Aviendha has been assigned to Rand, and the tension between the two is palpable. The Jindo Sept of the Tardaad clan, Much of the Shaido clan, and small group of Wise Ones and Wetlanders are traveling from Chaendar to Alcair Dal, a gathering place for Aiel Clan Chiefs. There is evident tension between these groups as well. All parties are well aware that violence very well might break out at any moment. While Lanfear and Asmodean are there in disguise as peddlers from the Wetlands, Lanfear sells ...
Feb 25, 2019•56 min
Egwene meets Elayne in Tel'aran'rhiod. The two spend some time catching each other up on everything that has happened since the parted ways. Elayne with the Sea folk, and Egwene with the Aiel. The Aiel's Dreamwalkers are busy visiting the dreams of Sept and Clan chiefs, as well as other Wise Ones, alerting them to gather; that Car'a'carn has been found and tested. That's why Egwene thinks it's a good idea to break her word and enter the Dream with out her teachers. She thinks they'll be too occu...
Feb 23, 2019•42 min
Rand and Mat return to the Aiel camp, and are greeted by the thrown spears of a small group of Shaido led by Couladin, although the gathered Wise Ones quickly put a stop to hostilities. Rand presents his dragon tattoos to the large group of Aiel who have assembled outside of Rhuidean. When they see that he is indeed marked as the Car'a'carn, they simply file out quietly. It's no surprise to us though, that the Aiel men and women assembled here are not exactly excited to see the harbinger of the ...
Feb 19, 2019•1 hr 21 min
Lord Luc aka Slayer seems nervous when he meets Verin. Is it because she asks poignant questions, or because she knows who he really is? Slayer is such a complex and poorly understood character, that during this episode we decide on the spot that our next Patron only episode will be a character profile on Luc/Isam. In an action packed sequence Perrin begins to become the leader and hero that these forgotten back-country folk need. WoTSpoilers is a weekly book discussion podcast. You can help us ...
Feb 14, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Perrin and his small group travel from the old sick-house in Westwood across Emonds Field, to scout the Whitecloak camp. On the way, Tam and Abell suggest stopping at the al'Seen Farmstead, which has become one of the many small collections of families who've banded together for self defense. Even with several families under one roof, lookouts on top of the house, and everyone going about armed, this group won't stand a chance against a fist of trollocs led by a myrddraal, and Perrin knows it. J...
Feb 04, 2019•52 min
Suddenly in the midst of Aes Sedai, Perrin has some awkward and confusing interactions. Verin and Alanna tell him that they are simply searching for untrained channelers in the region. We don't believe that's the full story, and Perrin doesn't seem to either. The two women heal the small group of warriors, likely to keep tabs on them, because no one is badly hurt. Ordeith is making alliances with the fades and their trollocs in the area, and assassinating Whitecloaks. The stress of the whole sit...
Jan 31, 2019•58 min
Mistress al'Vere is doing her best to be a gracious host to a Saldean Lady, an Ogier, and three Aiel warriors. You'd hardly know this is a strange event to her. Nor does anyone know that there are two Aes Sedai and their Warders being kept hidden by a conspiracy among the women's circles of the surrounding villages. When Marin al'Vere brings Perrin and his small group to Verin and Alanna's hiding place, Tam and Abell Cauthon are there as well. Each person in the room is regarded as dangerous by ...
Jan 29, 2019•24 min
Perrin comes home. He purposely leads the party in a circuitous route, probably hoping to find Tam, but when he reaches the al'Thor farm there's little more than ashes where it once stood. When the group arrives in Emonds Field the al'Veres urge Perrin to leave, but he's having none of it. Bran has terrible news for him. The Luhans, and the Cauthon women have been kidnapped and are being held by Whitecloaks, there are trollocs preying on isolated farmsteads, and worst of all Perrin's family has ...
Jan 26, 2019•59 min
Perrin and Faile's parties make their separate camps. Perrin prepares himself for his own death privately, and enters the Wolf Dream to look for clues about his next step in confronting the Whitecloaks, and how to proceed. Instead he finds Slayer killing wolves in Tel'aran'rhiod, and gives chase. Hopper has some small explanation of who this man is, but leaves Young Bull with more questions than answers. The chase ends with Slayer shifting out of The Dream near the Tower of Ghenjei. This has led...
Jan 23, 2019•50 min
Perrin keeps his ears sharp as he rides through the Ways. He knows he'll be the first person to hear a wind rise, signifying the imminent death of everyone in the party, including himself. There is no outrunning the Black Wind. The rising tension between Faile and Perrin comes to a crescendo (of spanking) early in this chapter. As the small group arrives at the Manetheren gate, Perrin hears and smells a group of Trollocs moving behind them, headed in the same direction as the humans. Loial locks...
