LET'S SUMMARIZE - THE LORD OF CHAOS (The Wheel of Time Book 6)

This is my summary of Robert Jordan's book, The Lord of Chaos. The sixth book in the Wheel of Time series.
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[@shaulkramer2963]

“They have caged Shadowkiller” “We come”

[@nikolasprince1604]

Gave me chills

[@turtleanton6539]

👍👍👍

[@publicshared1780]

Nikolas Prince same

[@matthewmcgraw7635]

Never have I had cold chills such as when I read this.

[@MetalCharlo]

They have caged Shadowkiller. Ah, f*ck, we come.

[@davidwilson6577]

When Rand escapes the first time, he kills a Warder with his bare hands and uses that guy's sword to kill another. That's his training with Rhuarc (and Gaul for a bit) paying off too.

[@Merecir]

“I forget nothing, Aes Sedai,” Rand said coldly. “I said six could come, but I count nine. I said you would be on an equal footing with the Tower emissaries, and for bringing nine, you will be. They are on their knees, Aes Sedai. Kneel!” Coldly serene faces stared back at him. He felt Asha’man readying shields of Spirit. Defiance grew on Kiruna’s face, on Bera’s, on others. Two dozen black-coated men made a ring around Rand and the Aes Sedai. Taim appeared as close to a smile as Rand had ever seen him. “Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon,” he said softly, “or you will be knelt.” As stories do, the tale spread, across Cairhien and north and south, by merchant train and peddler and simple traveler gossiping at an inn. As stories do, the tale changed with every telling. The Aiel had turned on the Dragon Reborn and killed him, at Dumai’s Wells or elsewhere. No, the Aes Sedai had saved Rand al’Thor. It was Aes Sedai who had killed him,— no, gentled him, no, carried him to Tar Valon where he languished in a dungeon beneath the White Tower. Or else where the Amyrlin Seat herself knelt to him. Unusually for stories, it was something very close to truth that was most often believed. _On a day of fire and blood, a tattered banner waved above Dumai’s Wells, bearing the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai._ _On a day of fire and blood and the One Power, as prophecy had suggested,_ _the unstained tower, broken, bent knee to the forgotten sign._ The first nine Aes Sedai swore fealty to the Dragon Reborn, and the world was changed forever.

[@ragnarokgaming7802]

“Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon,” he said softly, “or you will be knelt.” is one of my favorite lines in the series!

[@vincesergi7339]

I love rand in this book...just does not take shit from anyone anymore.

[@turtleanton6539]

@@ragnarokgaming7802 yup

[@turtleanton6539]

@@vincesergi7339 yuup

[@katieamarsh]

How can you even read it and not get goosebumps?

[@lord6617]

Biggest missed point is that over the course of the book, but especially after being stuffed in the chest, Rand effectively confronts and begins interacting with the soul of Lews Therin within him - its actually Lews Therin who shows him how to break out of the shield during the battle of Dumai's Wells. Also Egwene releasing Logain is less about compassion and more about the power dynamic between Rand and the White tower - they have to differentiate themselves somehow from the Tar Valon Aes Sedai, and not being hostile to the Asha'man is a clear way to do so.

[@Uhlbelk]

I think this would be a good time to talk about how Rands "insanity" is progressing from memories and Lews voice in his head to having conversations with him.

[@IchibanOjousama]

lol This was my same reaction!!! I wanted to believe in Taim, despite how villafied he was in the story!!!

[@phnome123]

This is where his decent into madness really starts until the Dragonmount-incident.

[@Sanfre0]

Actually the memories are not caused by madness they are the lost memories mentioned with the first dragon mark and lews therin voice is what is mentioned about the second dragon mark, for the price he must pay. Once the Dragon, for remembrance lost. Twice the Dragon, for the price he must pay. When he fianlly has its epiphany in dragonmount the creator kinda protects him from madness making him and his memories from his past life merge into one person.

[@davidpeacock8276]

Oh, I actually didn't attribute that to madness. I think Lews Therin is actually in Rand's head. That doesn't make him insane, though it might help drive him there. I have only just finished this book Edit: I now see that the person who replied above me confirms what I already thought.

[@kght222]

kneel, or be knelt.

[@skaking04]

You missed the part where Moghedien was freed by Halima (Aran'gar)

[@quagmillious9627]

IN MY OPINION, this book was the biggest struggle for me....until the end. I put it down multiple times in frustration of how overly descriptive and mundane it was at times, but got damn was I happy I kept with it. I remember telling my wife I was done with the series and was giving it up one night, only to be drawn back in the next and I never stopped.

[@garrettwhiteleather1902]

That's a terrible opinion lol

[@turtleanton6539]

@@garrettwhiteleather1902 ikr

[@tusharjoglekar]

Just finished this book for the first time now. I agree with you.

