Too Excited? Id Say Just Excited Enough

Too excited? I’d say just excited enough

the wot book fans already getting a little too excited for the dumai’s wells arc

New chapter of Eating Alone (finally). I hope you guys enjoy!

I had a very long conversation last week with a couple of friends that I play Call of Cthulu with (there’s literally just the three of us). One has read all of the books and the other has never touched them, but we explained the basics of the ajahs without book spoilers (while also trying to make the reds sound reasonable). We argued the non-book reader would be Red if it was just evil channelers, but otherwise would 100% be green. My friend who has read all of them would be white, blue, or brown, but we settled on blue. She’s far too passionate about causes for her to be content with white and far too angry about injustice to just do nerd stuff. The real argument began on whether or not I would be yellow, grey, or brown (and I felt really proud that it was an actual debate). I also put in white, but they both said I didn’t argue enough for it. By the end of it, we settled on grey, but we’re putting it to a vote with the larger group (although I’m pretty sure at this point it’s just yellow or grey).

\I’d like to be brown ajah, but I’m pretty sure I’m gonna lose this.

Also I am aware that you pick your Ajahs, but we’re treating this as a “which one best fits your personality” thing.

A Brief Overview of the Ajahs

One of the long-term entertainments of WOT fandom is deciding which Ajah you’d be in (long before Hogwarts Houses were a glint in anybody’s eye) so, for the benefit of new show people, here is a brief summary of the seven Ajahs Aes Sedai can belong to, sans any other plot or character spoilers. However I guess by definition these are worldbuilding spoilers since we haven’t heard of all of them in the show yet. (This is, in case it’s not obvious, somewhat satirical but I hope not inaccurate in terms of ~vibes~.) 

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Wheel of Time Book Club Eye of the World Prologue: Dragonmount

Let’s start at the beginning! (A very good place to start)

Full disclosure: my first read I didn’t finish the series. I got through a good chunk (a little over halfway) and then a friend spoiled the rest for me... extensively. I started doing my own research afterwards so that we could have actual conversations, but starting around book 8 or 9, it’ll sort of be and not be new territory for me. It’s definitely gotten to the point where I’m a little unsure what I’ve read and what I’ve not, so I might suddenly (in those books) say “oh! I don’t remember this!”.

In the meantime, let’s talk the prologue to the Eye of the World. I think I’ve decided on spoilers, because I want to discuss the foreshadowing in the series so SPOILER WARNING.

I think I ended up reading the prologue about three times because it’s just so good. I think it definitely exemplifies what I enjoy about Jordan’s writing and gives the reader a taste of what is to come. Not only does it set the tone with the descriptions (a very visceral tone), but it also introduces us to two major characters: Lews Therin Telamon and ‘Elan Morin Tedronai’.

I absolutely love their interactions and how we can juxtapose them with their interactions later in the series (technically?). It definitely sets up Lews Therin’s madness, not to mention it works really well with Rand’s own issues later and his fear of killing those he cares about and when he almost does. 

One thing that I didn’t notice before was the implication from Elan (since that is what he is referred to as, that is what I will call him here) that Lews Therin was named Dragon and did not embrace it, so it wasn’t a celebrated title even then. Maybe it was addressed later in the series than I read and was never discussed or maybe I just don’t remember that plot point. Either way, he was probably named such by his enemies instead of it being a title to show admiration for his power. Naturally, Elan starts listing off all of Lews Therin’s titles and accomplishments, which I’ll admit struck me as a bit of weird exposition first time around, but it fits with what we know of Elan’s personality, so it doesn’t bother me on reread. He’s so grandiose.

I love the early glimpse we get of Elan’s morality and what lead him to the dark. “This war has not lasted ten years, but since the beginning of time. You and I have fought a thousand battles with the turning of the Wheel, a thousand times a thousand, and we will fight until time dies and the Shadow is triumphant!” It definitely sounds like an evil “you may have won this round, but I’ll get you eventually,” but upon reread it’s more like he’s explaining his logic. 

Also just “What hand slew Ilyena Sunhair, Kinslayer? Not mine. Not mine. What hand struck down every life that bore a drop of your blood, everyone who loved you, everyone you loved? Not mine, Kinslayer. Not mine. Remember, and know the price of opposing Shai’tan!” Just. My heart. Especially with the awful way he responds. Then we have the creation of Dragonmount and two excerpts from texts from the fourth age (which is the age AFTER the series and thus would also reflect the knowledge gained in that time) discussing what happened afterwards. The two are The Breaking of the World (alternate title Aleth nin Taerin alta Camora) and The Cycle of the Dragon (Charal Drianaan te Calamon). If anyone remembers what those languages are supposed to be, please let me know. I’m curious.

Please leave replies or comments so that we can discuss this chapter or anything I missed, be it foreshadowing or small details that interest you. I have a friend that’s read the books, but there’s only so often/much that I can inflict my hyperfixation on her.

I’m playing When the Night Comes bc I’ve been into VNs lately (especially LGBT+) and I made three characters using different pronouns for what I consider 9 routes (technically 18 if you consider good and bad endings). I have she/her Nadine, they/them Elle, and he/him named James. Bc I just started the game with pronouns at the top and worked my way down before skipping the playthrough, I started with James… which means I didn’t realize that voice James wasn’t my character from the future or something else entirely until it was revealed in game bc I hadn’t swapped protagonists yet.

For the first two chapters, I thought there was going to be an alternate self as ghost subplot and I was so confused. I’m glad I’m not anymore but I’m seriously considering starting over to change my character’s name.