Wheel of Time Books

So yeah, after reading A New Spring, I was quite delighted that the secret of the Aes Sedai's resistance to heat and cold was something us mere non-channeling humans can do. "Focusing on a point behind you navel, in the center of your body, you begin to breathe at an unvarying pace, but not as normally. Each inhalation must take exactly the same length of time, and each exhalation, and between, for that same space, you do not breathe." A New Spring (Jordan, Pg 196) I've used this technique a little over the few years I've know of it, and I don't always do it, but whenever it's particularly warm or cold, it seems to help a little. It also kind of helps alleviate…

Could it be possible that there are those Chosen by the Creator? Men and women who equal the Forsaken in power, yet exist to protect the world from the Dark One? Maybe Birgitte and Gaidal Cain? Just some thoughts...now, back to fat kid with a lightsaber on YouTube.... -Mynd

The people in Randland believe in the Creator- a supernatural being that created the world and established the Wheel of Time itself. That is something very very close to God. But why is there no religion in Randland? Since the earliest times, people have had religious ceremonies to praise their God/Gods. The WOT is set in a medieval-type age so I wondered why RJ didn't bring that notion into play. But actually, I prefer it this way. Religion in Randland would just make everything all the more complicated. But I couldn't help wondering why there is no religion at all.

I am new to this forum so forgive me for not knowing if this is the right forum to post this in...I at least did a search to make sure I wasn't behind the times! I have occasionally looked for fan fiction to fill the void either between books or after I read and re read the series, but it seems like all I find are comedic interpretations, erotic stories or horribly horribly written....does anyone know of any authors or sites for this that might have something with some meat on it? Somebody that puts a bit of work into making sure the story fits or at least works within the "worlds of if" pattern would be a bonus... Thanks for any help...? maybe?

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Hello everyone! ;D I'm in the middle of A Crown of Swords, and i am a bit confused on an event that happened. Any help is appreciated.If you aren't in book 7 yet stop here!!! possible spoilers--- In the chapters; 14 "White plumes" and 15 "Insects" There are a couple of times when references to the Dagger are made, this completely threw me off. At first i thought they were quoting old books or maybe this was an event that happened and i just dont remember? - Is there something i missed or should know? should i go back or will i find out more in the future and will it clear up? When Mat see's Mili Skane also known as Lady Shiaine. Is the time…

Have just been rereading 'New Spring' and read a passage from Moiraine's point of view saying that Siuan had picked the Blue as an Ajah for after she was raised, but M thought there was a good chance that S would pick Green. My question is, how would events have been played differently if S had picked Green? Would she still have been raised as Amyrlin? Or gone off travelling with M? Would they have gone their seperate ways looking for the Dragon Reborn, and what would have happened had S found Rand first? Would M have even met Lan, and would he have become her warder if she had been with S? Thoughts please!

Just a quick query about something i've never really managed to work out (the whole family tree things confuse me sometimes!). In CoS, Rand and Min Travel to the rebels, which ends in disaster as Rand is slashed by Fain (with Mat's shadar logoth dagger). He is carried back to the palace by Darlin (??) and Caraline Damodred goes with. When Min first sees Caraline, she is convinced she is looking at Moiraine, so similar are they - are they sisters? Caraline also refers to Elayne as her 'cousin'. What i am wanting to clarify is: I know Rand is Tigraine's son, and Galad is therefore his half-brother. I know Elayne is Taringail's daughter, and Gawyn his so…

In the Eye of the World the pool of pure saidin is there. But why is it there. Why do the two forsaken who were there want it. Saidin is an infinite ocean of power. Why does a small pool of it worth fighting for when you can just access saidin literally anywhere. Or is this pool somehow like an angreal where you can channel all of it unaided. Or is it just clean. But then the forsaken wouldnt care about it because they have there protection from the dark lord. Some enlightenment please. Or were the forsaken there for the seal, but they were like "No! The power is mine!" So why is the "pool" there

Okay I posted this idea about a year ago, and with the exception of Maj, and the one post made by luckers, most everyone that had debated this topic has apparently disapeared from these forums. So I thought I'd repost the original post, and see if anyone else had any thoughts on the matter. The full thread can be found here: http://forums.dragonmount.com/index.php/topic,20870.48.html It's a good read, but, its also 5 pages, so consider yourself forewarned.

