The Dragon Reread

We spend a lot of time watching Moiraine and Verin, neither of whom does much worth mentioning. So forget that sentence. Perrin meets Aviendha, who is pretty cool. Also Nynaeve and Elayne evade the Seanchan, but Egwene does not.
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Nynaeve, Egwene, and Elayne walk right into Liandrin's Seachan trap (the first of many, perhaps). Selene is revealed to be Lanfear when Moiraine runs her through with a sword while Rand is running her through with... not a sword.
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Nynaeve faces her Accepted test. Rand and Selene go anti-slumming it in a fancy party to get some fancy wine so Rand can bribe fancy Logain. Mat and Min team up but it turns out Min sucks now.
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The Wheel of Time show continues! As do we, your intrepid (re)viewers. Do Moiraine and Lan work out their feelings? Does Rand go grim and violent way ahead of schedule? Does the most Daughter-Heir-est of Daughter-Heirs finally make an appearance? Yes, yes, and oh, yes.

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We return once more for the premiere of season 2 of the Wheel of Time TV show! Our feeling for the first season was... less than positive. Will season 2 exceed our basement-level expectations?

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The party of mostly-Emond's-Fielders finally reaches the titular Eye of the World. They meet a very nice and very green man, then they meet a couple of very not-nice Forsaken. Then it's finally time for Rand and Ba'alzamon to settle their theological debate (with swords).

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With time growing short, the party turns to the Ways to reach the Eye of the World in time. The Ways are quite nice, if you like pitch blackness and gibbering madness creatures hounding you to death. They do make it to Fal Dara, where they find out just exactly who this Lan guy is.

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Moiraine and Lan (and Nynaeve!) rescue Perrin and Egwene from the Whitecloaks. Rand draws the attention of a princess, a prince, a queen, an Aes Sedai, a general, a soldier, and a beggar. That's how Two Rivers folk lie low.

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Rand and Mat hitchhike to Caemlyn, and are accosted by darkfriends at almost every stop. It's enough to make a man suspicious. They do make it to Caemlyn, where Thom's name opens some doors for them (and slams shut others).

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Perrin and Egwene are chased by some bad birds, and find refuge in a stedding. Their rest doesn't last long, as some Children of the Light arrive and inspire Perrin to turn some white cloaks red. Then Rand and Mat walk themselves into a trap and only escape via some lucky lightning.

Bonus: artist's rendition of Elyas Machera, Long Tooth.

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Egwene and Perrin spend some time absorbing immaculate vibes with the Tuatha'an while Rand, Mat, and Thom hasten south on a rivership. When the river crew reaches Whitebridge, things take a turn for the tragic, and Rand and Mat continue on with a lot less glee, man.

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In the cursed city of Shadar Logoth, the party's cozy camp is disrupted by Trollocs and a thing that eats Trollocs for fun. Some end up on a boat, some end up traveling with a wolf pack, and some are just trying to catch up.

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Rand and Mat get up to zany hijinks in Baerlon, if you consider antagonizing the Whitecloaks zany. Then their party must flee the town for (mostly) unrelated reasons. They end up in an even bigger, and much more evil city: Shadar Logoth.

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Rand, Mat, and Perrin (and Egwene and Thom) flee from trouble to trouble, pursued by ever-more-terrifying monsters. They make it across the river and to the "city" of Baerlon, where surely they'll be safe.

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Rand and Tam head back to the farm to make themselves a stew, when a band of uninvited Trollocs show up and try to stew them instead. They escape back to town where Moiraine and Lan have spent the night making crispy Trolloc fritters.

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We start on the next Wheel of Time book, which turns out to be The Eye of the World, because time is a big thing that goes around.

Rand and his best buds are all ready for a really swell holiday season, but a band of visiting Shadowspawn have other plans.

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Moiraine and Lan travel together grudgingly to Chachin, where they exit each other's company as quickly as possible. They find themselves tangled up with either end of a dark plot and their only hope is to meet in the middle.

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Moiraine enjoys being a full Aes Sedai, but then she has to flee Tar Valon before she gets enthroned. Lan returns to the borderlands and finds both physical and political peril waiting for him. They finally meet, and one of them ends up in the drink.

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As the search for the Dragon Reborn continues without Moiraine or Siuan's involvement. They're busy studying for their Aes Sedai final exam, which involve a lot more nudity than one might expect.

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Young Moiraine and Siuan are studying hard for their final Aes Sedai certification, but they keep getting distracted by the Aiel War, Elaida's harassment, and the dark prophecy that threatens to destroy their world.

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Egwene's incredible sacrifice inspires Rand. Mat's battle strategy pays off after the forces of Light get a little lucky. It helps that a loophole in the rules lets Olver summon the Heroes of Legend to help. The Dark One is running out of Forsaken after Aviendha, Lan, Talmanes (!), and Egwene have trimmed their head count a bit.

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In the Battle, Mat's counterstrike depends on Fortuona deciding to come to the rescue. They could really use that Horn but it seems like it's about to be eaten by Trollocs. Egwene isn't waiting around, though; she decides it's time to clean up this "M'Hael"/Balefire problem for good. Lan draws the curtains on the Demandred show.

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Mat's battle plan is baffling everybody, hopefully in a good way. Rand and the Dark One continue their debate. Demandred is on top of the world, since he's winning the battle and he still has time to sword-fight the Andoran nobles who keep wandering in.

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Mat's Last Battle plan has achieved the "so crazy" part but he's still working on the "it just might work" part. Rand and the Dark One weave the fabric of reality in their duel to determine the future. Gawyn discovers why nobody tried just running up and stabbing Demandred before.

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The Last Battle has begun. Mat is in command, to the perplexity of everybody who knows him. Rand has engaged with the Dark One directly. The forces of Light (Lightspawn?) have finally committed themselves, and all hangs by a thread.

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Things on the battlefield don't get worse. In fact they get slightly better, as Hessalam's devious manipulation is revealed by Perrin (of all people). But after all this worse-getting, it's pretty dire. It's time for Mat to round up the troops for one last stand.

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You're not going to believe this: the war is going even worse than before. The political leaders finally realize the dark source of their generals' troubles. Egwene meets Fortuona. Mat prevents them from strangling each other, which may be his most impressive victory yet.

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We thought the war was going bad before, but now it's really going downhill. Rand heads to his fate in the Pit of Doom. Mat and the Seanchan mobilize to join the fight. Perrin has a whole bunch of awesome adventures that nobody else can see but are very important.

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Things are going from worse to worser on the battlefield. Egwene learns that the Sharan ambush was led by the previously missing Demandred. Perrin gets sidetracked from his hunt for one dream-villain when he discovers another one.

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The various battles against the Shadowspawn are intensifying and worsening. Mat painstakingly sneaks into Tuon's palace, only to find out that he lives there. Then Rand does what Mat should have done and walks right in the front door. 

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War is everywhere. Rand and Perrin both encounter Lanfear in dreams. Mat decides to join an ongoing Seanchan assassination competition. Things go well at the Black Tower (for once).

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As Elayne gets down to business to defeat the Dark One, the war opens on four fronts. Luckily she has four top-flight generals to handle them. She personally oversees the battle at Caemlyn, where she decides that the best way to fix a half-burnt city is to make it a whole-burnt one. Then Elayne and Rand "catch up".

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While Androl and Pevara lead a rescue mission that would make Nynaeve proud, Rand presents his organizing document to the Lords and Ladies (and Egwenes) of the land. The negotiation isn't going well until Rand gets a surprise assist from a long-dead frenemy.

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Rand and Perrin catch up, then Rand and Aviendha "catch up". Meanwhile things are getting serious for Androl and Pevara, who need to get into each other's heads to get out of their predicament.

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We keep hearing about who is no bloody hero, but in this prologue Talmanes shows us what a bloody hero bloody looks like. We also check in with various schemes and plots among the light and the dark. You guys, I think the Last Battle might actually be close this time.

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Mat makes good his escape from the world of the foxy folk with the aid of luck, bombs, and an unexpected sacrifice. Egwene, Elayne, and finally Rand have arrived at the appointed meeting place, and it appears that the Last Battle is about to become the Current Battle.

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Mat and his companions venture into the Tower of Ghenjei. They meet up with those foxy fellows, who are good at both riddles and skinning people. Mat will have to keep an eye out.

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Perrin meets Elayne and they hash out the consequences of his kinda-rebellion in her kinda-kingdom. Faile takes care of the details for him since this is more of a talking situation than a hammering one. Aviendha gets some very bad news in Rhuidean. Then Rand finally meets the Borderland rulers and they give him the old Borderland slap test.

