Caemlyn. Moiraine appears with [[Mat]], whom she has just Healed, and [[Lan]]. Mat stares at Loial as if seeing him for the first time, even though he has met him before and had referred to him as a Trolloc. Rand informs Moiraine that Loial is going to accompany them, and she agrees ({{teotw|39}}; {{ch1|42}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial asks Moiraine if she can answer a question for him, and she agrees. He tells her a story about a man who came to Stedding Shangtai about twenty years ago and who claimed that [[the Dark One]] meant to blind the [[Eye of the World]] and slay the Great Serpent, which would kill time itself. Loial wants to know if that is even possible. When Perrin and Egwene hear this, they add that they heard a similar story from the Tuatha'an, about a dying Aiel woman who claimed the same thing, that the Dark One meant to blind the Eye of the World. Moiraine decides that they need to leave Caemlyn right away and go to [[the Blight]] to see the [[Green Man]], to tell him of the threat to the Eye of the World. However, it will still take them a good two weeks to ride to the Blight, unless they use [[the Ways]]. Moiraine asks if Loial can take them through the Ways, and Loial is aghast. He tells Moiraine that they will all die, or be swallowed by the Shadow, if they enter the Ways. When Rand questions him about it, Loial tells the story of how the Ways were created and how they have deteriorated. After all of the others decide that they will go to the Blight to warn the Green Man, Loial finally gives in and agrees to guide them through the Ways ({{teotw|42}}; {{ch1|43}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Moiraine plans their journey, with Loial advising her concerning the Ways ({{teotw|43}}). <br /> <br /> *As the group prepares to leave early the next morning, Loial is waiting anxiously. He leads the others through Caemlyn towards the Caemlyn Waygate, which he is somehow able to sense. The Waygate is located in the cellar of a shop. Moiraine leads them to it through a cellar door. Loial becomes angry, because once, trees stood in this spot but were cut down to make way for buildings ({{teotw|44}}). <br /> <br /> *They enter the Ways, and Loial begins to lead them towards the [[Fal Dara]] Waygate. They travel past midday. Eventually, they reach a part of the Ways where one of the bridges is broken and they have to backtrack to take another bridge ({{teotw|44}}; {{ch1|45}}). <br /> <br /> *They spend the night in the Ways and then travel on in the morning ({{teotw|45}}). <br /> <br /> *When ''Machin Shin'' begins to chase the group, Loial frantically leads the others along the bridges towards the Fal Dara Waygate. When they reach the Waygate and Moiraine realizes that the key has been taken, Loial gives a mournful cry. Moiraine burns a hole through the Waygate and they exit as quickly as they can ({{teotw|45}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and the others ride towards Fal Dara. Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Nynaeve ride clustered behind Moiraine and Lan. Loial is looking forward to meeting the Green Man ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *When they ride into Fal Dara, people shout out to Loial, &quot;''Kiserai ti Wansho''!&quot;, which means &quot;Glory to the Builders!&quot; When they reach the fortress in the middle of the town, [[Ingtar]] repeats this and bows, and Loial replies, &quot;I am unworthy, and the work small. ''Tsingu ma choba''&quot;. [[Agelmar]] greets Loial in the same fashion as Ingtar when the group meets him ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *Agelmar and his guests talk through and after dinner. Agelmar comments to Loial that he seems troubled, and says that he hopes Loial is not beset by the Longing. Loial replies that he has not been gone long enough for the Longing to begin, but that he had hoped that the grove that once existed at Fal Dara would still be there ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is present when [[Padan Fain]] is brought into the Fal Dara keep and Moiraine goes off to interrogate him. While Loial and the Two Rivers folk wait for Moiraine to return, Loial looks unconcerned, even though Rand, Mat and Perrin are obviously worried. He listens intently, along with everyone else, when Moiraine returns and tells them what she has learned from Padan Fain ({{teotw|46}}; {{ch1|47}}). <br /> <br /> *The next day, Loial rides with the others towards the Blightborder, accompanied by Ingtar and a hundred men in case they run into a Trolloc raid. At the border, Ingtar and his men leave them, and they travel into the Blight alone. Loial is uncomfortable in the heat of the Blight, as his home, Stedding Shangtai, is located in the cool mountains. As they continue to ride onwards, Loial is disgusted by the desecration of the land ({{teotw|48}}). <br /> <br /> *They camp that night near the Seven Towers of [[Malkier]]. Loial pulls out a book. He is the first to go to sleep that night ({{teotw|48}}). <br /> <br /> *In the morning, they continue on towards the Mountains of Dhoom. They are attacked by the trees and by [[Jumara|Worms]], but manage to repel the attacks. When Lan says that the Worms will not follow them into the mountains because they are afraid of what lives in the high passes, Loial moans aloud, knowing that there's worse to come ({{teotw|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Just as Loial and the others are about to be attacked by more Worms, the land around them changes into the Green Man's garden. The Green Man calls Loial &quot;little brother&quot;, and says that they will sing the Treesongs together, remember the Great Trees and the ''stedding'', and keep the Longing at bay ({{teotw|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Loial, Moiraine, Lan, Egwene, Nynaeve, Rand, Perrin and Mat see the Eye of the World for the first time, Loial wonders aloud about why it was made ({{teotw|50}}). <br /> <br /> *When Moiraine yells at Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Loial to run from [[Aginor]], Rand sees Loial running into the trees ({{teotw|50}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand has returned from fighting [[Ba'alzamon]], Nynaeve tells him that Mat, Perrin and Loial all wanted to look for him when he disappeared, but Moiraine told them that Rand mustn't be disturbed ({{teotw|52}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial goes into the cavern of the Eye of the World with Lan, Mat and Perrin while they wait for Rand to return. There, they find the [[Horn of Valere]], the Dragon Banner, and a broken seal from the Dark One's prison. When they join Moiraine, Nynaeve, Egwene and Rand outside again, Loial is carrying the large golden chest that houses the Horn of Valere. Loial asks Rand what happened to him and why he was gone for so long, and Rand lies, saying that he ran until he fell down a hill, hit his head on a rock and fell unconscious ({{teotw|52}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial reads aloud the inscription on the Horn of Valere: &quot;''Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin''&quot;, &quot;The grave is no bar to my call&quot;. He then helps Lan unroll the Dragon Banner; when Moiraine tells them what it is, he almost drops his end ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is disturbed by the death of the Green Man. Early the next morning before the group leaves the Green Man's garden for the return journey to Fal Dara, Loial sings to the oak tree that marks the Green Man's grave. By the time he is done, the sun is well over the horizon. He says that he has never sung so hard in his life ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel for the rest of the day, camp that night and travel again the next day. When they reach the Fal Dara keep in the late afternoon, Ingtar welcomes them all back ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Upon their return, Moiraine tells Ingtar to bring them all to Lord Agelmar, Loial carrying the golden chest of the Horn of Valere with him. There, they hear about the battle at Tarwin's Gap and show Agelmar the Horn of Valere ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand is trying to avoid meeting the [[Amyrlin Seat]] in Fal Dara, he runs into Loial watching a group of men playing dice. When he sees Rand, Loial tells him that the men will not let him play with them; they just say &quot;Glory to the Builders&quot; and refuse to bet against him. Loial doesn't think it's fair. Rand suddenly remembers that the Ogier built Fal Dara, and asks Loial if he knows any way out aside from through the gates. Loial replies that the Ogier built Mafal Dadaranel, the city that once stood where Fal Dara now stands, but not Fal Dara. Rand seems desperate to find a way out of the city, and Loial, worried that Rand is sick, calls for Mat and Perrin. Rand, afraid of Mat, Perrin and Loial learning that he is the Dragon Reborn and afraid of hurting his friends if they accompany him out of Fal Dara, is very harsh with them all. Mat, upset at the way Rand is acting, yells at Loial when he begins to talk about ''ta'veren''. When Mat and Perrin leave Rand, Rand yells at Loial to go after them, that he is no use to him if he doesn't know a way out of Fal Dara. At first, Loial's eyes look hurt, but the hurt quickly turns to anger ({{tgh|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Mat, Perrin and Loial tell Egwene what Rand said to them. Egwene tells Rand that she knows what he is trying to do, and that it is foolish ({{tgh|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is to accompany Rand, Mat, Perrin and the [[Shienar]]an soldiers on their hunt for the stolen Horn of Valere. Rand sees that Loial's saddlebags are full of books for the trip. Loial stops his horse a little ways away from Rand and looks at him uncertainly. Rand apologizes to him, Mat and Perrin for what he said, but Loial is the only one of the three to forgive him ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *Before the hunters for the Horn of Valere leave, [[Siuan]] says farewell to Ingtar, and to Loial, saying &quot;Glory to the Builders, Loial Kiseran (Builder)&quot; ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial rides at the head of the column of hunters with Ingtar, Mat and Perrin ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, they camp in the forest. Loial eats with Ingtar, Rand, Mat and Perrin ({{tgh|10}}). <br /> <br /> *The next day, they travel on, but find nothing, and it same for the following days as well. Eventually, they reach the River Erinin ({{tgh|10}}). <br /> <br /> *On the night when Mat and Perrin find out that Rand is the Dragon Reborn, Loial sleeps next to Rand and [[Hurin]] near a [[Portal Stone]] ({{tgh|11}}). <br /> <br /> *During the night, Loial, Rand and Hurin are transported by the Portal Stone into a mirror world of their own. Rand, seeing that everyone else is gone, awakens Loial and Hurin. Loial thinks he knows what has happened; he remembers reading a few pages of an old book, and one of the pages had a drawing of a Portal Stone. He thinks that the Stone can be used to travel to other worlds that might have been. Loial is confused when Rand tries to use the Portal Stone to take them back to their world, since the Aes Sedai in the Age of Legends used the One Power on the Portal Stones, and Loial still doesn't know who Rand is ({{tgh|13}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand and Hurin begin to follow the trail of the Darkfriends, which Hurin can still smell, although it is much fainter. Rand finds that things look normal in the mirror world except when you turn your head, and then things that appear distant from the corner of your eye rush towards you. Like Rand, Loial seems disoriented by this ({{tgh|13}}). <br /> <br /> *They continue to travel throughout the day. Loial rides slumped in his saddle, muttering to himself. After half the morning has passed, Loial leaves his saddle and moves towards a stand of trees. He places his hands on the trunk of one of the trees and begins to sing. Singing, he creates a long quarterstaff. He tells Rand and Hurin that this place makes him feel he needs a weapon. They travel on ({{tgh|15}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop to eat as the sun touches the horizon and set up camp for the night. Loial and Hurin sleep while Rand takes the first watch ({{tgh|15}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they ride on. Loial seems concerned about Rand's hand, onto which a heron was branded the night before, when Ba'alzamon visited Rand while Loial and Hurin slept. As they ride, Loial is once again lost in his own thoughts. After an hour of riding, they see a spire in the distance; Loial doesn't know what it is, but Hurin thinks that it might be a monument to [[Artur Hawkwing]] that he has heard about, which makes no sense because it was torn down a thousand years ago, and it was supposed to be three or four days away from where they were ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *When they reach the spire, they find that it is not Artur Hawkwing's monument. There is a raven carved into the top, and some symbols of the Trollocs. Rand is confused, since Ingtar told them that Artur Hawkwing won a victory over the Trollocs in this spot. Loial thinks that, since this is a different world, perhaps they are seeing a world that could have happened, but didn't. Loial also figures out that time moves differently in this world; they can see Kinslayer's Dagger off in the distance, but it is supposed to lie more than a hundred leagues south of the River Erinin ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *Suddenly, Loial, Rand and Hurin hear a woman scream to the south of them. They ride towards the sound, and see a woman being attacked by a huge creature (a ''grolm'', they are later told). Rand kills the creature, and they meet the woman, Selene ([[Lanfear]] in disguise) ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *They ride on, now in the company of Selene. Selene speaks with Rand for some time, and then drops back to ride next to Loial. Loial becomes very wrapped up in whatever he is talking about with Selene. After a while, Loial goes to ride with Rand, and tells Rand what Selene has told him about Portal Stones ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *The group continues to ride, getting closer to the Portal Stone that Selene says brought her into this world. Before they reach it, they see a pack of ''grolm'' chasing after them. Rand manages to kill all of the ''grolm'', but there are more approaching and they hurry towards the Portal Stone. Loial throws aside his quarterstaff, as it is only slowing him down and will be of no use against the ''grolm'' ({{tgh|16}}; {{ch2|17}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand uses the Portal Stone to return them all to their own world, at the edge of Kinslayer's Dagger, Loial looks stunned. They figure out that they are ahead of Fain and his Trollocs, who have the Horn of Valere and Mat's ruby dagger. They decide to wait and see if they can catch Fain ({{tgh|17}}). <br /> <br /> *They wait for days, but find nothing until one night, Hurin sees a fire down in the hills. The fire is quite small and hidden, but it is hidden only from those following the makers, not from those ahead. Rand realizes that it must be Fain, and decides to go check it out, telling Loial and Hurin to stay and guard Selene. Selene replies that she can take care of herself, and that Rand should take Loial with him ({{tgh|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand and Loial make it to Fain's camp and sneak in. Rand takes the dagger and Loial takes the Horn, which is still in its chest. Fain wakes up just as they are leaving, and Rand and Loial are attacked by Trollocs. Rand tells Loial to run and kills the Trollocs. Loial fastens the chest onto his horse, and runs beside it back to Selene and Hurin. They get ready to ride to [[Cairhien (City)|Cairhien]] ({{tgh|19}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel towards Cairhien through the night, stopping only to let the horses rest at dawn, as well as Loial, since he is running while his horse carries the chest containing the Horn of Valere. They travel through the next day, as well ({{tgh|20}}). <br /> <br /> *Eventually, they reach the village of [[Tremonsien]] and stop at an inn named the Nine Rings for the night. They eat dinner and then go to the rooms that the innkeeper has given them, Selene in one and Loial, Rand and Hurin in another. Loial carries the chest of the Horn of Valere up to their room ({{tgh|20}}; {{ch2|21}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they find that Selene has left them and intends to meet them again in the city of Cairhien. Loial, Rand and Hurin set off for Cairhien, with Loial once again running beside his horse and the Horn of Valere ({{tgh|21}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the city of Cairhien. They decide to stay at an inn named The Defender of the Dragonwall. They go to their rooms, Rand in one and Loial and Hurin in another through a connecting door. Rand decides to go out to the Foregate and Hurin wants to go down to the common room for a drink. Loial stays in his room to guard the Horn of Valere, not wanting to run into any Ogier, in case they have had word from Stedding Shangtai about a runaway ({{tgh|25}}). <br /> <br /> *After Rand learns that [[Thom]] is in Cairhien, he takes Loial to meet him while Hurin watches the Horn of Valere. They go to an inn named the Bunch of Grapes, where Thom is staying. They wait for Thom in his and [[Dena]]'s room, and when Thom finally shows up, Rand introduces Loial to him. Rand and Loial tell Thom about the Horn of Valere. Rand tries to talk Thom into helping them, but he refuses. Rand asks Loial if he can talk to Thom alone, and Loial leaves the room and goes to play dice in the common room while he waits for Rand. He wins most of the games, until Dena joins, and then she wins all of Loial's winnings right back ({{tgh|26}}; {{ch2|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and Rand begin to make their way back to The Defender of the Dragonwall. Along the way, they are attacked by a Trolloc who is disguised as a puppet being led by five men with poles, but Rand kills it. They are about to hurry back to the inn, knowing that Hurin is alone, when another Trolloc attacks Rand from behind. Loial tears the Trolloc away from Rand. Loial manages to kill it, and then confides to Rand that he has never killed before. They can see another Trolloc coming towards them, but it hasn't spotted them yet. They continue back towards their inn, but there are many other Trollocs in the streets. Everywhere they turn, there seems to be another one, and they cannot get back to the inn. Rand sees a large manor on a hill about a mile away and thinks that it can withstand Trollocs and might shelter them, but Loial tells him that it is an Illuminator Chapter House and would probably not let the King of Cairhien himself within. Selene shows up again. Rand decides that, in order to escape the Trollocs, they will have to sneak into the Illuminators chapter house ({{tgh|27}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the wall that surrounds the chapter house. Loial can see Trollocs running towards them in the distance. They find a door in the wall and go through it. Loial tells Rand that Illuminators kill intruders, so they are faced with danger on both sides. As they are sneaking between two racks of fireworks, Loial accidentally brushes up against one of the racks and sets off a firework. Luckily, they are not caught, but shortly after, Loial sees that some of the Trollocs have also managed to sneak into the chapter house. They eventually manage to get out, with Rand setting off some more fireworks, killing the Trollocs. Selene has disappeared again, so Loial and Rand go back to their inn alone ({{tgh|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand, anxious about the decision he has to make between seemingly aligning himself with either [[Barthanes]] or [[Galldrian]], goes out to check at the guardhouse whether Ingtar has entered the city yet; Loial goes with him. On the way, they speak of leaving Cairhien, but know that if they do, they will be easy prey for the Trollocs. Upon reaching the guardhouse, they learn that Ingtar has not entered the city ({{tgh|30}}). <br /> <br /> *As Loial and Rand walk back to their inn, they see a fire up ahead, and, running towards the inn, find that The Defender of the Dragonwall has been set on fire. They hurry up towards their room, even though people try to stop them. Rand wants Loial to stay behind, but Loial insists that Rand cannot carry Hurin and the chest outside, and he also doesn't want his books to burn. When they reach the room that Loial and Hurin shared, it is to find that Hurin is sprawled on the floor and that the Horn of Valere is gone. They manage to get Hurin out, though Loial has to let his books burn. When they get outside, it is to find that Ingtar has finally found them ({{tgh|30}}). <br /> <br /> *Now reunited with Ingtar, Mat, Perrin and [[Verin]], Loial goes to get his, Rand and Hurin's horses, and they ride towards the Foregate, where the newcomers are staying at an inn named The Great Tree ({{tgh|31}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Loial is reading in the private dining room that Verin has procured. When Rand tells the others how he, Loial and Hurin got so far ahead of them, Loial pretends to be still reading, but it is obvious that he is listening. After they eat dinner, Loial returns to his reading. When Hurin returns from trying to find the trail of the Trollocs, he informs the group that they are hiding in Barthanes' manor. It is decided that they will use Rand's invitation from Barthanes' to get into the manor and steal back the Horn and the dagger ({{tgh|31}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand, Mat, Hurin, Verin, Ingtar, [[Uno]] and ten Shienaran escorts go to Lord Barthanes' manor. After having met Barthanes, Loial tells Rand that he can feel a Waygate nearby. When Loial leaves Rand to circulate about the room, he gathers a circle of lords and ladies before he takes ten steps. The pester him with questions as to whether the Ogier are coming back to Cairhien, and he is very glad to get away when Hurin picks up the trail of the Trollocs ({{tgh|32}}; {{ch2|33}}). <br /> <br /> *When Hurin informs Rand that he has found the trail, which leads into the garden, Rand and Hurin meet up with Mat and Loial. Hurin takes them to the garden. When they reach a walled enclosure within the garden, Loial informs them that the Waygate is within. Loial boosts Rand up over the wall. Hurin and Loial join him. When Rand opens the Waygate, they find ''Machin Shin'' waiting for them. Loial manages to put the ''Avendesora'' leaf back and seal the Waygate closed. Loial lifts Rand and Hurin back over the wall, and then joins them on the other side ({{tgh|33}}). <br /> <br /> *They all return to their inn and discuss what they are going to do. Before they left, Barthanes gave a message to Rand, saying that Fain is waiting for him on [[Toman Head]]. Rand intends to ride there, and Loial says that he will go with him. It is decided that they will all go to Stedding Tsofu in the morning to use the Waygate there ({{tgh|33}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they ride to Stedding Tsofu. Loial is reluctant to go, since he is afraid that he will be sent back to Stedding Shangtai. When they reach their destination, Loial comments that it feels good to be back inside a ''stedding''. Soon after entering the ''stedding'', they meet a young Ogier woman named Erith who leads Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar and Hurin deeper within the ''stedding'' while the rest of the Shienarans wait outside ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *They learn that there are also three Aiel Maidens visiting the ''stedding''; they veil at the sight of the armed men in the ''stedding'', and almost get into a fight with Rand, Ingtar, Hurin and Perrin. Loial, Erith and Verin frantically try to get them all to put away their weapons. Eventually, an Ogier man breaks it up and takes Verin with him to see the Ogier Elders ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *Erith takes Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Hurin and Ingtar away to wait until the Elders have spoken with Verin. A dozen Ogier girls check up on them, bringing them food and making sure that the humans are comfortable. Before each of them leaves, she turns her attention to Loial, who answers respectfully but in very few words. When they have left, he huddles in his chair with a book. When asked about what is wrong, Loial tells his friends about the marriage customs among the Ogier: if a girl sees a boy she likes, or if a woman sees a boy that might be a good husband for her daughter, and the mother and daughter agree on a marriage, the girl's mother goes to the boy's mother and the marriage is arranged, with the male having no say in the matter. If the Elders discover that Loial is outside the ''stedding'' without permission, they will likely decide that he needs a wife to settle him down ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *[[Juin]], the Ogier man who took Verin away, comes to tell the others that the Elders would like to see them now. Loial grows more and more anxious as they are led towards the Elders. Rand suggests that he wait for them outside, saying that the Elders likely only want to speak to the humans, and Loial agrees, in relief, that he will wait for them and read. When the Elders bring up Loial's name during their meeting with the humans, Rand hurriedly says that they need Loial to go with them, and Perrin and Mat quickly agree. Verin also agrees that they will need Loial to guide them along the Ways. It is agreed that Loial can accompany them, if they take care of him and return him to Stedding Shangtai when they are done ({{tgh|35}}; {{ch2|36}}).<br /> <br /> *While Loial waits for Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar and Hurin, Erith speaks with him and gives him flowers. She listens very intently when he talks about [[Serden]] son of Kolom son of Radlin's theory of the Ways ({{tgh|36}}; {{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin and Ingtar join Loial again, they are taken to the Waygate by Alar, the Eldest among the Ogier Elders of Stedding Tsofu. Once again, they find ''Machin Shin'' waiting. Loial seems relieved that they cannot use the Waygate, but ashamed at being relieved. Hurin suggests that they use a Portal Stone, and Alar tells them that there is a Portal Stone nearby ({{tgh|36}}). <br /> <br /> *Alar escorts them all to the Portal Stone. When Rand transports them to Toman Head, something goes wrong, and each person with him sees hundreds of possibilities of what their lives might have been, many of them horrible. When they finally reach Toman Head, Rand sees Loial sitting sprawled on the ground, wide-eyed and stunned. By the look of the trees, they have lost four months in the transportation ({{tgh|37}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar, Hurin and the Shienaran soldiers ride west, away from the Portal Stone ({{tgh|37}}). <br /> <br /> *Three days after arriving on Toman Head, the group is riding towards [[Falme]] in the rain. Loial continually checks on the books in his saddlebags ({{tgh|41}}). <br /> <br /> *They spend the night at an inn in a deserted village that was attacked by the [[Seanchan]]. They discuss what they are going to do. Ingtar wants to have Hurin search around for a trail, while Rand wants to go straight to Falme. Loial tells Rand that he will go wherever Rand goes, but that he still thinks they should wait a few days before going to Falme ({{tgh|41}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is in a camp with Rand, Verin, Ingtar and the Shienaran soldiers while Perrin, Mat and Hurin are out searching for Fain's trail. Loial is reading. When Perrin, Mat and Hurin come back with news that Hurin has found the trail, it is decided that five people will go to Falme to recover the Horn and dagger, in accordance with the ''Karaethon Cycle'' (&quot;five will ride forth&quot;). Ingtar and Hurin will go, along with Mat and Rand. Perrin also volunteers, with Loial volunteering just a second behind; Verin decides that, because Perrin spoke first, he will go. Loial argues that if the Horn is still in the chest, he can carry it, but Verin says that he would attract too much attention ({{tgh|44}}). <br /> <br /> *After the Horn and dagger have been recovered and Rand has battled Ba'alzamon for the second time, Loial, Rand, [[Min]], Moiraine, Lan and the Shienaran soldiers travel away from Falme. When Rand awakens five days east of Falme, he sees Loial reading a book named &quot;To Sail Beyond the Sunset&quot;. When Rand tells Loial that he is glad he stayed, Loial replies that even though Rand is obviously more ''ta'veren'' than Loial knew, Rand is still his friend ({{tgh|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial stays the winter in the Mountains of Mist with Perrin, Rand, Moiraine, Lan, Min and the Shienaran soldiers ({{tdr|1}}). <br /> <br /> *When Perrin brings [[Leya]], a Tuatha'an woman, back to the camp to speak with Moiraine, he sees Loial reading a book. When Loial hears Perrin and Min talking about the Tuatha'an, he joins them. Min tells Loial about Leya's arrival in the camp. When Min complains about ''ta'veren'', Loial goes off on a spiel about how ''ta'veren'' works, and then confesses that he is thinking of writing a book on Rand, Mat and Perrin ({{tdr|1}}). <br /> <br /> *After Rand accidentally causes the earth to shake using ''saidin'', Perrin sees Loial helping the Shienarans rebuild a collapsed hut. Loial, Uno and Lan join Perrin, Min and Moiraine, and Moiraine tells them the news that Leya has brought her: there is much fighting on [[Almoth Plain]], and the [[Whitecloaks]] have five thousand men on Almoth Plain. However, all of the Dragonsworn on Almoth Plain have not been destroyed; the Whitecloaks are avoiding all groups of fifty or more together. Loial suggests that perhaps Rand can go speak to the Dragonsworn as he wishes, but Lan thinks that it is a Whitecloak plot ({{tdr|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Trollocs attack the camp. Loial participates in the battle, using a quarterstaff the size of a fence rail as his weapon ({{tdr|5}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Loial goes to see Rand. Rand asks him for pen, paper and ink. Unbeknown to Loial, Rand uses them to write a farewell note before he sneaks out of the camp ({{tdr|6}}). <br /> <br /> *Early the next morning, when it is discovered that Rand has left the camp, Perrin, Loial and Min meet with Moiraine and Lan. They talk about why Rand has left, with Loial trying to calm Perrin down when he demands answers of Moiraine. They talk about the dream that Perrin has had about ''Callandor'', and Moiraine realizes that Rand must be heading to the [[Stone of Tear]]. While they wait for Lan to question the Shienarans outside about whether they have had the same dream, Loial pulls out a book. When Lan returns with the information that half the Shienarans remember dreaming the same thing, Moiraine decides that she, Lan, Perrin and Loial will follow Rand to Tear. They will leave before midday ({{tdr|6}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan travel through the Mountains of Mist for many days. Sometimes at night, Perrin and Loial catch fish for dinner. Moiraine seems to be manipulating the two of them into doing the chores and little tasks that she asks of them, and Perrin thinks that she is trying to get them into the habit of doing whatever she says ({{tdr|7}}). <br /> <br /> *Eventually they leave the Mountains of Mist behind and reach the forested foothills of [[Ghealdan]]. Soon they are noticing farms and other signs of civilization ({{tdr|7}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the village of [[Jarra]]. They pay for a meal and rooms at the inn, [[Harilin's Leap]]. Loial's appearance causes quite a stir. They learn that quite a few odd things have been happening (many weddings, strange behavior from Whitecloaks) in Jarra. [[Simion]], a man who works at the inn, wants to know if Moiraine will help his brother, [[Noam]], who is ill. Perrin replies that he will ask her, and suggests that Loial keep Simion company while he does so. When Perrin leaves the two of them, he hears Loial asking Simion what he knows about trees. When Perrin and Moiraine go looking for them, they find them in Loial's room. Loial is telling Simion about the ''stedding'', while Simion looks at Loial in wonder ({{tdr|7}}; {{ch3|8}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel on from Jarra towards Tear. Moiraine has been pushing them hard, and Loial has had to give up reading as he rides, after having found himself a mile behind everyone due to his immersion in a book. They stop at many villages and towns, including Sidon, Willar, Samaha, Tallan and Fyall ({{tdr|33}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop in the town of [[Remen]], which Lan comments has seen an eventful day or two. This time, instead of people being frightened by Loial's appearance, he hears awed whispers of &quot;Ogier&quot; and looks quite pleased about it. Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan see that there is a man dressed in grays and browns (an Aielman) in a cage in the town square. There are children throwing stones at him, which makes Loial angry. They go to the inn, the Wayland's Forge. There, they learn that there are Hunters of the Horn staying at the inn as well. They are shown to their rooms ({{tdr|33}}; {{ch3|34}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial joins Perrin in his room at the [[Wayland's Forge]]. He is very excited to have found an Ogier-sized bed made of sung wood in his room. After exclaiming about it, Loial goes down to supper ({{tdr|34}}). <br /> <br /> *After Perrin sets the Aielman, [[Gaul]], free and they kill a group of Whitecloaks that attacks them, Perrin and Lan hurry to inform Moiraine and Loial that they must leave immediately. Perrin finds Loial in his room, writing notes for his book. Perrin tells him to meet the others at the stable as quickly as he can and not to let anyone see him. As they sneak out of Remen, Loial comments to Perrin that it is just like old times, &quot;sneaking away in the night, with enemies behind us, and maybe enemies ahead, and danger in the air, and the cold tang of adventure&quot; ({{tdr|35}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan board a ship named the ''[[Snow Goose]]'', which is headed for [[Illian (City)|Illian]]. [[Faile]] is also on this ship. As Perrin looks for his room, he finds Loial scribbling notes down for his book. Loial wants to discuss the past day with Perrin, but Perrin is too tired ({{tdr|35}}; {{ch3|36}}). <br /> <br /> *During the journey to Illian, Loial stays in his room whenever Moiraine and Faile are on deck together because of the tension between them ({{tdr|41}}). <br /> <br /> *The ship reaches Illian. Loial is the last to get off the ship, not having realized that they had arrived as he was in his room rereading his notes ({{tdr|41}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Faile, Moiraine and Lan ride through Illian. Loial is fearful of running into other Ogier. Perrin comforts him by saying that Moiraine would not let the Ogier take him away. Still, Loial seems uncomfortable in the city. He thinks that something is wrong, and Perrin and Moiraine agree ({{tdr|42}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop at an inn in Illian named [[Easing the Badger]]. They eat dinner, after which Loial begins to read. Six [[Gray Men]] attack the group, and almost go unnoticed; when Perrin suddenly yells out, Loial snatches up his chair like a club and then embarrassedly sets it down once the Gray Men are dead ({{tdr|42}}). <br /> <br /> *When Lan goes outside to look around he asks for Perrin and Loial's help, saying that they might see something that he misses. After Lan finds [[Darkhounds|Darkhound]] tracks, he tells Loial, Perrin and Faile to go back inside and get some sleep, as they will likely not be spending the entire night in Illian and have hard riding ahead of them. The three of them separate inside the inn, Loial saying that at least dreams will be better than lying awake ({{tdr|43}}). <br /> <br /> *When Moiraine returns and tells the others that [[Sammael]] is in Illian, they hurry to get ready to leave. Perrin meets Loial on the way down the stairs, trying to stuff a wood-bound book into his saddlebags while putting his cloak on. They all get their horses and begin to ride out of Illian. They hear Darkhounds chasing them in the distance, and Loial wonders aloud why he ever left the ''stedding'' ({{tdr|44}}). <br /> <br /> *They find a good place to stand and fight the Darkhounds. Lan tells Loial and Faile to hold the horses and make sure they do not get away. Moiraine balefires the Darkhounds and they ride on ({{tdr|44}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Faile, Moiraine and Lan arrive in the city of Tear. They stay at an inn named the Star. Moiraine and Lan leave to scout out Tear, and Perrin goes to his room, leaving Loial and Faile alone ({{tdr|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Moiraine tells Loial, Perrin and Faile that [[Be'lal]] is in Tear. Loial once again bemoans the fact that he ever left the ''stedding'', and Moiraine tells him that he can leave and go back to Stedding Shangtai if he wishes. Loial ends up deciding to stay, as he has many more notes to take for his book and he doesn't want to leave Perrin and Rand. She later asks Loial what he knows of Be'lal. Loial tells what he knows, which is not much, but Moiraine says that it is still helpful and thanks him. Moiraine and Lan decide that they will be the only ones to go into the Stone of Tear to fight Be'lal, while Loial, Perrin and Faile will stay behind ({{tdr|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Moiraine tells Perrin and Faile that they and Loial are to go to Tar Valon until everything in Tear is over so that they will be safe, but they never get the chance to leave ({{tdr|53}}). <br /> <br /> *When Faile is trapped in ''Tel'aran'rhiod'' by the hedgehog ''ter'angreal'' and Perrin goes after her, Perrin asks Loial to guard their bodies. Loial replies that no one will pass him while he lives ({{tdr|53}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 4 - 6===<br /> <br /> *After everything is over in the Stone, Loial runs into an Ogier in Tear who is from his ''stedding'', and he has no doubt that [[Laefar]] will tell his mother where he is ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *While the Stone of Tear is attacked by Trollocs and [[Myrddraal]], Loial gathers as many children as he can, as well as some of their mothers, into a large room and holds the door against the Shadowspawn throughout the entire battle. He is hurt, receiving a hit to the head and a heavy limp to his walk. After the battle, women from the Stone send him all sorts of flowers for his courage and faithfulness ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *After hearing a rumor about Whitecloaks in the Two Rivers, Perrin decides that he will travel back to the Two Rivers using the Ways. Knowing that Loial wishes to be out of Tear in case his mother knows where he is, Perrin thinks that Loial will agree to guide him through the Ways ({{tsr|14}}). <br /> <br /> *Faile visits Loial and makes him promise to take her anywhere she wants, before anyone else, and that if anyone wants to accompany them, they must ask her, because she is angry that Perrin refuses to take her through the Ways to the Two Rivers with him ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, Perrin goes to Loial's rooms. Perrin learns that Loial has been up half the night writing notes for his book. He asks Loial to guide him through the Ways to the Two Rivers, but Faile reminds Loial of his promise. Loial is very upset when Faile refuses to relent and Perrin refuses to ask Faile if he can accompany her and Loial through the Ways. In the end, Perrin decides that he will follow Loial and Faile through the Ways. They will leave in two hours ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *Perrin and Gaul meet Loial, Faile, [[Bain]] and [[Chiad]] at the [[Dragonwall Gate (Tear)|Dragonwall Gate]]. Perrin notices that Loial's limp seems better. They ride through the streets of Tear and the surrounding landscape and eventually reach the Waygate and enter the Ways ({{tsr|18}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel through the Ways, with Perrin and Gaul trailing behind Loial, Faile, Bain and Chiad. When Faile gets angry at Perrin and slaps him, causing Perrin to seize her by the scruff of the neck, Loial tries to intervene, which makes Faile furious ({{tsr|27}}). <br /> <br /> *They finally reach the [[Manetheren]] Waygate. Just before they exit the Ways, they are attacked by Trollocs. Loial uses his pole-lantern as a weapon. He takes an injury to his thigh. They have a moment's respite, and then are attacked by a Fade. Gaul, Bain and Chiad attack it, and Perrin lands the killing blow with his hammer. They can hear more Trollocs in the distance. As Loial opens the Waygate, they suddenly hear ''Machin Shin'' in the distance. Loial insists on being last out of the Ways. He locks the Waygate, placing the key from inside, the ''Avendesora'' leaf, on the outside so that the Trollocs cannot follow them ({{tsr|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Faile tends everyone's wounds and they camp for the night. Faile insists on two camps once again, though Loial says that now he has taken Faile through the Ways, his oath to her is done with and they should camp as one. Perrin tells Loial to leave it alone, since Faile remains stubborn about it. Loial moves as if to join Perrin and Gaul's camp, but Perrin waves him back. Faile, Bain and Chiad talk into the night, but their talk obviously embarrasses Loial, as he sits as far from them as he can white still being in the light of their campfire and tries to bury himself in a book ({{tsr|27}}; {{ch4|28}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Gaul, Faile, Bain and Chiad travel for three days through the Westwood. Loial rides with Faile, Bain and Chiad at Perrin's request, though the situation seems to upset him ({{tsr|29}}). <br /> <br /> *Before entering Emond's Field, they camp the night near [[Tam]] and Rand's ruined farm. Early the next morning, Perrin and Gaul leave before Faile and Loial awaken, though one of the Aiel women, Perrin is not sure which, is on watch and sees them leave ({{tsr|29}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Faile, Bain and Chiad follow Perrin and Gaul to Emond's Field. While Faile, Bain and Chiad enter the common room of the Winespring Inn to speak with Perrin and [[Bran al'Vere|Master al'Vere]] and [[Marin al'Vere|Mistress al'Vere]], Loial waits in the kitchen. When Marin sees him later, she almost faints. When Perrin and Faile enter the kitchen, they see Loial drinking tea and eating, trying to put Marin at ease by complimenting her baking. Loial sympathizes with Perrin over the loss of his family, and offers to sing to the apple trees that they are buried beneath ({{tsr|29}}; {{ch4|30}}). <br /> <br /> *Perrin lays out his plans for rescuing the Cauthons and Luhhans and tells Loial that he understands if Loial wishes to leave, as he will not be able to write much of a book about the Dragon Reborn while in the Two Rivers. Loial replies that he thinks it is the same fight, and perhaps he will have a chapter in his book on Perrin ({{tsr|30}}). <br /> <br /> *When Marin takes Loial, Perrin, Gaul, Faile, Bain and Chiad out to hide in the old sickhouse, Loial wears his cloak with the hood up in an attempt to avoid having attention drawn to him. When they reach their hiding place, they learn that two Aes Sedai, Verin and [[Alanna]], are also hiding there with their Warders, [[Tomas]] and [[Ihvon]]. They all talk for some time about why Alanna and Verin are in the Two Rivers, and about the Trollocs. Tam and [[Abell]] appear, and are amazed at the sight of Loial ({{tsr|30}}; {{ch4|31}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial wants to accompany Perrin when he goes to scout out the Whitecloak camp, but Abell and Tam tell him that he will attract too much attention. Perrin pulls Loial aside and asks him to keep an eye on Alanna, who is also staying behind ({{tsr|32}}). <br /> <br /> *After returning from hunting Trollocs, Perrin learns that Loial, along with everyone else, including the Aes Sedai and the rescued prisoners, is now in Emond's Field at the Winespring Inn. Loial asks Faile to tell Perrin that Alanna vanished twice ({{tsr|40}}).<br /> <br /> *Having learned that the Waygate is open again, Perrin asks for Loial and learns that Loial is helping clear trees along the edges of the Westwood as a defense against the Trollocs. [[Dav Ayellin]] says that Loial acts as if he is cutting down his brother every time he cuts down a tree, but still clears three times as many as each of the men does. When Loial returns, Perrin tells him about the Waygate being unlocked. Loial wants to go up to the Waygate to remove both ''Avendesora'' leaves from it, which will cause the Waygate to die, but Perrin protests, knowing that there are Trollocs near there. When Perrin collapses due to his injury from fighting Trollocs, Loial carries him into the Winespring Inn. While Alanna pulls out the arrow so that she can Heal him, Loial holds Perrin's shoulders down ({{tsr|43}}).<br /> <br /> *When Perrin awakens after having been Healed, Faile tells him that Loial and Gaul have gone to take care of the Waygate ({{tsr|44}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial returns to Emond's Field in the night, carrying an injured Gaul. Loial tells Perrin that four days ago, they closed the Waygate, and that it will now take an Ogier Elder or an Aes Sedai to open it again. Loial had to carry Gaul most of the way from the Mountains of Mist, with a Myrddraal and fifty Trollocs chasing them the first thee days before Loial outran them. Loial also brings the news that there are still several thousand Trollocs in the Two Rivers, and perhaps fifty Myrddraal ({{tsr|53}}).<br /> <br /> *Everyone goes back to the Winespring Inn to rest. Later that night, Perrin sees Loial in the kitchen frantically writing down notes. When Loial overhears Perrin asking Faile to go to Caemlyn for help against the Trollocs, really just wanting to get her somewhere safe, Loial asks Faile if she can take his notes with her to keep them safe ({{tsr|53}}).<br /> <br /> *When Perrin and Faile get married that same night, Loial and [[Aram]] stand for Perrin. According to custom, Loial threads a red ribbon through Faile's hair while Bain tucks one around Perrin's neck ({{tsr|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial stays to fight in the big battle against the Trollocs, even though Perrin had told him he could sneak out after Faile so that he could go to Caemlyn and safety. During the battle, he uses two wood axes as weapons and fights ferociously ({{tsr|56}}). <br /> <br /> *After the Trollocs are defeated, Perrin sees that Loial is still among the living, though his ears are drooping wearily ({{tsr|56}}).<br /> <br /> *Several months later, Loial is still in the Two Rivers with Perrin and Faile. Faile thinks to herself that it has only been a few months since the mothers in the Two Rivers were terrified for their children's safety when they would flock to Loial in wonder, but now, they send their children to Loial to read to them ({{Prol6}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial has been out of the ''stedding'' for more than five years now ({{loc|20}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial leaves the Two Rivers with Perrin and Faile to travel to Caemlyn ({{loc|45}}). <br /> <br /> *While Perrin and Faile go on to Caemlyn, Loial makes a detour to an abandoned ''stedding'' that Perrin knows of, north of the road from [[Whitebridge]], because he is feeling tired and has been gone from the ''stedding'' for too long. Before they part ways, he bets Perrin a gold crown that he will be in Caemlyn only ten days after Perrin and Faile ({{loc|45}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial arrives in Caemlyn less than ten days after Perrin, winning the bet. Loial learns that his mother, Erith and Elder Haman were in Caemlyn and realizes that his mother means to marry him to Erith. He becomes very distressed, claiming that he will be dragged back to the ''stedding'' and that he'll never be able to finish his book ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand tells Loial that he needs someone to find all the Waygates and talk to the Ogier Elders about guarding them. Perrin becomes angry, saying that Loial has just arrived and needs to rest, and Loial has to break up their arguing. Min arrives with the news that the [[Salidar Aes Sedai]] embassy is on their way to the palace to speak with Rand, and Rand leaves Loial, Perrin and Min in the courtyard in which they were talking. When Min later follows Rand against his request that she stay with Perrin and Loial, Loial protests but Min goes anyway ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand learns from Min that there are now thirteen Aes Sedai in Caemlyn, he decides that he is going to Cairhien and has Perrin, Faile and Loial sent for. When Rand reaches Perrin's rooms, he finds Perrin, Faile, Loial, Gaul, Bain and Chiad waiting for him. When he announces his intentions to Travel to Cairhien, Loial goes running off and returns with his belongings. Before they leave, Loial writes a letter to Erith and gives it to [[Reene Harfor|Mistress Harfor]] to deliver if she gets the chance ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *After Traveling to the Sun Palace in Cairhien, Rand collapses and Loial carries him to his rooms ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial spends the better part of every day in the Royal Library in the Sun Palace. On one day, in an attempt to avoid [[Berelain]], Perrin seeks Loial out; they breakfast together and then Perrin accompanies Loial to the Library ({{loc|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is playing stones with Faile when they and Perrin learn that Rand has disappeared, but they do not think anything of it since [[Nandera]] informs them that Rand often disappears for half a day ({{loc|51}}). <br /> <br /> *[[Dobraine]] enters the room while Loial and Faile are still playing stones and wishes to speak to Perrin privately, but Perrin replies that he will not send Loial and Faile away. They learn that Lord [[Maringil]] and High Lord [[Meilan]] have been murdered. Before they can speak too long about this, Berelain enters the room carrying Rand's sword, which he left behind when he disappeared, which is very unusual. With [[Sulin]]'s help, they realize that Rand has been kidnapped. Perrin announces that he will get Rand back even if he has to go after him alone, but Loial replies that Perrin will never have to go alone while he is there ({{loc|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Four days after Rand's capture, two hundred [[Mayene]]rs, five hundred of Dobraine's armsmen, five thousand Aielmen, a thousand Maidens and ninety-four Wise Ones set out to rescue Rand. Perrin and Loial are with them. Loial brings a long-handled axe that he found in the Sun Palace as his weapon. He leaves two letters with Faile, one for Erith and one for his mother, to be delivered if something happens to him ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *Every night after the day's travel, Perrin and Loial sit talking quietly, smoking their pipes. They speak of the Aes Sedai and of what might happen. Loial thinks that there are more than six Aes Sedai ahead of them, because it would have taken more to capture Rand. After they have spoken of the Aes Sedai, Loial wants to know what it is like to be married, and Perrin talks for a while about Faile ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *On their seventh day out of Cairhien, the army meets up with Perrin's Two Rivers' men, composed of three hundred archers, and the Salidar Aes Sedai embassy, containing nine Aes Sedai ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *One the tenth day, they catch up with Rand's captors. The battle begins; Loial fights alongside Perrin and Aram ({{loc|54}}; {{ch6|55}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and Perrin are among those who reach Rand before the [[Asha'man]] create a shield to keep the attackers out. Perrin is worried about their allies still without, and wants to slip out to let them know that Rand is okay and that they can retreat; Loial wants to go with him. Rand will not let them go, and has [[Taim]] attack the Shaido with his Asha'man instead ({{loc|55}}). <br /> <br /> ===Books 7 - 9===<br /> <br /> *In the aftermath of the battle at [[Dumai's Wells]], Loial is uncomfortable about the Aes Sedai being held prisoner. He is also worried about the amount of tension that surrounds the warriors; he thinks that it will only take one spark to make the whole place erupt. As he, Perrin and Aram look around at all the graves, Perrin thinks he hears Loial whisper, &quot;Light, let me never see the like again&quot; ({{acos|1}}; {{ch7|2}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin and Aram ride towards the Aes Sedai and Perrin speaks with [[Kiruna]] while Loial and Aram look on. They see Rand coming towards them, and Loial wonders aloud whether Rand might tell him what went on inside the Aes Sedai camp for his book, since Loial didn't see much once the fighting began. Rand promises to tell Loial everything while it is still fresh in his memory, but only once they are back in Cairhien ({{acos|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Everyone rides through a gateway that takes them near to the city of Cairhien. Loial hopes that there won't be more fighting in the city. He tries to comfort Perrin, who is especially worried about Faile after learning that Bain and Chiad went to Dumai's Wells and did not stay behind to protect her ({{acos|3}}).<br /> <br /> *They ride from the gateway towards the city. Loial comforts Perrin about Faile's safety some more, and then mentions that Faile is not like Erith, as she can take care of herself; Loial can't wait to marry Erith and tend to her, and thinks he'd die if she changed her mind about marrying him. As soon as he says this, his mouth remains open and his eyes pop; he stammers that he never meant to say that, and that it's hardly safe to open your mouth with two ''ta'veren'' about ({{acos|4}}).<br /> <br /> *Rand leads a small delegation, including Loial, Perrin and Min, into the city of Cairhien. The enter the Sun Palace and make their way into the Grand Hall of the Sun. While Rand confronts [[Colavaere]], Loial is busy taking notes for his book ({{acos|4}}; {{ch7|5}}).<br /> <br /> *When Rand is done in the Grand Hall of the Sun, Loial follows him out, still trying to write down notes ({{acos|6}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial sets out to visit all of the ''stedding'', along with an Asha'man named [[Karldin]], to see about having the Waygates guarded. He asks Perrin if he and Faile will accompany him, but what Loial doesn't know is that Perrin has his own orders from Rand. Loial doesn't like that Rand is sending all of his friends away; Mat has already been sent away, and now him and Perrin, and next Min; apparently, when Loial was with Rand earlier, Min called and Rand sent Loial out to say that he wasn't there. Loial also says that that he isn't sure how he's going to finish his book if he's away from Rand ({{acos|27}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 10 - 11===<br /> <br /> *Loial and Karldin visit all of the ''stedding'' with the exception of Stedding Shangtai, though Loial leaves messages for his own ''stedding'' in every other ''stedding'' he visits. He does what he can, asking the Elders to have the Waygates guarded, but the ''stedding'' in the Borderlands and along the Shadow Coast tell him to go home. The other ''stedding'', however, agree to guard the Waygates ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *Having finished visiting the ''stedding'', Loial and Karldin return to the Sun Palace only to find Rand gone, a part of the Sun Palace destroyed and rumors flying everywhere it. Loial is using the name Master Ledar and Karldin the name Master Underhill. In the kitchens, they ask the cooks about Rand. [[Sashalle]] and [[Samitsu]] arrive, and Samitsu guesses who Loial is. Karldin demands answers of the Aes Sedai concerning Rand, and Loial sighs heavily in relief when Samitsu tells them that Rand seemed sane when he left. Samitsu also tells them that it was Asha'man who damaged part of the Sun Palace. Karldin asks Loial what they should do now, and Loial replies that they have to find Rand, to let him know that they have done as he asked ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> *A serving woman runs into the kitchens claiming that Dobraine has been murdered, and Loial becomes very upset. He and Karldin accompany Sashalle and Samitsu up to Dobraine's rooms. Once Samitsu has Healed Dobraine, who is not dead after all, Karldin finds a note on one of the dead attackers and hands it to Loial. Loial seems very disturbed by what the note says; it says to let the bearers of the letter enter Dobraine's rooms to remove certain items, and is written in Dobraine's own hand - a forged letter. Loial seems to know what the attackers were looking for, and Sashalle claims that Loial and Karldin will not leave until they tell her ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial arrives at Lord [[Algarin]]'s manor in Tear, where Rand is staying, with Logain and other Asha'man and Aes Sedai, as well as [[Bashere]] and his [[Saldaea]]n soldiers ({{cot|24}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial shows up in Rand's rooms and speaks to Rand and Min. Min is delighted to see him. Loial tells them about his and Karldin's journey to all of the ''stedding''. Rand notices that Loial looks tired and gaunt, and Rand fears that he has been out of the ''stedding'' for too long. He suggests that Loial go to Stedding Shangtai, only a few days away, but Loial refuses as his mother and Erith will be there for the Great Stump that is meeting there ({{cot|24}}). <br /> <br /> *Before Loial leaves so that Rand can speak to [[Logain]] and Bashere, he tells Rand about the Aes Sedai being forcibly bonded to the Asha'man, which makes Rand very angry. He insists that Loial remain while he meets with Logain and Bashere; Loial pretends to study the flames in the fireplace, sometimes glancing towards the door as if wondering if he can sneak out, while Rand yells at Logain ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *After Rand has finished yelling at Logain, Bashere has some news for him; he tells him that the men who attacked Dobraine, as well as two men who ransacked his own tent, were both carrying forged notes saying that the men were allowed to remove certain items from Dobraine's room/Bashere's tent. Bashere says that it is obvious that they were looking for the seals, as he and Dobraine are the most likely candidates for guarding the seals. He suggests that, with Rand holding three seals and three already being destroyed, perhaps the Shadow holds the final seal. Loial becomes very worried that the Dark One will be set free. Rand, knowing that he can't fight the Shadow and the Seanchan at the same time, decides to send Logain, Bashere and Loial to make a truce with the Seanchan. Logain and Bashere argue, but Loial simply looks ready to faint ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial, Logain and Bashere meet with the Seanchan. Bashere later tells Rand that the Seanchan are amenable, but require a meeting, in person, between Rand and the Daughter of the Nine Moons ({{Epi10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial questions Rand, taking notes for his book. He asks him questions about the fall of Illian and cleansing ''saidin''. He complains that Rand makes him drag every detail out of him. When Logain arrives to speak to Rand, Loial continues taking notes ({{kod|18}}). <br /> <br /> *A servant arrives to tell Loial that three Ogier have arrived and are looking for him, and that one of them is his mother. Loial jumps up and wonders aloud about what he is going to do. [[Cadsuane]] tells him not to keep his mother waiting, and Loial seems to take it as a command, though he moves very slowly to obey ({{kod|18}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial goes to meet his mother, Elder Haman and Erith. He wants to ask either Nynaeve or Verin, as Aes Sedai, to accompany him, but they are gone by the time he works up the nerve. When me meets the other three Ogier, his mother and Elder Haman are quite put out by how long it has taken to find him, listing all the places they had to travel to, and Erith mentions how brave she thinks he is ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Elder Haman performs the wedding ceremony between Loial and Erith ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial learns from his mother and Elder Haman what the Great Stump is meeting about: opening the Book of Translation, which has something to do with leaving the world so that they can come to it again when the Wheel of Time turns; we are not given much more information than this. His mother is one of the Speakers who have argued for the Book being opened, while Elder Haman argued against it. Loial is very upset and decides that he wishes to speak to the Stump about not using the Book of Translation; he feels very strongly about this. Erith asks him what he would say, and Loial gives a short speech about how the Ogier have always stood up to and fought the Shadow ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *As Loial finishes talking about what he would say in front of the Great Stump, he sees something moving outside the window; it is Trollocs, thousands of them. Elder Haman and Loial each take down a long-handled axe off the wall and run down the corridor yelling a warning ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *When Loial sees Rand after the battle against the Trollocs, he promises Rand that he will be there for Tarmon Gai'don. Rand says that he might need Loial before the Last Battle, and asks Loial to help him with sealing the Waygates, since he can't find them all on his own (such as the one in [[Far Madding]]) but Loial mournfully replies that he can't, as he is leaving first thing the next morning. Haman claims that Loial needs weeks or months in the ''stedding'', as he has been Outside for over five years, and Rand says that he will take them to Stedding Shangtai himself, and maybe he can convince someone there to help him. Loial makes Rand promise to tell him everything for his book once he returns. Haman then offers to help Rand with the Waygates. Loial argues that Haman needs to address the Stump, but Haman replies that he will leave that in Loial's hands, and advises him not to try for beauty in his speech, but to stick to simple eloquence ({{kod|20}}). <br /> <br /> *As he promised he would, Rand takes Loial, Covril and Erith to Stedding Shangtai early the next morning ({{kod|21}}). <br /> <br /> *He speaks in favor of staying and fighting rather than opening the book of Translation and leaving the world (ToM, Header)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Miscellaneous ==<br /> <br /> *When he first arrived in Caemlyn, all the people thought he was a Trolloc; a mob chased him all the way across the city, but the Queen's Guards saved him ({{teotw|36}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial says that Elder Haman always droned on, and that the books about traveling were much more interesting, but he did listen sometimes, even though Haman claimed he didn't ({{teotw|36}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial is good at playing stones ({{teotw|41}}).<br /> <br /> *He has always wanted to travel ({{teotw|42}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial met some Tuatha'an some years back, and they wanted to learn the songs that the Ogier sing to trees. He taught the Tuatha'an what they could learn, but the trees never listen to humans ({{teotw|42}}).<br /> <br /> *As they are discussing finding the Eye of the World, Agelmar brings up the fact that so few humans ever find the Eye of the World. Moiraine replies that she has something that the others have not, and Rand thinks he sees her eyes drift towards Loial for just an instant ({{teotw|46}}).<br /> <br /> *He doesn't like the heat ({{teotw|48}}).