Monthly Summary – October 2004
Note: This one is a bit more detailed than the categorical summary...there is a summary of every post for the month.
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October 1-7
- Serah heads to the garden during her morning break and is shocked to see an
Ogier (Fa'liel). She asks where his axe is.
- Fa'liel cringes at how loud Serah is, and after asking her about the
libraries, he tells her he doesn't carry an axe, nor do most Ogier. He asks her
to show him around and says he'll tell her about himself. Grabbing her hand, he
tries to pull her back to the garden.
- Everyone leaves the M'Hael's office, and with the exception of Spike, Lir,
Pol, Adna, Lothoss, Janos, Neill, Nezdin and Jesse, everyone else disappears.
The M'Hael's wife, Shai, comes out a moment later. She tells them that the last
few days have been difficult for Brand and she will try to reason with him.
Janos says he wants a backup plan in case Shai doesn't succeed.
- Shandy calls Valrin an old hag and says she's not leaving. Unfortunately, the
Blues and Yellows start attacking Shandy. The Browns and Whites argue their
sides as well and someone grasps saidar. Shandy, amused, sits back and waits
for them to fight each other.
- Nezdin explains to all gathered outside the M'Hael's office, including the
clues about the red-bladed daggers. Kakios shows up and says that they need to
talk.
- Kakios tells them all that 75 Soldiers, 52
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- Valrin reminds the Blues and Yellows that they outnumber the other Ajahs so
they should be in control. She mutters something about the Blues and Yellows
paying the highest price for Shandy's actions then returns to her rooms.
- Serah bombards Fa'liel with questions and talks of how the Ogier in Seanchan
carry axes and are somber. She's impressed with the Ogier's
strength and asks questions about it.
- Shai goes back inside and is denied access to Brand's private study. Brand
comes out and orders the sentinels away. Once the M'Hael and his wife are
alone, Brand starts to wonder what he's doing. Shai offers help and channels at
him, laying a weave of Compulsion around him. She tells him to delay Faia's execution for today, but it *will* be done. She tells
him Faia is too much of a threat to the
- Janos gives a lecture about terrorism, which is what's happening at the tower
now. The worst part is that it's succeeding in its purpose, causing people to
lose faith in the system as well as their 'protectors'. Janos reminds them all the
stigmata that went along with channeling men in the Third Age and that they do
not want that to happen. Janos agrees to help save Faia,
for political reasons only. She is friends with the king of Ebou
- Neill listens to all of it and tells Janos to stop wasting time and tell them
what they need to do.
- Janos plans to go talk to the Amyrlin about the situation and tells Nez and
Neill to try to gather more evidence so they can get the Aes Sedai to help
rescue Varick. Faia will be a tougher problem but he says if someone can keep
the M'Hael from killing Faia, he will go later in the
day to Ebou
- Nezdin says they will not lose Jesse and takes her away to question her some
more. He tells Spike to send word if he needs help...he doesn't like leaving Faia's safety in the man's hands but realizes he has no
choice.
- Later that morning, Nor receives a report from Audra
(a Jenn Sedai/Asha'man) that almost three hundred men and women (about equal
numbers of each) have left the
- Shandy, still meeting with the Aes Sedai in Cairhien, is pleased with
herself. The Whites don't care for the attitude of the Blues and Yellows and
inform them that the rest of the Whites will be joining them the next day, and
then the Whites, Browns, and Greens will equal the number of Blues and Yellows.
They are all furious. Shandy hears Nor's voice in her
head and freezes before silently giving her report of what has happened (a
reminder, the daggers give the Jenn the power of telepathy when Nor chooses to
do so). Nor gives some orders regarding Valrin and Shandy
cringes. She cuts the meeting short then goes to visit Valrin.
- Fa'liel tells Serah he has never been to Seanchan and that Ogier don't like
big cities. He leads Serah deep into the garden and asks if she's met the
M'Hael.
October 15-21
- Serah bitterly says she knows the M'Hael. Apparently he's taken her on as a
pet project though all they usually talk about is Lir. The meetings are always
short because his wife comes in. When she leaves, she always feels saidar being
channeled. She is impressed that Fa'liel makes the trees and plants happier. She
suggests they go see the M'Hael together.
- Spike and Pol force their way into the dungeon to check on Faia.
They end up using a note from Janos, much to Spike's chagrin. He doesn't like
being indebted to the man.
- Janos goes to see the Amyrlin.
- Fa'liel agrees to go to see the M'Hael with Serah.
- The Amyrlin tells her guards to show Janos into her study. She is not happy
because almost three-quarters of the White Ajah left that morning. Oddly, they
went to Andor rather than Cairhien. The few Whites that remained are arguing
vehemently against the agreement with the
- Faia, huddled on the floor in a corner, is groggy
and thinks it's time for her dose of forkroot. A small part of her struggles
against the thought of dying, but she silences it because she feels she has
nothing left.
- Fa'liel notices a small flowering plant in a pot. He speaks to the plant and
asks that it open its flowers if it thought anyone in the room was in danger.
He's not sure it will work but he likes the M'Hael and wants to try, especially
after what happened to his master.
October 22-31
- Janos tells the Amyrlin about the Cairhien Aes Sedai kidnapping Varick and about
finding the red-bladed daggers on the two women who were caught. He asks for
her aid in unveiling the mystery surrounding the attacks on the
- Serah asks Fa'liel if anyone can learn to do what he did with the plant then
leads him to the M'Hael's chambers. She's still talking about Seanchan and says
she found a book about General Mat Cauthon and she believes his heir will come
back to claim the Crystal Throne to unite Seanchan.
- Spike rushes in to take care of Faia but doesn't
know how to heal. Pol says he'll handle it and gives her some awful tasting
herb to help speed up her metabolism so the forkroot will get out of her
system. He tells Spike to get her up and walk her around to help speed it up
then goes outside.
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Fa'liel tries to explain to Serah how plants respond to him. It is a natural
gift, but his master taught him to use it. Now he will have to find a new
teacher or hope the forests are forgiving while he teaches himself. At the
M'Hael's office, the plant opens its flowers slightly but they close once they
are inside. He hopes Brand will forgive the interruption.
- The M'Hael is in his private study alone, thinking about how it is Faia's fault that more than three hundred men and women
deserted the tower. He wonders if she is behind a plot to kill him. He is
displeased that he has had to delay her execution. He pens a note to Axe. When
he hears Serah's voice, he goes into his outer office to find her and Fa'liel
there. The potted plant Fa'liel is carrying opens its flowers.
- The Amyrlin tells Janos the
- Faia starts to get less groggy and tells Spike he
shouldn't be there. She doesn't want him to get into trouble. She asks him to
keep her friends away from her execution and to convince them it's for the
best. She says it'll be over soon and everything can get back to normal.
- Fa'liel apologizes for interrupting the M'Hael
but tells him the gardener does a good job. He then explains about the
flowering plant, and that it might mean the M'Hael is in danger. He says
neither he nor Serah mean to harm Brand and he hopes Brand doesn't mean to harm
them, but the plant will flower if someone is in danger. He offers the plant as
a gift then asks if he can read the book that he brought with him.
- Audra, an Asha'man and one of the Jenn Sedai, has just sent three male
Asha'man away and is pleased with herself. She used a Compulsion-like weave on
three female Asha'man first and had them go to
Malkier, Ebou
- The M'Hael listens to Fa'liel, thinking that it is either Faia's
supporters or Lir's that means to harm him, just as the Sentinels suspect. He
thanks Fa'liel for the plant and tells him there has been trouble at the tower
and that an Asha'man is to be executed for it. He tells the Ogier that he is
safe at the tower, then yells for his guards. When he
sees they aren't there, he explodes and yells at an
young
- Ava has almost made it back to the
- Ava sees the
- Ava shows up at the Amyrlin's office in clean clothes and bathed. She has a bad
feeling about the meeting.
