The Wheel of Time Re-read (currently reading - Lord of Chaos)

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Didn’t Moiraine and Lan head towards Falme when they left the sisters because Toman Head had “come up” in 2 or 3 different places. But mentioned that it would take them mo tha to get there because they didnt use the Ways or another shortcut method?

I wonder how she found him in all the post-battle craziness....
 

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:joy I can start reading again! :laugh:
 

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Please feel free :laugh: And discuss whatever you find interesting! :pleased-1:

Oh, I'm already a little ahead again, but I'll just in the active discussion from what I remember. :)

ETA: Audiobook weirdness. When readers mispronounce common words. "Chapter 10 - Seekerts." :scratch
 

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And discuss whatever you find interesting! :pleased-1:

I've been waiting to ask this until the reread officially started...

But how did all the ladies who came to meet with Moiraine in the woods through the winter know where she was? How was she sending them info? I suppose each messenger would tell the next messenger where and when to go, but that seems like a very easy method to get messed up. It's never covered that I could find, and all of the "One Power" related methods aren't something she knew how to do, as they are discovered later....

Really got me stumped on this re-read. The first time through I just took it at face value that she could "do anything"... but after getting through the whole series and knowing her limits, this really kinda got me stumped...
 

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Yeah, I think this is one thing that was never properly explained... I doubt any Aes Sedai was involved, even Siuan. I suspect these were Moiraine's own eyes and ears. How they knew where to find her, we may never know...
 

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They did a lot of communication via birds, so it's possible she sent a dove to someone, who sent a dove to someone, etc.
 

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Would that be possible on Almoth Plain though? It was complete chaos there after all...
 

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Birds don't care a whole lot about human chaos, so...maybe?
 

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I made notes, but not sure where I put them. How the women find Moiraine was something I wondered
 

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Prologue
Nial and Byar still think that the Seanchan are an Aes Sedai creation and they are proof that the three oaths are lies
Nial uses the phrase "Now to toss the dice"
Nial at least know enough of the Two Rivers to know that it produces wool and tabac
He does accept the need for Aes Sedai to deal with men who can channel
Carridin is a Darkfriend.
The Myrddraal laughs. Myrddraal don't laugh
It orders Carridin to kill Rand - why have the plans changed?
Chapter 1
The Sheinarans have started following Perrin's lead
Perrin is smelling people's emotional state
He mentions something tickles the back of his mind. This later becomes an itch - is this a variant of the sense Elyas had in book one? Is it a wolfbrother thing, or do many people have such senses?
Masema is still really grumpy
Where did Moiraine meet Leya? How did Leya know how to find them? She says she "just knew"
Perrin sees two carved forms in a mountain - what land did these come from? How old are they/
Chapter 2
Perrin identifies a Kettle as Baerlon work
Min has a vision of Leya's death - she says when she sees something, "it just happens"
They all still think Ba'alzamon is the Dark One
Rand is still not convinced he is the Dragon Reborn
Chapter 3
Why isn't it possible to set two types of Ward?
Perrin thinks Mat and Rand know their way around women
The Souless are mentioned. Uno knows of them, so Ingtar probably did - did he realise the would be assasin was likely one of them?
Chapter 4
He sees the foresaken in dreams - Belal, Balzamon and Rhavin?
Ba'alzamon asks Perrin when he will give up the axe for the hammer - we find out much later this is a prophecy
Chapter 5
The Myrddraal knows that Rand, Matt and Perrin are all connected
Rand felt the Shadowspawn - they feel like the taint on Saidin
Chapter 6
Moiraine's reaction to Perrin mentioning Masema seems petty. He was actually right here, Masema went on to cause a lot of trouble
Moiraine asks if Lanfear could be free - didn't Min tell them?
We hear of multiple prohecies including "He shall slay his people with the sword of peace and destroy them with the leaf" which seems a reference to the Aiel once following the Way of the Leaf, even if Rand didn't destroy them with it
Min mentions her visions are of Turning points in people's lives, or what is fated
 

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It was inferred, I think, that the Myrdraal that was to become Shaidar was also present during events in EoTW.
 

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I believe RJ said he was a prototype - him laughing wasn't a mistake, but he wasn't quite Shaidar Haran yet
 

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