The Wheel of Time (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - The Eye of the World - full transcript
You're coming with me,
the four of you.
Your life isn't going to be
what you thought.
Fal Dara always has
and always will
be able to protect its own.
Your power may not
have been strong enough.
You spent many years training
with my sisters
at the White Tower.
The Dark One
has begun to use the Ways
to move his armies.
I could've sworn I just
saw Padan Fain walk past us.
- The peddler?
- Mat! - Mat!
What if it's him?
One thing
we cannot afford is for
the Dragon to turn
to the Shadow.
I don't want you to die.
But whichever of you
goes to the Eye of the World
and is not the Dragon,
you will die there.
We left the Two Rivers
to protect the people we love.
No matter the cost.
But they're all linked,
all four of them.
- Is that unusual?
- Very.
The most powerful
channeler we've seen
in a thousand years.
Channel for me, girl.
Light protect me.
What are you?
You are a king
without a kingdom.
Malkier was taken
by the Blight so long ago.
No!
Moiraine masked our bond.
I don't understand.
- She left.
- By herself?
Rand.
You are
the Dragon Reborn.
No.
Latra, we...
You have presented your case
and you have our answer.
So, that's it then?
You would break the Aes Sedai
in two? Men against women?
It's you who breaks us.
You can't stop me.
I can't.
We have a chance, here
to do something
that's never been done before...
To cage the Dark One,
to stop His influence from
touching this world ever again.
When you and I became Aes Sedai,
we swore an oath to serve all.
What you plan to do?
It serves only your pride.
You're wrong.
You expose the very source
of the One Power to Him.
If He touches and corrupts it,
your Power will be
out of control.
It will run unchecked.
You and your men could throw us
back a thousand years or more.
If you help us, we won't fail.
We will remain, to pick up the
pieces as best we can if you do.
What's wrong?
To think, the fate of the world
was decided in a nursery.
Nothing was decided here.
The decision rests solely
with you, when you face Him.
This is just an imperfect,
overwhelmed woman trying to
remind her old friend
that he's not invincible.
Light be with you,
Lews Therin Telamon,
Dragon Reborn.
And you, Latra Posae Decume,
Tamyrlin Seat,
Watcher of the Flame.
Sweetheart.
Sweetheart, daddy's here.
Today I make the world
safe for you.
What happened to him?
Boys from the Borderlands
sometimes like to test
themselves against the Blight.
And they usually
come up wanting.
Don't touch him.
Don't touch anything here.
The Blight is a rot
which spreads from
the Dark One's prison
and consumes everything
in its path.
Including young men
in way over their heads.
You know we can't go.
We have no idea where they are,
where they're going.
Only Moiraine does.
We'll die in the Blight.
I love him, Perrin.
So do I.
Are we all right?
We'll always be all right.
Good.
We're getting closer.
We can rest here.
For half an hour, no more.
What are those?
The Seven Towers
of Malkier.
Malkier?
That's where Ian said
he was born.
It looks like it's been
that way a thousand years.
Forty at most.
Three years ago,
it was miles from Tarwin's Gap.
It's just another sign that the
Dark One's strength is building.
- Was it hard?
- What?
To leave him behind.
Here.
Have some of that.
You need to keep up
your strength.
Are you all right?
Can you feel anything
through the bond?
She doesn't want to be followed.
Not to what she's facing now.
After the Trolloc attack
in the Two Rivers,
when I followed you...
It wasn't you who I tracked.
It was her.
She has a tell.
I can show you how.
You would let me go without you?
You bring him back.
You are a remarkable woman,
Wisdom.
A Wisdom never weds.
But if I go to Tar Valon,
it may be I'll be something
other than a Wisdom.
I will hate the man you choose.
Because he is not me.
And I will love him
if he makes you smile.
You are as beautiful
as the sunrise.
You are as fierce as a warrior.
You are a lioness, Wisdom.
Tell me how to find them.
What?
What did you dream?
Dreams have great meaning,
especially here,
so close to his touch.
It was the Dark One.
He knows where we are.
He's coming.
I wouldn't have
expected it would be you.
There.
That's better.
Hard to have
a real conversation otherwise.
You look nothing like him.
But still, you're him.
I see it behind your eyes.
So what's your plan,
Lews Therin?
- You have one, right?
- No, this is a dream.
