aes sedai

What a mix in this episode!

Three forsaken in one room. That goes about as well as you'd imagine. ThenCadsuane and Sorilea in one room, another clash of strong personalities...

Rand is scooping up the remnants of Lord Brend's army in the countryside and then gets reports from Eben Hopwill, Fedwin Morr and Torval before sending them all off. Narishma gets some special instructions too...

And we get back to Egwene who has had another obstacle put in her way. Quite literally. An army.

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In this episode we focus in on Egwene as she tries deperately to carve out her place within the Aes Sedai while maintaining her link to the Wise Ones and Rand.

First she deals with Faolain and Theodrin with great results! But she is quickly reminded of the work she has cut out for her when she's cornered by Romanda and Lelaine. To the point that she just walks away from them in order to follow up with a request from Gareth Bryne and simultaneously question Myrelle over some suspicious behavior observed by Siuan.

Gareth comes through with a veiled pledge of alliegance to Egwene, personally, instead of the Hall. A hug win for our girl.

And finally, Myrelle is forced to lead Egwene and Siuan to the secret camp where she had been "rehabilitating" Lan. Egwene puts a quick stop to this and sends Lan on a mission to Ebou Dar.

But what did you think of these chapters? Or of our observations of these chapters? Let us know via the links below!

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Mmmmm, that's the smell of a brand new book!

We start A Crown of Swords pretty much exactly where we left off with Lord of Chaos: Dumai's Wells.

Elaida and Alviarin catch up and we get a clear view of Elaida's state of mind. Spoiler: it's no bueno.

We see Sevanna's point of view just before, during and immediately after the battle at Dumai's wells

Alviarin gets a visit from a Forsaken and learns a new trick.

Pedron Niall is assassinated and Eamon Valda immediately moves in to capitalise.

And Gawyn leads the remnants of the Younglings in battle against some Shaido.

Lastly, we have Perrin sitting nervously, observing the boiling tension around the makeshift camp after the batlle of Dumai's Wells, and we see the signs of his difference of opinion to Rand.

Loads of setup with a decent amount of action Let us know what you think!

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Ok, get comfy. It's not our beefiest episode yet, but it's beefy nonetheless.

Everyone realises what's happened to Rand, so Perrin leads an all star team to rescue him and they set off after the kidnappers.

Rand is not doing so well, physically or mentally.

By the time Perrin arrives chaos erupts in one of the most iconic battles in the series. 

Join us as we discuss Dumai's Wells and the events leading up to and immediately after the battle itself, then let us know what you think of our hairbrained interpretations!

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Oooooooo, we're getting close now! In this episode we set up for the explosive finale for Lord of Chaos and things are really heating up!

Nynaeve, Elayne, Mat and co set out on their mission in Ebou Dar after the wonder girls meet with Queen Tylin. Who turns out to be a formiddable figure but ultimately friendly to the ladies. the girls have no luck in the Rahad butt do catch a glimpse of a healer who seems to be able to channel...

Mat's luck is ebbing slightly as he tries desperately, and without success, to keep tabs on Elayne like he'd promised Rand.

The Salidar embassy tries to bully Rand and it comepletely backfires. When Rand learns there are 13 Aes Sedai in Caemlyn he rallies his closest allies (including Loial!) and they teleportt to Cairhien.

In Cairhien Rand seems to relax a little but Perrin is having a torrid time as the Faile vs Berelain games begin in earnest.

And when everyonbe is adequately distracted, Galina and the Tower embassy kidnap Rand through trickery and stuff him in a box.

Things are about to pop off, bigtime!

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Welcome back for a doozy of an episode! 7 chapters covered in this one...

Siuan, Min, Leanne and Logain make it to Salidar where they get a bit of a cold welcome, followed shortly by Gareth Bryne who promptly joins the Salidar cause as their shiny new general! Partly because he can't helphimself, but mostly because he's kinda into ol' Siuan...

We have a brief moment of horror with Hadnan Kadere, just to remind us how vile he is, but then we switch to Rand who sends some Aiel ahead to recon Cairhien and the Shaido situation, before following a startled Aviendha through a gateway into a blizzard! They keep each other warm and make their way back through the gateway to relative safety. 

