Hello everybody, welcome to my channel. Today I am going to recap and explain episode 5
from the wheel of time series. A the beginning all the Aies Sedai conduct the funeral of
their fallen Aies Sedai Kerene. Stepin placed her body on the ground and took her ring.
The bond between Aies Sedai and her warder is always strong and deep, hence he was devastated.
Everyone buried their fallen friends. Now this story moves one month forward. Moiraine,
Lan, Liandrin with Logain reached Tar Valon. The capital where lied the white tower. Moiraine
was here after a long gap of two years. since she was a spy she used to travel a lot.Rand
and Mat also arrived at Tar Valon. upon seeing the dragon Mount Rand said it seems familiar.
The dragon Mount was the place where the last dragon channeled enormous One Power and died.
If Rand can feel that as a similar place then can he be the real dragon. Here Mat's condition
was getting worse, he was visibly sick. These two enter the city, it was beautiful. lots
of folks from different backgrounds, ethnicity, community, different animals, semi humans
were there. These two guys rent a room to rest and clean themselves before reaching
out to Aies Sedais. Mat was deeply concerned about what happened at that farmhouse. He
thought he killed those people. But Rand assured him that it was not his fault, it was fade.
Here I am not sure it's the truth or Rand just saying it like that to make Mat guilty
free. In any way, Mat now knew that he is not ok. Moiraine and Lan placed Nynaeve in
the warder's quarters. Nynaeve was desperate to find her friends but Moiraine asked her
to stay put. Politics in the white tower was nasty and deep. Each Ase Sedai had her pride,
ambition, and agenda. Everyone will be eager to induct such a powerful one into their group.
A new novice must find her inner strength and then decide what group fits her. Else
the consequences will be deadly in long run. Moiraine told Nynaeve that she had a network
around the city, when her friends arrive here she will know. She will tell her.Perrin and
Egwene were traveling with the tinkers. They were near the white tower. Suddenly Valda
and his gang of white cloaks stopped them. They were searching for Egwene and Perrin.
All of the tinkers made a human chain to stop them, as they were non-violent people. white
cloaks beat the hell out of them and started searching. Perrin and Egwene started running
from there but they were caught quickly. Back at the lodge, Rand was searching a few books
in a library when he met a half joint half-human man called Ogier. Ogier are a race of non-human
creatures who have an intense love of knowledge and peace. Rand gave him his introduction
and said he is from two rivers. Ogier called Rand an Aielman as Rand had slightly reddish
hair. Aielmans were the same tribe that Thom described in episode three. They were the
fighters. If you recall in episode one Rand's father Tan had a nice sword belonging to a
knight or a warrior. I guess he had kept some dark truths hidden from Rand about him being
an Aielman. Here Rand insisted to Ogier that he is not an Aielman.As these were talking
Aies Sedai's brought Logain to the city. They were taking him in a public procession where
ordinary citizens were booing him, throwing eggs, tomatoes at him. Rand and Mat saw all
this. As the procession passed in front of Mat, Logain saw Mat. He started laughing weirdly.
Implying he sensed something dark in him. Mat was spooked by all this, he asked Rand
to make sure nothing like this ever happens to him if it turns out he can channel the
one power. Rand promised him and asked him to do the same if it turned otherwise.At the
white tower, Stepin wore the white cloak for a funeral. He remembered his good time with
Kerene, how she chose him as her warder. Later he placed her ring in the fire and said goodbye.
But the bond between him and her was still there, it was causing him emotional pain.
It was getting too much for him.Egwene was at the camp white cloaks. They stripped her,
cleaned her, and tied her to a chair. later they brought Perrin whose hands were also
tried. Egwene told Valda that she's not a Aies Sedai. she can't channel. Child Valda
believed as Aies Sedai's can't lie. But he was not convinced. He knew that Egwene can
touch the one power. Meaning, in the future she could channel and become a Aies Sedai.