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Perrin finally wins Galad over with his "rescue you and all your friends from Trolloc cookpots" plan. Combined with his previous plans ("destroy the Dragonsworn", "destroy the Aiel marauders", and "bring your mother back from the dead"), Perrin has finally convinced Galad that he might not be evil.

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Egwene springs Mesaana's trap with a trap of her own. It turns out that Mesaana has another trap for Egwene inside her trap. Egwene has to figure out how to trap Mesaana from within Mesaana's trap that has sprung Egwene's trap. Also, Perrin is there.

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Ituralde's no good very bad day of siege ends when Rand arrives and gives him a special one-time demonstration of what happens when Trollocs meet a Dragon. Perrin attends his own murder trial and opts to tell the whole truth about his inclinations. It's a relief for him, but as a legal strategy it is not very effective.

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While Egwene consolidates her Tower power, things are getting desperate for Ituralde. Even if you win a street battle, if they're your streets it's a bad day. Then Mat uses a chancy tactic to deal with his squishy nemesis.

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Elayne has a really good idea and decides to mix it up with the Black Ajah by herself and gets a dagger in the side for her trouble. While Ituralde remains besieged, Rand visits Bandar Eban and inspires some initiative. Perrin meets Galad, who really wants to have a battle and is surprised that his stepmom is pouring Perrin's tea.

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Nynaeve finally takes the test to become a full Aes Sedai. Her success depends on her skill (which is good) and her tact (which is not good). Also, Ituralde leads a fighting retreat which goes well until it doesn't. And Mat gets advice on being a legend from Birgitte, a literal legend.

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Faile works out her issue with Perrin with a romantic evening. Then she works out her issue with Berelain with a knife fight. Mat presents his plan for vastly increasing the lethality of warfare to Elayne, and she enthusiastically accepts.

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Mat runs into his old friend the gholam in their favorite hang-out spot: a puddle of Mat's buddy's blood. Then Perrin meets Galad, who confirms that the best of Whitecloaks is the worst of everyone else. Rand returns to Tear, and he's got his stuff together.

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Perrin starts to make progress with his wolfish nature, boding well for his state of mind. His state of body is less secure though, since his army has encountered Galad's army of white-clad jerks. Meanwhile Mat finds himself sharing a tent with a certain rubbery horror.

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We finished Season 1 of the Wheel of Time TV Show! Our final review: could be better! The changes to the plot and characterization left us fuddled. Who is this show for? Not us, apparently.

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After a surprisingly relevant prologue, Rand returns from his mountain retreat. He has used the time hanging out on his own funeral mound to get in touch with his inner selves. He meets with Egwene and the Aes Sedai and does a poor job of not freaking them out.

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We progressed through the first half of Season 1 of the Wheel of Time TV show! We generally think that where they followed the books, things are looking good, and where they diverged, it's pretty rough. Look what they did to our boy Thom.

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We watched episode 1 of the Wheel of Time TV show! The one starring Rosamund Pike, not the one starring Billy Zane. We talk about what we liked (a lot), and what we didn't like (also a lot).

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After Cadsuane contrives a meeting between him and Tam, Rand spirals into mental instability. His plan to massacre the Seanchan goes off the rails (if genocide can be considered on the rails) and the only person who can talk Rand out of destroying the world is Lews Therin. Not our first choice.

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Rand is not doing very well as he gives up on the omnishambles he's created in Arad Doman and goes to meet with that borderlander army that has been hanging around for a while. It goes poorly. Then Egwene finally launches the assault on Tar Valon and it goes extremely well.

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Egwene gets a very special present from the mysterious Verin who finally (and permanently) demystifies herself. Then the long-Foretold Seanchan attack happens, and Egwene has to stop being a novice and start being an awesome battle wizard warrior queen to deal with it.

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Mat received a surprise visit from the ever-mysterious Verin. She hands him another mystery. Then Rand solves the Graendal problem using a tactic that she'd never see coming, because only a maniac would use it.

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The new grimdark Rand searches for clues to Graendal's whereabouts in Bandar Eban. Nynaeve helps the only way she knows how: kicking down doors and beating people up.

