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You should read the Origins of the Wheel of Time. It talks about all the influences, mythology, religion, world events etc... he researched and studied to come up with the Wheel of Time and the people in the Wheel of Time. How he came up with names and such.

Free Will was Jordan's main theme. Everything Mat does or doesn't do isn't carved in stone beforehand. It would make him a puppet. But being ta'vern he has less free will than others, the pattern will occasionally yank him back on path. Rand could've said forget this and refused to leave Two Rivers. It's also my understanding Min doesn't see like 10 years down the road. Seems like everything she sees is more of a near future sort of thing.

I would say a good example was Stephen King successfully suing to prevent his name being used for the Lawnmower man movie, saying it bore no resemblance to the book.

The Companion described the Yellow's healing, before Nynaeve's revelations, as just a form of rough-and-ready, battlefield first aid from the War of Shadow, The skill of the healer was more important over the strength of the healer. But under the healing section of the companion it goes to list 4 types of healing from full/everything healed (not even a scar remained, and the only way known to heal a wound from a Myrddraal's blade) It took considerable amount of energy from the one being healed. But also mentions some possible severe drawbacks which made its use rare on serious wounds. 2. Slow healing over time 3. Alleviation of pain 4. Washing away fatigue. We know Rand's mom died if the Fever, so illnesses and epidemics happen. There probably aren't many yellows skilled enough to do a full healing and the companion says the number of yellows prior to the last battle was 120 members. My guess is even if some of this stuff can be healed that the chances of a healer finding you is pretty small. If there is major outbreak they would probably go to help but overall you are probably screwed if you take ill. You would probably have to be delved to find any illness in the early stages and it would take too much time.

The Big White Book said Yellow sisters are wholly devoted to healing sickness and injury as well as finding new cures and new methods of using the One Power to restore health, though in truth, few believe any better method exists than the one known since the breaking. I'm not sure if it's ever said what they are capable of but there is really no desire to find better ways. Part of the reason is the risk of experimenting with new weaves, so most Aes Sedai aren't willing to risk burning themselves out to find a better way. I know things such as growing a limb back isn't possible.

I always took the alternate worlds thing to be a fail-safe device, if the DO wins in this world wouldn't it mean he lost on another world? It seems like the creator made things so all of creation everywhere wouldn't end.

If you can get to another world through Tar the main issue would be few (except for some Aes Sedai) have any knowledge of these other worlds. The second is few had the ability/knowledge to enter Tar in the flesh. Dreamers would wake up where they went to sleep and didn't have the ability to physically visit other worlds. If they did seek themselves out in another world, they could really only find their dreams, and you wouldn't want to enter your own dream.

I always see it like the middle ages, society was improving then the black plague would hit and wipe out a quarter of the population. They start going again and Vikings or the Mongols show up and start smashing everything. As soon as everything looked good it would seem like something bad would happen.

I'm glad they didn't try to CGI Loial with as bad as the CGI has been.

I'm curious on people's thoughts regarding Fallout. I have to say I'm enjoying a lot more than other Amazon shows such as WOT and the Ring of Power. Ring of Power is ok, but I find it disappointing considering its huge budget. Something with that large of a budget should have a better story. Is it simply because of the topic or is there something other series could learn from it? I know some issues WOT has to deal with is being based off books and Game of Thrones comparisons? GOT was made with the plan of putting it on TV where RJ never considered a WOT series when he started writing it. It just seems to me that everything with Fallout just seems better, the CGI, less wasted time, character development, etc Fallout to me just seems more professional and of a higher quality.