Jan 21, 2019•43 min
Our friends Bambi and Nic join us again to help us explain the sequence of ancestral visions Rand experiences after entering the crystal columns Ter'angreal in Rhuidean. There's so much in these episodes! Including the emergence of the Aiel's Short Spear, the first Maiden of the Spear (a grieving mother bent on revenge), the origins of the Shoufa and black veil, the construction of Rhuidean, the genesis of the Tuatha'an, and more. WoTSpoilers is a weekly book discussion podcast. You can help us ...
Jan 18, 2019•1 hr 48 min
Wotspoilers welcomes special guests, Bambi and Nic to discuss Rand's visions as he enters the crystal column Ter'angreal in Rhuidean. Robert Jordan wrote this chapter in reverse chronological order. In an attempt to clarify the events leading up to the founding of Rhuidean and Aiel culture as we know it we'll be breaking down this chapter in chronological order. When read in this way the visions Rand is experiencing tell a concise story of the development of Aiel society witnessed through the ey...
Jan 12, 2019•1 hr 51 min
Rand and Mat make their way into the ancient abandoned city. The boys are thirsty after walking through the desert all morning, which leads Rand to discover that with the Power, he can make the long forgotten fountains of Rhuidean produce water again. We believe Rand has been going mad for BOOKS now, using Callandor can only have accelerated the process, and there is a little more evidence in this chapter of Rand's warped perception of reality. The two take a relaxing break underneath the branch...
Jan 10, 2019•1 hr
Rand has managed to successfully transport his party from a Portal Stone in Tear to one just outside Rhuidean. This was the limit of his power at the time; Moiraine seems to think that he nearly killed himself in the attempt, but she also knows that the Aiel Wise Ones prophesied his safe arrival at the city. That same group of Wise Ones greets Rand and his party, they've been waiting for him. We'll get deep into Aiel politics, culture, and customs in this one as we disccuss the relationship betw...
Jan 07, 2019•1 hr 23 min
Rand leads his odd procession of Aiel and Aes Sedai through the streets of Tear, to a Portal Stone just outside of the city. Aviendha is among the scouts Rand sends out looking for the ancient artifact, she's the one who finds it, it's one of their very fist interactions despite being in the Stone together. Using the Portal Stone is a gamble, and Rand is hoping that his own power enhanced by the Siddhartha angreal will be enough to take his large part to Rhuidean. We'll also get a quick run down...
Jan 04, 2019•51 min
We're excited to watch Rand gather the nobles of Tear, and announce his plans through Moiraine's eyes; a master of The Game of Houses. Chapters from her perspective are fairly rare, but very informative. So, we'll take plenty of time to analyze Moiraine's insights into current events in Randland. This is the sequence where Rand leaves Callandor sunk into the Heart of the Stone, the moment that literally resounds, we can hear it, in the chapters from different perspectives that occur before this ...
Dec 31, 2018•1 hr 23 min
Elayne and Nynaeve are still in Tear's harbor when they feel the earthquake Rand creates as he drives Callandor in the Heart of the Stone. The two women are joined by Thom Merrilin and Juilin Sandar. The two men were sent separately, by different people to act as the young women's unofficial warders during their hunting trip to Tanchico. Although, the two men have not been informed that this trip to Tanchico involves hunting the Black Ajah. Elayne discovers what a Windfinder really is as the Sea...
Dec 28, 2018•55 min
Elayne and Nynaeve arrive at the docks of Tear, to board 'The Wavedancer', a Seafolk raker. They suspect the Black Ajah is active in Tanchico, although they don't know why or exactly where. In our first encounter with the Atha'an Miere we meet the powerful and clever women in charge of the impressive vessel, and experience their sharp negotiation skills that they're known for. We find out that The Wavedancer was involved in a battle in which they sunk a Seanchan ship in a battle that pitted a Wi...
Dec 25, 2018•59 min
Perrin, Faile and their small party are preparing to enter the Ways. Gaul explains to Perrin that his clan has a blood-feud with the clan of one of the maidens that will be accompanying them to the Two Rivers. With a little luck he says, they won't have to kill each other. While the party is riding out of the city, the Stone “rang like a monstrous bell” this is Rand, slamming Callandor into the floor of the Heart. After a fun exchange of banter between the Perrin and Faile's groups, the small pa...
Dec 21, 2018•43 min
Moiraine wants Thom to travel with Nynaeve and Elayne to Tanchico. Every time these two have a conversation there are multiple meanings, implications, and shrouded threats. Each conversation between these two wonderful characters gives us SO much to break down, and attempt to understand. In the end, Moiraine convinces him to look after the two young women, we'll explain why, how, and what price eventually buys Thom. WoTSpoilers is a weekly book discussion podcast. You can help us by writing a re...