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Aviendha finally levels up as a Wise One, and Gawyn helps the rebel Aes Sedai find a useful lead (along with a lifetime supply of cockroaches). Then Mat resupplies at a town with a very rough after-dark scene.

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Tuon is exercising her power, Mat is exercising his horses, and Perrin is adjusting to normal life. Faile has a poignant ceremony to remember the friends she killed to get home. Then Rand has an incredibly painful lesson about why you don't keep Forsaken in the home.

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Rand/Lews Therin meets Moridin/Ba'alzamon/Ishamael in a relatively laid-back hell dream. The Elaida decides to have a debate with Egwene in front of the Aes Sedai leadership, which is like a penguin deciding to debate a polar bear.

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Rand adds Ituralde to his collection of Great Captains, as the Last Battle marches ever closer. Egwene marches closer to control of the White Tower as her campaign of subversion begins to reach the higher levels of the Aes Sedai. Then Gawyn makes the first good decision of his life.

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As Egwene deals with the White Tower literally changing underneath her, Rand outlines a workable plan to deal with the chaos in Arad Doman. We also check in with Rodel (winner), Gawyn (loser), and Aviendha (TBD).

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After brief check-ins with Renald, Falendre, Tylee, Mishima, Graendal, Rodel Ituralde the Wolf of Arad Doman, and Masema, we find Rand recovering from his encounter with Semirhage and preparing to enact his plan to stop fighting non-last battles before the Last Battle starts.

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After a second, very long day at JordanCon, we check in again. We we met some people, learned some things, explored some places. What a con!

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Here's a dispatch from the field! Specifically, the field of Atlanta, where we attended JordanCon 2021. A quick update on what we saw there!

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Tuon's guard finally catches up with Mat. He's happy to put her on a horse back to her home base, but before she goes she seals the deal: they're married! And Mat is some kind of prince now. He gives her a parting gift of massacring the rogue army hunting her.

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Elayne has a very eventful day which starts with her leading a raid on the Black Ajah, proceeds with a desperate rescue mission led by Birgitte, and concludes with her becoming the undisputed (ish) ruler of Andor.

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Perrin solves his "blacksmith puzzle". The solution was to hit it with a hammer. Then he solves Faile's unwanted admirer problem the same way.

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Egwene slowly conquers the Tower with words, Mat is reunited with his battle brother Talmanes, and Perrin launches his commando mission to rescue his wife. They're all getting back to the things they respectively do best: acquiring power, leading armies, and Faile.

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Rand finally moves from his seclusion. He visits Tear, and sets his plan to win the Last Battle in motion. This causes a wave of surprise visits by Asha'man, including Logain, who has gotten surprisingly cool since last we saw him.

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While Elayne deals with the siege of Caemlyn, Rand prepares his grand plan to befriend the Seanchan before the Last Battle. Erith manages to wed the most interesting Ogier in the world: Loial. Their wedding is briefly interrupted by an epic battle against a horde of shadowspawn.

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Mat and Perrin visit the local urban scenes and find violence and horror, respectively. Elayne struggles to fight her twin battles against the opposing Andoran nobles and against pregnancy brain.

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Mat's tries to manage the conflict between Tuon and the Aes Sedai while avoiding Seanchan detection. He makes some progress bonding with his future wife, then he gets a message from beyond the grave. Well, from beyond the melted portal at least.

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The capture of Egwene has upset the plans of both the rebel Aes Sedai and the loyal Forsaken. Meanwhile Perrin and Faile develop competing plans to free Faile from her captivity.

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We start in on Knife of Dreams with another full-size prologue! We check in with (deep breath) Galad Damodred, Rodel Ituralde, High Lady Suroth, Pevara Sedai, Alviarin Sedai, Galina Sedai, and Egwene Sedai. The upshot is that things aren't going very well for anybody.

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Perrin finds food for his forces in a forlorn town. Then he witnesses a windy winnowing of weevils. Then Mat stops avoiding Tuon and starts dating her.

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As Egwene begins the hunt for a Saidin-wielding murderer which may eventually lead to her own tent, Alviarin accidentally intrudes on a brutal performance review for her own Forsaken boss. Then Rand unveils his intent to turn his evil enemies into evil friends.

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Egwene manages the affairs of the army besieging Tar Valon. The rebel sisters grapple with the issue of whether to ally with the Black Tower against the White. Meanwhile, the forsaken living in Egwene's tent has become a real headache.