Does it matter?
Whether you're asleep or awake?
I mean, either way, here we are,
finally having
a conversation once again.
Sit down.
It's pathetic, you know.
Coming for me with
a single Aes Sedai at your side.
The last time, you...
you came with 99 companions,
far stronger than her, and...
and still you failed.
Have you even touched
the Power before?
Do you have any idea
what you're doing?
Ooh.
A heron-marked blade.
Where did you get that?
From my father.
Your father has been dead
a long time, boy.
Oh, you mean... you mean
that shepherd in the Two Rivers?
What's his name again?
Tam? Tam al'Thor, right?
Oh, you really do think
he's your father.
That's... that's sweet in a way.
Who would've thought the
Dragon Reborn would be a fool?
Every turning has
its little surprises, I suppose.
This is a dream.
Stubborn as ever, Lews.
Come. Put down the sword.
Let me tell you
what those women never would
about what it means
to be the Dragon.
This is a dream.
What?
What did you dream?
Dreams have great meaning,
especially here,
so close to his touch.
It was the Dark One.
What did he say to you?
I don't believe a word he said.
When we get there,
what's our plan?
What did he say
to you in the dream?
No, this is about you.
You always have a plan
within a plan within a plan.
Don't try to convince me that
for this you've got nothing.
This is a sa'angreal.
It was made before
the Breaking of the World,
created from
the One Power itself.
Thousands of male channelers put
the entirety of their strength
into this one small object.
And when you channel into it,
it'll increase your power
a hundredfold.
And what do I do
with that power?
You put him back
where he belongs,
where his touch can't reach the
Earth for another 3,000 years.
Just that.
You thought it would be Egwene.
Didn't you?
You taught her to channel.
You introduced her
to your Amyrlin Seat.
You thought it was her.
So did I.
What do you hear?
Nothing.
Ever since the day I channeled,
I hear nothing.
Do you hear anything?
What is it?
Same thing we heard on Bel Tine.
Something wrong.
But if that was a whisper,
this is a scream.
Will you teach me
how to channel?
I can't.
Every time you touch the Source,
it'll take you closer and closer
to the madness.
Oh, do you think I care
what happens to me after today?
When you face him,
the fear, the adrenaline...
You'll embrace the One Power
whether you want to or not.
- What if I don't?
- You will.
How can you be so sure?
There was an Aes Sedai at the
White Tower when I was a novice.
She was everything
that I wanted to be.
She was strong,
controlled, precise.
She... she was terrifying.
And she took a liking to me.
She said she wanted
to help make me everything
that she thought I could be.
And I was having...
I was having trouble channeling.
And she came
to my room at night,
alone...
...and she beat me
with the One Power.
Lashes of air and fire.
And she wouldn't stop
until the pain and the fear
was so overwhelming that
I grabbed the Power myself
and I stopped her.
Without even thinking about it,
without even trying.
I promise you,
when your life's on the line,
the Power will be there.
And when it comes to you, you
channel it into the sa'angreal.
Agee, you're gonna want to move.
We need some answers.
Excuse me, sir.
Fancy a drink first?
- It's not even noon yet.
- You're the one in the bar.
What did you tell Moiraine
about Rand?
People's secrets are
their business, no one else's.
Can't you at least tell us
if he's going to be all right?
It's not how it works,
I'm afraid.
All I know is that
everything I've ever seen,
the best things and the worst...
they've all come true
eventually.
What is it?
What is that?
Well, he knows we're coming.
But Egwene. And Perrin,
Nynaeve, they're in the city...
The only way to stop that army
is to stop the Dark One himself.
I told you
their numbers were building.
How many?
Our men in the fortress
have spotted
at least 60 Fades amongst them,
so there must be
at least 5,000 to 10,000.
And there are
still more Trollocs
pouring out of the Blight
and gathering
at the mouth of Tarwin's Gap.
I'll bloody skin them myself and
burn their goat-kissing hides.
Are they coming for the city?
Not yet.
But two ropes were cut
on the drawbridge.
There are Darkfriends
inside our walls.
We need
to send our entire force
to support the men
in the Gap's fortress.
The Gap won't hold.
I'll ready my personal guard
and move to the fortress.
You know what you need to do.
The Gap will not hold.
This is it, isn't it?
I know this place.
