Prologue: Lightnings -- High Chasaline -- The butcher's yard -- Hill of the Golden Dawn -- Into Caithien -- A broken crown -- Old fear, and new fear -- Pitfalls and tripwires -- The figurehead -- A pair of silverpike -- Unseen eyes -- An oath -- A morning of victory -- The bowl of the winds -- White plumes -- Insects -- A touch on the cheek -- The triumph of logic -- As the plow breaks the earth -- Diamonds and stars -- Patterns within patterns -- Swovan night -- Small sacrifices -- Next door to a weaver -- The kin -- Mindtrap -- The irrevocable words -- To be alone -- Bread and cheese -- The festival of birds -- The first cup -- Mashiara -- Sealed to the flame -- A bath -- Ta'veren -- Into the woods -- Blades -- A note from the palace -- Six stories -- Promises to keep -- Spears -- A crown of swords -- Glossary.