Spoiler below if you haven't read past book 4:

If you have read it:

Kari al'Thor isn't Rand's mother.

Also a thing to consider - While Siuan and Leane were pushing for Egwene, it was supported by Sheriam - Who was Black Ajah. Perhaps she wanted Egwene as Amyrlin precisely because she was so inexperienced - The rebellion was intended to flounder with the two sides never actually doing anything to reunite. Egwene of course was not intended to move independently of that little coterie, headed up by Sheriam.

I felt the opposite most of the time - Like hardly any time was passing at all. 2 years sounds about right though.

"Women are like goats. It's like . . . Well, reasoning with a woman is like sitting down to a friendly game of dice. Only the woman refuses to acknowledge the basic bloody rules of the game. A man, he'll cheat you - but he'll do it honestly. He'll use loaded dice, so that you think you're losing by chance. And if you aren't clever enough to spot what he's doing, then maybe he deserves to take your coin. And that's that. A woman, though, she'll sit down to that same game and she'll smile, and act like she's going to play. Only when it's her turn to throw, she'll toss a pair of her own dice that are blank on all six sides. Not a single pip showing. She'll inspect the throw, then she'll look up at you and say, 'clearly I just won.' Now, you'll scratch your head and look at the dice. Then you'll look up at her, then down at the dice again 'But there aren't any pips on these dice' you'll say." 'Yes there are,' she'll say. 'And both dice rolled a one.' 'That's exactly the number you need to win,' you'll say. 'What a coincidence,' she'll reply, then begin to scoop up your coins. And you'll sit there, trying to wrap your head 'bout what just happened. And you'll realise something. A pair of ones isn't the winning throw! Not when you threw a six on your turn. That means she needed a pair of twos instead! Excitedly you'll explain what you've discovered. Only then do you know what she'll do?" "No idea, Mat." "Then she'll reach over and rub the blank faces of her dice. And then, with a perfectly straight face, she'll say, 'I'm sorry. There was a spot of dirt on the dice. Clearly you'll see they actually came up as twos!' And she'll believe it. She'll bloody believe it!" "Incredible." "Only that's not the end of it!" "I had presumed it wouldn't be Mat." "She scoops up all of your coins. And then every other wonam in the room will come over and congratulate her on throwing that pair of twos! The more you complain, the more those bloody women will join in the argument. You'll be outnumbered in a moment, and each of those women will explain to you how those dice clearly read twos, and how you really need to stop behaving like a child. Every single flaming one of them will see the twos! even the prudish woman who has hated your woman from birth - since your woman's granny stole the other woman's granny's honeycake recipe when they were both maids - that woman will side against you." "They're nefarious creatures indeed." "By the time they're done, you'll be left with no coin, several lists worth of errands to run and what clothing to wear and a splitting headache. You'll sit there and stare at the table and begin to wonder, just maybe, if those dice didn't read twos after all. If only to preserve what's left of your sanity. That's what it's like to reason with a woman, I tell you.""

 

 

Remember how Mat's letters were described?

Ugghh why remind us. That was a Sandersonism, I wouldn't read anything into that.

 

This reminds me of Samuel Hake (The cut-purse that Elayne hires to tail her Darkfriend bodyguard), who could barely write at all.

udbabor520 - Not stupid, but definitely outside his area of expertise.

As for the inn having so many book, is was an inn in a very large city.  So he would have access to a lot more books to purchase not to mention some of those book might of been there awhile.  Its possible things like books are handed down so that library might of been growing for many many years.  I don't see any issues with everyone in Edmonds Field being literate and having some education.  A place like Edmonds Field books might be shared among friends etc...  Now are they probably reading deep philosophy, probably not.  Now had the group left the two rivers and suddenly started spouting off histories of certain areas, or Rand was suddenly an expert on taxes and marshaling armies I would have a much bigger issue with their education.  I am sure even a Tarien common farmer probably has a very basic education that includes reading and writing.  But again if average tairens are spouting off some old tongue I would question it. 

Sounds about right.

Ironically I'm re-reading KoD, and when Rand returns to Tear, he thinks to himself that he had no idea whether his tax cuts were actually helping people and Elayne would know better. LTT replies to him by trying to explain wealth creation and how it interfaces with taxation to create jobs. Rand doesn't understand a single word of it.

From memory, one of the Clan Chiefs actually asked for Two Rivers tabac from the peddlers in The Shadow Rising. So they're known in the Waste at least.

As for the books per clan, the books brought in by the Peddlers were all snapped up very quickly, so I would say that it's quite possibly large.

The Printing Press helps with that as well - Literacy rates were low for so long in our world because books were so expensive. The printing press fixes that problem.

Tar Valon for sure.

Yeah Goodkind took Rj ideas, the big difference was Goodkind made his series much more adult.

Top lel.

Leaving aside the authors for a moment (Because I can think of nothing more adult than bragging about how well your heart is doing at a time when the man you are accused of copying is dying from heart disease), the SoT is a thin veneer of adulthood.

>Good side is always good, even when they do bad

>Bad side is always bad for no reason

>Pages upon pages of Libertarian rants

>Kahlan and Richard are separated in each book and have to get back together by the end.

There was also a Damane that died, I think her name was Gilly? Something along those lines anyway. It will be in one of the scenes from TPOD about the battle against the Seanchan. I guess when Rand is locked in the box in WH might be another place to look.