[@zacturf-n-sports6203]

I struggled getting through the 5th book, once I got to past the halfway point I was hooked again. I hope 6 goes smoother

[@idjles]

@@zacturf-n-sports6203 i gave up on book 5 in about 1998. I am now reading it all again in 2023. I was happy to pass my giving up point at the traveling circus. Book 6 was slow, but I've realized I shouldn't be reading these books with haste and looking for action, I just need to experience the whole world and embrace it all - live in the characters' worlds. I won't give up now.

[@legionofAlexander]

I'll honestly never forget Rand breaking free from the chest. When stilled those Aei Sedai, I got chills. Gives me Helms Deep vibes, such an epic moment.

[@Warlocke000]

The end of Lord of Chaos is full of amazing moments, but one of the bits I loved was when Perrin contacts the wolves, and it's revealed that they already have a name for Rand: Shadowkiller.

[@stephengrant4841]

Warlocke000 that was a reveal in book 2 I believe, when Rand takes the horn and dagger from Padan again and his Trollocs. Perrin who was tracking Rand via wolves learns of this incident and that the wolves, seeing Rand slaughter trollocs, name him shadowkiller and greatly respect him.

[@idjles]

@@stephengrant4841 Yes, we already knew Shadowkiller was his name.

[@jezwc]

I honestly shed a tear when the wolves responded to young bull: we come My god I love this series -next book!!!!!

[@hitbycars]

“We’ve seen him Lews that innocent farm boy that’s inside of him”

[@HectorL360]

Thanks man, i've been listening to the audiobooks and after i finish them i come and watch your videos to see if i actually got everything i was listening.

[@MediumQuality]

Thanks for making these. I'm just heading into book 7, and watching these has been super helpful. Book 6 in particular has so much going on that it can be hard to keep track of.

[@Spllyn]

End up finishing the series?

[@mountainofdew1196]

Right?? I’m stuck on the book 7 prologue. I just put it down

[@carolbriscoe9337]

You didn't mention it but I always wondered exactly how Taim knew where to find Rand. He opened the gateway in the right spot to attack the Shaido. Almost as if he had pre knowledge

[@PATPParker]

Excellent work dude! I really enjoy these summaries. Only thing I think you might've skipped is Egwene rediscovering traveling using Saidar.

[@charlottestewart1851]

? did this happen? i was under the impression that she was traveling through the dream world in the flesh.

[@MikeRayjr]

@@charlottestewart1851 it was both. She figured out how to travel late on from interrogating mohgedien

[@hiltrud2001]

Traveling was rediscovered in a later book!

[@carolbriscoe9337]

Yes but how she did it I never understood. Don't think she heard about the portal keys and definitely not about Rand opening gateways. But she figured it out herself, for which she got very little credit. Amazing how Egwene and Nynaeve discover so many amazing applications of the Power and don't get much recognition from the Aes Sedai.

[@hiltrud2001]

Rand didn't destroy the waygate! He built a nasty trap around it!

[@emilygraham6196]

Daniel: "I don't like Olver, I don't like children characters" me: 😮

[@DarkClaw0912]

The honesty in that part was kinda funny.

[@Ashleyforreal]

Me:😆

[@peterlatella7090]

I always liked Oliver, I thought of him as the artful dodger from Oliver twist. A street urchin adopted by Matt and the band of the red hand.

[@Dekcc]

8:50 - "Shadowspawn can't go through way gates for no reason, it's just a random rule they have" iirc, it's not that shadowspawn can't use the way gates for no reason, but rather don't want to use it unless absolutely necessary, due to Machin Shin existing in the ways and essentially murdering anything in there if it finds them. So the shadowspawn are essentially scared shitless of the ways as much as anything else, but if the forsaken / whatever tell them to go through it, then the ways are the lesser of two evils

[@ericpheymannicie5044]

I love the summaries! I'm on the last book right now, and this is a great recap. This was definitely one of my favorite books in the series. Dumais Wells was the scariest scene imaginable. I was literally shaking as it happened. Such amazing writing to create such a powerful buildup to what became an unforgettable scene. Great job on these vids!

[@turtleanton6539]

😎😎

[@scottcomer2495]

Wasn't that Couladin's wife? The Shaido Aiel that wanted to marry Rand? Couladin? Ha! A bull with a bee in his ear indeed.

[@hammzakhaliq4164]

Great Video, love watching these recaps after reading each book!

