New Blog Article: Channeller Training Outside the White Tower

By Linda

I've written an article about how the various non-Aes Sedai channellers are trained. This is based not only on the books, but includes quite a bit of information from Robert Jordan's notes.

The following groups are covered in this new essay :

Seanchan
Aiel
Tinkers
Sea Folk
Amayar
Kin
Asha’man
Shara

Final Aes Sedai articles updated--article updates now complete

By Linda

Continuing with updates in the last category of articles, The Aes Sedai, the final five articles have been updated with information from Robert Jordan's notes and interviews. There is a lot of additional information.

Aes Sedai History from the Breaking to the Hundred Years War

Aes Sedai History: New Era

Aes Sedai Laws and Customs: Administration

Aes Sedai Laws and Customs: Society

The Composition and Politics of the Halls 998-1000 NE

This now completes the updates of blog articles.

Three Aes Sedai Articles Updated

By Linda

I've begun updating the last category of articles - The Aes Sedai. Three articles have been updated so far with information from Robert Jordan's notes and interviews.

The Black Ajah

Aes Sedai Attitudes to Male Channellers: The Unbeliever

Elaida's Embassy To Rand

Wheel of Time Costume Articles Updated

By Linda

These last few weeks I've been working on updating the two large Wheel of Time costume articles with information from Robert Jordan's notes. Some nations had significant additions--including Altara, Ghealdan, Illian, Malkier, Saldaea and Sea Folk.

Costume Part 1 - Age of Legends to Malkier

Costume Part 2 - Mayene to Whitecloaks

Latest Updates on the Nations and Society Articles

By Linda

This week I updated a few articles on the nations and societies with information from Robert Jordan's notes, booksignings and interviews. Also improving formatting and links. These articles are now completed and posted on the blog:

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Pillowfriends...

Wheel of Time Music

Performance and Instruments

Regional and Cultural Variation

Songs and Dances

Nobility

The Mainland Rulers

The Nobles of Tear

The Noble Houses of Cairhien

The Noble Houses of Andor

Blog articles on the Shadow have been updated

By Linda

For the last few weeks, I've mainly been working on real life things, some rewarding, some just ordinary stuff. Anyway, I was also slowly my way through updating the articles on the Shadow with information from Robert Jordan's notes, booksignings and interviews. These are now completed and posted on the blog:

The Forsaken and their Deeds and Plans

The Shadow's Influence on the Black Tower

Who is a Darkfriend?

I've now turned to updating the large category of articles about the nations and people.

Updates Completed on One Power Articles

By Linda

For the last few weeks I've been updating the articles that deal with the One Power and Channelling with information from Robert Jordan's notes, booksignings and interviews. The main articles include:

Angreal and Sa'angreal

Saidar Strength Ranking

Ter'angreal and Allied Items

Weaves and Talents

The list of updated articles is now longer:

