Towers of Midnight (Brief Plot Summary)

Perrin encounters the Whitecloaks and agrees to a trial. He is found guilty by Morgase, who Galad recognised. He saves them from a trolloc army and Galad names the punishment as blood money. He gives an oath to follow Perrin until the Last Battle.

Rand tells Egwene he intends to break the Seals. She is arrogant enough to assume this is wrong and opposes him, writing to all the leaders of the world to encourage them to join her. Egwene and several of the Aes Sedai, plus Amys, Bair and Melaine fight Mesaana and members of the Black Ajah in tel'aran'rhiod. With the inadvertent help of Perrin, who is chasing Slayer, they are victorious and Mesaana's mind is crushed.

Mat contacts Elayne and arranges to have Andor make Aludra's dragons. She takes the throne of Cairhien. Mat fights the gholam and forces it to fall into the darkness in a skimming gateway. Rodel loses most of his army fighting outside Maradon. He is saved when Rand arrives and kills the entire army. Nynaeve heals Naeff's madness, passes her Aes Sedai test and takes Lan's bond. Lan makes it across the Borderlands, gathering a small army and leads a charge against a trolloc force ten times his size at Tarwin's gap. The Seanchan learn traveling and began to plan for a full attack on the White Tower