Lan's journey on the map of the Westlands

Lan, the swordsman who rides with Moiraine. Every stop on Lan's road through The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt and The Dragon Reborn, in the order the story gets there, starting at The Winespring Inn: 18 places, with the chapters, the in-world dates and the key events along the way.

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Lan's company

Book 1: The Eye of the World

On the page in 31 of the book’s 54 chapters.

Book 2: The Great Hunt

On the page in 8 of the book’s 48 chapters.

Book 3: The Dragon Reborn

On the page in 15 of the book’s 55 chapters.

Lan's road · journey order

Book 1: The Eye of the World · 11 stops

  1. The Winespring Inn

    Ch. 2–10Aine 8 – 9 · 998 NEInn, Emond's Field

  2. Emond's Field

    Ch. 7Out of the WoodsAine 9 · 998 NE

  3. Taren Ferry

    Ch. 11–13Aine 9 – 15 · 998 NEVillage, The Two Rivers

  4. Watch Hill

    Ch. 11The Road to Taren FerryAine 9 · 998 NE
    • Wings over Watch HillCh. 11

      A winged creature of the Shadow dives at them as they ride north past Watch Hill.

  5. The Stag and Lion

    Ch. 13–17Aine 10 – 17 · 998 NEInn, Baerlon
    • Nynaeve catches upCh. 16

      Nynaeve, who followed them from the Two Rivers, joins the party, wary of Moiraine.

    • The Stag and Lion burnsCh. 17

      They slip out of Baerlon by night past the Whitecloaks, and the inn that sheltered them burns behind them.

  6. Shadar Logoth

    Ch. 18–22Aine 19 – 20 · 998 NERuin, Andor

  7. The Wayfarers' Rest

    Ch. 28Footprints in AirAdar 5 · 998 NEInn, Whitebridge

  8. Near Grinwell Farm

    Ch. 37–38Adar 20 · 998 NE

  9. Near Grinwell Farm

    Ch. 38RescueAdar 20 · 998 NE
    • Yellow eyesCh. 38

      Safe in camp, Nynaeve notices that Perrin's eyes have turned yellow.

  10. The Queen's Blessing

    Ch. 41–43Adar 23 · 998 NEInn, Caemlyn
    • Reunion at The Queen's BlessingCh. 41

      Moiraine, Lan, Nynaeve, Perrin and Egwene reach the inn, and the friends are together again.

    • The dagger's hold on MatCh. 42

      Moiraine finds the dagger's taint eating at Mat and holds it back, though only Tar Valon can free him of it.

    • Choosing to go to the EyeCh. 43

      With warnings about the Eye of the World coming from every side, Moiraine asks each of them to go there with her.

  11. Caemlyn Waygate

    Ch. 44–45Adar 24 – 25 · 998 NEWaygate, Caemlyn
    • Into the WaysCh. 44–45

      To get ahead of the Shadow, they enter the Ways through a Waygate hidden beneath Caemlyn.

  12. Fal Dara Waygate

    Ch. 45What Follows in ShadowAdar 24–25 · 998 NEWaygate, Shienar
    • The Black WindCh. 45

      Something in the dark of the Ways hunts them all the way to a Waygate near Fal Dara.

  13. Fal Dara

    Ch. 46–47Adar 25 · 998 NEFortress, Shienar
    • A madman on the wallCh. 46

      In Fal Dara, crowded with refugees, a ragged man caught climbing the wall turns out to be someone the boys know.

    • What the peddler toldCh. 47

      Moiraine learns from Padan Fain how long he has served the Dark One, and what he did in the Two Rivers.

  14. Seven Towers

    Ch. 48The BlightAdar 26 · 998 NE
    • In sight of the Seven TowersCh. 48

      Camped in the Blight within sight of the ruined towers of Malkier, Lan's lost kingdom, Nynaeve and Lan speak of what lies between them.

  15. The Eye of the World

    Ch. 49–53Adar 27 · 998 NE – Adar 28 – Saven 8 · 998 NESanctuary, Malkier

  16. Near Seven Towers

    Ch. 49The Dark One StirsAdar 27 · 998 NE
    • Into the BlightCh. 49

      On the last day's ride toward the Eye, the Blight itself fights them.

