Aviendha and Rand prepare to leave their snow hut to go back to the gateway to their room in Eianrod. As Rand finishes making a door he sees a large flying creature with two people on its back. He tells Aviendha they will have to sneak back to the gateway. To the east Rand can see an ocean below the rising sun. They arrive near the gateway and see over twenty people gathered around. Two of them are suldam connected to two damane. Rand realizes they must be in Seanchan, on the other side of the Aryth Ocean from his home lands.