Chapters 7-9 Summary

The Aes Sedai in the keep manage to prolong Mat's life, but they say he will not survive unless the dagger is found and he can be truly severed from it. Because the dagger will taint anyone who carries it, Mat is the only person who can safely retrieve it.

The Amrylin Seat meets with Moiraine and an Aes Sedai of the brown Ajah named Verin. Verin is a scholar, and she briefs the other two on the messages written on the walls of the prison. The verses speak of the coming of Lanfear, a follower of the Dark One, who, along with the other Unforgiven, supporters of the Dark One from the Age of Legends, is suppose to be bound in Shayol Gul, the prison built to contain Ba'alzamon and his followers, for eternity. During her interpretation of the message...