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{{title|Those Who Fight}}
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{{povb6|Rand|Mat|The Dark One|Olver|Elayne|Lan}}
==Outline==
The Heroes of the Horn turn up at the battle site.
==Summary==
{{pov2|Rand}}
{{Setting3|The|Pit of Doom}}
{{Characters2|Rand|Shai'tan}}

Rand, speaking in all caps, tells the Dark One that it is not about him. He tells the Dark One that he can only win if he breaks people and that he can't win. The Dark One replies he can still kill and that all are his eventually including the [[Mat|battle lord]]. Rand stretches out his palm, containing the world, and on the battlefield, two bodies on the ground.

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{{pov2|Mat}}
{{Setting3|the|Field of Merrilor}}
{{Characters3|Mat|Tam|Karede}}

Mat fights, killing [[Trolloc]]s, thinking that this is their chance to break them while the [[Sharan]]s are in disarray.

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{{pov2|Rand}}
{{Setting3|the|Pit of Doom}}
{{Characters|Rand}}

Rand hears the Dark One say he will take the [[Mat|Son of Battles]] as he took the [[Lan|King of Nothing]].

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{{pov2|Mat}}
{{Setting3|the|Field of Merrilor}}
{{Characters2|Mat|Arganda}}

Arganda says they are being overwhelmed, that they need to step back, but Mat thinks he can do it and he just needs a favourable toss of the dice, something to give momentum.

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{{pov2|Rand}}
{{Setting3|the|Pit of Doom}}
{{Characters|Rand}}

Rand tells the [[Dark One]] that he was not watching closely enough and he was very wrong about one thing.

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{{pov2|Olver}}
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{{Characters|Olver}}

Olver blows the [[Horn]].

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{{pov2|Mat}}
{{Setting3|the|Field of Merrilor}}
{{Characters3|Mat|Lan|Rand}}

Mat hears Rand in his head, telling [[Shai'tan]] he is wrong, that the one whom he has tried to kill, from whom he took everything, still fights.  Lan stands up holding [[Demandred]]'s head. The battlefield goes still and over the silence, the [[Horn of Valere]] is heard.

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{{pov2|Elayne}}
{{Setting3|the|Field of Merrilor}}
{{Characters3|Elayne|Birgitte|Daved Hanlon}}

Hanlon tells Elayne she should have been more accommodating. She feels foolish for not listening to [[Birgitte]] that just because her babies will be fine, does not mean she will. White mist rises from the ground and Hanlon stiffens, a silvery arrow through his chest. A second shot takes him on the head and a third takes out the [[Dreadlord]]. She sees Birgitte standing over her corpse. She tells Elayne that the [[Heroes of the Horn]] have returned.
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{{pov2|Mat}}
{{Setting3|the|Field of Merrilor}}
{{Characters11|Mat|Amaresu|Arganda|Artur Hawkwing|Blaes|Dannil Lewin|Hend|Karede|Lan|Narishma|Tam}}

Mat fights through [[the Shadow]]'s forces to Lan, grabbing him as he falls over. Narishma joins him and briefly [[Heal]]s him, bringing him back to consciousness. Mat wonders which side blew the Horn and sees the [[Heroes of the Horn|Heroes]]. Artur Hawkwing steps to the front as Mat sees one of them ride off. Hawkwing tells Mat that they need the banner, but that they would not fight for the Shadow. Mat suggests that he can pull his men back and allow the heroes to fight, which amuses Hawkwing, as there are far too many, even for the Heroes of the Horn.

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{{pov2|Olver}}
{{Setting|}}
{{Characters2|Olver|Noal}}

As Olver continues to blow the [[Horn]], it is ripped from his hands, then he is pulled from his hiding place.  He is dropped and looks up to see a figure fighting off a dozen [[Trolloc]]s. He recognises him as Noal, though with the weariness gone.  Noal tells him that he did indeed die, but that [[the Pattern]] was not finished with him and tells Olver to sound the horn.  Olver feels a great warmth, for one of the people he lost has come back to him.

==Notes==
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