Mat tells talmanes that he is in command and takes vanin and a couple of bannermen into the town loc ch.
Mat and talmanes.
Talmanes contemplates being trapped in the.
He is short even shorter than daeridand is young just a few years older than mat tfoh ch.
Talmanes delovinde is a young cairhieninlord who is a lieutenant general in the band of the red hand kod ch.
Talmanes points out they may not have that time before mat calls on them.
Talmanes is wounded when a dozen aiel try to assassinate mat.
Talmanes first met mat cauthon during the battle to save the city of cairhien from the shaido aiel.
Dennel points out that that s only if mat and the others are still alive.
Egwene tells him that elayne and nynaeve are off to ebou dar and that if he wants to.
Mat leads talmanes daerid nalesean and the band of the red hand south along the river erinin.
Loc ch22 after mat meets with rand he issues orders to daerid nalesean and talmanes to prepare the band of the red hand to leave immediately for salidar.
After sending vanin back to tell talmanes to sit tight mat and the other four men take a loft to sleep in and mat has them fix their banners outside it where they are joined by vanin and olver.