The Path of Daggers: Chapter 6

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Chapter 6: Threads

Val a'Shain

Characters: Elayne, Nynaeve, Aviendha, Brigitte, Renaile, Alise, Lan, Chulein, Eliya

Setting: countryside around Ebou Dar, one of the Trakand estates in Andor.

Point of view: Elyane

They run. Elayne taking the lead. It's making her feel good that the others are following her lead. Her lifelong training is paying off. Back at the Kin's farm Alise seems to have things well under control. Nynaeve tries in vain to take control, Alise is always one step ahead of her. After Nynaeve gets into an argument with Renaile which is settled by Alise she gives up. Elayne frets a bit over the ter'angreal that have been packed while she has been absent. She realizes it's more that she considers them hers than that there is any reason for concern.

The group gets ready to move quickly, faster than expected even. Elayne opens a gateway to meadow not far from one of the manor houses the Trakand family owns. The Seafolk, Kin and Aes Sedai pour though. Elayne picked one of the more isolated estates as a destination. It's only 2 weeks travelling from Caemlyn. Maybe she can get to the capital and claim the Lion Throne before anybody realizes she is in Andor.

After everybody has passed through the gateway one problem remains. Elayne doesn't want to take the chance that one of the Seanchan damane can read the residue and discovers how to travel. She will have to unravel her weave. The others protests saying it is too dangerous. To cut the discussion short Elayne picks out the first thread. There is no going back now, she will have to finish it. Nynaeve and Alise lead the others to the manor with a message from Elayne. Brigitte and Aviendha stay with her. After some advice from Aviendha Elayne starts. Halfway through the Seanchan arrive at the other side of the gateway. They send soldiers and channellers in. Brigitte and Aviendha hold them back as well as they can While Elayne works. Both get hit by arrows.

Finally Elayne realizes she can't hold the weave much longer. The three of them retreat behind a rise and Elayne lets go of the weave. The explosion that follows kills all of the Seanchan on the Andor side of the gateway and a large number on the other side. The three women are wounded and their horses are killed or run off. Aviendha explains some things about unravelling a weave Elayne didn't know. It is very unpredictably what happens when a weave collapses. They could have been stilled but it could also have been just a loud bang. Elayne realizes what a risk Aviendha took by staying by her side. She decides there and then they want to become Aviendha's first sister. In the distance Brigitte sees Lan and Nynaeve coming back for them.


Point of view: Chulein

A thousand paces above the countryside Chulein and Eliya survey the land for threats to the Fists of Heaven. There are reports of a great number of marath'damane in the area. Their capture will make Chulein a fortune. She feels uneasy though. Trouble is approaching. Eliya cries out and suddenly their Raken is hit by a very heavy gust of wind. It sends the Raken spiralling down in an uncontrolled spin. Chulein holds on for dear life and just before they hit the ground the Raken levels out. Chulein escaped death but the seat behind her is empty. Eliya wasn't so lucky. The farm the Fists of Heaven were sent to has been obliterated; nothing down there could possibly have survived. The power unleashed there marks the Aes Sedai as a real threat. Chulein starts formulating her report.

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