What Was Meant to Be/Transcript

Transcript for , season 2 episode 8 of The Wheel of Time.
== Previously ==
== Age of Legends ==
3000 years ago, at what is now known as the Eye of the World. Male channelers stand in a circle around Ishamael, holding him in place. Lews Therin stands before him. They speak in the Old Tongue.
Lews walks away. The male channelers begin a weave to make the seal, and Ishamael screams. When the weave is done, a seal of cuendillar remains with the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai.
Opening theme.
== Whitecloak camp on Toman Head ==
Toman Head. Young boys walk through a fog between an oasis and Falme. In the distance behind them in the oasis, Dain Bornhald turns and walks back to the Whitecloak camp. He attends a meeting.
The other Children of the Light disperse, but Dain stays with Geofram.
As Dain speaks, the scene glimpses Rand in the Ways with Lanfear, Moiraine, and Lan.
== The Ways ==
Lanfear leads Rand, Moiraine, and Lan through the Ways.
They stop before a Waygate.
Lanfear nods.
Lan steps between them, facing Lanfear.
Lanfear weaves the One Power with a twist of her hand, and the Waygate abruptly opens behind Lan and Moiraine.
Lanfear makes a blowing motion, and blasts Moiraine and Lan out through the Waygate. The land outside the Ways into water on a beach. The Waygate closes once they're through. They stand in knee-deep water and look around.
They begin walking toward the shore. Back in the Ways.
Machin Shin circles and screams.
== Outside Falme ==
Perrin, Aviendha, Bain, Chiad, and Hopper approach the gates of Falme. Chiad looks to the East at the thick white fog.
Perrin slows to a stop, letting the Aiel women continue. He turns to Hopper and kneels down.
Hopper sits, and Perrin continues on toward Falme.
== Ishamael's room in Falme ==
Ishamael looks out over the city of Falme from his balcony. He returns to his room to find Lanfear sitting on his bed.
Lanfear's hand is on Ishamael's chest, and he covers it with his own. They sit beside each other on the bed.
They lean against each other, facing the six seals of the other Forsaken.
== Outside Falme ==
In the fog outside of Falme, the young boys contine to walk. A clearer image of them now shows they wear the clothing of the Children of the Light. They carry lanterns that they swing before them, creating the thick white fog. They approach the gates of Falme. Two guards at the gate step forward, looking at the strange fog.
A Whitecloak calvary bursts through the fog, charging the gates.
A Whitecloak cuts down a Seanchan guard and the cavalary enters the city.
== A room in Falme ==
Inside a room in the city, Nynaeve is dressed in the uniform of a Seanchan sul'dam. The sul'dam Seta is crying and mumbling. A war horn blows in the distance. Nynaeve turns to Elayne.
Elayne brushes her thumb at the corner of Nynaeve's eye, adjusting her eye makeup.
== The Kennels ==
Sul'dam march along the walkway outside of Egwene's cell.
Egwene sits on her bed as Renna gets prepared. As she speaks, she brings over a jar of makeup and places it over Egwene's eyelids.
Egwene stays seated. She looks at Renna calmly, defiantly. Renna steps forward, pulling her knife and grabbing Egwene by the jaw. She places the tip of the blade in Egwene's mouth.
Egwene stands. Renna keeps the blade in Egwene's mouth for another moment, then abruptly pulls it away and shoves a golden gag into Egwene's mouth.
Renna turns Egwene around and cuts off her braid. Egwene's hair falls loose around her face, chin-length. Egwene reaches back and touches her hair in shock. Renna steps on her severed braid.
Unfallen tears are in Egwene's eyes, but she still looks defiant.
== Falme palace ==
Ishamael walks through the halls of the palace, and Padan Fain joins him.
Ishamael glances down at the ruby-hilted dagger at Fain's waist, and continues walking. Fain touches the blade.
In his room in the palace, Mat stares at a fire. The door opens and Padan Fain enters.
