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1. "The Strike at Shayol Ghul" is presented to the reader as a document recovered from the time of the War of Power. The manuscript is introduced by the Royal Historian to the Court of Her Most Illuminated Majesty, Ethenielle Kirukon Materasu, Queen of . . .
2. What was the name of the Queen's Royal Historian?
3. The manuscript that tells of the events of the strike was found in a dusty storage room in a chest full of old bills and receipts, student's copy books, and private diaries. In what city was this storage room in?
4. How many pages of the manuscript survived?
5. The manuscript showed that the forces of the Shadow tried to curry favor from the inhabitants of the territories they occupied.
6. The forces of Light were steadily losing the battle to the forces of the Shadow, when two different plans were proposed to make a pre-emptive strike to end the war. Who proposed a plan that involved using two large sa'angreal to drive back the forces of the Shadow and erect a barrier around Shayol Ghul until a safe method of sealing the Bore was found.
7. The other plan proposed a raiding force of how many soldiers as security for an Aes Sedai effort at sealing the Bore?
8. The Hall of Servants was divided between the two proposed plans, but because the line of division was between the men and the women, the Dragon's plan could not be carried out, as it called for both male and female Aes Sedai. A difficulty arose for the women's plan when forces led by this Forsaken took control of the territory where the sa'angreal's controlling ter'angreal were hidden.
9. Many young male Aes Sedai were in support of Lews Therin Telamon's plan, and a number of them joined him when he decided to go ahead with his plan regardless of whether the women were with him or not. These men were called the Hundred Companions. How many were there, actually?
10. A twist of fortune found all thirteen of the Forsaken within the Bore when Lews Therin and the Hundred Companions struck. The men were successful in their effort to seal the Bore, but at a price. The Dark One's counterstrike put a taint on Saidin, the male half of the True Source, instantly driving Lews Therin and the surviving Aes Sedai insane. How many men (including Lews Therin) survived the attack?
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