This linking scene is the first thing that really ever jumped out immedately as being wrong Until now I've been willing to give Sanderson/TJ the benefit of the doubt. The inconsistencies were around relatively minor details due to being rushed. They said this would not happen with this book. And then they go and contradict a scene which is not only a climax of a book, but is regularly ranked as the most favourite scene in the series. This does not fill me with hope. This is actually unforgivable. I could understand if it was a throw-away line. Or if the scene being contradicted was minor. I could understand if the circle in question was a combination we hadn't seen before. But this wasn't. It was a direct correlation to the climax of Winters Heart. And it wasn't even only ONE mistake! This ruined what could otherwise have been an enjoyable chapter.

Hmm I don't know, the two ter'angreal Wise-ones use seem to be altruistic to me, as does every ter'angreal so far. The glass columns ter'angreal seems to rely on people to do themselves damage judging by what Rand saw of the Shaido potential clan-chief. And the rings ter'angreal admittedly has less evidence either way, but the fact no other ter'angreal we have seen has built-in dark-detectors to me says that it doesn't have any special measures either.] And naturally if she became a DF after becoming a wise-one then the argument is mute about these ter'angreal.

So Sorilea is Demandred then? XD On a more serious note: something is up with Sorilea I feel. We haven't really had a (major?) Darkfriend in the Aiel. We had the Forsaken helping the Shaido, but we haven't actually seen a DF Aiel (red-veils aside).

First post in a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time. I can see two possibilities for how this will turn out. Dream Spikes can stop gateways forming. Depending on the time-lines (of which I am highly uncertain), the Black Tower 'rent in blood and fire' could be resolved, and the Dreamspike there taken to the White Tower for examination (something Egwene will undoubtably order if she hears of this ter'angreal) - she already knows that something affected T'a'R in her battle with Messaana. Thus forcing the Seanchan to appear outside Tar Valon, certainly outside the Tower. Commence the standard attack and the Tower under Egwene winning fairly easily. Or They Gateway to the Tower, but Egwene has taken all the Aes Sedai to the Fields of Merrilor. The Seanchan hold the Tower and its sa'angreal (assuming Egwene hasn't armed her Aes Sedai for this confrontation with Rand). How it gets resolved after that is anyones guess - perhaps the Aes Sedai sense all the gateways and return complete with everyone there... Again, that depends on the Timeline. If only Coopers Timeline had been updated for ToM. As you can tell, I don't think that the Seanchan will 'win' this attack (as determined by number of Aes Sedai leashed), although I concede that they may take the Tower. Why? Simply put, time. There is not enough time left for Fortuona to win this attack, receive the ego boost that brings, and then humble herself before being bound to Rand. Nor is there enough time for Rand, Egwene et al to launch a revenge attack on the Seanchan to force Fortuona to be bound to him. However, if she looses this attack, then that could be humbling itself to make her consider trying to forge an alliance with him once again.