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This contains the entries submitted for the "Plot Fires of Heaven Contest"
held on rec.arts.sf.written a bit *before* TFoH was released.  At the Third
Darkfriend Social, we decided it might be nice to repost these for the newer
people who weren't around for the contest.  It's good for a few laughs in
hindsight for us 'older' folks, too.  Plus, it records the origin of the MPS
in Sir MPS.  Special thanks to Erica Sadun for coordinating the contest,


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The categories:
             * Most Plausible
             * Most Novel
             * Most Humorous
             * Best >Overt< References to Lanfear


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|//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//|    [Lars H. Tombre]
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The definite storyline to 'The Fires of Heaven':

1) Rand will use the Aiel to get rid of his problems in Cairhien.

2) The fake 'He who comes with the dawn' will try his best to piss
   Rand off. He will have support by the majority of Aiel.

3) Rhuarc will lay down his spear and join the Tinkers.

4) Loial will reach the conclusion : Enough is enough ! and run home
   to his mother who immediately has him married off.

5) Logain will be the centre of a sinister plot by Siuan Sanche to regain
   position as head of the tower.

6) Perrin will spend his time fruitlessly hunting Slayer.

7) Mat is kidnapped one night while out gambling, and taken by the
   Seanchan over the Endless(!) Seas.

8) Elayne spends ger time fawning over Rand.

9) Egwene spends most of the book lost in tel'arinrhod (sp?). She only gets
   out after promising Birgitte to join the undead champions.

10)Min runs away from Siuan and helps Gawyn search for the ex-seat. Gawyn
   is on a search-and-destroy mission sent by Elaida.

11)Lanfear sees the wrong of her ways and decides to try seducing Gaul
   instead of Rand.

12)Nynaeve spends her time muttering 'Burn that woman' (Else see 8, switch
   with Lan)

13)Lan is stoically brave as always, and won't let personal gratification
   come in the way of duty.

14)Bayle Domon will once again mysteriously enter the scene of action. This
   time he is the captain of a vessel hijacked by the Seanchan. (The vessel
   incidentally takes Mat to the New World.

15)Moiraine is her own mysterious self. She decides to forgo Rand for awhile
   to help Siuan in her quest.
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|//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//|    [Geoff Wiseman]
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Rand chases down Couladin, faces his down, and gets that bit resolved, then
brings the Aiel to war against the lands west of the Three-fold land.  At
the end of the book, he's married Elayne, and is on the throne of Camelyn.
 He also defeats Sammael, having learned from Asmodean.  More sexual
tension with Lanfear, but no coital activies (sorry, Roy).

Perrin goes awandering again, with Faile & Aram, and ends up finding the song.

Siuan Sanche and Leane catch up with Elayne/Nyneave/Seanchan and track the
BA a little more.  The escaped false dragon ends up with the BA (Taim?  Is
that who it was?).  The BA continue to elude them.

Elayne learns more about the dreamworld, and she and Perrin track down
"Slayer" somewhat, but don't catch him.  (Isam is going to have to have
a showdown with Lan).

Mat gets capture in the hopes of getting Rand to follow along, and is taken
to the courts of the nine moons.

Who am I forgetting?  Lan meets up with Isam, Moiraine clashes with
Eleida, and  uh ... that's pretty much it.

Now, 'bout the "fires of heaven".  My best guess is that Rand (with the
one massive sa'angreal) and Lanfear (with the other) have a little tiff.
*grin*

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|//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//|    [Emma Pease]
|\// Submission 3   \//|
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Tam and Abell (Mat's father, I think I got the name right) are told
what their sons have been up to.  Haven't decided who will do the
telling.  Obvious candidates are Perrin, Faile, Loial, and Verin.
Nasty one would be one of the forsaken or another of the DO's
creatures who would put a particularly bad slant on it.
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|//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//|    [Arthur Bernard Byrne]
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    Prediction: (obvious) the Seachan will get their hands on the
sa'adam by capturing the ship before it goes overboard. (The deep spot
it's to be thrown into is off of some islands, which the begining of the
4th book shows to be under Seachan control.)
    Prediction: The invasion of Cairhein will be completed by the end
of book 5 or 6, and Rand al'Thor will seat Moiraine Damodred on the throne,
whether she wants to be there or not. (Begining book 4, he says he has a
candidate in mind.)
    Prediction: Faile is second in line for the throne of Saladea. (known)
Her aunt, the Queen, is an Aes Sedai of the White Ajah, and her Father
the Queen's warder. Both will be killed by the book's end, leaving Perrin
Goldeneyes lord of Manetheren, ruling from the Blight in the north to
the Manetherendrelle on the south. (Side guess: the manetheren crown jewels will
be found behind the falls of Eldrene's veil.)
    Prediction: Gra'endal (sp?) is either suldam in the Court of the
Nine Moons, or the suldam raised to the blood. Matrim, when he encounters
her in book 6, will be protected by the amulet from the Aelfar, and will
leash her.
    Prediction (Wild): One of the Hundred companions will return, having
spent the last three thousand years sheilding himself behind the Mirrors
of the wheel from its grinding, if not the dark one's taint.
    Prediction: Elaine will be threatened by one of the Forsaken, and
Thom Merrilin, having overheard one too many lectures on the One Source,
will discover his own trainable ability to channel, aiding Elaine in the
capture of the Forsaken.
    Prediction: At least half of these predictions will be wrong. :)

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|//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//|    [Michael "Sir MPS" Macchione]
|\// Submission 5   \//|    [Winner: First Place, Best Lanfear References]
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The Fires of Heaven

Plotline:

Rand begins to get bored with his studying and repeatedly gets annoyed
with Asmodean.  Lanfear appears tries to convince Rand to continue to
study with him.  Rand repeatedly refuses.  Lanfear seduces him. They have
mad passionate sex.  Rand changes his mind.


