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RJ’s notes Part 25 by TEREZ

Mathwin, Verin:

R. (BA). Brown Ajah. GH4, DR 10, Bro SR1, SR31, F14, L10.

Nationality: born in Far Madding, which is as close to an out-and-out matriarchy as exists in this world. Same city where Cadsuane was born.

Description: Short [About 5'0"] and plump/stout, placid-looking, square-faced, touch of gray in her hair. Despite ageless face, looks like somebody's mother or aunt, or the cook at an inn. Often has a dreamy look -- until she gives you a particularly penetrating stare. Some think of her stare as bird-like; a bird studying a worm. {A young Margaret Rutherford} Her fingers often are ink-stained. She habitually rubs her nose, especially in thought, frequently smudging ink there. Verin has a scar on her arm that she got, so she implies, in Tel'aran'rhiod (DR21), since she isn't a dreamwalker, she used a dream ter'angreal. She also says, with regard to this scar, that "Anaiya's Healing did not work as well as it should have."

Strength Level: 17 (5). The 650-700 year age level. ??? Alanna, Verin, Merana and Seonid are approximately equal in strength; weaker than Rafela or Faeldrin, Kiruna or Bera ???

SPECIAL SKILLS, ABILITIES AND TALENTS:

1) See notes below on her form of Compulsion.

2) A form of eavesdropping.

3) While her Talent for Healing in general is not very strong -- fairly weak actually; at least, she did not feel competent to Heal Perrin's wound from a Trolloc arrow – despite that, in one particular part of Healing, Delving to find out what is wrong with someone, she has no superior. A number of equals, but no superior.

4) She knows how to "mask" her bond with a Warder so he cannot feel her at all; this is useful for privacy, when a sister wants it. Even most celibate sisters and those without Warders know how, just as they know how to make the bond, but some who have not had a Warder bonded for a time, and those who never have, may find it difficult. Red sisters do not learn this, just as they do not learn the bonding weave.

5) She has a fairly good ability at manipulating weather. On Toman Head she did not try to lessen the storm because (1) she could only lessen so large a storm somewhat by herself, and (2) using so much of the Power would have attracted the wrong attention.

Note: Earth is "of some difficulty" for her.

Note: Verin has an angreal in the form of a small brooch carved from "some translucent stone, in the shape of a lily with too many petals." She acquired this (no source for it given as of PoD Prol) about 951 NE or so. "Almost fifty years" ago. She never wears it, but it hasn't been out of her reach since she obtained it. No one knows that she possesses this.

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Born: 849 NE. Went to the White tower in 864 NE (age 15). Was 5 years a novice (864-869 NE); six years Accepted (869-875 NE). Raised Aes Sedai at age 26. Entered the Black Ajah in 929 NE (age 80), under duress, after she was caught while studying rumors/tales and got very close.

Parenia Demalle was Amyrlin and Sereille Bagand the Mistress of Novices when she came to the Tower (864 NE). Sereille was raised Amyrlin in 866.

Of the Kin, Asra Zigane (929 NE; 4 months), Derys Nirmala (926-936 NE), Garenia Rosoinde (923-928 NE), and Sarainya Vostovan (940-950 NE) were all there after she became Aes Sedai, and some were present about the time she was forced into the Black Ajah (929 NE).

Warder: Tomas—: gray-haired, dark-eyed, medium height (about 5'9"-5'10") but stocky. GH8, S30 (first description, mmp 493); L10.

Balinor; long dead now. It took Verin ten years to get over his death and bond Tomas.

Horse:

Clothing & Possessions:

(G6) Brown-fringed shawl; writing case hung at belt, and inkbottle in scabbard at belt [in dungeon from which Fain escaped at Fal Dara Keep].

(G14) Cloak behind saddle [joins Ingtar's/Perrin's party on road, searching for Fain and Horn].

(G32) BROWN-fringed shawl, embroidered in grape vines [going to Lord Barthanes' party, in Cairhien, with Rand's group].

(G37) Cloak with hood [chasing Fain, Portal Stone in Stedding Tsofu and at Toman Head].

(D10) In all shades of brown; hooded cloak [with Mat, Egwene, etc., on way to Tar Valon].

(S31) Plain brown dress, inkstained at cuffs [when Perrin returns to Two Rivers and is taken to cottage in woods].