  17. Fal Dara

    Ch. 53The Wheel TurnsAdar 28 – Saven 8 · 998 NEFortress, Shienar

Book 2: The Great Hunt · 2 stops

  1. Fal Dara

    Ch. 1The Flame of Tar Valon
    • The Amyrlin comes to Fal DaraCh. 1

      From a tower top, Rand and Lan watch a column under the Flame of Tar Valon wind out of the forest toward the town.

  2. Fal Dara

    Ch. 8The Dragon RebornFortress, Shienar

  3. Tifan's Well

    Ch. 22WatchersVillage, Arafel
    • Night at Tifan's WellCh. 22

      Hidden with two retired sisters in a quiet Arafel village, Moiraine searches their books for answers until something finds her in the garden.

  4. Near Atuan's Mill

    Ch. 49What Was Meant to Be
    • Waking under the leatherleafCh. 49

      Rand wakes five days east of Falme to find Moiraine at his side again, holding a street artist's picture of what the town saw.

Book 3: The Dragon Reborn · 5 stops

  1. Near Stedding Jinsiun

    Ch. 5Nightmares Walking
    • Trollocs in the hidden campCh. 5

      Perrin bolts from his hut in the night to find Trollocs pouring into the bowl, and runs barefoot across it toward the Tinker woman.

  2. Near Stedding Jinsiun

    Ch. 6The Hunt Begins
    • Rand slips awayCh. 6

      Lan wakes Perrin at dawn with word that Rand is gone, and in her crowded hut Moiraine wants to know what Perrin has been dreaming.

  3. Jarra

    Ch. 7The Way Out of the MountainsVillage, Ghealdan

  4. Near Stedding Jinsiun

    Ch. 7The Way Out of the Mountains
    • Tickling trout on the way downCh. 7

      Three days down the mountains on Lan's trail, Moiraine stretches out beside Perrin and Loial at a stream to learn how they catch trout by hand.

  5. Remen

    Ch. 33Within the WeaveVillage, Altara
    • The gibbet in Remen's squareCh. 33

      Riding down into Remen at sundown, the party passes a gibbet in the square and finds the inn crowded with townsfolk in their best, waiting to hear how its prisoner was taken.

  6. Near Willar

    Ch. 33Within the Weave
    • Towns in Rand's wakeCh. 33

      Riding hard on Rand's trail from Jarra, the party comes through town after town where something out of the ordinary has happened since he went through.

  7. Illian

    Ch. 41–44Capital, Illian
    • Moiraine's termsCh. 41

      On Illian's docks, Moiraine tells the young Hunter who jumped aboard at Remen that she will go no further with them.

    • Supper at Easing the BadgerCh. 42

      Moiraine's old informant at Easing the Badger has odd news of Illian's newest lord, and over supper Perrin catches a smell he last met at Jarra and Remen.

    • Tracks in the stoneCh. 43

      Searching the stormy street after the fight, Lan follows a trail up to the inn's door, and that night Perrin goes into the wolf dream looking for answers from Hopper.

    • A stone face on the moundCh. 44

      Riding north out of Illian by night with howls rising far behind them, Moiraine picks a bare mound crowned by a weathered stone face for their stand.

  8. The Star

    Ch. 50–55Inn, Tear
    • A surprise at the StarCh. 53–55

      Back from the forge at dusk, Perrin and Faile meet Moiraine and Lan at the Star's door, and Faile runs upstairs ahead of them to fetch Loial.

  9. Tear

    Ch. 50The Hammer
    • Back at the anvilCh. 50

      Ferried into Tear and lodged at the Star, Perrin follows a hammer's ring to the smithy next door, and after dark hears Moiraine name who waits in the Stone.

  10. The Stone of Tear

    Ch. 55What Is Written in ProphecyFortress, Tear

In-world dates follow Steven Cooper's Wheel of Time chronology, reconstructed from clues in the books.

Lands and waters on Lan's road

Book 1: The Eye of the World

Lands

Rivers and seas

Mountains and hills

Forests and marshes

Book 2: The Great Hunt

Lands

Rivers and seas

Mountains and hills

Book 3: The Dragon Reborn

Lands

Rivers and seas

Mountains and hills

Forests and marshes