- Axe studies the parchment the M'Hael sent him after he manages to get past
the protection weave, then balefires the document. He immediately begins
preparing for the assignment, taking out an all-purpose cloak and wrapping some
clothing and supplies in it. He thinks that he will do what the M'Hael
requests, though it might be different if Richaad were still alive or if there
were a chance of saving Faia. He goes to a seldom used
section of the tower to get a stash of coin and an angreal the M'Hael had
hidden for him, not really shocked to see a dragon pin in the stash as well.
The newly raised Asha'man channels a gateway out of the tower, then shoots
balefire back through once he gets to the other side. The balefire kills two
Sentinels and destroys his gateway weaves so it cannot be traced.
- Katshen Culain, ignores glares as he makes his way
through the Tower. He had left the tower and gone with Sannis Jharo to the
Waste, and believes that is why he is receiving such unwelcoming looks.
Rhuidean has fallen, some of the people taken in and possessed by a strange and
terrible power that could be the undoing of all the lands in the West. He makes
his way to the M'Hael's door, where one of the guards demands to know what he's
doing back. He recognizes the other guard but says nothing friendly then
demands to see the M'Hael.
- Kakios, one of the few full Asha'man in Faia's
group, is on the way to see one of the councilors and sees Katshen. He asks if
Katshen is looking for danger and implies that the M'Hael is insane. He then
mentions that Faia is scheduled to be executed.
- The Amyrlin explains to Ava, Chetana, and the other eleven sisters in her
office, the strongest in the tower save herself and her Keeper, about Varick
being kidnapped by the Cairhien Aes Sedai. She tells that the two sisters the
Asha'man captured were carrying red-bladed daggers. The thirteen sisters are to
go back to the
- Katshen is surprised at what Kakios has to tell him, but doesn't show it. He
asks Kakios if they can talk somewhere else...he wants to know what's going on.
- Kakios tells Katshen to go to Nezdin's apartments, where he and Neill are
holding the Aes Sedai captive. He says Nez can fill him in on the details.
Kakios has to go to see the councilor first.
- Axe is on a barren plain where he has a clear field of vision. He is shrouded
in saidin, undetectable, and has gone through three gateways since he left the
tower. He picks up a rock and sits down next to the road. A few hours later, he
sees a small party cresting the horizon. Though he would've preferred to do
this at night, his orders were clear. He throws the rock at the skull of a
single soldier, causing the man to crumple to the ground. Before the others can
react, they are all swallowed in a flurry of balefire. All that remains of the
guard was the soldier he hit with a rock and the wagon the party had been
escorting. Axe then destroys the rock with balefire, puts on a pair of gloves
and slits the soldier's throat. He removes a scrap of green silk from his
pocket and places it within the dead soldier's grasp. He also drops a serpent
ring beside the man. He pauses before following the next part of his orders and
decides to open the coffin on the wagon...he smiles at what he sees then
destroys the coffin with balefire. He opens another gateway, determined to find
answers to the new mystery before him.
- Ava counts the other sisters in the Amyrlin's office. She does not like
Chetana at all and is not pleased that she is to work with the Brown sister.
She thinks the Whites are fools. She asks to speak with the Amyrlin and Janos
alone. When the three are alone, she tells of what happened to Blade. She
thinks his last words might fit with the suspicion that there is a secret sect.
She holds out the red-bladed dagger she found near Blade's body.
- Neill is annoyed that he and Nezdin have gotten nothing out of Jesse. He
decides to use more oily measures and starts channeling Compulsion weaves at
the woman, trying to ignite some fear of male channelers in her. He questions
who she's working with and waits for the Compulsion - and his words - to take
effect.
- The Amyrlin says she'd like to have someone
- Jesse's bond with her dagger, which bonds her to Nor
and Machin Shin, somewhat protects her from the Compulsion weaves though it
causes her an excruciating headache. She says that no true Aes Sedai fears men
who can channel, but she does feel disgust for them. She is also disgusted at
any woman channeler who voluntarily sullies herself with the
- Katshen is even more curious about what's going on after hearing of the Aes
Sedai captive, then heads toward Nezdin's apartments.