You said that whoever
goes with the Dragon
to the Eye of the World
will die there.
Does that include you?
Stay.
Do you remember the first time
Father let us help him
with his armor?
A thousand Trollocs
in the Gap.
Seemed like there was
no chance he would stop them.
That armor kept him safe
through hundreds of battles.
And his father
through hundreds more.
- And his father...
- I need my armor today,
not theirs.
You should stay in the city.
The Gap cannot hold
against that force.
It simply cannot.
The men will hold the Gap.
And if we cannot,
the women will hold the city.
It is what our family has done
for a thousand years.
What we face today is five times
the size of what's come before.
We cannot...
You're right, sister.
You were right all along.
We should have asked the
White Tower for aid long ago.
Today, Tarwin's Gap will fall.
And then this city
will fall after,
no matter what we do.
And then His armies
will pour through the Gap
and raze every city we know
the name of and more we don't.
The whole world will burn.
The Dark One is waking.
Tarmon Gai'don is here.
The Last Battle.
But it is not ours to win,
you and I.
We will slow his forces
as much as we can,
while our messengers fly
in every direction
with the Light's speed
at their heels.
Let us hope we buy the women
and men of this world
enough time to stand
a fighting chance.
I will not let our city fall.
What was this place?
We have no idea.
Every record of
its existence was purged
from the White Tower's libraries
by Darkfriends.
You said
you remember this place.
What do you remember?
The pieces don't...
fit together.
It's like...
...a puzzle.
Or a dream.
Every time I grab onto
something, it just slips away.
I fought someone here.
The Dark One.
But it looked like a man.
It was here.
In the center.
There was a symbol.
This symbol.
The Eye.
Oh!
Egwene?
- You finished already?
- What?
- Finished?
- With the lantern.
You know Mat's never
gonna find time
to make a proper one for Joiya,
no matter how many times he says he will.
Joiya.
You take her for a minute.
I'll finish it.
She'll only walk for you anyway.
And it's a beautiful day.
Rand.
Rand.
Rand.
What did you think would happen?
Must be an awful feeling.
To know the One Power is there,
just at the end
of your fingertips...
but you can't quite touch it.
For the Light!
And Shienar!
Keep the gates
open another hour
to allow foreigners to leave,
but every Shienaran woman
or child stays
to fight for our city.
Take whatever you need
from the Royal Armory.
We leave nothing in reserve.
I need archers
on the North Wall,
women ready to burn the bridges
when the time comes.
And light every torch
in the city.
There'll be no shadows
to hide a Fade tonight.
Spread word through the city:
Any woman who can channel the
One Power, be it even a trickle,
I need them.
Light protect Fal Dara!
The city that has never fallen!
The city
that has never fallen!
The city that has never fallen!
- We have to get out of here.
- To where?
To Rand?
We don't even know where he is.
They're going
to close the gates,
and then we're trapped in here.
We can't just leave them.
What? What is it?
They're calling for
all women who can channel.
To help defend the city.
I left the Two Rivers
to bring the four of you home.
I've already lost Mat and Rand.
I can't lose you, too.
Let them buy every step
they take with blood.
Fire on my command.
Ready!
May the last embrace
of the mother welcome you home.
Aim!
Fire!
Moiraine's two.
I shouldn't be surprised.
We're no one's but our own.
How can we just sit here
while everyone else
is willing to fight?
I'm standing. You might...
This is bullshit! All of it!
The Way of the Leaf.
What are we supposed to do,
just watch our friends die?!
Of course not.
There are always options
other than violence.
What?
What can we do?
In my own experience,
if you want to help
but don't know how,
all you need to do is ask.
What is it?
What's wrong?
Rand.
How long have we lived here?
Since we got back from the Eye.
What's wrong with you?
I thought you wanted to go
to the White Tower to...
No, this is where I want to be.
You all right?
Do you remember...
when we were little?
We packed a bag and said
we were running away.
I don't even remember why...
Something your mum had said.
But it was just you and me.
We got as far as the Waterwood.
But it started raining, it was
getting dark, and we stopped.
And we spent the night there.
Under a little tree.
And in the morning, we weren't
as mad as we'd been before,
so we went back home.
But before we left, we carved
something into that tree.
Do you remember what it was?
"Our place.
For this life and the next.
Forever."
It's you.
It's really you.
Of course it is.
You see? It is her.
