I can tell what Brandon meant by the two plot lines were a bit different

[JoelyWoely]

So in the foreword, before the book starts, he says a lot of the things that might be wrong with the book etc, like about how the two different plots happening were a bit "different". Like what the hell lmao. On 1 page (literally hehe) Raeth and D'Naa are cutely falling asleep next to each other with her head on his shoulder, then BOOM LETS SEND A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE SCREAMING TO FALL TO THEIR DEATH YIPEEEEE.

[dbulick]

When he wrote that I assumed he was talking about the "gods" plot with decay and ruin, and then main plot with the people fighting.  It came together at the end but was rather disjointed.