the shadow rising

Explore " the shadow rising" with insightful episodes like "Ep39: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 56 - 58", "Ep38: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 53 - 55", "Ep37: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 49 - 52", "Ep35: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 41 - 44" and "Ep34: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 37 - 40" from podcasts like ""Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast", "Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast", "Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast", "Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast" and "Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast"" and more!

Episodes (11)

Ep39: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 56 - 58

Well here we are again, a season finale!

We have a very cathartic end to "The Siege of the Two Rivers", Rand throws the cat among the pigeons in the Aiel Waste and then has a showdown with a Forsaken while wrecking an entire city. Good times!

We also discuss the book as a whole and talk about our favorite moments from The Shadow Rising.

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Mo, Willie and Jody

Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

en-auMarch 25, 2022

Ep38: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 53 - 55

Right! We're in it now folks! The penultimate episode for The Shadow Rising.

Perrin has a showdown with Slayer in the Wolf Dream, Loial and Gaul return from their mission to seal the Waygate, and Perrin and Faile tie the knot. All in one chapter.

Then we have our intrepid Black Ajah hunters in Tanchico pull off a heist from the Panarch's palace, managing to find their quarry, face down one of the Forsaken, take out a Black Ajah sister, rescue the Panarch and avoid a balefire blowout. Also all in one chapter.

It's all happening!

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Mo, Willie and Jody

Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

en-auFebruary 25, 2022

Ep37: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 49 - 52

Hello friends! Things are really starting to hot up now...

Rand and friends arrive at Cold Rocks hold and get a crash course in Aiel custom. Rand ingratiates himself with the Maidens of the Spear, but the hold is attacked in the night by trollocs and multiple Draghkar! But not before Rand has a steamy Waterwood dream...

In Tanchico our intrepid investigators have located the Black Ajah sisters, and after a bit of dream exploitation they also find the object they're looking for: The Domination Bands. Nynaeve also runs into the panarch, some Black Ajah, and oh, one of the Forsaken while in the world of dreams. Yikes!

We're barreling toward the climax of this book and it's fantastic. So after you've listened to the episode get in touch and send us your thoughts!

Enjoy!

Mo, Willie and Jody

Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

en-auFebruary 11, 2022

Ep35: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 41 - 44

In this stretch of chapters we focus solely on Perrin and his exploits in the Two Rivers as he comes to grip with the expectations placed on him by his fellow farmers and villagers.

First he stuns his trolloc hunting party by being very familiar with the Tinkers and their ways, undergoes a bit of healing in the Tinker camp and eventually makes his way back to a now well fortified Emond's Field where his work truly begins organising the locals.

The Aes Sedai are there, out in the open now, and it's a good thing since Perrin actually requires some serious One Power healing from Allana. But he has no time to rest as the village is almost immediately attacked by 500 trollocs and 3 fades!

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Mo, Willie and Jody

Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

en-auDecember 03, 2021

Ep34: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 37 - 40

We get treated to wide range of points of view this week as we check in with our main cast and a number of ancillary characters we haven't seen in a while. Some pleasant, some less so...

Rand, Mat, Moiraine, Lan and the Aiel have departed from Rhuidean and have made their way to Imre Stand. But things are not exactly going to plan.

We jump to Tanchico as Nynaeve, Elayne, Thom and Juilin arrive on the Seafolk Raker, and get some great plot development from Egeanin's point of view as she glimpses a number of familiar faces.

The girls team up with Bayle Domon to root out the Black Ajah, and we get some extened scenes with Jaichim Carridin and the Black Ajah sisters before we jump all the way to the Two Rivers where Perrin is waging an ongoing assault on the trollocs that have invaded his homeland.

There is plotting, scheming, massive implications for long standing loyalties, multiple battles and a particularly rowdy night in an inn for Elayne. Quite the smorgasbord of plotlines, so enjoy!

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Mo, Willie and Jody

Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

en-auNovember 19, 2021

Ep33: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 31 - 36

Welcome back! In this episode we stick with the two main plotlines: Perrin in the Two Rivers and Rand, Mat & Egwene in the Waste.

Perrin is starting to come into his own, giving orders to respected Two Rivers elders, barking at Aes Sedai and organising the farm folk against the dual assault of Whitecloaks and Trollocs. He also puts Slayer in his place and it all just feels... right. And everyone agrees!