[@cornbread12987]

I know he hates child characters, but I really think Dan gets Olver wrong. This kid is the embodiment of the spirit of the band of the red hand. He is willfully ignorant sometimes but wise beyond his years. He is the mascot of Matrim's army. Olver is pretty much the spirit animal of the band if the red hand. A displaced youth that finds meaning in the collective goal of men who are unsure of their own goals. We the reader, take pleasure in the idea that Mat and his army ultimately have great importance inspite of themselves. They're out to have a good time yet they have the rogue moral; they fight gor something even when they deny it. One of my favorite scenes is when Olver descibes laying his head on the breasts of a very attractive woman whilst learning to read. Tom comments that he must play music before being allowed to do the same. The joke is funny because it reigns true. Mats army wins even when Mat is trying his best to escape. Mat is a lucky bastard with a purpose. He tried to slide through life to attend his own goals but finds mean8ng through fulfilling the will of the wheel. Olver is subsequently picked up and lead along the path of... SPOILERS.... The one who finally blows tge horn of Valere. The one who tried to escape his destiny is one of the most important through his own inate morality

[@kittymachine3798]

I agree! And Olver is one of the reasons I'm starting to really enjoy Mat, which I never thought would happen.

[@cornbread12987]

@@kittymachine3798 I like Perrin because my dad is an actual blacksmith. He's worked on some impressive stuff like refurbishing an 18th century statue. I say that to prove my bias. Mats story wins me overall though. Except the hammer forging scene. I hope thats not too spoilerish.

[@kittymachine3798]

@@cornbread12987 I don't think the hammer forging is too spoilery :-) I've Loved Perrin from the get-go! In fact for a large part of the series so far, I think I liked him better than Rand!

[@katieamarsh]

Thanks for writing this. I haven’t really thought about him that way.

[@graceannpierce4302]

truly love what you are doing with our "wheel of time". Don't Stop !! TY..TY !

[@turtleanton6539]

👍👍👏👏

[@erichooven4333]

whats wrong with Olver? He represents Mats responsibility and acceptance of it. I think? lol

[@josephmort4039]

And he shows how much the world is breaking again when he wins the unwinnable game.

[@JWMet]

"Kneel or you will be knelt." My favorite line from any book

[@artaiosgreybark2162]

Good job. Lord of Chaos might just be my favorite of the series.

[@turtleanton6539]

Its really good

[@alexisthriving]

Your voice is awesome. And the reviews are great. Thank you!

[@sora15215]

Didn't really miss it but I thought it was more important to mention how he escape the chest at the end, instead of ignoring the insane voice of Lew's therin,left with no other choice he begins to try talking to him and through Lew's therin knowledge THATS how they were able to break the shielding on them and then burst out of the chest, just seems huge to me and is a major development in my opinion,

[@turtleanton6539]

Agreed

[@dhalsim108]

"Kneel and swear to the lord dragon, or you will be knealt" Taim

[@alannagilmore8982]

Thanks for the videos.. I just finished the book and these help me grasp everything lol. I'm not looking forward to "the slog" but you've convinced me I must finish the series

[@gildartswinters4984]

D.W is considered to be the second most famous battle this series and, one of the most famous in e ipic fantasy history right? The duel in the clouds in book 2 is considered to be more so? Well, I consider D.W, Dumise Wells, to be the most famous battle in this series. Personally. Some of Robert Jordan's best writing. A true work of art.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yup

[@user-dx2nb1xq1k]

Awesome video, love what you do with fantasy series. Only thing I noticed is you said Mat's army goes to Ebou Dar, when they actually follow Egwene and her army north!

[@turtleanton6539]

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[@EdensukoV]

This book right here made this series my all time favorite. That last battle, damn. And the chaser of the power shift in the whole world.

[@PodcastoftheFallen]

That little laugh/sigh when you said Gawyn's name says perfectly how I feel about him

[@lethentucker]

I love watching how nerve wracked you are during these early WOT readthroughs. All the mistakes and edits, priceless. I just wish you'd finish your "new" readthrough series, on my second reread of A Crown Of Swords now and extremely depressed.

[@kareemaly4259]

These reviews are golden!!!!

[@marianakarnesky887]

Mhogedien is also set free.

[@IchibanOjousama]

mho🤣

[@turtleanton6539]

😂👍

[@turtleanton6539]

@@IchibanOjousama 😂😂

[@signaltome]

"Let the Lord of Chaos rule." I believe this is the book where Rand really starts to talk to "Lews Therin". I believe it IS a manifestation of the madness, a fairly benign one to be sure all things considered. The memories ARE real as it turns out, Rand learns a lot from his past self. I think that Rand IS mad at this point but the wheel itself protects the person that is fated to defeat the Dark One. Or something like that. It is interesting how Nynaeve (much later on) when she learns to actually heal the madness cannot heal Rand, that he is too far gone BUT he is also not showing any sign of being mad, that there is some sort of glowing light between him and the thorns of madness. This also throws his distrust of Aes Sedai into overdrive, fun times.

[@dalemurray4083]

I always believed that Lews Therron's inner voice was "The Dragon" trying to emerge while Rand clung to his personal identity and resisted fully becoming "The Dragon", in the same way Perrin struggled with becoming a wolf, while Mat accepted without thought his new identity, composed of the wisdon and knowelege aquired from his bargain with the fox people..