After having been hung, Mat finds that his luck is changing for the worse.
He eventually finds himself captured by the Seanchan.  After getting
himself in even worse trouble with the Seanchan, he is forced to marry the
Daughter of the Nine Moons.  After getting one look at her, Mat attempts
to blind himself so that he won't have to look at that hideous face.  He
is stopped after only blinding one eye.  On the night before the wedding
Lanfear approaches Mat, and since she pities him, they have mad passionate
sex.  Mat's luck turns back around.

Perrin and Faile have marital difficulties. She keeps wanting to go out
and get into the thick of it all; He wants her safe and sound.  After an
intense argument, his animal nature breaks through and he, having lost
control, runs off into the woods.  Lanfear finds him and coaxes him back
to humanity.  At which point, other parts of his animal nature come
through.  They have mad passionate sex.  Perrin learns to control his
wolven nature.

After spending so much time with the other 12 members of the Black Ajah,
Liandrin comes to the realization that she, like all members of the Red
Ajah, is a lesbian.  At one point, Lanfear visits her, to give her some
new orders.  Liandrin attempts to seduce Lanfear.  They _don't_ have mad
passionate sex.  Liandrin is toast.

While experimenting with traveling, Rand inadvertently travels back in
time to the First Age.  He encounters a young man, and accidently brings
him back to the Third Age.  Lanfear attempts to console the poor misplaced
man.  They have mad passionate sex.  Roy finally gets to know if Lanfear
is good in bed.


All of the major females in the story get upset that Lanfear has made out
eith their men and try to cut her down.  Galad, now Whitecloak
captain, notices this woman being attacked by so many women who can channel
and comes to her rescue.  He spirits her away from the clash.  They
have mad passionate sex. During the orgasmic experience, Lanfear
discovers that he can channel.  She coaches him for a while (having seen
Asmodean teach Rand), but soon the revolt finds them.  They use the
Kick-ass sa-angreals and cause fires to rain down from the heavens
destroying all of the pesky females.  Galad fears that he may have broken
a rule someplace and goes into hiding.

Logain makes his way to Tear, in an effort to grab Callandor.  Lanfear
stops him, telling him it would destroy him.  He insists that he must grab
the sword.  She stops him the only way she knows how.  They have extremely
mad and passionate sex.  And as he plunges his "sword which isn't a sword"
into her, the two share an experience unlike any before.  The experience
ungentles Logain and in a combined uncontrolled outburst of the One Power
from the two lovers a seal is broken and Ishmael is once again killed.
Logain comes into his glory as the only man in Randland that can satisfy
Lanfear.


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|//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//|    [Judith Ellen Ghirardelli]
|\// Submission 6   \//|    [Winner: First Place, Most Plausbile]
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Here is my plot line for The Fires of Heaven :

In the Waste : Asmodean teaches Rand to shield his dreams, to
channel, to travel.  He learns Couladin has taken an army of
Aiel and is marching on Cairhein.  Rand realizes that his army
from Tear is in Cairhein, so he and his Aiel army set off for
there also.  Egwene, Moiraine, Mat and Lan go with him.

In Saldaea:  Fear runs rampant.  Trollocs are everywhere, the
Blight creeps closer.  Queen Tenobia is viciously murdered; no
one saw anyone enter her chambers, but that doesn't make her
any less dead.  Runners are sent out searching for the heir-
apparent, who ran off some 8 months ago.  Reward is offered
for any info of where Zarine Bashere might be found...

Near Saldaea:  A faction of BA have helped Mazrim Taim to escape.
His joy at being free is short-lived;  he soon discovers he is a
pet of the BA, and is forced to do nefarious things under the
name of Rand Al'Thor.  Rumors of Rand Al'Thor's "madness" and
cruelty travel like the wind...

In the Tower:  Elaida's joy at being Amyrlin at last is also short-
lived.  She learns she is under the control of the BA (Alviarin and
Danelle) and that Siuan Sanche and Leanne did truly walk in the
Light.  She is told they never could have pulled off the coup
without Elaida's help, and when the BA finally get their hands
on the 3 Accepted Brats, they will all be turned to the Shadow.
Then Elaida is stilled...

In Caemlyn:  The armies of Andor are preparing to march to Cairhein
under Lord Gaebril's orders.  Morgase hears of the coup in the
Tower, and is worried about Elayne, Galad and Gawyn.  She confronts
Gaebril.  She orders that the troops stay at home and a small
contingent escort her to Tar Valon.  Gaebril/Rahvin decides he is
tired of playing with this particular queen.  He says no, they
march on Cairhein.  Morgase -"Just who do you think you are??!!".
He responds "It's about time I told you.  I am Rahvin, you
stupid bitch!  *I* am in control here.  We march on Cairhein."
Morgase is horrified.  She sends a note via Tallvanor to Gareth
Bryne.  He reads it, and then is almost killed by a grey man.
He flees Caemlyn, vowing to return to save his Queen...

Meanwhile, back at home:  Tam, Abel, the Luhhans, and the Al'Vere's
sit Perrin and Faile down and ask them to tell them what is going
on.  What are they involved in?  Where are Mat, Rand , Egwene
and Ny, really?  Why have Perrin's eyes changed color, etc.
Perrin and Faile are forced to tell them the truth ("Perrin,
they deserve to know".)  Tam seems to be not too surprised.
He *has* been out in the world, and knows the Prophecies after
all.  A peddler comes to town and announces the news out of Tar
Valon, Tear and Saldaea - the Tower has fallen, the Tairen army
marches on Cairhein, and good Queen Tenobia of Saldaea is dead,
the Light protect her soul. According to the peddler, they are now
looking for Zarine Bashere, who will be Queen.  And the Dragon
Reborn is outside Saldaea.  He is called Rand AL'Thor, and has
gone mad and started breaking the world, first with Saldaea. Perrin
and Faile are stunned and overwhelmed.  They decide to go to
Saldaea to put Faile on the throne and for Perrin to try to
reason with "Rand". ("how did he get from Tear to Saldaea??"
"Well, he *is* the Bloody Dragon Reborn!!"). Now, when Perrin,
Faile, Tam, Alanna and some others are about to leave, no sign can
be found of Verin. Her warder is found dead...

