The sunrise was beautiful, a multi-faceted shimmer that gleamed across the Spine of the World and cast its glow across the Topless Towers of Cairhien. Climbing ever-higher into the heavens, the golden orb sent its rays westward, washing the land with light. Across the Haddon Mirk and Tear, over the plazas of Far Madding, through the stained glass windows of the White Tower, and ever onward the sunlight made its relentless way in thwarting the shadows of the night. In the farms of Emond's Field wives woke their husbands to greet a new day, and in Amadicia the sunlight blazed across the golden burst proclaiming the Fortress of Light. Ever onwards the sunlight rushed towards the sea, its rays piercing the gloom around Windbiter's Finger and across the seas to islands where people all rose to