[@signaltome]

@@dalemurray4083 The Dragon was one of the titles/names given to Lews Therin (spelled by book check) and is the one known to history and legends, thus Rand being thd Dragon "Reborn" to finally end the dark one. (This cycle of the Wheel anyway) So it MUST be the "real" LT that is stuck in Rands head, in the sense that both persons used/are using the same soul. Personal head canon is that both the madness and the DOnes presence increasing is tearing away boundries between things, including the barrier between previous lives lived. Many of the Asha Man is also hearing voices though i don't think we are ever told exactly who. Their previous lives perhaps? Though the madness seem to manifest differently in different people, at least to start with.

[@berserker8884]

Thanks for spoilers man, I was reading the first half of your comment because it was all about this book that far and then my eyes were hit by the Nynaeve part like a fucking TRUCK, jesus fu*K. Probably one of the worst spoilers I could get, I LOVEE scientific moments in fantasy, Nyneave healing severing was one of my favorite parts! Anyhow, SPOILER TAG NEXT TIME!!! A lot of us came here after reading the book for the first time.

[@Akuma60]

30 ish year old spoilers😂 Don't tell them about the whole Vader/Anankin/Luke's dad thing either!

[@seanm6667]

Would like to talk about how they could deal with Rands role from the book in the tv series. Spoiler: I know that Rand doesn't get taken to halfway through the book but if they do a book a season or even close to that I think they could expand on that, really show how the Aes Sedai torture and try to break him and how he struggles against it and slowly succumbs to madness. Just really drive home the toll it takes on him and the lasting effects. That part of the book, from Perrin finding out Rand was taken straight through to the end of the book is probably my favourite arc in the whole series and I doubt I'm alone.

[@matthewsmith4647]

Its both one of my fave and least favorite. Its hard to read it as your so attached to Rand.

[@yves2016]

I am so glad I found your channel. Such good content

[@turtleanton6539]

Metoo

[@Gunleaver]

Corrections pt 1 - Book 6 kicks off with Demandred visiting Shayol Ghul and the actual villain, the Dark One himself, having dialogue. But I can see why that’s not worth mentioning. - Daniel seems to think that using Moghedian to teach them things is a crazy or dubious idea. They don’t just think she can teach them things, at this point they have forced her to teach them many, many things, including most of the new weaves that have made Nynaeve & Elayne the prize pupils in Salidar. They go on to use many of the weaves they learned from Moghedian to great effect in the later books, which give them several advantages over conventional sisters. - Perrin took 300 archers, and there is no “L” in ta’veren. - Morgase was not forced to sign a treaty, she offered to sign it when she mistook an ordinary event that had nothing to do with her, as an implicit threat. She was also not abused or sexually assaulted in Lord of Chaos, though she was in the prior and succeeding books, making this a really stupid place to mention it. There is no “new person in charge” of the Whitecloaks. Pedron Niall is in charge of the Whitecloaks, and has been for decades. Pedron Niall’s “awful things” pretty much consist of making nobles be nice to her and playing board games when she suggests it. - If you think there is not a lot of information coming out of the parts of the Forsaken plotting, you’re missing way too much of the story for you to be taken seriously. - Why does Nynaeve’s name appear misspelled while describing an incident involving Elayne? Nynaeve was there for part of the time, but she’s sent off on an errand, and is not present during the nightmare captivity incident. Also, Elayne is not at all in charge, which is the problem, since she’s the only one with expertise. - There is no spite in Elayne toward the Aes Sedai, although there is some mild frustration that they are not listening to her. It has nothing to do with her character or anything in the future, as she will never interact with this group of Aes Sedai after this book, but will have positive relations with all future non-Black sisters with whom she deals. - Actually, Nynaeve & Elayne are worried that they WILL rejoin the Tower, because the rebel leaders’ assurances to the contrary are very vague. It is this concern that motivates their search in the World of Dreams. And Elayne was not eavesdropping, that was a solo project by Nynaeve. - Nynaeve did not go visit Logain to Heal him “at this point” relative to their discovery of the Bowl of the Winds. It’s actually some time later, when her punishments for back-talking the Aes Sedai who won’t do anything about the Bowl have made her angry enough to channel. - We do not “cut to Rand for the first time” after Nynaeve Heals severing. Rand was in the opening chapter of the books, and he was not demonstrating his fighting skills for the nobles, he was practicing and they came to watch and kiss his butt. - “This comes into play later” suggests that Rand is right, but in fact, being able to use a sword while he is shielded doesn’t do anything to help him, just allows him to kill people, which in turn makes his captors angry at him, and gives them an excuse to abuse him worse. Bashere was right. Anyone who can shield a channeler is someone who can channel themselves, which means a sword is going to be pretty useless against them. - Daniel needs to re-think his use of the phrase “at this point” because he frequently uses it to describe events happening at points completely unrelated to the actual chronology. Mazram Taim does not arrive when Rand is having his worst Lew Therin fit to date, in fact, his arrival and attitude and gift to Rand provoke that worst fit yet. - Rand does not throw the Aes Sedai against the wall, he just shields them. - “..can only be seen as an army…” Taim is actually recruiting soldiers for an army, which will later be called the Legion of the Dragon, and he just skims off the men who can channel for the Black Tower. - Rand does not put Berelain in charge in response to the Andoran nobles’ recalcitrance, since he puts her in charge of Cairhien. And he did that before this book, since she is in charge when he first visits Cairhien and breaks Daniel’s poor widdle bwain. - Shadowspawn cannot pass through gateways, because they are not real people, they were artificially made by channelers, and the alterations to the Pattern involved in creating gateways disrupts their life functions so they die. This is not just a plot device, we see the good guys weaponized this weakness by using gateways to kill them in large numbers.

