Briar King, on 09 October 2014 - 01:58 AM, said:
Yep I think it's quite cool that Rand had Asmo and the girls have Mog.
The stuff with Logian being healed was pretty badass.
Yeah, i remember those moments as being fistpump-worthy when i read them the first time.
acesn8s, on 09 October 2014 - 12:06 PM, said:
Andorion, on 09 October 2014 - 01:13 AM, said:
So 41 chapters in, its quite clear the Aes Sedai wanted a nice compliant figurehead, but thats not going to happen. One intersting aspect to this situation is that it had been made very clear from the beginning that interms of raw power Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne were above most if not all Aes Sedai. What they lacked was skill and authority. Now authority is coming in dollops, and thanks to Moghedien the skill front may also be changing.
I think earlier in the book there is a Verin point of view which showed how Aes Sedai determined authority. Strength in the power > Time as a Novice > Time as an Accepted > Time as an Aes Sedai.
Plus iirc there's a whole thing within each Ajah as well which was touched on in one of the earlier books. Things like higher skill in Healing could place a White over another sister who has more power but less skill.
Andorion, on 09 October 2014 - 05:05 PM, said:
Finished Lord of Chaos. Huh.... that escalated quickly.
Mandatory....
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So the White Tower Aes Sedai kidnap Rand, na dthen everything blows up. Another grand battle and this time RJ does better justice to this. Still a bit hazy on the overall picture but battle description improved greatly. The Asha'man or whatever attack was extreme and reminded me very strongly of Letherii and Tiste Edur mage battles in MT. What is missing from the battle though, when I compare it to Malazan battles is depth of feeling. The emotional investment I had when reading the Wickans charging the Ramp in DG, or the Bonehunters taking on the Kchain Nahruk in DoD is just not there. I care about maybe 2/3 characters and thats it really. Mainly I was intersted in how Perrin was handling the situation. Again because RJ still balksat accurate strategic and tactical descriptions you don;t get the cerebral pleasure of reding the battle as could be gotten from say the Letherii vs tribal battles in RG. But having said that the general idea of mayhem and description was well conveyed.
It's one of my faves in the series up to that point despite the lack of detail. The entire situation, a massive Aiel army surrounding a wagon-train of Aes Sedai and Warders, and then all these little groups try to break through because if they can't the world is truly fucked, and then in the midst of it Rand busts loose, still three sisters, AND THEN the Ashaman show up for the first time and we get Mazrim Taim shouting "Asha'man, KILL." and it's awesome.
There is a lack of tactical detail, but as a massive battle, and especially the first massive battle where Power weilders are seriously engaged, it was pretty great, esp that ending.
Be interesting to read how you view the next few books.