Chapters 25-29 Summary

Rand, Loial, and Hurin arrive in Cairhien with the dagger and the horn. After being mistaken for an outland Lord, Rand begins to receive numerous invitations from noble families, which he unceremoniously, and without exception, throws into the fire. Hurin warns him that each invitation he burns earns him a new enemy, but Rand stubbornly continues, telling them he will not get caught up in Daes Dae'mar. Rand receives a shock when, while walking through the various bars in the forecastle area, he spots Thom Merrilin, who he had assumed dead, performing in front of a large crowd.

Rand brings Loial with him to meet Thom and return the harp and flute Thom left in his possession at Whitebridge. Rand tells Thom about the horn, but withholds the fact that he can channel and that Moiraine and the Amyrlin Seat believe...