Matrim Cauthon
Chapter 11 - Tar Valon
Mat — aliases: the boy
Mat lies unconscious in a horse litter, breathing with a dry rasp, while a mysterious leather sack is taken from his feet by Verin. He is hurriedly carried away by guards to a secluded location due to his dangerous illness, left behind as the others are confined.
Chapter 18 - Healing
Mat
Mat lies unconscious and gaunt on a stone table, his hand clenched around the Shadar Logoth dagger. During the Healing, he arches his back and shouts commands in the Old Tongue as Manetheren soldiers, commanding the Aes Sedai to release him. When the dagger is sealed in a box, he collapses, and Siuan declares he is as well as can be expected, requiring only rest and food.
Chapter 19 - Awakening
Mat
マットは豪華な部屋で目覚め、過去の人生での戦いや最近の病気の断片的な記憶を思い出す。彼は大きな食事をとり、エイド・セイダイによって癒やされたことの意味について心配し、タル・ヴァロンを去る前にエグウェンとニナヴェを見つけて決意するが、ドアをノックする音によって中断される。
Chapter 20 - Visitations
Mat / Matrim Cauthon — aliases: my son (私の息子)
マットは自室で回復し、謎めいたセレネによる望まぬ訪問を受け、彼女からエイド・サダイに抗する同盟を提案される。その後、シウアン・サンチとリーン・デアと対峙し、彼らはマットにホーン・オブ・ヴァレールとの結びつきを受け入れ、影から神器を守るためタール・ヴァオンの離脱を制限するよう強制する。
Chapter 24 - Scouting and Discoveries
Mat / Mat Cauthon
Mat wakes, eats heavily, and sneaks out to scout the Tower, learning from guards that his description is widely known and he is confined. He encounters Else Grinwell, who dismisses him, then finds the Warder training yard where he challenges and defeats Gawyn and Galad in a quarterstaff duel, speaking the Old Tongue and exhibiting Manetheren skills. After the fight, Gawyn and Hammar speak to him, giving him his winnings and asking his origins, before Mat collapses from exhaustion and hunger.
Chapter 28 - A Way Out
Mat / Matrim Cauthon
Mat Cauthon finishes a breakfast snack and is visited by Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne. He deflects their initial attempts to persuade him to carry a letter to Caemlyn by citing the Amyrlin's confinement orders until Nynaeve channels him to prove his health. Eventually, he agrees to the escape plan after Nynaeve reveals an order bearing Siuan Sanche's seal, dancing in victory once the women leave.
Chapter 30 - The First Toss
Mat
Mat packs his quarters with food, dons his cloak and quarterstaff, and slips out of the White Tower past an amused Anaiya. He gambles wildly in Tar Valon’s inns, winning every toss with miraculous luck, before fleeing through the streets and rooftops to escape pursuers, eventually killing a man who attacks him on a narrow bridge by flipping them both over the railing.
Chapter 31 - The Woman of Tanchico
Mat — aliases: boy, young master (若様)
Mat Cauthon locates Thom Merrilin in a Tar Valon inn, orders food and wine, and questions him about Rand al'Thor and Moiraine's whereabouts. After Thom briefly disappears and returns sober, Mat gives a silver mark to the serving girl Saal, and the two prepare to leave Tar Valon on the first available ship to Caemlyn.
Chapter 32 - The First Ship
Mat — aliases: young lord, farmboy (農家の少年)
Mat Cauthon uses a forged Amyrlin order and gold to trick the captain and crew of the Gray Gull into allowing passage and stealing the captain's cabin. He engages in conversation with Captain Mallia, subtly reinforcing the captain's bias against the White Tower, and later kills three assassins who board the ship at night to stop him.
