THE EYE OF THE WORLD - Quick Guide

PROLOGUE
Dragonmount

POV: Omni-Lews Therin
(second age)

• Ishamael confronts Lews Therin after the Kinslaying. Lews Therin commits suicide.

EARLIER:
Ravens (new prologue, Young adult edition only)

POV:Egwene
Summer 988 NE

• Egwene at the Shearing, ten years before the events of Winternight.

CHAPTER 1
An Empty Road

POV:Rand
Aine 8, 998 NE (day 1)

• Rand and Tam on the Quarry Road down to Emond's Field. Rand meets Mat at the Inn.

CHAPTER 2
Strangers

POV:Rand
Aine 8, 998 NE (day 1)

• Rand and Mat meet Moiraine.

CHAPTER 3
The Peddler

POV:Rand
Aine 8, 998 NE (day 1)

• Padan Fain arrives at Emond's Field. Egwene joins Mat and Rand.

CHAPTER 4
The Gleeman

POV:Rand
Aine 8, 998 NE (day 1)

• Thom Merrilin joins the boys outside the Winespring Inn.

CHAPTER 5
Winternight

POV:Rand
Aine 8, 998 NE (day 1)

• Rand and Tam return to the farm. They are attacked by Trollocs.

CHAPTER 6
The Westwood

POV:Rand
Aine 8, 998 NE (day 1)

• Rand carries the wounded Tam through the woods.

CHAPTER 7
Out of the Woods

POV:Rand
Aine 9, 998 NE (day 2)

• Rand arrives in Emond's Field. Nynaeve is powerless to save Tam.

CHAPTER 8
A Place of Safety

POV:Rand
Aine 9, 998 NE (day 2)

• Moiraine heals Tam and tells Rand the boys must leave Emond's Field.

CHAPTER 9
Tellings of the Wheel

POV:Rand
Aine 9, 998 NE (day 2)

• Moiraine is confronted by the villagers and tells them the story of Manetheren's fall.

CHAPTER 10
Leavetaking

POV:Rand
Aine 9, 998 NE (day 2)

• Thom and Egwene join the travelers in the stable. Rand sees a draghkar hunting in the night on the North Road.

CHAPTER 11
The Road to Taren Ferry

POV:Rand
Aine 9, 998 NE (day 2)

• The party passes Watch Hill. They are attacked by the draghkar. They reach Taren Ferry.

CHAPTER 12
Across the Taren

POV:Rand
Aine 9, 998 NE (day 2)

• The party crosses the Taren then Moiraine sinks the ferry. They make camp. Moiraine guides Egwene through her first touching of the True Source.

CHAPTER 13
Choices

POV:Rand
Aine 10 to Aine 15 998 NE (days 3 to 8)

• The trip and the arrival at Baerlon. The party arrives at the Stag and Lion Inn.

CHAPTER 14
The Stag and Lion

POV:Rand
Aine 15, 998 NE (day 8)

• Bath and supper at the Inn. Rand dreams of Ba'alzamon.

CHAPTER 15
Strangers and Friends

POV:Rand
Aine 16, 998 NE (day 9)

• Rand meets Min who shares viewings with him. Rand and Mat visit Baerlon and run into Padan Fain then Whitecloaks. Back at the Inn they learn from Perrin Nynaeve has tracked them down.

CHAPTER 16
The Wisdom

POV:Rand
Aine 16, 998 NE (day 9)

• Min talks to Rand and shares new viewings. Meeting with Nynaeve. Nynaeve reveals to Rand he was born out of the Two Rivers.

CHAPTER 17
Watchers and Hunters

POV:Rand
Aine 16 to Aine 17, 998 NE (days 9-10)

• Common room fun. Rand confronts a Fade. The party flee the Inn. Moiraine confronts Dain Bornhald's Whitecloaks at the Gate.

CHAPTER 18
The Caemlyn Road

POV:Rand
Aine 19, 998 NE (day 12)

• On the road. They are surrounded by bands of Fade-led trollocs and attacked. They escape in the direction of Shadar Logoth.

CHAPTER 19
Shadows Waiting

POV:Rand
Aine 19, 998 NE (day 12)

• In Shadar Logoth. The boys have a close encounter with Mordeth. The Shadowspawn have entered the city and the party prepare to flee toward the river.