Dec 20, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Tune in for a special dramatic reading of Lan's monologue in this chapter! Perrin has his mind set on returning to Emond's Field, to die, alone, but Faile isn't having it. Her (and his) stubborn behavior over the next few chapters is un-endingly frustrating to read, and although it may seem counter intuitive, plot lines like this one are what make Robert Jordan's characters feel so real. They are flawed individuals, who are often terrible at communicating in general, stubborn to the point of obs...
Dec 15, 2018•42 min
There is only one place Mat can find the answers to his questions, the land of the Finn. Little does Mat know, Rand, and Moiraine have already entered the doorway, ALL THREE are there getting their answers at the same time. Mat of course somehow gets the Finn to answer 6 questions rather than three. So much to talk about here! We've been waiting to break down this scene for a long time! WoTSpoilers is a weekly book discussion podcast. You can help us by writing a review, or donating on Patreon: ...
Dec 13, 2018•41 min
While Perrin is laying to sleep, and unexpected visitor walks into his room. We think her intent is exactly what she says, to have Perrin pass a message to Rand. The first of Mayene will be leaving Tear, and Berelain is afraid to approach Rand alone. Perrin's resistance at being used as a messenger boy is what makes Berelain initially re-think that intent. When Faile enters and finds them together, she ignores the presence of another woman, she'll deal with that later. Perrin tells Faile that he...
Dec 11, 2018•21 min
Mat sits in an ale house, drinking and relieving the last few hours of his life. The Battle in the Stone; Mat's life was saved by a horde of Trollocs, we'll read his flashback to you. We'll spend a little time talking about Manetheran, and how the Pattern itself has picked the perfect people to save the world from the touch of the Dark One. While brooding to himself, Mat overhears a group of men talking about the Two Rivers. They're merchants, and a few are concerned that there will be no fine T...
Dec 07, 2018•38 min
Egwene returns from Tel'aran'rhiod and tells her friends and fellow hunters about Amys, the Wise One she met in the Dream. Egwene knows she has to go to this teacher, and cannot travel to Tanchico with the other women. Luckily, she'll have a companion, because Aviendha has been summoned to the Waste as well. We'll fall off the deep end a bit, and spend a while talking about Aiel Culture, while Aviendha explains Aiel marriage customs to the women of the White Tower. Moiraine appears to tell the y...
Dec 05, 2018•50 min
Sponsored by: Binding The Shattered Harp Moiraine informs the Hunters Three that their two Black Ajah Captives have been assassinated while in their cells. Amico and Joiya were found with their throats slit, and their tongues cut out. Their doors were never opened, and their guards heard nothing. As readers we find out later who killed them and why, MUCH later. There is a long list of Egwene's prohetic dreams in this chapter, that we'll interpret for you, as well. Egwene has been stumbling her w...
Dec 03, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Our friend Daniel Greene joins us again to discuss The battle for the Stone. Rand wades out into the madness, now unafraid of the Shadowspawn, and begins rallying defenders, Aiel, and whoever he can to defend the women and children who live in the Stone. Robert Jordan gives us a beautiful and unrelentingly brutal depiction of the battle that we will discuss line by line. Sammael sent the half dozen graymen to assassinate Rand, and the first wave of Trollocs and Myrdraal, Semirhage sent the SECON...
Nov 28, 2018•1 hr 13 min
For this episode we have a very special guest, Daniel Greene, a WoT fan, and book reviewer whose work we really enjoyed Click here to visit his Youtube page. Seriously. Do it and tell him we sent you. We'll spend a little time talking with Daniel about the Kingkiller Chronicles, Daniel's other projects, how we found eachother, and ended up working as book reviewers and book-club runners. As we break in to Chapter 9, we find our characters suffering a particularly hot summer day in Tear. Chapter ...
Nov 26, 2018•1 hr 35 min
After Egwene leaves Elayne and Rand alone, the daughter heir makes her feelings clear him, and guides him through the budding romance. After the first of their many make-out sessions, Gaul enters the room to warn Rand that a group of Tairen High Lords are waiting outside to negotiate some of the Dragon's new legislation. After Elayne leaves him to it, and Rand finds the Lords' protests disgust him, he threatens to hang two of them a day until his orders are carried out, meaning full well to carr...
Nov 23, 2018•47 min
Egwene and Elayne implement their plan to deliver the Dragon into the arms of the daughter heir of Andor. Rand is still suffering from his haunted dreams. Some are real, some are not, but it makes little difference, the young man is under an incredible amount of stress, he isn't sleeping, and someone or something tries to kill him on a nearly daily basis. Is Rand on edge for these reasons, is it the madness, or both? The two young women try to teach Rand what they can about channeling the One Po...
Nov 21, 2018•42 min
