Chapter 8, A Place of Safety Summary

Rand leads Moiraine and Lan to the inn. Moiraine sends everyone out of the room but Rand insists on staying. While she prepares, Lan remarks on the sword Rand is carrying. He tells Rand that there are places where a heron-mark sword is the sign of a master swordsman. Rand is only concerned about his father, but then he remembers the Aes Sedai and Lan fought off the attack. He asks if knowing about the cloaked rider would have made any difference to the outcome. Moiraine tells him no, that the attack was too large and unexpected. She did not believe the Dark One's power could have extended so far.

Moiraine is able to stabilize Tam. She takes out an angreal, a relic from the Age of Legends that the Aes Sedai use for their...