Meanwhile in tanchico:  the Seanchan attack, taking the city.
Elayne is captured and leashed.  Ny fights her way free (with
the Dream Ring).  Ny tells Egwene about it through the DreamWorld.
Offshore Egeanin and Bayle Domon are captured, before dumping the
sad bracelets into the Mariana trench.  Suroth knows what to do
with those bracelets...

Rand, while marching to Cairhein, learns from Egwene about the
attack and Elayne's capture.  He and Mat travel or portal stone to
Tanchico.  To cover up his Aiel looks, Rand disguises himself as a
blind beggar.  Mat is captured.  Mat and Elayne are shipped off
to Seanchan.  There the daughter of the Nine Moons takes a liking
to Mat, and inspects him.  She finds the Raven and the Tower symbols
on him.  To save him, she marries him.  It all happened too fast
for him to follow...

Gareth Bryne meets up with SS, Leanne, Logain, Min and others
(including Sheriam and Anaiya).  They sneak into Caemlyn to
find that Rahvin has killed Morgase.  Bryne kills Rahvin, whom
they surprised.  Padan Fain, although present, is not noticed,
and he slips away...  Now the armies of Andor have started
marching, and there is no one to stop them.  Where is that
fool girl Elayne???

Gawyn hears there is turmoil in Andor and leaves the Tower.

The Seanchan armies take all of the west coast, almost to Saldaea,
and Mazrim Taim, who they think is Rand and the Dragon, is sad
braceleted.  Faile and Perrin, now in Saldaea, stop the advancing
hoard.  They think Rand has been captured.

The Seanchan army now turns west, to attack the Tower, and salt the
ground it stands on...

Rand, who snuck onto the ship carrying Mat and Elayne to Seanchan,
sneaks into Elayne's room.  He finds her collared, but the
bracelet is hanging empty on a peg.  They embrace, while a sul'dam
sneaks up on them, and puts the bracelet around Rand's wrist.
They both start to die screaming.  In their pain, they both
touch the source, channeling enough to cause the earth to shudder.
Back at home, Dragonmount errupts, and fires rain down from Heaven.
A seal is broken somewhere.  Back in Seanchan, Mat runs to their
aid, kills the sul'dam, and cuts off Rand's hand with his spear.
They cauterize it with a white hot iron.

Meanwhile, Egwene and some Aiel have left the main army to
head towards the Tower. they meet Gareth Byrne and Co.  They
proclaim Egwene Amyrlin.  In walks Gawyn, who grabs her about the
neck and asks "Where is my sister?".  Egwene tells him, and
convinces him that they fight for the Dragon and the Light.
At his time, the ash from Dragonmount obliterates the sun,
plunging them all into dark. When the ash subsides, and the sun
shines again, Gawyn says "Then you just fight for the Light.
Word comes from the Seanchan South of Saldaea. Rand Al'Thor
is dead."  They are all shocked. (Of course, *Taim* is dead
now, killed by too much sad bracelet channeling; Rand just
needs a hand about now.)

The good Aiel (under Rhuarc) and the Tairen Army defeat Couladin's
army before the Andor army arrives.  Word is out that Morgase
is dead, and so is Rand Al'thor.  The sun is obliterated by
ash, and when the ash clears, Rand and Elayne (having traveled)
stand amongst them, shining like the sun.  Thus is Elayne
crowned Queen.  Thus does the day dawn twice.

Thus book 5 ends with Elayne Queen and Rand probable King of Andor.
He places Moiraine on the throne of Cairhein.  The Seanchan hold
most of the west (except Saldaea) and Tar Valon.  Mat is
still with the Seanchan, not having been able to escape.  Faile is
Queen of Saldaea.  She, Perrin and the Two-Rivers folk, along
with Gareth Byrne's Company (SS, Logain, Egwene, etc) all believe
Rand to be dead.

Ending Prophecy :

   Thus when the time shall come, the Dragon will burn us for
   his pain, and the fires from heaven will rain down upon us.
   And in his pain shall be his joy, that his wounds of madness
   might be healed.  What cutting of hope is this?  Oh, People,
   pray for his pain, that we might have fire, and blood, and
   healing. And the Light will shine once more.
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|\// Submission 7   \//|
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PLOT PREDICTION FOR THE FIRES OF HEAVEN

TFOH starts with Bayle Domon and Egeanin being taken by the Seanchin.
The sad bracelets are taken at the same time.

Min, Logain and SS are on their way to Tear. When Logain arrives in
tear, he will pull the sword.

Ordeith/Fain heads up from two rivers to Camlyn, spreading bad word about
"Lord Perrin Goldeneyes", the upstart to Morgase through Rahvin/Gaebril.
She orders Perrin's arrest.  When Perrin & Faile arrive in Caemlyn, they
are immediately arrested.  Perrin makes it away and heads to Saldea, meets
up with Faile's father Gen. Bashire and brings an army down into Caemlyn
bringing that city to ruins.  They then run off to the far far far east
to escape retribution.

Nynaeve and Elayne start back to Tar Valon, believing their mission is done.
They head that way via Carhein, bumping into Rand and company who are
arriving from the three-fold land.  Rand has been in training with
Asmodeus and is becoming far better at channeling and control. Mat, still
with Rand, is sent with Elayne to the island of the Wind Channelers to
spread the word about Rand however, since this island is controlled by
the Seanchin already, they are taken captive and Elayne is collared.
Berelain, proud descendant of Artur is clawing her way into becoming the
next Empress.  Mat is tortured because of his raven staff.

[Alternatively:  Nynaeve and Elayne do not meet up with Rand and are taken
captive by teh Whitecloaks.  Rand attempts to save them, is beat up by several
Forsaken, has his hand cut off and is cut off from the one power as Logain
pulls the sword].

