May the blessing of the Light be on you

A Light without and a light within.

May the blessed One shine on you like the great peat fires of the Highlands,

So that stranger and friend may come and warm himself at it.

And may the light shine out of the two eyes of you,

Like a candle set in the window of a house,

Bidding the wanderer on the road come in out of the storm.

May the blessing of the rain be on you,

May it beat upon your Spirit

And wash it fair and clean,

And leave there a shining pool where the Light shines,

And sometimes a star.

May the blessing of the earth be on you,

Soft under your feet as you pass along the roads,

Soft under you as you lie out on it, weary at the end of day;

And may it rest easy over you when, at last, you lie out under it,

Tired at the end of your journey as your thread in the Great Wheel has wound it's last.

May it rest so lightly over you

That your soul may be out from under it quickly;

Up and off and on its blessed journey to the throne of our God.

And now may the Lord bless you, and bless you kindly, for you have truly blessed all around you.

Rest easy and well RJ, Master of the Wheel and truly our Dragon Reborn. Fare thee well in your journey to the universe that you were so generous to share with us. And may our Lord's embrace gently caress you as lovingly as you have touched our hearts. You will be missed, loved and remembered well.

Slante'

Scottye McClain

Clan MacLean of Duart

What happens to a living, breathing universe when it's God and Creator moves on? I'd like to think that the wheel continues to turn, and the world goes on, but it's hard not to feel as though we've come to the end of an Age; the end of a great Age of Storytelling.

The world has lost a genious gleeman, and though his tales will live on it is indeed a very sad day for all those who lived in his world, and for those of us who knew it only by his wonderful tales.

Mr. Rigney, you will be missed dearly by all those who's lives you've touched. Harriet and family, our thoughts will be with you in this difficult time and forever onward.

The Light shine on you, Robert Jordan, and may you shelter in the Creator's hand. The last embrace of the Mother welcome you home.

'bye RJ - Thanks seem insufficient for a decade of dreams.

What heartache I feel for someone I've never met in person... These novels will live on, as will our memories of you. You will truly go down in Fantasy history with those who have gone before... Tolkien, Robert Heinlein, Edgar Rice Burroughs, etc.

Harriet and all of the extended Rigney family.

I am 38 years old and started reading early in life. I first found Mr. Rigney while serving in the army in 1986. As a Howard fan it was inevitable that I would find Mr. Rigney's Conan novels. I remember thinking that he was the first writer that I found that seemed to capture what Howard wanted his characters to be. It was with that early Rigney experience that I remember my local bookstore getting this big paperback novel (His first two books were first published in large paperback, not hardcover) with an eye catching cover. I asked the owner what he knew of it, and I remember him telling me that it had just come in that week and he wasn't familiar with Mr. Jordan's work. It never dawned on me that it was the same author that I had read.

I love big books. I love feeling immersed in a story that I know won't end soon, so off I went with that book - Eye of the World. I didn't know it was going to be a series. I remember being confused with the ending that wasn't an ending. What just happened? I was so lost in these young men that weren't that different in age to me (I was then about to turn 21). I never had a clue that it would be this magnificent journey of 17 1/2 years. In that time, I met and married and had two kids. Mr. Rigney has been a part of my family. Years ago I started to read to my wife at night as something to do together. Obviously the Wheel of Time was the choice. She feel in love with them as I did. She connected with the female characters (Oh Min - What is to become of you now?) as I did the male. The series became part of our vernacular. I shared the series with everyone I knew, they all fell in love. How can I possibly articulate how interwoven words on a page and characters in the mind of a man I didn't know were to me and my family?

I feel as if nothing will be the same. I've grown so used to the anticipation of the next book. I've grown so used to the idea that every other year I will be able to continue on a journey that encompassed my whole adult life. What now? This wasn't the end of a series were I know that something new shall be created to whisk me away to another world. This is final. This is the loss of part of who I was a person and a tremendous loss to what I shared with my loved ones. I know that it will never be replaced and that knowledge saddens me in a way that I never anticipated.

To those that really knew Mr. Rigney - family and close friends - I'm sure you already are aware of the colossal loss that this is. I only hope you can understand that for some of us, this is more than the loss of someone that wrote a book or two. This is the end of something that was more interwoven into my family than any other thing outside the actual family members. My heart feels for you. My head feels for you. May your memories never fade, and when you next see Mr. Rigney, tell him that AJ said hello and thanks again. I'm glad my own last words to him were everything I ever need to say. Thanks.

AJ Abrams

Samhain31069@yahoo.com

He will live on forever through his world and his characters. It's truly a tragedy in this world of so many minor gripes and issues to loose someone with so much talent and imagination.

RJ made changed my life in a way he never knew, I will miss him.

I can hardly describe how hard it hit me when I heard the news this morning. In light of the loss of such an impactful storyteller, I am reminded of the lyrics to a Grateful Dead song.

"The storyteller makes no choice,

Soon you will not hear his voice,

His job is to shed light,

And not to master.

Since the end is never told,

We pay the teller off in gold,

In hopes he will come back,

But he can not be bought or sold."

We may be left without an ending to a story that I know has personally meant so much to me over the years, but I at least take comfort in the memory of a place that you could escape into with the turn of a page and a little imagination. My deepest condolences to anyone who knew Jordan personally, and my deepest thanks to the man who has given me so much to think on over the years.

"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose.... The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of time.

But it was a beginning."

i heard the news just a few minutes ago. i'm shocked. another great world of imagination has passed away. i feel really empty. we will miss you and "your children". Hope you are in better pleace...

Dear Mr. Rigney,

Though I have never had the pleasure of your meeting you I certainly regret your loss. My heart felt condolences go out to your loved ones in this sad time. If your writing is any gage of the sort of fellow you were, the world is a sadder place for your absence. May you rest well and be at peace where ever you are now.

