Quick question because I'm an inattentive reader:

 

When did Mat start carrying all those knives? At first, he leaves TR with nothing but a long bow. At some point I seem to remember him acquiring a quarterstaff. Then, all of a sudden, BAM! He's like Bullseye from Marvel comics and has more knives than a cutlery store.

I think it was just chucked in for tDR - the acquisition was off-screen AFAIK, but probably during the Caemlyn->Tear mission

No - he's shagged them all though ;)

The closest would be Avi saying she'd make the bridal wreath.

He's changed because he's had to mature and take on more responsibility - similar to Perrin, but he was far less of a b!tch about it - I wouldn't say it's due to Brandon, and wouldn't say it's for the worse either - though doing a re-read now I'm enjoying the old Mat a lot :)

Seems I found one in tGH when Siuan first shows up and chats with Moiraine - she mentions that she's the fifth Amyrlin in a row raised from the Blue Ajah, and yet Sierin Vayu was raised from the Gray in New Spring, so only 4 of the last 5 (including Siuan) were from the Blue...

Just re-reading from the start and saw something in tGH that confused me - when first talking to Moiraine, Siuan says that she's the fifth Amyrlin raised from the Blue in a row, and that she's been Amyrlin for 10 years...

She wasn't. See here. Hmm, I wonder what could've possessed RJ to say so.

Hrm...possibly a simple mistake, or maybe RJ changed his mind by the time he wrote NS and made Sierin Vayu a Gray/Red instead to add some antagonism against Moiraine - since if she were Blue then what Siuan said in tGH would've been correct as Sierin has 2 Blue Amyrlins either side of her in the list.

Just re-reading from the start and saw something in tGH that confused me - when first talking to Moiraine, Siuan says that she's the fifth Amyrlin raised from the Blue in a row, and that she's been Amyrlin for 10 years...

But in NS the Amyrlin raised after Tamra died was from the Grey (and from Moiraine's perspective she should've been a Red) - so is this a mistake, or were there really suddenly 4 new Amyrlins raised in the 10 years between the Grey Amylin (name escapes me) and Siuan...?