Lanfear keeps looking out for all the good guys and begins to think that
Logain isn't so bad looking himself.

Nynaeve and Lan/Moiraine and Thom finally...well YOU know!

Oh.  And did I mention that Egwene, now turned to the dark, becomes
the Amyrlin seat and deposes Elaida who was good after all?

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|//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//|    [Judith Ellen Ghirardelli]
|\// Submission 8   \//|    [Winner: Second Place, Most Humorous (tie)]
|\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\/|    [Winner: Third Place, Best Lanfear References]
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Plot - line for The Fires of Heaven

In the Waste:  Bubbles of evil burst forth, attacking Mat
and Rand, who master them eventually.

Back in the 2 Rivers:  Perrin just awakens when a cock
crows 3 times.  Faile's undergarments come alive and
attack him.  Perrin fights them, while not making any noise
to awaken Faile, who needs her sleep since she has PMS
(probably morning sickness).  Perrin, not wanting to damage
her underclothes, finally masters them by grabbing them when
they come close and putting them on.  At last the fight is
over.  Faile awakens to her horror, seeing Perrin wearing her
lingerie.  She becomes the 1st woman in Randland to suspect
her husband is a cross-dresser.

In Tar Valon, the long lost Jaim Farstrider has finally
shown up with the story about the Eye of the World.  He got
lost between the stedding and the Tower, turned east instead of
west, and has spent the last 20 years with the people east of the
Waste, for whom he was their love slave.  At last he was freed,
by some woman dressed in white and silver.  The most beautiful
and unsatisfiable woman he had ever met.  She frees him,
talking mysteriously about how some men just reach out and grab
*things*, while for others it must be forced upon them.  Very
confused, he completes his trip to Tar Valon to deliver his story.
The Aes Sedai don't even care since it is now known that the Eye
is gone.  There, he runs into Laras, whom he embraces!  He never
thought he'd find her again.  We learn that Laras is really his
long lost twin sister, Jain Farstrider!  Jaim and Jain are
reunited at last!

Meanwhile in the 2 rivers, Aram the Tinker goes off on a kind
of pilgrimage into the Mountains of Mist.  There he finds a
treasure - da Song at last!  He is very confused though as
to the meaning of da Song.  It begins "Since my baby left me,
I've found a new place to dwell...".  Through very subtle hints
by Jordan, we find out that the remains of Graceland lie in the
Mountains of Mist, and that Aram is actually Elvis Reborn (This
will become a new trilogy, the books being _The Hole of the Dougnut_,
_The Great Hips_, and _The "King" Reborn_.)

Meanwhile in Caemlyn, Padan Fain for some odd reason has started
referring to the dagger from Shadar Logoth as "my precious".

It is discovered that east of the lands east of the Waste live
dwarves and elves. (the Net revolts!)

Jordan gives hints to indicate that the great spike in the middle
of the bowl in the mountain is actually the long lost Mars Observer.

In Tanchico, Liandrin of course realizes at last that she is a
lesbian.  After meeting Suroth again, they fall in love.  When
Bors comes to visit, Suroth gets ideas about letting him into
their love sessions.  Liandrin is digusted and rejects Bors.
Bors makes some disparaging remark which contains the words
"dyke bitch".  Liandrin *hates* to be called that, and toasts
Bors.

Logain and Co. make it to Tear, where he pulls the Sword from
the Stone, and is ungentled in the process.  After re-examining
the Prophecies, it is discovered that *Logain* is the true Dragon
Reborn, and that Rand is just another False Dragon on a Tar
Valon leash.  Book 5 ends, ending the Series with Logain dying
and saving the world, and Rand being gentled and living happily
ever after as Lanfear's love slave in the lands east of the
waste.

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|//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//|    [Mark Looi]
|\// Submission 9   \//|    [Winner: Second Place, Most Plausible]
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My plot for the Fires of Heaven
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Logain and Siuan find themselves developing a kinship (probably because
they've both been stilled).  Upon reaching Tear, Logain attempts to
pull out  Callandor.  The traps Rand have set trigger.  The traps were
designed to redirect any use of the One Power back into the channeller,
destroying the channeller in the process. The traps result in Logain
being unstilled.  Logain becomes the new leader of Tear.

One of the first things that Rand learns from Asmodean is the skill of
Travelling.  Rand Travels to Cairhien to join up with the Tairen army
primarily to remind them of their mission and to show them how powerful
he is. He finds that the High Lords sent with the Tairen army have been
disregarding his instructions and attempting to conquer the Cairhiens.
In a fit of rage, Rand destroys the High Lords with balefire.  Rand
finds that he has been betrayed by Asmodean, and that his Travelling
ability is imperfect and he is unable to Travel without the assistance
of Asmodean.  Rand is unable to return to the Aiel Waste.  Asmodean
escapes and hides, waiting for the shields to fade.

Couladin leads some of the Aiel into Cairhien to destroy Rand.  Egwene
continues her studies in Dreaming and gets a message to Rand about
Couladin's army.  Rand instructs the Wise Ones (and Egwene) to bring
the rest of the Aiel army to him.  This army is led by Rhuarc.  Mat,
Egwene, Moiraine, Lan and Aviendha go with the army.

In the ensuing battle between Aiel, all water oaths are forgotten and
Aiel kill Aiel beyond the Spine of the World.  The devastation is
extensive, and only a handful of Aiel survive.  Mat, Egwene, Moiraine,
Lan and Aviendha all survive.  Rand leads the remaining Aiel and the
Tairen army onwards into Cairhien and takes control of the Sun Throne.

Meanwhile, Bayle Domon sets sail for a deep part of the ocean.  Egeanin
sails with him.  They sail right into the path of Lady Suroth's fleet,
where they are captured.  Because of her attraction to Domon, Egeanin
saves him, by pretending that they were sailing to present the sad
bracelets as a gift to the Empress - a method of controlling male
channellers.  They are taken to the Seanchan land.

