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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 Lan to swing round behind the second trolloc army at the ruins and hold position without engaging them and 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 defence 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. | 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 Lan to swing round behind the second trolloc army at the ruins and hold position without engaging them and 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 defence 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. | ||
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Chapter Icon: Ancient Aes Sedai Symbol
Points of View: Lan, Elayne, Uno, Logain, Gawyn, Tam, Pevara, Rand, Faile, Perrin, Androl, Rhuarc, Silviana, Min, Demandred, Juilin, Fortuona, Bashere, Arganda, Olver, Leane, Talmanes, Ila, Hurin, Berelain, Taim
Outline
Mat leads the battle and the Field of Merrilor while Rand and Perrin fight their own battles
Summary
Lan's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Lan, Andere, Logain
Lan and Andere ride to the River Mora where they are to lead the cavalry as the frontline against the trollocs and Sharans. 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.
Elayne's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Elayne, Birgitte, Mat, Tuon
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 Drakhar. Elayne haas 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 here. She realises that he can't say anything as it might be overheard.
Uno's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Uno, Allin, Aludra, Demandred, Einar, Kwamesa, Talmanes
On the 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 Sharans. Lightening 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.
Logain's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Logain, Androl, Arel Malevin, Canler, Demandred, Emarin, Gabrelle, Jonneth, Karldin Manfor, Pevara
Logain stands by the Mora, he releases the power from what had been a thirty nine person cicle 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.
Gawyn's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Gawyn, Gareth Bryne, Demandred, Doesine, Egwene, Lelaine, Silviana, Siuan, Yukiri
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 bloodknifes and puts them on.
Tam's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Tam, Abell, Arganda, Alliandre, Azi al'Thone, Bayrd, Dannil Lewin, Galad, Tinna
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
Pevara's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Pevara, Androl, Canler, Emarin, Jonneth, Theodrin
Pevara fights trollocs at Howal Ford. She tells Androl her location through their thoughts and he comes to her through a gateway, from the Sharan army. They move along the southwestern base of the 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 gatewaya. Lightening 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
Mat's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Mat, Birgitte, Elayne, Galad, Mika, Tuon
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 Lan to swing round behind the second trolloc army at the ruins and hold position without engaging them and orders to Talmanes. He uses his looking glass and sees that the Sharans 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 defence 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.
Galad's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
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 to 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 Howal Ford and to wait for more orders once he sees Elayne's banner
Rand's Point of View:
Location: Shayol Ghul
Characters: Rand, Dannil Lewin, Damer Flinn, Dark One, Jori Congar, Nynaeve, Tam
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.
Egwene's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Egwene, Chubain, Gareth, Siuan, Silviana, Yukiri
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 the 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 Heights only to assault them again.
Gawyn's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
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 Sharans. 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
Faile's Point of View:
Location: The Blasted Lands
Characters: Faile, Arrela, Mandevwin, Selande
Mandevwin insists that Vanin and Harnan are not Darkfriends. Faile assumes he must be wrong. She looks up and Thakan'dar and thinks she will get the Horn to Shayol Ghul. Selande and Arrele arrive from scouting and tell her they have seen a caravan
They see 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'Sai and realise they won't be able to sneak past them so retreat to plan their next move.
Perrin's Point of View:
Location: Mayene
{Characters: Perrin, Berelain, Janina, Uno
Androl's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Androl, Emarin, Jonneth, Pevara, Theodrin
Rhuarc's Point of View:
Location: Valley of Thakan'dar
Characters: Rhuarc
Rand's Point of View:
Setting: A possible future
Characters: Rand
Silviana's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Silviana, Chubain, Egwene
Elayne's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Elayne, Birgitte, Galad, Gareth
Mat's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Mat, Logain, Mika, Tuon
Min's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Min, Mat, Siuan, Tuon
Egwene's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Egwene
Demandred's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Demandred, Galbrait, Shendla, Taim
Rand's Point of View:
Location: The Pit of Doom
Characters: Rand, The Dark One
Juilin's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Juilin, Myk, Charn
Androl's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Androl, Demandred, Emarin, Jonneth, Pevara, Theodrin
Galad's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Galad, Alhanra, Gawyn, Golever
Egwene's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Tam's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Fortuona's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Fortuona, Galgan, Karede, Mat, Min, Selucia
Rand's Point of View:
Location: The Pit of Doom
Characters: Rand, Basel Gill, Renel, Shai'tan
Mat's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Tam's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Tam
Elayne's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Elayne, Birgitte, Celebrain, Charlz Guybon, Theodohr
Galad's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Nynaeve's Point of View:
Setting: The Pit of Foom
Mat's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Mat, Davram Bashere, Deira Bashere, Loial, Karede, Teslyn, Tinna
Egwene's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Egwene, Leilwin, Rosil, Silviana
Galad's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Androl's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Androl, Mishraile, Pevara, Taim
Arganda's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Arganda, Abell, Lan, Tam
Rand's Point of View:
Setting: A Possible Future
Characters: Rand, Elayne, Shai'tan
Mat's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Olver's Point of View:
Location: The Blight
Characters: Olver, Aravine, Faile, Mandevwin
Leane's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Leane, Doesine, Egwene, Raechin, Manda Wan
Talmanes's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Talmanes, Aludra, Dennel, Melten
Olver's Point of View:
Setting: The Blight
Characters: Olver, Aravine, Harnan, Faile, Vanin
Logain's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Logain, Androl, Emarin, Pevara
Egwene's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Egwene, Jahar, Leilwin, Merise
Ila's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Olver's Point of View:
Location: The Blight
Characters: Olver
Logain's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Logain, Demandred, Gabrelle
Egwene's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Egwene, Jahar, Mazrim Taim, Merise
Hurin's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Berelain's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Berelain, Annoura, Galad, Kitan, Ronja
Rand's Point of View:
Location: The Pit of Doom
Characters: Rand, Alanna, Beldeine, Davram Bashere, Deira Bashere, Hurin, Jori Congar, Karldin Manfor, Nynaeve
Taim's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Elayne's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Elayne, Birgitte, Daved Hanlon
Rand's Point of View:
Location: The Pit of Doom
Min's Point of View:
Setting: Unknown
Characters: Min, Galgan, Yulan, Tuon
Egwene's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Egwene, Leilwin, Taim
Rand's Point of View:
Setting: The Pit of Doom
Characters: Rand
Leane's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Leane
Berelain's Point of View:
Location: Mayene
Mat's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Characters: Mat, Arganda, Dannil Lewin, Demandred, Lan, Naeff, Neald
Loial's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Arganda's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Lan's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Min's Point of View:
Setting: Unknown
Characters: Min
Lan's Point of View:
Location: The Field of Merrilor
Notes
===Visions and Prophecies
- Galad's body alone on a field, as if dead