Or a version
of what could be her.
What do you mean?
Did no one tell you
what you can do?
About the Power inside you?
You can remake the world
in your image.
Make it whatever
you want it to be.
This, if you want.
I can show you how.
I wonder what he'll choose.
Light or Dark?
You didn't think
I'd come here without knowing
what I was walking into,
did you?
We both know you can't escape
this place without his help.
And if he doesn't
choose the Light...
...I'll choose for him.
Lord Yakota.
I said we were not
to be disturbed.
Glory to the Builders.
What can we do?
Light help you, brother.
The world...
it all feels so stable.
The truth is it's not.
Everything that means anything
can be gone in an instant.
No. No.
- I thought you didn't think she was real.
- Stop it!
Stop it!
What?
How do I make it real?
Simple.
More simple than
you could imagine.
The kingfisher
flashes above the pond.
Who gave you
those words?
- There it is.
- What is it?
The Horn of bloody Valere, lad.
To be blown at the Last Battle.
To call the Pattern's greatest
heroes to stand at our side.
Well, then let's hurry up and get it.
We're not going to use it.
It's for the Dragon.
Without it,
they won't stand a chance.
They're through.
There must be 10,000, 20.
Does this mean Rand...
Did he fail?
I need you
to open yourselves to me.
When I reach out to you
with the One Power,
accept it.
Let me in.
Are you ready?
By the Light...
the Power.
Hey. Stop.
What is it?
Look into her eyes,
and empty yourself
of everything.
Of anger,
of fear,
of sadness.
Turn it all into want.
Want that little girl so much
she simply is.
Yes.
There.
Now release everything,
everything inside you.
Let the Power flow through you
like you're an open sieve.
Don't fight it.
Well...
he's channeling.
And you don't even know
what he's channeling to do.
To break my chains
or to strengthen them.
I need more!
Make her yours.
She already was.
She already is.
Hold.
Hold!
Light protect Fal Dara,
the city that has never fallen!
What are you doing? No.
You can remake the world
in your image, boy.
Make it what you want.
What about what she wants?
And as much as I love her,
as much as I want this,
- I know that she doesn't.
- No.
That woman...
...who doesn't care about
being a Wisdom...
...being an Aes Sedai...
...that's not the woman I love.
What happened?
I did it.
Loial!
No!
Padan Fain.
Enough!
We stopped them!
I can't let go!
Nynaeve! I'm burning!
You have to stop!
You're gonna kill us!
I can feel the whole world,
every breath and gust
and stone and life.
Everything.
To be a woman is to be
always alone and never alone.
No, no, Nynaeve.
What are you doing? No.
Feel your braid and know
that we all stood before you.
- No.
- We all stand with you.
No!
No!
Nynaeve!
You think
it's a coincidence
that I came to the Two Rivers
every Bel Tine?
That I'd drag myself
up to that sheep shit patch of
nothing just to sell lanterns?
Why?
You're ta'veren.
All five of you,
focal points for the Wheel.
Usually there's only one, maybe
two in a generation, but...
...five of you in one village.
That's what Moiraine saw.
What my Lord saw.
Come on.
That's why we sent the Trollocs,
not to kill you.
To bring you to him.
We need the Dark.
We need balance.
Balance means that you will
turn to the Shadow, some of you.
Maybe all of you.
We can't
go back to Fal Dara.
Not yet.
I'm not going back.
I felt it.
The madness.
It's true, isn't it?
What they say about
men who can channel.
That eventually they go so mad
they kill everyone
they've ever loved.
It is.
I have a favor to ask you.
Just one.
Tell them I died here.
Tell them I didn't make it back.
I cannot lie.
You'll work out a way.
You owe me that much.
Where will you go?
Goodbye, Moiraine.
Today
isn't the end.
It's the beginning.
You thought he was defeated.
Ah, there you go.
Tiniest push
and you choose the Dark.
Rand may be the Dragon,
but all five of you
have a part to play.
You're alive.
Where's Rand?
He's gone.
Unmask the bond.
Let me back in.
I can't.
The Dark One.
He...
I can't touch the Source.
Nynaeve.
Come back.
Come back.
It's cuendillar.
I thought that heartstone
couldn't be scratched.
That nothing, not even
the One Power, could break it.
So did I.
What does it mean?