<br /> <br /> *Rand thinks to himself that Loial knows so much about some things, so little about others, and seems to want to know everything ({{tgh|3}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial is the fastest runner in Stedding Shangtai; he once outran a horse ({{tgh|10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial doesn't know much about the Game of Houses, because the Ogier don't play it ({{tgh|21}}).<br /> <br /> *He has never seen the Aryth Ocean ({{tgh|44}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial can seldom be slowed, much less stopped, when one of his enthusiasms has him in its grip ({{tdr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial considers it a fortune, not a misfortune, to have fallen in with three ''ta'veren'' ({{tdr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *When Loial dreams, it is of the groves, and the Great Trees, and the ''stedding''. He has not had the dream about ''Callandor'' ({{tdr|6}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial says he has never heard of three ''ta'veren'', all the same age and from the same place ({{tsr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Perrin thinks to himself that it would be better to hit Loial on the head than harm one of his books ({{tsr|16}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial pities even Trollocs when they are caught by ''Machin Shin'' ({{tsr|27}}).<br /> <br /> *Perrin claims that Gaul has corrupted Loial; he dices now, and bets on horse races when he can barely tell one horse from another ({{loc|49}}).<br /> <br /> *Elder Haman says that Loial writes well ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> == Quotes ==<br /> ===Quotes by Loial===<br /> &quot;You humans are very excitable,&quot; Loial said in that bass rumble. &quot;I had heard all the stories, and read the books, of course, but I didn't realize. My first day in Caemlyn, I could not believe the uproar. Children cried, and women screamed, and a mob chased me all the way across the city, waving clubs and knives and torches, and shouting, 'Trolloc!' I'm afraid I was almost beginning to get a little upset. There's no telling what would have happened if a party of the Queen's Guards hadn't come along.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{teotw2|Chapter 36}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;I must say,&quot; Loial said, setting the chest down, &quot;that traveling with ''ta'veren'' has turned out to be even more interesting than I expected.&quot; His ears twitched violently. &quot;If it becomes any more interesting, I will go back to Stedding Shangtai immediately, confess everything to Elder Haman, and never leave my books again.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{teotw2|Chapter 52}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Oh.&quot; He opened the other eye, and scratched his cheek with blunt fingers the size of sausages. &quot;I suppose... I suppose... if I have a choice... that I will stay with all of you. I have taken a great many notes, but not nearly enough to complete my book, and I would not like to leave Perrin, and Rand&quot; (Loial to Moiraine upon being given the chance to return to Stedding Shangtai; {{tdr2|Chapter 50}}). <br /> <br /> Loial raised those huge hands that held books so carefully, and his thick fingers curled as if to crush stone. &quot;None will pass me while I live, Perrin. Not Myrddraal or the Dark One himself.&quot; He said it like a simple statement of fact. (Loial to Perrin about guarding him and Faile; {{tdr2|Chapter 53}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Gone! All gone, and for what? Grass. Once this was an Ogier grove. We did no great works here, not to compare with Manetheren, or the city you call Caemlyn, but enough that a grove was planted. Trees of every kind, from every land and place. The Great Trees, towering a hundred spans into the sky. All tended devotedly, to remind my people of the ''stedding'' they had left to build things for men. Men think it is the stonework we prize, but that is a trifling thing, learned during the Long Exile, after the Breaking. It is the trees we love. Men thought Manetheren my people's greatest triumph, but we knew it to be the grove there. Gone, now. Like this. Gone, and it will not come again.&quot; (Loial about the lost grove near the Waygate at Tear; {{tsr2|Chapter 18}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Do you think I would run away? he had said when Perrin suggested he could slip off into the night after Faile. His ears had dropped with weariness and hurt. I came with you, Perrin, and I will stay until you go. And then he had laughed suddenly, a deep booming sound that almost rattled the dishes. Perhaps someone will even tell a story of me, one day. We do not go in for such things, but there could be an Ogier hero, I suppose. A joke, Perrin. I made a joke. Laugh. Come, we will tell each other jokes, and laugh, and think of Faile flying free.&quot;(Loial to Perrin before battling Trollocs; {{tsr2|Chapter 56}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;Not alone,&quot; Loial said, as grimly as stone grinding. &quot;Never alone while I am here, Perrin.&quot; Abruptly his ears shifted in embarrassment; he always seemed embarrassed when anyone saw him being brave. &quot;After all, my book will not end very well if Rand is imprisoned in the Tower. And I can hardly write of his rescue if I am not there.&quot; (Loial to Perrin after Rand's capture; {{loc2|Chapter 53}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;That is serious, Rand. If someone breaks all the seals on the Dark One's prison, or maybe even just one or two more, the Dark One could break free. Even you can't face the Dark One! I mean, I know the Prophecies say you will, but that has to be just a way of speaking.&quot; (Loial to Rand, Logain and Bashere; {{cot2|Chapter 24}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;You never give enough detail, Rand. You make me drag everything out of you. Why, you never even mentioned being imprisoned in Far Madding until Min did. Never mentioned it! What did the Council of Nine say when they offered you the Laurel Crown? And when you renamed it? I can't think they liked that. What was the coronation like? Was there feasting, a festival, parades? How many Forsaken came against you at Shadar Logoth? Which ones? What did it look like at the end? What did it feel like? My book won't be very good without the details. I hope Mat and Perrin give me better answers.&quot; (Loial grilling Rand for notes for his book; {{kod2|Chapter 18}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;In the War of the Shadow, we did not huddle in our ''stedding'', hoping no Trollocs or Myrddraal would be driven to enter. We did not open the Book of Translation and flee. We marched alongside the humans and fought the Shadow. In the Trolloc Wars, we neither hid in the ''stedding'' nor opened the Book of Translation. We marched with the humans and fought the Shadow. In the darkest years, when hope seemed gone, we fought the Shadow.&quot; (Loial to Covril, Haman and Erith about not opening the Book of Translation; {{kod2|Chapter 19}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;When it is the Shadow that must be fought, our axes have always grown long handles. Perhaps in a year, or five, or ten, we will open the Book of Translation, but if we do it now, we cannot run away with any real hope of safety. Tarmon Gai'don is coming, and on that hangs the fate not only of this world, but of any world we might flee to. When fire threatens the trees, we do not run away and hope that the flames will not follow us. We fight. Now the Shadow is coming like wildfire, and we dare not run from it.&quot; (Loial to Covril, Haman and Erith about not opening the Book of Translation; {{kod2|Chapter 19}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;I promise you this, Rand,&quot; Loial said. &quot;Whatever happens, I will be there with you at Tarmon Gai'don. Whatever happens.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{kod2|Chapter 20}}).<br /> <br /> [[Category:All Characters]] <br /> [[Category:Principle Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Ogier Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Writers]]<br /> [[Category:Point of View Characters]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Loial&diff=90945 2013-06-11T16:10:31Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Relationships with other Characters */</p> <hr /> <div>''Author: Atarah al'Norahn''<br /> <br /> LOY-ahl<br /> <br /> == General ==<br /> Loial, son of [[Arent]] son of [[Halan]], is the most prominent [[Ogier]] character in the series. He is the son of [[Covril]] daughter of Ella daughter of Soong ({{Loc|20}}) and recently married to [[Erith]] daughter of [[Iva]] daughter of [[Alar]] ({{Kod|19}}). He is from Stedding Shangtai ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> Loial is something of a runaway among the Ogier; he left the ''[[stedding]]'' without the permission of the Elders and before he was old enough to be outside the ''stedding'' on his own. The Stump in Stedding Shangtai had not met for even a year on the discussion of whether or not he could leave before he ran away; he knew that by the time they reached a decision, he'd be old enough to leave on his own anyway. In his opinion, he thinks that he should have been able to address the Stump, even though he was too young to do so, since they were talking about whether or not he should be allowed to leave the ''stedding'' ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> ===Appearance===<br /> He is just over ninety years old, which is young for an Ogier. He is almost ten feet tall with a nose as broad as his face, eyebrows that hang down like tails, pale eyes as large as teacups, pointed ears, a shaggy mane of black hair and a voice as deep as a drum. He wears wide-toed, knee-high boots, baggy trousers and a coat that buttons from the neck to the waist before flaring out to his boot tops ({{teotw|36}}). Many people's first reaction to Loial is astonishment or to assume that he is a [[Trolloc]] ({{teotw|36}}), and he takes offense to this ({{tdr|8}}). <br /> ===Personality===<br /> Among the Ogier, Loial is considered hot-headed ({{teotw|36}}) and odd for wanting to travel ({{teotw|42}}). Loial maintains that the fact that he left the ''stedding'' before he was old enough is proof of his rashness ({{tgh|9}}). Elder [[Haman]] always said that Loial had no sense ({{teotw|45}}), and the Elders always said that he spoke an hour before he thought ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> Like other Ogier in the [[Westlands]], Loial is very gentle and relatively slow to act. [[Rand]] thinks that he has never met anyone as gentle as Loial ({{tgh|3}}) and is shocked when he becomes angry ({{teotw|44}}), and [[Perrin]] wonders how anyone can be frightened of him for long ({{tdr|2}}). He worries terribly about worrying anyone else ({{loc|54}}). However, his anger when it comes, is something to fear. Perrin does not think he ever wants Loial, as gentle as he is, to become angry with him ({{tsr|18}}). <br /> <br /> Loial is quite modest. He does not seem to think that anything he does is brave or worth writing about ({{tsr|53}}). However, Perrin tells Loial that he is a hero whether or not he wants to be ({{tsr|56}}). He is also known for his intelligence. Elder Haman thinks that he has the makings of a scholar about him ({{kod|19}}). For more on Loial's knowledge, see Strengths and Talents. He loves to talk, and talks at length whenever he has the chance. He usually seems to think that a story needs two or three hundred years of background to make it understood ({{teotw|42}}). He also loves to read, and is never far from a book. Partway through the series, he decides to write a book of his own; he is determined to be the only one to write a true book about the Dragon Reborn, as someone who traveled with him ({{tdr|2}}; {{tsr|16}}). He eventually completes the book, titled &quot;The Dragon Reborn&quot; (ToM, Header).<br /> ===Condensed Timeline===<br /> <br /> ==Strengths and Talents==<br /> Loial has the talent of being able to sing to trees ({{teotw|42}}). Erith mentions that Stedding Shangtai has a young Treesinger who is very talented (Loial) ({{tgh|35}}). Apparently, he is among the best of those who can sing wood ({{tdr|34}}).<br /> <br /> Loial knows more things than anybody Rand has ever met, and has read more books than Rand has ever seen ({{tgh|16}}). Sometimes, Perrin thinks that Loial has read every book ever printed ({{tsr|2}}). He is a very good source of information throughout the series; what he says he knows, you can be sure of, for he never claims to know anything that he doesn't ({{tgh|13}}). Aside from Ogier knowledge, like that about the Ways, he also knows a lot about the Pattern ({{teotw|36}}) and a lot about the Forsaken, even more than Moiraine ({{tdr|50}}). He is also very well versed in history, knowing much about such topics as false Dragons ({{loc|54}}). He also knows how to read the Old Tongue ({{teotw|52}}).<br /> ==Relationships with other Characters==<br /> When Loial first spends time in Caemlyn, Master Gill is very hospitable to him ({{teotw|36}}). They play stones sometimes ({{teotw|41}}). <br /> <br /> Although Rand's first reaction is to think that Loial is a Trolloc ({{teotw|36}}), they soon become good friends. Rand thinks that, even though Loial is young by Ogier standards, he seems as unflappable as a rock, like Tam ({{teotw|36}}). He cares what Loial thinks of him, as in the second book, Rand thinks to himself that he would rather die than let Mat, Perrin and Loial know that he is really the Dragon Reborn ({{tgh|3}}). Later on in the series, Loial remains one of the few people that Rand feels he can trust ({{acos|3}}). In turn, Loial likes Rand, and says that he would like him even if Rand weren't a ''ta'veren'' ({{tgh|33}}). However, he is not in awe of Rand or frightened of him like many others are; the fact that Rand is the Dragon Reborn does not seem to phase Loial, and he sill considers Rand to be his friend ({{tgh|49}}). In the camp of the Dragon Reborn in the third book, Loial, Moiraine, Lan, Perrin and Min are the only ones who don't stare at Rand as if he is even more than a king ({{tdr|2}}). He is loyal to Rand, and promises to be with him at Tarmon Gai'don ({{kod|20}}). However, despite their friendship, Loial is aware of the changes that have been occurring in Rand; he thinks to himself that Rand is not the same man that he first met in Caemlyn, or even the man he left in Cairhien when he went to visit the ''stedding'' about the Waygates ({{kod|19}}). Late in the series, Rand fondly remembers his earlier days traveling with Loial and Hurin as a much less complicated time ({{tgs|47}}).<br /> <br /> At first, Mat refers to Loial as a &quot;Trolloc&quot; and is very surly when he talks to Rand about him ({{teotw|39}}). However, this is just the sickness inflicted by the dagger speaking; after Mat is Healed, he looks at Loial as if seeing him for the first time ({{teotw|42}}). Later on, Mat states that he likes Loial, though he doesn't like how Loial is always talking about ''ta'veren''. He jokes that he can't dislike someone who dices as badly as Loial ({{tgh|35}}). In an attempt to convince the Ogier Elders to let Loial accompany them to Falme, Mat tells the Elders, &quot;he doesn't get in the way, and he carries his own weight&quot; ({{tgh|36}}). Loial is also referred to as a friend in Mat's thoughts later on in the series ({{wh|18}}). He thinks that it will be good to see Loial again ({{kod|8}}).<br /> <br /> Perrin considers Loial to be a friend ({{tgh|36}}). Like with Rand, he is very loyal to Perrin and even puts himself into danger so as not to abandon him ({{tdr|50}}; {{tsr|56}}). Perrin thinks that Loial is a hero whether he wants to be or not ({{tsr|56}}).<br /> <br /> Loial sees Faile as someone who is very free and who shouldn't be trapped ({{tdr|53}}). Although he likes her, he seems uncomfortable whenever she is fighting with Perrin ({{tsr|16}}; {{loc|53}}).<br /> <br /> Min seems to enjoy Loial's company and is delighted to see him again when he arrives at Lord Algarin's manor in Tear ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> According to Loial, Covril has always thought that her son is too hasty and in need of a wife. He is pretty sure that she was looking for a wife when he first left Stedding Shangtai ({{tgh|35}}). She is very put out that she has had to chase after him when he runs away ({{kod|19}}). Even after Loial's marriage, she tries to control his life until Erith reminds her that he is married to her now ({{kod|19}}; {{ch11|20}}). Loial fears her temper ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> Loial looks up to Elder Haman. According to him, Haman knows everything ({{loc|20}}). In turn, Haman thinks that Loial has the makings of a scholar, and says that Loial is a good writer ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> Loial thinks that Erith is beautiful and intelligent ({{loc|49}}). He wants to marry her, just not yet, since he thinks that she will expect him to settle down and stay at home ({{cot|24}}). In turn, Erith thinks that Loial is handsome and very brave ({{tgh|36}}; {{loc|20}}) and refers to him as &quot;my Loial&quot; ({{loc|20}}; {{ch6|21}}). She tells him that he is her Hero, but that if he gets himself killed, she will be very angry ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> Loial considers Dobraine to be a friend. He looks as much angry as saddened when he hears the false rumor that Dobraine has been murdered ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> Lan thinks that Loial is a good man ({{teotw|53}}).<br /> <br /> Loial is very respectful of Moiraine ({{teotw|42}}). In turn, Moiraine uses Loial's knowledge to help her in her quest ({{teotw|43}}; {{tdr|50}}).<br /> <br /> Cadsuane makes Loial nervous with how she is always pinching at Rand; he fears that it will make Rand explode ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> In general, Loial is very wary and diffident around Aes Sedai, but Perrin thinks to himself that he does not seem to mind if there are fifty of them around him ({{tdr|6}}; {{loc|50}}). He holds a deep but uneasy respect for them; even though he is almost twice as tall as most Aes Sedai, he sometimes behaves as if one might step on him if he gets in her way ({{acos|2}}).<br /> <br /> ==Timeline==<br /> <br /> ===Books 1 - 3===<br /> <br /> *Loial meets Rand in [[Basel Gill|Master Gill]]'s library. He has been in [[Caemlyn]] for four days and hasn't been able to put his nose out of Master Gill's inn because of people thinking that he is a Trolloc. At first, Rand is frightened and thinks the same, but he soon realizes that Loial is an Ogier. They talk for quite some time of how Loial came to be in Caemlyn and about the history of the Ogier. Loial laments how much has changed in the human world from the history that he has read about. When Loial asks Rand what he is doing in Caemlyn, Rand finds that he cannot lie to the Ogier, and tells him everything that has happened since the Trollocs attacked [[Emond's Field]]. After hearing the story, Loial informs Rand that he is ''ta'veren''. He also tells Rand that he wishes to travel with him. Rand tries to argue, but Loial says that he wishes to see the grove at [[Tar Valon]], and that he also wishes to witness the Pattern shaping around someone who is ''ta'veren''. Rand still doesn't think it's a good idea because of the danger and says so, but he agrees to come play stones and talk with him sometimes ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is in the library playing stones with Master Gill when Rand returns from his incident at the Royal Palace. Rand tells them about meeting [[Morgase]] and [[Elaida]], and Master Gill tells Rand that he will have to leave if Elaida is going to start searching for him. Loial once again tells Rand that he wishes to travel with him. Rand finally agrees ({{teotw|41}}) <br /> <br /> *Loial meets [[Egwene]], [[Nynaeve]] and Perrin, all of whom are quite surprised to see him, and Rand introduces them. They all sit down to wait for [[Moiraine]]. Perrin asks Loial about the ''stedding'', and Loial is quite happy to talk about the ''stedding'' and retell the story of how he came to be in Caemlyn. Moiraine appears with [[Mat]], whom she has just Healed, and [[Lan]]. Mat stares at Loial as if seeing him for the first time, even though he has met him before and had referred to him as a Trolloc. Rand informs Moiraine that Loial is going to accompany them, and she agrees ({{teotw|39}}; {{ch1|42}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial asks Moiraine if she can answer a question for him, and she agrees. He tells her a story about a man who came to Stedding Shangtai about twenty years ago and who claimed that [[the Dark One]] meant to blind the [[Eye of the World]] and slay the Great Serpent, which would kill time itself. Loial wants to know if that is even possible. When Perrin and Egwene hear this, they add that they heard a similar story from the Tuatha'an, about a dying Aiel woman who claimed the same thing, that the Dark One meant to blind the Eye of the World. Moiraine decides that they need to leave Caemlyn right away and go to [[the Blight]] to see the [[Green Man]], to tell him of the threat to the Eye of the World. However, it will still take them a good two weeks to ride to the Blight, unless they use [[the Ways]]. Moiraine asks if Loial can take them through the Ways, and Loial is aghast. He tells Moiraine that they will all die, or be swallowed by the Shadow, if they enter the Ways. When Rand questions him about it, Loial tells the story of how the Ways were created and how they have deteriorated. After all of the others decide that they will go to the Blight to warn the Green Man, Loial finally gives in and agrees to guide them through the Ways ({{teotw|42}}; {{ch1|43}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Moiraine plans their journey, with Loial advising her concerning the Ways ({{teotw|43}}). <br /> <br /> *As the group prepares to leave early the next morning, Loial is waiting anxiously. He leads the others through Caemlyn towards the Caemlyn Waygate, which he is somehow able to sense. The Waygate is located in the cellar of a shop. Moiraine leads them to it through a cellar door. Loial becomes angry, because once, trees stood in this spot but were cut down to make way for buildings ({{teotw|44}}). <br /> <br /> *They enter the Ways, and Loial begins to lead them towards the [[Fal Dara]] Waygate. They travel past midday. Eventually, they reach a part of the Ways where one of the bridges is broken and they have to backtrack to take another bridge ({{teotw|44}}; {{ch1|45}}). <br /> <br /> *They spend the night in the Ways and then travel on in the morning ({{teotw|45}}). <br /> <br /> *When ''Machin Shin'' begins to chase the group, Loial frantically leads the others along the bridges towards the Fal Dara Waygate. When they reach the Waygate and Moiraine realizes that the key has been taken, Loial gives a mournful cry. Moiraine burns a hole through the Waygate and they exit as quickly as they can ({{teotw|45}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and the others ride towards Fal Dara. Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Nynaeve ride clustered behind Moiraine and Lan. Loial is looking forward to meeting the Green Man ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *When they ride into Fal Dara, people shout out to Loial, &quot;''Kiserai ti Wansho''!&quot;, which means &quot;Glory to the Builders!&quot; When they reach the fortress in the middle of the town, [[Ingtar]] repeats this and bows, and Loial replies, &quot;I am unworthy, and the work small. ''Tsingu ma choba''&quot;. [[Agelmar]] greets Loial in the same fashion as Ingtar when the group meets him ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *Agelmar and his guests talk through and after dinner. Agelmar comments to Loial that he seems troubled, and says that he hopes Loial is not beset by the Longing. Loial replies that he has not been gone long enough for the Longing to begin, but that he had hoped that the grove that once existed at Fal Dara would still be there ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is present when [[Padan Fain]] is brought into the Fal Dara keep and Moiraine goes off to interrogate him. While Loial and the Two Rivers folk wait for Moiraine to return, Loial looks unconcerned, even though Rand, Mat and Perrin are obviously worried. He listens intently, along with everyone else, when Moiraine returns and tells them what she has learned from Padan Fain ({{teotw|46}}; {{ch1|47}}). <br /> <br /> *The next day, Loial rides with the others towards the Blightborder, accompanied by Ingtar and a hundred men in case they run into a Trolloc raid. At the border, Ingtar and his men leave them, and they travel into the Blight alone. Loial is uncomfortable in the heat of the Blight, as his home, Stedding Shangtai, is located in the cool mountains. As they continue to ride onwards, Loial is disgusted by the desecration of the land ({{teotw|48}}). <br /> <br /> *They camp that night near the Seven Towers of [[Malkier]]. Loial pulls out a book. He is the first to go to sleep that night ({{teotw|48}}). <br /> <br /> *In the morning, they continue on towards the Mountains of Dhoom. They are attacked by the trees and by [[Jumara|Worms]], but manage to repel the attacks. When Lan says that the Worms will not follow them into the mountains because they are afraid of what lives in the high passes, Loial moans aloud, knowing that there's worse to come ({{teotw|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Just as Loial and the others are about to be attacked by more Worms, the land around them changes into the Green Man's garden. The Green Man calls Loial &quot;little brother&quot;, and says that they will sing the Treesongs together, remember the Great Trees and the ''stedding'', and keep the Longing at bay ({{teotw|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Loial, Moiraine, Lan, Egwene, Nynaeve, Rand, Perrin and Mat see the Eye of the World for the first time, Loial wonders aloud about why it was made ({{teotw|50}}). <br /> <br /> *When Moiraine yells at Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Loial to run from [[Aginor]], Rand sees Loial running into the trees ({{teotw|50}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand has returned from fighting [[Ba'alzamon]], Nynaeve tells him that Mat, Perrin and Loial all wanted to look for him when he disappeared, but Moiraine told them that Rand mustn't be disturbed ({{teotw|52}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial goes into the cavern of the Eye of the World with Lan, Mat and Perrin while they wait for Rand to return. There, they find the [[Horn of Valere]], the Dragon Banner, and a broken seal from the Dark One's prison. When they join Moiraine, Nynaeve, Egwene and Rand outside again, Loial is carrying the large golden chest that houses the Horn of Valere. Loial asks Rand what happened to him and why he was gone for so long, and Rand lies, saying that he ran until he fell down a hill, hit his head on a rock and fell unconscious ({{teotw|52}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial reads aloud the inscription on the Horn of Valere: &quot;''Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin''&quot;, &quot;The grave is no bar to my call&quot;. He then helps Lan unroll the Dragon Banner; when Moiraine tells them what it is, he almost drops his end ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is disturbed by the death of the Green Man. Early the next morning before the group leaves the Green Man's garden for the return journey to Fal Dara, Loial sings to the oak tree that marks the Green Man's grave. By the time he is done, the sun is well over the horizon. He says that he has never sung so hard in his life ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel for the rest of the day, camp that night and travel again the next day. When they reach the Fal Dara keep in the late afternoon, Ingtar welcomes them all back ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Upon their return, Moiraine tells Ingtar to bring them all to Lord Agelmar, Loial carrying the golden chest of the Horn of Valere with him. There, they hear about the battle at Tarwin's Gap and show Agelmar the Horn of Valere ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand is trying to avoid meeting the [[Amyrlin Seat]] in Fal Dara, he runs into Loial watching a group of men playing dice. When he sees Rand, Loial tells him that the men will not let him play with them; they just say &quot;Glory to the Builders&quot; and refuse to bet against him. Loial doesn't think it's fair. Rand suddenly remembers that the Ogier built Fal Dara, and asks Loial if he knows any way out aside from through the gates. Loial replies that the Ogier built Mafal Dadaranel, the city that once stood where Fal Dara now stands, but not Fal Dara. Rand seems desperate to find a way out of the city, and Loial, worried that Rand is sick, calls for Mat and Perrin. Rand, afraid of Mat, Perrin and Loial learning that he is the Dragon Reborn and afraid of hurting his friends if they accompany him out of Fal Dara, is very harsh with them all. Mat, upset at the way Rand is acting, yells at Loial when he begins to talk about ''ta'veren''. When Mat and Perrin leave Rand, Rand yells at Loial to go after them, that he is no use to him if he doesn't know a way out of Fal Dara. At first, Loial's eyes look hurt, but the hurt quickly turns to anger ({{tgh|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Mat, Perrin and Loial tell Egwene what Rand said to them. Egwene tells Rand that she knows what he is trying to do, and that it is foolish ({{tgh|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is to accompany Rand, Mat, Perrin and the [[Shienar]]an soldiers on their hunt for the stolen Horn of Valere. Rand sees that Loial's saddlebags are full of books for the trip. Loial stops his horse a little ways away from Rand and looks at him uncertainly. Rand apologizes to him, Mat and Perrin for what he said, but Loial is the only one of the three to forgive him ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *Before the hunters for the Horn of Valere leave, [[Siuan]] says farewell to Ingtar, and to Loial, saying &quot;Glory to the Builders, Loial Kiseran (Builder)&quot; ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial rides at the head of the column of hunters with Ingtar, Mat and Perrin ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, they camp in the forest. Loial eats with Ingtar, Rand, Mat and Perrin ({{tgh|10}}). <br /> <br /> *The next day, they travel on, but find nothing, and it same for the following days as well. Eventually, they reach the River Erinin ({{tgh|10}}). <br /> <br /> *On the night when Mat and Perrin find out that Rand is the Dragon Reborn, Loial sleeps next to Rand and [[Hurin]] near a [[Portal Stone]] ({{tgh|11}}). <br /> <br /> *During the night, Loial, Rand and Hurin are transported by the Portal Stone into a mirror world of their own. Rand, seeing that everyone else is gone, awakens Loial and Hurin. Loial thinks he knows what has happened; he remembers reading a few pages of an old book, and one of the pages had a drawing of a Portal Stone. He thinks that the Stone can be used to travel to other worlds that might have been. Loial is confused when Rand tries to use the Portal Stone to take them back to their world, since the Aes Sedai in the Age of Legends used the One Power on the Portal Stones, and Loial still doesn't know who Rand is ({{tgh|13}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand and Hurin begin to follow the trail of the Darkfriends, which Hurin can still smell, although it is much fainter. Rand finds that things look normal in the mirror world except when you turn your head, and then things that appear distant from the corner of your eye rush towards you. Like Rand, Loial seems disoriented by this ({{tgh|13}}). <br /> <br /> *They continue to travel throughout the day. Loial rides slumped in his saddle, muttering to himself. After half the morning has passed, Loial leaves his saddle and moves towards a stand of trees. He places his hands on the trunk of one of the trees and begins to sing. Singing, he creates a long quarterstaff. He tells Rand and Hurin that this place makes him feel he needs a weapon. They travel on ({{tgh|15}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop to eat as the sun touches the horizon and set up camp for the night. Loial and Hurin sleep while Rand takes the first watch ({{tgh|15}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they ride on. Loial seems concerned about Rand's hand, onto which a heron was branded the night before, when Ba'alzamon visited Rand while Loial and Hurin slept. As they ride, Loial is once again lost in his own thoughts. After an hour of riding, they see a spire in the distance; Loial doesn't know what it is, but Hurin thinks that it might be a monument to [[Artur Hawkwing]] that he has heard about, which makes no sense because it was torn down a thousand years ago, and it was supposed to be three or four days away from where they were ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *When they reach the spire, they find that it is not Artur Hawkwing's monument. There is a raven carved into the top, and some symbols of the Trollocs. Rand is confused, since Ingtar told them that Artur Hawkwing won a victory over the Trollocs in this spot. Loial thinks that, since this is a different world, perhaps they are seeing a world that could have happened, but didn't. Loial also figures out that time moves differently in this world; they can see Kinslayer's Dagger off in the distance, but it is supposed to lie more than a hundred leagues south of the River Erinin ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *Suddenly, Loial, Rand and Hurin hear a woman scream to the south of them. They ride towards the sound, and see a woman being attacked by a huge creature (a ''grolm'', they are later told). Rand kills the creatures, and they meet the woman, Selene ([[Lanfear]] in disguise) ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *They ride on, now in the company of Selene. Selene speaks with Rand for some time, and then drops back to ride next to Loial. Loial becomes very wrapped up in whatever he is talking about with Selene. After a while, Loial goes to ride with Rand, and tells Rand what Selene has told him about Portal Stones ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *The group continues to ride, getting closer to the Portal Stone that Selene says brought her into this world. Before they reach it, they see a pack of ''grolm'' chasing after them. Rand manages to kill all of the ''grolm'', but there are more approaching and they hurry towards the Portal Stone. Loial throws aside his quarterstaff, as it is only slowing him down and will be of no use against the ''grolm'' ({{tgh|16}}; {{ch2|17}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand uses the Portal Stone to return them all to their own world, at the edge of Kinslayer's Dagger, Loial looks stunned. They figure out that they are ahead of Fain and his Trollocs, who have the Horn of Valere and Mat's ruby dagger. They decide to wait and see if they can catch Fain ({{tgh|17}}). <br /> <br /> *They wait for days, but find nothing until one night, Hurin sees a fire down in the hills. The fire is quite small and hidden, but it is hidden only from those following the makers, not from those ahead. Rand realizes that it must be Fain, and decides to go check it out, telling Loial and Hurin to stay and guard Selene. Selene replies that she can take care of herself, and that Rand should take Loial with him ({{tgh|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand and Loial make it to Fain's camp and sneak in. Rand takes the dagger and Loial takes the Horn, which is still in its chest. Fain wakes up just as they are leaving, and Rand and Loial are attacked by Trollocs. Rand tells Loial to run and kills the Trollocs. Loial fastens the chest onto his horse, and runs beside it back to Selene and Hurin. They get ready to ride to [[Cairhien (City)|Cairhien]] ({{tgh|19}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel towards Cairhien through the night, stopping only to let the horses rest at dawn, as well as Loial, since he is running while his horse carries the chest containing the Horn of Valere. They travel through the next day, as well ({{tgh|20}}). <br /> <br /> *Eventually, they reach the village of [[Tremonsien]] and stop at an inn named the Nine Rings for the night. They eat dinner and then go to the rooms that the innkeeper has given them, Selene in one and Loial, Rand and Hurin in another. Loial carries the chest of the Horn of Valere up to their room ({{tgh|20}}; {{ch2|21}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they find that Selene has left them and intends to meet them again in the city of Cairhien. Loial, Rand and Hurin set off for Cairhien, with Loial once again running beside his horse and the Horn of Valere ({{tgh|21}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the city of Cairhien. They decide to stay at an inn named The Defender of the Dragonwall. They go to their rooms, Rand in one and Loial and Hurin in another through a connecting door. Rand decides to go out to the Foregate and Hurin wants to go down to the common room for a drink. Loial stays in his room to guard the Horn of Valere, not wanting to run into any Ogier, in case they have had word from Stedding Shangtai about a runaway ({{tgh|25}}). <br /> <br /> *After Rand learns that [[Thom]] is in Cairhien, he takes Loial to meet him while Hurin watches the Horn of Valere. They go to an inn named the Bunch of Grapes, where Thom is staying. They wait for Thom in his and [[Dena]]'s room, and when Thom finally shows up, Rand introduces Loial to him. Rand and Loial tell Thom about the Horn of Valere. Rand tries to talk Thom into helping them, but he refuses. Rand asks Loial if he can talk to Thom alone, and Loial leaves the room and goes to play dice in the common room while he waits for Rand. He wins most of the games, until Dena joins, and then she wins all of Loial's winnings right back ({{tgh|26}}; {{ch2|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and Rand begin to make their way back to The Defender of the Dragonwall. Along the way, they are attacked by a Trolloc who is disguised as a puppet being led by five men with poles, but Rand kills it. They are about to hurry back to the inn, knowing that Hurin is alone, when another Trolloc attacks Rand from behind. Loial tears the Trolloc away from Rand. Loial manages to kill it, and then confides to Rand that he has never killed before. They can see another Trolloc coming towards them, but it hasn't spotted them yet. They continue back towards their inn, but there are many other Trollocs in the streets. Everywhere they turn, there seems to be another one, and they cannot get back to the inn. Rand sees a large manor on a hill about a mile away and thinks that it can withstand Trollocs and might shelter them, but Loial tells him that it is an Illuminator Chapter House and would probably not let the King of Cairhien himself within. Selene shows up again. Rand decides that, in order to escape the Trollocs, they will have to sneak into the Illuminators chapter house ({{tgh|27}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the wall that surrounds the chapter house. Loial can see Trollocs running towards them in the distance. They find a door in the wall and go through it. Loial tells Rand that Illuminators kill intruders, so they are faced with danger on both sides. As they are sneaking between two racks of fireworks, Loial accidentally brushes up against one of the racks and sets off a firework. Luckily, they are not caught, but shortly after, Loial sees that some of the Trollocs have also managed to sneak into the chapter house. They eventually manage to get out, with Rand setting off some more fireworks, killing the Trollocs. Selene has disappeared again, so Loial and Rand go back to their inn alone ({{tgh|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand, anxious about the decision he has to make between seemingly aligning himself with either [[Barthanes]] or [[Galldrian]], goes out to check at the guardhouse whether Ingtar has entered the city yet; Loial goes with him. On the way, they speak of leaving Cairhien, but know that if they do, they will be easy prey for the Trollocs. Upon reaching the guardhouse, they learn that Ingtar has not entered the city ({{tgh|30}}). <br /> <br /> *As Loial and Rand walk back to their inn, they see a fire up ahead, and, running towards the inn, find that The Defender of the Dragonwall has been set on fire. They hurry up towards their room, even though people try to stop them. Rand wants Loial to stay behind, but Loial insists that Rand cannot carry Hurin and the chest outside, and he also doesn't want his books to burn. When they reach the room that Loial and Hurin shared, it is to find that Hurin is sprawled on the floor and that the Horn of Valere is gone. They manage to get Hurin out, though Loial has to let his books burn. When they get outside, it is to find that Ingtar has finally found them ({{tgh|30}}). <br /> <br /> *Now reunited with Ingtar, Mat, Perrin and [[Verin]], Loial goes to get his, Rand and Hurin's horses, and they ride towards the Foregate, where the newcomers are staying at an inn named The Great Tree ({{tgh|31}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Loial is reading in the private dining room that Verin has procured. When Rand tells the others how he, Loial and Hurin got so far ahead of them, Loial pretends to be still reading, but it is obvious that he is listening. After they eat dinner, Loial returns to his reading. When Hurin returns from trying to find the trail of the Trollocs, he informs the group that they are hiding in Barthanes' manor. It is decided that they will use Rand's invitation from Barthanes' to get into the manor and steal back the Horn and the dagger ({{tgh|31}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand, Mat, Hurin, Verin, Ingtar, [[Uno]] and ten Shienaran escorts go to Lord Barthanes' manor. After having met Barthanes, Loial tells Rand that he can feel a Waygate nearby. When Loial leaves Rand to circulate about the room, he gathers a circle of lords and ladies before he takes ten steps. The pester him with questions as to whether the Ogier are coming back to Cairhien, and he is very glad to get away when Hurin picks up the trail of the Trollocs ({{tgh|32}}; {{ch2|33}}). <br /> <br /> *When Hurin informs Rand that he has found the trail, which leads into the garden, Rand and Hurin meet up with Mat and Loial. Hurin takes them to the garden. When they reach a walled enclosure within the garden, Loial informs them that the Waygate is within. Loial boosts Rand up over the wall. Hurin and Loial join him. When Rand opens the Waygate, they find ''Machin Shin'' waiting for them. Loial manages to put the ''Avendesora'' leaf back and seal the Waygate closed. Loial lifts Rand and Hurin back over the wall, and then joins them on the other side ({{tgh|33}}). <br /> <br /> *They all return to their inn and discuss what they are going to do. Before they left, Barthanes gave a message to Rand, saying that Fain is waiting for him on [[Toman Head]]. Rand intends to ride there, and Loial says that he will go with him. It is decided that they will all go to Stedding Tsofu in the morning to use the Waygate there ({{tgh|33}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they ride to Stedding Tsofu. Loial is reluctant to go, since he is afraid that he will be sent back to Stedding Shangtai. When they reach their destination, Loial comments that it feels good to be back inside a ''stedding''. Soon after entering the ''stedding'', they meet a young Ogier woman named Erith who leads Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar and Hurin deeper within the ''stedding'' while the rest of the Shienarans wait outside ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *They learn that there are also three Aiel Maidens visiting the ''stedding''; they veil at the sight of the armed men in the ''stedding'', and almost get into a fight with Rand, Ingtar, Hurin and Perrin. Loial, Erith and Verin frantically try to get them all to put away their weapons. Eventually, an Ogier man breaks it up and takes Verin with him to see the Ogier Elders ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *Erith takes Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Hurin and Ingtar away to wait until the Elders have spoken with Verin. A dozen Ogier girls check up on them, bringing them food and making sure that the humans are comfortable. Before each of them leaves, she turns her attention to Loial, who answers respectfully but in very few words. When they have left, he huddles in his chair with a book. When asked about what is wrong, Loial tells his friends about the marriage customs among the Ogier: if a girl sees a boy she likes, or if a woman sees a boy that might be a good husband for her daughter, and the mother and daughter agree on a marriage, the girl's mother goes to the boy's mother and the marriage is arranged, with the male having no say in the matter. If the Elders discover that Loial is outside the ''stedding'' without permission, they will likely decide that he needs a wife to settle him down ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *[[Juin]], the Ogier man who took Verin away, comes to tell the others that the Elders would like to see them now. Loial grows more and more anxious as they are led towards the Elders. Rand suggests that he wait for them outside, saying that the Elders likely only want to speak to the humans, and Loial agrees, in relief, that he will wait for them and read. When the Elders bring up Loial's name during their meeting with the humans, Rand hurriedly says that they need Loial to go with them, and Perrin and Mat quickly agree. Verin also agrees that they will need Loial to guide them along the Ways. It is agreed that Loial can accompany them, if they take care of him and return him to Stedding Shangtai when they are done ({{tgh|35}}; {{ch2|36}}).<br /> <br /> *While Loial waits for Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar and Hurin, Erith speaks with him and gives him flowers. She listens very intently when he talks about [[Serden]] son of Kolom son of Radlin's theory of the Ways ({{tgh|36}}; {{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin and Ingtar join Loial again, they are taken to the Waygate by Alar, the Eldest among the Ogier Elders of Stedding Tsofu. Once again, they find ''Machin Shin'' waiting. Loial seems relieved that they cannot use the Waygate, but ashamed at being relieved. Hurin suggests that they use a Portal Stone, and Alar tells them that there is a Portal Stone nearby ({{tgh|36}}). <br /> <br /> *Alar escorts them all to the Portal Stone. When Rand transports them to Toman Head, something goes wrong, and each person with him sees hundreds of possibilities of what their lives might have been, many of them horrible. When they finally reach Toman Head, Rand sees Loial sitting sprawled on the ground, wide-eyed and stunned. By the look of the trees, they have lost four months in the transportation ({{tgh|37}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar, Hurin and the Shienaran soldiers ride west, away from the Portal Stone ({{tgh|37}}). <br /> <br /> *Three days after arriving on Toman Head, the group is riding towards [[Falme]] in the rain. Loial continually checks on the books in his saddlebags ({{tgh|41}}). <br /> <br /> *They spend the night at an inn in a deserted village that was attacked by the [[Seanchan]]. They discuss what they are going to do. Ingtar wants to have Hurin search around for a trail, while Rand wants to go straight to Falme. Loial tells Rand that he will go wherever Rand goes, but that he still thinks they should wait a few days before going to Falme ({{tgh|41}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is in a camp with Rand, Verin, Ingtar and the Shienaran soldiers while Perrin, Mat and Hurin are out searching for Fain's trail. Loial is reading. When Perrin, Mat and Hurin come back with news that Hurin has found the trail, it is decided that five people will go to Falme to recover the Horn and dagger, in accordance with the ''Karaethon Cycle'' (&quot;five will ride forth&quot;). Ingtar and Hurin will go, along with Mat and Rand. Perrin also volunteers, with Loial volunteering just a second behind; Verin decides that, because Perrin spoke first, he will go. Loial argues that if the Horn is still in the chest, he can carry it, but Verin says that he would attract too much attention ({{tgh|44}}). <br /> <br /> *After the Horn and dagger have been recovered and Rand has battled Ba'alzamon for the second time, Loial, Rand, [[Min]], Moiraine, Lan and the Shienaran soldiers travel away from Falme. When Rand awakens five days east of Falme, he sees Loial reading a book named &quot;To Sail Beyond the Sunset&quot;. When Rand tells Loial that he is glad he stayed, Loial replies that even though Rand is obviously more ''ta'veren'' than Loial knew, Rand is still his friend ({{tgh|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial stays the winter in the Mountains of Mist with Perrin, Rand, Moiraine, Lan, Min and the Shienaran soldiers ({{tdr|1}}). <br /> <br /> *When Perrin brings [[Leya]], a Tuatha'an woman, back to the camp to speak with Moiraine, he sees Loial reading a book. When Loial hears Perrin and Min talking about the Tuatha'an, he joins them. Min tells Loial about Leya's arrival in the camp. When Min complains about ''ta'veren'', Loial goes off on a spiel about how ''ta'veren'' works, and then confesses that he is thinking of writing a book on Rand, Mat and Perrin ({{tdr|1}}). <br /> <br /> *After Rand accidentally causes the earth to shake using ''saidin'', Perrin sees Loial helping the Shienarans rebuild a collapsed hut. Loial, Uno and Lan join Perrin, Min and Moiraine, and Moiraine tells them the news that Leya has brought her: there is much fighting on [[Almoth Plain]], and the [[Whitecloaks]] have five thousand men on Almoth Plain. However, all of the Dragonsworn on Almoth Plain have not been destroyed; the Whitecloaks are avoiding all groups of fifty or more together. Loial suggests that perhaps Rand can go speak to the Dragonsworn as he wishes, but Lan thinks that it is a Whitecloak plot ({{tdr|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Trollocs attack the camp. Loial participates in the battle, using a quarterstaff the size of a fence rail as his weapon ({{tdr|5}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Loial goes to see Rand. Rand asks him for pen, paper and ink. Unbeknown to Loial, Rand uses them to write a farewell note before he sneaks out of the camp ({{tdr|6}}). <br /> <br /> *Early the next morning, when it is discovered that Rand has left the camp, Perrin, Loial and Min meet with Moiraine and Lan. They talk about why Rand has left, with Loial trying to calm Perrin down when he demands answers of Moiraine. They talk about the dream that Perrin has had about ''Callandor'', and Moiraine realizes that Rand must be heading to the [[Stone of Tear]]. While they wait for Lan to question the Shienarans outside about whether they have had the same dream, Loial pulls out a book. When Lan returns with the information that half the Shienarans remember dreaming the same thing, Moiraine decides that she, Lan, Perrin and Loial will follow Rand to Tear. They will leave before midday ({{tdr|6}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan travel through the Mountains of Mist for many days. Sometimes at night, Perrin and Loial catch fish for dinner. Moiraine seems to be manipulating the two of them into doing the chores and little tasks that she asks of them, and Perrin thinks that she is trying to get them into the habit of doing whatever she says ({{tdr|7}}). <br /> <br /> *Eventually they leave the Mountains of Mist behind and reach the forested foothills of [[Ghealdan]]. Soon they are noticing farms and other signs of civilization ({{tdr|7}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the village of [[Jarra]]. They pay for a meal and rooms at the inn, [[Harilin's Leap]]. Loial's appearance causes quite a stir. They learn that quite a few odd things have been happening (many weddings, strange behavior from Whitecloaks) in Jarra. [[Simion]], a man who works at the inn, wants to know if Moiraine will help his brother, [[Noam]], who is ill. Perrin replies that he will ask her, and suggests that Loial keep Simion company while he does so. When Perrin leaves the two of them, he hears Loial asking Simion what he knows about trees. When Perrin and Moiraine go looking for them, they find them in Loial's room. Loial is telling Simion about the ''stedding'', while Simion looks at Loial in wonder ({{tdr|7}}; {{ch3|8}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel on from Jarra towards Tear. Moiraine has been pushing them hard, and Loial has had to give up reading as he rides, after having found himself a mile behind everyone due to his immersion in a book. They stop at many villages and towns, including Sidon, Willar, Samaha, Tallan and Fyall ({{tdr|33}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop in the town of [[Remen]], which Lan comments has seen an eventful day or two. This time, instead of people being frightened by Loial's appearance, he hears awed whispers of &quot;Ogier&quot; and looks quite pleased about it. Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan see that there is a man dressed in grays and browns (an Aielman) in a cage in the town square. There are children throwing stones at him, which makes Loial angry. They go to the inn, the Wayland's Forge. There, they learn that there are Hunters of the Horn staying at the inn as well. They are shown to their rooms ({{tdr|33}}; {{ch3|34}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial joins Perrin in his room at the [[Wayland's Forge]]. He is very excited to have found an Ogier-sized bed made of sung wood in his room. After exclaiming about it, Loial goes down to supper ({{tdr|34}}). <br /> <br /> *After Perrin sets the Aielman, [[Gaul]], free and they kill a group of Whitecloaks that attacks them, Perrin and Lan hurry to inform Moiraine and Loial that they must leave immediately. Perrin finds Loial in his room, writing notes for his book. Perrin tells him to meet the others at the stable as quickly as he can and not to let anyone see him. As they sneak out of Remen, Loial comments to Perrin that it is just like old times, &quot;sneaking away in the night, with enemies behind us, and maybe enemies ahead, and danger in the air, and the cold tang of adventure&quot; ({{tdr|35}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan board a ship named the ''[[Snow Goose]]'', which is headed for [[Illian (City)|Illian]]. [[Faile]] is also on this ship. As Perrin looks for his room, he finds Loial scribbling notes down for his book. Loial wants to discuss the past day with Perrin, but Perrin is too tired ({{tdr|35}}; {{ch3|36}}). <br /> <br /> *During the journey to Illian, Loial stays in his room whenever Moiraine and Faile are on deck together because of the tension between them ({{tdr|41}}). <br /> <br /> *The ship reaches Illian. Loial is the last to get off the ship, not having realized that they had arrived as he was in his room rereading his notes ({{tdr|41}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Faile, Moiraine and Lan ride through Illian. Loial is fearful of running into other Ogier. Perrin comforts him by saying that Moiraine would not let the Ogier take him away. Still, Loial seems uncomfortable in the city. He thinks that something is wrong, and Perrin and Moiraine agree ({{tdr|42}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop at an inn in Illian named [[Easing the Badger]]. They eat dinner, after which Loial begins to read. Six [[Gray Men]] attack the group, and almost go unnoticed; when Perrin suddenly yells out, Loial snatches up his chair like a club and then embarrassedly sets it down once the Gray Men are dead ({{tdr|42}}). <br /> <br /> *When Lan goes outside to look around he asks for Perrin and Loial's help, saying that they might see something that he misses. After Lan finds [[Darkhounds|Darkhound]] tracks, he tells Loial, Perrin and Faile to go back inside and get some sleep, as they will likely not be spending the entire night in Illian and have hard riding ahead of them. The three of them separate inside the inn, Loial saying that at least dreams will be better than lying awake ({{tdr|43}}). <br /> <br /> *When Moiraine returns and tells the others that [[Sammael]] is in Illian, they hurry to get ready to leave. Perrin meets Loial on the way down the stairs, trying to stuff a wood-bound book into his saddlebags while putting his cloak on. They all get their horses and begin to ride out of Illian. They hear Darkhounds chasing them in the distance, and Loial wonders aloud why he ever left the ''stedding'' ({{tdr|44}}). <br /> <br /> *They find a good place to stand and fight the Darkhounds. Lan tells Loial and Faile to hold the horses and make sure they do not get away. Moiraine balefires the Darkhounds and they ride on ({{tdr|44}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Faile, Moiraine and Lan arrive in the city of Tear. They stay at an inn named the Star. Moiraine and Lan leave to scout out Tear, and Perrin goes to his room, leaving Loial and Faile alone ({{tdr|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Moiraine tells Loial, Perrin and Faile that [[Be'lal]] is in Tear. Loial once again bemoans the fact that he ever left the ''stedding'', and Moiraine tells him that he can leave and go back to Stedding Shangtai if he wishes. Loial ends up deciding to stay, as he has many more notes to take for his book and he doesn't want to leave Perrin and Rand. She later asks Loial what he knows of Be'lal. Loial tells what he knows, which is not much, but Moiraine says that it is still helpful and thanks him. Moiraine and Lan decide that they will be the only ones to go into the Stone of Tear to fight Be'lal, while Loial, Perrin and Faile will stay behind ({{tdr|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Moiraine tells Perrin and Faile that they and Loial are to go to Tar Valon until everything in Tear is over so that they will be safe, but they never get the chance to leave ({{tdr|53}}). <br /> <br /> *When Faile is trapped in ''Tel'aran'rhiod'' by the hedgehog ''ter'angreal'' and Perrin goes after her, Perrin asks Loial to guard their bodies. Loial replies that no one will pass him while he lives ({{tdr|53}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 4 - 6===<br /> <br /> *After everything is over in the Stone, Loial runs into an Ogier in Tear who is from his ''stedding'', and he has no doubt that [[Laefar]] will tell his mother where he is ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *While the Stone of Tear is attacked by Trollocs and [[Myrddraal]], Loial gathers as many children as he can, as well as some of their mothers, into a large room and holds the door against the Shadowspawn throughout the entire battle. He is hurt, receiving a hit to the head and a heavy limp to his walk. After the battle, women from the Stone send him all sorts of flowers for his courage and faithfulness ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *After hearing a rumor about Whitecloaks in the Two Rivers, Perrin decides that he will travel back to the Two Rivers using the Ways. Knowing that Loial wishes to be out of Tear in case his mother knows where he is, Perrin thinks that Loial will agree to guide him through the Ways ({{tsr|14}}). <br /> <br /> *Faile visits Loial and makes him promise to take her anywhere she wants, before anyone else, and that if anyone wants to accompany them, they must ask her, because she is angry that Perrin refuses to take her through the Ways to the Two Rivers with him ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, Perrin goes to Loial's rooms. Perrin learns that Loial has been up half the night writing notes for his book. He asks Loial to guide him through the Ways to the Two Rivers, but Faile reminds Loial of his promise. Loial is very upset when Faile refuses to relent and Perrin refuses to ask Faile if he can accompany her and Loial through the Ways. In the end, Perrin decides that he will follow Loial and Faile through the Ways. They will leave in two hours ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *Perrin and Gaul meet Loial, Faile, [[Bain]] and [[Chiad]] at the [[Dragonwall Gate (Tear)|Dragonwall Gate]]. Perrin notices that Loial's limp seems better. They ride through the streets of Tear and the surrounding landscape and eventually reach the Waygate and enter the Ways ({{tsr|18}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel through the Ways, with Perrin and Gaul trailing behind Loial, Faile, Bain and Chiad. When Faile gets angry at Perrin and slaps him, causing Perrin to seize her by the scruff of the neck, Loial tries to intervene, which makes Faile furious ({{tsr|27}}). <br /> <br /> *They finally reach the [[Manetheren]] Waygate. Just before they exit the Ways, they are attacked by Trollocs. Loial uses his pole-lantern as a weapon. He takes an injury to his thigh. They have a moment's respite, and then are attacked by a Fade. Gaul, Bain and Chiad attack it, and Perrin lands the killing blow with his hammer. They can hear more Trollocs in the distance. As Loial opens the Waygate, they suddenly hear ''Machin Shin'' in the distance. Loial insists on being last out of the Ways. He locks the Waygate, placing the key from inside, the ''Avendesora'' leaf, on the outside so that the Trollocs cannot follow them ({{tsr|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Faile tends everyone's wounds and they camp for the night. Faile insists on two camps once again, though Loial says that now he has taken Faile through the Ways, his oath to her is done with and they should camp as one. Perrin tells Loial to leave it alone, since Faile remains stubborn about it. Loial moves as if to join Perrin and Gaul's camp, but Perrin waves him back. Faile, Bain and Chiad talk into the night, but their talk obviously embarrasses Loial, as he sits as far from them as he can white still being in the light of their campfire and tries to bury himself in a book ({{tsr|27}}; {{ch4|28}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Gaul, Faile, Bain and Chiad travel for three days through the Westwood. Loial rides with Faile, Bain and Chiad at Perrin's request, though the situation seems to upset him ({{tsr|29}}). <br /> <br /> *Before entering Emond's Field, they camp the night near [[Tam]] and Rand's ruined farm. Early the next morning, Perrin and Gaul leave before Faile and Loial awaken, though one of the Aiel women, Perrin is not sure which, is on watch and sees them leave ({{tsr|29}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Faile, Bain and Chiad follow Perrin and Gaul to Emond's Field. While Faile, Bain and Chiad enter the common room of the Winespring Inn to speak with Perrin and [[Bran al'Vere|Master al'Vere]] and [[Marin al'Vere|Mistress al'Vere]], Loial waits in the kitchen. When Marin sees him later, she almost faints. When Perrin and Faile enter the kitchen, they see Loial drinking tea and eating, trying to put Marin at ease by complimenting her baking. Loial sympathizes with Perrin over the loss of his family, and offers to sing to the apple trees that they are buried beneath ({{tsr|29}}; {{ch4|30}}). <br /> <br /> *Perrin lays out his plans for rescuing the Cauthons and Luhhans and tells Loial that he understands if Loial wishes to leave, as he will not be able to write much of a book about the Dragon Reborn while in the Two Rivers. Loial replies that he thinks it is the same fight, and perhaps he will have a chapter in his book on Perrin ({{tsr|30}}). <br /> <br /> *When Marin takes Loial, Perrin, Gaul, Faile, Bain and Chiad out to hide in the old sickhouse, Loial wears his cloak with the hood up in an attempt to avoid having attention drawn to him. When they reach their hiding place, they learn that two Aes Sedai, Verin and [[Alanna]], are also hiding there with their Warders, [[Tomas]] and [[Ihvon]]. They all talk for some time about why Alanna and Verin are in the Two Rivers, and about the Trollocs. Tam and [[Abell]] appear, and are amazed at the sight of Loial ({{tsr|30}}; {{ch4|31}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial wants to accompany Perrin when he goes to scout out the Whitecloak camp, but Abell and Tam tell him that he will attract too much attention. Perrin pulls Loial aside and asks him to keep an eye on Alanna, who is also staying behind ({{tsr|32}}). <br /> <br /> *After returning from hunting Trollocs, Perrin learns that Loial, along with everyone else, including the Aes Sedai and the rescued prisoners, is now in Emond's Field at the Winespring Inn. Loial asks Faile to tell Perrin that Alanna vanished twice ({{tsr|40}}).