The Aelfinn and the Eelfinn

The Aelfinn's Answers

The Ages of the Characters

Aiel Prophecy

Angreal and Sa'angreal

Animal Symbolism

The Cache from Ebou Dar

Cadsuane's Ornaments

Channellers Detecting Other Channellers

Character Names Derived from Readers' Names

Character Names series

The Composition and Politics of the Halls

Demandred

Egwene's Dreams

Fate, Free Will and Divining the Pattern

Freemasonry

Herbs and Other Medicines

Horn of Valere

Inventions From Rand's Academies

Robert Jordan's Strength Ranking

Lews Therin

Matter of Britain 2: An Arthurian Who's Who

Mesaana

Min's Viewings

Names of the Shadow

Off-shore Prophecy

Ogier

Onset of Rand's Channelling

Origin of Place Names

Price and Prize of Knowledge

Rand

Robert Jordan's Strength Ranking

Saidar Strength Ranking

Ter'angreal and Allied Items

• Introduction
  
• Access Keys
  
• A'dam
  
• Bowls, Cups and Vases
  
• Callbox
  
• Chairs
  
• Doorways and Arches
  
• Dream Ter’angreal
  
• Fancloth Ter’angreal
  
• Far Madding’s Anti-channelling Ter’angreal
  
• Glass Columns
  
• Headwear
  
• Jewellery
  
• Knives
  
• Rods
  
• Seals
  
• Statues and Figurines
  
• Talisman of Growing
  
• Miscellaneous Ter’angreal
  
• Oddments Allied to Ter'angreal
  
• Security Measures for Ter'angreal
  

Semirhage

There Are No Beginnings or Endings...The Paradox of WOT's Eschatology

Time of Illusions

Weaves and Talents

Wheel of Time Theology

Who Is Not A Darkfriend?

One new and three updated essays.

By Linda

At JordanCon last month, I gave a presentation on Wheel of Time eschatology or end-times. I wrote a long essay on this subject years ago, but put off updating it until the Companion had been published and I had studied Robert Jordan’s notes. Doing a presentation on end-times was, at least in part, intended to push me into rewriting the essay. I knew it would be a big job, and in fact, it took a few months, during which I wrote a new essay on Wheel of Time theology, as well as the updated essay on End-times. The Time of Illusions and Aelfinn and Eelfinn articles also were updated as part of the work on the theology essays.

This brings the list of updated articles so far to:

The Aelfinn and the Eelfinn

The Aelfinn's Answers

The Ages of the Characters

Aiel Prophecy

Angreal and Sa'angreal

Animal Symbolism

The Cache from Ebou Dar

Cadsuane's Ornaments

Channellers Detecting Other Channellers

Character Names Derived from Readers' Names

Character Names series

The Composition and Politics of the Halls

Demandred

Egwene's Dreams

Fate, Free Will and Divining the Pattern

Freemasonry

Herbs and Other Medicines

Horn of Valere

Inventions From Rand's Academies

Robert Jordan's Strength Ranking

Lews Therin

Matter of Britain 2: An Arthurian Who's Who

Mesaana

Min's Viewings

Names of the Shadow

Off-shore Prophecy

Ogier

Onset of Rand's Channelling

Origin of Place Names

Price and Prize of Knowledge

Rand

Robert Jordan's Strength Ranking

Saidar Strength Ranking

Semirhage

There Are No Beginnings or Endings...The Paradox of WOT's Eschatology

Time of Illusions

Weaves and Talents

Wheel of Time Theology

Who Is Not A Darkfriend?


Next to be updated will be the various articles on channelling and Items of Power.

It's Been Ten Years!

By Linda

In mid March 2009, the Thirteenth Depository went public, reposting essays wotmaniacs Linda, Dom, Mar, Peter and Bob wrote for the fan website wotmania, along with a lot of new Wheel of Time commentary.

Ten years, and over 3 million page views later, the blog is still active. Last year I finished a complete read-through of the series, and updated many articles with information from Jordan's notes and the Wheel of Time Companion. My current update is a major re-write of the Eschatology essay--I divided it into 2 (not 3!) and have finished the first half.

A huge thank you to all the readers who have read, commented and encouraged me over the years.

Three Character Essays Updated

The last two weeks, I've updated a few of the character parallels essays with new information from Robert Jordan's blog, the WOT interview database and from my own research.

Lews Therin

Mesaana

Semirhage

December to January Updates

By Linda

Happy 2019! Wishing all my readers a wonderful year!

For the last couple of months I have been checking the links in the indexes and the updated articles on the blog listed in the post below this one. The Characters Derived from Reader's Names article now has links to the Characters, Countries and Organisations indexes.

More recently I've made extensive updates to the Ages of the Characters and completely rewritten The Composition and Politics of the Halls. The latter article draws heavily on the Ages of Character article for the Sitters' ages and tenure in the Hall, leading to some points of interest. Both articles have new information from Robert Jordan's notes.