That this wasn't
the Last Battle.
I fear it was the first.
the four of you.
Your life isn't going to be
what you thought.
Fal Dara always has
and always will
be able to protect its own.
Your power may not
have been strong enough.
You spent many years training
with my sisters
at the White Tower.
The Dark One
has begun to use the Ways
to move his armies.
I could've sworn I just
saw Padan Fain walk past us.
- The peddler?
- Mat! - Mat!
What if it's him?
One thing
we cannot afford is for
the Dragon to turn
to the Shadow.
I don't want you to die.
But whichever of you
goes to the Eye of the World
and is not the Dragon,
you will die there.
We left the Two Rivers
to protect the people we love.
No matter the cost.
But they're all linked,
all four of them.
- Is that unusual?
- Very.
The most powerful
channeler we've seen
in a thousand years.
Channel for me, girl.
Light protect me.
What are you?
You are a king
without a kingdom.
Malkier was taken
by the Blight so long ago.
No!
Moiraine masked our bond.
I don't understand.
- She left.
- By herself?
Rand.
You are
the Dragon Reborn.
No.
Latra, we...
You have presented your case
and you have our answer.
So, that's it then?
You would break the Aes Sedai
in two? Men against women?
It's you who breaks us.
You can't stop me.
I can't.
We have a chance, here
to do something
that's never been done before...
To cage the Dark One,
to stop His influence from
touching this world ever again.
When you and I became Aes Sedai,
we swore an oath to serve all.
What you plan to do?
It serves only your pride.
You're wrong.
You expose the very source
of the One Power to Him.
If He touches and corrupts it,
your Power will be
out of control.
It will run unchecked.
You and your men could throw us
back a thousand years or more.
If you help us, we won't fail.
We will remain, to pick up the
pieces as best we can if you do.
What's wrong?
To think, the fate of the world
was decided in a nursery.
Nothing was decided here.
The decision rests solely
with you, when you face Him.
This is just an imperfect,
overwhelmed woman trying to
remind her old friend
that he's not invincible.
Light be with you,
Lews Therin Telamon,
Dragon Reborn.
And you, Latra Posae Decume,
Tamyrlin Seat,
Watcher of the Flame.
Sweetheart.
Sweetheart, daddy's here.
Today I make the world
safe for you.
What happened to him?
Boys from the Borderlands
sometimes like to test
themselves against the Blight.
And they usually
come up wanting.
Don't touch him.
Don't touch anything here.
The Blight is a rot
which spreads from
the Dark One's prison
and consumes everything
in its path.
Including young men
in way over their heads.
You know we can't go.
We have no idea where they are,
where they're going.
Only Moiraine does.
We'll die in the Blight.
I love him, Perrin.
So do I.
Are we all right?
We'll always be all right.
Good.
We're getting closer.
We can rest here.
For half an hour, no more.
What are those?
The Seven Towers
of Malkier.
Malkier?
That's where Ian said
he was born.
It looks like it's been
that way a thousand years.
Forty at most.
Three years ago,
it was miles from Tarwin's Gap.
It's just another sign that the
Dark One's strength is building.
- Was it hard?
- What?
To leave him behind.
Here.
Have some of that.
You need to keep up
your strength.
Are you all right?
Can you feel anything
through the bond?
She doesn't want to be followed.
Not to what she's facing now.
After the Trolloc attack
in the Two Rivers,
when I followed you...
It wasn't you who I tracked.
It was her.
She has a tell.
I can show you how.
You would let me go without you?
You bring him back.
You are a remarkable woman,
Wisdom.
A Wisdom never weds.
But if I go to Tar Valon,
it may be I'll be something
other than a Wisdom.
I will hate the man you choose.
Because he is not me.
And I will love him
if he makes you smile.
You are as beautiful
as the sunrise.
You are as fierce as a warrior.
You are a lioness, Wisdom.
Tell me how to find them.
What?
What did you dream?
Dreams have great meaning,
especially here,
so close to his touch.
It was the Dark One.
He knows where we are.
He's coming.
I wouldn't have
expected it would be you.
There.
That's better.
Hard to have
a real conversation otherwise.
You look nothing like him.
But still, you're him.
I see it behind your eyes.
So what's your plan,
Lews Therin?
- You have one, right?
- No, this is a dream.
Does it matter?
Whether you're asleep or awake?
