Chapter 40, Regal, Chapter 41, The Scribe Summary

The narrator speaks of the Catalyst. As Nighteyes and Fitz gather provisions from the army camp of dead men, Nighteyes hears something and they go to find Will, struggling to reach the pillar. Fitz uses Will to reach Regal, and finally enters his mind and changes it, using his Skill to its maximum. Fitz and Nighteyes leave the Stone Garden to find a better place. Fitz is still able to see all that is happening with Verity and the Queen, and sees how the dragons rid the land of the Red Ships and the raiders. Regal arrives a changed man, offering assistance and armies and vowed his loyalty to the child carried by Kettricken. Regal returns everything he has stolen and rights every error he can, yet he still meets a bloody death as an...