Rambling on and on Pretty awesome… some of the time

2A – Fal Dara: Book 2 begins. Rand, Matt, Perrin, Lan, Moraine, Egwene, and Nynaeve are idle for several weeks between books. The Amyrlin Seat comes unannounced, Rand fears Gentling, but is surprised that Suian, Moraine, and Verin(black) who knows about him, want to set him free on the world. Trollocs attack the keep, Padan Fain is freed, who steals the Horn of Valere and the Shadar Logoth dagger. The three boys go after the Horn, Egwene and Nynaeve are headed to Tar Valon.

2B – The Horn hunting party; all three heroes, Ingtar, Masema, hurnin, ono, etc; cross the river Erinin finding an empty town, and then the Fal Dara Dark friends skinned, dead.

2C – Rand, Lolial, and Hurin fall asleep next to a portal stone, and wake up in different reality, they travel south faster than the rest of the group. Having lost their sniffer, Ingtar, Mat, and Perrin head south with the wolves leading Perrin.

2D – Having met Selene(Lanfear) and killing some Grolm, Rand and company get back into the real world ahead of the Shiernan group and Fain. The find Fain in camp just north of Kinslayer’s Dagger, and steal the Horn and the Ruby Dagger while Fain is asleep, then head south.

2E – Mat and Perrin cross the river, and in the low-lying hills of Kinslayer’s Dagger, and come upon and Aiel. This is the first mention of “He who comes with the dawn”. Mat and Perrin speculate it could be Rand.

2F – Rand arrives in Cairhien, and finds Thom alive, giving him his instruments and cloak. Trollocs attack him, Lolial, and Selene(Lanfear). Rand burns down part of the Illuminators chapter house to escape them. Aludra is introduced. Mat and Perrin find Rand outside the burning inn, the Horn and Dagger lost again, Verin(Black) is with them. They track the Darkfriends to Lord Barthanes’ manor, and they have taken the Ways to Falme. Barthanes tells rand that Fain is waiting for him. The Ways are blocked by Mashadar.

2G – Rand, Matt, and Perrin go to Steading Tsofu to ask the elder to use the Waygate. It too is blocked by Mashadar. Hurin brings up the portal stone. There is one near the Steading, and rand uses it, with Verin’s(Black) knowledge to travel to Falme. It take 4 months, and everyone with them lives multiple lives in their head as they travel. This is what starts Masema on the path to becoming the Profit. Because of alternate lives lived, Matt, Perin, and Rand become closer again, knowing their lives are linked no matter what.

2H – Falme – Liandrin(Black) brings Egwene, Nynaeve, Elayne, and min to Falme using the Ways. Upon reaching Falme, she gives them t the Seanchan as damane. Rand and party sneak into the high lords palace and steal back the Horn and Dagger. Rand Kills Turok, a true blademaster, earning his own right to use the sword.

2I – The Great Hunt ends with Rand, Perrin, Min, and Moraine outside Falme, and Matt, Egwene, Nyanaeve, and Elayne heading back to Tar Valon. It doesn’t say how Mat got to tar Valon.