I am truly at a loss for words. Your work has always meant a lot to me. You have managed to create a living breathing world populated with diverse and engaging folk... I thank you for sharing this world with us.

Good bye, Mr. Rigney. You will certainly be missed.

Saddened doessn't even begin to sum it up for me.....may the Lord bless and keep you RJ, thank you for all the years of masterfully brilliant story telling. You will be sorely missed.

Quelle tristesse!

Longtemps, j'ai cru que Robert Jordan pourrait vaincre cette ignoble maladie, des signes encourageant étaient pourtant là. Sa mort est d'autant plus dur à accepter.

Mes pensées vont d'abord à sa famille. Qu'elle sache que les fans du monde entier sont avec elle. Car quelle que soit nos origines géographiques ou nos conditions de vie, l'oeuvre de Robert Jordan a su parler à ce qui fait, quoiqu'on en dise, l'identité de l'humanité: notre coeur et notre âme!

Ses livres apporteront encore longtemps la lumière aux êtres humains qui veulent désespérément avoir foi en l'humanité, qui souhaitent ardemment la paix pour tous. C'est le message qui vibre à chaque instant dans les livres de Robert Jordan.

Aussi, si aujourd'hui nous sommes tristes qu'il soit parti, nous voulons croire qu'il vivra pour toujours dans notre coeur à tous. Nul doute que son oeuvre passera l'épreuve du temps. Voilà une pensée qui rend notre affliction moins pénible.

Je voudrais finir mon hommage à Robert par une de ses innombrables citations, à la fois belles et émouvantes:

« La feuille vit le temps prescrit et ne lutte pas contre le vent qui l'emporte. La feuille ne cause aucun mal et finit par tomber pour nourrir des feuilles nouvelles. Ainsi devrait-il en être avec tous les hommes. Et les femmes. »

Repose en paix, RJ. Nous ne t'oublierons jamais.

Even though I have never had the pleasure of meeting Robert Jordan, I cried when I heard the news. He touched my life through his books, which I used as a way to escape from reality, get away from the world every once in a while. The world will miss you Robert Jordan.

Im very sorry for your loss.

I am deeply saddened by this news and my condolences are with everybody who was close to Robert, most of all of course his family. Your skill of writing was only matched by few and you have added so much to the fantasy genre. I am sure future generations will appreciate your works and realise even more than now your unrivalled greatness! In my view you are the best fantasy author ever and trust me I know what I am talking about!

I spent most of yesterday and last night (I work graveyard) in stunned silence. I did not know you, RJ, but I will miss you. When I found out about your amyloidosis, my first selfish thought was of the last book. What a fool I was. I continued to check regularly here at your blog and soon forgot about the book. Instead I feel like I came to know you better - and in that started to pull for you, pray for you, and hope beyond all hope that you would lick this thing - not so you would write another book, but so you would be well again. I still pray for you and your family - and look forward to meeting you one day.

You spat in Sightblinder's eye - I'm just sorry that it was the last day

Tia ninte aven Moridin isainde vadin - The grave is no bar to your call. Your books will be read for generations to come and you will be remembered.

Rest in peace Robert Jordan. Your books are amazing. Still my favorite books by far. Thank you for creating such a fantastic universe in which we can lose ourselves in.

Deepest symphaties to all his loved ones. He is beyond pain now, may his god welcome him with open arms.

My most sincere condolences to all the family and friends of Mr. Jordan.

We will all miss him, of that I am sure.

Not matter each of our beliefs I'm sure that Mr. Jordan has moved on to a good place.

I'm gratefull for having gotten a glimpse of this great man through both his work. It is a blessing that will follow me always, when I pick up one of his book to let me be swept away into an adventure beyond my wildest dreams.

I will miss him, but also remain thankfull for what he's managed to bring into my life.

MÃ¥ Lyset omfavne ham altid.

(May the Light embrace him always).

Monica,

One of the many danish readers of "Wheel of Time".

Harriet and all relatives of Robert

Nothing what I say here can take away the grief you're in now, but I would just like to offer my condolences and wish you all the very best of luck in trying to live on without him.

I'm sorry for your loss and for these words that are far too little. He'll be missed.

Requiescas in Pace, Robert.

I was first introduced to the world of Robert Jordan way back in 1992 and was never more thankful. The books and friends that are contained within them have helped me through several stages in my life. They have never let me down. I have been involved with WoT for a long time..at one point running a very successful MUD and helping with the development of the WoT video game. I will have to visit with my friends in Randland to honor the passing of the First Dragon. Say hello to Jesus for me and i will see you on the morrow. Aaron

Thank you so much for one of the greatest stories ever told. From all I have read on this website you were a true hero.

My condolances to your friends and family, and rest in peace.

My condolences to Mr. Rigney's family, his friends, and the many, many fans out there who are facing this pain today. I've been reading the WoT series since around 1991 and it has truly been a sad day to hear this news. I've had many nights of sleeplessness where his books were the reason, so involved that I just couldn't put them down. I truly, deeply am sorry for this family.

This is truly a great loss, but Robert Jordan has carved out his place in literary history and his contribution to fantasy writing cannot be overstated...The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. RJ is one such legend. :)

Thanks to Robert Jordan for many great adventures and I hope that enough of his final work exists, be it on tape or told to family, that someone can pull a Christopher Tolkien and finish his story!

My sympathy to Harriet and family. He was a loving, giving person and will be greatly missed.

He touched my life not only by his great books but by his GREAT SELF. He will be a guiding hand now to us left here. T

Goodbye RJ, you are missed already. Your books have meant a lot to me and helped me through some of the hardest times of my life. Thank you Sir.

My very deepest sympathies and condolences to RJ's family and friends.