[@Akuyapastures2015]

Notice . . . That memory of yours is the real One Power

[@dalestokes2789]

Dude (I'm assuming) you're such a butt...I mean you're right, but youre still a butt lol

[@DiegoMusicArt]

Your videos rock!! Great work.

[@jonathanswinsburg7716]

Started a series re-read in which I read New Spring after The Fires of Heaven, and I must say that I enjoyed The Fires of Heaven much more this time around. It really sets up Lord of Chaos which at the moment might just be my favorite. I am making this comment to come back and watch this video later so i don't get any spoilers. Yes, I did say I read the entire series already, but was surprised at the amount of times I have been surprised during the re-read especially after book 4 since I had read the 1st 3 books twice(way back when) before reading them a third time on this go-round.

[@gary6754]

around 2001/2002 i read the first 10 books or whatever the hell it was. I read the Winter Book (naME?) then the next one. Anyway, I'm planning on finishing these books after I read my current unrelated novel. So I appreciate these summaries. Lord of Chaos was my favorite because I hated the Aes Sedai and their man-hating garbage. Loved the ass-kicking at the end

[@Trustworthy_McLegitimate]

Nyneave: Its not the Forsaken. Its a Buble of EEEEVVVVIIIIILLL!!!

[@joshuamcdaniel6530]

Dumai's Well was crazy the first time.

[@hollin220]

I like Robert Jordan a lot so maybe Im giving him a bit of a pass.... that said I felt like Egwene just kinda fell head over heels in love with Gawyn. After all they are both “young” and handsome. I had the impression that when she saw his devotion to her, it was love.

[@aaronmorris3114]

I fell over laughing when you talked about Olver lol. You are the cutest guy ever!

[@memeandu]

Hey just recently found this channel, keep up the good work!

[@turtleanton6539]

👏

[@novafloyd12]

Nice review but the rebel Sedai were the first to swear fealty, the white Sedai that hadn’t already been stilled were unconscious or stirring to eventually the same fate no doubt

[@northmania5332]

Morgaize sexually assaulted? I didn't see this in the book.

[@turtleanton6539]

I dont member that

[@katieamarsh]

It’s definitely there. I don’t think I caught it the first time.

[@sabeelm9]

It's in book 7 not book 6

[@skaking04]

Also, the new guy hasn't taken over the White Cloaks yet.

[@harshbihany5381]

It's in book seven when Eamon Valda takes over

[@louloedepalma4302]

Gonna do a New Spring Review, tickle Lan and and Moirs back story for the crowd?

[@nediojon749]

Battle of domei's well is one of the best in the series

[@narutobullock]

Mat=MVP

[@turtleanton6539]

He cool asf

[@mrsaunders9989]

That mini war is akin to the first showing of the bloody nine

[@sabeelm9]

1:36 Daniel I think this happens in book 7, I just finished the book 2 mins ago :p Other than that, brilliant summary! Puts the jigsaw back to place in my head, I've read so so much and slowly losing track of the details of what happened in the earlier parts of the series.

[@hamburglar8794]

I just finished Lord of Chaos, and I can't remember any sexual abuse.

[@Joy-iv8ko]

Yeah it happens in Crown of Swords

[@oba-1kenobi]

Yea now I'm not so sure I want to read book 7😅

[@TJHartless]

Thank you!

[@Jesse-B]

OL-ver.

[@warbear0424]

Good hell I jumped so hard when he started speaking suddenly at the beginning of the video. Note: check your volume before starting any video

[@turtleanton6539]

Looooool

[@tonyf8167]

actually the reason the "shadow spawn" cant use gateways is given: apparently because they lack a "soul" the nature of the gateway instantly kills them.

[@turtleanton6539]

Simple but cool

[@jenniferstorm970]

So, yeah, plot device

[@davidwilson6577]

The city with the bowl sounded like it was filled with skyscrapers and stuff like Rhiudan, there's no way Elayne's guess that it's Ebou Dar, because there are canals, is right. Oh, it is? OK then.

