Lan and Bukama are crossing through Kandor, and they make a stop in the city of Canluum.
In this chapter, Robert Jordan suddenly realizes that he has been ignoring Lan entirely for the first half of this book. If I were Lan, I would be more pissed off than Daniel Henney was when the TV show got cancelled. So what happened to Lan? I guess he and Bukama finally told Caniedrin to fuck off and find a new name, and the two men are back in the borderlands. Kandor to be specific.
At long last, we hear someone call him by the name al’Lan Mandragoran. Oh I see what you did there Mister Jordan. al’Lan. Allan. That’s cute. You are lucky I like the way Lan sounds so much, because if I didn’t, I would be calling this dude Allan, for the entire rest of the series.
Lan and his mentor Bukama are headed to… uh, I don’t really know where they’re headed. Well, Into Canluum, duh, but I don’t know why. The guards at the gates remind us that Lan would have been king of the nation of Malkier, had it not succumbed to the Blight. Lan tells the guards that they are here to rest for a few days before riding north. Instead of brushing shoulders with the local aristocracy, Lan and Bukama decide to head into the common part of the city.