It's a big one!

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Spoiler Warning!  Chris and Taylor review the Amazon Prime fantasy series "The Wheel of Time" developed by Rafe Judkins and based on the books by Robert Jordan.  Moraine, a channeler of the One Power, seeks five young villagers in the town of Two Rivers as one is believed to be the Dragon Reborn, the only person who can save the world from The Dark One.  The series stars Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Zoë Robins, Madeleine Madden, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Barney Harris and Hammed Animashaun.  

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In this bonus episode of Teaching my Cat to Read, Lotti is joined by two friends of the podcast to discuss episodes 4-5 of THE WHEEL OF TIME on Amazon prime. In the episode we discuss all the events of the show, plus our favourite book reader nods and subtle references which we picked up on re-watches!

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In this bonus episode of Teaching my Cat to Read, Lotti is joined by two friends of the podcast to discuss the first THREE episodes of THE WHEEL OF TIME on Amazon prime. Featuring questions such as what did we like in the adaptation, what we hope for in future episodes, and why Nynaeve is the MVP. 

Spoilers for episodes 1-3 of The Wheel of Time. Spoilers for the books THE EYE OF THE WORLD, NEW SPRING. 

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Well, we've done it again. Beaten our own record for longest episode. At this rate the final episode of A Memory of Light will be 24h long... But I digress. 

Fal Dara is under attack! The seemingly impenetrable fortress of Fal Dara is suddenly crawling with shadowspawn and darkfriends but somehow Rand still manages to be all "emo" about everything. He makes a grizzly discovery in the dungeons, Liandrin is the worst and Lan gives Nynaeve a get-out-of-jail-free card. 

Also, the "true" hunt begins in earnest! The boys race off with Ingtar and his crew of merry lancers to track down the Horn of Valere and the dagger from Shadar Logoth, and the ladies set off for Tar Valon. But not before Rand has an extremely tense audience with the Amyrlin Seat herself and we get to see more of the political games being played by the Aes Sedai. 

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Here we are, The Great Hunt has begun!

We pick up the action almost immediately after we left off The Eye of the World with the whole gang in Fal Dara, which gets a surprise visit from the Amyrlin Seat herself! 

We're introduced to a number of new Aes Sedai characters, some of which are downright evil. In fact, we start the book with glimpses of a gathering of about 100 high ranking Darkfriends at the now infamous "Darkfriend Social".

Rand is being an indecisive jerk and Moiraine is playing a dangerous game. The politics in The White Tower are becoming treacherous, there are rumors of a strange invading force on the West Coast and suddenly we have a sprawling epic full of mystery and intrigue unfurling before us.

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Finally, it's here: Our season finale for The Eye of The World!

We were a little late on recording this one due to some scheduling challenges, and even though we made it work we had a couple of audio problems, but nothing that would diminish your ability to enjoy our ramblings. So without further ado...

In our final episode we follow "the fellowship" from Fal Dara into the godawful Blight where they get up close and personal with the Blight flora and fauna, find the Green Man and The Eye of the World and then are forced to deal with two belligerent gate crashers, Aginor and Balthamel. And finally Rand can't deny the fact that he can channel after destroying an entire army of Trollocs and Halfmen at Tarwin's Gap. 

It doesn't take long before we get confused, but for once I think everyone else is in the same boat. So come be confused with us! And where you think you have answers to questions we can't answer ourselves, please let us know via any of the following channels:

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Mo

We're really getting to the pointy end now... 

In this episode we get introduced to The Ways and promptly look for the exit, the gang travel all the way to Fal Dara in the Borderlands where an army of Shadowspawn are gathering at Tarwin's Gap, and we get a big exposition dump from ol' Padan Fain. This is the last setup before the final climax, so naturally we get completely sidetracked by the history of Malkier and the horror poetry of Machin Shin. 

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Welcome back, friends!

In our latest episode we dust off the dirt from the Caemlyn Road and revel in the festival-like atmosphere of Rex Manning... I mean, False Dragon Day in Caemlyn!

