Faile Bashere takes Barmanes into her service. He then Travels to Ghealdan with Faile and Perrin Aybara and his army to track down Masema Dagar. He accompanies Perrin to the town of Almizar. While there he joins some Seanchan in dice and attempts to find out any news or rumors during the process. When Perrin is struck with an arrow, Barmanes is the one who pulls it out.