{"id":2375,"date":"2025-09-25T11:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/?p=2375"},"modified":"2026-02-13T10:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:46:30","slug":"chapter-41-a-hunters-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/?p=2375","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 41: A Hunter&#8217;s Oath"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"tldr\"><p>Perrin&#8217;s group arrives at Illian, and Faile insists on coming with them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Snow Goose<\/em> docks in Illian on a stifling, muggy morning. And yet, Moiraine&#8217;s demeanor is frigid enough that you would almost expect it to lower the temperature. What ever happened to &#8220;what will be will be&#8221; and &#8220;the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills?&#8221; Perhaps some readers objected when I suggested it was <em>that time of the month<\/em>, but if this seismic shift in attitude isn&#8217;t hormonal, go ahead and suggest a better explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps under all those layers of ice, Moiraine does still remember that the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. Since Faile showed up in Min&#8217;s visions, Moiraine allows her to accompany them after swearing to be loyal and not ask any questions. Translation: obey and shut the fuck up.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and also:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>MOIRAINE: Perrin, since you brought her to us, she&#8217;s your responsibility.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BitchFellOff.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2384\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BitchFellOff.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Back of a t-shirt that reads, &quot;If you can read this, the bitch fell off.&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BitchFellOff.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BitchFellOff.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BitchFellOff.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>She sounds\u00a0<em>exactly<\/em> like a parent whose child brought home a stray dog and said, &#8220;Hey Mom, can we keep her?&#8221; Perrin is indignant, arguing that he didn&#8217;t ask Faile to come along. But you know what, Wolf Boy? Methinks thou doth protest too much.<\/p>\n<p>Perrin pulls his new girlfriend onto the saddle behind him. I&#8217;ll bet he fancies he&#8217;s wearing one of those jackets that says, &#8220;If you can read this, the bitch fell off.&#8221; The group sets out to explore Illian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perrin&#8217;s group arrives at Illian, and Faile insists on coming with them. The\u00a0Snow Goose docks in Illian on a stifling, muggy morning. And yet, Moiraine&#8217;s demeanor is frigid enough that you would almost expect it to lower the temperature. What ever happened to &#8220;what will be will be&#8221; and &#8220;the Wheel weaves as the Wheel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-dragon-reborn","book-the-dragon-reborn"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2375"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3710,"href":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375\/revisions\/3710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wot.jesse-carroll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}