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WHAT?! WHEN DID PERRIN MEET GALAD?! Oh hey, Mat made it to Caemlyn, cool

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So I adore luck manipulation as an ability. It's one of my favorite ablities to see, which is why I love Mat. I've never seen it used quite like Mat uses it. I've never heard of strategic BAD luck in luck manipulation, and I love it so much

Seems like we might finally get an answer to why Aviendha is being punished, and before it's revealed I'm gonna say what I think it is (which I've thought for a while): She isn't going to Rand and proposing. I was wrong! Aviendha is going to Rhuidean now. Are we going to learn more lore? Or will it just be offscreened?

Did we know Sheriam was Black Ajah???????????????????? I don't remember this AT ALL

Semirhage is free and she has the male a'dam. Problem. Also, someone Compulsed Elza? Who? When? Why? (I was reminded in the Discord) OH NO RAND GOT CAPTURED THIS IS HAPPENING FASTER THAN I EXPECTED Ohhhh boy Rand used the True Power. Semirhage, you're about to get what's coming to you. Rand don't care anymore REST IN BLOOD AND BLOODY PIECES SEMIRHAGE

WHAT A LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE! THAT'S THE BEST STATEMENT THAT'S EVER BEEN MADE IN LITERATURE

Elaida, the eternal failure. She keeps digging that hole deeper. Elaida continuously makes so many god damn mistakes it's a wonder I ever thought she was competent. Arymilla seemed more competent than Elaida does now. I seriously wonder if the idea that Padan Fain tainted her has any merit because she does feel so different Egwene is S tier don't care she's the best

I noticed some things very early on, some writing decisions that are very distinctly nor Jordan, I've been noticing them less as the book has gone on. Haven't gotten a Mat chapter yet so I can't say anything about that.

EGWENE'S MEETING WITH THE SITTERS TRYING TO FIND DARKFRIENDS! SO RAAAAAW!

OKAY A MAN'S BLOOD BECAME LAVA ALRIGHT! I wonder if that was an effect of the Dark One's influence on the Pattern or if it's evidence that Semhirage can still do things even captured. Probably the former, but hearing her talk about replacing people's blood with other things....

Glad we're back to getting Aviendha POVs. It's nice to see how she still doesn't quite understand wetlander ways. With all her time spent with Elayne I wasn't sure

Now Lan has all the fighters of Malkier AND the might of Rodel Ituralde on his side. The Last Battle is gonna be raw. Nynaeve and Rand, giving Lan one of the strongest forces on the continent, completely separate from one another.

Man ever since someone brought up the idea that Elaida wasn't as tyrannical until after she met Fain, I'm so hard pressed to not see her change as a result of that, because she really does feel completely different and even Egwene is pointing that out

Mishima's dead and Tylee's under attack by Trollocs. That victory didn't last too long. Demandred has to be in the Black Tower, there's nowhere else he can be. But I don't believe Taim is Demandred, because I've heard people talk about Taimandred and the way they talked sounded like it wasn't true. This did get me thinking a lot more about Demandred than I was though, and I would believe Taimandred if I didn't feel like I already had it deconfirmed Seems like this book will have the fight with Graendal ITURALDE STOP BEING SO RAW I LOVE YOU And so Masema is dead. Sick scene. I do wonder why we kept him alive as long as we did if he was just going to die here, but as a sequence of events it works perfectly. I do wish that we got to see Rand talk to Masema. That would have been cool. Also are we gonna figure out what the hell he was doing with the Seanchan, or was that just a reason to give Perrin the order from Suroth? Are we gonna learn why the hell the Aes Sedai were meeting with him?

Got Gathering Storm. I start tonight or tomorrow

It occurs to me that Jordan never got to do the inevitable conversation between Mat and Tuon about channelers. That's gonna happen eventually I think it's too important for it just to not happen, but since Tuon has left Mat now, they probably aren't going to meet again until well after Jordan's last word. So that's sad. Me, I have no idea how that conversation would go

I LOVE MAT I LOVE MAT I LOVE MAT I LOVE MAT! Man just goes "Release the shield, yeah damn right the Power doesn't work on me, drop it now or I'll kick your ass." The best character Well Mat and Tuon's marriage is official. What happens next is gonna be very interesting. And there goes Suroth The End of the Eleventh Book of The Wheel of Time Fantastic book. Best in the series. I loved it What in the world is Taim's game plan here. I'm not sure. I don't know what he's thinking and what his intentions are. I'm very intrigued.

Elayne now officially has all the support she needs to be queen. Hopefully now her story starts picking back up

That was a weird POV break. We went from Elayne, to Karede going out to find Mat, and then BACK to Elayne. Why did we take a break with Karede there? We could have gotten that later, before the next Mat chapter (because there will probably be at least one before the end of this book) Looking ahead a bit, just to see whose POVs are coming up, it's even stranger. We go back to Karede after this chapter and then onto Mat. So it goes Elayne - Karede - Elayne - Karede - Mat. That just feels strange to me. We could have gone Elayne - Elayne - Karede - Karede - Mat. But then again, this isn't the first time this happened in this book. A bit ago, we had a string of POVs that were also odd. We went Egwene - Tarna - Mat - Tuon - Perrin - Faile - Rand - Mat - Faile - Perrin, and some of those changes happened in the same chapter for seemingly no reason (for instance, Tarna led into Mat, and then Tuon led into Perrin, and those are the same chapter). For some reason that one stood out less to me than this. It's not, like, a flaw. I don't actually care. I'm just curious what the rationale behind these things are. Maybe to show a progression of time?

Gonna try finishing today

VANDENE HEARD THAT CAREANE WAS THE DARKFRIEND AND, WITHOUT A SINGLE SECOND OF HESITATION STABBED HER! NO BEAT IN BETWEEN, SHE JUST STRAIGHT KILLS HER! RAW! F for Vandene and Sareitha. This was a bad plan. Thank god Birgitte is hypercompetent. Saving Elayne AND holding Caemlyn is gonna require the other Aes Sedai in the city. Birgitte's probably gonna be forced to make a deal with them on Elayne's behalf to get their cooperation, and that's no good The fight against the Black Ajah and at the walls had no right to go as well as it did after the catastrophe that started the whole damn thing

IT'S TIME FOR PERRIN TO STRIKE! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY! PERRIN CALLED TAM HERE! SICK! It's been a WHILE since we've seen him! Alright Masema, time to meet the father. Tam doesn't know that Rand is the Dragon Reborn??? How the hell has word not arrived about that??? OH GOD DAMMIT ARAM! WHY ARE YOU LISTENING TO THE NUTJOB! Well you're dead now. Can't believe all this time spent being loyal ended with you trusting someone you met two months ago who everyone knows as a dangerously insane murderer. F's in chat for Rolan. He didn't deserve to be killed like that after just saving Faile. I was hoping Faile would stop them from fighting and they would come to an understanding LMFAO ALL OF THAT AND GALINA DIDN'T EVEN ESCAPE! SHE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO THE POINT OF BREAKING OFF THE OATH! Good riddance. And now the Shaido have completely abandoned the wetlands. Good luck staying safe when the rest of the Aiel come back, victorious from the Last Battle, and see you chilling. They ain't gonna be kind to you.

"He did not like battles. You could get holes poked in you in a battle" I love Mat so much

Oh wait the fight's over. Good job Semirhage, you still bungled it. Rand lost a hand but you still goofed