Rand there relives portions of the lives of his paternal ancestors, before and after the Breaking, and learns that the Aiel once shunned violence and served Aes Sedai, whereof some, adhering to pacifism, live on as Tinkers, while others known as the 'Jenn Aiel', carried a large collection of "angreal", "sa'angreal", and "ter'angreal" (ancient psychokinetic technologies) to Rhuidean.