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About the ending: It will be usual to have the big explosions at the end of the books - exception CoT, all explosions delayed - better get used to it. So what is important at the end of TGH? - The Seanchan are introduced, with a'dam & damane. - Rand is wounded, and Lanfear turns up to heal him...

Re: Re-Readalong: A Crown of Swords: Chapters 22-27 Oh, these 2k+ names - Semirhage's alias is Anath, and under this name we first meet her in WH, arriving in Ebou Dar together with Tuon, whose truthspeaker she is.

Re: Re-Readalong: A Crown of Swords: Chapters 9-11 Yes, and in TPoD ch2 (comparing strength of the windfinders) Elayne admits that Egwene is stronger. But before Falme - two fledgelings far from their ultimate potential - why not? Fits very loosely, perhaps her capture, because she was...

Re: Re-Readalong: A Crown of Swords: Chapters 9-11 @ Aduivas Ida: "forced" is used in the sense of an accelerating gain in using the power - mostly by using it whereever and whenever it is possible. It's done routinely in the Black Tower to get the Ashaman fit for battle in the shortest...

Re: Re-Readalong: A Crown of Swords: Chapters 9-11 Sorry to say, this "forcing Egwene" stuff is some random idea that someone in Team Jordan should have edited out. In TGH, right before the girls let them be led to Toman's Head, we see Eg and Elayne playing at roughly the same level - not very...

Re: Re-Readalong: A Crown of Swords: Chapters 3-8 Imagine it somewhat like this: And in TGS, novice quarter are on level 22, halfway up.

Re: Re-Readalong: A Crown of Swords: Prologue-Ch 2 @ Maibella Rhiden and Megana Vallentin - re Danelle: She turns up in TSR ch. 47 in connection with Elaida's coup and we do not see any relevant changes in her behavior, so one should guess she was Mesaana all along. On a closer look...

Re: Re-Readalong: A Crown of Swords: Prologue-Ch 2 I'm quite aware of Siuan's and Leaine's activities - but even then, with the AS seeing Egwene as a "biddable Child", a "grunter for the table", what was her function meant to be? The thought that she would be expendable if things went wrong...

Re: Re-Readalong: A Crown of Swords: Prologue-Ch 2 Let's make the loooong prologue short: Section #1: Elaida - ambitious, arrogant, deluded. And still in many points almost right - like with the reasons why the Salidar Aes Sedai chose Egwene, an accepted, as their Amyrlin. And there is the...

Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: Lord of Chaos, to the end! @Leira Gallene: It's an ter'angreal like a satphone - she uses it later on to call "Caddar", aka Samael. And the he sends the Shaido all over the continent and gives them the fool boxes. @Maibella Rhoiden re garlic: Yes, the vampire myth...

There are some quite interesting suggestions here - you may want to have a look. I especially liked Q’orianka Kilcher as Nynaeve - right age, dark eyes, braid ... perfect.

Yes, you are probably right with Mila Jovovich - I last saw her in resident Evil 2, but that's been quite some time ago. As to acting - well, there are some basic skills most girls and plenty of boys have, it also takes some kind of humiltiy (so you do what your a** of a director wants), and...

Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: The Fires of Heaven TO THE END Differently from most animals, human offspring needs care for an extended period of time - which does not fit well with the mother away soldiering, i.e. killing and getting killed. However, the Wise Ones will put a baby in foster care when...

Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: Lord of Chaos, Chapters 3-7 @ Ryu re blades: One should pass over this scene as one of RJ's less brilliant ideas. It is based on a purpotedly Arabic medieval recipe for making swords - „put the sword ino a strong slave, it will inherit its strength“. I doubt the origin of...

@Aduivas Ida: I remember that chaper quite well, and we get a lot more than what you mention - it's an Aviendha PoV, we get her self-dout about going soft, we get her wish to drub Teslyn (just a little bit), who has an interesting conversation with Nyaneave, there is the confession that Avi...