(S32) Rode a nondescript browng elding, with a deep chest and a strong rump. Plain garb; pouch; a little leather case at the belt [leaving the old cottage in the woods with Alanna, Perrin, etc., on way to Whitecloak camp at Watch Hill].

(S33) Slippered feet [continuing on to Watch Hill].

(S56) Brown clad [last Trolloc attack in Two Rivers].

(L10 & L43) Rumpled pale brown dress [with Two Rivers girls in Caemlyn, meeting Rand; and in Caemlyn with Merana's Salidar embassy].

(WH13) Belt; belt pouch; simple bronze-colored dress with flowered brooch attached [with Sorilea, meeting Cadsuane in Sun Palace].

(WH24) Cloak [visiting Cadsuane in her quarters, Far Madding].

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(WH32) Dark wool cloak; shoes and stockings [meeting Rand on streets of Far Madding in rain, when Rand asked if Cadsuane would talk with him].

Personal:

She went to the Tower instead of marrying a boy named Eadwin, who had a mischievous smile that she remembers fondly. She was driven by one thing, mainly: the desire to know; becoming Aes Sedai, becoming Brown Ajah, was the best way to do that, and that is what she wanted to try. She was surprised, pleased, frightened, all together, when she passed the tests and learned she could indeed become Aes Sedai. It was not until her visit home after about a year as a novice, though, that she realized that she really had left all of her former life behind. She has never regretted her choice; well, not really regretted. She attended the wedding of one of Eadwin's great-grandsons, and the young man had Eadwin's smile. "Luckily," no one there recognized her.

Verin's handwriting is "thin and spidery."

Her notebooks were described (by Aeron, an Aiel Wise One) as containing "some pretty drawing sand a great deal about plants and flower."

RECEIVED SOME OF HER TRAINING FROM:

DID SOME OF THE TRAINING OF: Anaiya Carel, Moiraine Damodred, Siuan Sanche, Beldeine Nyram (as a novice), Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan, .

TRAINED AS A NOVICE AND/OR ACCEPTED WITH:

Verin lived in the upper levels of the Tower Library, with their odd corridors. A number of Browns keep rooms there in addition to their rooms inside the Tower, but few actually live in the Library.

(D21) Verin's quarters above library: Accessed by narrow set of stairs that curl through library walls. Corridors little used, with dusty air in halls that take odd turns and twists, sometimes dipping or rising unexpectedly. Only a few tapestries, colors dulled from lack of cleaning. Many unlit lamps in halls, and bare black and white tiles on floor. Verin's room at top of a rise, next to tapestry of mounted king receiving surrender of another king. Dark paneled door. Shelves line walls of antechamber, except for where maps hung, some in layers, and charts of the night sky. Door to inner rooms. Books, papers and scrolls everywhere, interspersed with strange shapes of metal or glass, bones and skulls, and even a live owl. Candlesticks throughout. Cluttered table.

Verin knew about Sniffers: "Did you think you could keep something like that secret?" Very likely other sisters do, too.

Verin keeps many notes, some in the clear and some in a cipher which exists only in her head. She thinks she will have to write the cipher out, one day, but not yet. She has "a lifetime worth of notebooks" stored in her quarters above the White Tower library.

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Verin was one of two Brown sisters who accompanied Siuan on her visit to Fal Dara; the other was Serafelle.

When Egwene asked in Medo: Moiraine had left 2 days ago, then Liandrin after her, and finally Verin; all went without a word to anyone, including Siuan.

Mat's Healing was done by a circle of ten Aes Sedai, led by Siuan Sanche. Others mentioned as being present: Sheriam, Serafelle, Alanna, Anaiya, Verin, Leane, and Brendas.

Verin "checked" & again Healed Mat, to no effect, in Cairhien.

She knows a good deal about Rand, Mat (Horn and link, but not luck), and Perrin (not wolves), and has deduced more. She asked him about whether he had chosen "the axe or the hammer." In some ways, about some things, she knows more than the Amyrlin Seat or Moiraine.

Rand told her about his and Hurin's journey to other world.

Verin knew the name Portal Stone: not a widely known artifact. She knows the locations of three Portal Stones, she says.

