Towers of Midnight: Epilogue
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Chapter Icon: Wheel and Serpent
Points of View: Graendal, Perrin, Olver, Barriga, Rand, Lan
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Shaidar Haran attacks Graendal. Perrin learns Noam willingly gave up being a man. Olver opens Verin's letter and reads it warns of an attack on Caemlyn. Talmanes and he see Caemlyn in flames. Rand sees Lanfear in his dream. Barriga is killed by beings dressed like Aiel and Lan leads a charge of the Malkieri at Tarwin's gap.
Summary
Graendal's Point of View:
Setting: A palace in Ebou Dar
Characters: Graendal, Shaidar Haran
Graendal is stunned that Perrin escaped her trap with the Shadowspawn army through a Portal Stone. She blames Isam and the Whitecloaks and is bitter that her failure means she has to flee and abandon her plans to control Tuon. Shaidar Haran arrives and tells her that she has failed again and that three chosen were destroyed by her actions. He tells her that she will not be given another chance, but that he will not forget her. He moves in.
Perrin's Point of View:
Setting: Tel'aran'rhiod
Perrin searches out Boundless in the Wolf Dream, remembering what Hopper had said. Boundless does not want to talk with Perrin, but eventually reveals that he was once Noam and chose the path of the wolf as there was too much pain in the human world. Perrin realises that losing control while with the wolves is not dangerous, he was never in any real danger of losing himself and has already found the balance that is right for him, just as Noam and Elyas did.
Olver's Point of View:
Setting: Outside Caemlyn
Olver and Talmanes play Snakes and Foxes. Olver is a little annoyed that Mat didn't take him to the Tower of Ghenjei, but accepts that Noal is a better fighter. He is planning to stay with the Band until he learns all he can, but also because he thinks Mat needs someone to keep him organised. Eventually, he plans to go to the Finn himself and locate the Shaido who killed his father. On the last throw, he wins the game, much to Talmanes' astonishment, who believed that was impossible.
He opens Verin's letter as he believes that to be the polite thing to do. He doesn't fully understand, but it contains a warning that a large Shadowspawn force is intending to attack Caemlyn through a Waygate in the city and that the gate should be destroyed. Talmanes looks to the city and sees it aflame. He raises the Band to defend the city and keep the Dragons out of Shadowspawn hands.
Barriga's Point of View:
Location: The Blight
Characters: Barriga
Barriga looks for safety, his men dead and the Kandori towers having fallen. He sees what he takes to be Aiel, but with red veils and thinks he is saved. The man removes his veil to reveal teeth filed to a point and moves in for the kill.
Rand's Point of View:
Setting: Rand's dream
Rand is dreaming, able to control his dreams and bar entry to anyone else. He hears sounds of pain in the distance and moves to investigate. He sees a woman who he does not recognise until he looks into her eyes and realises it is Lanfear in a new body. She tells him she wishes she were dead and that he grinds her bones and Heals her just enough to keep her alive. She tells Rand "He is coming" and vanishes.
Lan's Point of View:
Location: Tarwin's Gap
Characters: Lan
Lan looks across Tarwin's gap, at a Trolloc army ten times the size of his force and declares he is no longer aan'allein and that he is a king. He leads the charge.
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