Rand having just taken the stone of Tear leaves for the Aiel Waste to enter Rhuidean and declares himself as He Who Comes With The Dawn. Perrin after hearing rumors of trouble in Two Rivers, chooses to return home with Faile. The two defend against Trollocs that have been brought to destroy them. Elayne and Nynaeve go to Tarabon to hunt the Black Ajah and end up facing one of the Forsaken. Min arrives in Tar Valon to report to the Amyrlin Siuan Sanche, inadvertently setting off a chain of events that will lead to a Tower split.