I'm doing a re-read before the next book comes out, trying to analyse the books a little more and to understand the WOT-world better.

Currently, I'm reading tGH and have a couple of questions concerning the Horn of Valere and the Heroes.

First, do we know what Arthur Hawking means when he says something like: "You are here. Do you have the banner?", "We have come to the Horn, but we must follow the banner and the Dragon." ?

Earlier in the books (can't remember exactly where) Moraine said that the Heroes will follow whoever that use the Horn, whether it is Lightfriend or Darkfriend. But as Hawking puts it, they will always follow the Dragon if he's around, even if he fights for the light and it is a Darkfriend that blew it.

This means Moraine was wrong, right?

Another question, at the battle of Falme, why was there a connection between Rands fight with Ishamael and the Heroes fight with the Seanchan? Don't understand this, but maybe I have missed something really important.

English isn't my mother language, so excuse me for spelling wrong or using bad grammar.