Thom Merrilin's journey on the map of the Westlands
Thom Merrilin, a gleeman come to Emond's Field for Bel Tine. Every stop on Thom Merrilin'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: 17 places, with the chapters, the in-world dates and the key events along the way.
Follow the road on the interactive map of the Westlands, with only Thom Merrilin's route drawn, or open any place to see who else passed through.
Spoiler-free by design: anything past where you are reading stays hidden until you reveal it.
Thom Merrilin's company
Book 1: The Eye of the World
On the page in 16 of the book’s 54 chapters.
- Egwene al'VereTogether from The Winespring Inn · Ch. 3Parted at Shadar Logoth · Ch. 21
- LanTogether from The Winespring Inn · Ch. 3Parted at Shadar Logoth · Ch. 19
- Mat CauthonTogether from The Winespring Inn · Ch. 3Parted at The Wayfarers' Rest · Ch. 27
- MoiraineTogether from The Winespring Inn · Ch. 3Parted at Shadar Logoth · Ch. 19
- Nynaeve al'MearaTogether from The Winespring Inn · Ch. 3Parted at The Winespring Inn · Ch. 4Together again in The Stag and Lion · Ch. 16Parted at Shadar Logoth · Ch. 19
- Perrin AybaraTogether from The Winespring Inn · Ch. 3Parted at Shadar Logoth · Ch. 21
- Rand al'ThorTogether from The Winespring Inn · Ch. 7Parted at The Wayfarers' Rest · Ch. 27
Book 2: The Great Hunt
On the page in 4 of the book’s 48 chapters.
- LoialTogether from Barthanes's Manor · Ch. 32Parted at Barthanes's Manor · Ch. 33
- Mat CauthonTogether again in Barthanes's Manor · Ch. 32Parted at Barthanes's Manor · Ch. 33
- Rand al'ThorTogether again in Barthanes's Manor · Ch. 32Parted at Barthanes's Manor · Ch. 33
Book 3: The Dragon Reborn
On the page in 8 of the book’s 55 chapters.
Thom Merrilin's road · journey order
Book 1: The Eye of the World · 5 stops
The Winespring Inn
Ch. 3–10Aine 8 – 9 · 998 NEInn, Emond's FieldA gleeman, Thom Merrilin, has come to perform for the spring festival.
Rand, Mat and Perrin slip away by night with Moiraine and Lan, and Egwene and the gleeman come too.
Emond's Field
Ch. 7Out of the WoodsAine 9 · 998 NERand reaches Emond's Field to find it was attacked the same night, and turns to Moiraine for help.
Taren Ferry
Ch. 11–12Aine 9 · 998 NEVillage, The Two Rivers- Across the TarenCh. 12
The party crosses the Taren by ferry in the fog, leaving the Two Rivers behind.
- Egwene's first sparkCh. 12
In a hidden shelter on the far bank, Moiraine tells Egwene she can learn to channel.
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.
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.
Shadar Logoth
Ch. 18–24Aine 19 – 23 · 998 NERuin, AndorHunted along the Caemlyn Road, Moiraine turns the Trollocs back with the land itself.
- Shadar LogothCh. 18–22
The party shelters in the dead city of Shadar Logoth, a place even Trollocs fear to enter.
- Downriver on a trading boatCh. 20–24
Rand, Mat and Thom escape aboard a river trader, the Spray, bound downriver.
Tower of Ghenjei
Ch. 24Flight Down the ArinelleAine 22–23 · 998 NEFrom the Spray they pass a seamless tower of metal standing back from the bank that no one can explain.
Mat's ruby dagger
Ch. 24Flight Down the ArinelleAine 22–23 · 998 NE- Mat's ruby daggerCh. 24
Mat shows Rand a jewelled dagger he took from Shadar Logoth, and swears him to secrecy.
Whitebridge
Ch. 26WhitebridgeAdar 4 · 998 NEA Fade finds them in Whitebridge, and Thom turns to face it so that Rand and Mat can run.
Book 2: The Great Hunt · 5 stops
Caemlyn
Ch. 25CairhienCapital, AndorThe Bunch of Grapes
Ch. 25–26Inn, CairhienExploring the Foregate's crowded halls, Rand follows a voice he never expected to hear again.
Alone with Thom at the Bunch of Grapes, Rand asks what the Prophecies of the Dragon really say.
Barthanes's Manor
Ch. 32Dangerous WordsLandmark, Cairhien- WithLoial, Mat Cauthon, Rand al'Thor
- Lord Barthanes's partyCh. 32
Invited to Barthanes's manor, Rand plays the lord among Cairhienin nobles while Mat and Hurin search below stairs.
The Great Tree
Ch. 34The Wheel WeavesInn, CairhienThe Bunch of Grapes
Ch. 34The Wheel WeavesInn, Cairhien- Thom comes home at dawnCh. 34
Kept late at the manor, Thom walks back to the Bunch of Grapes in the first light and finds it far too quiet.
Book 3: The Dragon Reborn · 7 stops
Tar Valon
Ch. 31The Woman of TanchicoCity, The WestlandsStopping at an inn to catch his breath after a long night, Mat finds that the harper holding the common room from a tabletop is an old friend, in a mood he has never seen him in.
Near Dorlan
Ch. 32The First ShipA few hours below Tar Valon, Mat lies awake beside the snoring Thom, still uneasy about the men who followed him in Southharbor, when soft steps come down the passage outside.
Aringill
Ch. 40A Hero in the NightTown, Andor- WithMat Cauthon
- Trouble in the stableCh. 40
Bedded down in an Aringill inn's hayloft, Mat watches a woman drag a cart into the stable out of the rain, and four men follow her in.
Near Farrier's Green
Ch. 44Hunted- Visitors at the campfireCh. 44
Camped in a copse a night's ride short of Caemlyn, Mat has just cut open one of Aludra's fireworks when a finely dressed lady and three men ride into the firelight.
Caemlyn
Ch. 45Caemlyn- A letter for the QueenCh. 45
Riding into Caemlyn at sunrise, Mat sends Thom on to the Queen's Blessing and takes Elayne's letter straight up to the Palace gates.
The Golden Cup
Ch. 49A Storm in TearInn, Tear- WithMat Cauthon
- Dice at the Golden CupCh. 49
Searching Tear's inns through a stormy night, Mat follows a whim into the Golden Cup and sits down to the dice.
Tear
Ch. 52In Search of a RemedyCapital, Tear- WithMat Cauthon
- A Wise Woman for ThomCh. 52
With Thom's cough worse by the day, Mat half carries him through the Maule's mud to a Wise Woman's house he walked past on his first night in Tear.
In-world dates follow Steven Cooper's Wheel of Time chronology, reconstructed from clues in the books.
Lands and waters on Thom Merrilin's road
Book 1: The Eye of the World
Lands
- AndorStopped in · EotW Ch. 3 – TGH Ch. 25
- The Two RiversStopped in · Ch. 3–12
Rivers and seas
- TarendrelleFollowed · Ch. 12
- ArinelleTravelled on · EotW Ch. 18 – TGH Ch. 25
Mountains and hills
- Hills of AbsherCrossed · Ch. 18
Forests and marshes
- The WestwoodPassed through · Ch. 11
Book 2: The Great Hunt
Lands
- CairhienStopped in · TGH Ch. 25 – TDR Ch. 31
Rivers and seas
- AlguenyaTravelled on · Ch. 25, TGH Ch. 34 – TDR Ch. 31
Forests and marshes
- Braem WoodPassed through · Ch. 25