Almen Bunt
Chapter 34 - The Last Village
Almen Bunt — aliases: the old farmer (古農夫)
アルメン・バントは、革のような顔をした歯のない老農夫で、自分の荷車 beside に立っている。彼は村の奇妙な訪問者たちと、カエムリンへ一人で向かう自分の計画について、ホルドウィンと議論している。彼はランドとマットに荷車での移動を提供し、モーガス女王、ホワイトタワー、そしてアンドルの政治史について絶え間なく語り続ける。
Chapter 35 - Caemlyn
— aliases: the old farmer (古農夫)
アルメン・バントは馬車を城塞都市カエムリンへ運び、ランドとマットに同乗を促しながら、モーガセ女王とアンドルの歴史について絶えず語り続ける。彼は二人に宿屋の主人ホールドウィンとフェードの危険を警告し、剣を隠すか捨てるよう助言すると、報酬も受け取らず、彼らのその後の行いにも関心を示さず立ち去った。
Chapter 46 - Fal Dara
“Ta’veren.” Loial’s sigh was a rumble like thunder on the horizon. “You swirl lives around you, Rand al’Thor, you and your friends. Your fate chooses ours.” The Ogier shrugged, and suddenly a broad grin split his face. “Besides, it will be something to meet the Green Man. Elder Haman always talks about his meeting with the Green Man, and so does my father, and most of the Elders.” “So many?” Perrin said. “The stories say the Green Man is hard to find, and no one can find him twice.” “Not twice, no,” Loial agreed. “But then, I have never met him, and neither have you. He doesn’t seem to avoid Ogier quite the way he does you humans. He knows so much about trees. Even the Tree Songs.” Rand said, “The point I was trying to make is—” The Wisdom cut him off. “She says Egwene and I are part of the Pattern, too. All woven in with you three. If she is to be believed, there’s something about the way that piece of the Pattern is woven that might stop the Dark One. And I am afraid I do believe her; too much has happened not to.” “I was only trying to—” Again Nynaeve interrupted, sharply. “I know what you were trying to do.” She looked at him until he shifted uneasily in his saddle, then her face softened. “I know what you were trying to do, Rand. I have little liking for any Aes Sedai, and this one least of all, I think. I have less for going into the Blight, but least of all is the liking I have for the Father of Lies. If you boys . . . you men, can do what has to be done when you’d rather do almost anything else, why do you think I will do less? Or Egwene?” She did not appear to expect an answer. Gathering her reins, she frowned toward the Aes Sedai up ahead. “I wonder if we’re going to reach this Fal Dara place soon, or does she mean us to spend the night out in this?”