Matrim Cauthon
Chapter 1 - An Empty Road
Mat / Mat Cauthon / Matrim
兰德的友人蹲在货车旁，低声谈论起他也曾遭遇过的一个骑着黑马的恐怖陌生人。他加入兰德一起帮客栈卸下苹果酒，虽然因游吟诗人的消息而松了口气，但那位骑手的身影仍让他心有余悸。
Chapter 2 - Strangers
Mat / Matrim Cauthon / Mat Cauthon
Mat accompanies Rand to the inn, evades the blacksmith's notice regarding a prank, and listens to Ewin's description of the strangers. He meets Moiraine, bows awkwardly, accepts her coin, and expresses skepticism about her identity as a Warder's companion.
Chapter 3 - The Peddler
Mat / Matrim Cauthon — aliases: Matrim (马特林)
梅特急切地聆听范的消息，并兴奋地讨论与兰德和佩林一起见到假龙的可能性。他试图就暗帝一事挑衅老比尔·康加尔，遭到宁爱的斥责，随后向艾雯证实他和其他人确实看到了那名黑袍骑手。
Chapter 4 - The Gleeman
Mat / Matrim Cauthon — aliases: boy (男孩)
梅特欣喜地看着托姆·梅里林，大声要求他表演吞火。后来，他与兰德和佩林争论关于那个黑袍骑手的事，并自愿加入村庄的巡逻队。
Chapter 10 - Leavetaking
Mat
Mat notices Rand's sword and jokes about his own bow before Lan sternly reminds them that any object can be a weapon if used with will. He leaves a note for his family and mounts his horse to leave the village.
Chapter 12 - Across the Taren
Mat
梅特在迷雾弥漫的渡河过程中低声抱怨，并向莫伊拉妮询问渡船沉没之事，无法理解此举的必要性。他与其他人挤进隐蔽的洼地，聆听着关于一气的对话。
Chapter 14 - The Stag and Lion
Mat
梅特探索了客栈的大厅，聆听着周围的喧闹声，随后加入了浴池，差点向侍者阿拉透露关于拖洛克的八卦，却被兰的怒视制止。他参加了私人晚宴，最终前往就寝，将拖洛克的威胁仅仅视为一个故事而不予理会。
Chapter 17 - Watchers and Hunters
Mat
梅特跳舞，看守斗篷，随后与队伍一同骑马前行。他提到一个一直在盯着他们看的人，并在城门处目睹了白袍军的出现，在对抗过程中低声咒骂。
Chapter 18 - The Caemlyn Road
Mat
马特随队伍同行，在战斗中高呼马赫伦的古老战吼，随后承认自己已记不起那些词句及其含义。他是小冲突中唯一落马的人，当兰引导他进入那座废墟之城时，他认出了它。
Chapter 19 - Shadow’s Waiting
Mat
Mat excitedly leads the exploration of Shadar Logoth, eagerly accepts Mordeth's offer of treasure, and attempts to take the gold before being pulled away by Rand and Perrin as the city's dangers manifest.
Chapter 20 - Dust on the Wind
Mat
马特跟随兰德穿过城市， narrowly 避开魔苟尔。他在登上斯普雷号之前与兰德短暂喘息。他贡献了他的银币作为船费，并睁大眼睛听着汤姆编造的故事。
Chapter 24 - Flight Down the Arinelle
Mat
马特在船头闷闷不乐，拒绝谈论他的噩梦。他向兰德透露，他从沙达·洛索夫的宝藏中拿走了一把金色匕首，并坚持要求对其他人保密，包括索姆和多蒙，因为他不信任船员。
Chapter 26 - Whitebridge
Mat
马特抵达怀特桥，因被追捕而紧张不安。他与托姆争论是否逃往伊力安，并紧握着从夏多洛戈特取出的金匕首。当迈尔法姆袭击时，马特因恐惧抽出匕首，随后在托姆的逼迫下逃离城镇，与兰德一同逃亡，并为自身的安全感到担忧。
Chapter 31 - Play for Your Supper
Mat
梅特与兰德同行，对遇到的每一个人——包括农夫和客栈老板——都保持高度怀疑。他拒绝出售自己的匕首，并与兰德就他们的贫困状况发生争执。他通过杂耍逗弄格林威尔家的孩子们以博取他们的欢心，后来又在阿瑞恩的一家客栈表演，以换取房间和食物。
Chapter 32 - Four Kings in Shadow
Mat
Mat accompanies Rand through Four Kings, performing juggling acts to entertain the crowds at The Dancing Cartman. He shares Rand's suspicions about Howal Gode and helps block the storeroom door. When Gode confronts them, Mat draws his dagger and, after the lightning strike destroys the barriers, he follows Rand into the storm, shaken but alive.