<br /> <br /> *Having learned that the Waygate is open again, Perrin asks for Loial and learns that Loial is helping clear trees along the edges of the Westwood as a defense against the Trollocs. [[Dav Ayellin]] says that Loial acts as if he is cutting down his brother every time he cuts down a tree, but still clears three times as many as each of the men does. When Loial returns, Perrin tells him about the Waygate being unlocked. Loial wants to go up to the Waygate to remove both ''Avendesora'' leaves from it, which will cause the Waygate to die, but Perrin protests, knowing that there are Trollocs near there. When Perrin collapses due to his injury from fighting Trollocs, Loial carries him into the Winespring Inn. While Alanna pulls out the arrow so that she can Heal him, Loial holds Perrin's shoulders down ({{tsr|43}}).<br /> <br /> *When Perrin awakens after having been Healed, Faile tells him that Loial and Gaul have gone to take care of the Waygate ({{tsr|44}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial returns to Emond's Field in the night, carrying an injured Gaul. Loial tells Perrin that four days ago, they closed the Waygate, and that it will now take an Ogier Elder or an Aes Sedai to open it again. Loial had to carry Gaul most of the way from the Mountains of Mist, with a Myrddraal and fifty Trollocs chasing them the first thee days before Loial outran them. Loial also brings the news that there are still several thousand Trollocs in the Two Rivers, and perhaps fifty Myrddraal ({{tsr|53}}).<br /> <br /> *Everyone goes back to the Winespring Inn to rest. Later that night, Perrin sees Loial in the kitchen frantically writing down notes. When Loial overhears Perrin asking Faile to go to Caemlyn for help against the Trollocs, really just wanting to get her somewhere safe, Loial asks Faile if she can take his notes with her to keep them safe ({{tsr|53}}).<br /> <br /> *When Perrin and Faile get married that same night, Loial and [[Aram]] stand for Perrin. According to custom, Loial threads a red ribbon through Faile's hair while Bain tucks one around Perrin's neck ({{tsr|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial stays to fight in the big battle against the Trollocs, even though Perrin had told him he could sneak out after Faile so that he could go to Caemlyn and safety. During the battle, he uses two wood axes as weapons and fights ferociously ({{tsr|56}}). <br /> <br /> *After the Trollocs are defeated, Perrin sees that Loial is still among the living, though his ears are drooping wearily ({{tsr|56}}).<br /> <br /> *Several months later, Loial is still in the Two Rivers with Perrin and Faile. Faile thinks to herself that it has only been a few months since the mothers in the Two Rivers were terrified for their children's safety when they would flock to Loial in wonder, but now, they send their children to Loial to read to them ({{Prol6}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial has been out of the ''stedding'' for more than five years now ({{loc|20}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial leaves the Two Rivers with Perrin and Faile to travel to Caemlyn ({{loc|45}}). <br /> <br /> *While Perrin and Faile go on to Caemlyn, Loial makes a detour to an abandoned ''stedding'' that Perrin knows of, north of the road from [[Whitebridge]], because he is feeling tired and has been gone from the ''stedding'' for too long. Before they part ways, he bets Perrin a gold crown that he will be in Caemlyn only ten days after Perrin and Faile ({{loc|45}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial arrives in Caemlyn less than ten days after Perrin, winning the bet. Loial learns that his mother, Erith and Elder Haman were in Caemlyn and realizes that his mother means to marry him to Erith. He becomes very distressed, claiming that he will be dragged back to the ''stedding'' and that he'll never be able to finish his book ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand tells Loial that he needs someone to find all the Waygates and talk to the Ogier Elders about guarding them. Perrin becomes angry, saying that Loial has just arrived and needs to rest, and Loial has to break up their arguing. Min arrives with the news that the [[Salidar Aes Sedai]] embassy is on their way to the palace to speak with Rand, and Rand leaves Loial, Perrin and Min in the courtyard in which they were talking. When Min later follows Rand against his request that she stay with Perrin and Loial, Loial protests but Min goes anyway ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand learns from Min that there are now thirteen Aes Sedai in Caemlyn, he decides that he is going to Cairhien and has Perrin, Faile and Loial sent for. When Rand reaches Perrin's rooms, he finds Perrin, Faile, Loial, Gaul, Bain and Chiad waiting for him. When he announces his intentions to Travel to Cairhien, Loial goes running off and returns with his belongings. Before they leave, Loial writes a letter to Erith and gives it to [[Reene Harfor|Mistress Harfor]] to deliver if she gets the chance ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *After Traveling to the Sun Palace in Cairhien, Rand collapses and Loial carries him to his rooms ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial spends the better part of every day in the Royal Library in the Sun Palace. On one day, in an attempt to avoid [[Berelain]], Perrin seeks Loial out; they breakfast together and then Perrin accompanies Loial to the Library ({{loc|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is playing stones with Faile when they and Perrin learn that Rand has disappeared, but they do not think anything of it since [[Nandera]] informs them that Rand often disappears for half a day ({{loc|51}}). <br /> <br /> *[[Dobraine]] enters the room while Loial and Faile are still playing stones and wishes to speak to Perrin privately, but Perrin replies that he will not send Loial and Faile away. They learn that Lord [[Maringil]] and High Lord [[Meilan]] have been murdered. Before they can speak too long about this, Berelain enters the room carrying Rand's sword, which he left behind when he disappeared, which is very unusual. With [[Sulin]]'s help, they realize that Rand has been kidnapped. Perrin announces that he will get Rand back even if he has to go after him alone, but Loial replies that Perrin will never have to go alone while he is there ({{loc|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Four days after Rand's capture, two hundred [[Mayene]]rs, five hundred of Dobraine's armsmen, five thousand Aielmen, a thousand Maidens and ninety-four Wise Ones set out to rescue Rand. Perrin and Loial are with them. Loial brings a long-handled axe that he found in the Sun Palace as his weapon. He leaves two letters with Faile, one for Erith and one for his mother, to be delivered if something happens to him ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *Every night after the day's travel, Perrin and Loial sit talking quietly, smoking their pipes. They speak of the Aes Sedai and of what might happen. Loial thinks that there are more than six Aes Sedai ahead of them, because it would have taken more to capture Rand. After they have spoken of the Aes Sedai, Loial wants to know what it is like to be married, and Perrin talks for a while about Faile ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *On their seventh day out of Cairhien, the army meets up with Perrin's Two Rivers' men, composed of three hundred archers, and the Salidar Aes Sedai embassy, containing nine Aes Sedai ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *One the tenth day, they catch up with Rand's captors. The battle begins; Loial fights alongside Perrin and Aram ({{loc|54}}; {{ch6|55}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and Perrin are among those who reach Rand before the [[Asha'man]] create a shield to keep the attackers out. Perrin is worried about their allies still without, and wants to slip out to let them know that Rand is okay and that they can retreat; Loial wants to go with him. Rand will not let them go, and has [[Taim]] attack the Shaido with his Asha'man instead ({{loc|55}}). <br /> <br /> ===Books 7 - 9===<br /> <br /> *In the aftermath of the battle at [[Dumai's Wells]], Loial is uncomfortable about the Aes Sedai being held prisoner. He is also worried about the amount of tension that surrounds the warriors; he thinks that it will only take one spark to make the whole place erupt. As he, Perrin and Aram look around at all the graves, Perrin thinks he hears Loial whisper, &quot;Light, let me never see the like again&quot; ({{acos|1}}; {{ch7|2}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin and Aram ride towards the Aes Sedai and Perrin speaks with [[Kiruna]] while Loial and Aram look on. They see Rand coming towards them, and Loial wonders aloud whether Rand might tell him what went on inside the Aes Sedai camp for his book, since Loial didn't see much once the fighting began. Rand promises to tell Loial everything while it is still fresh in his memory, but only once they are back in Cairhien ({{acos|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Everyone rides through a gateway that takes them near to the city of Cairhien. Loial hopes that there won't be more fighting in the city. He tries to comfort Perrin, who is especially worried about Faile after learning that Bain and Chiad went to Dumai's Wells and did not stay behind to protect her ({{acos|3}}).<br /> <br /> *They ride from the gateway towards the city. Loial comforts Perrin about Faile's safety some more, and then mentions that Faile is not like Erith, as she can take care of herself; Loial can't wait to marry Erith and tend to her, and thinks he'd die if she changed her mind about marrying him. As soon as he says this, his mouth remains open and his eyes pop; he stammers that he never meant to say that, and that it's hardly safe to open your mouth with two ''ta'veren'' about ({{acos|4}}).<br /> <br /> *Rand leads a small delegation, including Loial, Perrin and Min, into the city of Cairhien. The enter the Sun Palace and make their way into the Grand Hall of the Sun. While Rand confronts [[Colavaere]], Loial is busy taking notes for his book ({{acos|4}}; {{ch7|5}}).<br /> <br /> *When Rand is done in the Grand Hall of the Sun, Loial follows him out, still trying to write down notes ({{acos|6}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial sets out to visit all of the ''stedding'', along with an Asha'man named [[Karldin]], to see about having the Waygates guarded. He asks Perrin if he and Faile will accompany him, but what Loial doesn't know is that Perrin has his own orders from Rand. Loial doesn't like that Rand is sending all of his friends away; Mat has already been sent away, and now him and Perrin, and next Min; apparently, when Loial was with Rand earlier, Min called and Rand sent Loial out to say that he wasn't there. Loial also says that that he isn't sure how he's going to finish his book if he's away from Rand ({{acos|27}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 10 - 11===<br /> <br /> *Loial and Karldin visit all of the ''stedding'' with the exception of Stedding Shangtai, though Loial leaves messages for his own ''stedding'' in every other ''stedding'' he visits. He does what he can, asking the Elders to have the Waygates guarded, but the ''stedding'' in the Borderlands and along the Shadow Coast tell him to go home. The other ''stedding'', however, agree to guard the Waygates ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *Having finished visiting the ''stedding'', Loial and Karldin return to the Sun Palace only to find Rand gone, a part of the Sun Palace destroyed and rumors flying everywhere it. Loial is using the name Master Ledar and Karldin the name Master Underhill. In the kitchens, they ask the cooks about Rand. [[Sashalle]] and [[Samitsu]] arrive, and Samitsu guesses who Loial is. Karldin demands answers of the Aes Sedai concerning Rand, and Loial sighs heavily in relief when Samitsu tells them that Rand seemed sane when he left. Samitsu also tells them that it was Asha'man who damaged part of the Sun Palace. Karldin asks Loial what they should do now, and Loial replies that they have to find Rand, to let him know that they have done as he asked ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> *A serving woman runs into the kitchens claiming that Dobraine has been murdered, and Loial becomes very upset. He and Karldin accompany Sashalle and Samitsu up to Dobraine's rooms. Once Samitsu has Healed Dobraine, who is not dead after all, Karldin finds a note on one of the dead attackers and hands it to Loial. Loial seems very disturbed by what the note says; it says to let the bearers of the letter enter Dobraine's rooms to remove certain items, and is written in Dobraine's own hand - a forged letter. Loial seems to know what the attackers were looking for, and Sashalle claims that Loial and Karldin will not leave until they tell her ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial arrives at Lord [[Algarin]]'s manor in Tear, where Rand is staying, with Logain and other Asha'man and Aes Sedai, as well as [[Bashere]] and his [[Saldaea]]n soldiers ({{cot|24}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial shows up in Rand's rooms and speaks to Rand and Min. Min is delighted to see him. Loial tells them about his and Karldin's journey to all of the ''stedding''. Rand notices that Loial looks tired and gaunt, and Rand fears that he has been out of the ''stedding'' for too long. He suggests that Loial go to Stedding Shangtai, only a few days away, but Loial refuses as his mother and Erith will be there for the Great Stump that is meeting there ({{cot|24}}). <br /> <br /> *Before Loial leaves so that Rand can speak to [[Logain]] and Bashere, he tells Rand about the Aes Sedai being forcibly bonded to the Asha'man, which makes Rand very angry. He insists that Loial remain while he meets with Logain and Bashere; Loial pretends to study the flames in the fireplace, sometimes glancing towards the door as if wondering if he can sneak out, while Rand yells at Logain ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *After Rand has finished yelling at Logain, Bashere has some news for him; he tells him that the men who attacked Dobraine, as well as two men who ransacked his own tent, were both carrying forged notes saying that the men were allowed to remove certain items from Dobraine's room/Bashere's tent. Bashere says that it is obvious that they were looking for the seals, as he and Dobraine are the most likely candidates for guarding the seals. He suggests that, with Rand holding three seals and three already being destroyed, perhaps the Shadow holds the final seal. Loial becomes very worried that the Dark One will be set free. Rand, knowing that he can't fight the Shadow and the Seanchan at the same time, decides to send Logain, Bashere and Loial to make a truce with the Seanchan. Logain and Bashere argue, but Loial simply looks ready to faint ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial, Logain and Bashere meet with the Seanchan. Bashere later tells Rand that the Seanchan are amenable, but require a meeting, in person, between Rand and the Daughter of the Nine Moons ({{Epi10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial questions Rand, taking notes for his book. He asks him questions about the fall of Illian and cleansing ''saidin''. He complains that Rand makes him drag every detail out of him. When Logain arrives to speak to Rand, Loial continues taking notes ({{kod|18}}). <br /> <br /> *A servant arrives to tell Loial that three Ogier have arrived and are looking for him, and that one of them is his mother. Loial jumps up and wonders aloud about what he is going to do. [[Cadsuane]] tells him not to keep his mother waiting, and Loial seems to take it as a command, though he moves very slowly to obey ({{kod|18}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial goes to meet his mother, Elder Haman and Erith. He wants to ask either Nynaeve or Verin, as Aes Sedai, to accompany him, but they are gone by the time he works up the nerve. When me meets the other three Ogier, his mother and Elder Haman are quite put out by how long it has taken to find him, listing all the places they had to travel to, and Erith mentions how brave she thinks he is ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Elder Haman performs the wedding ceremony between Loial and Erith ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial learns from his mother and Elder Haman what the Great Stump is meeting about: opening the Book of Translation, which has something to do with leaving the world so that they can come to it again when the Wheel of Time turns; we are not given much more information than this. His mother is one of the Speakers who have argued for the Book being opened, while Elder Haman argued against it. Loial is very upset and decides that he wishes to speak to the Stump about not using the Book of Translation; he feels very strongly about this. Erith asks him what he would say, and Loial gives a short speech about how the Ogier have always stood up to and fought the Shadow ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *As Loial finishes talking about what he would say in front of the Great Stump, he sees something moving outside the window; it is Trollocs, thousands of them. Elder Haman and Loial each take down a long-handled axe off the wall and run down the corridor yelling a warning ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *When Loial sees Rand after the battle against the Trollocs, he promises Rand that he will be there for Tarmon Gai'don. Rand says that he might need Loial before the Last Battle, and asks Loial to help him with sealing the Waygates, since he can't find them all on his own (such as the one in [[Far Madding]]) but Loial mournfully replies that he can't, as he is leaving first thing the next morning. Haman claims that Loial needs weeks or months in the ''stedding'', as he has been Outside for over five years, and Rand says that he will take them to Stedding Shangtai himself, and maybe he can convince someone there to help him. Loial makes Rand promise to tell him everything for his book once he returns. Haman then offers to help Rand with the Waygates. Loial argues that Haman needs to address the Stump, but Haman replies that he will leave that in Loial's hands, and advises him not to try for beauty in his speech, but to stick to simple eloquence ({{kod|20}}). <br /> <br /> *As he promised he would, Rand takes Loial, Covril and Erith to Stedding Shangtai early the next morning ({{kod|21}}). <br /> <br /> *He speaks in favor of staying and fighting rather than opening the book of Translation and leaving the world (ToM, Header)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Miscellaneous ==<br /> <br /> *When he first arrived in Caemlyn, all the people thought he was a Trolloc; a mob chased him all the way across the city, but the Queen's Guards saved him ({{teotw|36}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial says that Elder Haman always droned on, and that the books about traveling were much more interesting, but he did listen sometimes, even though Haman claimed he didn't ({{teotw|36}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial is good at playing stones ({{teotw|41}}).<br /> <br /> *He has always wanted to travel ({{teotw|42}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial met some Tuatha'an some years back, and they wanted to learn the songs that the Ogier sing to trees. He taught the Tuatha'an what they could learn, but the trees never listen to humans ({{teotw|42}}).<br /> <br /> *As they are discussing finding the Eye of the World, Agelmar brings up the fact that so few humans ever find the Eye of the World. Moiraine replies that she has something that the others have not, and Rand thinks he sees her eyes drift towards Loial for just an instant ({{teotw|46}}).<br /> <br /> *He doesn't like the heat ({{teotw|48}}).<br /> <br /> *Rand thinks to himself that Loial knows so much about some things, so little about others, and seems to want to know everything ({{tgh|3}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial is the fastest runner in Stedding Shangtai; he once outran a horse ({{tgh|10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial doesn't know much about the Game of Houses, because the Ogier don't play it ({{tgh|21}}).<br /> <br /> *He has never seen the Aryth Ocean ({{tgh|44}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial can seldom be slowed, much less stopped, when one of his enthusiasms has him in its grip ({{tdr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial considers it a fortune, not a misfortune, to have fallen in with three ''ta'veren'' ({{tdr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *When Loial dreams, it is of the groves, and the Great Trees, and the ''stedding''. He has not had the dream about ''Callandor'' ({{tdr|6}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial says he has never heard of three ''ta'veren'', all the same age and from the same place ({{tsr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Perrin thinks to himself that it would be better to hit Loial on the head than harm one of his books ({{tsr|16}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial pities even Trollocs when they are caught by ''Machin Shin'' ({{tsr|27}}).<br /> <br /> *Perrin claims that Gaul has corrupted Loial; he dices now, and bets on horse races when he can barely tell one horse from another ({{loc|49}}).<br /> <br /> *Elder Haman says that Loial writes well ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> == Quotes ==<br /> ===Quotes by Loial===<br /> &quot;You humans are very excitable,&quot; Loial said in that bass rumble. &quot;I had heard all the stories, and read the books, of course, but I didn't realize. My first day in Caemlyn, I could not believe the uproar. Children cried, and women screamed, and a mob chased me all the way across the city, waving clubs and knives and torches, and shouting, 'Trolloc!' I'm afraid I was almost beginning to get a little upset. There's no telling what would have happened if a party of the Queen's Guards hadn't come along.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{teotw2|Chapter 36}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;I must say,&quot; Loial said, setting the chest down, &quot;that traveling with ''ta'veren'' has turned out to be even more interesting than I expected.&quot; His ears twitched violently. &quot;If it becomes any more interesting, I will go back to Stedding Shangtai immediately, confess everything to Elder Haman, and never leave my books again.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{teotw2|Chapter 52}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Oh.&quot; He opened the other eye, and scratched his cheek with blunt fingers the size of sausages. &quot;I suppose... I suppose... if I have a choice... that I will stay with all of you. I have taken a great many notes, but not nearly enough to complete my book, and I would not like to leave Perrin, and Rand&quot; (Loial to Moiraine upon being given the chance to return to Stedding Shangtai; {{tdr2|Chapter 50}}). <br /> <br /> Loial raised those huge hands that held books so carefully, and his thick fingers curled as if to crush stone. &quot;None will pass me while I live, Perrin. Not Myrddraal or the Dark One himself.&quot; He said it like a simple statement of fact. (Loial to Perrin about guarding him and Faile; {{tdr2|Chapter 53}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Gone! All gone, and for what? Grass. Once this was an Ogier grove. We did no great works here, not to compare with Manetheren, or the city you call Caemlyn, but enough that a grove was planted. Trees of every kind, from every land and place. The Great Trees, towering a hundred spans into the sky. All tended devotedly, to remind my people of the ''stedding'' they had left to build things for men. Men think it is the stonework we prize, but that is a trifling thing, learned during the Long Exile, after the Breaking. It is the trees we love. Men thought Manetheren my people's greatest triumph, but we knew it to be the grove there. Gone, now. Like this. Gone, and it will not come again.&quot; (Loial about the lost grove near the Waygate at Tear; {{tsr2|Chapter 18}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Do you think I would run away? he had said when Perrin suggested he could slip off into the night after Faile. His ears had dropped with weariness and hurt. I came with you, Perrin, and I will stay until you go. And then he had laughed suddenly, a deep booming sound that almost rattled the dishes. Perhaps someone will even tell a story of me, one day. We do not go in for such things, but there could be an Ogier hero, I suppose. A joke, Perrin. I made a joke. Laugh. Come, we will tell each other jokes, and laugh, and think of Faile flying free.&quot;(Loial to Perrin before battling Trollocs; {{tsr2|Chapter 56}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;Not alone,&quot; Loial said, as grimly as stone grinding. &quot;Never alone while I am here, Perrin.&quot; Abruptly his ears shifted in embarrassment; he always seemed embarrassed when anyone saw him being brave. &quot;After all, my book will not end very well if Rand is imprisoned in the Tower. And I can hardly write of his rescue if I am not there.&quot; (Loial to Perrin after Rand's capture; {{loc2|Chapter 53}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;That is serious, Rand. If someone breaks all the seals on the Dark One's prison, or maybe even just one or two more, the Dark One could break free. Even you can't face the Dark One! I mean, I know the Prophecies say you will, but that has to be just a way of speaking.&quot; (Loial to Rand, Logain and Bashere; {{cot2|Chapter 24}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;You never give enough detail, Rand. You make me drag everything out of you. Why, you never even mentioned being imprisoned in Far Madding until Min did. Never mentioned it! What did the Council of Nine say when they offered you the Laurel Crown? And when you renamed it? I can't think they liked that. What was the coronation like? Was there feasting, a festival, parades? How many Forsaken came against you at Shadar Logoth? Which ones? What did it look like at the end? What did it feel like? My book won't be very good without the details. I hope Mat and Perrin give me better answers.&quot; (Loial grilling Rand for notes for his book; {{kod2|Chapter 18}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;In the War of the Shadow, we did not huddle in our ''stedding'', hoping no Trollocs or Myrddraal would be driven to enter. We did not open the Book of Translation and flee. We marched alongside the humans and fought the Shadow. In the Trolloc Wars, we neither hid in the ''stedding'' nor opened the Book of Translation. We marched with the humans and fought the Shadow. In the darkest years, when hope seemed gone, we fought the Shadow.&quot; (Loial to Covril, Haman and Erith about not opening the Book of Translation; {{kod2|Chapter 19}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;When it is the Shadow that must be fought, our axes have always grown long handles. Perhaps in a year, or five, or ten, we will open the Book of Translation, but if we do it now, we cannot run away with any real hope of safety. Tarmon Gai'don is coming, and on that hangs the fate not only of this world, but of any world we might flee to. When fire threatens the trees, we do not run away and hope that the flames will not follow us. We fight. Now the Shadow is coming like wildfire, and we dare not run from it.&quot; (Loial to Covril, Haman and Erith about not opening the Book of Translation; {{kod2|Chapter 19}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;I promise you this, Rand,&quot; Loial said. &quot;Whatever happens, I will be there with you at Tarmon Gai'don. Whatever happens.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{kod2|Chapter 20}}).<br /> <br /> [[Category:All Characters]] <br /> [[Category:Principle Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Ogier Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Writers]]<br /> [[Category:Point of View Characters]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Loial&diff=90944 2013-06-11T16:07:23Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* General */</p> <hr /> <div>''Author: Atarah al'Norahn''<br /> <br /> LOY-ahl<br /> <br /> == General ==<br /> Loial, son of [[Arent]] son of [[Halan]], is the most prominent [[Ogier]] character in the series. He is the son of [[Covril]] daughter of Ella daughter of Soong ({{Loc|20}}) and recently married to [[Erith]] daughter of [[Iva]] daughter of [[Alar]] ({{Kod|19}}). He is from Stedding Shangtai ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> Loial is something of a runaway among the Ogier; he left the ''[[stedding]]'' without the permission of the Elders and before he was old enough to be outside the ''stedding'' on his own. The Stump in Stedding Shangtai had not met for even a year on the discussion of whether or not he could leave before he ran away; he knew that by the time they reached a decision, he'd be old enough to leave on his own anyway. In his opinion, he thinks that he should have been able to address the Stump, even though he was too young to do so, since they were talking about whether or not he should be allowed to leave the ''stedding'' ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> ===Appearance===<br /> He is just over ninety years old, which is young for an Ogier. He is almost ten feet tall with a nose as broad as his face, eyebrows that hang down like tails, pale eyes as large as teacups, pointed ears, a shaggy mane of black hair and a voice as deep as a drum. He wears wide-toed, knee-high boots, baggy trousers and a coat that buttons from the neck to the waist before flaring out to his boot tops ({{teotw|36}}). Many people's first reaction to Loial is astonishment or to assume that he is a [[Trolloc]] ({{teotw|36}}), and he takes offense to this ({{tdr|8}}). <br /> ===Personality===<br /> Among the Ogier, Loial is considered hot-headed ({{teotw|36}}) and odd for wanting to travel ({{teotw|42}}). Loial maintains that the fact that he left the ''stedding'' before he was old enough is proof of his rashness ({{tgh|9}}). Elder [[Haman]] always said that Loial had no sense ({{teotw|45}}), and the Elders always said that he spoke an hour before he thought ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> Like other Ogier in the [[Westlands]], Loial is very gentle and relatively slow to act. [[Rand]] thinks that he has never met anyone as gentle as Loial ({{tgh|3}}) and is shocked when he becomes angry ({{teotw|44}}), and [[Perrin]] wonders how anyone can be frightened of him for long ({{tdr|2}}). He worries terribly about worrying anyone else ({{loc|54}}). However, his anger when it comes, is something to fear. Perrin does not think he ever wants Loial, as gentle as he is, to become angry with him ({{tsr|18}}). <br /> <br /> Loial is quite modest. He does not seem to think that anything he does is brave or worth writing about ({{tsr|53}}). However, Perrin tells Loial that he is a hero whether or not he wants to be ({{tsr|56}}). He is also known for his intelligence. Elder Haman thinks that he has the makings of a scholar about him ({{kod|19}}). For more on Loial's knowledge, see Strengths and Talents. He loves to talk, and talks at length whenever he has the chance. He usually seems to think that a story needs two or three hundred years of background to make it understood ({{teotw|42}}). He also loves to read, and is never far from a book. Partway through the series, he decides to write a book of his own; he is determined to be the only one to write a true book about the Dragon Reborn, as someone who traveled with him ({{tdr|2}}; {{tsr|16}}). He eventually completes the book, titled &quot;The Dragon Reborn&quot; (ToM, Header).<br /> ===Condensed Timeline===<br /> <br /> ==Strengths and Talents==<br /> Loial has the talent of being able to sing to trees ({{teotw|42}}). Erith mentions that Stedding Shangtai has a young Treesinger who is very talented (Loial) ({{tgh|35}}). Apparently, he is among the best of those who can sing wood ({{tdr|34}}).