I mean, either way, here we are,
finally having
a conversation once again.
Sit down.
It's pathetic, you know.
Coming for me with
a single Aes Sedai at your side.
The last time, you...
you came with 99 companions,
far stronger than her, and...
and still you failed.
Have you even touched
the Power before?
Do you have any idea
what you're doing?
Ooh.
A heron-marked blade.
Where did you get that?
From my father.
Your father has been dead
a long time, boy.
Oh, you mean... you mean
that shepherd in the Two Rivers?
What's his name again?
Tam? Tam al'Thor, right?
Oh, you really do think
he's your father.
That's... that's sweet in a way.
Who would've thought the
Dragon Reborn would be a fool?
Every turning has
its little surprises, I suppose.
This is a dream.
Stubborn as ever, Lews.
Come. Put down the sword.
Let me tell you
what those women never would
about what it means
to be the Dragon.
This is a dream.
What?
What did you dream?
Dreams have great meaning,
especially here,
so close to his touch.
It was the Dark One.
What did he say to you?
I don't believe a word he said.
When we get there,
what's our plan?
What did he say
to you in the dream?
No, this is about you.
You always have a plan
within a plan within a plan.
Don't try to convince me that
for this you've got nothing.
This is a sa'angreal.
It was made before
the Breaking of the World,
created from
the One Power itself.
Thousands of male channelers put
the entirety of their strength
into this one small object.
And when you channel into it,
it'll increase your power
a hundredfold.
And what do I do
with that power?
You put him back
where he belongs,
where his touch can't reach the
Earth for another 3,000 years.
Just that.
You thought it would be Egwene.
Didn't you?
You taught her to channel.
You introduced her
to your Amyrlin Seat.
You thought it was her.
So did I.
What do you hear?
Nothing.
Ever since the day I channeled,
I hear nothing.
Do you hear anything?
What is it?
Same thing we heard on Bel Tine.
Something wrong.
But if that was a whisper,
this is a scream.
Will you teach me
how to channel?
I can't.
Every time you touch the Source,
it'll take you closer and closer
to the madness.
Oh, do you think I care
what happens to me after today?
When you face him,
the fear, the adrenaline...
You'll embrace the One Power
whether you want to or not.
- What if I don't?
- You will.
How can you be so sure?
There was an Aes Sedai at the
White Tower when I was a novice.
She was everything
that I wanted to be.
She was strong,
controlled, precise.
She... she was terrifying.
And she took a liking to me.
She said she wanted
to help make me everything
that she thought I could be.
And I was having...
I was having trouble channeling.
And she came
to my room at night,
alone...
...and she beat me
with the One Power.
Lashes of air and fire.
And she wouldn't stop
until the pain and the fear
was so overwhelming that
I grabbed the Power myself
and I stopped her.
Without even thinking about it,
without even trying.
I promise you,
when your life's on the line,
the Power will be there.
And when it comes to you, you
channel it into the sa'angreal.
Agee, you're gonna want to move.
We need some answers.
Excuse me, sir.
Fancy a drink first?
- It's not even noon yet.
- You're the one in the bar.
What did you tell Moiraine
about Rand?
People's secrets are
their business, no one else's.
Can't you at least tell us
if he's going to be all right?
It's not how it works,
I'm afraid.
All I know is that
everything I've ever seen,
the best things and the worst...
they've all come true
eventually.
What is it?
What is that?
Well, he knows we're coming.
But Egwene. And Perrin,
Nynaeve, they're in the city...
The only way to stop that army
is to stop the Dark One himself.
I told you
their numbers were building.
How many?
Our men in the fortress
have spotted
at least 60 Fades amongst them,
so there must be
at least 5,000 to 10,000.
And there are
still more Trollocs
pouring out of the Blight
and gathering
at the mouth of Tarwin's Gap.
I'll bloody skin them myself and
burn their goat-kissing hides.
Are they coming for the city?
Not yet.
But two ropes were cut
on the drawbridge.
There are Darkfriends
inside our walls.
We need
to send our entire force
to support the men
in the Gap's fortress.
The Gap won't hold.
I'll ready my personal guard
and move to the fortress.
You know what you need to do.
The Gap will not hold.
This is it, isn't it?
I know this place.
You said that whoever
goes with the Dragon
to the Eye of the World
will die there.