Rand and Mat emerge from Rhuidean to, well, not exactly exultation and fanfare. In fact, it's downright hostility from the get-go, even from Aviendha. But Rand knows what needs doing and sets his own path now.

Mat. Wonderful, cocky Mat. Always ready to lighten the mood. Bless him.

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Mo, Willie and Jody

Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

en-auNovember 05, 2021

Ep32: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 25 - 30

And now for something completely different... Well, somewhat different.

Join us for a trip down memory lane as we travel with Rand through the history of the Aiel in the glass columns in Rhuidean. We recount his visions in chronological order in a bid to make it more digestible. Let us know if we succeeded at all!

Then Perrin, Faile, Gaul, Bain, Chiad and Loial have an encounter in the Ways before making it to Emond's field and getting some bad news.

It's an emotional roller coaster this episode, so hold onto your feelings, we're going in...

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Mo, Willie and Jody

Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

en-auOctober 15, 2021

Ep31: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 19 - 24

We're in for a real treat here, folks!

Not only do we get a very rare glimpse into the thoughts of our favorite Blue Ajah champion, but we get a big dose of culture and lore dumps from not one, but TWO thus far mysterious nations: The Sea folk and our beloved Aiel!

Nynaeve and Elayne book passage on a Sea Folk raker, making some interesting discoveries in the process. They're joined by Thom and Juilin as the group sets off for Tanchico.

Rand, Mat, Egwene, Moiraine and Lan set off for the Waste with their company of Aiel warriors, but not before Rand does something pretty incredible in the Heart of the Stone to keep the Tairen nobles in line.

It's another doozy of an episode coming in at well over 3h, so sit back and enjoy!

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Mo, Willie and Jody

Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

en-auSeptember 24, 2021

Ep30: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 11 - 18

There's a lot going on here.

In this episode Perrin sets off via the Ways on his quest to liberate the Two Rivers from the Whitecloaks, in a bizarre and spiteful arrangement with Faile. Good thing they have Aiel backup.

Egwene meets Amys in Tel'aran'rhiod and is summoned to The Waste to learn about Dreaming.

Nynaeve, Elayne and Aviendha prepare to leave for Tanchico, and Moiraine asks Thom to accompany them after meeting with the Aelfinn.

Oh, and Rand and Mat also go see the Aelfinn, nearly destroying their world in the process.

We even have some romantic moments, one subtle and touching, the other ridiculous and over-the-top, but they're both great.

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Mo, Willie and Jody

Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

en-auSeptember 10, 2021

Ep29: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 5 - 10

I hope you like The Stone of Tear, because we're still here. Much to the frustration of Moiraine.

The girls are having no luck squeezing information out of the captured Black Ajah sisters. And Moiraine is having no luck pushing Rand into action.

Elayne is trying to process her feelings for Rand, so after she and Egwene take a crack at learning something about Saidin and Saidar and their differences, Elayne hangs back and declares her feelings for Rand. Sort of.

Speaking of hanging, Rand is starting to consider it as a suitable treatment for the High Lords of Tear. Can't say I disagree.

Then all hell breaks loose when Lanfear shows up and Rand's hand is forced to make a decision about what happens next. Exciting stuff indeed!

We also reference two episodes of The Podcast of the Dragon. They are Episode 25: The Power of Nope and Episode 26: Thus Do We Sing the Beginning. Great content and I highly recommend them both, especially Episode 25.

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Mo, Willie and Jody

Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

en-auAugust 27, 2021

Ep28: The Shadow Rising, Chapters 1 - 4

It might be a new book but we pick up right where we left off. Almost.

After checking in with Min who's finally made her way to the White Tower we also get a brief catch up with some of our least favourite characters. Padan Fain, Dain Bornhald and High Lady Suroth. Gross.

And then it's straight back to The Stone of Tear where all breaks loose when a bubble of evil targets our 3 favourite ta'veren. It's an action packed stretch but somehow we still get distracted by a double entendre, revel in the radness that is everything related to The Maidens of the Spear and are all repulsed by the High Lords of Tear.

Despite all the black hearts present in this stretch we still have lots of laughs and manage to come up with some theories ripe for correction, so please do chime in using any of the below social media links.

Enjoy!

Mo, Jo and Wil

Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

en-auAugust 13, 2021