The Great Hunt/Chapter 41

==Summary==
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It is very cold and raining where they are traveling. Hurin is searching for the trail left by Fain and the Trollocs, but without success so far. Rand asks Verin to change the weather. Verin says she can't do much by herself and she would also be detected by the Seanchan damane who would come after them. Loial seems to worry more about his books getting wet than himself. Perrin wonders aloud why Fain would bring the Horn of Valere here. Verin and Ingtar debate the matter without coming to a conclusion. Masema rides back to them and says there is a village up ahead but all the villagers are gone. Ingtar dismounts in front of what appears to be an inn. Uno takes the rest of the men and searches houses for food and blankets. Hurin says there was killing in some of the houses. Ingtar insists he must have the Horn. He sounds desperate. Rand still thinks that he wants to get away from Aes Sedai. He finally tells the group that Fain will harm Emond's Field if Rand does not find him, which was part of the message from Barthanes. Uno comes in, and said he could not find any people and most of the houses are stripped and the livestock gone. Ingtar begins to organize a wider search for the trail left by Fain.
Rand goes upstairs and finds a lumpy bed. It will have to do as he lays down. He rolls around in the bed and suddenly sees Ba'alzamon is standing next to him holding the Dragon Banner. He calls Rand Lews Therin again, and asks if he will kill everything he loves again. Rand says he is not Lews Therin, and that he will die before he follows Ba'alzamon. Rand draws on saidin and hurls fire at Ba’alzamon. Ba’alzamon again says he is the only one who can help Rand learn to channel. Rand squeezes his eyes shut and when he opens them again he is alone in the room. The Dragon Banner is exactly where he left it in his saddlebags. But he can see tendrils of smoke rising from the chair.
==Characters==
*Rand
*Mat
*Perrin
*Ingtar
*Verin
*Loial
*Red (animal)
*Hurin
*Uno
*Masema
*Ragan
===Referenced===
*Padan Fain
*Barthanes
*Ba'alzamon
==Groups==
===Referenced===
*Darkfriends
==Places==
*Toman Head
*Tel'aran'rhiod
===Referenced===
*Atuan's Mill
*Falme
*Almoth Plain
*Shayol Ghul
*Fal Dara
*Emond's Field
==Items==
*Horn of Valere
*Dragon Banner
*Ruby-hilted dagger