The streak in the sky could be a rocket or a plane's contrail. In the AOL it is known (and Lanfear admits it) that humans even visited other worlds. It might be a satellite or an unmanned drone, or a capsule froma space station with half a dozen skeletons in it finally making orbit. For a land glad to have a weapon made, it was certain that the shadow had been the victors of the Trolloc wars.

It is mentioned "If only Diendre could see far enough" in regards what part the Aiel have to play in the coming days, yet she could only see so far, and it told her that the Aiel must keep the Way if nothing else if everything was to survive. Likely this meant the establishment of Rhudiean, the glass columns and the rings and all the other Ter'angreal finding it to the square. I still wonder how glass pillars fifty paces wide fit onto wagons along with some of those other Ter'angreal, or if they were made in place. Aes Sedai visions sure seemed to have a lot to do with things. Gitara made a princess give up her husband and newborn babe and run off into the waste, changed the lives of Siuan and Moiraine and many, many others. Aside from those that could see into the future, we have dreamers, foretellings, even non-One Power things such as Min's Viewing of the Pattern, so how did things ever reach the point of social collapse and division among all the factions? Perhaps the pattern needed the CK built, the Eye formed, Callendor created, and gave such visions, vague hints, and foretellings to ensure the division, much like Rand used the Prophecies as a checklist. I never really understood that part, I thought with the way prophesies are fickle and seldom what one expected, him going to Tear and to the Stone sort of forced events and something was up with that.

The Tinkers slaughtered I think wasn't in Altara when Mat ran across them, though it seemed like something Whitecloaks might have done while on the way to Altara. A thousand Whitecloaks didn't just appear there, they had to travel there from somewhere and we see in the series that they move around pretty freely, to Tar Valon, then on to Ghealdan, those in Andor winding up facing the Seanchan at Falme...I think it is related, or perhaps the entire point is "Tell the Dragon Reborn" that someone had the stain in their soul so dark and despicable that they killed Tinkers who are akin to children or perhaps more sacred as they will do no harm and have managed to continue on through the ages following the Way of the Leaf through the Breaking, Trolloc Wars, and all these other events that should have destroyed them. A revered people, so to speak.

Just checked...Justice is stated to be power-wrought. After all, it was dug up and is in fine condition still.

It would be a little ironic the man who hunted down AS and besieged the White Tower carried a powerful symbol of them. It could have been mentioned and put forth in a way that he was using their own creation against them, but it would have needed to have been stated. We really know very little of Justice, only that Rand saw it at Hawkwing's side at Falme, and now he is wearing it because someone dug it up and gave it to Rand which in itself was very vague. I'm going to need to research that one for more info...

I think its too early to know whether or not halima put compulsion on egwene, it could be something more against rand than anything an with the very limited interaction between the two of them it could be possible yet

Exactly, she knew one of the only ways to save rand was not to swear on the oath rod, but she did it anyways. She went from supporting Rand to writing letters to turn all his holdings and followers against him drawing them to the FOM. There's more there, the "headaches" were a means of being able to speak with Eggy while her fingers undid the headaches. Any Forsaken that would NOT use compulsion on an A.S. in her/his control should have their henchman card torn up. We just have to RAFO.

It's a good thing that no one knew it was him that released Gaul and killed those Whitecloaks too.

L.E. Modesitt goes well into the disadvantages of the use of rockets and cannons on a battlefield in which there is magic being flung about. I wonder if we'll see channelers touching off stores of powder, shells, and cannons before they are ready.

Not sure this really belongs here, but the manner of firing the dragon (p. 467) is incorrect. A shell should not have an external fuse that's lit before it's placed into the barrel of the cannon. That would make the shell practically worthless, because it would be impossible to time the explosion that way, what with the need to aim and the discrepancies in the burn time for gunpowder in that technological era. Also, misfires were fairly common, and then you'd have a lit shell inside the barrel with no way to get it out, which would destroy the gun and probably kill the entire crew.

 

When the packed gunpowder at the end of the barrel is ignited (which should really be done with a primer instead of a torch), it creates a large enough flame to ignite the fuse, which should be set into the shell instead of protruding out from it. That flame would set off the fuse right next to the shell, anyway, making any extra fuse superfluous. Finally, there should have been at least some mention of the recoil, as those things have a hell of a kickback.

It is mostly correct, but the fuse isn't lit by hand, the discharge lights the fuse, but fuses were used and cut to length by skilled gunners to get various effects, such as explosion deep in ranks, air burst for cannister rounds, etc. Fuses have been lit by hand, but this was usually reserved for mortars in the 1700's. The short stubby barrels allowed for the round to be lowered in, lit, then the propellant charge in the mortar to be lit. For some reason if one failed to fire, there were various tools for removing the lit fuse, corscrew-like implements, picks, etc, depending on the decade, maker, country, and so forth. Misfires were not too common as slow matches were directly applied to charges of powder through flashpans and touch-holes. I am certain that RJ was well versed in this topic and left extensive notes as both a Gentleman of the Citadel as well as a Historian and Combat veteran.

Mat would be Emperor, Tuon Empress and the power would lay with the Empress withhim holding power over all the High Blood but still not near her power.

Men can make the actual rock/sand/earth flow and form up(think of the black wall around the black tower), that's their part, it was mentioned when Elaida is building her own palace, she mentions few sisters have any sort of aptitude binding the stone, then again dissasembling the harbor chain tower later, undoing the weaves block by block.  Men use the power to flow and shape the stone, and can change it with the power much like power wrought blades have been drawn forth and made from the earth.  It is essentially "changed" and no longer normal stone. 

Have we gotten an explanation as to why there were blue flashes when Thom fought the Myrddraal at Whitebridge while Rand and Mat escaped yet or is it still a RAFO?

This page talks some about it::

http://linuxmafia.com/jordan/2_nondark/2.3_one-power/2.3.04_op-blades.html

 

I've read the passage too, and Thom crashes into them before the Myrdraal can draw his blade(only managing halfway drawing it), before they fall to the ground.  Then we get the blue light and Thom screaming.  You know what that means.  Owyn...Thom not seen but out and about Winternight...Thom can Channel!  Jk.  But RJ is quoted as saying Thom's best two knives are special?  Wonder what it all means?  Bet we'll find out next book.