Chapters 11 through 16 Summary

Chapter 11 - Verin and Alanna argue over the merits of Alanna bonding Rand as a warder. Alanna reveals she did it for two reasons: to replace a recently, dearly-departed Warder, and because she wanted to keep tabs on Rand, given her (and all Aes Sedai's) deep distrust of men who can channel. They are both shocked at how easily Rand bested their magic, and for now they resign themselves to being trapped in the city per Rand's orders. Rand travels to his channeling band of men in the secluded barn. The men are advancing quite well under Taim's intense training, but there are very few of them. Taim wants to go out into various villages to find more men capable of channeling to build Rand an army to oppose the Aes Sedai. Rand agrees to Taim's proposal.

Chapter 12 - Nynaeve prepares...