I can understand perhaps the way Jordan wrote the first few books - perhaps in twisted real life foreshadowing of his own untimely demise, he did not want people to think the pay off was only coming 5-6 books hence and therefore wait until the series was finished. One of the main issues I think with the first book especially is hindsight. If you have no knowledge of the story, it is masterful in explaining the building blocks you need to understand the Dragon's story without being obvious about it. A rough fantastical background is laid down in the common imagination (evil Aes Sedai and gem encrusted Warders). The One Power is explained through Egwene's discovery that she was born with the spark. The trolloc wars and the thousands of years of struggle against the Shadow is explained through the history of Manetheren. Rand almost appears as an old fashioned observatory narrator, a modern day Captain Hastings, a sounding board for our ignorant reactions. However, once you have access to the books, even if you don't read the blurbs of the later books, the third is called the Dragon Reborn, so there is no doubt as to what is coming, no real difficulty in guessing Rand's future role. I mean the Dragon could be an antagonist or a mentor or misunderstood in some way, but really, the breadcrumming of information must seem so obvious and slow. This is something that the show had to deal with and why for me at least the first seasons were always going to be problematic.

Yay, now we can just jump off to get back home.

I think means we cannot cast it. But I'm not sure.

So we cannot choose 5? Why is it an option then, lol. I'd say 3 if we cannot be greedy and go for all of them. Or should we rest and come back?

(Mighty) Bosstones

Yeah it won't be going anywhere while we decide. Presumably.

Oh come on, she is a superstar. Have you never read Gulliver's Travels? With the little people and stuff? Absolute classic.

Maor loot?

Should we not ask Nyra first before risking doing any work for ourselves?

Danger

Parapodia

Lol ninja with similar thoughts.

Speak then search for loot?

Plus Nyra is watching, she'd be really embarrassed if we make a fool of ourselves.

Pacman

Anyway, I am drawing a line under my involvement in this game. I can feel that my WiM is threatening to turn into my burn-everything-to-the-ground. I don't want to go there. So I have done enough to convince you all, or I haven't. Good luck to you all, hope your foot heals well, Tig, and I'll see you all in the next one. Or tomorrow, depending. Of course.

I don't have a clue. There was a lot of confusion around the cop. If you are suggesting that they wasted their shot on you, well done. If only you had not removed all the WIFOM they had about why their shot failed by needing to claim because your big brain gambit trolled town so much you were going to get eliminated (of course, had the wolves failed to NK you they would not have been eager to eliminate you, so glad you took care of that possibility). You must be really proud how you royally screwed the pooch. I know I would be. Maybe next game try something that works? Novel idea I know, have you heard on JN it is worse? For some reason that is a popular excuse for terrible play.

And anyway why are you not super focused on Ithi then, given this explanation? Just because she is really lovely? Coward.

It was on one of her lists - or I am mistaken (my sincerest apologies) and it was someone else. You look if you are so interested, lol.

Ooo, 5 sounds sneaky?

Stop saying what I said better! Bloody wolves everywhere, I tells ya.

Hopefully at least you don't have the physiotherapy afterwards. After breaking my hand that was agony - every half hour for weeks, I slanked off and my fingers are not straight anymore. Hope it works out better for you and you listen better to your doctors than I did 😄

Key and Ithi! Wolf dream team! No one my shapely behind, lol.

If you believe this, then why would he act all scummy, why not delight in the cop claim? Again you are arguing something diametrically opposite to what happened. Not even taking into account he was definitively not acting scummy as he was the fluffing doctor. Why are you insisting you are right on this point? I don't think it is aiding your survival chances, but whatever.

Tigraine forgot you were playing the game but you would shoot me? Ih8u more.