[@kintopacinn283]

Morgase's situation with the new leader doesn't come until the next book.

[@TheCbot88]

I like Oliver. In my head he's Gaidal. I think the world of dreams timeline ismoreflexable that people realise I know RJ said he isn't.

[@charlottestewart1851]

oliver is to Mat as sam is to jon snow

[@robbiedubes]

Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt.

[@turtleanton6539]

Legendary words

[@kittymachine3798]

I must've missed where morgase was being assaulted while being held prisoner by the White cloaks; pressured and manipulated obviously, but abused? I guess I'm glad I missed those implications.

[@matthewsmith4647]

It was very much there but it's not blatant

[@kittymachine3798]

So... It actually happens in the next book, after they assassinate White Cloak guy. In a way I'm glad I had warning so I could skip past it. Even though RJ isn't explicit, that's some dark difficult stuff 😿

[@ChristmasLore]

It's life, and also, it is heavily uses since time immemorial as a weapon in time of wars. Jordan actually handles it very well and with much empathy.

[@MerceneryRED]

ashaman "rolling fire and earth

[@TravisJohnsonncc1701]

Great video! But the verb of "compulsory" is "to compell," not "compulse."

[@hrvojezovko8426]

I'm still on book 7 so I don't know what will happen, but I have a feeling that from Lord of Chaos Egwane transforms into Mary Sue

[@MyBoomStick1]

Wait I guess I totally missed the part where someone new was in charge of the white cloaks, also I didn’t remember anything being done to queen morgase beyond being held captive and forced to sign an agreement. I just finished this book so no spoilers past Dumais wells please

[@cgrounds01]

No, you didn't miss anything. I just finished this book today. Pedron Niall is running the White Cloaks, but there is a Lord Captain or something that thinks he's too old. There were no sexual assaults on Morgase, but some of the people she was with that were plotting their escape were hanged.

[@rbkstrm]

Love your shit man!

[@patricialewis6424]

Great summaries, but how are the producers going to address the tobacco issue in the upcoming t.v. series ? Most of the male characters smoke two rivers tobbac.

[@turtleanton6539]

😂😂👍

[@ZedsDeadBaby117]

i loved the shit out of this book, and the ending was spectacular except for my one complaint about the book. during the climax i was enraptured, but as the epilogue was wrapping up i realized we kind of forgot to finish part of the story? why didnt we see the girls and matt get the bowl? i could have sworn i fell asleep with the audiobook going as i slept but i went back and saw that we just didnt get the conclusion of that. im still on my first read through so maybe the reason for tying that up in the next book is apparent, but when the book finished i just felt confused on why an entire plot line was just left hanging.

[@AverageSol]

Yeah the bowl is retrieved in the next book as an ongoing story arc which I bet you've got to since it's been 3 months.

[@rubenbylovandersen160]

i'm pretty sure you mixed up Caemlyn and Cairhien through most of this.

[@DarkClaw0912]

Each of the three main male characters are great characters, but Perrin might be my favorite.

[@danielgaetzke492]

clan of the Aes Sedi?

[@BirdMorphingOne]

Because why help Rand stabilize the nation you’re responsible for when you can instead go run off to the other side of the continent looking for a damn bowl.

[@KingBowserVlog]

Yeah, Elayne really got on my nerves this book

[@ezrashami6898]

You missed the whole arangar party

[@mmaguire0601]

whos Oliver? Do you mean Olver? SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME. im kidding

[@joeleonard1314]

Berelain is in charge in Cairehen, not Andor bruh.

[@erichooven4333]

I mean Vin starts off what like 14? That's a child.

[@stefanhansen8623]

2 or 3 years older then rand I beleve Eugene is yunger than rand tho by 2 years I think

[@ChristmasLore]

14 is a teen. Huge differences.

[@sebp2534]

They will pay. I am Lord of the Morning.

[@brettsgotmail]

For whatever reason, this book took me the longest to finish so far. Felt like the plot really lagged in some spots, and I just felt really bogged down. Is that just par for the course from here on out in the series?

[@lowestCommonDenominator]

How did you not quote the most epic quote: Kneel before the Lord Dragon. Or be knelt.

[@johnnygraz4712]

Gotta say, I don't remember Rand escaping and killing two Warders. I even went back to the book and couldn't find it. Am I missing something?

[@kyledool2959]

"Who would have thought al'Thor, shielded and surrounded, would have gone mad that way? Not just trying to break through the shield, but killing a Warder with his bare hands and severely wounding another with the dead man's sword, to such an extent that the second died in the Healing." - Galina in Chapter 53 "The Feast of Lights (pg. 932 in my book)

[@factbeaglesarebest]

It’s actually pronounced Mor-GAi-iss

[@Tholstrup83]

I don't know why, but Min kinda bugged me in this book. I don't get her behavior towards Rand. Sitting in his lap and giving him pecks on the lips... It wierded me out!

