Fifth of Daybreak

Oh boy, finished with another volume. Honestly, I don't think I have much to say on this one. Which is actually very sad because this has been my favorite so far. (Funny, when you don't like something as much, you've got a lot more to say about it, but when you love something, when you go to talk about it, everything flees from your mind.) I thought that this was the best constructed so of the books so far. I noticed with the last five they all basically had a hundred pages of fluff catching up with the characters and beating us over the head with details we already know, followed by trolloc attacks, and finally, plot line for the book. Fires of Heaven broke away from that, and I loved it. The Darkhounds kinda fit the role of the Trollocs, but it introduces Balefire officially, and blood and bloody ashes is that stuff cool! I has already been convinced that Moiraine was going to die, and the further I got into the book, the more I realized this was the book it was going to happen. Not cool, but it how she died really took me by surprise. I didn't really expect Lanfear to be gone this early in the series (and having already read a bit of the Lord of Choas, I expect she's the female chosen in a new body.) Her death was fitting though, and only reaffirmed my love for her as a character. Especially her developing relationship with Rand through the books. I was happy to correctly guess that she knew exactly who Nateal was, and her grudging acceptance of it just tickled me. Also, I feel justified in my distrust of Verin, since Moiraine feels the same way. Nynaeve was very satisfying to read this time through. The arch with Elayne felt a lot less artificial than it had in the past, and it's wonderful to see her confronting her own shortcomings, and even more so to see a protagonist fail, as those situations seem to have been few and far between so far. The interactions between all of the characters also felt more honest. My favorite part of their portion definitely was Thom's daggers flying at her. Imagining the scene just made me smile. With Moiraine gone, Aviendha definitely is my favorite female character. The Aiel continue to delight me, and their humor is especially good. My favorite scene between her and Rand had to be their reactions to the Maidens knowing what happened thousands of miles away. Their whole relationship feels very real. Oh Matrim, you are hysterical. "I'm just gonna leave over this way, don't mind me. Oh look, and ambush. Well, burn me, I'm leaving. Right after I stop this ambush. Ok, right after this next skirmish. Alright, well, I guess I'll kill Couladin first, but I'm leaving right after that." I'm very interested to see what comes about for Elayne and Birgette, and especially when the tower finds out about it, which I see as very likely to happen. Birgette was one of my favorite parts of The Shadow Rising and I'm glad she'll continue to be a large role in the books. I did expect Aludra to do more than have a cameo role though. I can't think of anything else to add right now. I really enjoyed this installment, and just like when reading The Dragon Reborn, I enjoyed it too much to spend as much time theorizing. P.S. I miss you Perrin

You took 2 from PorridgeBrick, and from LeftVash, so I'm assuming that you only meant to take from LeftVash, as he was in red. I'm fixing PorridgeBrick back to 14, and adding in my heal for this turn. This is from the last post on page 7. WeiryWriter 8 Fifth of Daybreak 8 LeftVash 13 Tempus 6 Edgedancer 10 Shivertongue 5 Mailliw73 4 The Only Joe 14 PorridgeBrick 15 GreyPilgrim 13

Am I the only one who hasn't been self-healing? Quiver 0 Gamma Fiend 0 WeiryWriter 8 Fifth of Daybreak 7 LeftVash 16 Tempus 7 Edgedancer 10 Shivertongue 10 Mailliw73 6 The Only Joe 14 PorridgeBrick 16 GreyPilgrim 13 Voidus 20 Observer 20 TwiLyghtSansSparkles 20

Kobold King 13 Quiver 5 Gamma Fiend 6 WeiryWriter 10 Fifth of Daybreak 7 LeftVash 15 Tempus 8 Edgedancer 10 Shivertongue 9 Mailliw73 8 The Only Joe 15 PorridgeBrick 16 GreyPilgrim 12

There are easier ways of refilling your drink Brandon.

Kobold King 14 Quiver 8 Gamma Fiend 6 WeiryWriter 10 Fifth of Daybreak 8 LeftVash 14 Shardlet 0 Tempus 10 Edgedancer 10 Shivertongue 8 Mailliw73 10 The Only Joe 14 PorridgeBrick 15 GreyPilgrim 12

Kobold King 14 Quiver 8 Gamma Fiend 6 WeiryWriter 10 Fifth of Daybreak 8 LeftVash 15 Shardlet 2 Tempus 10 Edgedancer 10 Shivertongue 8 Mailliw73 9 The Only Joe 13 PorridgeBrick 14 GreyPilgrim 17 Voidus 20 Observer 20 TwiLyghtSansSparkles 20

Kobold King 13 Swimmingly 0 Quiver 10 Gamma Fiend 6 WeiryWriter 10 Fifth of Daybreak 8 LeftVash 14 Shardlet 6 Tempus 10 Edgedancer 10 Shivertongue 8 Mailliw73 9 The Only Joe 13 PorridgeBrick 13 GreyPilgrim 17 Voidus 20 Observer 20 TwiLyghtSansSparkles 20

Kobold King 11 This is only for hitting PorridgeBrick. The awesomeness of his username deserves to go to the finals! Swimmingly 6 Aether 6 Quiver 10 Gamma Fiend 6 WeiryWriter 10 Fifth of Daybreak 8 LeftVash 13 Shardlet 6 Tempus 10 Edgedancer 10 Shivertongue 8 Mailliw73 8 Voidus 20 The Only Joe 13 PorridgeBrick 12 GreyPilgrim 17