CHAPTER 20
Dust on the Wind

POV:Rand
Aine 19, 998 NE (day 12)

• Separated from Moiraine and Lan, Rand is confronted by Trollocs and Mashadar. He is joined by Thom and Mat.

POV:Perrin
Aine 19, 998 NE (day 12)

• Perrin is joined by Egwene. They flee to the river. Perrin is separated from Egwene as he gets across.

POV:Rand
Aine 19, 998 NE (day 12)

• Rand, Mat and Thom are further attacked by Trollocs on the way to the river. They get aboard Domon's rivership Spray.

CHAPTER 21
Listen to the Wind

POV:Nynaeve
Aine 20, 998 NE (day 13)

• Across the Arinelle, Nynaeve is reunited with Lan and Moiraine and confronts the Aes Sedai. They head downriver for Whitebridge.

CHAPTER 22
A Path Chosen

POV:Perrin
Aine 20, 998 NE (day 13)

• Across the Arinelle, Perrin finds Egwene. They agree to by-pass Whitebridge and head east cross-country.

CHAPTER 23
Wolfbrother

POV:Perrin
Aine 23, 998 NE (day 16)

• Perrin and Egwene meet Elyas Machera. Perrin has his first encounter of communication with the wolves. They head south toward the road the next morning.

CHAPTER 24
Flight Down the Arinelle

POV:Rand
Aine 22-23, 998 NE (days 15-16)

• Aboard Spray. Rand has a reaction from touching the Source a few days before.

CHAPTER 25
The Traveling People

POV:Perrin
Aine 26, 998 NE (day 19)

• Perrin, Egwene and Elyas with Raen's group of Tuatha'an. Perrin and Egwene meet Aram.

CHAPTER 26
Whitebridge

POV:Rand
Adar 4, 998 NE (day 25)

• Aboard Spray, which then reaches Whitebridge. They learn of a crazy man and a Fade hunting them. They decide to move out of Whitebridge. Thom attacks a Fade and seemingly dies. The boys are now on their own.

CHAPTER 27
Shelter From the Storm

POV:Perrin
Adar 5, 998 NE (day 26)

• Perrin, Egwene and Elyas take their leave from the Tinkers.

CHAPTER 28
Footprints in Air

POV:Nynaeve
Adar 5, 998 NE (day 26)

• Nynaeve, Lan and Moiraine in Whitebridge. Moiraine catches scent of two of the boys. They prepare to leave east on the Caemlyn Road.

CHAPTER 29
Eyes Without Pity

POV:Perrin
Adar 10, 998 NE (day 31)

• Perrin, Egwene and Elyas are pursued by ravens and take refuge in an abandoned stedding.

CHAPTER 30
Children of Shadow

POV:Perrin
Adar 10, 998 NE (day 31)

• Perrin and Hopper attack Whitecloaks in the stedding, and Perrin kills two. Perrin and Egwene are separated from Elyas and captured by Geofram Bornhald's men.

CHAPTER 31
Play for Your Supper

POV:Rand
Adar 4 to Adar 18, 998 NE (days 25 to 39)

• Several days on the road. Rand and Mat work and shelter at the Grinwell farm. They play the flute and juggle at the Inn in Arien. They are given a ride by a farmer and arrive at Four Kings.

CHAPTER 32
Four Kings in Shadow

POV:Rand
Adar 18, 998 NE (day 39)

• Confrontation at the Inn in Four Kings with Saml Hake's thugs who try to rob the boys, and with the darkfriend Howal Gode. Rand channels and the boys escape in the stormy night.

CHAPTER 33
The Dark Waits

POV:Rand
Adar 18, 998 NE (day 39)

• (awkward flashback sequence)
  
  Rand has a dream of Ba'alzamon and Gode. Encounter with the darkfriend Paitr at Market Sheran. A few day later, Rand is sick from touching the Source in Four Kings. At the Queen's Man, a confrontation with the darkfriend Mili Skane. They flee and get a ride with a farmer again.

CHAPTER 34
The Last Village

POV:Rand
Adar 18-19, 998 NE (days 39-40)

• More adventure on the road. Darkfriends and Fades are looking for them. They take a ride with farmer Bunt and reach Caemlyn.

