The Eye of the World: Chapter 35
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Author: Dinn da Noor
Chapter Icon: The Lion of Andor
Point of View: Rand
Location: Caemlyn
Characters: Rand, Mat, Basel Gill
Contents
Outline
Rand and Mat make their way to the Queen's Blessing.
Summary
Rand and Mat are stunned by the sight of Caemlyn. Bunt tells them that Rand should get rid of his heron-marked sword if he doesn't want any attention, and then leaves. They begin asking for directions to The Queen's Blessing inn, remembering Thom had told them to go there. They see that a lot of people have white or red cord and cloth wrapped around their swords, and Rand decides to buy some to hide the heron mark.
They finally arrive at The Queen's Blessing and talk to the innkeeper, Basel Gill. Rand shows him Thom's flute and tells him that they are friends, but Master Gill won't believe that Thom's dead before he sees his corpse. He tells them that he'll give them a room and food and speaks some about Thom's past. He was a Court-bard in Caemlyn and intimate with Queen Morgase. However, his nephew got into some trouble and he left without a word. When he came back again, he left the city half a step ahead the headsman's axe. Gareth Bryne, Captain-General of the Queen's Guards and other old Guardsmen probably remember the event.
Notes
Common Themes
- Men and Women
- Rand wishes he had Perrin's way with girls
Character Development
- Thom
We learn about Thom and Morgase, and that he was a famed court bard
Ethnicity
Rand thinks that there are people in Caemlyn like he had never seen before - skins too dark or too pale, suggesting that The Two Rivers, Baerlon, Whitebridge and the villages along the Caemlyn Road have a fairly limited range of skin tones
Miscellaneous
Rand thinks "A thousand storied had painted cities in his mind", so he doesn't have aphantasia
Characters
- First Mention
- First Appearance