Hence he asked her to channel the one power. when she refused he made wounds on Perrin's
back. Perrin screamed at large and here we saw his eye color turning yellow. He started
bleeding. Valda told Egwene that if she can't channel then the boy will die and she will
walk away. If she channels then she will die and the boy will walk away. Either way one
of them was going to die tonight.At the white tower, Stepin took some medicine from Nynaeve.
It was for relaxing and sleep. Nynaeve helped him all she could but the pain was deeply
emotional. Stepin needed to fight back with his willpower. Later Nynaeve walked around.
In the corridors were the statues of great warders who served the previous Aies Sedais.
Here we see Liandrin, she was interested in grabbing Nynaeve to her red group. The reds
had no warders. Their philosophy was that they don't need men to protect them. women
are capable of protecting themselves. even though the woman can only channel the one
power but in the context of greater society women still had not got their equality. It
was mostly a male dominant society. Only a few here and their achieved success. Nynaeve
here sensed the presence of Mat and Rand as she heard their voices. She could hear voices
from a far distance that's how she found Moraine and Lan near shader logoth. She arrived at
the lodge where Rand and Mat were staying. Ogier brought her here as he had access to
the white tower. Rand was very happy and relieved seeing Nynaeve, he and Egwene both thought
she had died. Nynaeve checked on Mat, he desperately asked her to help him. But suddenly and violently
he shouted at her as well. Meaning he was losing his mind. Later Rand told her their
whole journey. She assured him that Egwene is alive as she was sensing her. She told
him a story when she was a child, how she fought a life-threatening fever. Nynaeve was
certain that she won't break, she will make her way here.At white cloaks camp, Egwene
was trying desperately to channel her one power while Perrin was bleeding. He asked
her to stop, he thought he deserved this. He explained his accidental attack on Laila
and started crying. Egwene consoled him and she continued her effort. Later Valda came
and made another cut on Perrin to trigger raw emotions in Egwene. This time also we
see Perrin scream and his eyes turned yellow. Egwene in her desperation took a deep breath
and drifted away as she did in water in episode one. She finally channeled a minute amount
of one power. Her flame was yellow. Valda laughed at her but as he started to move towards
her, she burned Perrin's restrains. she freed him. Suddenly Perrin was in a rage, his eyes
were yellow, he was growling like a mad wolf. He was a wolf brother. It's an ancient power
like The One Power, only a few were born with it. A wolf brother can talk to Wolf's, command
them, he can also travel to the dream world. That's why Wolfs were following him and guiding
him. Valda was visibly scared seeing this. Suddenly his camp got attacked by the wolf.
They started killing them all. Egwene escaped from her chair as well and she attacked Valda
on his back. She and Perrin ran from there. They landed in front of a wolf who was barking.
Perrin sensed no danger from it as it quickly ran from there. Egwene and Perrin both were
confused. In the tower, Moiraine told Liandrin that Nynaeve is not suitable for the red group.
Yellow sisters will jump from their seats to have such a powerful Aies Sedai. Allanna
told Moiraine that Amyrlin will be returning soon and she will decide on the debacle of
Logain. Lan and Stepin were having a drink, Lan told him to search for new Aies Sedai
but Stepin was not interested. It seemed he had it. The next morning we see Lan waking
up, he was drugged. Stepin gave him the drink mixed with relaxing medicine that Nynaeve
gave him. One of the swords was also missing. Lan ran quickly in panic but it was late.
Stepin committed suicide by going full kamikaze. Later all warders conduct his funeral. Lan
was visibly in pain. He just lost his best friend. Episode five ends here. With this,
the episode ends. It is clear from this episode that Perrin is no dragon reborn. Egwene and
Nynaeve can channel the One Power but they are most probably Aies Sedais. That leaves
Mat and Rand. Mat was possessed by dark power and the dragon is the enemy of the dark one.
hence he can't be the dragon. that leaves Rand. He could be the real deal. We will know
for sure in the next episode.Please subscribe to my channel. Thanks for watching. Take care.