Verin had visited one Portal Stone personally before she brought Rand to use the one near Stedding Tsofu. That was on Toman Head, and she knew it was indicated by 2 parallel wavy lines crossed by an odd squiggle. She had some knowledge of things represented by other symbols, but it was, for the most part, largely general and speculative.

Verin believes -- or says she does, anyway -- that she would be destroyed short of enough Power to work a Portal Stone.

Verin Healed Rand & Hurin in Cairhien, after the fire at the inn.

Verin Healed or Delved Mat several times, in Cairhien after the fire, and later on the journey to Toman Head, but not to no visible effect.

Verin did a form of Healing for everybody on the Toman Head trip except Rand, who refused.

Thus, because of using Healing on them, Verin has a certain awareness of Rand, Mat, Perrin, Hurin, all of the men who accompanied her on the journey to Toman Head and Falme, and also each of the Aes Sedai taken prisoner at Dumai's Wells, with the exception of Katerine Alruddin, who escaped. She may also have that awareness of Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne, from using Healing on them in some way during the period between their rescue at Falme and reaching Tar Valon again.

Verin's father: "It's time to roll the dice."

Verin did something long ago in Far Madding so that arrest warrants were signed, and she suspects they might still be in force, so she doesn't use her own name there.

Verin and Alanna Mosvani were in the Two Rivers during Perrin's heroics there. Verin kept Alanna from bonding Perrin. The pair of them recruited a fairly large number of Two Rivers girls; by the time they had the girls to Caemlyn, they had learned of the Tower breaking.

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Verin and Alanna had contact with the rebel embassy to Rand in Caemlyn, and were taken into the group entirely with the arrival of Bera Harkin and Kiruna Nachiman.

Alanna and Verin wanted to be Rand's advisers/guides, especially after learning that Moiraine is "dead."

Verin was not upset over Alanna bonding Rand against his will as she made out. She wants a string to Rand; Alanna, emotionally vulnerable because of her Warder's death, can be manipulated into being that string; and using Alanna provides a little distance for Verin, and maybe a little safety.

Faeldrin Harella, Kiruna Nachiman, Bera Harkin, Rafela Cindal, Masuri Sokawa (with Perrin, not Cadsuane), Seonid Traighan (with Perrin, not Cadsuane), Verin Mathwin, Alanna Mosvani, and Merana Ambrey followed after Rand when he fled them in Caemlyn. All were forced to swear fealty to him after Dumai's Wells. These sisters are now treated like apprentices by the Wise Ones, and considered apprentices, especially Kiruna, who Sorilea made a project of hers. They have also been co-opted by Cadsuane, especially Alanna, who is useful for keeping track of Rand. All intend to keep their oaths of fealty to the best of their ability, however reluctantly, but none of them can stand up to Cadsuane, at least not openly.

Once declared da'tsang, the sisters captured at Dumai's Wells were kept apart, not allowed to speak to one another, and rarely to see one another even a distance. Most are not aware that the other captives are being treated exactly the same as they. Until informed by Verin, none had any real idea of why they were being treated so; the general belief was that it was some method of trying to break them. Most were not even sure that the others remained alive.

Until being taken to Verin, Beldeine hadn't seen another captive since reaching the tents.

In addition to Beldeine, Verin definitely questioned Irgain Fatamed, a Green who had been stilled by Rand, and also Turanna Norill, a White.

In response to Sorilea's question about what shamed wetlanders, Verin prepared a list which she passed on without the other sisters knowing (she hopes) and which details a number of things she believes will work on the captive sisters as Sorilea wishes.

Verin learned that Katerine Alruddin had escaped and was angry over it. Aeron told her not to tell Rand since he did not need to be worried over petty concerns.

Verin first thought of Rand in the way Siuan and Leane still do -- as stubborn and stronger-willed than expected, but still malleable with a little work -- yet with longer exposure she has changed that opinion. She now thinks that whatever the surface of him might be, his core may be about as malleable as granite.

She spent some time in the company of Mat and Perrin during THE GREAT HUNT, and think she has a line on what makes each of them tick.