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Elayne meets with her supporters for the throne of Andor, and they're very young, even compared to her. Then we check in with various darkfriend and darkfriend-adjacent schemers in Caemlyn.

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Elayne engages in the business of ruling Andor while also trying to become its ruler. She also takes a really nice bath.

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Perrin's army finds the captors of Faile, and it turns out it's a whole city of Aiel. He can't execute his usual kill-them-all plan, so he'll have to rely on his unreliable allies, including the sex pest Berelain and the madman Masema.

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Mat and his companions hide from the Seanchan in the circus (both literal and figurative). He has to juggle aggressive sea captains, Aes Sedai fugitives, innocent performers, and his future wife.

Note: the audio quality is sub-par in this episode. The person responsible has been sacked.

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We start in on Crossroads of Twilight! The prologue is the now-standard revue of incidental characters, plotting and scheming around the world. Ituralde, Valda, Samitsu, Yukiri... We may not know who they are, but now we know what they're up to.

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After Cadsuane frees Rand from a Far Madding prison cell, she tags along to Shadar Logoth as he and Nynaeve attempt the impossible: cleansing the Dark One's taint from Saidin. The Forsaken will have something to say about that.

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Mat and his allies execute his plan to free the Aes Sedai from Seanchan captivity and escape Ebou Dar. It goes well, except for the part where he accidentally fulfills a dire prophecy in the process. Mat really tries to avoid doing that these days.

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Cadsuane and a motley band Travel to Far Madding to chase after Rand, which is a dangerous move considering how he responds to being chased. Meanwhile, Elayne is doing the mundane work of ruling Andor when she is surprised by the arrival of some people we've been awaiting for two books.

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Mat, failing utterly to escape Ebou Dar, gets caught up in a variety of schemes and counter-schemes under the Seanchan occupation. Meanwhile Rand is in Far Madding playing a confusing game of who's-hunting-whom.

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We discuss the epic story telling and tense action as the party is pulled away from their home and thrust into a much wider and more dangerous world. Also, we have a lot of trouble pronouncing Nynaeve.

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Blood and ashes! We begin our odyssey with the first book of the series: The Eye of the World. We'll get our first taste of the sharp characterization and epic scale that makes these books so much fun to read.

We'll also dig in to the question that drives this whole series: is Bran al'Vere a cannibal?

Note to the wary: this episode has a few SPOILERS for the rest of the books. We got carried away, but we will do better at avoiding spoilers in future episodes.

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Mat, uncrushed by that wall, is still in occupied Ebou Dar. He's staying under the Seanchan radar while trying to stop having sex with the queen. His plan is complicated by the arrival of his prophesied bride, Tuon.

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Elayne, having survived the assassination attempt, appoints her savior captain of her bodyguard. Then a surprise visit from Rand leads to that rarest of events in the turnings of the Wheel of Time: a mature relationship talk.

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Perrin grapples with the consequences of Faile's capture. Elayne struggles to balance her various responsibilities to Andor, Rand, and the White Tower. Then an assassination attempt almost succeeds when she falls for the old poisoned tea trick.

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As Faile is marched into Shaido captivity, Perrin is torn between his urge to go after her and his duty to keep his army together (and also torn between the ax and the hammer, but that's normal).

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We're back with the prologue of Winter's Heart. Elaida's Darkfriend hunters strike Black (Ajah) gold, Elayne gets recursively interrupted several times, and Rand has done a poor job of leaving Cairhien.

Note: you may hear children laughing during this episode. This phenomenon can be attributed to creeping madness on the part of the listener.

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Elaida's Black Ajah hunters arrive at a breakthrough, Elayne arrives in Caemlyn, Perrin arrives to meet Masema, and Egwene's army arrives at Tar Valon. Rand learns that neglecting your army of channeling warriors can have negative consequences: for instance, sometimes your throne room explodes.

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The White Tower is in tumult thanks to the influence of the Black Ajah. However, Elaida's secret Black Ajah hunting squad is closer to their quarry than even they suspect. Meanwhile Rand and Cadsuane have a jackass competition and Rand, unusually, loses.

Why Doesn't Randland Have an Actual Name? By Sylas K. Barrett:  https://www.tor.com/2020/04/30/why-doesnt-randland-have-an-actual-name/

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