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I can't wait to find out what really happened to Corianin! That part of the story intrigues me. As for Lanfear, better she meddle with Egwene et al than keep Rand from his destiny...
Mat has always been deeply flawed, but his winning personality has spared him from the consequences of his actions. I sense his day of reckoning is coming, and that gambling will be his downfall. Luck runs out eventually, even if it is spirit-driven.
Mat has always been deeply flawed, but his winning personality has spared him from the consequences of his actions. I sense his day of reckoning is coming, and that gambling will be his downfall. Luck runs out eventually, even if it is spirit-driven.
Jennifer wrote: "I can't wait to find out what really happened to Corianin! That part of the story intrigues me. As for Lanfear, better she meddle with Egwene et al than keep Rand from his destiny...Mat has alw..."
We've heard some things about Corianin - and she seems to have been a star among the Aes Sedai. So I have to wonder what else her writings might divulge.
And too true about Mat. Luck does run out and I wonder when and how that will happen for him.
1. We see Verin hoarding a collection of Corianin Sedai's writings on Dreaming. Do you think that she should share them (or selected portions) with Egwene or do you think that blundering around in the dark is the best way to learn how to do something?
2. In her testing for becoming Accepted, we see Egwene as Amyrlin. Can you accept this as a possible future for her or is it too improbable?
3. Mat seems fairly nifty with a quarterstaff, even when he is half dead. Did his defeat of Galad and Gawyn seem to be based upon his skill, rather than luck, and did you find it convincing?
4. It seems that the realm of Dreams, Tel'aran'rhiod, is very important to the Black Ajah because they have stolen many ter'angreals that were thought to be associated with Dreaming or Corianin Sedai. Why do you think they are so interested in Dreaming?
5. Now that we know that Else was definitely an impostor, it seems that Lanfear has more than one set of tactics. Do you think that she might also be the true identity of Silvie, the old woman that Egwene encounters in her Dream of the Stone of Tear and are you surprised by the way in which she approaches women?
6. We know that the Black Ajah 'evidence' is a trap set by Lanfear. Do you think their plan to spring the trap intentionally will work or will it lead them into some other trouble?
7. Suddenly, Mat has been revealed as a gambler with incredible luck. Does this fit with the young man that we met in the first two books and did you detect any unusual luck before his Healing in the White Tower?