Shadowcast has many moves that seem to be direct references to abilities in Rogue Lineage and Tales from the Valley, and the element seems to have much more general utility than the others. Moiraine, Aviendha, Mat and Rand enter Rhuidean, the legendary forbidden city of the waste, where each enters a ter'angreal.

Mat wandered through the Stone's collection of angreal and ter'angreal, and later decided to enter the Twisted redstone doorframe which Egwene had told him about. The ter'angreal doorway took him to the land of the Aelfinn, snakelike creatures with oracular powers. Rand is surprised, however, when his previous traveling companion, Selene, reveals herself to be Lanfear, one of the Forsaken, and tells Rand to join her. Overwhelmed with jealousy against Ilyena (going so far as to call her a "pale-haired milksop", misinterpreted by Rand as jealousy against Elayne), she desperately pleads with him to join the forces of the Shadow, even stating her willingness to defy the Dark One if only he would be with her. As Rand furiously rejects her, the Stone of Tear is suddenly stormed by Trollocs and Fades, which are sent by the other Forsaken Sammael (though Lanfear did not have anything to do with this). Another Forsaken, Semirhage, also sent Shadowspawn to oppose Sammael's forces into the Stone of Tear. [1] Finally, Rand uses Callandor to send a lightning storm to kill all of the Trollocs and Fades, leaving some believing Rand has gone mad. After fighting breaks out among the Aiel, Rand chases after Asmodean, who had previously been disguised as a gleeman traveling with the merchants. Going by the alias Jasin Natael, Asmodean is after the ter'angreal access keys to the Choedan Kal, the most powerful sa'angreal ever constructed. They battle at Rhuidean and Rand defeats Asmodean by cutting him off from the Dark One. After the fight, Lanfear appears and, after considering other possibilities, shields Asmodean partly and gives him to Rand as a companion: Asmodean will be forced to teach Rand how to use the One Power (something only a Forsaken can do) because the Shadow will now believe him to be a traitor. Mat has some colorful relationships with women, including but not limited to Tylin Quintara Mitsobar, the Queen of Altara, who takes a great liking to Mat and much to his chagrin begins treating him as her plaything, and the Illuminator Aludra Nendenhald, with whom he shares a physically intimate relationship while in Ebou Dar. Perrin leads the Two rivers in multiple battles against the Trollocs and the myrrdral as they try and take the Two Rivers. This is where I believe most of the action is in this book apart from the events at the beginning and end with Rand.Chapter 47 has four points of view, two of which are from Siuan Sanche's POV. Her first is 21% of the chapter and her second is 6% of the chapter. Well, that sounds appropriate to me, a fitting label for Stormburner. Mike, it was great talking to you and I hope to see you all on the road when this pandemic is over. The Wheel of time digs deep into new cultures as well as political intrigue of different types in the Shadow Rising. This is the 4th installation to the Wheel of Time series written by Robert Jordan and ranks among the top tier books in the series. So let’s find out what makes this book so great.

Perrin's homecoming is dashed with tragedy when he learns Trollocs have killed his family. Perrin rallies new allies; Verin Mathwin, Alanna Mosvani, Aes Sedai searching for potential pupils, and the Tinker Aram (who has abandoned his people's pacifism) to fight the Trollocs. It is revealed later that Fain killed Perrin's family. I feel that this book really sets up some much larger plots for the future. With Rand continuing to have more follow him and his cause and the promise of change being realized with just Rhuidean alone is quite something. Around this time, Thom discovered that his nephew Owyn, was being pursued by the Red Ajah because he could channel saidin. Unfortunately, he was too busy with his duties to Morgase to find and help him. Thom was hot-headed but generally kind and considerate, though he nursed a hatred of the Red Ajah and a distrust of all Aes Sedai following their treatment of his nephew. A great player of Daes Dae'mar, Thom was able to sort out what was important among the information he gathered and what was lies. He assisted Matrim Cauthon in rescuing Moiraine from the Tower of Ghenjei and became her Warder and husband.

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The best thing about reading this series is the constant reminder of how long it is. As I readthis, I frequently looked up at my Wheel of Time shelf, at the nine books I have yet to read in the series, which serve as a reminder that I’ve barely scratched the surface of this totally epic fantasy world. I have so much left to see. It is very hard to judge your own material but I have a gut feeling that this next album will be the best I have ever been part of. Mike Stark about the upcoming Stormburner record In Tel'aran'rhiod, Perrin shoots Slayer before returning to the real world. Lord Luc runs through the house injured. Perrin realizes that Slayer and Luc have a similar smell and decides he is to be arrested if he reappears. Rand’s party arrives at Alcair Dal, but Couladin gets there first. He proclaims himself He Who Comes With the Dawn, showing the same dragon tattoos that Rand acquired in Rhuidean. Rand counters, showing his own dragons and revealing the secret of Rhuidean. The Aiel, divided by this devastating proclamation, begin to fight each other; Rand makes it rain to stop them. The Shadow deploys Slayer, a mysterious and powerful agent together with a large host of Trollocs to kill Fain, endangering the Two Rivers.