Thank you for all the excellent points everyone. I do recall Brandon Sanderson saying in one of his interviews about WoT that one of his regrets was not being able to finish the Padan Fain arc. Would be interesting if Harriet and Brandon would team up for a short Novella on Padan and a few...
I think the theme of Padan Fain is just that though, he no longer counts as anyone at some point in the story arc, he ceases to be human and is something else otherwise the Dark One wouldn't fear him. A manifestation of insanity came from Padan Fain I think... I'm not sure, that's how I...
Very interesting! I really like this idea. Thank you for sharing that.
For a long time, Padan was a physical manifestation of the absurdity of existence like in the philosopher Albert Camus' work, and so Padan embraced insanity to a level that even the Dark One feared. I have been leaning away...
I understand what you are saying and I agree with all of that but only after like book 3 or so. I still say at end of book 1 Padan should not be condemned just yet.
Also at end of book 1, Egwene reminds Moraine in King Agelmar's chamber something along the lines of no one is so far from the...
that's not entirely true though, at the end of the eye of the world, Padan is compulsed by Moraine to tell her the truth, and he admits that after the Fades and Trollocs placed him in a trolloc soup pot to scare him, and put him on a leash and dragged him, that he was done with the Dark One, and...
I was wondering about Padan Fain earlier, after reading ending of book 1 again, Padan claims he was forced to do it by "someone" referring to the Two Rivers and waygates I imagine, I wonder if Padan was corrupted by the same corruption that is found in Mat's dagger? Or do you think he is...