[@justrandomthings8158]

Yeah for real, the romance for that specifically was really off the mark for me

[@heitorlopes2058]

Maaan please help me. Do you know what Demandred did in this book as he met the Dark One in the epilogue?

[@totesmagotes213]

Heitor Lopes I’m not 100% but wasn’t he disguised and he freed Moghedien from Salidar earlier in the Epilogue?

[@KingBowserVlog]

Can someone explain to me why Rand HAD to go to Shadar Logoth?

[@slifer9990]

To spot the waygate the ogier told him about and destroy it so the shadowspawn wouldn't pop up at their doorstep

[@AmorCorona5]

In what chapter is morgase 'sexually assaulted' ? I'm more than halfway through the book and past some of the events Daniel says come after her sexual assault, but have yet to come across that scene?

[@michaelhowze8198]

They don't directly talk about it. They allude to it when Galad fights the Lord Captain Commander. I believe it's in the next book though Galad kills the man for doing so.

[@Riz_]

Not my favourite book of the series but I actually did enjoy it. Still don't like the romance side of things and this thing with Rand makes me cringe. I would say that if it wasn't for the angst and romance in this series I would have already declared it as one of my favourites. He must be doing something right though, I bought the seventh book today.

[@IchibanOjousama]

I just finished it... fuck me, is Demandred = Mazrim Taim? I just came looking for consolation, I'll check the replies I get on this when I'm done with the series...

[@timothyzeiler2902]

do you read or listen to audiobook? great viedo, is book 7 really boring? take care.

[@factbeaglesarebest]

No. No it’s not. And Audio books are a poor method of understanding stories like this.

[@turtleanton6539]

7 is really good

[@turtleanton6539]

@@factbeaglesarebest no audiobooks are cool but I never listened to Wheel Of Time.

[@MysticXombie]

Who the heck is the Lord of Chaos? What did Damendred do? If this is a spoiler for book 7 then nevermind. It's just, I read the book Lord of Chaos yet at no time figured out who it is. Rand?

[@Gunleaver]

The Lord of Chaos is not explained, but in the wrold-building book it is explained that at one particular festival, they pick out some lowly person to elevate and preside over the festival as the "Lord of Chaos" and everyone has fun pretending he's in charge and obeying his ridiculous orders. Then the next day everything goes back to normal. This book has a recurring theme of inversion and reversals of power dynamics. Egwene is raised to be Amyrlin, as a mere figurehead. Mat is heading out to take command of a decoy army. People think Mat is a mere figurehead, when he's actually Rand's most trusted general and the greatest military mind in the world. We meet King Ailron, who doesn't have any real power, as the Children of the Light control his country, and Queen Tylin, who freely admits she has to let other powers walk all over her because she doesn't even have full control over her own city. Berelain, despite being leader of smallest and weakest country in the world, is put in charge of ruling a great nation. Perrin claims he isn't a real lord, while his father-in-law points out that great noble families rise and fall all the time. At the beginning of the book Mazrim Taim is a refugee and a captive, and by the end, he is making Aes Sedai kneel. We see a Queen, a Forsaken and the Dragon Reborn all captives at some point in the book, and Siuan & Leane going from being outcasts, back to full sisterhood. One of the ways Rand subtly demonstrates his power to the Andoran nobles is by using Bashere, a great general, a triple lord and uncle to a queen, as a butler. We learn that Pedron Nial's spymaster is an idiot who doesn't even realize he's a dupe and the real spymaster is his secretary. On and on, we see in the book instances of the great and mighty brought low and the outcast or lowest raised high. 'Lord of Chaos' isn't really a particular character, so much as a concept that keeps coming up throughout the book.

[@danielgaetzke492]

Matt!!? character!???

[@matthewsmith4647]

Mat would hate the mere thought lol

[@papaaeon7210]

Is this the one where Min and Rand knock boots?

[@Gunleaver]

No

[@turtleanton6539]

Naah

[@ChristmasLore]

Next book

[@brhettdavis7061]

that bit about morgase i dont think was in lord of chaos. it was a bit of a spoiler i mean i just saw Neil get killed at the start of book 7 and i haven't seen any of the abuse yet i could tell something was coming but just letting you know lmao

[@Gunleaver]

