The Dragon Reborn: Chapter 43

Shadowbrothers

Author: Val a'Shain

Characters: Perrin, Faile, Moiraine, Lan, Loial, Hopper

Setting: Illian

Point of view: Perrin

After Moiraine leaves Lan wants to know how he recognized the Gray men. That is even beyond the capabilities of a Warder. Perrin says he smelled them and that he recognized the smell from Jarra and Remen. The Warder replies they were hunting Rand then, now they are after him. Lan decides to check out the surroundings of the inn and asks Perrin to join him. Loial and Faile end up joining them. Lan is not sure what he is looking for but he will know it when he sees it.

Outside the four of them look around for a while. None of them really know what to look for. The only thing Perrin notices is a faint smell of burnt sulphur. He notices Lan looking at something and goes to join him. The smell of burnt sulphur is stronger here. Lan is looking at prints of what seems to be a giant dog. Only dogs don't leave prints on stone.

Lan tells them the prints are from a Darkhound. It was probably looking for something and went back to report now that it has found it. Faile mutters something about Shadowspawn and Lan again tries to discourage her from following them. It doesn't work. Perrin wants to know why neither Lan nor Moiraine sensed the Darkhound. Lan doesn't know for sure but he does know that his Aes Sedai is in danger if she can't sense it. He decides to follow here and tells the others to get some sleep while they can they probably won't stay the night in Illian.

Perrin takes the Warder's advice and goes to bed. He dreams a wolfdream again but a very confused one this time. He tries to find Hopper but first he only sees Mat playing dice with Ba'alzamon. He tries to warn Mat but the scene suddenly changes. Hopper is finally there. Perrin asks why he had to see the meeting between Lanfear and Ba'alzamon or Moonhunter and Heartfang as Hopper calls them. He also wants to know whether what he sees is real or not. Hopper doesn't give him a straight answer even when Perrin tells him he is being hunted but Gray men and Darkhounds, the Notdead and Shadowbrothers to Hopper. The only think he will tell him is that the Last Hunt is coming and Perrin has to flee the Darkhouds. With that message ringing in his ears Perrin wakes up.

Faile is watching him when he wakes up. She still hasn't puzzled out who he is but before they conversation really gets going Moiraine bursts into the room telling Perrin his dreams tell truly. The Forsaken are loose and one of the rules Illian.

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