Nynaeve, Egwene, and Elayne head directly to where Else indicated, and they find evidence Liandrin and her accomplices went to Tear.
NYNAEVE: Let’s go to the storeroom Else was talking about!
EGWENE: Yeah! Never mind that the Amyrlin Seat wouldn’t trust an airhead like Else with secrets. Let’s just go there without checking with her first.
ELAYNE: Could this be a trap?
ALL THREE: …nah!
None of them so much as hesitates to go where Else described, and they find the door chained shut. Nynaeve decides to work herself into a fury over this being the only locked door they’ve come across. It’s childish, but she can’t channel any other way. Meanwhile, Egwene works some magical manipulation of the metal, weakening it. When Nynaeve attacks it with a glowing magical crowbar, it snaps like a twig and sends her onto her ass. These two work well together — Egwene in the role of Laurel, Nynaeve in the role of Hardy.
Opening the door, the women find thirteen bags of items. Nearly every one contains some kind of clue pointing in the direction of Tear. Travel plans, ship schedules, details about the fortress in Tear, you name it. It’s all too neat. Are they being baited? There’s no way to know, but it reads like a bullhorn shouting, “Bye, fuckers! We’re going to Tear!”