New Spring
Chapters - Robert Jordan
Chapter 1: The Hook
Lan Mandragoran rides toward Tar Valon as the Aiel War rages, the last king of a dead nation carrying his grief and his blade toward the only fight that matters. He reflects on the fall of Malkier and the oath he swore at the cradle to reclaim it, though he knows the true battle lies against the Shadow itself.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 2: A Wish Fulfilled
Moiraine Damodred and Siuan Sanche, Accepted of the White Tower, witness the Aes Sedai receiving a foretelling from Gitara Moroso - that the Dragon has been reborn on the slopes of Dragonmount. Gitara dies from the force of her prophecy, and the Amyrlin Tamra Ospenya swears Moiraine and Siuan to secrecy before setting a covert search in motion.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 3: Practice
Moiraine and Siuan are assigned to record the names of infants born near Tar Valon during the battle, an exhausting task that the two friends tackle together while quietly noting which boys might be the Dragon Reborn. The work brings them into contact with soldiers, camp followers, and refugees from every nation, offering a glimpse of the world beyond the Tower's sheltered walls.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 4: Leaving the Tower
Moiraine endures her testing for the shawl, walking through a ter'angreal that conjures one hundred weaves she must perform while the world around her tries to break her concentration with illusions of danger, desire, and despair. She emerges battered and shaking but successful, choosing the Blue Ajah as Siuan had always known she would.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 5: The Human Heart
Moiraine is raised to full Aes Sedai and given the blue-fringed shawl, but her joy is shadowed by the weight of the secret she carries about the Dragon's rebirth. Siuan confides that Tamra has sent searchers out - sisters dispatched on mysterious errands - and the two women realise that others are hunting the child as well.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 6: Surprises
Moiraine learns that Tamra Ospenya has died under suspicious circumstances, and she and Siuan suspect the Black Ajah may have murdered the Amyrlin to seize control of the search for the Dragon Reborn. They resolve to continue the search themselves, in secret, trusting no one within the Tower.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 7: The Itch
Moiraine departs the White Tower to begin her search, travelling under assumed names and using the skills she learned as a cairhienin noblewoman to move through the world unnoticed. She carries a list of names collected during her time as an Accepted and begins the painstaking work of tracking each boy born in the right time and place.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 8: Shreds of Serenity
Moiraine arrives in Canluum, a Kandori border city, and takes lodgings at The Gates of Heaven inn while investigating rumours of a man who can channel. She encounters the roughness and suspicion of the Borderlands, where Aes Sedai are respected but feared, and begins to realise how vast and difficult her search will be.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 9: It Begins
Moiraine undergoes a gruelling test set by the Tower in which she must channel complex weaves while enduring physical and emotional trials designed to break lesser women. She passes, but the experience leaves her shaken and more determined than ever to find the Dragon Reborn before the Shadow does.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 10: It Finishes
Moiraine meets Siuan in secret, and the two exchange information about the search and the growing danger from the Black Ajah. They develop a system of coded messages and dead drops, knowing that a single misstep could expose them both to enemies hidden within the Tower itself.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 11: Just Before Dawn
Moiraine investigates rumours in the Borderlands, following leads about boys born during the Aiel War who might be the Dragon Reborn. She encounters Darkfriends and agents of the Shadow who seem to be conducting their own search, confirming her fears that the Black Ajah is actively hunting the child.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 12: Entering Home
Moiraine and Lan cross paths for the first time in Canluum, and she observes the last Malkieri king with keen interest, noting his skill, his solitude, and the barely contained grief that drives him. Lan regards the young Aes Sedai with suspicion, having little love for the Tower that failed his homeland.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 13: Business in the City
Moiraine continues her search through the streets and taverns of Canluum, questioning innkeepers and merchants about recent births while maintaining her cover as a minor noblewoman. She discovers that several of Tamra's original searchers have died under mysterious circumstances, strengthening her conviction that the Black Ajah is eliminating anyone who knows about the Dragon's rebirth.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 14: Changes
Moiraine encounters a woman named Larelle and another Aes Sedai named Merean in Canluum, and she must navigate the dangerous politics of meeting sisters she cannot fully trust. She deflects their questions about her purpose while trying to determine whether either might be Black Ajah.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 15: Into Canluum
Lan rides through the Borderlands with Bukama and other Malkieri survivors, haunted by memories of his fallen kingdom. He encounters evidence of Shadowspawn activity near the border and dispatches a small band of Trollocs with cold, practised efficiency.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 16: The Deeps
Lan arrives in Canluum and is drawn into the politics of the Borderland courts, where nobles seek to use the uncrowned king of Malkier as a rallying symbol. He resists their attempts, insisting he rides only toward the Blight and a solitary war against the Shadow.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 17: An Arrival
Moiraine travels to Chachin, the capital of Kandor, following the trail of a woman named Avene Sahera whose son was born at the right time. The journey through the Kandori countryside reveals the scars the Aiel War has left on the Borderlands, with refugees and displaced families crowding every road.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 18: A Narrow Passage
Moiraine arrives in Chachin and takes lodgings near the Aesdaishar Palace, where she hopes to find Lady Ines Demain, whose recently deceased son may have been born on the slopes of Dragonmount. She navigates the intricate protocols of the Kandori court while keeping her true purpose hidden.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 19: Pond Water
Moiraine infiltrates the Aesdaishar Palace by presenting herself as a visiting noblewoman, using her Cairhienin pedigree to gain access to the court. She searches for information about Lady Ines's child while fending off the attentions of Prince Brys, who finds the young Aes Sedai intriguing.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 20: Breakfast in Manala
Lan arrives in Chachin and is welcomed at the Aesdaishar Palace, where old friends and allies urge him to raise the banner of Malkier and reclaim his throne. He refuses, unwilling to lead men to their deaths for a nation that exists only in memory, though the weight of their hope presses on him.
POV: Moiraine Damodred·On page: Siuan Sanche, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount