Chapters 41-44 Summary

After much disagreement, especially between Ingtar and Rand, Ingtar's party decides to proceed to Falme. Ba'alzamon appears before Rand in a vision and once again promises him death if he is unwilling to serve.

After disguising themselves in local attire, Nynaeve and Elayne keep watch over the building in Falme that houses the damane. They spot Min, who because she is Egwene's friend, is allowed to come and go as she pleases. Egwene has impressed the sul'dam with her unusual abilities with the element of earth. While female Aes Sedai are capable of working with earth and fire to some extent, the two elements were always the specialty of channeling males, just as wind and water are the specialty of channeling females. Egwene's power with earth even allows her to locate and identify caches of rare alloys in surrounding rocks. Renna...