From: erica@cc.gatech.edu (Erica Liebman Sadun)
Subject: Re: Aes Sedai
Keywords: Sedai, Templar, Masonry
Reply-To: erica@cc.gatech.edu (Erica Liebman Sadun)
Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:30:58 GMT


(1) Who is jaim farstrider.  Indications are (strong strong hints) that 
	he is still alive. Could he be Thom? After all, Morraine was
	fairly certain that he was still alive after the Fade got him.
	Why was that?
(2) What the HECK are the Aelfin and Elfin up to.  Why can't they stand
	iron or music or light?  And why does it occur to me that
	neither the tinks nor the aiels carry swords (iron)? And what
	are the implications of Mat carrying the steel ("well heck it's not
	iron") into one of the gates. Remember, Rand is supposed to break
	swords and turn 'em into leaves. (way thereof?) and the Aiel
	and the Tinks neither carry swords.
(3) Who was Mat? In rereading, I realize that he can't be King Arthur because
	Art is one of the dead heroes that stops by to say hi y'all and 
	call Rand Lewin.  My guess is aemon.  Clues: Red Eagle, massive
	gambler and that battle scene against the thousands of ravening
	trollocs.
(4) OF course!  Gawyn == Gawain just as Galad == Galahad.  (Hit me on the
	forehead!  Egwene is besotted by Galad right now, but 10 gets you
	2 1/2 that she ends up with more sensible Gawyn who doesn't turn
	his siblings in for stealing cookies.  Galad is also wandering a
	bit down the path of good intentions/bad results with his new found
	adoration of the White cloaks.  I still think that he has something
	to do with the takeover of the white tower.
(5) Why is Tigraine and not Breyan the mother of Rand?  I'm a bit confused
	on this.  Remember that Luc/Isam looks an awful lot like Rand (same
	mom?, indicating Breyan) and an awful lot like Lan (cousined dad). 
	You'd imagine that he'd have to have blood from both.
(6) >>10. The three women looking over Rand at the end (where he dies, 
    >> hopefully old) are Elayne, Min and Lanfear. Just my guess.
     >I'd ditch Lanfear and add Aviendha, judging by Rand's dream.  I do
     >hope Jordan handles Lanfear well, or we could get some serious
     >cliche action around Book 7.
    I dunno about Aviendha.  The reason is that we know that the third one is
    blond and from a farm.  Selene/Mierin/Lanfear may fit that mold.  (Boy!
    Imagine THOSE catfights!)  Anyway, we are pretty sure that they all end up
    married to him because Elayne relates that Min told her she would have two 
    co-wives.
(7) >Random guess: I think Gaebril is Rahvin, from the events when Mat
    >delivered the letter and from Moghedien's comments on Rahvin.  As he
    >apparently came from the direction of the Manetheren waygate, he may
    >be unable to Travel, making him one of the weaker Forsaken.
    Who are these people?  For that matter, exactly how many forsaken are there
    and have we met or killed them all yet?
(8) What IS the song of the Nim?  What did the Green Man have to do with them?
    Clearly, the green man was not human.
(9) I love numbered lists.

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