This brings up a few questions of mine. As the use of Balefire removes a thread from the Pattern to the point of threatening to unravel the Pattern, i can't help but wonder about two things: Why would the Dark One agree to stop using balefire? The Pattern is what's imprisoning him, isn't it? He wants to break free to destroy the world and remake it in his own image, and keeping the Pattern from unraveling seems almost... counterproductive. Opposite to (one of) his goals. How did the Pattern recover? It is stated several times in the Books that the souls of balefired people are out of reach for even the Dark One, so how does the Wheel keep itself from losing too ma…

Does the this song (The Eyes - Dio) remind anyone else of Shadar Logoth. I was listening to it ( a few days after listening to (giving the audio books a go) the Shadar Logoth part of Eye of the World) and the lyrics made me think of Shadar Logoth. What do you guys think DIO - THE EYES Oh no - they're at it again Looking inside my secrets Coming through cracks before I mend the wall Get out - cause you're breaking the law How did you ever find me Places where I can hide can't get much smaller I have invisible dreams Where no one can touch me Maybe I'll find a way to disappear No one moves - and no one dies Just the eyes I…

Ok... rand created the asha'man to be used and wielded as a weapon, but he never even used them... at least not fully together. imangan the entire black tower in battle, it would be the war of power all over again... an entire army of male channelers, perfectly powerfl, able to crush anything in his path. and him with the male CK with his general Flinn with Callandor. what a perfety army, no? WHY HAS HE NOT DONE THIS YET?

Looking at all of the Main characters (good or bad), who do you think would turn on thier fellows and WHY? In other words, who close to Rand would Join the DO and what would be the motive? On the other hand who close to the DO would do the same? I could see Moggy going over to get her freedom from Moridin. Except that Nyneveh would have to join the dark side first. lol

I was just wondering whether it was robert jordan's plan all along to shield rand, mat and perrin from compulsion or am i looking too much into things. Rand is protected from compulsion because of his ability to channel Saidin, so long as he holds it, he cannot be compelled. Similarly, so long as Mat wears the foxhead ter'angreal, compulsion won't work since its a direct weave. And although we haven't seen it in action, i think there's a high chance Perrin can't be compelled due to his link with the wolves. I imagine something like Perrin being compelled for a very short time, but breaking free as soon as the wolves make contact with his mind. I have no evidence for this …

I would really love it if Siuan is stilled voluntarily and then healed by a man. It would return her to her former strength and bring her back to a high level among the Aes Sedai who don't respect her at all now. She deserves that much at least. But unfortunately I can't see this happening any time soon. Thoughts?

So I've read through the series about 4 times now (starting with my first time in the summer of '06) and have always wondered why is it that Lews Therin Telamon was named "the Dragon" in the AOL? Not sure if RJ ever mentioned it, but I've always been curious. I also remember reading in the prologue of TEOTW where Ishy relates to Lews Therin how he embraced the name given him "Betrayer of Hope" where as LTT did not embrace being called "Dragon". Anyone know why that is?

How important do you think his book will be in aMoL? The way RJ used to write with all the prologues written as if by somebody actually IN Randland, makes me think that Loial's book may end up being more valuable than it so far has been. Think of the movie, Saving Private Ryan... There's the main characters, and then there's the 'observer' character that becomes sort of a backdrop for the movie. He walks among the gravestones 50 years later and then the movie is about his memory of events. Perhaps Loial's character is the same type of 'observer' character, who chronicles events and when all is said and done.. The novel will end with Loial closing his book a…

Okay, plenty of posts have been devoted to the topic of Asmodean’s killer, but I have an alternate theory that may provide us with the answer to Asmodean’s killer while simultaneously confusing the issue even further. So I’ve decided to post this here instead of in the who killed asmo thread, because it is really more a discussion about how Asmo died, than who killed him. What if, Asmo killed himself? What fate would Asmo have suffered if he had been captured? He would have been slowly tortured by the DO, until he died, whereupon his soul would have been captured and tortured some more. What would have been Asmo's fate if he died naturally? His soul would have b…

Anyone else notice that Portal Stones are mentioned as coming from the Age before the Age of Legends, yet the Age before the Age of Lengends was without the One Power nor of any knowledge about the Power? That would hint that the Age before the Age before the Age of Legends was also without the OP. So does that mean that the Portal Stones were created at least 4 Ages prior to the current book Age (in the 7th Age)? If you take the average age of the Ages, 5,000 years or so... 5000 years x 4 ages = 20,000 years ago.... Could this be the potential age of the Portal Stones?

