Daes Dae'mar November 2012

[Mashiara Sedai]

Cover art by Peregrine

 

Welcome to DAES DAE'MAR, the White Tower and Warder Social Group's monthly newsletter!

 

This month's features include:

 

WoT IRL

 

 

Featured Threads

 

 

Name the Aes Sedai

[Mashiara Sedai]

WoT IRL:

 

This segment takes ideas from within the Wheel of Time universe and shows them in contemporary ways. 

 

The piece below is from the comment section on Leigh Butler's reread of A Crown of Swords, on Tor.com, posted by Blindillusion.

 

[Mashiara Sedai]

Featured Threads:

 

Blue:  Cyan posed a question to the Blue Ajah: who is your favorite Harry Potter character?  I was surprised that Harry only received 4 votes!  Sirius came in first with 12 votes, narrowly beating Fred and George (11 votes) and Luna Lovegood (also 11). 

Brown: Raena researched the top rated tourist destinations for 2013, by city, country, and region.  Everyone joined in on places they've been and places they want to go.

Gray:  Mirshann Uuranor started the November debate asking which holiday pie is the best.  The polling was pretty close, but "other" pulled ahead as the winner.  Of course, everyone's "other" was different, so the real winner was pumpkin (which tied with the "all the pies" choice).

 

Green: Kathleen started a thread to show appreciation for those who are serving their country in honor of Remembrance Day.  Everyone shared their stories and spoke of people they honor or remember. 

Red: Narina Menderlin started a discussion about men and women's roles in society.  One question asked how those roles have changed. 

 

White: Kukasö started a post called Cities for Life, where she is sharing her experience as a volunteer for "City Projects" in Moscow.  Normal citizens are pitching in to bring awareness to the problems parked cars have on the foot traffic in the city.

 

Yellow: Nynaeve is sharing her joys and woes of veterinary training.  If only she could channel in real life and Heal those animals with ease.

Warder: Two Word Story, started by TylerRVG.  This thread is one of the funniest I've seen in a long time.  The concept is to tell a story, with each poster adding on two words at a time. 

 

[Mashiara Sedai]

Name the Aes Sedai:

 

A tragic tale of loss, but love.

The Aes Sedai, she sat above

The ruined city she once ruled,

And with the Power, she pooled

Her final strength to lash out

The Trolloc's retreating route.

With her death, she drove them from

The beautiful Mountain Home.

 

 

 

PM your answers to Mashiara

 

 

 

This concludes DAES DAE'MAR.  Join us next month for another edition!

[Charis alAslan]

Love this! Great job!

[Daruya]

ooh, ooh! I know the answer to the riddle!

[Mashiara Sedai]

ooh, ooh! I know the answer to the riddle!

 

Sorry, Dar.  I changed it to match the cover.  :P  If you can guess that one (not like it's hard), I'll give you two points!

[Elgee]

Two points to those who guess correctly, and 1 point to those who give it a good shot!

[Dwynwen]

Aww, it's Peregrine's art!  That's so sweet!