CHAPTER 35
Caemlyn

POV:Rand
Adar 20, 998 NE (day 41)

• Rand and Mat go to the Queen's Blessing where Basel Gill agrees to give them shelter.

CHAPTER 36
Web of the Pattern

POV:Rand
Adar 20, 998 NE (day 41)

• At the Queen's Blessing, Rand meets Loial who decides he will travel with him.

CHAPTER 37
The Long Chase

POV:Nynaeve
Adar 20, 998 NE (day 41)

• Moiraine has found Perrin. Nyaneve stalks into the Whitecloak camp to steal horses.

CHAPTER 38
Rescue

POV:Perrin
Adar 20, 998 NE (day 41)

• Jaret Byar offers Perrin and Egwene the chance to escape. They are rescued by Moiraine's party. They head for Caemlyn, a few days away.

CHAPTER 39
Weaving of the Web

POV:Rand
Adar 23, 998 NE (day 44)

• Rand leaves the Inn to see the captured Logain being showed in the city. He has a close encounter with the 'beggar' (Padan Fain) and falls into the palace garden.

CHAPTER 40
The Web Tightens

POV:Rand
Adar 23, 998 NE (day 44)

• Rand meets Elayne and Gawyn. Galad brings the guards to the intruder and Rand, Elayne and Gawyn are taken to Queen Morgase. Rands meets Bryne, Morgase and Elaida, who has a dire foretelling about him. He is finally allowed by Morgase to leave the palace.

CHAPTER 41
Old Friends and New Threats

POV:Rand
Adar 23, 998 NE (day 44)

• At the Inn, Rand is reunited with Moiraine and the others. Moiraine realises Mat is tainted by an object from Shadar Logoth and prepares to heal Mat.

CHAPTER 42
Remembrance of Dreams

POV:Rand
Adar 23, 998 NE (day 44)

• Discussions at the Queen's Blessing after Moiraine healed Mat. Some revelations as the characters share their secrets and knowledge. They decide to go to Fal Dara using the Ways. Rand dreams of Ba'alzamon and when he wakes up he he tells Moiraine about his dreams.

CHAPTER 43
Decisions and Apparitions

POV:Rand
Adar 23, 998 NE (day 44)

• The party enters and travels through the Ways.

CHAPTER 44
The Dark Along the Ways

POV:Rand
Adar 24, 998 NE (day 45)

• In the Ways.

CHAPTER 45
What Follows in Shadow

POV:Rand
Adar 24-25, 998 NE (days 45-46)

• In the Ways. Lan senses something following them (Fain). They confront Machin Shin and escape though the Waygate at Fal Dara.

CHAPTER 46
Fal Dara

POV:Rand
Adar 25, 998 NE (day 46)

• They reach Fal Dara keep and are welcomed by Ingtar and his master Lord Agelmar. Fain is captured and brought by Ingtar to Agelmar and Moiraine.

CHAPTER 47
More Tales of the Wheel

POV:Rand
Adar 25, 998 NE (day 46)

• Fal Dara Keep. Agelmar retells the fall of Malkier. Moiraine reports about her questionning of Padan Fain.

CHAPTER 48
The Blight

POV:Rand
Adar 26, 998 NE (day 47)

• They head for the Blight. They camp in front of the ruins of the Seven Towers.

CHAPTER 49
The Dark One Stirs

POV:Rand
Adar 27, 998 NE (day 48)

• In the Blight. They reach the Eye of the World and the Green Man.

CHAPTER 50
Meetings at the Eye

POV:Rand
Adar 27, 998 NE (day 48)

• They enter the Eye. Outside, confrontation with Balthamel and Aginor.

CHAPTER 51
Against the Shadow

POV:Rand
Adar 27, 998 NE (day 48)

• Confrontation between Rand and Ba'alzamon.

CHAPTER 52
There Is Neither Beginning Nor End

POV:Rand
Adar 27, 998 NE (day 48)

• They discover the Horn of Valere, the Dragon Banner and a broken seal. They camp at the Eye for the night.

CHAPTER 53
The Wheel Turns

POV:Rand
Adar 28 to Saven 1, 998 NE (days 49-50)

• They travel back to Fal Dara and Moiraine shows the Horn to Agelmar.

POV:Moiraine
Saven 8, 998 NE (day 56)

• Moiraine spies on a conversation between Rand and Egwene and murmurs the Dragon in reborn.

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