Editing Winter's Heart (section)

==Plot summary==
Many of the events of ''Winter's Heart'' take place simultaneously with the events of the next book, ''[[Crossroads of Twilight]]''. [[Perrin Aybara]] and his followers pursue the Shaido [[Aiel]] who [[kidnap]]ped his wife, [[Faile Bashere]], while [[Elayne Trakand]] attempts to suppress rebellious nobles.

[[Mat Cauthon]] is trapped in the city of [[Ebou Dar]] in [[Altara]], under [[Seanchan]] occupation. His escape is disrupted by a Seanchan noblewoman named [[Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag|Tuon]], the heir to the Seanchan [[Crystal Throne]]; and Mat, having heard a prophecy of his own marriage to the [[Daughter of the Nine Moons]], referring to Tuon herself, kidnaps her during his and his men's escape from the city.

[[Rand al'Thor]] is appointed a [[Warder (The Wheel of Time)|Warder]] by [[Elayne Trakand]], [[Aviendha]], and [[Min Farshaw]]; and later kills most of the [[Asha'man]] traitors in [[Places in the Wheel of Time series#Far Madding|Far Madding]]. Lan also kills Toram Riatin in a duel. Caught by guards, Rand is imprisoned for a short time but is set free by [[Cadsuane]] and the other Aes Sedai. Rand and [[Nynaeve al'Meara]] Travel to [[Shadar Logoth]]. There, defended by [[Cadsuane Melaidhrin]]'s [[Aes Sedai]] and loyal [[Asha'man]] against the [[Forsaken (The Wheel of Time)|Forsaken]], Rand and Nynaeve use the Choedan Kal, two giant ''[[sa'angreal]]'', to cleanse ''[[saidin]]'' of the [[Dark One (The Wheel of Time)|Dark One]]'s influence. In the process, Shadar Logoth, the access key to the female Choedan Kal, and the female Choedan Kal itself are destroyed.