<br /> <br /> Loial knows more things than anybody Rand has ever met, and has read more books than Rand has ever seen ({{tgh|16}}). Sometimes, Perrin thinks that Loial has read every book ever printed ({{tsr|2}}). He is a very good source of information throughout the series; what he says he knows, you can be sure of, for he never claims to know anything that he doesn't ({{tgh|13}}). Aside from Ogier knowledge, like that about the Ways, he also knows a lot about the Pattern ({{teotw|36}}) and a lot about the Forsaken, even more than Moiraine ({{tdr|50}}). He is also very well versed in history, knowing much about such topics as false Dragons ({{loc|54}}). He also knows how to read the Old Tongue ({{teotw|52}}).<br /> ==Relationships with other Characters==<br /> When Loial first spends time in Caemlyn, Master Gill is very hospitable to him ({{teotw|36}}). They play stones sometimes ({{teotw|41}}). <br /> <br /> Although Rand's first reaction is to think that Loial is a Trolloc ({{teotw|36}}), they soon become good friends. Rand thinks that, even though Loial is young by Ogier standards, he seems as unflappable as a rock, like Tam ({{teotw|36}}). He cares what Loial thinks of him, as in the second book, Rand thinks to himself that he would rather die than let Mat, Perrin and Loial know that he is really the Dragon Reborn ({{tgh|3}}). Later on in the series, Loial remains one of the few people that Rand feels he can trust ({{acos|3}}). In turn, Loial likes Rand, and says that he would like him even if Rand weren't a ''ta'veren'' ({{tgh|33}}). However, he is not in awe of Rand or frightened of him like many others are; the fact that Rand is the Dragon Reborn does not seem to phase Loial, and he sill considers Rand to be his friend ({{tgh|49}}), and in the camp of the Dragon Reborn in the third book, Loial, Moiraine, Lan, Perrin and Min are the only ones who don't stare at Rand as if he is even more than a king ({{tdr|2}}). He is loyal to Rand, and promises to be with him at Tarmon Gai'don ({{kod|20}}). However, despite their friendship, Loial is aware of the changes that have been occurring in Rand; he thinks to himself that Rand is not the same man that he first met in Caemlyn, or even the man he left in Cairhien when he went to visit the ''stedding'' about the Waygates ({{kod|19}}). Late in the series, Rand fondly remembers his earlier days traveling with Loial and Hurin as a much less complicated time ({{tgs|47}}).<br /> <br /> At first, Mat refers to Loial as a &quot;Trolloc&quot; and is very surly when he talks to Rand about him ({{teotw|39}}). However, this is just the sickness inflicted by the dagger speaking; after Mat is Healed, he looks at Loial as if seeing him for the first time ({{teotw|42}}). Later on, Mat states that he likes Loial, though he doesn't like how Loial is always talking about ''ta'veren''. He jokes that he can't dislike someone who dices as badly as Loial ({{tgh|35}}). In an attempt to convince the Ogier Elders to let Loial accompany them to Falme, Mat tells the Elders, &quot;he doesn't get in the way, and he carries his own weight&quot; ({{tgh|36}}). Loial is also referred to as a friend in Mat's thoughts later on in the series ({{wh|18}}). He thinks that it will be good to see Loial again ({{kod|8}}).<br /> <br /> Perrin considers Loial to be a friend ({{tgh|36}}). Like with Rand, he is very loyal to Perrin and even puts himself into danger so as not to abandon him ({{tdr|50}}; {{tsr|56}}). Perrin thinks that Loial is a hero whether he wants to be or not ({{tsr|56}}).<br /> <br /> Loial sees Faile as someone who is very free and who shouldn't be trapped ({{tdr|53}}). Although he likes her, he seems uncomfortable whenever she is fighting with Perrin ({{tsr|16}}; {{loc|53}}).<br /> <br /> Min seems to enjoy Loial's company and is delighted to see him again when he arrives at Lord Algarin's manor in Tear ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> According to Loial, Covril has always thought that her son is too hasty and in need of a wife. He is pretty sure that she was looking for a wife when he first left Stedding Shangtai ({{tgh|35}}). She is very put out that she has had to chase after him when he runs away ({{kod|19}}). Even after Loial's marriage, she tries to control his life until Erith reminds her that he is married to her now ({{kod|19}}; {{ch11|20}}). Loial fears her temper ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> Loial looks up to Elder Haman. According to him, Haman knows everything ({{loc|20}}). In turn, Haman thinks that Loial has the makings of a scholar, and says that Loial is a good writer ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> Loial thinks that Erith is beautiful and intelligent ({{loc|49}}). He wants to marry her, just not yet, since he thinks that she will expect him to settle down and stay at home ({{cot|24}}). In turn, Erith thinks that Loial is handsome and very brave ({{tgh|36}}; {{loc|20}}) and refers to him as &quot;my Loial&quot; ({{loc|20}}; {{ch6|21}}). She tells him that he is her Hero, but that if he gets himself killed, she will be very angry ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> Loial considers Dobraine to be a friend. He looks as much angry as saddened when he hears the false rumor that Dobraine has been murdered ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> Lan thinks that Loial is a good man ({{teotw|53}}).<br /> <br /> Loial is very respectful of Moiraine ({{teotw|42}}). In turn, Moiraine uses Loial's knowledge to help her in her quest ({{teotw|43}}; {{tdr|50}}).<br /> <br /> Cadsuane makes Loial nervous with how she is always pinching at Rand; he fears that it will make Rand explode ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> In general, Loial is very wary and diffident around Aes Sedai, but Perrin thinks to himself that he does not seem to mind if there are fifty of them around him ({{tdr|6}}; {{loc|50}}). He holds a deep but uneasy respect for them; even though he is almost twice as tall as most Aes Sedai, he sometimes behaves as if one might step on him if he gets in her way ({{acos|2}}).<br /> <br /> ==Timeline==<br /> <br /> ===Books 1 - 3===<br /> <br /> *Loial meets Rand in [[Basel Gill|Master Gill]]'s library. He has been in [[Caemlyn]] for four days and hasn't been able to put his nose out of Master Gill's inn because of people thinking that he is a Trolloc. At first, Rand is frightened and thinks the same, but he soon realizes that Loial is an Ogier. They talk for quite some time of how Loial came to be in Caemlyn and about the history of the Ogier. Loial laments how much has changed in the human world from the history that he has read about. When Loial asks Rand what he is doing in Caemlyn, Rand finds that he cannot lie to the Ogier, and tells him everything that has happened since the Trollocs attacked [[Emond's Field]]. After hearing the story, Loial informs Rand that he is ''ta'veren''. He also tells Rand that he wishes to travel with him. Rand tries to argue, but Loial says that he wishes to see the grove at [[Tar Valon]], and that he also wishes to witness the Pattern shaping around someone who is ''ta'veren''. Rand still doesn't think it's a good idea because of the danger and says so, but he agrees to come play stones and talk with him sometimes ({{teotw|36}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is in the library playing stones with Master Gill when Rand returns from his incident at the Royal Palace. Rand tells them about meeting [[Morgase]] and [[Elaida]], and Master Gill tells Rand that he will have to leave if Elaida is going to start searching for him. Loial once again tells Rand that he wishes to travel with him. Rand finally agrees ({{teotw|41}}) <br /> <br /> *Loial meets [[Egwene]], [[Nynaeve]] and Perrin, all of whom are quite surprised to see him, and Rand introduces them. They all sit down to wait for [[Moiraine]]. Perrin asks Loial about the ''stedding'', and Loial is quite happy to talk about the ''stedding'' and retell the story of how he came to be in Caemlyn. Moiraine appears with [[Mat]], whom she has just Healed, and [[Lan]]. Mat stares at Loial as if seeing him for the first time, even though he has met him before and had referred to him as a Trolloc. Rand informs Moiraine that Loial is going to accompany them, and she agrees ({{teotw|39}}; {{ch1|42}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial asks Moiraine if she can answer a question for him, and she agrees. He tells her a story about a man who came to Stedding Shangtai about twenty years ago and who claimed that [[the Dark One]] meant to blind the [[Eye of the World]] and slay the Great Serpent, which would kill time itself. Loial wants to know if that is even possible. When Perrin and Egwene hear this, they add that they heard a similar story from the Tuatha'an, about a dying Aiel woman who claimed the same thing, that the Dark One meant to blind the Eye of the World. Moiraine decides that they need to leave Caemlyn right away and go to [[the Blight]] to see the [[Green Man]], to tell him of the threat to the Eye of the World. However, it will still take them a good two weeks to ride to the Blight, unless they use [[the Ways]]. Moiraine asks if Loial can take them through the Ways, and Loial is aghast. He tells Moiraine that they will all die, or be swallowed by the Shadow, if they enter the Ways. When Rand questions him about it, Loial tells the story of how the Ways were created and how they have deteriorated. After all of the others decide that they will go to the Blight to warn the Green Man, Loial finally gives in and agrees to guide them through the Ways ({{teotw|42}}; {{ch1|43}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Moiraine plans their journey, with Loial advising her concerning the Ways ({{teotw|43}}). <br /> <br /> *As the group prepares to leave early the next morning, Loial is waiting anxiously. He leads the others through Caemlyn towards the Caemlyn Waygate, which he is somehow able to sense. The Waygate is located in the cellar of a shop. Moiraine leads them to it through a cellar door. Loial becomes angry, because once, trees stood in this spot but were cut down to make way for buildings ({{teotw|44}}). <br /> <br /> *They enter the Ways, and Loial begins to lead them towards the [[Fal Dara]] Waygate. They travel past midday. Eventually, they reach a part of the Ways where one of the bridges is broken and they have to backtrack to take another bridge ({{teotw|44}}; {{ch1|45}}). <br /> <br /> *They spend the night in the Ways and then travel on in the morning ({{teotw|45}}). <br /> <br /> *When ''Machin Shin'' begins to chase the group, Loial frantically leads the others along the bridges towards the Fal Dara Waygate. When they reach the Waygate and Moiraine realizes that the key has been taken, Loial gives a mournful cry. Moiraine burns a hole through the Waygate and they exit as quickly as they can ({{teotw|45}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and the others ride towards Fal Dara. Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Nynaeve ride clustered behind Moiraine and Lan. Loial is looking forward to meeting the Green Man ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *When they ride into Fal Dara, people shout out to Loial, &quot;''Kiserai ti Wansho''!&quot;, which means &quot;Glory to the Builders!&quot; When they reach the fortress in the middle of the town, [[Ingtar]] repeats this and bows, and Loial replies, &quot;I am unworthy, and the work small. ''Tsingu ma choba''&quot;. [[Agelmar]] greets Loial in the same fashion as Ingtar when the group meets him ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *Agelmar and his guests talk through and after dinner. Agelmar comments to Loial that he seems troubled, and says that he hopes Loial is not beset by the Longing. Loial replies that he has not been gone long enough for the Longing to begin, but that he had hoped that the grove that once existed at Fal Dara would still be there ({{teotw|46}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is present when [[Padan Fain]] is brought into the Fal Dara keep and Moiraine goes off to interrogate him. While Loial and the Two Rivers folk wait for Moiraine to return, Loial looks unconcerned, even though Rand, Mat and Perrin are obviously worried. He listens intently, along with everyone else, when Moiraine returns and tells them what she has learned from Padan Fain ({{teotw|46}}; {{ch1|47}}). <br /> <br /> *The next day, Loial rides with the others towards the Blightborder, accompanied by Ingtar and a hundred men in case they run into a Trolloc raid. At the border, Ingtar and his men leave them, and they travel into the Blight alone. Loial is uncomfortable in the heat of the Blight, as his home, Stedding Shangtai, is located in the cool mountains. As they continue to ride onwards, Loial is disgusted by the desecration of the land ({{teotw|48}}). <br /> <br /> *They camp that night near the Seven Towers of [[Malkier]]. Loial pulls out a book. He is the first to go to sleep that night ({{teotw|48}}). <br /> <br /> *In the morning, they continue on towards the Mountains of Dhoom. They are attacked by the trees and by [[Jumara|Worms]], but manage to repel the attacks. When Lan says that the Worms will not follow them into the mountains because they are afraid of what lives in the high passes, Loial moans aloud, knowing that there's worse to come ({{teotw|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Just as Loial and the others are about to be attacked by more Worms, the land around them changes into the Green Man's garden. The Green Man calls Loial &quot;little brother&quot;, and says that they will sing the Treesongs together, remember the Great Trees and the ''stedding'', and keep the Longing at bay ({{teotw|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Loial, Moiraine, Lan, Egwene, Nynaeve, Rand, Perrin and Mat see the Eye of the World for the first time, Loial wonders aloud about why it was made ({{teotw|50}}). <br /> <br /> *When Moiraine yells at Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Loial to run from [[Aginor]], Rand sees Loial running into the trees ({{teotw|50}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand has returned from fighting [[Ba'alzamon]], Nynaeve tells him that Mat, Perrin and Loial all wanted to look for him when he disappeared, but Moiraine told them that Rand mustn't be disturbed ({{teotw|52}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial goes into the cavern of the Eye of the World with Lan, Mat and Perrin while they wait for Rand to return. There, they find the [[Horn of Valere]], the Dragon Banner, and a broken seal from the Dark One's prison. When they join Moiraine, Nynaeve, Egwene and Rand outside again, Loial is carrying the large golden chest that houses the Horn of Valere. Loial asks Rand what happened to him and why he was gone for so long, and Rand lies, saying that he ran until he fell down a hill, hit his head on a rock and fell unconscious ({{teotw|52}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial reads aloud the inscription on the Horn of Valere: &quot;''Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin''&quot;, &quot;The grave is no bar to my call&quot;. He then helps Lan unroll the Dragon Banner; when Moiraine tells them what it is, he almost drops his end ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is disturbed by the death of the Green Man. Early the next morning before the group leaves the Green Man's garden for the return journey to Fal Dara, Loial sings to the oak tree that marks the Green Man's grave. By the time he is done, the sun is well over the horizon. He says that he has never sung so hard in his life ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel for the rest of the day, camp that night and travel again the next day. When they reach the Fal Dara keep in the late afternoon, Ingtar welcomes them all back ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Upon their return, Moiraine tells Ingtar to bring them all to Lord Agelmar, Loial carrying the golden chest of the Horn of Valere with him. There, they hear about the battle at Tarwin's Gap and show Agelmar the Horn of Valere ({{teotw|53}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand is trying to avoid meeting the [[Amyrlin Seat]] in Fal Dara, he runs into Loial watching a group of men playing dice. When he sees Rand, Loial tells him that the men will not let him play with them; they just say &quot;Glory to the Builders&quot; and refuse to bet against him. Loial doesn't think it's fair. Rand suddenly remembers that the Ogier built Fal Dara, and asks Loial if he knows any way out aside from through the gates. Loial replies that the Ogier built Mafal Dadaranel, the city that once stood where Fal Dara now stands, but not Fal Dara. Rand seems desperate to find a way out of the city, and Loial, worried that Rand is sick, calls for Mat and Perrin. Rand, afraid of Mat, Perrin and Loial learning that he is the Dragon Reborn and afraid of hurting his friends if they accompany him out of Fal Dara, is very harsh with them all. Mat, upset at the way Rand is acting, yells at Loial when he begins to talk about ''ta'veren''. When Mat and Perrin leave Rand, Rand yells at Loial to go after them, that he is no use to him if he doesn't know a way out of Fal Dara. At first, Loial's eyes look hurt, but the hurt quickly turns to anger ({{tgh|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Mat, Perrin and Loial tell Egwene what Rand said to them. Egwene tells Rand that she knows what he is trying to do, and that it is foolish ({{tgh|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is to accompany Rand, Mat, Perrin and the [[Shienar]]an soldiers on their hunt for the stolen Horn of Valere. Rand sees that Loial's saddlebags are full of books for the trip. Loial stops his horse a little ways away from Rand and looks at him uncertainly. Rand apologizes to him, Mat and Perrin for what he said, but Loial is the only one of the three to forgive him ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *Before the hunters for the Horn of Valere leave, [[Siuan]] says farewell to Ingtar, and to Loial, saying &quot;Glory to the Builders, Loial Kiseran (Builder)&quot; ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial rides at the head of the column of hunters with Ingtar, Mat and Perrin ({{tgh|9}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, they camp in the forest. Loial eats with Ingtar, Rand, Mat and Perrin ({{tgh|10}}). <br /> <br /> *The next day, they travel on, but find nothing, and it same for the following days as well. Eventually, they reach the River Erinin ({{tgh|10}}). <br /> <br /> *On the night when Mat and Perrin find out that Rand is the Dragon Reborn, Loial sleeps next to Rand and [[Hurin]] near a [[Portal Stone]] ({{tgh|11}}). <br /> <br /> *During the night, Loial, Rand and Hurin are transported by the Portal Stone into a mirror world of their own. Rand, seeing that everyone else is gone, awakens Loial and Hurin. Loial thinks he knows what has happened; he remembers reading a few pages of an old book, and one of the pages had a drawing of a Portal Stone. He thinks that the Stone can be used to travel to other worlds that might have been. Loial is confused when Rand tries to use the Portal Stone to take them back to their world, since the Aes Sedai in the Age of Legends used the One Power on the Portal Stones, and Loial still doesn't know who Rand is ({{tgh|13}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand and Hurin begin to follow the trail of the Darkfriends, which Hurin can still smell, although it is much fainter. Rand finds that things look normal in the mirror world except when you turn your head, and then things that appear distant from the corner of your eye rush towards you. Like Rand, Loial seems disoriented by this ({{tgh|13}}). <br /> <br /> *They continue to travel throughout the day. Loial rides slumped in his saddle, muttering to himself. After half the morning has passed, Loial leaves his saddle and moves towards a stand of trees. He places his hands on the trunk of one of the trees and begins to sing. Singing, he creates a long quarterstaff. He tells Rand and Hurin that this place makes him feel he needs a weapon. They travel on ({{tgh|15}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop to eat as the sun touches the horizon and set up camp for the night. Loial and Hurin sleep while Rand takes the first watch ({{tgh|15}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they ride on. Loial seems concerned about Rand's hand, onto which a heron was branded the night before, when Ba'alzamon visited Rand while Loial and Hurin slept. As they ride, Loial is once again lost in his own thoughts. After an hour of riding, they see a spire in the distance; Loial doesn't know what it is, but Hurin thinks that it might be a monument to [[Artur Hawkwing]] that he has heard about, which makes no sense because it was torn down a thousand years ago, and it was supposed to be three or four days away from where they were ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *When they reach the spire, they find that it is not Artur Hawkwing's monument. There is a raven carved into the top, and some symbols of the Trollocs. Rand is confused, since Ingtar told them that Artur Hawkwing won a victory over the Trollocs in this spot. Loial thinks that, since this is a different world, perhaps they are seeing a world that could have happened, but didn't. Loial also figures out that time moves differently in this world; they can see Kinslayer's Dagger off in the distance, but it is supposed to lie more than a hundred leagues south of the River Erinin ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *Suddenly, Loial, Rand and Hurin hear a woman scream to the south of them. They ride towards the sound, and see a woman being attacked by a huge creature (a ''grolm'', they are later told). Rand kills the creatures, and they meet the woman, Selene ([[Lanfear]] in disguise) ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *They ride on, now in the company of Selene. Selene speaks with Rand for some time, and then drops back to ride next to Loial. Loial becomes very wrapped up in whatever he is talking about with Selene. After a while, Loial goes to ride with Rand, and tells Rand what Selene has told him about Portal Stones ({{tgh|16}}). <br /> <br /> *The group continues to ride, getting closer to the Portal Stone that Selene says brought her into this world. Before they reach it, they see a pack of ''grolm'' chasing after them. Rand manages to kill all of the ''grolm'', but there are more approaching and they hurry towards the Portal Stone. Loial throws aside his quarterstaff, as it is only slowing him down and will be of no use against the ''grolm'' ({{tgh|16}}; {{ch2|17}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand uses the Portal Stone to return them all to their own world, at the edge of Kinslayer's Dagger, Loial looks stunned. They figure out that they are ahead of Fain and his Trollocs, who have the Horn of Valere and Mat's ruby dagger. They decide to wait and see if they can catch Fain ({{tgh|17}}). <br /> <br /> *They wait for days, but find nothing until one night, Hurin sees a fire down in the hills. The fire is quite small and hidden, but it is hidden only from those following the makers, not from those ahead. Rand realizes that it must be Fain, and decides to go check it out, telling Loial and Hurin to stay and guard Selene. Selene replies that she can take care of herself, and that Rand should take Loial with him ({{tgh|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand and Loial make it to Fain's camp and sneak in. Rand takes the dagger and Loial takes the Horn, which is still in its chest. Fain wakes up just as they are leaving, and Rand and Loial are attacked by Trollocs. Rand tells Loial to run and kills the Trollocs. Loial fastens the chest onto his horse, and runs beside it back to Selene and Hurin. They get ready to ride to [[Cairhien (City)|Cairhien]] ({{tgh|19}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel towards Cairhien through the night, stopping only to let the horses rest at dawn, as well as Loial, since he is running while his horse carries the chest containing the Horn of Valere. They travel through the next day, as well ({{tgh|20}}). <br /> <br /> *Eventually, they reach the village of [[Tremonsien]] and stop at an inn named the Nine Rings for the night. They eat dinner and then go to the rooms that the innkeeper has given them, Selene in one and Loial, Rand and Hurin in another. Loial carries the chest of the Horn of Valere up to their room ({{tgh|20}}; {{ch2|21}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they find that Selene has left them and intends to meet them again in the city of Cairhien. Loial, Rand and Hurin set off for Cairhien, with Loial once again running beside his horse and the Horn of Valere ({{tgh|21}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the city of Cairhien. They decide to stay at an inn named The Defender of the Dragonwall. They go to their rooms, Rand in one and Loial and Hurin in another through a connecting door. Rand decides to go out to the Foregate and Hurin wants to go down to the common room for a drink. Loial stays in his room to guard the Horn of Valere, not wanting to run into any Ogier, in case they have had word from Stedding Shangtai about a runaway ({{tgh|25}}). <br /> <br /> *After Rand learns that [[Thom]] is in Cairhien, he takes Loial to meet him while Hurin watches the Horn of Valere. They go to an inn named the Bunch of Grapes, where Thom is staying. They wait for Thom in his and [[Dena]]'s room, and when Thom finally shows up, Rand introduces Loial to him. Rand and Loial tell Thom about the Horn of Valere. Rand tries to talk Thom into helping them, but he refuses. Rand asks Loial if he can talk to Thom alone, and Loial leaves the room and goes to play dice in the common room while he waits for Rand. He wins most of the games, until Dena joins, and then she wins all of Loial's winnings right back ({{tgh|26}}; {{ch2|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and Rand begin to make their way back to The Defender of the Dragonwall. Along the way, they are attacked by a Trolloc who is disguised as a puppet being led by five men with poles, but Rand kills it. They are about to hurry back to the inn, knowing that Hurin is alone, when another Trolloc attacks Rand from behind. Loial tears the Trolloc away from Rand. Loial manages to kill it, and then confides to Rand that he has never killed before. They can see another Trolloc coming towards them, but it hasn't spotted them yet. They continue back towards their inn, but there are many other Trollocs in the streets. Everywhere they turn, there seems to be another one, and they cannot get back to the inn. Rand sees a large manor on a hill about a mile away and thinks that it can withstand Trollocs and might shelter them, but Loial tells him that it is an Illuminator Chapter House and would probably not let the King of Cairhien himself within. Selene shows up again. Rand decides that, in order to escape the Trollocs, they will have to sneak into the Illuminators chapter house ({{tgh|27}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the wall that surrounds the chapter house. Loial can see Trollocs running towards them in the distance. They find a door in the wall and go through it. Loial tells Rand that Illuminators kill intruders, so they are faced with danger on both sides. As they are sneaking between two racks of fireworks, Loial accidentally brushes up against one of the racks and sets off a firework. Luckily, they are not caught, but shortly after, Loial sees that some of the Trollocs have also managed to sneak into the chapter house. They eventually manage to get out, with Rand setting off some more fireworks, killing the Trollocs. Selene has disappeared again, so Loial and Rand go back to their inn alone ({{tgh|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand, anxious about the decision he has to make between seemingly aligning himself with either [[Barthanes]] or [[Galldrian]], goes out to check at the guardhouse whether Ingtar has entered the city yet; Loial goes with him. On the way, they speak of leaving Cairhien, but know that if they do, they will be easy prey for the Trollocs. Upon reaching the guardhouse, they learn that Ingtar has not entered the city ({{tgh|30}}). <br /> <br /> *As Loial and Rand walk back to their inn, they see a fire up ahead, and, running towards the inn, find that The Defender of the Dragonwall has been set on fire. They hurry up towards their room, even though people try to stop them. Rand wants Loial to stay behind, but Loial insists that Rand cannot carry Hurin and the chest outside, and he also doesn't want his books to burn. When they reach the room that Loial and Hurin shared, it is to find that Hurin is sprawled on the floor and that the Horn of Valere is gone. They manage to get Hurin out, though Loial has to let his books burn. When they get outside, it is to find that Ingtar has finally found them ({{tgh|30}}). <br /> <br /> *Now reunited with Ingtar, Mat, Perrin and [[Verin]], Loial goes to get his, Rand and Hurin's horses, and they ride towards the Foregate, where the newcomers are staying at an inn named The Great Tree ({{tgh|31}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Loial is reading in the private dining room that Verin has procured. When Rand tells the others how he, Loial and Hurin got so far ahead of them, Loial pretends to be still reading, but it is obvious that he is listening. After they eat dinner, Loial returns to his reading. When Hurin returns from trying to find the trail of the Trollocs, he informs the group that they are hiding in Barthanes' manor. It is decided that they will use Rand's invitation from Barthanes' to get into the manor and steal back the Horn and the dagger ({{tgh|31}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand, Mat, Hurin, Verin, Ingtar, [[Uno]] and ten Shienaran escorts go to Lord Barthanes' manor. After having met Barthanes, Loial tells Rand that he can feel a Waygate nearby. When Loial leaves Rand to circulate about the room, he gathers a circle of lords and ladies before he takes ten steps. The pester him with questions as to whether the Ogier are coming back to Cairhien, and he is very glad to get away when Hurin picks up the trail of the Trollocs ({{tgh|32}}; {{ch2|33}}). <br /> <br /> *When Hurin informs Rand that he has found the trail, which leads into the garden, Rand and Hurin meet up with Mat and Loial. Hurin takes them to the garden. When they reach a walled enclosure within the garden, Loial informs them that the Waygate is within. Loial boosts Rand up over the wall. Hurin and Loial join him. When Rand opens the Waygate, they find ''Machin Shin'' waiting for them. Loial manages to put the ''Avendesora'' leaf back and seal the Waygate closed. Loial lifts Rand and Hurin back over the wall, and then joins them on the other side ({{tgh|33}}). <br /> <br /> *They all return to their inn and discuss what they are going to do. Before they left, Barthanes gave a message to Rand, saying that Fain is waiting for him on [[Toman Head]]. Rand intends to ride there, and Loial says that he will go with him. It is decided that they will all go to Stedding Tsofu in the morning to use the Waygate there ({{tgh|33}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, they ride to Stedding Tsofu. Loial is reluctant to go, since he is afraid that he will be sent back to Stedding Shangtai. When they reach their destination, Loial comments that it feels good to be back inside a ''stedding''. Soon after entering the ''stedding'', they meet a young Ogier woman named Erith who leads Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar and Hurin deeper within the ''stedding'' while the rest of the Shienarans wait outside ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *They learn that there are also three Aiel Maidens visiting the ''stedding''; they veil at the sight of the armed men in the ''stedding'', and almost get into a fight with Rand, Ingtar, Hurin and Perrin. Loial, Erith and Verin frantically try to get them all to put away their weapons. Eventually, an Ogier man breaks it up and takes Verin with him to see the Ogier Elders ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *Erith takes Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Hurin and Ingtar away to wait until the Elders have spoken with Verin. A dozen Ogier girls check up on them, bringing them food and making sure that the humans are comfortable. Before each of them leaves, she turns her attention to Loial, who answers respectfully but in very few words. When they have left, he huddles in his chair with a book. When asked about what is wrong, Loial tells his friends about the marriage customs among the Ogier: if a girl sees a boy she likes, or if a woman sees a boy that might be a good husband for her daughter, and the mother and daughter agree on a marriage, the girl's mother goes to the boy's mother and the marriage is arranged, with the male having no say in the matter. If the Elders discover that Loial is outside the ''stedding'' without permission, they will likely decide that he needs a wife to settle him down ({{tgh|35}}). <br /> <br /> *[[Juin]], the Ogier man who took Verin away, comes to tell the others that the Elders would like to see them now. Loial grows more and more anxious as they are led towards the Elders. Rand suggests that he wait for them outside, saying that the Elders likely only want to speak to the humans, and Loial agrees, in relief, that he will wait for them and read. When the Elders bring up Loial's name during their meeting with the humans, Rand hurriedly says that they need Loial to go with them, and Perrin and Mat quickly agree. Verin also agrees that they will need Loial to guide them along the Ways. It is agreed that Loial can accompany them, if they take care of him and return him to Stedding Shangtai when they are done ({{tgh|35}}; {{ch2|36}}).