What do you think would have happened to Nynaeve if she hadn't left Emond's Fields? If none the events in tEotW happened and Nynaeve and everyone were still in Emonds Field, what would have happened to Nynaeve fifty years down the road with she is 70 some odd years old and still looks like she is in her twenties? Nynaeve is a strong channeler and without the Oath Rod, I would guess that she could live 600 or 700 years. What would happen when people around her started realizing that she wasn't aging? Any thoughts?

Being English, proud of my language and interested in it's usage, I was thinking about the use of words in many contexts, but particularly in WoT. I got to think about the use of the word 'Channelling'. To me, to 'channel' something, means that you offer a conduit to a source which already exists. Even if you do not 'channel' it, it will still exist, un-tapped. Very similar, in my mind, to the use of pipelines to syphon off oil - the oil already exists, we use pipelines (and rigs) to 'channel' it out of the core. It is known that oil exists under Antarctica but because of the high costs invovled, it is not (financially) worth the effort of tapping into it. However, …

I wonder what people think about the extreme limitation of male Ogiers during their marriage? They have very little choice! I felt so sorry for Loial while his wedding was going on, even though he liked his wife-nobody asked him anything at all! WOW. Has anyone heard of any real cultures like this in the world?

Well? It certainly seemed to function roughly like a sa'angreal, and its creation also resembles what one could envision. A sa'angreal with some distinction, of course, such as Callandor would magnify the taint on saidin, maybe the Eye would reduce it? It seems incredible that Rand could defeat Ishamael if the Eye was not a sa'angreal, or at least an expotentially strong Well.

Does anyone think Rand should of went through the Three Ring Arch ter'angreal in Rhudien, that allows the person that enters to see every possible decision they would make in the future, so Rand would be able to make the right decisions? Does anyone think Rand should of went though the redstone doorway in Rhudien that led to the Eelfinn? What three wishes would Rand ask the Eelfinn?

Okay, was reading a bit from the begining of KoD's and something I had noticed before stuck out to me again. In the final part of the prolouge, Katerine Aldurin played an almost too prominent role. She was especially nasty, and shows up in more than one place in this book. If you assume that Verin is headed to the tower to get the horn, and if you assume that Verin has puzzled out that Katerine is BA from her escape from Carhien. Do you think that Verin will unmask Katerine while back in the tower? If so will this play a part in the BA hunt that is currently underway? Is it possible that the basements that have housed the secret BA hunt are located near the ho…

When the party reach Far Madding, and Cadsuane is greeting the ruler, Verin is leaning over the edge of the landing, watching the 'monitors' below. One character... I think one of the other Aes Sedai (we're in their POV but I can't exactly remember who it is) also watches, and notes that the dials change, and one of the women down below goes running - someone has channeled in the city. Now, if channelling is prevented in the city, and 'wells' such as Nynaeve and Cadsuane have aren't common-place items that every channeler has chucked to the back of a drawer somewhere along with a pig that poos when you squeeze it and a 3metre chain of paperclips that you made when yo…

Does anyone know if callandor affects both parts of the true source or just saidin? I know it went crazy for rand when he was fighting the seanchan up in the woods of altara but the book mentions the damane feeling an uneasy feeling as well.

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Hmm, first post after a while. Anyway. I recently read in more than one occasion something about all female channelers fitting in a 21-tier ladder according to strength in the One Power. From what I've read, Robert Jordan himself explained this. Can someone confirm this? Also, is there any more information, such as an actual list of the channelers (or at least the most important ones - there are way too many female channelers to list them all, probably) ordered by their strength in the Power? Official or unofficial? Or is it merely a theoretical system? What about men who can channel? I'd appreciate it if someone could help me out here.