Elayne and Nynaeve can't find anymore of the Black Ajah in Tanchico and
decide to return to the tower.  They do find something that throws
even more suspicion on Moiraine.  They tell Egwene of their discoveries
and their plans through their meeting in Tel'aran'rhiod, but urge her
not to tell Moiraine.  Their meeting is cut short by the arrival of
some Black Ajah in Tel'aran'rhiod who are now hunting Elayne and
Nynaeve there.

Min finds out that Rand is now in Cairhien and immediately leaves Tear
to join Rand.  She carries word of the Tar Valon coup to the party at
Cairhien.  Egwene realises in dismay that Elayne and Nynaeve are
walking right back into trouble.  Unable to confide in Moiraine, she
leaves Cairhien in the middle of the night, but is surprised by Lan.
When Lan finds out that Nynaeve is headed for the tower, he finally
breaks his bonds to Moiraine (emotionally, not Warderly) and joins
Egwene in a mad rush to the tower.  Elayne and Nynaeve too afraid to
enter Tel'aran'rhiod again and as such are unable to meet Egwene there.

In the tower, we find out that Shemerin (one of those involved in the
coup) is really the Forsaken Semirhage.  She is now trying to take over
control of the tower.  Elayne and Nynaeve arrive at the tower first,
and are imprisoned by Elaida who is under the influence of Semirhage.
Semirhage is afraid that she will be exposed by Elayne and Nynaeve and
has them sentenced to be stilled.  In desperation, Elayne enters
Tel'aran'rhiod and manages to contact Egwene.  In the ensuing attack,
Semirhage is exposed, Elaida and Sheriam are killed, and finally
Semirhage is killed by Egwene.  In the confusion, it is assumed that
the three girls have been raised to full sisters and Egwene is elected
the new Amyrlin Seat.

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|\// Submission 10  \//|
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               A SUMMARY OF A PART OF THE FIRES OF HEAVEN
               as revealed to <deleted>
               Aes Sedai of the Green Ajah
     Who has recently developed the Talent of Prophesy <Giggle>

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     Egwene completes her training as a dreamer and returns to
the Tower. On her way she hears about the coup.  As she comes
closer to Tar Valon she gathers many of the scattered Aes Sedai
around her.  They go on to take back the Tower.
     In the process we learn that Egwene's Accepted Test was
fairly accurate because the ring Ter Angreal reacted with the
Testing Ter Angreal forcing her into a world much closer to the
one they currently live in.  Elaida is "Blacker than the rocks of
Shayol Ghul!" (How can this be reconciled with the glimpse into
her mind in TSR? Simple!)
     Elaida has long been a power hungry Wench! Her first
prophetic experience convinced her (in her natural Red zeal to
defeat the Dark One) that the most powerful position for her was
to guide the Andor line in its role against the DO.  She set
aside her aspirations to the Amyrlin seat to become the Aes Sedai
appointed to the court of Andor.  Shortly after her arrival in
Andor she sent Red Ajah after Thom's nephew Owyn knowing that he
would go to Owyns rescue without telling Morgase why.  Thus she
eliminated her only rival for most trusted advisor.
     Then after Morgase returns from Tar Valon mad as hell that
SS would not tell her where Elayne was She sends Elaida packing.
On her return to Tar Valon, Elaida becomes convinced that SS is
up to something and maybe it is time that somebody else is AS.
She confides in The White sister whose name I can't remember.

(BUT we already knew all this. now for some completely new
insight into the background on the coup)

     For her efforts in the coup Elaida is taken by her friend in
white (who is BA) to a gathering of 13 BA and 13 Myrdraal where
she is turned against her will to the DO.

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Now my brain is completely strained to remember anything so this
is all for now  maybe I'll send more later

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|\// Submission 11  \//|    [Winner: First Place, Most Humorous]
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The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that
become legend.  Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten
when the Age that gave it birth comes again.  In one Age, called the
third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose
in the Spine of the World.  The wind was not the beginning.  THere are
neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time.
But it was *a* beginning.
    Rand al'Thor was trotting along, his horse underneath him.
Aviendha was still spouting some nonsense about Elayne.  The Light
burn her!  He wished that he had Perrin's knack with girls.  Or even
Mat's.  Mat always seemed to get around with the ladies.  In the
background, one of those wretched Aiel was playing a set of pipes,
while some others were dancing merrily.  He recognized the tune as
"The Weeping Willow," but they called it "The Dance of Death".  He
reflected on the vast differences in culture that he had discovered on
his jouney, how the name of a song could be so indicative of the
culture he was passing through, wreaking havoc and turmoil along the
way. "Why do they have to play that blasted pipe?" he muttered
angrily.
    Moiraine suddenly appeared and said,"The will weaves the wind
mill, Rand.  Tell me your dreams.  Only I have anything like the
strenghth of mind to unravel them.  What are your plans?  You cannot
possibly be so foolish as to beleive that after you have come this far
in your career, you could possibly not need me now.  You _are_
a'tavern."
    Rand jumped.  "Light, woman!  Shut up.  Get out of my sight."