Fain joins him at the table. He takes out the ruby-hilted dagger, unsheaths it, and lays it and the sheath on the table in front of Mat. Mat leans back in his chair, hands gripping the armrests of his chair, looking at the dagger wearily.
== Room in the city ==
Nynaeve questions Seta.
Seta falls to her knees in pain.
A war horn blows in the distance.
Seta screams out in pain again.
Nynaeve pushes and Seta cries out again.
== Palace ==
Seanchan guards run along a wall for battle. Beneath the wall, Rand peaks out. Across an opening, sul'dam march the damane to battle. Rand sees Egwene among them. Her short hair is now braided back, ending at her neck. Rand looks around, looking determined.
== Mat's room in the palace ==
Mat still leans back, eyeing the dagger. As he looks at it, he hears whispers in his mind.
Fain leaves the room, whistling. He locks the door behind him. As soon as the door is closed, Mat twists in his chair, dropping the facade and showing his struggle resisting the dagger.
== Beach on Toman Head ==
Moiraine and Lan continue walking along the beach.
Moiraine looks out over the water. Lan steps closer and she looks back at him.
Moiraine steps up to him. She closes her eyes and Lan does the same. She channels, weaves of the One Power circle them, and pass through them, connecting them chest to chest. They open their eyes and look at each other, and rest their foreheads together.
== City streets of Falme ==
People run through the streets, shouting, fleeing the attack. Seanchan soldiers run through the streets. Perrin, Aviendha, Bain, and Chiad walk through the streets.
At an intersection they run into Ingtar, Loial, and Masema. The two humans are dressed like Seanchan soldiers. Loial is carrying the chest containing the Horn of Valere.
Loial and Perrin hug and laugh. Perrin and Ingtar hug next, and then Perrin and Masema.
== The Tower ==
The sul'dam march their damane out on the top of the tower.
The sul'dam and damane pairs march their positions.
The sul'dam and damane turn at the command and step up to the walls of the tower, overlooking the city. Egwene looks down at the people screaming in the streets below.
Whitecloaks and Seanchan soldiers fight in the streets. Mulaen shouts a command in the Old Tongue, and the sul'dam respond in the Old Tongue. A damane blasts a fireball into the streets, killing a Whitecloak. Citizens scream and flee. Egwene watches uncomfortably, looks back at Renna, and back at the city. Renna gives a command in the Old Tongue. Egwene doesn't channel. She looks down and sees Whitecloaks in the streets.
The Whitecloaks confront Seanchan soldiers. Egwene channels a massive fireball, hitting the Whitecloaks. She breathes heavily, looking enraged. Renna grins.
== Palace courtyard ==
Turak and his voice walk into the courtyard with an escourt of soldiers.
Rand steps out in the middle of the courtyard, facing Turak and his men.
Turak unsheaths his own heron-marked sword and takes a fighting stance. The seanchan guards hold their spears, ready to fight. Rand channels, sending blades of the One Power through the throats of all the men standing to fight. They fall to their knees, bleeidng out. Only Turak's Voice, who is unarmed, is uninjured.
Turak's Voice unsheaths a dagger and stabs himself in the abdomen. He falls to his knees, dying. Rand walks past them into the palace.
== City streets ==
The Aiel, the Shienarans, Perrin, and Loial walk through the streets. Bain holds up a hand to signal them to stop. In the back, Ingtar speaks softly to Perrin.
Seanchan soldiers through an intersection ahead of them.
Soldiers shouts as one in response.
Bain lowers her hand and they continue. They hear shouting behind them.
The Seanchan soldiers spot them and charge.
Ingtar confronts the soldiers in battle. The others join the fight.
Two soldiers stab Ingtar in the back, killing him. The others get away with the horn.
== Beach on Toman Head ==
Moiraine and Lan are still traveling along the beach. Moiraine has removed the top part of her blue dress, revealing the white shirt underneath.
They continue. Moiraine senses something through the bond.
