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The fog forround after a rainstorround, and shapes on horses charged down it Figures of legend Buad of Albhain, as regal as any queen A sword Hend the Striker, dark-skinned, a haure rode through the mists at the front of the heroes Tall and i carried Justice, his sword, on his shoulder as he rode Though the rest of the hundred-odd heroes followed Flaing, one broke off in a streak of ood look at the rider Who had it been, and where was he going so quickly?

Mat pulled his hat on tighter, nudging Pips forward toI suppose I’ll knohich side suht, if he tries to kill ht Artur Haing? Light, could anyone beat one of the heroes of the Horn?

"Hello, Haing", Mat called

"Ga replied "Do take better care of what has been allotted you Alht" Mat let out a relaxing breath "Bloody ashes, Haing! You needn’t have drawn it out like that, you bloody goat-kisser So you fight for us?"

"Of course we fight for the Light", Haing said "We would never fight for the Shadow"

"But I was told--" Mat began

"You were told wrong", Haing said

"Besides", Hend said, laughing "If the other side had been able to summon us, you’d be dead by now!"

"I did die", Mat said, rubbing at the scar on his neck "Apparently that tree clai said "Another , as Lews Therin did save your life both times"

"Remember him", Amaresu snapped "I have seen you et that every breath you breathe--every step you take--coon Reborn, Gambler Twice over"

Blood and bloody ashes Even dead women treated him the way Nynaeve did Where did they learn it? Were there secret lessons?

Haing nodded toward so nearby Rand’s banner; Dannil still held it aloft "We arrive here to gather at the banner We can fight for you because of it, Gah he does it fro at the banner, "I guess since you’re here, you can fight the battle now I’ll pull hed "You think we hundred can fight this entire battle?"

"You’re the bloody heroes of the Horn", Mat said "That’s what you do, isn’t it?"

"We can be defeated", said pretty Blaes of Matuchin, dancing her horse to the side of Haing’s Tuon couldn’t be ht? People were supposed to stare at them "If we are wounded in dire ways, ill have to withdraw and recover in the World of Dreams"

"The Shado to incapacitate us", Hend added "Bind us hand and foot, and we can do nothing to aid the battle It doesn’t ht well", Haing said to Mat "And ill lend you our strength This is not our war alone We are just one part of it"

"Bloody wonderful", Mat said That Horn was still sounding "Then tell , and the Shadow didn’t do itwho did?"

Thick Trolloc nails scored Olver’s arh his tears, eyes squeezed shut, in the small cleft in the rocky outcrop

I’ht as a dark-haired hand scrabbled for a hold on the Horn Another grabbed hi blood pulse down his arm