Perrin Aybara
Chapter 1 - Waiting
Perrin / Perrin Aybara
Perrin sits with his Shienaran companions in the mountains, using his enhanced vision to spot the approaching rider and killing a raven with his longbow. He leads Leya into the camp, deflecting her philosophical arguments about pacifism while suppressing his own growing unease. He finally arrives at the hidden valley, revealing it to be the camp of the Dragon Reborn.
Chapter 2 - Saidin
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Perrin warms himself by the fire and discusses Min’s vision of Leya’s death, deciding he cannot prevent it but wondering if it signals a camp attack. He listens as Loial explains ta’vearen to Min, then finds Rand in a secluded rocky vale where he witnesses Rand’s struggle with the pull of Saidin and an accidental earthquake caused by Rand’s power.
Chapter 3 - News from the Plain
Perrin / Perrin Aybara
Perrin observes Moiraine’s indifference to Rand’s accidental earthquake and attempts to convince Min to leave the dangerous camp by offering her silver for passage, but she refuses based on a parable about fate he shares with her. He listens to Moiraine’s report on the Whitecloaks and the Soulless, then accepts the third watch from Uno before retiring to his hut, where shivering dreams haunt him.
Chapter 4 - Shadows Sleeping
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Perrin endures a cold, lingering feeling of dread while sitting by a fire, which transitions into a dream sequence where he is tempted by a mysterious man in shadows and a beautiful woman to accept the role of a heroic leader. He resists these urges, asserting his identity as a blacksmith, before finding himself in a dreamscape of stone spires where three men vanish in fire and a sword speaks to him, warning of the Twisted Ones. A wolf in the dream delivers the same warning, causing Perrin to wake up shaking with fear and anger.
Chapter 5 - Nightmares Walking
Perrin — aliases: Young Bull, blacksmith
Perrin leaps from his bed to fight Trollocs, then encounters a Myrddraal who slays Leya. He takes on the wolf persona Young Bull to kill the Halfman and hunt the remaining Twisted Ones, later returning to his human self to receive healing from Moiraine and witness Rand's condition.
Chapter 6 - The Hunt Begins
Perrin / Perrin Aybara — aliases: Lord Perrin, the blacksmith
Perrin wakes to find Rand gone and confronts Moiraine about the Dragon’s departure, demanding answers about the Forsaken and the nature of the Prophecies. He recounts his dream of the sword Callandor, which Moiraine confirms as a telepathic message from Rand, and reluctantly agrees to join the pursuit party heading to Tear.
Chapter 7 - The Way Out of the Mountains
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Perrin rides with the group, observing Lan’s trail signs and resisting Moiraine’s gradual influence that leads him to take on her chores. He fishes with Loial, catches trout for meals, and feels the presence of wolves even as they leave the mountains, finally reaching the village of Jarra.
Chapter 8 - Jarra
Perrin — aliases: good master, blacksmith
Perrin rides into Jarra with his group and questions Simion to locate Rand, learning the Dragon had passed through eastward. He later confronts Moiraine about her silence and the dangers of ta'veren, and finally convinces Simion to release Noam from his cage, hiding his own yellow eyes to avoid Whitecloak attention.
Chapter 9 - Wolf Dreams
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Perrin confronts Moiraine about his fear of becoming like Noam, learning that wolves exist partly in a world of dreams. He later dreams of shifting shadowy halls where he is saved from a dark entity by the wolf Hopper, waking with blood on his face and resolving to fight the loss of his self.
Chapter 27 - Tel’aran’rhiod
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In Egwene's dream, Perrin appears bound by a black chain to a stone pillar in a dark inn room, guarded by the wolf Hopper, before the door slams shut and the vision ends.
Chapter 33 - Within the Weave
Perrin — aliases: young master
Rides alongside Loial and observes the strange markings and events left by Rand. He enters the inn, notices a plain-dressed woman staring at him, and is dismissed by Lord Orban as a servant to Master Andra.