A city with a tall stone tower is visible on the beach ahead of them.
== City streets ==
At an abandoned merchant's table, Bayle Domon pockets some items. People run in the streets. Lanfear walks up to him.
She pulls out a large coin purse and places it against Domon's chest. He takes it.
Domon nods and heads off.
== Suroth's room ==
A lizard moves inside a glassed habitat. Soroth speaks to Alwhin.
The door opens and Ishamael enters. He wipes his hands together, knocking white dust from them.
Suroth nods.
Ishamael leaves. Suroth and Alwhin look at each other, grinning.
== Mat's room ==
Mat struggles with his temptating to the dagger. He sits, eyeing it. He stands by the windows and rubs his neck. He paces. He gets an idea. He breaks off a wooden staff from the room's decoration. He rips off a strip of leather and lays it on the floor. He uses the staff to knock the dagger onto the carpet, and then push the dagger into place over the leather. Without touching the dagger, Mat wraps the leather around the dagger's hilt and the end of the staff, and he ties it securely. Finished, he lifts his spear. He walks to the door and listens, hears indistinct voices outside. He stabs the dagger's blade through the lock, burning it away.
In the hallway, Padan Fain sits, whistling as he waits. He stops as he sees the dagger cutting through the metal lock. Mat opens the door.
Mat steps out, showing the dagger made into a spear.
A guard attacks Mat. Mat stabs him in the stomach. Fain runs.
Guards run into the hallway, heading for Mat.
Mat runs in the opposite direction.
The damane continue sending fireballs into the streets of Falme. Atop the tower, Egwene looks pained as she watches the devastation.
Egwene shakes her head and looks back at Renna. Mulean and the other sul'dam continue giving orders to their damane in the Old Tongue, and Mulean notices Egwene. Egwene spits out her gag.
Renna pulls out her dagger. Egwene looks defiant.
== City streets ==
Nynaeve, Elayne, and Seta walk through the city streets as the fighting continues. The arrive at stairs leading up toward the Tower.
Outside the city, trebuchets launch boulders at the tower.
Atop the tower, Renna has Egwene kneeling in the center with her hands out, with Renna holding her dagger over Egwene's wrists.
A boulder crashes into the Tower, knocking back sul'dam and damane.
On the streets, Dain looks up at the Tower.
Elsewhere, Nynaeve, Elayne, and Seta continue toward the Tower. Nynaeve looks up at it.
A Whitecloak archer on the palace wall shoots Seta in the throat, killing her. At the strike, Nynaeve touches the same place on her neck, feeling the sting of it. With Seta dead, the bracelet falls from Nynaeve's wrist. Another archer hits Elayne in the thigh.
Atop the Tower, sul'dam and damane lay dead from the hit from the trebuchet. Egwene coughs and pushes a piece of rubble off her. Maigan lies in the rubble, and Egwene watches her collar collapse and roll off her dead body. Egwene eyes the collar. Renna pushes herself from the rubble. She scowls at Egwene and walks toward her.
In the streets, Perrin and the others continue toward the Tower. Perrin looks into the thick dust before them.
The Aiel pull up their veils. Bain draws an arrow. From the dust, Mat runs toward them, looking behind him.
They hug.
The others look at each other confused.
There's shouting from the direction Mat came. The Seanchan guards that were following Mat run toward them.
Aviendha steps between them and brings down a soldier with her spear. Bain takes down others with her bow and arrows. Masema steps into the fight. The fighting continues.
Atop the Tower, Renna walks toward Egwene.
Renna grabs her fist and Egwene collapses to her knees in pain, screaming. She braces herself on the ground, with a gold bracelet around her wrist. When the pain stops, she stands and places a collar on Renna's neck.
The collar expands into a full chestplate, as it does on all the damane.
Egwene smirks.
Renna tries to punch Egwene but falls back in pain.
Egwene channels and hangs Renna up on a stone wall by her collar. Renna grasps at her collar and chokes. Egwene stands tall, but winces as she feels the same pain.