Chapter 33 - The Dark Waits
Mat
马特坐在马车里，抱怨畏光并对他们遇到的每个人充满怀疑。他在兰德高烧期间守护着他，并在马厩中与那名苍白的女子对峙，用红宝石柄匕首将她钉在墙上进行威胁，迫使众人逃脱。在途中，他艰难地支撑着虚弱的兰德，直到金奇为他们停下。
Chapter 34 - The Last Village
Mat
Mat accompanies Rand, sharing their exhaustion and fear as they sleep in haystacks and evade detection in Carysford. He is reluctant to accept Bunt's ride but eventually agrees, sitting wary in the cart and stifling his yawns while listening to the old man's monologue.
Chapter 35 - Caemlyn
Mat
凯姆林的喧嚣与人群令马特感到惊恐，听到“Fade”一词时他几乎陷入恐慌，并不情愿地跟随兰德的脚步。他紧握着沙达尔洛索的匕首，质疑计划的安全性，却被“女王祝福”酒馆的食物香气所吸引，在那里他对店主吉尔始终保持警惕。
Chapter 36 - Web of the Pattern
Mat
马特与兰德坐在公共休息室里，皱着眉头看着自己的食物，对失踪朋友们的命运表达了深深的悲观。他退回到阁楼房间，躲在斗篷和靴子下躲避兰德，拒绝进行交谈。
Chapter 39 - Weaving of the Web
Mat
Mat remains in his room at The Queen's Blessing, curled up in bed and refusing to see the celebration or leave the room due to his suspicion and fear. He eats meals brought to him by Rand but stays hidden.
Chapter 41 - Old Friends and New Threats
Mat / Mat Cauthon
Mat lies in bed, feverish and paranoid, accusing his friends of being impostors. He attempts to strike Moiraine with the Shadar Logoth dagger before Lan restrains him, his eyes burning with hate.
Chapter 42 - Remembrance of Dreams
Mat
Mat appears briefly cured by Moiraine, acting with his usual swagger while concealing the Shadar Logoth dagger. He listens to the briefing on the Eye of the World and recalls that Ba'alzamon mentioned the name Davian, though he cannot remember other details clearly. He expresses his fear of having the Dark One inside his head again.
Chapter 43 - Decisions and Apparitions
Mat
Mat demands to know why they must go to the Blight and later recounts his dream of Ba'alzamon, in which the entity claimed to know his face. He wakes clutching the dagger, distressed that the Dark One recognizes him, and lies awake in fear alongside Rand.
Chapter 44 - The Dark Along the Ways
Mat
Mat stays close to Rand, worrying about Perrin's behavior. He passes through the Waygate in normal speed, staring at the darkness, and eventually eats bread and cheese while riding, finding the journey almost boring until the bridge ends.
Chapter 45 - What Follows in Shadow
Mat
Mat looses an arrow into the dark and later scrubs his mouth in horror at the sight of the frozen Trollocs. He feels the approach of Machin Shin and expresses fear as they flee through the burning gate.
Chapter 46 - Fal Dara
Mat
马特随队伍同行，因寒冷而颤抖，并抱怨着当前的处境。他观察到空无一人的农场以及法尔·达拉拥挤而寂静的街道。后来，在阿杰马勋爵的书房里，他认出那个肮脏的陌生人就是帕丹·法因，并在法因显露其腐化本质时感到恐惧。
Chapter 47 - More Tales of the Wheel
Mat
Mat slouches nervously, occasionally touching the Shadar Logoth dagger, and mutters impatiently about the delay in Moiraine's meeting with Fain. He listens to Agelmar's history and the revelations about Fain's long pursuit.
Chapter 48 - The Blight
Mat — aliases: Matrim Cauthon
Mat travels with the group, removing his coat due to the heat and displaying the Shadar Logoth dagger. He complains about the conditions, vomits from the stench of the Blight, and makes a fearful comment upon seeing the lake monster before Moiraine's illusion hides their camp.
Chapter 49 - The Dark One Stirs
Mat
Mat rides with a bow nocked, shouting Manetheren phrases as he shoots arrows at the attacking trees and creatures. He is bounced in his saddle while fleeing the Worms and later incredulously asks if worms scared off the attackers. He is startled when the Blight ends and watches the Green Man.
Chapter 50 - Meetings at the Eye
Mat
Mat stares in awe at the Eye of the World and tests its surface by dropping a stone into it, causing the liquid to swell and absorb the rock. He recoils in horror at the Forsaken, drawing his Shadar Logoth dagger when Nynaeve is attacked, but is stopped from reaching them by an invisible force and flees with the others.
Chapter 52 - There Is Neither Beginning Nor End
Mat
Mat arrives with the group, complaining that Moiraine stopped them from looking for Rand. He retrieves fragments of the Dark One's prison seal and examines the treasures, reacting with awe to the Horn of Valere and shock at the realization of the artifacts' power and the Dark One's weakness.
Chapter 53 - The Wheel Turns
Mat
Mat rides in single file with his bow ready, following Lan out of the Blight. He questions Moiraine about the 'mighty blow' they struck, but receives no answer. He remains in Fal Dara with the group, unaware of Rand's secret plans to flee.