Chapter 34 - A Different Dance
Perrin / Perrin Aybara — aliases: wetlander, blacksmith
Perrin worries about the staring woman and the caged Aiel, then secretly frees the Aiel Gaul from the gibbet in the square. He fights alongside Gaul against a group of Whitecloaks, killing several men with his axe, and is later reprimanded by Lan for the incident before being ordered to prepare for an immediate escape.
Chapter 35 - The Falcon
Perrin / Perrin Aybara — aliases: farmboy, countryman
Perrin rushes to gather his gear and find Loial before fleeing Remen, later calming the horses for boarding and confronting Zarine Bashere on the deck of the Snow Goose, where he questions her motives and dismisses her theories about the Horn of Valere before going below to sleep.
Chapter 36 - Daughter of the Night
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Perrin falls asleep in the ship's cabin and enters a dream where Hopper guides him to a domain of mirrors where Ba'alzamon executes a Darkfriend. He wakes with a burn mark on his chest and reports the vision of Ba'alzamon and Lanfear to Moiraine, who examines him coldly before he leaves to find Zarine Bashere on deck.
Chapter 41 - A Hunter’s Oath
Perrin / Perrin Aybara — aliases: blacksmith, big man
Perrin stands on the deck observing the marshes and tanneries of Illian, trying to ignore Moiraine’s disapproval. He reluctantly allows Zarine to ride behind him on Stepper after she swears an oath to Moiraine, complaining internally about his new responsibility.
Chapter 42 - Easing the Badger
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Perrin rides through Illian, noting the city's strange canals and the underlying anger of its people. In the inn, he senses the wrongness of Gray Men, alerts his companions, and brutally kills six attackers with a chair leg and bludgeon after Moiraine is unable to channel without endangering her friends.
Chapter 43 - Shadowbrothers
Perrin — aliases: blacksmith, farmboy
Perrin helps identify the Gray Men by scent and tracks a Darkhound outside the inn, learning of the creature's terrifying capabilities. He sleeps and enters Tel'aran'rhiod to speak with Hopper about the Shadowbrothers and the Last Hunt, waking to find Zarine watching him before Moiraine interrupts with urgent news.
Chapter 44 - Hunted
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Perrin dresses hastily and argues with Moiraine about Zarine's loyalty before fleeing Illian with the group. He rides with his unstrung bow to face the Darkhounds, drawing and loosing arrows at them while waiting for Moiraine's intervention. He questions Moiraine about the pursuit and listens as she explains her use of a forbidden power to destroy the pack. Later, Mat encounters attackers and kills them, thinking to himself that the woman had no luck.
Chapter 50 - The Hammer
Perrin — aliases: blacksmith, farmboy
Arriving in Tear, Perrin rides to a smithy where he spends the day working the bellows and forging a chamfer knife under the direction of the smith Dermid Ajala. He earns the smith's respect and a gift of a heavy hammer before rejoining his companions to hear Moiraine's report about the Forsaken Be'lal.
Chapter 53 - A Flow of the Spirit
Perrin — aliases: blacksmith, farmboy
Perrin reflects on his work as a blacksmith and his awkwardness around Zarine before joining Moiraine and Lan to find her collapsed in a dining room. He discovers she is trapped in a dream by a ter’angreal and, refusing to leave her, enters the dream world himself to find her while Loial guards his body.
Chapter 54 - Into the Stone
Perrin — aliases: Young Bull, blacksmith
Perrin Aybara hunts through the Stone of Tear in Tel'aran'rhiod, finds Faile chained to a stone block, shatters the lock and chains with his hammer, but loses her to the shifting nature of the dream before Hopper urges him to continue the hunt.
Chapter 55 - What Is Written in Prophecy
Perrin — aliases: Young Bull, blacksmith
Perrin hunts through the dreaming Stone, growing weaker as his flesh fades. He finds bronze doors with tiny falcons and shatters them with his hammer. He enters a chamber filled with attacking falcons, reaches a perch, and snaps the chain holding Faile. He collapses into darkness and wakes in the Star inn's dining room as Faile tends to his wounds, realizing he has freed her in the dream and the waking world.