Does that include you?
Stay.
Do you remember the first time
Father let us help him
with his armor?
A thousand Trollocs
in the Gap.
Seemed like there was
no chance he would stop them.
That armor kept him safe
through hundreds of battles.
And his father
through hundreds more.
- And his father...
- I need my armor today,
not theirs.
You should stay in the city.
The Gap cannot hold
against that force.
It simply cannot.
The men will hold the Gap.
And if we cannot,
the women will hold the city.
It is what our family has done
for a thousand years.
What we face today is five times
the size of what's come before.
We cannot...
You're right, sister.
You were right all along.
We should have asked the
White Tower for aid long ago.
Today, Tarwin's Gap will fall.
And then this city
will fall after,
no matter what we do.
And then His armies
will pour through the Gap
and raze every city we know
the name of and more we don't.
The whole world will burn.
The Dark One is waking.
Tarmon Gai'don is here.
The Last Battle.
But it is not ours to win,
you and I.
We will slow his forces
as much as we can,
while our messengers fly
in every direction
with the Light's speed
at their heels.
Let us hope we buy the women
and men of this world
enough time to stand
a fighting chance.
I will not let our city fall.
What was this place?
We have no idea.
Every record of
its existence was purged
from the White Tower's libraries
by Darkfriends.
You said
you remember this place.
What do you remember?
The pieces don't...
fit together.
It's like...
...a puzzle.
Or a dream.
Every time I grab onto
something, it just slips away.
I fought someone here.
The Dark One.
But it looked like a man.
It was here.
In the center.
There was a symbol.
This symbol.
The Eye.
Oh!
Egwene?
- You finished already?
- What?
- Finished?
- With the lantern.
You know Mat's never
gonna find time
to make a proper one for Joiya,
no matter how many times he says he will.
Joiya.
You take her for a minute.
I'll finish it.
She'll only walk for you anyway.
And it's a beautiful day.
Rand.
Rand.
Rand.
What did you think would happen?
Must be an awful feeling.
To know the One Power is there,
just at the end
of your fingertips...
but you can't quite touch it.
For the Light!
And Shienar!
Keep the gates
open another hour
to allow foreigners to leave,
but every Shienaran woman
or child stays
to fight for our city.
Take whatever you need
from the Royal Armory.
We leave nothing in reserve.
I need archers
on the North Wall,
women ready to burn the bridges
when the time comes.
And light every torch
in the city.
There'll be no shadows
to hide a Fade tonight.
Spread word through the city:
Any woman who can channel the
One Power, be it even a trickle,
I need them.
Light protect Fal Dara!
The city that has never fallen!
The city
that has never fallen!
The city that has never fallen!
- We have to get out of here.
- To where?
To Rand?
We don't even know where he is.
They're going
to close the gates,
and then we're trapped in here.
We can't just leave them.
What? What is it?
They're calling for
all women who can channel.
To help defend the city.
I left the Two Rivers
to bring the four of you home.
I've already lost Mat and Rand.
I can't lose you, too.
Let them buy every step
they take with blood.
Fire on my command.
Ready!
May the last embrace
of the mother welcome you home.
Aim!
Fire!
Moiraine's two.
I shouldn't be surprised.
We're no one's but our own.
How can we just sit here
while everyone else
is willing to fight?
I'm standing. You might...
This is bullshit! All of it!
The Way of the Leaf.
What are we supposed to do,
just watch our friends die?!
Of course not.
There are always options
other than violence.
What?
What can we do?
In my own experience,
if you want to help
but don't know how,
all you need to do is ask.
What is it?
What's wrong?
Rand.
How long have we lived here?
Since we got back from the Eye.
What's wrong with you?
I thought you wanted to go
to the White Tower to...
No, this is where I want to be.
You all right?
Do you remember...
when we were little?
We packed a bag and said
we were running away.
I don't even remember why...
Something your mum had said.
But it was just you and me.
We got as far as the Waterwood.
But it started raining, it was
getting dark, and we stopped.
And we spent the night there.
Under a little tree.
And in the morning, we weren't
as mad as we'd been before,
so we went back home.
But before we left, we carved
something into that tree.
Do you remember what it was?
"Our place.
For this life and the next.
Forever."
It's you.
It's really you.
Of course it is.
You see? It is her.
Or a version
of what could be her.
