The Wise Ones task Aviendha with teaching Rand the Aiel customs as they travel to Cold Rocks Hold. They are met en route by darkfriends and Forsaken disguised as merchants. After arrivial at "Al'cair Dal", both Rand al'Thor and Couladin of the Shaido Aiel claim to be the messiah 'He Who Comes With the Dawn'. To validate his claim, Rand reveals the secret history of the Aiel during the Age of Legends, but this incites an uproar among the Aiel. Rand prevents a riot by wielding The One Power and summons a rainstorm to the Aiel Waste. The Forsaken Asmodean uses the momentary in-fighting amongst the Aiel as cover to seek out the "ter'angreal" access keys to the Choedan Kal (the most powerful "sa'angreal" ever created).