Egwene holds out. Renna chokes. Renna finally releases the collar and the cuff falls from her wrist. The collar around Egwene's neck collapses and falls to the ground.
Egwene stares up at her, unmoved as Renna continues to choke. Renna goes limp. The around her neck collapses and falls off. Without the collar holding her up, she falls limply to the ground, dead. Egwene turns and takes a few steps and falls to her knees with a gasp. She sits among the destruction. Behind her, Rand's voice.
Egwene doesn't move. Rand steps up to her.
Confused, Egwene turns to look at him.
Masema and the Aiel continue fighting the Seanchan in the streets. Perrin, Loial, and Mat continue toward the Tower.
Mat smiles and looks at his spear.
Loial puts down the chest.
Atop the Tower, Rand steps to Egwene and kneels beside her.
Egwene nods and Rand helps her up.
Rand and Egwene stop as Ishamael steps out.
Egwene steps forward, about to channel, but Ishamael flicks her aside with the power. She crashes into a stone wall. Rand steps toward him and Ishamael does the same to him, in the opposite direction, toward the ocean. He sends up a signal.
On one of the Seanchan ships, damane channel at the command of the sul'dam. Suroth oversees from her seat above them, with Alwhin at her side. The One Power weaves up toward the Tower, shielding Rand.
In the streets, Mat uses the dagger to cut through the chest, revealing the Horn of Valere. The corruption of the blade coils black over the chest. Mat pulls out the untouched Horn of Valere. The Seanchan soldiers approach.
Perrin and Loial fight the soldiers.
Mat runs with the Horn.
Bain takes down several soldiers, allowing Mat to get away. As the fighting continues, Perrin and Dain are suddenly side-by-side fighting the Seanchan.
They continue fighting the Seanchan together.
Mat continues running for the Tower with the Horn.
In the streets, Nynaeve tries treating Elayne's wound, but she's unable to embrace the One Power. People run and scream through the streets. Soldier shove people aside.
Nynaeve closes her eyes to concentrate.
Perrin runs through the battle and comes across Eamon Valda.
Some of the Whitecloaks with Valda attack Perrin, knocking him down. Valda gets on top of him, holding a blade to Perrin's throat.
Perrin tries reaching for an axe but it's out of reach. Hopper comes running in, barking. He attacks Valda, knocking him off Perrin. Geofram sees the attack, and swings his axe into Hopper's back.
Valda leaves with Geofram. Perrin stares into Hopper's eyes as Hopper whimpers and bleeds out. Perrin's eyes turn golden, as do Hopper's. Above Hopper, Perrin sees a vision of Hopper jumping up and snapping as sparks in the air. Enraged, Perrin picks up his axe and goes after the Whitecloaks.
In the streets, the Aiel and the Whitecloaks are battling the Seanchan. Perrin sees Geofram and burries his axe in Geofram's chest.
Mat runs out on a palace wall. His way forward is blocked by Seanchan soldiers. He almost runs back but stops. He looks at the soldiers, and down a the Horn in his hands.
The soldiers charge at Mat. Mat brings up the Horn and blows. Time slows for everyone else but Mat. Behind him, a mist appears.
The mist grows, and from the mist stand the Heroes of the Horn. Mat turns to them.
Hawkwing raises his sword. Amaresu extends her hand, and Mat hands her the Horn, and she puts it away in a swirl of mist.
Mat nods and turns back to the Seanchan soldiers, for whom time is still slowed.
Mat and the Heroes charge at the soldiers, and time returns to normal. The armies clash. 
From the Heroes, a streak of mist leaves and heads into the city streets. 
Perrin burries his axe into Geofram's chest again. Dain sees from a distance.
Dain rushes Perrin, and Loial pulls Perrin back. The streak of mist from the Heroes materializes into Uno, who knocks Dain back with his shield.
Loial holds back Perrin and Whitecloaks pull Dain away.