Corrections pt 2, from 11:00 to the end: - Rand does not laugh off the Tower’s bribe, he pretends to be interested so the Aes Sedai will keep trying to persuade him and he can find out more information from them. - The zoom-in suggests that raising Egwene is a surprise, when in fact it has been foreshadowed since book 4. Egwene also does not “agree” to do it, she is not given a choice in the matter. - Rand had not been building his relationship with Aviendha, he had been actively avoiding her and when she was in his company, he suppressed his feelings and reaction to her until she got freaked out and left. He is not sad she left, he is glad, even though he finds himself missing her. That is why he’s glad she’s gone, because he does not want anything to happen to her, like the lightning trap of Rahvin’s that killed her. - Mat does not take his army to Ebou Dar, he leaves it behind to follow Egwene’s group in order to protect her. - The Maidens never figure out what’s going on with Rand’s captivity, Berelain does. One of the Maidens overhears her discussing her hypothesis with Perrin & Dobraine, loses her shit and sends for the Aiel leadership. - The Aes Sedai take Rand out of the chest every night when they make camp. - The Aes Sedai do NOT torture Min to mess with Rand, they punish her for trying to intervene in their “discipline” of Rand. Rand flips out when she sees them do it. Because it does not happen as Daniel describes, the incident does NOT, in fact, show you anything about the Aes Sedai. - The Shaido’s deal was not to escort the Aes Sedai, it was to serve as a military distraction in Cairhien, to prevent large numbers of troops from following them to rescue Rand, and it works. There is also a more secret codicil for the Shaido to assassinate Gawyn and most of his private band of troops. - Aiel are totally known for retreats, because they don’t conquer. Eventually the Aiel always stop fighting and go home. Even when they totally conquer a settlement, they only loot the acceptable portion of the wealth and take it back home. - It seems very weird in a summary, to describe a quote as saying “Rand, one day I will confront you over what you’ve done” when the work you are summarizing has the quote as “al’Thor, one day I will see you dead.” Someone tell Daniel that summaries are supposed to be SHORTER than what they are summarizing. - Rand does NOT force the Tower embassy to swear to him, he only make the rebels swear. The rebels never object that what he’s doing is wrong. Instead, they are trying to claim credit for his rescue when he interrupts to point out that they violated the terms of how many sisters were allowed to approach him, so they have to swear fealty or he will treat them like the Tower sisters. He never threatens them with any punishments or even implies anything, just that for approaching him with more sisters than he was comfortable facing, they were going to be treated the same as the women who assaulted him and violated his person. It’s actually a very reasonable position, unless your stance is that no Aes Sedai should ever face consequences for actions against anyone outside the Tower. - The “massive number” of their members who swear fealty is nine. Out of almost 1,000. So less than .1%, and a single digit figure, is what Daniel Greene considers a massive number. - Egwene does not free Logain out of compassion. She does it to prevent the Hall from taking action without her approval. I don’t know what the compassion is supposed to be. It’s not very compassionate toward Rand, since Logain tried to usurp his title, and is his most recalcitrant follower who has not actually sworn to the Shadow. Logain is a war criminal and the WoT equivalent of a terrorist, who has never shown a moment’s regret or repentance, has been spending his days in Salidar happily slandering the Amyrlin Seat and White Tower with total lies, so compassion for him is pretty misguided, and it is something like criminal negligence that they just let this guy run free, especially when Egwene & Siuan know about the lies, so they know what a shitty human being he is. And they are just going to trust that Logain is going to go right to the Black Tower, with no detours for war crimes or whatever else he might get up to unsupervised, and they are also going to assume he is not going to go insane before he gets in touch with people who can stop him from hurting innocents. All because it is politically convenient for Egwene. By freeing Logain, she is actually guilty of the thing Siuan arranged for Elaida to be falsely accused of doing! - The Egwene and Logain incident was actually earlier in the book. The “secret epilogue” is Aran’gar freeing Moghedian and Egwene going to her tent to discover she’s gone.

[@dalestokes2789]

Again you're right....but you are a butt

[@jenniferstorm970]

You are unbelievably nitpicky. I bet you are a blast at parties.

[@Gunleaver]

@@jenniferstorm970 I wouldn't ordinarily mind, if these were slight mistakes in a video analyzing or describing something about the series in general. But this video's entire purpose is to tell you what happened in the book. It epically fails and describes things that didn't happen or gets the reasons or how they happen utterly wrong. Daniel has no business making the other videos where he calls readers ignorant or racist because they are wrong about the books, when he can't get them right, while trying to do nothing but tell you what is in them.

[@michaelhowze8198]

Pp

[@garbv1773]

Holy shit thank you so much for these. I took a year long pause; deep in the slums of the series, after book nine. I just watched this whole series and will continue with book 7-9 recaps by reading www.tor.com/2014/06/02/the-wheel-of-time-hugo-refresher/ . I really like when you add photos and maps. I am normally really spoiler-paranoid about looking at anything online that is WOT related so it helps to have you filtering some of that content. Thanks again!

[@IchibanOjousama]

Morgase is NOT sexually abused???? Wtf, Danny

[@stephengrant4841]

IchibanOjousama not in this book, I think it happens in the next and he got confused about that detail. Idk though, i just started book 7

[@IchibanOjousama]

@@stephengrant4841 Yeah, that's correct. I come to these videos for a breather between tomes but it's aggravating when our boy Danny messes up the timeline with spoilers :P