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Re Verin not handing over Corianin Nedeal's papers to Egwene; aside from the fact that Corianin noted that she herself did best in ignorance, and made more and greater mistakes the more she thought she knew what was going on -- even after realizing that fact -- there might be some evidence and/or info about the Black Ajah in the papers which Verin must, by her new Oaths, hide. This last must be looked at in light of the fact that she "considered" giving her the papers but decided not to. Remember that Corianin was a dreamer; she may have noted down some interpretation of a dream or dreams, possibly just before her death, that has pertinence today and is dangerous from Verin's pov. It could have been earlier, especially if Corianin interpreted something that she obviously saw had no pertinence to her own time/world. Or it could be something that gives a key/lead toward the type of "Compulsion" that Verin uses.

Verin is of the stated opinion that Corianin Nedeal barely deserved the name of Dreamer.

Remember that Verin almost certainly recognized "Lord Luc" in the Two Rivers.

Remember that Verin has referred to Perrin's choice of the axe or the hammer.

Remember that Siuan says Verin never told her about giving Egwene a ter'angreal.

She did a study of girls coming to the White Tower who had already begun to channel, and discovered that two sorts of tricks predominated by far. The second most popular was some way to eavesdrop, while the first could be called "a way to get what I want." That could be to make Father buy her yet another new dress, or make Mother let her see a boy Mother doesn't approve of, or make a boy ask her dance or whatever. These things smack of Compulsion -- not only a forgotten Talent, but one that would be among the forbidden if it was known -- so first off the girls are broken of using them, though this is given out as part of making sure they don't channel without guidance until they are far enough along. In fact, the breaking takes so well with some girls that they forget how to do the weaves. For that matter, most of the others could as easily walk through a fire as use them.

Verin studied these abilities. Not surprisingly, given that they were all created by girls with no training, the methods vary widely, are usually extremely crude, and are almost always extremely specific. Even so, Verin has managed to learn how to put together a form of each with wider applications. Because of the original source, however, these methods have considerable limits.

Eavesdropping, Verin's method of: Limits? Maybe, unlike Moiraine and Egwene (and maybe Aviendha), she does not need a focus.

Compulsion, Verin's method/version of: This has a number of differences from true Compulsion, though it is related of course, and would almost certainly be considered the same as Compulsion if it were discovered by other sisters. It is not quick, for one thing. It takes some time to get the weaves -- complex because of the many sources -- just right. The subject needs to be off-guard, and it is better if the subject is emotionally vulnerable in some way. She cannot make anyone do

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anything they truly would never do, though some of the girls seemed to be able to with their more specific weaves. If the subject cannot come up with his or her own reason for doing the thing, the weave will eventually fade without doing its job. Also, people who are strong-willed sometimes break free of the weave. In some, this could take the form of suddenly wondering why on earth they ever did what they did, and in others, of actually forgetting that they have done it. Part of her weave makes the subject forget that they were the subject of a weave, if they knew, and that part has never broken down. Another point is that she cannot tell the person what he or she is to do until the weaves are just right, or else they will remember that. When Verin is done, the subject remembers at most a dizzy spell, or maybe fainting. After that, it is up to the subject to find a reason to do what Verin wants that the subject can live with, and under the small-c compulsion of the weave, the subject will try very hard.

Another difficulty, from her point of view, is that it works much better on women than on men. She doesn't understand this, since some of the girls used theirs on fathers and boyfriends, but a man is much more likely to break free without doing she wants and also considerably more likely to question the action once done. Once, a man actually remembered what she had done, which caused no end of difficulty.

This is really not a patch on the true Compulsion, certainly not on the particularly subtle forms Graendal knows, but it does have one advantage over the larger form. Except for Graendal's forms, Compulsion can often be detected by those who know what they are looking for, by a Healer doing a simple check for health, by example. Verin's form is as undetectable as anything that Graendal can do.

Remember the secret: she is Black, though pulled into it unwillingly when she was investigating more than 70 years ago. She was researching tales and rumors of the Black Ajah and found herself in a position where she could either join or die. Decided on the spot she could do more trying to fight them from within than by dying. Has done the best she could while held to the Black Ajah oaths to still do as much good as she could.

Verin accompanied Cadsuane to Far Madding (where she uses an assumed name and nit is revealed that there might still be charges open against "Verin Mathwin") and then to Shadar Logoth.

GH 4 -- Verin Mathwin and Serafelle: mmp 53-54. First appearances 

GH7, mmp 448 -- Tiedra, Mistress: innkeeper, The Great Tree, Cairhien; Verin has stayed there before (mmp 447); knows Verin is Aes Sedai; warm smiles.

