Team A reach the council-valley, where the shaidos already are, but as Rand brought a large number of troops (against tradition) with him, they can not block his participation. Doubly turns out good that Rand did not wait, as Coulhadin tries to snatch the position of Muad Dib by being tattood in the local pearlor with two dragons, or something. It falls back revealing what is in Rhuidean, and the tribe leaders confirm, the True Messiah is Rand. (The mein theme of the fremean/aiel prophecies conserning Neo is, he'll abolish old traditions.) This revelation causes a schism amongst the aiels, a large minority goes with the shaidos. But ONLY AFTER Paul atraides causes rain falling on Dune.
Lanfear reveals herself, and tells she brought Asmodean to teach Rand, but he is now in Rhuidean, looting for magic items. Rand does ANOTHER type of telportation, magicks a wormhole to Rhuidean.
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There both him and the Forsaken leaps for the same tangreal - which was made to use one of the only tow bigger than the magic sword sangreals. The other mega-megic-item is the female counterpart of this, and is on some island, its control-device being in Tanchico. I dunno how this works, but you remember tangreals are useable literly by ANYONE? What were they thinking?!? Anyway, until this yet another immersion-breaking writer's mistake, Rand and Asmodean both control exact half of the Deathstar, but turns out Rand has on him a small angreal, so gets the upper hand, and manages to... Cut Asmodean's connection, which is retconned here from being a Silver Cord-like thingy to a lot of barbed wires... Really, why bther reading this series further? Either way, this can be now utilised to spread hoax Asmodean did this to himself, and he is mostly cut from magic in general, so he is now the teacher of Rand. At least tis volume achived something. Not much, not what it should have.
Oh, and Rhuidean's magick is now broken. And Asmodean (another biblical reference) revealed Lanfear's original name, which actualy connects us to some backstory read in this very volume.Tha nem was mentioned in one of Rand's visions in Rhuidean, where the aes sedai digged out the Two Power.
Oh, so the female Deathstar's control device is NOT in Tanchico, but was also here. Ooook. Why set things up and create tension when you can flatline your story with conveniences and retcons?
They teleport back to the council.
And before finishing this volume, let's check the appendix, as this is the first time RJ tries to give all 13 Foraskens, and ADD them to our list. The reason you can't handwave the conflict of names is actualy the unnamed Forsaken in Book 2 where no body was even found. You could create some apologetics, that the other two are NOT EXPLICITELY said to be Forsakens, but how do you explain the already and either way terrible ending of Book 2? I'll not allow to just pretend it never happened!
1 Semirhage 2 Lanfear (Mierin) 3 Ishamael, the betrayer of hope (Elan Morin Tedornain) <--- (dead*, book 3) 4 Aginor <--- (dead, book 1) 5 Balthamel <--- (dead, book 1) 6 Demandred 7 Luc <--- (retconned in book 4) 8 Isam <--- (retconned in book 4) 9 Sammael <--- (Illian) 10 Asmodean (Joar Addam Nesossin) <--- (cut, book 4) 11 Be'lal <--- (dead, book 3) 12 Ravhin 13 (dead, book 2) <--- (retconned in book 4) 14 Moghedien 15 Graendal 16 Mesaana <--- (Caemlyn) *one of them is dead for sure, might be another
Doubly turns out good that Rand did not wait, as Coulhadin tries to snatch the position of Muad Dib by being tattood in the local pearlor with two dragons, or something.
It falls back revealing what is in Rhuidean, and the tribe leaders confirm, the True Messiah is Rand. (The mein theme of the fremean/aiel prophecies conserning Neo is, he'll abolish old traditions.) This revelation causes a schism amongst the aiels, a large minority goes with the shaidos. But ONLY AFTER Paul atraides causes rain falling on Dune.
Lanfear reveals herself, and tells she brought Asmodean to teach Rand, but he is now in Rhuidean, looting for magic items.
Rand does ANOTHER type of telportation, magicks a wormhole to Rhuidean.
-----------------
There both him and the Forsaken leaps for the same tangreal - which was made to use one of the only tow bigger than the magic sword sangreals. The other mega-megic-item is the female counterpart of this, and is on some island, its control-device being in Tanchico.
I dunno how this works, but you remember tangreals are useable literly by ANYONE? What were they thinking?!?
Anyway, until this yet another immersion-breaking writer's mistake, Rand and Asmodean both control exact half of the Deathstar, but turns out Rand has on him a small angreal, so gets the upper hand, and manages to... Cut Asmodean's connection, which is retconned here from being a Silver Cord-like thingy to a lot of barbed wires... Really, why bther reading this series further?
Either way, this can be now utilised to spread hoax Asmodean did this to himself, and he is mostly cut from magic in general, so he is now the teacher of Rand. At least tis volume achived something. Not much, not what it should have.
Oh, and Rhuidean's magick is now broken.
And Asmodean (another biblical reference) revealed Lanfear's original name, which actualy connects us to some backstory read in this very volume.Tha nem was mentioned in one of Rand's visions in Rhuidean, where the aes sedai digged out the Two Power.
Oh, so the female Deathstar's control device is NOT in Tanchico, but was also here. Ooook. Why set things up and create tension when you can flatline your story with conveniences and retcons?
They teleport back to the council.
And before finishing this volume, let's check the appendix, as this is the first time RJ tries to give all 13 Foraskens, and ADD them to our list. The reason you can't handwave the conflict of names is actualy the unnamed Forsaken in Book 2 where no body was even found. You could create some apologetics, that the other two are NOT EXPLICITELY said to be Forsakens, but how do you explain the already and either way terrible ending of Book 2? I'll not allow to just pretend it never happened!
1 Semirhage
2 Lanfear (Mierin)
3 Ishamael, the betrayer of hope (Elan Morin Tedornain) <--- (dead*, book 3)
4 Aginor <--- (dead, book 1)
5 Balthamel <--- (dead, book 1)
6 Demandred
7 Luc <--- (retconned in book 4)
8 Isam <--- (retconned in book 4)
9 Sammael <--- (Illian)
10 Asmodean (Joar Addam Nesossin) <--- (cut, book 4)
11 Be'lal <--- (dead, book 3)
12 Ravhin
13 (dead, book 2) <--- (retconned in book 4)
14 Moghedien
15 Graendal
16 Mesaana
<--- (Caemlyn)
*one of them is dead for sure, might be another