The Wheel of Time

The Way of the Leaf against the Way of the Light.

There's only one way to end violence.

Everybody everywhere has to stop.

Violence is in us all.

The Way of the Leaf isn't about denying that, it's about accepting it.

Those who renounce violence usually know its evil.

So you're the one the Whitecloaks are after.

Bad as they are, they're our only protection from the Trollocs.

This one's ready for your questions.

- I thought you were a good man. - I was!

Nobody's getting hurt.

Is that a plan or a hope?

You'll need both if you want to lead.

I don't.

Trollocs frighten me.

Or don't you remember what happened at Bel Tine?

Our reinforcements have arrived.

I hear you're having some trouble with the kindly folk of the Two Rivers.

This isn't a raiding party. This is an army.

Goldeneyes will have to lead his people to war.

Whether he wants to or not.

Careful.

Stone first and then--

Then leather.

We know. Lord Perrin taught us well.

Don't call me that.

Of course, Lord Goldeneyes.

They're here!

- Hurry! Run! - It's the Trollocs!

Trollocs are coming!

Trollocs! Bloody Trollocs! And their wagons.

Wagons?

No. It's not Trollocs. Stand down.

Those are Tuatha'an. Open the gate.

It's all right. You can come in.

Our fires are open to you as long as you need them.

And our walls.

Aram. Ila.

Perrin.

What are you doing here?

I came home.

What happened to you? Where's Raen?

Trollocs.

Last night.

How far outside town were you?

Only a few miles.

And it wasn't just us.

There were people from all around the Two Rivers.

We could use some water.

Yes. Go.

They'll come for us tonight.

Perrin told me you don't eat meat, so don't worry, I picked out all the bits.

Thank you.

So the leaf has blown back to the tree.

It was time to come home.

I had hoped that one day we would find you again on the road.

This time coming to stay with us.

If we had, he'd probably be dead right now.

Like Grandfather.

The Way of the Leaf has never been easy.

But the Tuatha'an have always walked it.

We bury our dead and we go on. What else is there?

Go where?

How? Without wagons or people to fill them.

Look, it may be the season of falling leaves,

but when people see how bare the trees are, they will long for spring.

And your wagons will fill again.

Perhaps there's hope for you yet.

He's handsome.

That tinker boy. For a coward.

I... I don't think he'd like that.

She wouldn't try it.

No Aiel would dirty themselves with a Lost One.

Shut your eyes.

Picture the bud of a flower.

Pink.

When do we get to throw fireballs?

We don't have time for you to learn the battle weaves.

You're going to have to link with me so I can draw on your power

and combine it as my own.

Can you throw lightning? The other Aes Sedai did.

The last time the Trollocs came.

You must be the new Wisdom.

You can see my weaves. That means you can channel.

And you've been watching me train them all week.

What? You want me to be part of your child army?

Don't you want to learn how to use your power?

Depends on whether I have to stop drinking.

Best thing about poisoned spears is you just have to touch the enemy.

Anywhere. Doesn't matter.

So hold the line.

Hold the bloody line?

Why don't you hold the bloody line?

The longer you hold the line, the longer your family survives.

Give me a Two Rivers longbow and I'll hold your line all night.

You really think you can draw a longbow?

Better than you, boy.

Go on then. Get your bows.

How's it going?

We're all going to die here.

Maybe we have more of a chance than you think.

Found another channeler here.

Powerful. Like the girls.

The Old Blood runs deep in these mountains.

I was wrong and you were right.

Mmm.

And I hope that comforts you.

- When we all die here. - Ugh.

The flag, look.

I know.

You love it.

We don't need any banners in the Two Rivers, much less that one.

I told a few of the villagers that Trollocs are afraid of wolves.

Gives them something to rally around.

And what if I'm not ready?

Course you're not.

If the Two Rivers wanted the best general, they'd follow Alanna.

They wanted the best fighter, they'd follow the Aiel.

The Two Rivers follows you because you're one of them.

If you can fight monsters, so can they.

Did you get the message to Lord Luc?

Of course. He said they'll meet us at the pass.

Us?

Aren't you coming?

What if we killed him right here?

We need their help to stand a chance against the Trollocs.

They have 200 men on Watch Hill.

Trained.

I mean it, Faile.

Two Rivers.

Child Bornhald.

Admirable work. Trying to keep our patrols out?

The opposite.

I'm asking you to join us against the Trollocs.

Hundreds, just over these hills.

Surely your scouts have seen them.

They say a dozen at most.

I bet your camp is as filled with refugees as our village.

Does that sound like dozens to you?

The Trollocs have come here to destroy us.

And they'll attack tonight.

You know a lot about these Trollocs, Two Rivers.

I'm not a Darkfriend.

No matter how much you want me to be.

Why would I want that?

To make it easier to hate me.

Trust that's easy enough, Two Rivers. You murdered my father!

I'm sorry.

Truly, I am.

And are you sorry for what you did to Natti Cauthon?

An innocent woman, burned alive. In your camp.

When she was already prisoner.

- She was a witch. - No, she wasn't.

She died for your grief.

Like your father died for mine.

Where does this all stop?

When the Light's justice is done.

Letting the Two Rivers be slaughtered isn't justice.

It's not even revenge.

It's a betrayal of everything you claim to stand for.

What your father stood for.

My father fought for the Light, Two Rivers.

Why?

Why should we fight for you?

Because it's the right thing to do.

Look, you come to the Two Rivers, you help us...

and I'll go with you when the battle's done.

To face your Light's justice.

That's why you came here, isn't it?

To these mountains. To arrest me.

I won't waste my men's lives on an empty promise.

If the Trollocs don't finish you, we will.

What does that mean? After "king."

It's a name.

"Aemon al Caar al Thorin." The last king of Manetheren,

who died fighting the Trollocs.

Right here.

Al Thorin?

Like Rand al'Thor, the Car'a'carn?

If this could be our last night together,

I think I'll finally relent and play Maiden's Kiss.

If you still wish me to.

We knew you'd come around.

Boiled turnips or fresh figs?

Figs? Thank the Light.

- So, are you going to ask me? - Ask you what?

To turn off the bond again.

The battle won't start for a while.

You'll get a few hours of peace.

Keep it on.

If tonight's going to be our last night together,

I don't want to miss any bit of you.

And I wasn't lying about the figs.

Look what one of my students gave me.

You bitch!

Oh! Mmm. Mmm.

Can you feel it?

Through the bond.

How much I'm enjoying it?

Mmm.