Maybe shadows need to be connected? So if there aren't shadows in the streets, the Myrdraal can't get to shadows inside?
:cheese I see a question for Team Jordan at JordanCon, if it's not explained in the Companion. :lol
No shadows in the streets, for sure. I'm not sure it's possible to have no shadows anywhere, otherwise they're running a fire risk by sleeping with lamps lit.
I like this theory. :D In a way, the Portal Stone served for the men as the Arches for the Accepted test serve for the women -- it strips away innocence.
As for the sword, Rand uses the Power to duplicate the heron marked blade.
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 45-50
Not a lot of notes for the last few chapters. Not sure if I missed stuff, or if there just wasn't a lot to get. A lot of actiony stuff in the last few chapters.
Chapter 41
Mat's the first to call Rand Aes Sedai.
Chapter 45
I cheered w/ Elayne when the...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 45-50
...I've just realized that there's more to this discussion than I realized because I've not finished the last bit of the book. My opinions have all been based on the earlier conversation between Min, Elayne, and Egwene.
(And this is why I re-read. I...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 45-50
I agree with Toral, I'm 100% behind Min. Though I'm not a fan of her later, because of the way she latches onto Rand and gets obsessed with him.
I cheered when the freed damane punched the sul'dam too. :joy
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 45-50
It could totally be a lie.
It could also be a coded warning to Rand. Also, the Seanchan are totally foreign, and they have a'dam. What else might they have to detect channeling? So while it could be a lie, I think it's more likely caution.
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 45-50
That's interesting, that different versions have different wording! My copy is from just before book 9 came out.
Kassina: You're right, it's Rand. Makes that scene replay differently in my head. :lol
Murun, re: old dresses: Maybe they didn't have...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 45-50
Heh. Mat. Silly man.
Ch 31
Few women are strong enough to use the female Choedan Kal: Moiraine, Suian, Elaida, Egwene, Elayne, Nynaeve. We can probably add Aviendha to that list, though we haven't been introduced yet.
Rand is stronger than Logain...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 38-44
I don't think the Seanchan see taking the artifacts to Turak as stealing. They're old things, museumy things, and those should belong to the state/nation, not to an individual. Turak is in effect the state, so he gets them.
Chapter 19
Loial has the...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 31-37
Wil, according to the library, it's not explicit in the text until The Shadow Rising, though she's listed as a Damodred in the glossary of The Dragon Reborn.
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 31-37
I'm caught up on reading, just not on sharing notes!
Chapter 8
Nynaeve feels a storm that is not a storm.
Chapter 9
Hurin wasn't born a sniffer (this is something I'd forgotten since the last time I read).
We see the deep enmity between Tear and...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 17-23
Phew. These last few weeks have been crazy!
Prologue
It makes me sad to see a Darkfriend Tinker.
How does Bors, a Whitecloak, reconcile the Forsaken channeling? He hates Aes Sedai. The Whitecloak line is that the Power is of the Creator and therefore...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 10-16
Thank you all for continuing the discussion even though I've been absent!
I'm hoping to catch up this week, but with Anni coming this weekend, I'm not sure I'll be able to. :o
I am on chapter 5 of TGH, though, and I'll try to get my notes copied over...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: TGH Chapters 2-9
Oh, that's an interesting question, Iria. Plus Elaida had the influence of Alviarin and the Black Ajah behind her.
Something else I'll be watching for on this re-read. :lol
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: EoTW, 49-53; TGH Pro & 1
It wasn't a straight up compulsion weave, it was a go-along-to-get-along weave. People under compulsion had no choice; the boys obviously did. Moiraine specifically says Rand countered her weave, so I'm not just making that up. :P
And Noal...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: EoTW, 49-53; TGH Pro & 1
I don't know when his travels were. I always feel like he's from much longer ago than he is (like, 100 years before Rand et al), but he's so recent!
This is definitely something I'll keep a watch for while reading, though. Hopefully we'll get...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: EoTW, 49-53; TGH Pro & 1
Chapter 51
Is is possible Aginor used a One Power-version of the Cruciatus Curse on Moiraine?
Aginor gets younger and stronger while connected with the Eye source of saidin.
I think the white/light cord was the connection to the Eye. We see...
Re: 2015 Re-Readalong: EoTW, 49-53; TGH Pro & 1
Actually, Nynaeve was still knocked out when the Green Man died; she was lying on the roots of the oak tree he grew with his last strength.