The great battle with the hordes that appeared from behind the Aritic Ocean was crowned with the victory of Rand, who mined the Horn of Valir and called with his help the revived heroes of the past. The enemy fled. And people saw in the scattered heavens a battle between Ba'alzamon - the Dark One, or the Father of Lies, as he was popularly nicknamed - and Rand, who won this heavenly battle. The miracle shocked everyone. Rand was proclaimed a Dragon. This unprecedented event forces a new dangerous force into play - the head of the Children of Light, Lord Captain Commander Peydron Nyol, who, by hook or by crook, seeks to usurp power.