Maple al'Tree
Citizen
**SPOILERS BELOW, DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE PROLOGUE YET**
I always find myself re-reading this. It captivated me so much when I first read it. Does anyone else love this? The opening sounds so beautifully written to me:
"The palace still shook occasionally as the earth rumbled in memory, groaned as if it would deny what had happened. Bars of sunlight cast through rents in the walls made motes of dust glitter where they yet hung in the air. Scorch-marks marred the walls, the floors, the ceilings. Broad black smears crossed the blistered paints and gilt of once-bright murals, soot overlaying crumbling friezes of men and animals which seemed to have attempted to walk before the madness grew quiet." ... :bow
One thing that I did notice on my last re-read, which I guess I never had before, and which I found kind of funny, is that Elan Morin is wearing thigh-high boots! yes, he is I guess they are turned down at the tops, so maybe they are more knee length which would be less showy..
I am also still not clear on some of what Elan Morin mentioned, or maybe I have forgotten, so I would really like to hear any thoughts/discussion on the meaning of these topics:
Lews Therin:
-stood first among the servants
-he wore the Ring of Tamyrlin
-he sat in the High Seat
-he summoned the Nine Rods of Dominion
-he humbled Elan Morin in the hall of the servants
-he defeated Elan Morin at the Gates of Paaran Disen
I have read up to Knife of Dreams and am okay with spoilers. Mostly I think I need my memory jogged, it has been a few years since I've read the books
I always find myself re-reading this. It captivated me so much when I first read it. Does anyone else love this? The opening sounds so beautifully written to me:
"The palace still shook occasionally as the earth rumbled in memory, groaned as if it would deny what had happened. Bars of sunlight cast through rents in the walls made motes of dust glitter where they yet hung in the air. Scorch-marks marred the walls, the floors, the ceilings. Broad black smears crossed the blistered paints and gilt of once-bright murals, soot overlaying crumbling friezes of men and animals which seemed to have attempted to walk before the madness grew quiet." ... :bow
One thing that I did notice on my last re-read, which I guess I never had before, and which I found kind of funny, is that Elan Morin is wearing thigh-high boots! yes, he is I guess they are turned down at the tops, so maybe they are more knee length which would be less showy..
I am also still not clear on some of what Elan Morin mentioned, or maybe I have forgotten, so I would really like to hear any thoughts/discussion on the meaning of these topics:
Lews Therin:
-stood first among the servants
-he wore the Ring of Tamyrlin
-he sat in the High Seat
-he summoned the Nine Rods of Dominion
-he humbled Elan Morin in the hall of the servants
-he defeated Elan Morin at the Gates of Paaran Disen
I have read up to Knife of Dreams and am okay with spoilers. Mostly I think I need my memory jogged, it has been a few years since I've read the books