Shienarian warrior Lord Ingtar is charged with retrieving it. As soldiers are caught unprepared, Padan Fain is freed, and the Horn and dagger-a tainted artifact to whom Mat’s life is bound-are stolen. Without warning, Fal Dara is besieged by a Trolloc attack.

Meanwhile, during a meeting with Moiraine, the Amyrlin opens a chest, revealing the long-sought Horn of Valere which, when sounded, will summon heroes from the Age of Legends into battle. He taunts Rand with prophecies of war and the coming of the Dark One until they decide to hide Rand in the women’s apartments, a place no man would normally go. Rand, wanting nothing to do with the manipulations of the Aes Sedai, tries to escape the city.Įgwene, the woman to whom Rand has been unofficially betrothed-but who is now destined to train as Aes Sedai herself-hides him in the dungeons where she has been secretly meeting with Padan Fain, a prisoner and dangerous Darkfriend. Moiraine suspects he may be the Dragon Reborn, the reincarnation of Lews Therin Telamon, the last Dragon who battled the Dark One and imprisoned him in Shayol Ghul 3,000 years ago. Rand, a shepherd from the Two Rivers village of Emond’s Field, has displayed the rare ability to channel the One Power-rare in men ever since the Breaking of the World. On the advice of fellow sister Moiraine Sedai, the Amyrlin Seat seeks an audience with Rand al’Thor. In the fortress city of Fal Dara-in the border nation of Shienar-a delegation of Aes Sedai (women trained to channel the One Power) arrives, accompanied by their leader, the Amyrlin Seat. This guide uses the 1991 Tor Fantasy edition of The Great Hunt.

The great hunt by robert jordan