Kobold King 11 Swimmingly 8 Aether 8 Quiver 10 Gamma Fiend 6 WeiryWriter 10 Fifth of Daybreak 8 LeftVash 13 Shardlet 6 Tempus 10 Edgedancer 10 Shivertongue 8 Mailliw73 8 Voidus 19 The Only Joe 13 PorridgeBrick 13 GreyPilgrim 17

Kobold King 11 Swimmingly 8 Awesomeness Summoned 0 Aether 8 Quiver 10 Delightful 2 Gamma Fiend 8 WeiryWriter 10 Fifth of Daybreak 8 LeftVash 13 Shardlet 8 Tempus 10 Edgedancer 10 Shivertongue 8 Mailliw73 8 lord Claincy Ffnord 0 Voidus 18 The Only Joe 13 PorridgeBrick 12 GreyPilgrim 16 Another double kill!

Really quick, first round starts with ten, and caps at 20, I'll go ahead and fix it. Kobold King 9 Swimmingly 10 Chaos 10 Argent 10 FeatherWriter 10 Kurkistan 10 Awesomeness Summoned 10 Moogle 10 Aether 10 Quiver 10 TwiLyghtSansSparkles 10 Delightful 10 Observer 9 Windrunner 8 Because it's too early to start grudges this game. Gamma Fiend 10 WeiryWriter 10 Fifth of Daybreak 10 Metacognition 10 LeftVash 10 Shardlet 10 Tempus 10 Edgedancer 10 Shivertongue 10 Mailliw73 11 of course I have to. lord Claincy Ffnord 10 Voidus 10 The Only Joe 10 RShara 10 PorridgeBrick 11 For having the best storming username on the site. GreyPilgrim 10 Edit: Is this in order? I didn't realize I'm so high up lol.

*begins sharpening spikes*

Alcatraz 0 Legion 13

Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians 11 Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia 0 Legion 10 Final Empire Alloy of Law

The Way of Kings 11 The Hero of Ages 10 Warbreaker 7 Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians 10 Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lenses 8 Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia 10 Legion 6 Steelheart 0 Killed The Final Empire The Alloy of Law

The Way of Kings 13 The Well of Ascension 0 The Hero of Ages 10 Warbreaker 7 Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians 10 Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lenses 8 Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia 10 Alcatraz vs The Scriveners Bones 0 Legion 6 Steelheart 3 The Final Empire The Alloy of Law Double kill!

I'm sorry, he's just so attractive.

The Way of Kings 7 The Well of Ascension 6 The Hero of Ages 10 The Alloy of Law 20 Warbreaker 7 Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians 9 Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lenses 8 Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia 10 Alcatraz vs The Scriveners Bones 3 Legion 6 Steelheart 8 The Final Empire

The Way of Kings 9 The Well of Ascension 8 The Hero of Ages 9 The Alloy of Law 19 Warbreaker 7 Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians 9 Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lenses 8 Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia 10 Alcatraz vs The Scriveners Bones 3 Legion 6 Steelheart 9

The Way of Kings 13 The Well of Ascension 8 The Hero of Ages 10 The Alloy of Law 18 Warbreaker 7 Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians 9 Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lenses 8 Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia 10 Alcatraz vs The Scriveners Bones 3 Legion 6 Steelheart 9 YOU KILLED TWO OF MINE! FEEL THE WRATH OF THE NIGHTMAW!

The Way of Kings 15 The Well of Ascension 8 The Hero of Ages 10 The Alloy of Law 16 Warbreaker 7 Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians 9 Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lenses 8 Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia 10 Alcatraz vs The Scriveners Bones 5 Legion 6 Steelheart 10 Pretty sure this is right. Kobold was ninja'd

The Way of Kings 15 The Well of Ascension 10 The Hero of Ages 10 The Alloy of Law 15 Warbreaker 7 Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians 9 Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lenses 8 Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia 10 Alcatraz vs The Scriveners Bones 5 Legion 8 Steelheart 10 Help Hurt Steelheart.

Ahhh! You killed Rithmatist AND Sixth of Dusk! The Way of Kings 14 The Final Empire 18 The Well of Ascension 11 The Hero of Ages 10 The Alloy of Law 14 Warbreaker 8 Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians 9 Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lenses 10 Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia 10 Alcatraz vs The Scriveners Bones 5 Legion 12 Steelheart 13 Towers of Midnight 0

The Way of Kings 11 Words of Radiance 10 The Final Empire 11 The Well of Ascension 10 The Hero of Ages 10 The Alloy of Law 10 Elantris 11 Warbreaker 6 The Emperor's Soul 10 Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians 10 Alcatraz vs The Shattered Lenses 10 Alcatraz vs The Knights of Crystallia 10 Alcatraz vs The Scriveners Bones 10 The Rithmatist 10 Legion 10 Steelheart 11 Firstborn/Defending Elysium 8 Infinity Blade Awakening 10 Infinity Blade Redemption 8 The Gathering Storm 6 Towers of Midnight 10 A Memory of Light 10 Sixth of the Dusk 9 Why can't we be friends?