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Moraine very much downplays her family in general, IIRC one of the reasons she took the "Travel the world" half of her and Siuan's plan is because once she got raised there were ideas of putting her on the Throne in the chaos after the Aiel war and she did not want the Throne because she felt the Damodred bloodline deserved to die.
Chapter 32: Dangerous words.
Summary
Rand, Ingtar, Verin and Loial attend Barthanes’ party the next night, with Hurin and Mat acting as Ingtar and Rand’s servants. Verin has them separate as to not offend the other guests and Rand feels exposed through most of it, trying to not stay in one place too much as to avoid conversation with the other guests as he distrusts them.
Very quickly Barthanes himself finds him and the pair chat, with Barthanes testing Rand’s knowledge of Andor’s court a bit, they discuss the Statue that Rand had noticed on his way to Cairhein and Rand disapproval of “messing with things from the age of legends”
Once Barthanes is satisfied with the conversation he goes off and Rand sees Throm Merrilin performing as one of the entertainers, and then is trapped by 3 of the Cairhien Ladies who are all asking to see his “Flute”
He uses talking to Thom as an excuse to escape the women and the pair talk for a bit, Rand tells Thom that Barthanes has the Horn and is a Darkfriend, and Thom expects that Rand wants his help again having heard of Verin being in his party again. Rand rebuffs the offer of help which seems to offend the Gleeman. Thom gives Rand a warning that while “Cairhein play the great game, it was Aes Sedai that invented it” as Hurin appears, telling Rand that Mat has twisted his ankle.
Commentary
Cairhein ladies are fucking degenerate sluts! SLUTS I TELL YOU!
There isn’t really much to say about Barthanes here, he does not exactly get a lot of screen time given that he gets himself killed after this chapter, which is technically a spoiler but we find it out like 2 chapters from now so it’s not really a big deal.
Thom is getting caught hard in Tav’eren web here, he just happens to be there at the night Rand is, and is in the room Rand is in..when Rand needs an excuse to GTFO out of an Adultery Trap because 2 of the 3 chicks who were hitting on Rand were married. The guy does not deserve what happens to him.
Chapter 33: A message from the Dark
Summary
Hurin leads Rand to where Mat and Loial are waiting, saying that he has found where the men who set fire to the Inn are, speaking in a more familiar manner with Rand. The other servants so disgusted Hurin that he has been shocked into acting more normal and sane instead of “proper”
The pair meet up with Mat and Loial and Hurin leads them all to the courtyard where he tracked the Trollocs and Dark friends who set fire to the Inn to, Loial begins to sense an Ogier Waygate as the Manor was built on the remains of an Ogier Grove.
Hurin takes them to where the Waygate is, an enclosed part of the Garden with no roof with the Waygate inside of it. Rand sends Mat to find Ingtar and Verin and tell them about the Waygate and that Fain has taken the Chest through the Ways.
Rand has Loial help him over the Wall to confirm that the Dark friends are not inside, Hurin follows as does Loial, Fain is gone, obviously having gone into the Ways. Rand opens the gate to see if Hurin could go inside and follow Fain’s scent and The Dark Wind is already waiting and attempts to escape the Ways through the open gate chanting it’s dark whispers with a single voice repeating
“Al’thor Al’thor Al’thor”
Rand instinctively grasps the power and begins to channel into the Dark Mass that is pushing out of the ways, using fire and light to attack it. Loial manages the close the Waygate and Rand wrestles with Saidin for a few moments.
The Trio leave and are met by Mat on their way back to the Manor proper who passes a message from Verin to “Do nothing and meet up with her and Ingtar to leave and plan, as they group up Barthanes meets them to say goodbye.
Barthanes passes on a message from Fain. “I will wait for you on Toman Head, I have what you seek and if you do not come to face me I will hound your people and your land.”
The group exit’s Barthanes’ manor and return to The Great Tree and discuss what Rand has learned and what to do next. Verin eventually decides, under much complaint from Ingtar that the only path they have to find Fain is to go through the ways and that they must go to Stedding Tsofu and get permission to use the Waygate there.
Commentary.
Toman Head, where have we heard that before? Almost as if The side plots matter in this series or something.
I wonder if Fain got some amount of information about Dark Friend codes from being touched by the Dark One, he is able to command Barthanes who is likely a high ranking Darkfriend given that he has a park with a Waygate that I presume is for Myrddraal to use to show up and give him orders.
Chapter 34: The Wheel Weaves
Summary
Thom Merrilin wanders back to The Bunch of Grapes after being held up by Barthanes’ guests, telling stories that were generally targeted towards Common People after the Nobility were intrigued by them, not that any of them really understood what the themes of the stories really were.
When he arrives at his room he finds Dena murdered, and two assassins in his Armoires, after quickly killing one and disabling the other the Gleeman begins to interrogate the one assassin who is still alive, he tells of wanting to know what Thom knows of Rand, and the woman that he keeps seeing as he attempts to find out more about Rand.
Thom kills the second assassin and the Innkeeper barges in thinking Thom is in danger, Zera insists it is time for Thom to leave the city but notices that one of the men do not work for Barthanes like Thom assumed, instead they work for Galldrian Riatin the king of Cairhein. Zera continues to push for Thom to leave the city but the conversation is interrupted by a sound that is as if the entire City just roared
Thom looks outside and sees smoke from the direction of the Grain Silos outside of the city, he tells Zera it isn’t only Thom that needs to leave the city but Zera blows him off, Thom exits the Bunch of Grapes..and begins to plan out the murder of a King.
Across the continent to the west Padan Fain approaches the city of Falme on the coast of Toman Head, the chest that contains the Horn and Dagger covered on a horse. He guides the horse through the streets trying to find the Seanchan Lord.
Upon doing so Fain presents the chest to Turok, claiming that with time he could open the chest, and the High Lord solves the puzzle easily having seen chests like this one before. Fain attempts to manipulate his way into Turok’s good graces, however the high lord has none of it, he sees through Fain’s words but allows Fain to stay around anyways because Turok is bored and hearing Fain attempt to create a sensible narrative may be interesting.
Commentary
P in the chat to piss on Barthanes, he existed for exactly one chapter and got beheaded by..something. We never really find out, it can’t be Trollocs or Fain because they left already. Ishamael has no reason to do it..so unless Barthanes decided to try and assassinate Rand and Lanfear found out about it I have no clue who actually did it.
Same with setting the grain silos on fire, I am going to have to remember bringing this up later when Rand is emo about causing chaos where he goes..really none of this is directly his fault except maybe.
Thom gonna merc a motherfucker, we have entire massive adventures for minor characters off screen and it kind of feels natural. Everything we know of Thom is that he is a bad ass motherfucker so I buy that killing Galldrian is within his wheelhouse.
Fain’s plot is weird here, why is he going to Toman Head? He Ultimately wants to make the entire world suffer for what was done to him.
Edit: Sorry I am technically late and gay on this, Fucking Quartering and Lily Peet drama was sucking up my time I accept any late reacts you give me.
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