What do you mean?
Did no one tell you
what you can do?
About the Power inside you?
You can remake the world
in your image.
Make it whatever
you want it to be.
This, if you want.
I can show you how.
I wonder what he'll choose.
Light or Dark?
You didn't think
I'd come here without knowing
what I was walking into,
did you?
We both know you can't escape
this place without his help.
And if he doesn't
choose the Light...
...I'll choose for him.
Lord Yakota.
I said we were not
to be disturbed.
Glory to the Builders.
What can we do?
Light help you, brother.
The world...
it all feels so stable.
The truth is it's not.
Everything that means anything
can be gone in an instant.
No. No.
- I thought you didn't think she was real.
- Stop it!
Stop it!
What?
How do I make it real?
Simple.
More simple than
you could imagine.
The kingfisher
flashes above the pond.
Who gave you
those words?
- There it is.
- What is it?
The Horn of bloody Valere, lad.
To be blown at the Last Battle.
To call the Pattern's greatest
heroes to stand at our side.
Well, then let's hurry up and get it.
We're not going to use it.
It's for the Dragon.
Without it,
they won't stand a chance.
They're through.
There must be 10,000, 20.
Does this mean Rand...
Did he fail?
I need you
to open yourselves to me.
When I reach out to you
with the One Power,
accept it.
Let me in.
Are you ready?
By the Light...
the Power.
Hey. Stop.
What is it?
Look into her eyes,
and empty yourself
of everything.
Of anger,
of fear,
of sadness.
Turn it all into want.
Want that little girl so much
she simply is.
Yes.
There.
Now release everything,
everything inside you.
Let the Power flow through you
like you're an open sieve.
Don't fight it.
Well...
he's channeling.
And you don't even know
what he's channeling to do.
To break my chains
or to strengthen them.
I need more!
Make her yours.
She already was.
She already is.
Hold.
Hold!
Light protect Fal Dara,
the city that has never fallen!
What are you doing? No.
You can remake the world
in your image, boy.
Make it what you want.
What about what she wants?
And as much as I love her,
as much as I want this,
- I know that she doesn't.
- No.
That woman...
...who doesn't care about
being a Wisdom...
...being an Aes Sedai...
...that's not the woman I love.
What happened?
I did it.
Loial!
No!
Padan Fain.
Enough!
We stopped them!
I can't let go!
Nynaeve! I'm burning!
You have to stop!
You're gonna kill us!
I can feel the whole world,
every breath and gust
and stone and life.
Everything.
To be a woman is to be
always alone and never alone.
No, no, Nynaeve.
What are you doing? No.
Feel your braid and know
that we all stood before you.
- No.
- We all stand with you.
No!
No!
Nynaeve!
You think
it's a coincidence
that I came to the Two Rivers
every Bel Tine?
That I'd drag myself
up to that sheep shit patch of
nothing just to sell lanterns?
Why?
You're ta'veren.
All five of you,
focal points for the Wheel.
Usually there's only one, maybe
two in a generation, but...
...five of you in one village.
That's what Moiraine saw.
What my Lord saw.
Come on.
That's why we sent the Trollocs,
not to kill you.
To bring you to him.
We need the Dark.
We need balance.
Balance means that you will
turn to the Shadow, some of you.
Maybe all of you.
We can't
go back to Fal Dara.
Not yet.
I'm not going back.
I felt it.
The madness.
It's true, isn't it?
What they say about
men who can channel.
That eventually they go so mad
they kill everyone
they've ever loved.
It is.
I have a favor to ask you.
Just one.
Tell them I died here.
Tell them I didn't make it back.
I cannot lie.
You'll work out a way.
You owe me that much.
Where will you go?
Goodbye, Moiraine.
Today
isn't the end.
It's the beginning.
You thought he was defeated.
Ah, there you go.
Tiniest push
and you choose the Dark.
Rand may be the Dragon,
but all five of you
have a part to play.
You're alive.
Where's Rand?
He's gone.
Unmask the bond.
Let me back in.
I can't.
The Dark One.
He...
I can't touch the Source.
Nynaeve.
Come back.
Come back.
It's cuendillar.
I thought that heartstone
couldn't be scratched.
That nothing, not even
the One Power, could break it.
So did I.
What does it mean?
That this wasn't
the Last Battle.
I fear it was the first.