Perrin just could not understand Faile.  It seemed as if she talked a
different language.  He wished that he had the knack with women that
Rand and Mat did.  Light, Rand had the daughter-heir of Andor hanging
all over him.  He never had the sort of problems that Perrin
constantly had with Faile.  But Light, Rand was the Bloody Dragon
Reborn!  How would Tam like to hear that?  "Well, sir, Rand's doing
fine, except that he's due to go crazy in, oh, say, a few weeks from
now.  Then he'll start blasting everybody across Hell and half of
Georgia."  Light!
    One of the villages looked at him.  It always made Perrin jump
when people looked at him.  It didn't matter if they cared about his
yellow eyes or not.  He just hated it.  The cravings he'd been getting
lately didn't help much.  Why, just last week, Master Luhhan had found
him out in the stable, devouring a raw cow that he had recently ripped
the throat out of.  For some reason, though, every time he thought
about his eyes or his connection to the wolves, the back of his mind
itched.  *Light!  No!  I _will_ not!*  Angrily, he pushed it back.
Everyone in the village thought it was strange that he had begun
decorating his rooms with wolf skins and heads, but he didn't care.
He watched warily as someone walked up to him.  Light, just because
someone was walking up to him didn't mean he was bloody a'tavern!
    "Perrin?  I have these two sets of shoes.  Which ones do you
think I should put on?"
    Perrin responded slowly.  "Well, which ones do you think you
should put on?"
    "Well, this pair doesn't have any soles, toes, or heels.  I
was thinking of throwing them away and wearing my other pair."
    Perrin responded slowly.  "Well, perhaps that is what you
should do."
    "Okay.  Thanks."
    Why did everybody continue coming to him with these stupid
questions?
    "I'm _not_ bloody a'tavern!!!!!"



Mat knew as the knife ran through his heart that his luck had run out.
He wished that he had the knack with girls that Perrin and Rand did.
He gurgled something under his breath around the blood that was
trickling out.  He heard someone mutter, "Light!  The old tongue!"

Egwene finally returns to the White Tower.  She is immediately
stilled, collared, and killed.

Logain reaches Tear.  He grasps Callandor.  He feels the One Power
coursing through his veins.  He thinks, "the traps that Rand set must
have backfired!  I can channel again!"  The traps come back on line,
and he is fried, extra crispy.

Rand decides it is time to really ruin some Forsaken's day.  He makes
a beeline to the one that he is least expected to go to, muttering
about it the entire time.  Ba'alzamon starts running, realizing that
he's probably gonna have to die *again* at the end of this novel.
Probably twice, two.

Nynaeve and Elayne strangle each other.

The White Tower exterminates all women within 100 leagues of the White
Tower, including Leane, Suian Sanche, and Min.  And themselves.
And all the damane that the Seanchan were bringing.

Rand finds some more Myrdraal and Trollocs and bastes them.




The Final Chapter.

"BA'ALZAMON!!!!!!!!!"
"Look, can't we talk about this?"
The Cat in the Barrel meets Dog in Heat.
The Troubled Millpond meets Hurricane Hugo.
The Mad Panicked Flight meets Death Incarnate.
"Shit.  Not again!"
"BA'ALZAMON!!!!!!!!"

Rand says,"I did it.  I killed Shai'tan well and truly, this time!"
Moiraine says, "You Fool!  Do you dare mention his name?"
Rand replies,"Piss off.  Go somewhere."
Lan twitches an eyebrow, which is the same as the death yawp in most
men.


"And it came to be that the Dragon Reborn kicked heap big ass."
Chief Running Away, fourth age

The End of the Fifth Book of The Wheel Of Thyme
Book six: The Death of Rand - coming in December '99
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|\// Submission 12  \//|    [Winner: First Place, Most Novel (tie)]
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PLOT SUBMISSION FOR TFOH

Rand is approached by one of the Wise Ones.  She gives him a ring that was
left to him by his uncle.  Together with his friends, merry Matrim and
grinning Perrin, he go off to fight Sauron...I mean the evil one.  The ghost
of his desceased mother, who was really one of the bene gaes sedai leads
him on his way as he becomes addicted to spice and rides the sand worms.
Golem, I mean Padain Fain meets them on the way and slices Rand's finger...no!
his entire hand off before plummeting into Shayol Ghul and his water is
retrieved for all.
Meanwhile when Egwene wakes up from the world of dreams with a broken leg
and a concussion in a small resthome run by two wisdoms, she realizes that
one of her eight sisters is out to get her to prevent her from taking
over the throne that her real father has abandoned.  She begins to believe that
she has been suffering from amnesia, that the mayor and his wife are not
really her parents and that, in fact, she is living in only a shadow of
the Real World of which Tel'ar'rhiond is just a part. She keeps thinking
about unicorns. She begins to understand that Lanfear has taken over
Garnet...Sapphire...something like that and intends to keep her in this
rest home forever.  She overcomes the wisdoms, dresses in silver and black,
the colors of house Jhereg, and begins the ShadowWalk home through the
ter'angreal.
Elsewhere, the Aiel freemen point Rand in the direction of his next conquest
over the spine of the world.  He has sired an illegitimate child on his
hitherto unknown sister.  His marriage to Avienda is on the rocks because
of this seduction and because she was seduced by Lan and betrayed his
trust. Meanwhile, he is uniting all the countries of the world and giving
them the true law.
Siuan Sanche, cut off from laran, decides to bed Logain now that fear
for clogging her channels has passed.  However, the fling is so electrifying
that he is ungentled and starts calling himself Conan.
Loial decides that he is sick of being just an Ogier and takes up assasination,
and his best friend Kiera the Thief helps place him in the house of the
Jhereg when Egwene arrives.  Just as the Seanchin are going to blind her and
throw her into the dungeon by the grace of Lanfear, Mat pleads for her life and
sacrifices one of his own eyes for her.
Bayle Domon learns that his true name is Beldomon and that he is heir to a
small island country and is destined to rule the west. Egeanin reveals that
she is not entirely human and is in fact part tree.  Beldomon cuts her up
and uses her to build a new ship.  He hires crewmen Scotty and Bones to
help him run this new schooner.
Nynaeve is busy trying to establish herself as the twin sister of the
ruler of Illian. She keeps trying to hide her claws and the other evidence
of her Shanir nature.  Lan, in penitence for his affair with Avienda, keeps
showing up at the Catteracts, but is not permitted entrance into the forbidden
tower.
In the end, Sauron dies.

