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In one Age, called the Fourth Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Land of the Crystal Throne. It sped across the great Aryth Ocean to the Tai’Seanchan coast. It continued over the Mountains of Mist, picking up the scent of Two Rivers fine tabac and singing along to a tune made by a Tinker’s tea kettle. It swirled around the vast prairie known as the Caralain Grass, with it’s Black Tower fortress, and the island city of Tar Valon, home of the fabled Ogier-made White Tower...The wind swept through the valleys, skimming along the lake that once was Shadar Logoth, lifting the raven in flight. It howled through the Blight past the snorts and bellows of Trollocs, carrying on it the stench of their cookpots and rot as it whipped by a Myrddraal without creating so much as a ripple in its dark cloak. If you listen closely to the wind you can hear the sound of “friends” whispering in the dark as it whistles by you. The shadows beckon you to their warm embrace; where will the wind take you? For you must know, the wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was A beginning.

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IC 113 FA Year in Review
-Varian Mathayas is elected the new M’Hael of the Black Tower in Saven after the disappearances or deaths of several other candidates. Julian Damodred and Valen Far remained in their positions as his seconds.

-Gareth Trakand, previously presumed dead, is found and returned home by his sister and friends. After verifying the soundness of his mind, Varian Mathayas allows him to return to the Black Tower.

-Zamira Dagaron passes information to the Red Ajah revealing Avyanna Sarat as a member of the Black Ajah. Alira Asuwan, Aviva al’Saar, and Elaira Taravin team up with Leander Varned and Gareth Trakand of the Fire Legion. Together, along with other Red Sisters and Fire Asha’man, they capture Avyanna Sarat, Rosyanna Somares, and several other Black Ajah Sisters. All those who are captured are stilled and executed for their crimes against the White Tower.

OOC December 2021
Congratulations to our MCA Fall winners! To see who won, look under the awards tab of our banner. Amazon watch parties have been lots of fun and take place on Fridays 9pm EST. Check our Discord channel #wot-tv-discussion for the links! This month we are also having two OOC events: 4th edition Clue and a special OOC/IC Holiday party!

IC Winter 113 FA
Winter is upon us and that means the Feast of Lights! This event will be open from December 1st until February 28th. To participate, post with your character(s) here.

OOC November 2021
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IC Fall 113 FA
It is Fall and people all over the Westlands are celebrating Shaoman. This holiday is oriented for children, who are cosseted, praised, and given gifts. In some places groups of children go from house to house singing songs and being rewarded with sweets. To participate in the event thread, post with your character HERE. Participants will recieve a badge on their author profile.

OOC September 2021
It is once again Write or Die! Click Here for all the survival info you need.

OOC August 2021
Starting August Friday the 13th, for the rest of the month: A badge can be earned by exhuming the corpses of inactive characters (haven't posted in the last three months), or by completing and laying to rest current or historical threads. Participants will receive a badge on their author profile.

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Congratulations to our Spring Members' Choice Awards! Click on the awards button on the banner above to see our winners!

OOC June 2021
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IC Summer 113 FA
To have your character(s) participate in our Sunday holiday festivities, make sure to post with them on our Sunday thread!

OOC 05/01/21
Time for some spring cleaning! Let's dust off those cobwebs and update our plot pages, character bios, and try to close out our historical threads! If you do any of those things, comment on this thread HERE to get a badge!

OOC 04/01/21
Write or Die begins on April 1st this year. It is supposed to be our March event, but as a final act of chaos when The Dark One was sealed away she mixed up the schedule so this year it is in April. Does that count as an April Fools' Day prank? Once you post, brag about it HERE!

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OOC 01/01/21
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IC Early Winter 112 FA
The Festival of Lights was celebrated by all, but has special meaning for the Towers. Each Tower celebrates initiate raisings at this time. In site there were no Novices raised to Accepted, but the Black Tower had one Soldier raised to Dedicated, Cirus.

OOC 12/01/20
Congratulations to our Members' Choice Winners! Jenny is both our most gif-ted member, and our resident pot-stirrer. Nat is the most in the know, and Alianora won most likely to win without knowing they were nominated! The Horn of Valere was found by AJ, despite the Dark One's best efforts to hide it.

OOC 10/04/20
The Grand Opening of A Turning of the Wheel!

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Amaetheon will be observed from October 4th through the 11th. It is a joyful celebration in rememberence of those who have died.

OOC 06/15/20
Thank you to all of our mad scientists who participated in our Design a Shadowspawn event!

IC Late Summer 112 FA
The rulers of the world plan to gather in Tar Valon to witness the Bonding of the M'Hael, Jadin al'Vyron and the Amyrlin Katreine din Ziago Tempest Winds, an act which would unify the Two Towers. Before this can happen however, the M'Hael is assassinated, casting doubt and suspicion on all sides.

OOC 04/01/20
OOC Events are currently on hold until the official open of our site, with the exception of Plot Parties, which are scheduled on our Discord every Tuesday evening 7/6 PM CST. For the schedule of upcoming topics, click the events schedule to the right.

OOC 03/01/20
March is Write or Die month! We encourage everyone to post with each of their characters this month, or consider killing them off (Optional).

IC Spring 112 FA
Let everyone know how your character celebrated Winternight/Bel Tine in our event thread! (Open until March 31st)

OOC 02/29/20
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OOC 01/15/20
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OOC 11/18/19
The members have chosen! See our Nov 2019 MCA winners here!

OOC 11/14/19
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IC Spring 111 FA
Current Event: The new M'Hael, Jadin al'Vyron leads a delegation from the Black Tower to Tar Valon to mend the broken trust after the disaster of Rahlin's war.

OOC 09/30/19
Finalization of the site timeline!

OOC 03/08/19
Soft open of the site!

OOC 02/12/19
Began work on the site!

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Post by The Lace of Ages on Jun 24, 2019 22:56:45 GMT

Welcome one and all to our next installment and format for our ongoing Wheel of Time reread! I'll be posting up some questions for anyone who'd like to take a stab at them. We'll see if this works better for an ongoing discussion. Let's begin! Feel free to respond to some or all of the questions below, or pose your own!

General Questions

I'm told that this section, particularly the first four chapters or so, can be a bit confusing, especially as far as a timeline goes. Did you have any problems following the action? Did it make sense in the context of the plot? Was it well executed?
We receive several large info dumps throughout this section, from our "good Queen's man" Almen Bunt, another good Queen's man Basil Gill, and from our friendly neighborhood Ogier. What was your opinion on the delivery? Was it too much? Not enough?
Given what we know at this time, what is your opinion on the concept of ta'veren as a plot device or narrative tool?

Rand al'Thor Questions

Rand is our only viewpoint character through this section, and that colors quite a bit of what we see and how information is delivered to us. His fever during this section plays into the pacing of the chapter. Did this technique work for you?
Rand's brief fever is an important narrative clue that is likely obvious for both new and old readers alike. Honesty time: did anyone not understand what was happening by this point, particularly after the events in Four Kings?

Matrim Cauthon Question

Mat is having an increasingly hard time this chapter. New readers, what is your opinion of his character? Old readers, can you remember how you felt about him around this time?

Assorted Character Questions
Thom Merrilin's backstory is revealed in more detail her (potentially posthumously.) Does this shade his actions in prior chapters in a new light?
Personal crackpot theory: Do you think the Darkfriend Howal Gode might be a male channeler? One quote in particular stood out to me during the reading.

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