Sooner than I would have guessed, Mat and Rand make it to Tar Valon. I'm still reading the book Eye of the World basically side by side with the TV series, and there, nobody has reached Tar Valon yet. Rand and Matt still have money enough for an inn in the city. They're not in a hurry to meet up with Moiraine. Mat is sliding more deeply into paranoia under the influence of the Ruby dagger. Rand, out exploring, meets an Ogier ( a very large, slow speaking ogre like creature) named Loial.
Separately, Moiraine, Lan and Nynaeve also arrive. They are bound to the ceremony which says goodbye to fallen Aes Sedai Kerene. Her Warder Stepin's sorrow and inability to cope with the loss of his companion leads to tragedy.
Egwene and Perrin, who have had a largely pleasant journey with the Tinkers, are stopped within sight of Tar Valon by the Children of the Light, and are tortured by Eamon Valda, who burnt at the stake the Aes Sedai he'd captured in an earlier episode. Egwene does indeed have a small connection to the One Power, and under the duress of seeing Perrin's back sliced open, she produces a small fireball. Eamon laughs at it, but she also managed to send one to free Perrin.
At the same time, Perrin's affinity with the wolves comes to fruition as one leaps in to attack Eamon who Egwene has just stabbed in the neck. Egwene and Perrin make their way out of the camp as more wolves attack the Children of Light.
The Tinkers, those gentle wandering souls tried to hide and protect Perrin and Egwene by linking arms to stop the Children of Light. It looked like they took a beating, but hopefully none died and we will see them again.
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