Rand, Mat, Perrin, Nynaeve and Egwene are waiting with Agelmar for Moiraine to return from her interrogation of Padan Fain. Agelmar provides some of the history of Lan and the Kingdom of Malkier that should have been his. Moiraine and Lan return and recount what they learned from Fain. He has been a darkfriend for forty years and has been hunting the boys for three years. He brought the Trollocs to the Two Rivers.