GH 41 -- mmp 581; Verin doesn't lessen the rainstorm because, she says, if she used that much of the Power, any Aes Sedai (or damane) closer than ten miles would know she had channeled. She could, in any case, only lessen a storm of that size

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somewhat by herself.

GH 44 -- mmp 620-; Verin says, or implies, that damane might feel a man channeling unless the amount were small; what she has said is an untruth, as far as she knows;

DR 21 -- mmp 235 on; description of Verin's study in the Tower.

Mmp 237; Verin's report on the thirteen Black sisters who fled the Tower.

SR 33, mmp 539 -- Verin warns Perrin to watch Alanna; typifies Tower plots.

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Third Age Relics: The Fires of Heaven Plot Contest

We've had silly 'where was this character?' plot contests, now for an actual serious prediction from 'The Fires of Heaven Plot Contest'!

This one genuinely deserves the award that it got, which is "Most Plausible". I'm actually pretty impressed at how many future story beats it's not really that wrong about, at least over the whole course of the series. Some of these suggested plotlines also sound pretty interesting.

By: Judith Ellen Ghirardelli

Winner: First Place, Most Plausible

Here is my plot line for The Fires of Heaven:

In the Waste: Asmodean teaches Rand to shield his dreams, to channel, to travel. He learns Couladin has taken an army of Aiel and is marching on Cairhein. Rand realizes that his army from Tear is in Cairhein, so he and his Aiel army set off for there also. Egwene, Moiraine, Mat and Lan go with him.

In Saldaea: Fear runs rampant. Trollocs are everywhere, the Blight creeps closer. Queen Tenobia is viciously murdered; no one saw anyone enter her chambers, but that doesn't make her any less dead. Runners are sent out searching for the heir- apparent, who ran off some 8 months ago. Reward is offered for any info of where Zarine Bashere might be found...

Near Saldaea: A faction of BA have helped Mazrim Taim to escape. His joy at being free is short-lived; he soon discovers he is a pet of the BA, and is forced to do nefarious things under the name of Rand Al'Thor. Rumors of Rand Al'Thor's "madness" and cruelty travel like the wind...

In the Tower: Elaida's joy at being Amyrlin at last is also short- lived. She learns she is under the control of the BA (Alviarin and Danelle) and that Siuan Sanche and Leanne did truly walk in the Light. She is told they never could have pulled off the coup without Elaida's help, and when the BA finally get their hands on the 3 Accepted Brats, they will all be turned to the Shadow. Then Elaida is stilled...

In Caemlyn: The armies of Andor are preparing to march to Cairhein under Lord Gaebril's orders. Morgase hears of the coup in the Tower, and is worried about Elayne, Galad and Gawyn. She confronts Gaebril. She orders that the troops stay at home and a small contingent escort her to Tar Valon. Gaebril/Rahvin decides he is tired of playing with this particular queen. He says no, they march on Cairhein. Morgase -"Just who do you think you are??!!". He responds "It's about time I told you. I am Rahvin, you stupid bitch! *I* am in control here. We march on Cairhein." Morgase is horrified. She sends a note via Tallvanor to Gareth Bryne. He reads it, and then is almost killed by a grey man. He flees Caemlyn, vowing to return to save his Queen...

Meanwhile, back at home: Tam, Abel, the Luhhans, and the Al'Vere's sit Perrin and Faile down and ask them to tell them what is going on. What are they involved in? Where are Mat, Rand , Egwene and Ny, really? Why have Perrin's eyes changed color, etc. Perrin and Faile are forced to tell them the truth ("Perrin, they deserve to know".) Tam seems to be not too surprised. He *has* been out in the world, and knows the Prophecies after all. A peddler comes to town and announces the news out of Tar Valon, Tear and Saldaea - the Tower has fallen, the Tairen army marches on Cairhein, and good Queen Tenobia of Saldaea is dead, the Light protect her soul. According to the peddler, they are now looking for Zarine Bashere, who will be Queen. And the Dragon Reborn is outside Saldaea. He is called Rand AL'Thor, and has gone mad and started breaking the world, first with Saldaea. Perrin and Faile are stunned and overwhelmed. They decide to go to Saldaea to put Faile on the throne and for Perrin to try to reason with "Rand". ("how did he get from Tear to Saldaea??" "Well, he *is* the Bloody Dragon Reborn!!"). Now, when Perrin, Faile, Tam, Alanna and some others are about to leave, no sign can be found of Verin. Her warder is found dead...