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|\// Submission 13  \//|    [Winner: First Place, Most Novel (tie)]
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_The Fires of Heaven_ plot summary:


The story begins:

    "The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving
memories that become as legendary as Roy's lust for Lanfear.  Legend
fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten, like our real work
will be when the Fires of Heaven is finally released, when the Age
that gave it birth comes again.  In one Age, called the Third Age by
some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in The Spine
of the World as Lanfear blew a long-distance kiss to Rand.  The wind
was not the beginning.  There are neither beginnings nor endings to
the Wheel of Time, as Lanfear's love for Lews Therin is eternal.  But
it was _a_ beginning.
    Born among snow-capped peaks that seemed to touch the heavens,
the peaks glowing in the moonlight like Lanfear's thighs that time she
was wearing one of Rand's shirts in tGH, the chill wind howled east and
down, between rugged peaks of dark rock as smooth of vegetation as
Lanfear's skin is smooth, the contrast between the rock and snow
reminiscent of Lanfear's hair against her bare back.  Over rock-strewn
hills as confused as Rands thoughts about Lanfear, the wind blew itself
dry of moisture long before it began to sweep over the vast
scapes of the Aiel Waste, a land as barren as Lanfear's heart would be
without her love for Lews Therin.  Were it daylight, the wind would be
heated by the sun as if in were passing through the furnace of Lanfear's
passionate desire, but it was a cool, dry wind that made Jasin Nateel
shiver, pulling his gleeman's cloak as many-colored as Lanfear has moods
tighter around him as he sat to the left of a man that
seemed oblivious to the wind with his red coat hanging unbuttoned, a
man harder than the Aiel scattered around the camp and yet softer than
Lanfear's busom, Rand al'Thor, the _Car'a'carn_, He Who Comes With the
Dawn, The Dragon Reborn, and the object of Lanfear's affections..."


The scene fades to black, and then we see a contemporary living room
with two seedy looking youths sitting on a couch in what admittedly
amounts to nothing but a cheap way to throw in another Lanfear
reference:
"heh heh heh... Lanfear is Babe-a-licious... heh heh heh"


The story starts out with Rand et al. waiting at Alcair Dal for the
rest of the clan chiefs to arrive, with Aviendha still shadowing
Rand as closely as the mark Lanfear made on his neck.  Moiraine is
still being the same insufferable b*tch she always has.  The night
after the last clan chief arrives and acknowledges Rand as the
_Car'a'carn_, the camp is attacked by Trollocs/Myrddraal as a
diversion while Grey Men try to kill Rand, Mat and Asmodean/Nateel.
(Why?  Because _every_ book so far has started out with a Trolloc
raid in the first few chapters!)

Couladin, meanwhile, leads 'his' Aiel toward the Spine of the World,
and takes them through Jangai Pass into Cairhien.  Rahvin (aka Lord
Gaebril) convinces Morgase to send forces into Cairhien.  Of course,
the armies Rand sent from Tear into Cairhien.   There is a big battle
among the three armies where "Morgase, by the Grace of the Light, Queen
of Andor, Protector of the Realm, Defender of the People, High Seat
of House Trakand, and not Lanfear" does something as dumb as believing
one of Ishmael's lies when she tries the same stunt that Queen Modrellein
did in Elayne's story in tDR ch 16.  She dies with one of Couladin's
spears through her chest before Rahvin, whose lust for Power is as
strong as Lanfear's lust for Rand, decides to cut his losses while he
still has any power, and tries to high-tail it back to Camelyn because
he knows Rand bringing the rest of the Aiel into the battle.  Rand,
The Aiel and the forces of Tear defeat Couladin.

Word arrives that Sammael, aka Lord Brend of Illian, whose envy of
Rand is as strong as Roy's envy of Rand for being the apple of
Lanfear's eye, is laying siege to Tear while everybody's away.  Rand
sends the Armies of Tear back to meet them, with Mat as their general.

Moghedian, who escaped into _tel'aran'rhiod_ 'in the flesh', meets
up with Slayer/Isam.  Since Moghedian and Nynaeve are now arch-enemies,
Moghedian falls in love with Isam in a remarkable parallel to Nynaeve
falling in love with Lan.  Nynaeve and Moghedian are destined to duke
it out in the wildest catfight possible without Lanfear being one of the
participants, but that doesn't happen until a later book.

Egeanin and Bayle set sail, Egeanin steals the Collar and Bracelets
and the ship, setting Bayle adrift in a lifeboat.  In an amazing
coincidence (since there no did be no _ta'veren_ around), Domon is
rescued by the Sea Folk, specifically Coine and Jorin.

The Seanchan return in force lead by the Empress, using Tremalking
as a gathering place.  High Lady Suroth is killed when she reveals
her knowledge that _sul'dam_ can channel to the Empress.  Egeanin
returns to Tremalking, presents the bracelets to the Empress and
is raised to the Blood and given High Lady Suroths position.

When word reaches Ghealdan that the Whitecloaks want to kill Rand,
Masema leads all his followers of the Dragon in a successful attack
against the Fortress of the Light in Amador.  Most of the Whitecloaks
were away, near Tar Valon, where Galad becomes their new leader.

Siuan, Leane, Min and Logain gather up the Aes Sedai who escaped from
the White Tower during the Coup.  They randomly head south toward
Cairhien and meet up with Rand et al after Mat takes the army of
Tear south.   Rand makes Logain King of Cairhien, bringing Min's
viewing of a "halo of gold and blue signifying glory to come" come
to pass, since Cairhien's symbol is a golden sun on a field of blue.
The Aes Sedai following Siuan elect a certain woman from the Two
Rivers to lead them in reclaiming the White Tower that Lanfear called
a "little farmgirl".

Elayne and Nynaeve keep chasing the Black Ajah, catching and stilling
Marillin Gemalphin and one more whose name we haven't been given yet.

Perrin goes to visit his new in-laws in Saldaea with Faile (of course),
Loial, the three Aiel and his "Companions" who refuse to quit following
him around, like Lanfear refuses to quit following Rand around.  Verin
tags along so she won't miss a minute of _ta'veren_.  They end up in
a battle against Mazrim Taim and Demandred, the Forsaken who had freed
him from the Aes Sedai bringing him to the White Tower.  Demandred,
who hate for Rand is as fierce as Lanfear scorned, has taught Taim
how to use the One Power effectively.   Perrin manages to kill Demandred
with the help of Hopper and some other wolves in _tel'aran'rhiod_, but
Mazrim Taim escapes.