Lan, Moiraine and Nynaeve stage a daring rescue, we meet our first Ogier and Rand manages to fail utterly at laying low by attracting the attention of a crazed Padan Fain, The Daughter Heir of Andor, the Queen, her Captain General and one of the most terrifying Aes Sedai of the Red Ajah. Nice one, Rand.

As always we meander into other topics like Perrin's slabs of muscle, the cult classic film Empire Records and how a teenage party animal chose to read A Path of Daggers instead of joining the biggest party of his young life. Truly inspiring stuff. (This is a joke.)

As always, please get in touch by emailing me at moritz@bloodandashespodcast.com or contacting us through our website at www.bloodandashespodcast.com

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Moritz 

Ok, I know I always start with "It's a big one this week!", but this time we really do have our biggest episode yet. Foolishly I thought this one would be thin, but it is WAY fat. In a good way!

We pick up with Egwene and Perrin as they jump from the frying pan of killer crows into the fire of seething Whitecloak contempt. Then we join Rand and Mat as they journey down the Caemlyn road, playing music and performing in inns while staving off constant attempts at their lives. It's dreary business but somehow we manage to make it a lively topic of discussion. 

And we end it off with the boys reaching Caemlyn which is a lovely reprieve from the incessant nightmares and attempted murder.

As always we don't shy away from wild speculation, so when we inevitably miss the plot completely, let us know via the contact page on bloodandashespodcast.com, or email me directly at moritz@bloodandashespodcast.com.

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Moritz

Oh my, it's our biggest episode yet!

This stretch of the book felt like it didn't have too much meat on it, but we managed to find some things to chew on, boy oh boy.

The group is still split with Mat, Rand and Thom passing through Whitebridge 2 days before Lan, Moiraine and Nynaeve. And Perrin and Egwene are escorted by Elyas and the wolves while travelling with the Tinkers for a while. We have a fight with a Fade, a dip into the history of the Aiel by way of the Tinkers and Perrin being confronted by his newfound ability to communicate with wolves, but somehow we get fixated on the smell of a burnt Halfman? Sounds about right!

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It's a meaty one!

As the gang leave Baerlon we see our first big Trolloc battle, we're introduced to Shadar Logoth and the crazy history of that city and its denizens, the group is splintered, Nynaeve figures out she can channel and Perrin learns about his awesome Wolfishness! 

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We thoroughly enjoyed this episode and hope you do too!

Cheers,

Mo

Welcome back! 

In this episode we follow the gang as they leave the Two Rivers behind and experience their first "city" in Baerlon. We encounter Min, Whitecloaks, spies, shadowspawn and worse and somehow we get fixated on the meaning of a beggar's staff in a vision and who burned the inn.

We continue our unbeaten run of pondering interesting aspects of the story without actually knowing what we're talking about. But we have a great time doing it. 

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Mo

Welcome back! 

In this episode we take care of a bit of housework up front, touching on the episode naming convention and listener submissions via our website: www.bloodandashespodcast.com

We then join the Emond's Fielders as they deal with the attack on Winter's Night, Rand seeks help for Tam and the original adventuring party is formed before they set off on a desperate flight toward the edge of the Two Rivers on their way to Tar Valon.

As usual we digress into fun observations, talk about casting for the TV show and ruminate about what constitutes a "band" of Trollocs which culminates in one of the daddest dad jokes I've ever delivered.

Enjoy!

Mo

Our premiere episode! Welcome one and all.

First things first, Jody's microphone is not great in this premier episode, but it's definitely listenable. But from the next episode that problem has been solved and his audio is silky smooth, so please do keep that in mind!

In this episode we cover the prologue, "Dragonmount", all the way through to the end of chapter 5, "Winternight". Obviously with spoilers throughout.

We try to keep things moving along while at the same time letting our collective geek minds run rampant and I think we strike a good balance. 

We have some great introductions to major characters, a bit of a lore detour to the Age of Legends and give a couple of thoughts and opinions about the TV adaptation currently in the works.

We don't mention it in the conversation, but at the time of publishing this episode our website is live at www.bloodandashespodcast.com, so please stop by the site and submit any comments, messages, half formed thoughts (the best kind), corrections, clarifications, anything at all via the "Contact Us" section.

Enjoy!

Moritz