Spring returns, the Shadow retreats, and Rand thinks running away will solve everything. Moiraine, meanwhile, has found what she spent twenty years looking for: the Dragon Reborn.
I guess killing two of the Forsaken left the Shadow reeling, because it’s suddenly a lot easier to leave the Blight than it was to enter. Once the group has traveled far enough south, we see that spring has finally arrived.
Near Fal Dara, men speak of a miraculous victory at Tarwin’s Gap. They believe the Creator intervened, but we know better. So does Lord Agelmar — he witnessed the battle, and has no doubt that he saw a man channel.
Moiraine entrusts the Horn of Valere to Lord Agelmar, with strict instructions to deliver it to Illian.
Rand gets some sword lessons from Lan, and has a talk with Egwene. He says he’s “going away” but won’t say where. Even he doesn’t seem to know, but he doesn’t want to be gentled, and he doesn’t want to bring trouble to Emond’s Field. So… somewhere. He’s also trying to convince himself he won’t channel again. That’s adorable — like a kid swearing he’ll never grow up. Good luck with that.
Moiraine is content. Ever since Gitara’s foretelling, for twenty years, she has been desperately searching for the Dragon, and she has finally found him.
The end.