Loial's journey on the map of the Westlands

Loial, an Ogier lodging at a Caemlyn inn. Every stop on Loial'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 Queen's Blessing: 26 places, with the chapters, the in-world dates and the key events along the way.

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Loial's company

Book 1: The Eye of the World

On the page in 13 of the book’s 54 chapters.

Book 2: The Great Hunt

On the page in 24 of the book’s 48 chapters.

Book 3: The Dragon Reborn

On the page in 17 of the book’s 55 chapters.

Loial's road · journey order

Book 1: The Eye of the World · 6 stops

  1. The Queen's Blessing

    Ch. 36–43Adar 20 – 23 · 998 NEInn, Caemlyn

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. The Eye of the World

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

  7. 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.

  8. Fal Dara

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

Book 2: The Great Hunt · 16 stops

  1. Fal Dara

    Ch. 9Leavetakings
    • The Hunt rides outCh. 9

      Ingtar's company rides out of Fal Dara after the Horn, and just past the walls the sniffer points them the way no one expected.

  2. Near Oak Water

    Ch. 10The Hunt Begins
    • The ferry on the ErininCh. 10

      The trail leads to an empty hamlet on the upper Erinin, with its ferry waiting on the wrong bank.

  3. Near Oak Water

    Ch. 10The Hunt Begins
    • The village of windmillsCh. 10

      South of the river the trail runs straight into a walled village of windmills where no one comes out to meet them.

  4. Portal Stone in the Hollow

    Ch. 11Glimmers of the PatternLandmark, The Westlands

  5. Near Oak Water

    Ch. 13From Stone to Stone
    • Waking by the StoneCh. 13

      Rand, Loial and Hurin wake beside the old stone in the hollow to find the camp gone and the land around it strangely changed.

  6. Near Harad Dakar

    Ch. 15Kinslayer
    • Ba'alzamon in the fogCh. 15

      On watch in the night, Rand sees a fog creep over the camp, and a figure he knows walks out of it.

  7. Near Stedding Yontiang

    Ch. 16In the Mirror of Darkness
    • The raven spireCh. 16

      A great spire rises directly in their path, carved for a victory no one at home would celebrate.

  8. A lady at the stream

    Ch. 16In the Mirror of Darkness
    • A lady at the streamCh. 16

      Screams draw Rand to a stream, where a lady in white is holding off a beast with a broken branch.

  9. Kinslayer's Dagger Portal Stone

    Ch. 17ChoicesLandmark, Cairhien
    • The Stone in the mountainsCh. 17

      With the grolm closing on every side, Selene leads them up to a Stone in the mountains, and everything rests on Rand.

  10. Near Tremonsien

    Ch. 19Beneath the Dagger
    • A raid on Fain's campCh. 19

      From their watch on the mountainside, Rand and Loial creep down by night toward a small hidden fire in the hills.

  11. Tremonsien

    Ch. 20SaidinTown, Cairhien

  12. The Defender of the Dragonwall

    Ch. 25CairhienInn, Cairhien

  13. The Bunch of Grapes

    Ch. 26DiscordInn, Cairhien

  14. The Illuminators' Chapter House

    Ch. 27The Shadow in the NightPlace, Cairhien

  15. The Defender of the Dragonwall

    Ch. 27–30Inn, Cairhien

  16. Near Cairhien

    Ch. 27The Shadow in the Night
    • Hunted through the ForegateCh. 27

      Heading back from Thom's inn at sunset, Rand and Loial are herded east toward the Illuminators' walled hill.

  17. The Great Tree

    Ch. 31On the ScentInn, Cairhien

  18. Barthanes's Manor

    Ch. 32–33Landmark, Cairhien
    • Lord Barthanes's partyCh. 32

      Invited to Barthanes's manor, Rand plays the lord among Cairhienin nobles while Mat and Hurin search below stairs.

    • A parting messageCh. 33

      After a narrow escape at the old Waygate behind the manor, Rand is held back at the door by Barthanes with a message for him.

  19. Cairhien Waygate

    Ch. 33A Message from the DarkWaygate, Cairhien

  20. The Great Tree

    Ch. 33A Message from the DarkInn, Cairhien

  21. Stedding Tsofu

    Ch. 35Stedding TsofuStedding, Cairhien
    • Aiel in the steddingCh. 35

      In Stedding Tsofu the party comes face to face with three Aiel Maidens, the people Rand keeps being told are his own.

  22. Stedding Tsofu Waygate

    Ch. 36Among the EldersWaygate, Cairhien
    • Opening the Tsofu WaygateCh. 36

      After the Elders hear them out, they lead the party to the Waygate outside the stedding, and what waits behind it closes that road.

  23. Stedding Tsofu Portal Stone

    Ch. 37What Might BeLandmark, Cairhien
    • The Portal Stone at TsofuCh. 37

      With the Ways shut to them, Rand must work a Portal Stone himself to carry everyone to Toman Head, and on the way they all live other lives.

  24. Toman Head Portal Stone

    Ch. 37What Might BeLandmark, Toman Head

  25. Atuan's Mill

    Ch. 41–49Town, Toman Head
    • 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.

  26. Near Falme

    Ch. 44Five Will Ride Forth
    • Five will ride forthCh. 44

      In the hilltop camp, with Fain's trail found at last, Verin's lines in the dirt settle who will go into Falme.

Book 3: The Dragon Reborn · 4 stops

  1. Near Stedding Jinsiun

    Ch. 1Waiting
    • The Dragon's winter campCh. 1

      Perrin guides a lone Tinker woman with news for Moiraine up through the snow to the hidden bowl where the party has spent the winter.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Jarra

    Ch. 7The Way Out of the MountainsVillage, Ghealdan

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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

Lands and waters on Loial's road

Book 1: The Eye of the World

Lands

Mountains and hills

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