Neon Reads The Wheel of Time

[The Sovereign]

On 1/18/2021 at 1:54 AM, aneonfoxtribute said:

Taringail DAMODRED?! Morgase was married to a relative of Moiraine?!

Taringail was Moiraine's half-brother. Did you figure out who killed him yet?

[aneonfoxtribute]

1 minute ago, The Sovereign said:

Taringail was Moiraine's half-brother. Did you figure out who killed him yet?

No, I don't even remember the circumstances of his death. He was killed while hunting, right? Did they say it was murder?

[The Sovereign]

Just now, aneonfoxtribute said:

No, I don't even remember the circumstances of his death. He was killed while hunting, right? Did they say it was murder?

Yes, he died in a hunting "accident" but it is strongly implied there was foul-play.

[aneonfoxtribute]

Well I didnt even remember there was foul play, so figuring out who actually killed him is entirely different. Though I was told something on the Discord that I think someone got too hasty in explaining and explained way too early and that could well be connected. 

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I was told that Galad was Rand's half brother, which means he killed Rand's father. It would not surprise me if it turned out he killed his own father too.

 

[Dunkum he/him]

2 hours ago, aneonfoxtribute said:

Well I didnt even remember there was foul play, so figuring out who actually killed him is entirely different. Though I was told something on the Discord that I think someone got too hasty in explaining and explained way too early and that could well be connected. 

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I was told that Galad was Rand's half brother, which means he killed Rand's father. It would not surprise me if it turned out he killed his own father too.

 

pretty sure it wasn't Galad who killed Rand's father, not sure where you are getting that from

[aneonfoxtribute]

Well, 

Spoiler

I was told that Galad was Rand's half brother, and Rand's half brother killed Rand's father. 

 

[Dunkum he/him]

21 minutes ago, aneonfoxtribute said:

Well, 

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I was told that Galad was Rand's half brother, and Rand's half brother killed Rand's father. 

 

someone told you wrong.

[The Sovereign]

On 1/21/2021 at 2:19 PM, aneonfoxtribute said:

Well, 

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I was told that Galad was Rand's half brother, and Rand's half brother killed Rand's father. 

 

1/2 Correct.

On 1/21/2021 at 2:41 PM, Dunkum said:

someone told you wrong.

^Correct.


A full explanation, this is a spoiler, though not a particularly relevant one storywise. With good detective work this can be figured out by roughly the end of Book 4:

 

Janduin (Rand's father) was killed by Luc Mantear (Rand & Galad's Biological uncle on their mother's side; Tigraine's brother) 

Edited February 3, 2021 by The Sovereign

[aneonfoxtribute]

Gareth Bryne has shot up a lot in how much I like him in just one scene. Very nice.

[The Sovereign]

On 1/23/2021 at 3:42 PM, aneonfoxtribute said:

Gareth Bryne has shot up a lot in how much I like him in just one scene. Very nice.

The man is a treasure. He is up there with Furyk Karede and Silviana Brehon for my favorite secondary characters.

Edited January 26, 2021 by The Sovereign

[aneonfoxtribute]

1 hour ago, The Sovereign said:

The man is a treasure. He is up there with Furyk Karede and Silviana Brehon for my favorite secondary characters.

I don't know either of these people!

[The Sovereign]

21 hours ago, aneonfoxtribute said:

I don't know either of these people!

Haha fair enough. Neither of them appear until Book 8 "The Path of Daggers" (although Silviana is mentioned in book 5 "The Fires Of Heaven" 's prologue).
 

[BreezeCauthon he/him]

On 1/26/2021 at 9:51 AM, The Sovereign said:

The man is a treasure. He is up there with Furyk Karede and Silviana Brehon for my favorite secondary characters.

How about Rodel Ituralde?

[aneonfoxtribute]

So Liandrin has been shielded entirely. I wonder if that means that is the end of her as a threat or if she will eventually find a way to break the shield and come back with a vengeance 

[aneonfoxtribute]

Oooooh, Elayne bonded Birgitte. This could be interesting.

[aneonfoxtribute]

I don't know why reading this consistently is so hard for me. It's really frustrating

[aneonfoxtribute]

That scene at the end of the fight with the Shaido with Rand was weird

[aneonfoxtribute]

Oh. Damn. Did not expect Couladin to die offscreen. 

[Dunkum he/him]

10 hours ago, aneonfoxtribute said:

That scene at the end of the fight with the Shaido with Rand was weird

which scene?

[aneonfoxtribute]

It was after the fight with the Shaido, when Rand was like delirious and thinking more like Lews Therin

[Nuatoma]

13 hours ago, aneonfoxtribute said:

Oh. Damn. Did not expect Couladin to die offscreen. 

I just recently read this book too, and yeah, I was kind of disappointed we didn't see this happen.

[The Sovereign]

15 hours ago, aneonfoxtribute said:

Oh. Damn. Did not expect Couladin to die offscreen. 

 

2 hours ago, Nuatoma said:

I just recently read this book too, and yeah, I was kind of disappointed we didn't see this happen.

Not to spoil things but in the greater context of the story this ends up being a smart decision; Couladin is just not all that important... Sevanna is a bigger fish. Even then... meh...

[Dunkum he/him]

3 hours ago, aneonfoxtribute said:

It was after the fight with the Shaido, when Rand was like delirious and thinking more like Lews Therin

ah, yea.  I think I remember that.

[aneonfoxtribute]

LMAO, Alviarin's letter asks Rand to keep the contents a secret. Rand reads it, reads it one more time, then immediately lets Moiraine read it. Absolutely wonderful

[aneonfoxtribute]

It looks like the setup for the end of the book is Rand going to Caemlyn and fighting Rahvin. That is not at all where I thought this was going. ALSO MAT KILLED MELINDRHA OKAY I EXPECTED THAT EVEN LESS