Uno hands Perrin his shield. He then turns back to the soldiers and draws a second sword to fight.
Perrin runs for the Tower.
Atop the wall, the Heroes continue fighting the Seanchan. Mat makes it past them and runs for the Tower.
On the street, Nynaeve is still trying to help Elayne.
Elayne nods. Nynaeve pushes on the arrow shaft. Elayne cries out.
Nynaeve helps her up, and Elayne winces in pain. With Elayne's arm around Nynaeve's shoulders for support, begin moving toward the Tower.
Atop the Tower, Ishamael looks down at Rand.
Rand forces himself to his feet.
Behind Ishamael, Rand sees Mat step out.
Mat throws his spear at Ishamael. It passes through him like there's nothing and impales Rand in the stomach. The image of Ishamael disappears. Mat looks around, startled, and runs toward Rand.
Mat pulls the spear out of him and holds him.
Ishamael moves as though to channel, but is pushed back with a blast.
Egwene steps out between Ishamael and Rand.
Egwene channels a massive shield. Ishamael throws blasts at her.
On the beach, Moiraine and Lan are still heading toward the city. Moiraine stops to look up at the Tower.
Lan nods. Seanchan soldiers shout in the distance. They look back down the beach at soldiers heading for them. Moiraine and Lan share a look, and Moiraine turns back to the Tower and Lan turns to the soldiers. Lan draws his sword as Moiraine begins to channel. Lan holds back the soldiers as Moiraine works her weaves.
Atop the Tower, Ishamael continues to blast at Egwene's shield, and he's beginning to overpower her. Holes are opening in her shield.
Perrin runs in with Uno's shield, helping Egwene hold of Ishamael.
Nynaeve arrives with Elayne. Egwene sees them and indicates Rand.
Nynaeve and Elayne go to Rand and Mat.
Nynaeve and Elayne kneel with them, Elayne wincing in pain as they move.
Rand looks up at Elayne, who begins to channel to heal his wound.
Elayne heals the wound closed, but black tendrils of the dagger's corruption run along the scar.
Moiraine continues to channel on the beach, and sends weaves at the Seanchan ships. Aboard their ship, Suroth and Alwhin take notice. The weaves blast through their ship, sending them into the water. The shield the damane held on Rand is broken.
Mat and Nynaeve help Rand up. Rand picks up his sword and steps up to Egwene's shield. He channels around himself and through his sword,, steps past the shield, and stabs Ishamael through the heart. He grips the bottom of the blade for stability as he pushes the sword into Ishamael's body. The one power dissolves the blade, and Ishamael collapses to his knees. Rand looks at his hand, where a Heron mark is seared into his palm from the blade. Ishamael falls onto his back and looks up at the seagulls.
Ishamael's body disintegrates to dust and blows away, leaving nothing.
On the beach, Moiraine continues to channel. The Seanchan soldiers are all fallen, and Lan returns to Moiraine's side.
Moiraine lets go of her weaves. The remains of the Seanchan fleet are smoking.
Lan steps back as Moiraine works another weave. She sends this one up to the Tower.
Atop the Tower, Rand looks down at the city. A bell rings. Moiraine's weaves form a dragon of fire that encircles the Tower and roars. People in the streets cheer and appload, looking up at them on the Tower. Aviendha, Bain, and Chiad lower their veils.
The Heroes of the Horn fade into mist. Separately, Masema, Lanfear, and Loial look up from the streets. The dragon roars and fades away.
== Palace ==
Lanfear walks through the palace, looking pleased. She enters Ishamael's room, and finds all six remaining seals broken. A woman sits by the fire, working weaves like spider-webs in her hands.
Moghedien shrugs. Lanfear channels, and Moghedien brings down a tunnel of weaves like a spider's web around Lanfear.
Moghedien backs away, chuckling.
Moghedien slips from the room with the one power, and Lanfear is released from Moghedien's weave. She gasps. Light returns to the room. Lanfear looks at the broken seals.
Credits.
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