Chapter 40 - A Hero in the Night
Mat — aliases: young hero (若き英雄)
マットはアーリングルの難民危機を目の当たりにし、飢えた家族に硬貨を寄付する。宿を見つけられずに苦戦するが、ジェラル・フロリーとのサイコロ賭博に勝って馬小屋へのアクセスを手に入れる。彼は干し草の納屋から飛び降り、アウドラを追跡する4人の攻撃者を追い払う。その見返りとして花火を受け取り、 departure する前にアウドラに自分の金を差し出す。その後、雨の中へ立ち去る。
Chapter 44 - Hunted
Mat
Mat rests by a campfire with Thom and examines a firework from Aludra, opening it to find pebbles. He and Thom are ambushed by assassins; Mat throws the firework to create a distraction and fights with his quarterstaff. After Thom kills the attackers, Mat recognizes the dead crossbowman as a figure from his memories and resolves to deliver the letter to Caemlyn quickly.
Chapter 45 - Caemlyn
Mat / Mat Cauthon
マットはトム・メリリンと共にケームリンに到着し、エラインからの手紙を女王に届けることを試みるが、彼をダークフレンドまたはトリックスターと疑う肥満の女王の衛兵隊員によって拒絶され、追い出される。彼はクイーンズ・ブレッシングの宿に戻り、馬丁のラメイと料理人のコリンと交流した後、図書館でトムとバゼル・ギルと再会し、手紙をギルに預け、自分の幸運を使って他の手段で宮殿への侵入を試みることを決意する。
Chapter 46 - A Message Out of the Shadow
Mat / Thom Grinwell
Mat Cauthon scales the Palace wall, overhears Lord Gaebril plotting to kill the three girls, and is escorted by Tallanvor to Morgase. He delivers the letter, accepts payment from Gaebril, and retreats after hearing Gaebril's plans for war.
Chapter 47 - To Race the Shadow
Mat
MatはGaebrilの疑いをかわすために無知を装いながらTallanvorと共に宮殿を歩き、その後宿屋に急いでGaebrilの暗殺計画をThomとGillに報告し、Tearへの逃亡の準備を整える。
Chapter 49 - A Storm in Tear
Mat — aliases: boy, farmer
Mat arrives in Tear via the Swift, plays stones with Thom, and kills the assassin Comar after exposing his cheating dice. Realizing his luck is most effective in random situations, he begins a random search of inns with Thom to find Egwene and the others.
Chapter 52 - In Search of a Remedy
Mat / Mat Cauthon / Matrim Cauthon
Mat supports the sick Thom Merrilin to Mother Guenna's house, where he learns the locations of Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne from the Wisdom. After punching a wall in frustration and giving Guenna money for Thom's care, he leaves the gleeman behind and sets out to infiltrate the Stone of Tear to rescue the women.
Chapter 54 - Into the Stone
Mat — aliases: gambler, nameless youngling, nameless one
Mat Cauthon sneaks across the rooftops of Tear, studies the Stone of Tear, and climbs the city wall to plant a bundle of fireworks in an arrowslit, causing a massive explosion that widens the opening and allows him to enter the fortress while fighting off Defenders with Juilin Sandar's help.
Chapter 55 - What Is Written in Prophecy
Mat / Matrim
Mat enters the torture rooms and corridor, finding the unconscious Amico Nagoyin. He retrieves her key, opens the cell, and discovers Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne inside. He urges them to flee, and after Nynaeve strikes Amico to break her hold on the shield, the group prepares to escape with Juilin Sandar. Mat follows the women out of the chamber, determined to rescue them despite their anger.
Chapter 56 - People of the Dragon
Mat — aliases: the Sounder of the Horn of Valere
Mat observes the crowd from an arrowslit and later stands in the chamber with the group, rolling his eyes at their fixation on seals while trying to comprehend the magical revelations and prophecies. He questions Moiraine about the prophecies and expresses relief that the Stone has fallen, only to be rebuked when he claims the Dark One is dead. He remains silent as Berelain delivers her message and listens to Moiraine's assertion that his role in the Pattern is far from over.