At thje beginning of The Dragon Reborn, Carridin comes to speak with Pedron Niall in the Fortress of The Light. Niall takes him to account for failing to assert Whitecloak authority over the Almoth Plain. Then Niall orders him to keep the supposed Dragon Reborn safe, as a useful tool for Whitecloak domination, with death the price of failure. At the beginning of A Crown of Swords, Pedron Niall has given Carridin orders about how to deal with Elayne in Ebou Dar.