New Spring/Chapter 1
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| Setting: the fields outside Tar Valon |
- Point of view: Lan
Lan walks around the camp checking that the sentries are awake with Bukama Marenellin silently following, though he isn't silent enough for Lan. While they talk a Tairen messenger approaches on horseback. He explains to Lan that Lord Emares wants Lan to take his men to the Hook, a nearby geologic formation. There they are to act as an anvil while Lord Emares' men act as the hammer. Lan agrees to the plan and sends Bukama to wake the men.
They quickly make their way to the low ridge called the Hook, and wait for the Aiel to arrive. The Aiel appear from the trees in several lines, twenty abreast. As they keep coming, trumpets sound from far off. The Aiel look around but continue to issue from the trees, far more than expected. A good five hundred paces from the ridge line the Aiel come to a halt. After studying Lan's men the Aiel lift their spears. As one, the spears come down and they shout "Aan'allein!". Lan knows it is the Old Tongue and the best translation he can come up with on the spot is, One man alone. Abruptly the Aiel start moving northward till they are well beyond the ridge line, then angle eastward once more. Lan goes to find Lord Emares and have a talk with him.
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- "The Dark One and all of the Forsaken are bound in Shayol Ghul, beyond the Great Blight, bound by the Creator at the moment of Creation, bound until the end of time. The hand of the Creator shelters the world, and the Light shines on us all." (see religious beliefs).
