To peregrine:

 

The vines are also a creation of the Ogier stonemasons, meaning that the vines are stone-made not actually ivy.

Being stone, the angles of said ivy are slight and hint at roundness and are hardly very fine = gradual due to the WT's sheer size.

 

Is there any location to legally post this - I could always photocopy it...?

Oh, that makes a lot more sense!

Thank you everyone for the responses -- Horseman, no worries about the mess up.

What do you mean, location to legally post? You mean the image from the BWB? I have a copy lying around somewhere, so I can look it up once I find it :)

Hello!

 

I'm working on a painting and need to know if the White Tower is round or rectangular. It seems like such a basic thing but I can't find the answer. (work in progress at http://Alsdale.devia...s-WIP-289297180, if anyone is interested in doing the artistic equivalent of fact-checking before I outline it in ink)

 

the white tower was made by ogier done masons with the aid of the OP. I picture it as huge at its cylindrical base tapering off to a sharp spire. The reason is because it seems ogier used natural flowing lines to create something that looked like it could have naturally formed. 90 degree angles generally aren't a naturally occurring thing.

I could be out of line here and someone may have a quote that proves me outright wrong.

This occurred to me. I've seen it painted both ways, but being an Ogier construction it does seem like it ought to be round. Was hoping it is mentioned in the series but apparently not! Thanks for the input :)

In response to Peregrine, the BWB pictures the WT as rectangular but with vines/ivy to round off the sharpness of the edges...The Guide is quite understandably known to have bad pictures, but I hope that answers your question.

Thanks. For lack of a better source I'll assume that's canon. I would be surprised if the Aes Sedai let ivy grow, though. That stuff destroys buildings ...

Hello!

I'm working on a painting and need to know if the White Tower is round or rectangular. It seems like such a basic thing but I can't find the answer. (work in progress at if anyone is interested in doing the artistic equivalent of fact-checking before I outline it in ink)

Also curious to know (unrelated):

1. Who of the main characters that are NOT currently traveling with Mat know that he's married to Fortuona (I find it strange that Elayne now knows he's married but not to whom ... )

2. If any of the Two Rivers folk (esp. Tam and Mat's various family members) actually know what he has been up to since leaving the Two Rivers?

Thanks in advance!

...you finish a particularly challenging task and say "I win again Lews Therin"

...you actually say "Light!"

...you tell you brother on chat every night "sleep well and wake"

...you own an Aes Sedai shawl

...you had to explain to friends and family why getting an Aes Sedai shawl for your birthday was THE best gift ever!!

I did actually say "Light!" once in conversation. It just slipped out. Boy, was that embarrassing.

Hello! So here's my question: the chapter summaries online for TEotW suggest that Mat leaves the Two Rivers with a Two Rivers longbow in hand (Chapter 10). I don't own the first book, so what I want to ask is: when does he lose it? I'm drawing some fan art of Rand and Mat making their way to Caemlyn (oh so many years ago ...), but I can't decide whether to include the longbow in the drawing. Thanks in advance!

 

Rand still has his bow in Shinear (tGH, Friends and Enemies, 25).

 

Whew, took a while but I found it. It's part of the scene where they rode the farmer's cart all night along the Camelyn road to arrive at Camelyn in the morning (tEotW, Camelyn, 531):

 

Mat turned swiftly from (Bunt's) cart, hugging bow and quiver and blanketroll to his chest, muttering under his breath.

 

Also, Rand has his bow, Tam's sword, Thom's cloak/harp/flute, and saddlebags. Cloaks are also mentioned.

 

If I might make a suggestion, after the lightning strike at the crooked innkeeper's inn, Rand has to lead a blinded Mat along the road. That could make for a more dramatic picture.

 

By the time he is separated from his dagger though it's gone.

You are my hero! I really appreciate having the whole list.

The reason I am not drawing Rand leading a blinded Mat along the road is because Forbis on deviantART has already depicted that scene so epically that I couldn't compare:

Hello! So here's my question: the chapter summaries online for TEotW suggest that Mat leaves the Two Rivers with a Two Rivers longbow in hand (Chapter 10). I don't own the first book, so what I want to ask is: when does he lose it? I'm drawing some fan art of Rand and Mat making their way to Caemlyn (oh so many years ago ...), but I can't decide whether to include the longbow in the drawing. Thanks in advance!