<br /> <br /> *While Loial waits for Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar and Hurin, Erith speaks with him and gives him flowers. She listens very intently when he talks about [[Serden]] son of Kolom son of Radlin's theory of the Ways ({{tgh|36}}; {{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin and Ingtar join Loial again, they are taken to the Waygate by Alar, the Eldest among the Ogier Elders of Stedding Tsofu. Once again, they find ''Machin Shin'' waiting. Loial seems relieved that they cannot use the Waygate, but ashamed at being relieved. Hurin suggests that they use a Portal Stone, and Alar tells them that there is a Portal Stone nearby ({{tgh|36}}). <br /> <br /> *Alar escorts them all to the Portal Stone. When Rand transports them to Toman Head, something goes wrong, and each person with him sees hundreds of possibilities of what their lives might have been, many of them horrible. When they finally reach Toman Head, Rand sees Loial sitting sprawled on the ground, wide-eyed and stunned. By the look of the trees, they have lost four months in the transportation ({{tgh|37}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Rand, Mat, Perrin, Verin, Ingtar, Hurin and the Shienaran soldiers ride west, away from the Portal Stone ({{tgh|37}}). <br /> <br /> *Three days after arriving on Toman Head, the group is riding towards [[Falme]] in the rain. Loial continually checks on the books in his saddlebags ({{tgh|41}}). <br /> <br /> *They spend the night at an inn in a deserted village that was attacked by the [[Seanchan]]. They discuss what they are going to do. Ingtar wants to have Hurin search around for a trail, while Rand wants to go straight to Falme. Loial tells Rand that he will go wherever Rand goes, but that he still thinks they should wait a few days before going to Falme ({{tgh|41}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is in a camp with Rand, Verin, Ingtar and the Shienaran soldiers while Perrin, Mat and Hurin are out searching for Fain's trail. Loial is reading. When Perrin, Mat and Hurin come back with news that Hurin has found the trail, it is decided that five people will go to Falme to recover the Horn and dagger, in accordance with the ''Karaethon Cycle'' (&quot;five will ride forth&quot;). Ingtar and Hurin will go, along with Mat and Rand. Perrin also volunteers, with Loial volunteering just a second behind; Verin decides that, because Perrin spoke first, he will go. Loial argues that if the Horn is still in the chest, he can carry it, but Verin says that he would attract too much attention ({{tgh|44}}). <br /> <br /> *After the Horn and dagger have been recovered and Rand has battled Ba'alzamon for the second time, Loial, Rand, [[Min]], Moiraine, Lan and the Shienaran soldiers travel away from Falme. When Rand awakens five days east of Falme, he sees Loial reading a book named &quot;To Sail Beyond the Sunset&quot;. When Rand tells Loial that he is glad he stayed, Loial replies that even though Rand is obviously more ''ta'veren'' than Loial knew, Rand is still his friend ({{tgh|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial stays the winter in the Mountains of Mist with Perrin, Rand, Moiraine, Lan, Min and the Shienaran soldiers ({{tdr|1}}). <br /> <br /> *When Perrin brings [[Leya]], a Tuatha'an woman, back to the camp to speak with Moiraine, he sees Loial reading a book. When Loial hears Perrin and Min talking about the Tuatha'an, he joins them. Min tells Loial about Leya's arrival in the camp. When Min complains about ''ta'veren'', Loial goes off on a spiel about how ''ta'veren'' works, and then confesses that he is thinking of writing a book on Rand, Mat and Perrin ({{tdr|1}}). <br /> <br /> *After Rand accidentally causes the earth to shake using ''saidin'', Perrin sees Loial helping the Shienarans rebuild a collapsed hut. Loial, Uno and Lan join Perrin, Min and Moiraine, and Moiraine tells them the news that Leya has brought her: there is much fighting on [[Almoth Plain]], and the [[Whitecloaks]] have five thousand men on Almoth Plain. However, all of the Dragonsworn on Almoth Plain have not been destroyed; the Whitecloaks are avoiding all groups of fifty or more together. Loial suggests that perhaps Rand can go speak to the Dragonsworn as he wishes, but Lan thinks that it is a Whitecloak plot ({{tdr|3}}). <br /> <br /> *Trollocs attack the camp. Loial participates in the battle, using a quarterstaff the size of a fence rail as his weapon ({{tdr|5}}). <br /> <br /> *That night, Loial goes to see Rand. Rand asks him for pen, paper and ink. Unbeknown to Loial, Rand uses them to write a farewell note before he sneaks out of the camp ({{tdr|6}}). <br /> <br /> *Early the next morning, when it is discovered that Rand has left the camp, Perrin, Loial and Min meet with Moiraine and Lan. They talk about why Rand has left, with Loial trying to calm Perrin down when he demands answers of Moiraine. They talk about the dream that Perrin has had about ''Callandor'', and Moiraine realizes that Rand must be heading to the [[Stone of Tear]]. While they wait for Lan to question the Shienarans outside about whether they have had the same dream, Loial pulls out a book. When Lan returns with the information that half the Shienarans remember dreaming the same thing, Moiraine decides that she, Lan, Perrin and Loial will follow Rand to Tear. They will leave before midday ({{tdr|6}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan travel through the Mountains of Mist for many days. Sometimes at night, Perrin and Loial catch fish for dinner. Moiraine seems to be manipulating the two of them into doing the chores and little tasks that she asks of them, and Perrin thinks that she is trying to get them into the habit of doing whatever she says ({{tdr|7}}). <br /> <br /> *Eventually they leave the Mountains of Mist behind and reach the forested foothills of [[Ghealdan]]. Soon they are noticing farms and other signs of civilization ({{tdr|7}}). <br /> <br /> *They reach the village of [[Jarra]]. They pay for a meal and rooms at the inn, [[Harilin's Leap]]. Loial's appearance causes quite a stir. They learn that quite a few odd things have been happening (many weddings, strange behavior from Whitecloaks) in Jarra. [[Simion]], a man who works at the inn, wants to know if Moiraine will help his brother, [[Noam]], who is ill. Perrin replies that he will ask her, and suggests that Loial keep Simion company while he does so. When Perrin leaves the two of them, he hears Loial asking Simion what he knows about trees. When Perrin and Moiraine go looking for them, they find them in Loial's room. Loial is telling Simion about the ''stedding'', while Simion looks at Loial in wonder ({{tdr|7}}; {{ch3|8}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel on from Jarra towards Tear. Moiraine has been pushing them hard, and Loial has had to give up reading as he rides, after having found himself a mile behind everyone due to his immersion in a book. They stop at many villages and towns, including Sidon, Willar, Samaha, Tallan and Fyall ({{tdr|33}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop in the town of [[Remen]], which Lan comments has seen an eventful day or two. This time, instead of people being frightened by Loial's appearance, he hears awed whispers of &quot;Ogier&quot; and looks quite pleased about it. Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan see that there is a man dressed in grays and browns (an Aielman) in a cage in the town square. There are children throwing stones at him, which makes Loial angry. They go to the inn, the Wayland's Forge. There, they learn that there are Hunters of the Horn staying at the inn as well. They are shown to their rooms ({{tdr|33}}; {{ch3|34}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial joins Perrin in his room at the [[Wayland's Forge]]. He is very excited to have found an Ogier-sized bed made of sung wood in his room. After exclaiming about it, Loial goes down to supper ({{tdr|34}}). <br /> <br /> *After Perrin sets the Aielman, [[Gaul]], free and they kill a group of Whitecloaks that attacks them, Perrin and Lan hurry to inform Moiraine and Loial that they must leave immediately. Perrin finds Loial in his room, writing notes for his book. Perrin tells him to meet the others at the stable as quickly as he can and not to let anyone see him. As they sneak out of Remen, Loial comments to Perrin that it is just like old times, &quot;sneaking away in the night, with enemies behind us, and maybe enemies ahead, and danger in the air, and the cold tang of adventure&quot; ({{tdr|35}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Moiraine and Lan board a ship named the ''[[Snow Goose]]'', which is headed for [[Illian (City)|Illian]]. [[Faile]] is also on this ship. As Perrin looks for his room, he finds Loial scribbling notes down for his book. Loial wants to discuss the past day with Perrin, but Perrin is too tired ({{tdr|35}}; {{ch3|36}}). <br /> <br /> *During the journey to Illian, Loial stays in his room whenever Moiraine and Faile are on deck together because of the tension between them ({{tdr|41}}). <br /> <br /> *The ship reaches Illian. Loial is the last to get off the ship, not having realized that they had arrived as he was in his room rereading his notes ({{tdr|41}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Faile, Moiraine and Lan ride through Illian. Loial is fearful of running into other Ogier. Perrin comforts him by saying that Moiraine would not let the Ogier take him away. Still, Loial seems uncomfortable in the city. He thinks that something is wrong, and Perrin and Moiraine agree ({{tdr|42}}). <br /> <br /> *They stop at an inn in Illian named [[Easing the Badger]]. They eat dinner, after which Loial begins to read. Six [[Gray Men]] attack the group, and almost go unnoticed; when Perrin suddenly yells out, Loial snatches up his chair like a club and then embarrassedly sets it down once the Gray Men are dead ({{tdr|42}}). <br /> <br /> *When Lan goes outside to look around he asks for Perrin and Loial's help, saying that they might see something that he misses. After Lan finds [[Darkhounds|Darkhound]] tracks, he tells Loial, Perrin and Faile to go back inside and get some sleep, as they will likely not be spending the entire night in Illian and have hard riding ahead of them. The three of them separate inside the inn, Loial saying that at least dreams will be better than lying awake ({{tdr|43}}). <br /> <br /> *When Moiraine returns and tells the others that [[Sammael]] is in Illian, they hurry to get ready to leave. Perrin meets Loial on the way down the stairs, trying to stuff a wood-bound book into his saddlebags while putting his cloak on. They all get their horses and begin to ride out of Illian. They hear Darkhounds chasing them in the distance, and Loial wonders aloud why he ever left the ''stedding'' ({{tdr|44}}). <br /> <br /> *They find a good place to stand and fight the Darkhounds. Lan tells Loial and Faile to hold the horses and make sure they do not get away. Moiraine balefires the Darkhounds and they ride on ({{tdr|44}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Faile, Moiraine and Lan arrive in the city of Tear. They stay at an inn named the Star. Moiraine and Lan leave to scout out Tear, and Perrin goes to his room, leaving Loial and Faile alone ({{tdr|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Moiraine tells Loial, Perrin and Faile that [[Be'lal]] is in Tear. Loial once again bemoans the fact that he ever left the ''stedding'', and Moiraine tells him that he can leave and go back to Stedding Shangtai if he wishes. Loial ends up deciding to stay, as he has many more notes to take for his book and he doesn't want to leave Perrin and Rand. She later asks Loial what he knows of Be'lal. Loial tells what he knows, which is not much, but Moiraine says that it is still helpful and thanks him. Moiraine and Lan decide that they will be the only ones to go into the Stone of Tear to fight Be'lal, while Loial, Perrin and Faile will stay behind ({{tdr|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Moiraine tells Perrin and Faile that they and Loial are to go to Tar Valon until everything in Tear is over so that they will be safe, but they never get the chance to leave ({{tdr|53}}). <br /> <br /> *When Faile is trapped in ''Tel'aran'rhiod'' by the hedgehog ''ter'angreal'' and Perrin goes after her, Perrin asks Loial to guard their bodies. Loial replies that no one will pass him while he lives ({{tdr|53}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 4 - 6===<br /> <br /> *After everything is over in the Stone, Loial runs into an Ogier in Tear who is from his ''stedding'', and he has no doubt that [[Laefar]] will tell his mother where he is ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *While the Stone of Tear is attacked by Trollocs and [[Myrddraal]], Loial gathers as many children as he can, as well as some of their mothers, into a large room and holds the door against the Shadowspawn throughout the entire battle. He is hurt, receiving a hit to the head and a heavy limp to his walk. After the battle, women from the Stone send him all sorts of flowers for his courage and faithfulness ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *After hearing a rumor about Whitecloaks in the Two Rivers, Perrin decides that he will travel back to the Two Rivers using the Ways. Knowing that Loial wishes to be out of Tear in case his mother knows where he is, Perrin thinks that Loial will agree to guide him through the Ways ({{tsr|14}}). <br /> <br /> *Faile visits Loial and makes him promise to take her anywhere she wants, before anyone else, and that if anyone wants to accompany them, they must ask her, because she is angry that Perrin refuses to take her through the Ways to the Two Rivers with him ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *The next morning, Perrin goes to Loial's rooms. Perrin learns that Loial has been up half the night writing notes for his book. He asks Loial to guide him through the Ways to the Two Rivers, but Faile reminds Loial of his promise. Loial is very upset when Faile refuses to relent and Perrin refuses to ask Faile if he can accompany her and Loial through the Ways. In the end, Perrin decides that he will follow Loial and Faile through the Ways. They will leave in two hours ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> *Perrin and Gaul meet Loial, Faile, [[Bain]] and [[Chiad]] at the [[Dragonwall Gate (Tear)|Dragonwall Gate]]. Perrin notices that Loial's limp seems better. They ride through the streets of Tear and the surrounding landscape and eventually reach the Waygate and enter the Ways ({{tsr|18}}). <br /> <br /> *They travel through the Ways, with Perrin and Gaul trailing behind Loial, Faile, Bain and Chiad. When Faile gets angry at Perrin and slaps him, causing Perrin to seize her by the scruff of the neck, Loial tries to intervene, which makes Faile furious ({{tsr|27}}). <br /> <br /> *They finally reach the [[Manetheren]] Waygate. Just before they exit the Ways, they are attacked by Trollocs. Loial uses his pole-lantern as a weapon. He takes an injury to his thigh. They have a moment's respite, and then are attacked by a Fade. Gaul, Bain and Chiad attack it, and Perrin lands the killing blow with his hammer. They can hear more Trollocs in the distance. As Loial opens the Waygate, they suddenly hear ''Machin Shin'' in the distance. Loial insists on being last out of the Ways. He locks the Waygate, placing the key from inside, the ''Avendesora'' leaf, on the outside so that the Trollocs cannot follow them ({{tsr|27}}). <br /> <br /> *Faile tends everyone's wounds and they camp for the night. Faile insists on two camps once again, though Loial says that now he has taken Faile through the Ways, his oath to her is done with and they should camp as one. Perrin tells Loial to leave it alone, since Faile remains stubborn about it. Loial moves as if to join Perrin and Gaul's camp, but Perrin waves him back. Faile, Bain and Chiad talk into the night, but their talk obviously embarrasses Loial, as he sits as far from them as he can white still being in the light of their campfire and tries to bury himself in a book ({{tsr|27}}; {{ch4|28}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin, Gaul, Faile, Bain and Chiad travel for three days through the Westwood. Loial rides with Faile, Bain and Chiad at Perrin's request, though the situation seems to upset him ({{tsr|29}}). <br /> <br /> *Before entering Emond's Field, they camp the night near [[Tam]] and Rand's ruined farm. Early the next morning, Perrin and Gaul leave before Faile and Loial awaken, though one of the Aiel women, Perrin is not sure which, is on watch and sees them leave ({{tsr|29}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Faile, Bain and Chiad follow Perrin and Gaul to Emond's Field. While Faile, Bain and Chiad enter the common room of the Winespring Inn to speak with Perrin and [[Bran al'Vere|Master al'Vere]] and [[Marin al'Vere|Mistress al'Vere]], Loial waits in the kitchen. When Marin sees him later, she almost faints. When Perrin and Faile enter the kitchen, they see Loial drinking tea and eating, trying to put Marin at ease by complimenting her baking. Loial sympathizes with Perrin over the loss of his family, and offers to sing to the apple trees that they are buried beneath ({{tsr|29}}; {{ch4|30}}). <br /> <br /> *Perrin lays out his plans for rescuing the Cauthons and Luhhans and tells Loial that he understands if Loial wishes to leave, as he will not be able to write much of a book about the Dragon Reborn while in the Two Rivers. Loial replies that he thinks it is the same fight, and perhaps he will have a chapter in his book on Perrin ({{tsr|30}}). <br /> <br /> *When Marin takes Loial, Perrin, Gaul, Faile, Bain and Chiad out to hide in the old sickhouse, Loial wears his cloak with the hood up in an attempt to avoid having attention drawn to him. When they reach their hiding place, they learn that two Aes Sedai, Verin and [[Alanna]], are also hiding there with their Warders, [[Tomas]] and [[Ihvon]]. They all talk for some time about why Alanna and Verin are in the Two Rivers, and about the Trollocs. Tam and [[Abell]] appear, and are amazed at the sight of Loial ({{tsr|30}}; {{ch4|31}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial wants to accompany Perrin when he goes to scout out the Whitecloak camp, but Abell and Tam tell him that he will attract too much attention. Perrin pulls Loial aside and asks him to keep an eye on Alanna, who is also staying behind ({{tsr|32}}). <br /> <br /> *After returning from hunting Trollocs, Perrin learns that Loial, along with everyone else, including the Aes Sedai and the rescued prisoners, is now in Emond's Field at the Winespring Inn. Loial asks Faile to tell Perrin that Alanna vanished twice ({{tsr|40}}).<br /> <br /> *Having learned that the Waygate is open again, Perrin asks for Loial and learns that Loial is helping clear trees along the edges of the Westwood as a defense against the Trollocs. [[Dav Ayellin]] says that Loial acts as if he is cutting down his brother every time he cuts down a tree, but still clears three times as many as each of the men does. When Loial returns, Perrin tells him about the Waygate being unlocked. Loial wants to go up to the Waygate to remove both ''Avendesora'' leaves from it, which will cause the Waygate to die, but Perrin protests, knowing that there are Trollocs near there. When Perrin collapses due to his injury from fighting Trollocs, Loial carries him into the Winespring Inn. While Alanna pulls out the arrow so that she can Heal him, Loial holds Perrin's shoulders down ({{tsr|43}}).<br /> <br /> *When Perrin awakens after having been Healed, Faile tells him that Loial and Gaul have gone to take care of the Waygate ({{tsr|44}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial returns to Emond's Field in the night, carrying an injured Gaul. Loial tells Perrin that four days ago, they closed the Waygate, and that it will now take an Ogier Elder or an Aes Sedai to open it again. Loial had to carry Gaul most of the way from the Mountains of Mist, with a Myrddraal and fifty Trollocs chasing them the first thee days before Loial outran them. Loial also brings the news that there are still several thousand Trollocs in the Two Rivers, and perhaps fifty Myrddraal ({{tsr|53}}).<br /> <br /> *Everyone goes back to the Winespring Inn to rest. Later that night, Perrin sees Loial in the kitchen frantically writing down notes. When Loial overhears Perrin asking Faile to go to Caemlyn for help against the Trollocs, really just wanting to get her somewhere safe, Loial asks Faile if she can take his notes with her to keep them safe ({{tsr|53}}).<br /> <br /> *When Perrin and Faile get married that same night, Loial and [[Aram]] stand for Perrin. According to custom, Loial threads a red ribbon through Faile's hair while Bain tucks one around Perrin's neck ({{tsr|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial stays to fight in the big battle against the Trollocs, even though Perrin had told him he could sneak out after Faile so that he could go to Caemlyn and safety. During the battle, he uses two wood axes as weapons and fights ferociously ({{tsr|56}}). <br /> <br /> *After the Trollocs are defeated, Perrin sees that Loial is still among the living, though his ears are drooping wearily ({{tsr|56}}).<br /> <br /> *Several months later, Loial is still in the Two Rivers with Perrin and Faile. Faile thinks to herself that it has only been a few months since the mothers in the Two Rivers were terrified for their children's safety when they would flock to Loial in wonder, but now, they send their children to Loial to read to them ({{Prol6}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial has been out of the ''stedding'' for more than five years now ({{loc|20}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial leaves the Two Rivers with Perrin and Faile to travel to Caemlyn ({{loc|45}}). <br /> <br /> *While Perrin and Faile go on to Caemlyn, Loial makes a detour to an abandoned ''stedding'' that Perrin knows of, north of the road from [[Whitebridge]], because he is feeling tired and has been gone from the ''stedding'' for too long. Before they part ways, he bets Perrin a gold crown that he will be in Caemlyn only ten days after Perrin and Faile ({{loc|45}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial arrives in Caemlyn less than ten days after Perrin, winning the bet. Loial learns that his mother, Erith and Elder Haman were in Caemlyn and realizes that his mother means to marry him to Erith. He becomes very distressed, claiming that he will be dragged back to the ''stedding'' and that he'll never be able to finish his book ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Rand tells Loial that he needs someone to find all the Waygates and talk to the Ogier Elders about guarding them. Perrin becomes angry, saying that Loial has just arrived and needs to rest, and Loial has to break up their arguing. Min arrives with the news that the [[Salidar Aes Sedai]] embassy is on their way to the palace to speak with Rand, and Rand leaves Loial, Perrin and Min in the courtyard in which they were talking. When Min later follows Rand against his request that she stay with Perrin and Loial, Loial protests but Min goes anyway ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *When Rand learns from Min that there are now thirteen Aes Sedai in Caemlyn, he decides that he is going to Cairhien and has Perrin, Faile and Loial sent for. When Rand reaches Perrin's rooms, he finds Perrin, Faile, Loial, Gaul, Bain and Chiad waiting for him. When he announces his intentions to Travel to Cairhien, Loial goes running off and returns with his belongings. Before they leave, Loial writes a letter to Erith and gives it to [[Reene Harfor|Mistress Harfor]] to deliver if she gets the chance ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *After Traveling to the Sun Palace in Cairhien, Rand collapses and Loial carries him to his rooms ({{loc|49}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial spends the better part of every day in the Royal Library in the Sun Palace. On one day, in an attempt to avoid [[Berelain]], Perrin seeks Loial out; they breakfast together and then Perrin accompanies Loial to the Library ({{loc|50}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial is playing stones with Faile when they and Perrin learn that Rand has disappeared, but they do not think anything of it since [[Nandera]] informs them that Rand often disappears for half a day ({{loc|51}}). <br /> <br /> *[[Dobraine]] enters the room while Loial and Faile are still playing stones and wishes to speak to Perrin privately, but Perrin replies that he will not send Loial and Faile away. They learn that Lord [[Maringil]] and High Lord [[Meilan]] have been murdered. Before they can speak too long about this, Berelain enters the room carrying Rand's sword, which he left behind when he disappeared, which is very unusual. With [[Sulin]]'s help, they realize that Rand has been kidnapped. Perrin announces that he will get Rand back even if he has to go after him alone, but Loial replies that Perrin will never have to go alone while he is there ({{loc|53}}). <br /> <br /> *Four days after Rand's capture, two hundred [[Mayene]]rs, five hundred of Dobraine's armsmen, five thousand Aielmen, a thousand Maidens and ninety-four Wise Ones set out to rescue Rand. Perrin and Loial are with them. Loial brings a long-handled axe that he found in the Sun Palace as his weapon. He leaves two letters with Faile, one for Erith and one for his mother, to be delivered if something happens to him ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *Every night after the day's travel, Perrin and Loial sit talking quietly, smoking their pipes. They speak of the Aes Sedai and of what might happen. Loial thinks that there are more than six Aes Sedai ahead of them, because it would have taken more to capture Rand. After they have spoken of the Aes Sedai, Loial wants to know what it is like to be married, and Perrin talks for a while about Faile ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *On their seventh day out of Cairhien, the army meets up with Perrin's Two Rivers' men, composed of three hundred archers, and the Salidar Aes Sedai embassy, containing nine Aes Sedai ({{loc|54}}). <br /> <br /> *One the tenth day, they catch up with Rand's captors. The battle begins; Loial fights alongside Perrin and Aram ({{loc|54}}; {{ch6|55}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial and Perrin are among those who reach Rand before the [[Asha'man]] create a shield to keep the attackers out. Perrin is worried about their allies still without, and wants to slip out to let them know that Rand is okay and that they can retreat; Loial wants to go with him. Rand will not let them go, and has [[Taim]] attack the Shaido with his Asha'man instead ({{loc|55}}). <br /> <br /> ===Books 7 - 9===<br /> <br /> *In the aftermath of the battle at [[Dumai's Wells]], Loial is uncomfortable about the Aes Sedai being held prisoner. He is also worried about the amount of tension that surrounds the warriors; he thinks that it will only take one spark to make the whole place erupt. As he, Perrin and Aram look around at all the graves, Perrin thinks he hears Loial whisper, &quot;Light, let me never see the like again&quot; ({{acos|1}}; {{ch7|2}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial, Perrin and Aram ride towards the Aes Sedai and Perrin speaks with [[Kiruna]] while Loial and Aram look on. They see Rand coming towards them, and Loial wonders aloud whether Rand might tell him what went on inside the Aes Sedai camp for his book, since Loial didn't see much once the fighting began. Rand promises to tell Loial everything while it is still fresh in his memory, but only once they are back in Cairhien ({{acos|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Everyone rides through a gateway that takes them near to the city of Cairhien. Loial hopes that there won't be more fighting in the city. He tries to comfort Perrin, who is especially worried about Faile after learning that Bain and Chiad went to Dumai's Wells and did not stay behind to protect her ({{acos|3}}).<br /> <br /> *They ride from the gateway towards the city. Loial comforts Perrin about Faile's safety some more, and then mentions that Faile is not like Erith, as she can take care of herself; Loial can't wait to marry Erith and tend to her, and thinks he'd die if she changed her mind about marrying him. As soon as he says this, his mouth remains open and his eyes pop; he stammers that he never meant to say that, and that it's hardly safe to open your mouth with two ''ta'veren'' about ({{acos|4}}).<br /> <br /> *Rand leads a small delegation, including Loial, Perrin and Min, into the city of Cairhien. The enter the Sun Palace and make their way into the Grand Hall of the Sun. While Rand confronts [[Colavaere]], Loial is busy taking notes for his book ({{acos|4}}; {{ch7|5}}).<br /> <br /> *When Rand is done in the Grand Hall of the Sun, Loial follows him out, still trying to write down notes ({{acos|6}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial sets out to visit all of the ''stedding'', along with an Asha'man named [[Karldin]], to see about having the Waygates guarded. He asks Perrin if he and Faile will accompany him, but what Loial doesn't know is that Perrin has his own orders from Rand. Loial doesn't like that Rand is sending all of his friends away; Mat has already been sent away, and now him and Perrin, and next Min; apparently, when Loial was with Rand earlier, Min called and Rand sent Loial out to say that he wasn't there. Loial also says that that he isn't sure how he's going to finish his book if he's away from Rand ({{acos|27}}).