Meanwhile in tanchico: the Seanchan attack, taking the city. Elayne is captured and leashed. Ny fights her way free (with the Dream Ring). Ny tells Egwene about it through the DreamWorld. Offshore Egeanin and Bayle Domon are captured, before dumping the sad bracelets into the Mariana trench. Suroth knows what to do with those bracelets...

Rand, while marching to Cairhein, learns from Egwene about the attack and Elayne's capture. He and Mat travel or portal stone to Tanchico. To cover up his Aiel looks, Rand disguises himself as a blind beggar. Mat is captured. Mat and Elayne are shipped off to Seanchan. There the daughter of the Nine Moons takes a liking to Mat, and inspects him. She finds the Raven and the Tower symbols on him. To save him, she marries him. It all happened too fast for him to follow...

Gareth Bryne meets up with SS, Leanne, Logain, Min and others (including Sheriam and Anaiya). They sneak into Caemlyn to find that Rahvin has killed Morgase. Bryne kills Rahvin, whom they surprised. Padan Fain, although present, is not noticed, and he slips away... Now the armies of Andor have started marching, and there is no one to stop them. Where is that fool girl Elayne???

Gawyn hears there is turmoil in Andor and leaves the Tower.

The Seanchan armies take all of the west coast, almost to Saldaea, and Mazrim Taim, who they think is Rand and the Dragon, is sad braceleted. Faile and Perrin, now in Saldaea, stop the advancing hoard. They think Rand has been captured.

The Seanchan army now turns west, to attack the Tower, and salt the ground it stands on...

Rand, who snuck onto the ship carrying Mat and Elayne to Seanchan, sneaks into Elayne's room. He finds her collared, but the bracelet is hanging empty on a peg. They embrace, while a sul'dam sneaks up on them, and puts the bracelet around Rand's wrist. They both start to die screaming. In their pain, they both touch the source, channeling enough to cause the earth to shudder. Back at home, Dragonmount errupts, and fires rain down from Heaven. A seal is broken somewhere. Back in Seanchan, Mat runs to their aid, kills the sul'dam, and cuts off Rand's hand with his spear. They cauterize it with a white hot iron.

Meanwhile, Egwene and some Aiel have left the main army to head towards the Tower. they meet Gareth Byrne and Co. They proclaim Egwene Amyrlin. In walks Gawyn, who grabs her about the neck and asks "Where is my sister?". Egwene tells him, and convinces him that they fight for the Dragon and the Light. At his time, the ash from Dragonmount obliterates the sun, plunging them all into dark. When the ash subsides, and the sun shines again, Gawyn says "Then you just fight for the Light. Word comes from the Seanchan South of Saldaea. Rand Al'Thor is dead." They are all shocked. (Of course, *Taim* is dead now, killed by too much sad bracelet channeling; Rand just needs a hand about now.)

The good Aiel (under Rhuarc) and the Tairen Army defeat Couladin's army before the Andor army arrives. Word is out that Morgase is dead, and so is Rand Al'thor. The sun is obliterated by ash, and when the ash clears, Rand and Elayne (having traveled) stand amongst them, shining like the sun. Thus is Elayne crowned Queen. Thus does the day dawn twice.

Thus book 5 ends with Elayne Queen and Rand probable King of Andor. He places Moiraine on the throne of Cairhein. The Seanchan hold most of the west (except Saldaea) and Tar Valon. Mat is still with the Seanchan, not having been able to escape. Faile is Queen of Saldaea. She, Perrin and the Two-Rivers folk, along with Gareth Byrne's Company (SS, Logain, Egwene, etc) all believe Rand to be dead.

Ending Prophecy:

   Thus when the time shall come, the Dragon will burn us for his pain, and the fires from heaven will rain down upon us. And in his pain shall be his joy, that his wounds of madness might be healed. What cutting of hope is this? Oh, People, pray for his pain, that we might have fire, and blood, and healing. And the Light will shine once more.