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At [[Fal Dara]] in [[Shienar]], following the events in ''[[The Eye of the World]]'', the protagonists are visited by the [[Amyrlin Seat]], [[Siuan Sanche]], who identifies [[Rand al'Thor]] as the Dragon Reborn. [[Mat Cauthon]]'s condition worsens through his psychic attachment to a parasitic dagger. [[Lan Mandragoran]] instructs Rand in sword fighting. Darkfriend [[Padan Fain]] is imprisoned but subsequently freed by Darkforces, stealing the Horn of Valere and the tainted dagger. Rand, [[Perrin Aybara]], and Mat accompany a Shienaran party southbound in pursuit, under the leadership of Lord [[Ingtar Shinowa]] and guided by a tracker named [[Hurin (The Wheel of Time)|Hurin]]. [[Nynaeve al'Meara]] and [[Egwene al'Vere]] accompany [[Moiraine Damodred]] to [[Tar Valon]] for Aes Sedai training, where they befriend [[Elayne Trakand]] and the clairvoyant [[Min Farshaw]]. There, Nynaeve passes the test to become Accepted, a rank in the White Tower below Aes Sedai and above a Novice.

 

Rand, the [[Ogier (The Wheel of Time)|Ogier]] [[Loial]] and Hurin are separated from the Shienaran party and transported to an alternate world; similar to their own, but deserted and distorted. Rand suspects that he activated the portal stone by unconsciously channeling ''[[saidin]]'' in his sleep, although Egwene dreams that a mysterious woman (later identified as the Forsaken [[Lanfear]]) is responsible. Rand's struggle to accept his channeling ability is a recurring element in the novel. In this alternate world, Rand meets Ba'alzamon and has a [[heron]]'s image (the crest of his sword) branded into his palm in a fight. Later, with the help of the mysterious but beautiful Selene, they return to their own world, ahead of Fain's and Ingtar's groups. This done, they recover the Horn and dagger. At a loss to explain Rand's disappearance, Lord Ingtar's group pursue Fain with the aid of Perrin, who uses a telepathic ability to communicate with wolves.