<br /> <br /> ===Books 10 - 11===<br /> <br /> *Loial and Karldin visit all of the ''stedding'' with the exception of Stedding Shangtai, though Loial leaves messages for his own ''stedding'' in every other ''stedding'' he visits. He does what he can, asking the Elders to have the Waygates guarded, but the ''stedding'' in the Borderlands and along the Shadow Coast tell him to go home. The other ''stedding'', however, agree to guard the Waygates ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *Having finished visiting the ''stedding'', Loial and Karldin return to the Sun Palace only to find Rand gone, a part of the Sun Palace destroyed and rumors flying everywhere it. Loial is using the name Master Ledar and Karldin the name Master Underhill. In the kitchens, they ask the cooks about Rand. [[Sashalle]] and [[Samitsu]] arrive, and Samitsu guesses who Loial is. Karldin demands answers of the Aes Sedai concerning Rand, and Loial sighs heavily in relief when Samitsu tells them that Rand seemed sane when he left. Samitsu also tells them that it was Asha'man who damaged part of the Sun Palace. Karldin asks Loial what they should do now, and Loial replies that they have to find Rand, to let him know that they have done as he asked ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> *A serving woman runs into the kitchens claiming that Dobraine has been murdered, and Loial becomes very upset. He and Karldin accompany Sashalle and Samitsu up to Dobraine's rooms. Once Samitsu has Healed Dobraine, who is not dead after all, Karldin finds a note on one of the dead attackers and hands it to Loial. Loial seems very disturbed by what the note says; it says to let the bearers of the letter enter Dobraine's rooms to remove certain items, and is written in Dobraine's own hand - a forged letter. Loial seems to know what the attackers were looking for, and Sashalle claims that Loial and Karldin will not leave until they tell her ({{Prol10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial arrives at Lord [[Algarin]]'s manor in Tear, where Rand is staying, with Logain and other Asha'man and Aes Sedai, as well as [[Bashere]] and his [[Saldaea]]n soldiers ({{cot|24}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial shows up in Rand's rooms and speaks to Rand and Min. Min is delighted to see him. Loial tells them about his and Karldin's journey to all of the ''stedding''. Rand notices that Loial looks tired and gaunt, and Rand fears that he has been out of the ''stedding'' for too long. He suggests that Loial go to Stedding Shangtai, only a few days away, but Loial refuses as his mother and Erith will be there for the Great Stump that is meeting there ({{cot|24}}). <br /> <br /> *Before Loial leaves so that Rand can speak to [[Logain]] and Bashere, he tells Rand about the Aes Sedai being forcibly bonded to the Asha'man, which makes Rand very angry. He insists that Loial remain while he meets with Logain and Bashere; Loial pretends to study the flames in the fireplace, sometimes glancing towards the door as if wondering if he can sneak out, while Rand yells at Logain ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *After Rand has finished yelling at Logain, Bashere has some news for him; he tells him that the men who attacked Dobraine, as well as two men who ransacked his own tent, were both carrying forged notes saying that the men were allowed to remove certain items from Dobraine's room/Bashere's tent. Bashere says that it is obvious that they were looking for the seals, as he and Dobraine are the most likely candidates for guarding the seals. He suggests that, with Rand holding three seals and three already being destroyed, perhaps the Shadow holds the final seal. Loial becomes very worried that the Dark One will be set free. Rand, knowing that he can't fight the Shadow and the Seanchan at the same time, decides to send Logain, Bashere and Loial to make a truce with the Seanchan. Logain and Bashere argue, but Loial simply looks ready to faint ({{cot|24}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial, Logain and Bashere meet with the Seanchan. Bashere later tells Rand that the Seanchan are amenable, but require a meeting, in person, between Rand and the Daughter of the Nine Moons ({{Epi10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial questions Rand, taking notes for his book. He asks him questions about the fall of Illian and cleansing ''saidin''. He complains that Rand makes him drag every detail out of him. When Logain arrives to speak to Rand, Loial continues taking notes ({{kod|18}}). <br /> <br /> *A servant arrives to tell Loial that three Ogier have arrived and are looking for him, and that one of them is his mother. Loial jumps up and wonders aloud about what he is going to do. [[Cadsuane]] tells him not to keep his mother waiting, and Loial seems to take it as a command, though he moves very slowly to obey ({{kod|18}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial goes to meet his mother, Elder Haman and Erith. He wants to ask either Nynaeve or Verin, as Aes Sedai, to accompany him, but they are gone by the time he works up the nerve. When me meets the other three Ogier, his mother and Elder Haman are quite put out by how long it has taken to find him, listing all the places they had to travel to, and Erith mentions how brave she thinks he is ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Elder Haman performs the wedding ceremony between Loial and Erith ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *Loial learns from his mother and Elder Haman what the Great Stump is meeting about: opening the Book of Translation, which has something to do with leaving the world so that they can come to it again when the Wheel of Time turns; we are not given much more information than this. His mother is one of the Speakers who have argued for the Book being opened, while Elder Haman argued against it. Loial is very upset and decides that he wishes to speak to the Stump about not using the Book of Translation; he feels very strongly about this. Erith asks him what he would say, and Loial gives a short speech about how the Ogier have always stood up to and fought the Shadow ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *As Loial finishes talking about what he would say in front of the Great Stump, he sees something moving outside the window; it is Trollocs, thousands of them. Elder Haman and Loial each take down a long-handled axe off the wall and run down the corridor yelling a warning ({{kod|19}}). <br /> <br /> *When Loial sees Rand after the battle against the Trollocs, he promises Rand that he will be there for Tarmon Gai'don. Rand says that he might need Loial before the Last Battle, and asks Loial to help him with sealing the Waygates, since he can't find them all on his own (such as the one in [[Far Madding]]) but Loial mournfully replies that he can't, as he is leaving first thing the next morning. Haman claims that Loial needs weeks or months in the ''stedding'', as he has been Outside for over five years, and Rand says that he will take them to Stedding Shangtai himself, and maybe he can convince someone there to help him. Loial makes Rand promise to tell him everything for his book once he returns. Haman then offers to help Rand with the Waygates. Loial argues that Haman needs to address the Stump, but Haman replies that he will leave that in Loial's hands, and advises him not to try for beauty in his speech, but to stick to simple eloquence ({{kod|20}}). <br /> <br /> *As he promised he would, Rand takes Loial, Covril and Erith to Stedding Shangtai early the next morning ({{kod|21}}). <br /> <br /> *He speaks in favor of staying and fighting rather than opening the book of Translation and leaving the world (ToM, Header)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Miscellaneous ==<br /> <br /> *When he first arrived in Caemlyn, all the people thought he was a Trolloc; a mob chased him all the way across the city, but the Queen's Guards saved him ({{teotw|36}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial says that Elder Haman always droned on, and that the books about traveling were much more interesting, but he did listen sometimes, even though Haman claimed he didn't ({{teotw|36}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial is good at playing stones ({{teotw|41}}).<br /> <br /> *He has always wanted to travel ({{teotw|42}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial met some Tuatha'an some years back, and they wanted to learn the songs that the Ogier sing to trees. He taught the Tuatha'an what they could learn, but the trees never listen to humans ({{teotw|42}}).<br /> <br /> *As they are discussing finding the Eye of the World, Agelmar brings up the fact that so few humans ever find the Eye of the World. Moiraine replies that she has something that the others have not, and Rand thinks he sees her eyes drift towards Loial for just an instant ({{teotw|46}}).<br /> <br /> *He doesn't like the heat ({{teotw|48}}).<br /> <br /> *Rand thinks to himself that Loial knows so much about some things, so little about others, and seems to want to know everything ({{tgh|3}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial is the fastest runner in Stedding Shangtai; he once outran a horse ({{tgh|10}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial doesn't know much about the Game of Houses, because the Ogier don't play it ({{tgh|21}}).<br /> <br /> *He has never seen the Aryth Ocean ({{tgh|44}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial can seldom be slowed, much less stopped, when one of his enthusiasms has him in its grip ({{tdr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial considers it a fortune, not a misfortune, to have fallen in with three ''ta'veren'' ({{tdr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *When Loial dreams, it is of the groves, and the Great Trees, and the ''stedding''. He has not had the dream about ''Callandor'' ({{tdr|6}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial says he has never heard of three ''ta'veren'', all the same age and from the same place ({{tsr|2}}).<br /> <br /> *Perrin thinks to himself that it would be better to hit Loial on the head than harm one of his books ({{tsr|16}}).<br /> <br /> *Loial pities even Trollocs when they are caught by ''Machin Shin'' ({{tsr|27}}).<br /> <br /> *Perrin claims that Gaul has corrupted Loial; he dices now, and bets on horse races when he can barely tell one horse from another ({{loc|49}}).<br /> <br /> *Elder Haman says that Loial writes well ({{kod|19}}).<br /> <br /> == Quotes ==<br /> ===Quotes by Loial===<br /> &quot;You humans are very excitable,&quot; Loial said in that bass rumble. &quot;I had heard all the stories, and read the books, of course, but I didn't realize. My first day in Caemlyn, I could not believe the uproar. Children cried, and women screamed, and a mob chased me all the way across the city, waving clubs and knives and torches, and shouting, 'Trolloc!' I'm afraid I was almost beginning to get a little upset. There's no telling what would have happened if a party of the Queen's Guards hadn't come along.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{teotw2|Chapter 36}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;I must say,&quot; Loial said, setting the chest down, &quot;that traveling with ''ta'veren'' has turned out to be even more interesting than I expected.&quot; His ears twitched violently. &quot;If it becomes any more interesting, I will go back to Stedding Shangtai immediately, confess everything to Elder Haman, and never leave my books again.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{teotw2|Chapter 52}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Oh.&quot; He opened the other eye, and scratched his cheek with blunt fingers the size of sausages. &quot;I suppose... I suppose... if I have a choice... that I will stay with all of you. I have taken a great many notes, but not nearly enough to complete my book, and I would not like to leave Perrin, and Rand&quot; (Loial to Moiraine upon being given the chance to return to Stedding Shangtai; {{tdr2|Chapter 50}}). <br /> <br /> Loial raised those huge hands that held books so carefully, and his thick fingers curled as if to crush stone. &quot;None will pass me while I live, Perrin. Not Myrddraal or the Dark One himself.&quot; He said it like a simple statement of fact. (Loial to Perrin about guarding him and Faile; {{tdr2|Chapter 53}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Gone! All gone, and for what? Grass. Once this was an Ogier grove. We did no great works here, not to compare with Manetheren, or the city you call Caemlyn, but enough that a grove was planted. Trees of every kind, from every land and place. The Great Trees, towering a hundred spans into the sky. All tended devotedly, to remind my people of the ''stedding'' they had left to build things for men. Men think it is the stonework we prize, but that is a trifling thing, learned during the Long Exile, after the Breaking. It is the trees we love. Men thought Manetheren my people's greatest triumph, but we knew it to be the grove there. Gone, now. Like this. Gone, and it will not come again.&quot; (Loial about the lost grove near the Waygate at Tear; {{tsr2|Chapter 18}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;Do you think I would run away? he had said when Perrin suggested he could slip off into the night after Faile. His ears had dropped with weariness and hurt. I came with you, Perrin, and I will stay until you go. And then he had laughed suddenly, a deep booming sound that almost rattled the dishes. Perhaps someone will even tell a story of me, one day. We do not go in for such things, but there could be an Ogier hero, I suppose. A joke, Perrin. I made a joke. Laugh. Come, we will tell each other jokes, and laugh, and think of Faile flying free.&quot;(Loial to Perrin before battling Trollocs; {{tsr2|Chapter 56}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;Not alone,&quot; Loial said, as grimly as stone grinding. &quot;Never alone while I am here, Perrin.&quot; Abruptly his ears shifted in embarrassment; he always seemed embarrassed when anyone saw him being brave. &quot;After all, my book will not end very well if Rand is imprisoned in the Tower. And I can hardly write of his rescue if I am not there.&quot; (Loial to Perrin after Rand's capture; {{loc2|Chapter 53}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;That is serious, Rand. If someone breaks all the seals on the Dark One's prison, or maybe even just one or two more, the Dark One could break free. Even you can't face the Dark One! I mean, I know the Prophecies say you will, but that has to be just a way of speaking.&quot; (Loial to Rand, Logain and Bashere; {{cot2|Chapter 24}}). <br /> <br /> &quot;You never give enough detail, Rand. You make me drag everything out of you. Why, you never even mentioned being imprisoned in Far Madding until Min did. Never mentioned it! What did the Council of Nine say when they offered you the Laurel Crown? And when you renamed it? I can't think they liked that. What was the coronation like? Was there feasting, a festival, parades? How many Forsaken came against you at Shadar Logoth? Which ones? What did it look like at the end? What did it feel like? My book won't be very good without the details. I hope Mat and Perrin give me better answers.&quot; (Loial grilling Rand for notes for his book; {{kod2|Chapter 18}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;In the War of the Shadow, we did not huddle in our ''stedding'', hoping no Trollocs or Myrddraal would be driven to enter. We did not open the Book of Translation and flee. We marched alongside the humans and fought the Shadow. In the Trolloc Wars, we neither hid in the ''stedding'' nor opened the Book of Translation. We marched with the humans and fought the Shadow. In the darkest years, when hope seemed gone, we fought the Shadow.&quot; (Loial to Covril, Haman and Erith about not opening the Book of Translation; {{kod2|Chapter 19}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;When it is the Shadow that must be fought, our axes have always grown long handles. Perhaps in a year, or five, or ten, we will open the Book of Translation, but if we do it now, we cannot run away with any real hope of safety. Tarmon Gai'don is coming, and on that hangs the fate not only of this world, but of any world we might flee to. When fire threatens the trees, we do not run away and hope that the flames will not follow us. We fight. Now the Shadow is coming like wildfire, and we dare not run from it.&quot; (Loial to Covril, Haman and Erith about not opening the Book of Translation; {{kod2|Chapter 19}}) <br /> <br /> &quot;I promise you this, Rand,&quot; Loial said. &quot;Whatever happens, I will be there with you at Tarmon Gai'don. Whatever happens.&quot; (Loial to Rand; {{kod2|Chapter 20}}).<br /> <br /> [[Category:All Characters]] <br /> [[Category:Principle Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Ogier Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Writers]]<br /> [[Category:Point of View Characters]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=Lan_Mandragoran&diff=90942 2013-06-11T16:04:41Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Timeline */</p> <hr /> <div>''Author: Annouk Vinkona Ùlfanna''<br /> <br /> AHL-LAN man-DRAG-or-an <br /> <br /> ==General==<br /> His full name is al'Lan Mandragoran, Lord of the Seven Towers, Lord of the Lakes, and true Blade of [[Malkier]]. The &quot;al'&quot; in front of his name signifies royalty. It is rarely used since he is not the crowned King of Malkier. His parents are al'[[Akir]] and el'[[Leanna Mandragoran]] ({{teotw|47}}). He was born the same year Malkier fell to [[the Blight]] (953 NE). He is anointed Dai Shan, &quot;consecrated as the next King of Malkier.&quot; As an infant, he is taken from Malkier by twenty men to safety in [[Fal Moran]], [[Shienar]]. Five of these men survive and raise him. They train him to be the best sword master of his generation. He has been raised in Shienar but in Malkieri tradition ({{ns|1}}). <br /> ===Appearance===<br /> <br /> Lan is described as having an angular face made from stony planes, weathered but unlined. His eyes are cold and blue. His shoulder-length hair is gray at the temples and held back by a thin braided leather cord, the ''hadori''. He moves like a wolf. The Warder cloak he wears makes him seem to be melting into his surroundings ({{teotw|2}}). <br /> ===Personality===<br /> ===Condensed Timeline===<br /> * 953 NE: He is born the same year in which Malkier falls to the Blight. He is anointed Dai Shan. <br /> * 955 NE: Infant taken from Malkier by twenty men to safety in Fal Moran, Shienar ({{ns|1}}). <br /> * 976-978 NE: He fights in the Aiel War for the so-called &quot;Great Alliance&quot; ({{ns|1}}). <br /> * 979 NE: He meets Moiraine ({{ns|19}}) and is bonded to her ([[New Spring: Epilogue|NS, Epilogue]]). <br /> * 998 NE: He comes to Emond's Field with Moiraine at [[Winternight]] ({{teotw|2}}).<br /> * 998 NE: Moiraine's vanishes through a ''ter'angreal''({{tfoh|52}}). <br /> * 1000 NE: He saves Nynaeve's life and marries her ({{acos|37}}). <br /> * 1000 NE: He is taken to the Borderlands by Nynaeve ({{kod|20}}). <br /> * 1000 NE: He is joined by Bulen ({{prol13}})<br /> * 1000 NE: He is joined by Andere, Nazar, and Rakim ({{tom|7}})<br /> * 1000 NE: Lan's joined by over a dozen more men with lots of supplies ({{tom|23}})<br /> * 1000 NE: Lan makes it to the Arafel border where he is recognized and joined by thousands more. ({{tom|42}})<br /> * 1000 NE: Lan and his army of 12000 attack an army of at least 150000 head on at Tarwin's Gap.({{epi13}})<br /> <br /> ==Timeline==<br /> When he is fifteen, [[Edeyn Arrel]] chooses to becomes his first lover, his ''carneira''. In Malkieri tradition, a man's ''carneira'' is of great importance. At the age of sixteen, when he is given his ''hadori'', a thin braided leather band, he goes to fight the Shadow ({{ns|16}}). <br /> <br /> We meet Lan when he is fighting in the [[Aiel War]] on the side of the &quot;Great Alliance&quot; ({{ns|1}}). When the war is over, he travels back north, led by the urge to go to the Blight and avenge his country. In [[Kandor]] he meets [[Moiraine]]. They discover their common goal: the fight against [[the Shadow]]. She [[bond]]s him ([[New Spring: Epilogue|NS, Epilogue]]). <br /> <br /> He follows her on her quest to find the [[Dragon Reborn]]. <br /> <br /> They come to [[Emond's Field]] to find it soon raided by [[Trollocs]] and [[Myrddraal|Fades]]. Lan discovers that [[Rand]] is wearing a [[heron-mark]] blade ({{teotw|8}}). They leave Emond's Field on their way to [[Tar Valon]] ({{teotw|9}}). On their trip to Tar Valon, he starts teaching the boys the use of their weapons ({{teotw|13}}). <br /> <br /> During the journey Lan is the guide. He tells everyone where to go, when to eat, and when to sleep. He is the scout and watch dog, very much a Warder. He maintains this role throughout the series. <br /> <br /> Lan falls in love with [[Nynaeve]]. She starts impressing him by being able to read tracks and moving silently in the woods ({{teotw|16}}; {{ch1|21}}). In the Blight, Nynaeve confesses her feelings for Lan. He admits that he thinks she's beautiful and a remarkable woman but he does not want to see her as a widow ({{teotw|48}}). Later he gives her his signet ring, which will help her if she is ever in need. He even swears that he will come to her should she ever send a message marked with it. This is the first time that he contradicts his obligation to Moiraine ({{tgh|8}}). In [[Tear]] they spend a lot of time together ({{tsr|9}}). When he finds out that Nynaeve is leaving for [[Tanchico]], he wants to go with her. She orders him to stay with Moiraine ({{tsr|16}}). <br /> <br /> Until Moiraine's death, he remains by her side. He starts to feel conflicted between his loyalty to Moiraine and his love of Nynaeve. Moiraine notices that he is changing. She questions his loyalty ({{tgh|22}}; {{tfoh|7}}). Since a Warder does not survive the breaking of the bond upon the death of his [[Aes Sedai]], she arranges that in case of her death the bond is passed to [[Myrelle]] until she can then pass it to Nynaeve. She doesn't want him to waste his life either avenging her or taking up his useless quest in the Blight. When Lan finds out, he is not happy about it. He feels like a pet dog that is being passed around ({{tgh|22}}). When Moiraine falls through the [[Eelfinn Doorway|doorframe ''ter'angreal'']] with [[Lanfear]] ({{tfoh|52}}), Lan feels that the bond is broken. He leaves to find his new [[Aes Sedai]] ({{tfoh|53}}). <br /> <br /> He arrives in [[Salidar]] where his new bond mate, Myrelle, is ({{loc|52}}). <br /> <br /> Later [[Egwene]] finds out that Myrelle, who joined the rebels in [[Salidar]], hides Lan to cover up that his bond was passed against his will. Lan is almost in a state of insanity. Egwene thinks that the only one who can save him is Nynaeve. She weaves a gateway to [[Ebou Dar]] for him, so that he can join her there ({{acos|12}}). <br /> <br /> When Nynaeve takes a boat to meet with the [[Nesta din Reas Two Moons|Mistress of the Ships]], she is attacked by [[Moghedien]] and nearly drowns. Lan saves her. Lan tells her that he is bonded to Myrelle. Nynaeve is furious. He says that Myrelle is lending him to Nynaeve until she can find her own Warder, but Nynaeve makes it clear that she intends to have him as a husband and as a Warder ({{acos|31}}). They get married immediately in a [[Sea Folk]] ceremony ({{acos|37}}). From then on they don't part ways until &quot;Knife of Dreams.&quot; <br /> <br /> They join Rand in [[Caemlyn]] when Rand asks Nynaeve to accompany him to [[Shadar Logoth]] to clean the male half of the Source ({{wh|11}}). <br /> <br /> Lan and Nynaeve are still part of Rand's party at [[Algarin]]'s estates in Tear. Lan disapproves of Rand's plans with the [[Seanchan]]. In his opinion, Rand should concentrate on the [[Borderland]]s now that Tarmon Gai'don is approaching ({{kod|20}}). <br /> <br /> Nynaeve knows that Lan is torn between staying close to her and his duty in the Borderlands. Even though she wants him to stay near her, she cannot deny that this is not where he belongs. She offers to bring him to the Borderlands, if he vows to ride to [[Fal Moran]] before entering the Blight and to let any man who wishes to ride with him join him. They travel to the Borderlands, but before Lan realizes that she actually took him to World's End in [[Saldaea]], instead of to Shienar, she leaves through another gateway. Before she returns to Rand, she instructs a [[Weilin Aldragoran|Malkieri merchant]] to pass on the message of Lan riding through the Borderlands to every single Malkieri he knows. She does not want her husband to ride to Tarmon Gai'don alone ({{kod|20}}). <br /> <br /> Lan makes his way across Saldea. He is trying to avoid being seen as he doesn't want anyone to join him. He is caught off guard by [[Bulen]] who joins him. Lan doesn't want him to come but thanks to his promise to Nynaeve he has to let him. His army grows from one to two. He tells Bulen not to raise the flag and to keep quiet.({{prol13}}) Weeks later Bulen and Lan are still travelling when Lan sees three people he thinks are highwaymen but as they walk by the three join them. He recognizes [[Andere]] and [[Nazar]] and the third man was [[Rakim]], they came to join him. His army became five people strong.({{tom|7}}) Still on their path in Kandor right before the Arafel border they are joined by eight more men who had been with Andere's group and were waiting for them. They had sold everything they owned and bought supplies. They had men pulling wagons of supplies. The five had become dozens.({{tom|23}}) Lan made it to Silverwall Keeps, the way to cross the Kandor/Arafel border through the pass. Lan found several thousand people waiting with flags flying including those of the Golden Crane. Lan keeps quiet and makes it all the way to the other side before he is recognized by the grandson of the Queen of Kandor, Kaisei Noramaga. She tells him that they have all been waiting warned by Nynaeve. He said he is with the prince of Arafel who is also coming. Lan finally gives in and welcomes all of them his army going from dozens to thousands.({{tom|42}}) Lan made it to Tarwin's Gap where on the other side an army of hundreds of thousands of Trollocs waited. He thinks about how normally an army tries to hold their side but not this time. This time they attack to reclaim Malkier. Lan makes a speech then his army of twelve thousand men charge the army of at least one hundred and fifty thousand Trollocs.({{epi13}})<br /> <br /> ==Relationships==<br /> Nynaeve: They meet each other when Rand, Mat and Perrin are taken from [[Emond's Field]] to [[Tar Valon]] by Moiraine. Slowly he falls in love with her but he doesn't want to admit it because he wants her to be happy with a man who isn't doomed to die fighting the Shadow. He tries to shake her off, make a clean cut but she is persistent. Until she proposes to him, he still tries to get her to find another husband. Needless to say, they get married.<br /> <br /> Moiraine: He meets Moiraine by chance in [[Kandor]] when they are traveling the same road and she claims the &quot;right of a woman alone&quot; after being thrown in a pond by Lan because she tried to sneak up on him ({{ns|19}}). Through what happens in &quot;New Spring,&quot; they discover their common goal: the fight against the Shadow. Moiraine convinces him that he can more effectively fight the Shadow at her side, rather than going to the Blight to avenge a country that doesn't exist anymore. She bonds him ([[New Spring: Epilogue|NS, Epilogue]]).<br /> <br /> [[Bukama]]: One of the Malkieri that train the infant Lan. He's the last one to survive out of the twenty that carried Lan to safety ({{ns|1}}). He is killed in New Spring by [[Ryne Venamar|another Malkieri]] who is supposedly Lan's childhood friend but is also a [[Darkfriend]] ({{ns|26}}).<br /> <br /> Rand: Lan turns out to be a valuable advisor to Rand. He not only teaches him the use of the sword but also how to behave and dress to fit in with royalty ({{teotw|53}}; {{tgh|1}}, {{ch2|7}}, {{ch2|8}}; {{tsr|37}}, {{ch4|48}}; {{tfoh|49}}). Lan doesn't approve of Moiraine swearing fealty to Rand ({{tfoh|7}}). Lan thinks that Rand shouldn't concentrate on the Seanchan now that Tarmon Gai'don is so near. He should assemble the Borderlanders and ride north because that's where Tarmon Gai'don will be ({{kod|20}}). <br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous== <br /> * The oath that was sworn in his name when he was an infant: &quot;To stand against the Shadow so long as iron is hard and stone abides. To defend the Malkieri while one drop of blood remains. To avenge what cannot be defended&quot; ({{ns|16}}).<br /> * Has a sword made in the [[Age of Legends]], forged with the One Power. It was given to him at his birth ({{guide|28}}; {{ns|19}}). <br /> * Assumes a state similar to Rand's Void which he calls ''ko'di'', the oneness, where he feeds all his emotions into a flame (one example: {{ns|19}}). <br /> * Is called ''Aan'allein'' by the [[Aiel]], which means &quot;One Man Alone&quot; (Lan's own translation, {{ns|1}}) in the Old Tongue. The correct translation is &quot;man who is an entire people&quot; ({{guide|28}}). <br /> * Rides a &quot;deep-chested dark stallion&quot; named [[Mandarb]], which means &quot;blade&quot; in the [[Old Tongue]] ({{tdr|35}}). <br /> <br /> ==Quotes==<br /> &quot;Death comes sooner or later to everyone unless they serve the Dark One, and only fools are willing to pay that price.&quot; ({{teotw2|Chapter 7}})<br /> <br /> &quot;The Wheel weaves us all into the [[Pattern]] as it wills. You have less freedom about it than most, but by [[the Light]], you can still face it on your feet.&quot; (to Rand; {{tgh2|Chapter 7}})<br /> <br /> &quot;I will hate the man you choose because he is not me, and love him if he makes you smile. No woman deserves the sure knowledge of widow's black as her bride price, you least of all.&quot; (to Nynaeve; {{tgh2|Chapter 48}})<br /> <br /> &quot;What could not be changed must be endured&quot; ({{ns2|Chapter 1}})<br /> <br /> &quot;Death came for every man eventually, and seldom where and when he expected&quot; ({{ns2|Chapter 1}})<br /> <br /> &quot;He had two things, he said, a sword that would not break and a war that would not end&quot; (Moiraine about Lan; {{tfoh2|Chapter 7}})<br /> <br /> &quot;My name is Nynaeve ti al'Meara Mandragoran. The message I want sent is this. My husband rides from World's End toward [[Tarwin's Gap]], toward Tarmon Gai'don. Will he ride alone?&quot; (Nynaeve to Malkieri merchant; {{kod2|Chapter 20}})<br /> <br /> &quot;Lan told me once that Malkier lives so long as one man wears the ''hadori'' in pledge that he will fight the Shadow, so long as one woman wears the ''ki'sain'' in pledge that she will send her sons to fight the Shadow. I wear the ''ki'sain'', Master Aldragoran. My husband wears the ''hadori''. So do you. Will Lan Mandragoran ride to the Last Battle alone?&quot; (Nynaeve to Malkieri merchant; {{kod2|Chapter 20}})<br /> <br /> &quot;He will not, my Lady. I cannot stand surety for anyone else, but I swear to you under the Light and by my hope of rebirth and salvation, he will not ride alone.&quot; (Malkieri merchant to Nynaeve; {{kod2|Chapter 20}})<br /> <br /> &quot;The men who fight have glory, but the battle itself is not glory. It simply is.&quot; (Lan; {{amol2|Chapter 9}})<br /> <br /> [[Category:All Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Principle Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Malkieri Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Point of View Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Gaidin]]<br /> [[Category:Royalty]]</div>

Raeviendha al'Toma https://library.tarvalon.net/index.php?title=The_Gathering_Storm:_Epilogue&diff=90422 2013-05-21T16:22:55Z

<p>Raeviendha al'Toma: /* Summary */</p> <hr /> <div>[[The Gathering Storm: Chapter 50|&lt;&lt; Previous Chapter]] / [[Towers of Midnight: Prologue|Next Book &gt;&gt;]]<br /> {{title|Bathed in Light}}<br /> {{Icon|{{wheel}}}}<br /> {{pov|Egwene}}<br /> {{Setting|The [[White Tower]]}}<br /> '''Characters: [[Egwene]], [[Silviana]]'''<br /> ==Summary==<br /> Egwene works, glad that Silviana is an effective [[Keeper]] and seems to be accepted by both the loyalists and the Reds. [[Romanda]] and [[Lelaine]] still trouble her, arguing about what to do with the captured ''[[damane]]''. She notes that sixty [[Black Ajah]] escaped the Tower, though they had captured three not on [[Verin's list]] and that nearly forty initiates, including over two dozen [[Aes Sedai]] had been captured in the [[Seanchan]] raid. She looks through all the Aes Sedai that are identified and thinks only three could be [[Mesaana]], but all three are weak in [[the Power]] and have been in the Tower many years. She concludes that Mesaana probably found some way of avoiding admitting being a [[Darkfriend]] when swearing on the [[Oath Rod]]. Silviana takes her to the Hall, she is having a window fitted where the Seanchan broke through. She is shown a break in the clouds, sunlight streaming from the top of [[Dragonmount]] onto [[Rand]], though she does not see him. They take this as a good sign of things to come.<br /> <br /> [[The Gathering Storm: Chapter 50|&lt;&lt; Previous Chapter]] / [[Towers of Midnight: Prologue|Next Book &gt;&gt;]]<br /> [[Category:The Gathering Storm Summaries|E]]</div>

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