Rahvin declares himself King of Andor and forces the people into
accepting it.  Rand follows Rahvin back to Camelyn, where he and
some of the Aiel sneak into the Palace where a battle ensues and
Rahvin is killed in a battle reminiscent of Rand's battle with
Ishmael in Tear.   Lanfear shows up again and again tries to convince
Rand that she really does love him.

Mat, muttering some saying about luck in the Old Tongue, confronts
Sammael.  The foxhead amulet protects Mat from the One Power, and
he stabs Sammael with his Raven Spear, injuring him badly but not
a killing blow.  Sammael escapes back to Illian.  Mat becomes High
Lord of Tear when he pulls _Calandor_ from the Stone; his foxhead
amulet protects him from Rand's trap.   Mat decides to store
_Calandor_ back in the Stone; Rand's trap protects it since it
was never disabled.

The first signs of Rand beginning to go mad appear when he posts
a story on r.a.s.w about a strange dream he had about meeting
Robert Jordan.

Finally, Rand gets sick of Lanfear following him around like a
love-sick puppy, and tells her to "get a hobby".  Lanfear, hurt
and a trifle offended, tells him that "This _is_ my hobby!"

Verin, Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah, makes lots of puns involving
"FAQ" like FAQsimile, "just the FAQs, ma'am", etc. for no apparent
reason, leading everyone to suspect that either there's _another_
prophesy that Verin knows about that Jordan hasn't bothered to tell
his readers, or its just more evidence that Verin may be Black Ajah.


"And it did come to pass that the Fires of Heaven did burn the
land, did it no, as it did be written that the price of salvation
would no be cheap; yet the price did have to be paid, as it did
be paid in ages past and will do be paid in ages to come.  Weep,
unless ye no have no heart, for it do be written that only the
tears of all may quench the Fires of Heaven, as it do be known
that no but the Prince of the Morning may quench the passionate
flame of the Daughter of the Night."

Bayle Domon, _The Myriad Legends of the Atha'an Miere_, The Fourth Age.




In the later books:

Rand truly goes mad when he posts stories on r.a.s.w about how
he lusts after Lanfear.

Both Elyas and Perrin are accidentally killed by Rand in an event
foreshadowed in TSR (when Rand melts the wolves on the fireplace
mantel in Tear while Egwene and Elayne are trying to teach him
about the One Power.)

The 'luck' _ter'angreal_ stolen from the White Tower by the Black Ajah
is used against Mat is battle.  The armies under Mat's command come
close to losing, but manage to win in the end because Mat understands
the limitation of the _ter'angreal_.  As Master Gill said in tDR after
Mat tossed 'The Dark Ones Eyes', "That's the best toss or the worst.
It depends on the game you are playing".

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We learned in tSR that Aielmen currently sing only when going into
battle, and for funerals (Rhuarc stated this when the Taardad
were singing the "Wash the Spears" song).  But we also know that
(a) Loial will be singing to the apple trees to honor Perrin's
slain kinfolk, (b) Gaul, Chiad and Bain will be there to accompany
Perrin and Faile, (c) Aram the Tinker is likely to be there too
since he is sticking to Perrin as if Perrin is Aram's lifesaver,
and therefore (d) all the necessary people and conditions are set
for the song to be found.

I feel sure that Gaul, Chiad and Bain will see this as a funeral,
and thus will sing.  And from the fact that many laments in our
world are wordless (e.g. most of the mid-east ones I have heard)
even if they are heart-felt expressions, the Aiel song has a high
probability of fitting in with Loial's to form the "true?" song
form that Rand learned of in Rhuidean via his ancestors' memories.

Even though there is no Nym present to braid the song into a full
field-enrichening one, as Rand "heard," it should be noted that
only the Ogier and the Aiel actually sang even back at the breaking
(at least as far as we know).  Further, Loial also saved at least
a part of the Green Man (as that final Nym was called) in tEotW,
to the degree that the blight was again held back by that oak.
So there is a reasonable chance that the Nym may be recovered as
a race as well.


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I really need to reread SR before trying this! However, no time lately.
My plot would be much better if SR was fresher in my mind. Thus, I give
you this lame attempt, rather than no attempt at all. :)

The Seanchan invade the mainland.  Boyle is captured before he can
dispose of the collar.

Rand will finally lead his army into war.  Somewhere in FoH Rand and his
Aiel will fight a major battle. One of the Forsaken will be killed in the
battle.

The Dark One will play a much bigger role. He will be Rands major
adversary by the _end_ of the book.

The forsaken will finally mount a successful attempt against Rand.
Lanfear will for one reason or another have to stand aside. Rand will
be collared by the Seanchan, but a forsaken will be behind this. We will
find out the there has been plotting by the Forsaken on a level we had not
previously suspected.

Mat will return to the realm of snakes and foxes and be blinded in the
process.

Rand will begin to feel more for Lanfear.  He will realize that he _almost_
loves her, but because of what she is, he must oppose her. Lanfear will
pursue Rand as a lover for the first time.

Rand will be made to do horrible things while collared. He will turn on
his own Aiel. An act of love will make it possible for him to break free.
The Seanchan will capture Tar Valon. Rand and his Aiel will free Tar Valon.
The Seanchan will become Vassals of the Dragon. The main threat will come
from the blight by books end. A huge army will march out of the blight with
creatures ffar more hideous than any we have seen thus far. Initially the
forces of good will have to oppose them without Rand's help.

Morraine will die.

Lan will wed nynaevae.

Rand will fall in love with Min.

Egwene will be the new Amyrylin seat.

Someone will actually have sex. (Most unbelievable prediction of all!)

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