it was disappointing, to say the least....

What Nyn did was not healing. She probed into their minds and found the taint, embedded into their minds like thorns, and attacked the taint. She didn't heal their minds, she removed the taint.

With traveling, thier base could stay in Rhuidean. and greavences could be pattitioned to the wise ones and clan cheifs there, while the societies patrolled the wetlands.

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The theory blog is my favorite feature and the reason that I keep coming back to Dragon Mount. TAI'SHAR DRAGON MOUNT!!!!!

I think that Aviendha's futrure has to come true, because the Seanchan have a cycle that they are following, too.

Artur Hawkwing conquered this continent, then for reasons unknown, sent his son(heir) and an army across the Arynth ocean. Shortly after, Hawkwing dies and his empire crumbles into dozens of petty kingdoms.

The Seanchan empire controls all of Seanchan, and sends the return to rebuild Hawkingwing's empire under the empress's heir Tuon. Then we hear that the empress is dead and that civil war has broken up the Seanchan empire.

So, it seems to me, that, Tuon and Mat's decendants will need to control this continent, before going back across the ocean for the next return.

Off topic, am I the only one that thinks that Olver is Gaidle Cain? I know that the time line doesn't fit, but everything else seems to. Ugly-jug-eared kid,being taught weapons by the redarms, (be a blademaster before he's twelve) taught stratigy by Mat, (be a great captain by eighteen) I don't know...the Wheel Weaves...

"Twice Baked Warder Skins," cause everything is better with bacon!

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I love this blog and everyone's theories. You all have great ideas and make the antisapationfor last book so much sweeter! Can't wait for the discussions for after. Like, basking in the after-glow!

I recall that it was mentioned somewhere that it was Stayer that went to the finns. Moraine might have recoginized Luc as her relitive, which he appeared in emonds field, but not Isam, which he appeared in TA. Moraine never met Lan's cousin, Malkier was destroyed before the Aeil war. Might have seen a family resemblance to Lan.

Also,loosely on the main subject, we've seen glimpses of most of the forsakens' lives during AL, Lanfear opened the bore,Semerhaig was a doctor, Ishy a philosipher, Rand remembers LT giving praises and honors to Samm. None of them were locked in the bore with the DO, noone remembering the DO...Meaning that after TG, the bore should be rebuilt anew, no hole or seals, noone locked in with the DO. So Moridin/Elam, and all the rest, were not born Forsaken. Each has mentioned the time that they pledged their souls. Even some as-to why. Grendaal wanted to be head of education, Demandred and Samm envy of LT, Sem doing experements on people. Ofcourse, that would be after Lanfear drilled into the Bore. Her reason was jealousy of Illyana and her obsession with LT. That doesn't mean that their souls were not destined to become forsaken. Rand had to follow he destiney to get where he is now. Guess I'm rambling now....

Moridin may have helped Rand progress on his way to TG, but Moridin want's the DO to win, break the wheel of time and forever end the turning. The other Forsaken want power under the DO, Moridin wants the end, oblivion.

"The battle with Asha' Man," Some of the aes sedai have bonded asha' man and some of the asha' man have bonded aes sedai, That would mean both on Taim's side and both on Logan's side.

Back to the Horn. When Fain took the horn from FalDara, He wrote on the wall for Rand to fallow him to Falme. Later, when Fain was in the White tower to steal the dagger back, he didn't look at the horn twice and just left it there. Seems to me that he didn't even care about the horn, just rand.He could of taken the horn and killed Mat later to sever his connection. There has been no real effort on any darkfriends to get the horn, just alot of worry by Moraine. Hawkwing said the heroes had to follow the Dragon and the Dragon Banner. I don't think that they would follow a darkfriend. Course if the dfs got the horn then Mat couldn't call the heroes at TG.

I completely agree. For the longest time, I had no idea what to think of Verin. But in a reread, it really confused me in "Great Hunt," that she figured out that one of Moraine's village boys was someone to pay attention to, and then chase after them on their way to Falme. And then again when she helped Perrin purge EmondsFeild. She has always been an enigmatic character. Then the scene with Egwene, just gave me a whole new respect for her...

That's a great picture of her, by the way

I wonder what it will do to Rand's list, wasn't Moiraine always at the top of that list? I think Nyneve's will be the most interesting reaction. Through the first few books, Nyn's whole reason for going to the White Tower was to pay Moiraine back for dragging everyone out of Two Rivers, then all the drama with Lan. Nyn should beg Moiraine for her forgiveness.

Galad: "Is it O.K. if they are children...of the light?" So many characters, so many plots, such a rich full series. Love it!

It would be easy for her to change that future, she hasn't had Rand's children. She just needs to make sure that doesn't happen. 'Course, that would also make Min's vision wrong.

Ba'alzamon could not have been the DO, no matter how the series progressed.(stand-alone or series) Rand had an "umbilical cord" of light, Ba'alzamon had an "umbilical cord" of dark,connecting him to the DO, which Rand severed. We saw a similar one attatched to Asmodean in TGH when Rand was chasing him in the skimmers. Rand cut Asmodean's when he captured him for a teacher.

Legacy of the Drow, by Salvatore, Dwarves trilogy, by Heitz. Jordan's "Conan" books. And the only books that I have read more than WOT, the founder of them all, "Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R.Tolkien!

Slayer and the Finns...Moraine says that a man that she didn't now came and rescued Lanfear. Was that Slayer? And does that mean that he has some kind of connection with the Finns or that he used his "wishes," for a price?

I think it's a beauttiful cover. But I don't think that that's Nyn,(always thought she had black hair.) I think that it's Egw. And he's holding the "two-handed" sword like that 'cause he lost his other hand.

I really like the Nynaeve/Lan connected t the Pattern theory. I think the Last Battle plan will be Nynaeve being "ordered" to bring reinfforcements to Lan, and not with Rand

The "Tuon question" In the Gathering ot the Storm, Semerhaig and the df Aes Sedai, each had a bracelet to the male adam when she made Rand strangle Min. As said b others, Tuon has intiment knowlege of a'dams, and she could make "The Dragon Reborn kneel before the Crystal Throne," as empress, she is. And it would be a "bond" with the Nine Moons, which she also is.

As for the second, Alivia, if she is a df,could kill Rand. But, as we saw when Rand and Matt attacked Camlyn against Rahvin, Matt and the Maidens were killed by lightning. Rand chased Rahvin through the palace and used BaleFire on Rahvin cancelling Rahvin's recent actions, and Matt and the Maidens were alive, although confused as to what just happened. Matt has been dead TWICE!

SO! Rand can die in the lastbattle, but if the forsaken that killed him is then BaleFired, cancelling their recent actions, Rand would then be alive. And we know that Moraine has used BaleFire on several DarkHounds...