By Linda In mid March 2009, the Thirteenth Depository went public, reposting essays wotmaniacs Linda, Dom, Mar, Peter and Bob wrote for t...

The last two weeks, I've updated a few of the character parallels essays with new information from Robert Jordan's blog, the WOT int...

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 index...

By Linda Having finished my read-through posts, I am resuming the updating of blog articles with information from Robert Jordan’s notes as...

By Linda It’s not a coincidence that the first three POVs are of the ta’veren, with the Dragon first, naturally. Rand POV Here’s a th...

By Linda Perrin POV The Dark One’s influence has caused Tel’aran’rhiod to become a Blight—a black wasteland, almost a void. (Rocks stil...

By Linda The previous chapter was very complex and layered; this chapter is simpler, conveying joy at victory and relief that it is over....

By Linda Aviendha POV Both very dextrous weavers, Aviendha and Graendal have almost killed each other. This is a huge credit to Aviendh...

By Linda So much tension: the chapter ends on multiple cliffhangers. Rand POV Mere minutes have passed since the three entered Shayol...

By Linda Mat POV “Blood stained the rocks” after the battles on the Heights is a reference to the prophecy of Rand’s blood sacrifice fo...

By Linda Perrin POV The hospital in Mayene is well-informed about how the battles are going. By recognising Chiad, Perrin reminds of he...

By Linda Logain POV Logain is half-Turned—traumatised by mental torture but with Turning attempts on top of stilling. There’s enough of...

By Linda Aviendha POV The Windfinders have lost control of the storm at Thakan’dar, but it’s not all bad. Plants are growing in Thakan’...

By Linda Pevara POV Pevara and Androl want to protect Mat’s dragons, but Logain is determined to find the sa’angreal Sakharnen so that ...

By Linda Aviendha POV Aviendha gives us an update on how the Windfinders are faring with the Bowl of Winds on a ledge above the entranc...

By Linda Rand POV Rand makes the huge declaration that the fight is not all about him. In fact, Rand says it was never about him—possib...

By Linda Rand POV At the end of his strength fighting the Dark One, Rand thinks of his father telling him to let go of all the guilt an...

By Linda Mat POV The scene of Mat sitting on a dead Trolloc to rest and have a drink of water is a reference to Jordan being called “ic...

By Linda Juilin POV The irony of a Tairen in charge of protecting Aes Sedai is not lost on Juilin. He’s also rather stunned that he, a ...