Top Ten Wheel of Time Easter Eggs!!!

[@jesusfreak16luke]

I can't remember what book it's in (possibly AMoL) but Birgitte remembers a past life where she was named something similar to Marion and led a band of thieves out of a cave in the forest. A clear reference to Robin Hood.

[@insertphrasehere15]

In the fires of Heaven she asks to be called Marion when they are with the menagerie, saying that "she was called that once".

[@f1rstgator]

Love this catch.

[@insouciantFox]

ToM?

[@Merecir]

So Gaidal Cain would have been Robin Hood in that age.

[@rodofiron100]

In eye of the world Rand remembers his favorite story, about the 9 rings. There is also a inn they stay in at some point (I can't remember who or when) called three kings. I read an interview with RJ at one point where he said it's a nod to J.R.R. Tolkien.

[@malupaural1494]

There's an inn in Winter's Heart when the choedan Kal is being used, that the pov guy, an unkonw one, says he has to go back to his inn, and it is called the Nine rings.

[@johnsalkeld1088]

Perrin and Mat are references to Thor and Odin which fits as they are a myth in our time - not quite forgotten

[@rymdalkis]

Those aren't really easter eggs but rather allusions

[@stefvanroey8191]

And Rand is a reference to Tyr, the one handed norse god of war wielding a sword

[@ianstradian]

When Matt has the fight against the younglings and uses his staff to beat the best swordsman with ease, it’s a Miyamoto Musashi a 15th century Japanese sword saint, and a famous combat he had with a spearman.

[@abigailslade3824]

Ian Stradian a possibilty

[@lexieve8673]

Crazy! I just watched this video today, and i am rereading WoT for my 2nd full read through of the seties! Then i came across this passage in chapter 13 of Fires of Heaven: "She could smell the lions herself, but it was at three huge, wrinkled gray animals that the horses gazed, wild-eyed. Two were as tall as the coach, with big ears and great curving tusks beside a long nose that dangled to the ground. The third, shorter than the horses if likely as heavy, had no tusks." Apparently there are still elephants!!!!!

[@markdunlap3703]

While I LOVE the WoT series immensely, it saddens me that RJ passed away too early. At a book signing (in Nashville, TN), he mentioned plans for his next series of books that had a completely different magic system/world system. What a loss that we will never know what could have been something as least as good as WoT or possibly even better!

[@DmGray]

One of Birgitte's past personas was Maerion. Immediately made me think that she was once "Maid Marion" of Robin Hood fame. As somebody else suggested, plenty of heroes of the horn are obvious references. I always thought Hawkwing was a possible King Arthur reference myself.

[@camillerijess]

I remember it blowing my mind when I found out that RJ had turned all these real-life events into myths for WoT. Such a mastermind! Great video :-)

[@Harldin]

camillerijess I should watch the video first

[@charlestruppi7793]

We change history ourselves because we lose perspective. Most people today would tell you that Julius Caesar was the head of the Roman Empire and would picture him riding into a white marble city on a chariot past the Coliseum. While Julius was indeed dictator, the white marble city of Rome that we think of wasn’t created until Augustus’s decades later. The colosseum wasn’t built until a couple centuries later. So it’s very easy to see how Elizabeth would be a very famous queen who’s name would survive thousands of years but would be associated with the larger British Empire ruled by Victoria.

[@Xena4Denzel]

I know I’m late to the party here, but have ready the series a total of 8 times since 2003. I just discovered this channel. And am enjoying it so thank you!

[@nealrobinson5665]

Lan the shepherd is a reference to Apollo astronaut Allan Shepherd.

[@Grumpy_Pirate]

Always liked the Ter Angreal found in ebou dar that looked like a jolly old man, think he was holding a book and i believe it was a form of library. The appearance of it was apparently a reference to robert jordan himself

[@caeser5786]

The lunar lander on the Apollo missions was also called the Lunar Excursion Module, or LEM for short, which might be what Jordan was referencing.

[@Sendarya]

The Inn called the Nine Rings. Rand says it is also the name of one of his favorite stories. This makes me think LotR survived, in some form, into the third age.

[@djcollectors3249]

Love the content. I would very much like to see a in depth look at each of the forsaken. Their life in the second age, role in the war of power, what role they played in the books and their eventual demise.

[@NaeBlis]

DJ Collectors def on the way. I’ve got a schedule of videos and that’s coming for sure down the road

[@Looztherin]

I can't believe you didn't hit the "Mr. UNDERHILL. that Loial goes by at the beginning of CoT

[@malupaural1494]

It's not Loial but the Ashaman accompanying him called Underhill

[@rustyshackleford6906]

There is one point where they stay at an inn Chulain's Hound, and i thought it was a nice reference to Cú Chulainn

[@mygreenburrito]

Gonna skip over arthurian legend and pulling the sword (callandor) from the stone (or fortress called the stone) making rand (king arthur) a king, or that the Domani who claim to be descended from kings are literally called lords (Domani is Latin for lords), or the latin roots of sa'angreal, angreal, ter'angreal, or that clothes the aiel wear are made of cotton, algode being a play on algodon, the spanish word for cotton. Oosqui is phonetically similar to whiskey. There are so many many more

[@josies1604]

Caf

[@patrickols]

To answer your question, twinkies can survive anything

[@familykletch5156]

I always thought the bones in the Panarch's Palace were from dinosaurs, but that gives me something new to consider next time I read or listen to the series. Excellent channel Nae'blis - good stuff.

[@AvlShirkus]

I thought it was a dinosaur as well. There is a specific mention about a 20 foot neck. That's way too long for a giraffe.

[@waltersobchak2973]

And if elephants are extinct what are the s'redit?

[@stefvanroey8191]

@@waltersobchak2973 they are extinct in the westerlands

[@evalee5536]

glow bulbs and lifts referring to light bulbs and elevators!

[@SharniseW]

Yes!

[@rymdalkis]

Those aren't really easter eggs since they're very clearly meant to be the Age of Legends version of what we have today, except that they're powered by the One Power instead of electricity. "Lift" is even the word used in the UK

[@gozergozerian3192]

it's been 20+ years but for some reason i remember in the first or second book one of the guys talking about huge bones that look like a giant fish in the Misty Mountains. Does anybody else remember that or am i crazy?

[@Ishamael907]

Yes Mat mentions them.

[@michaelhowze8198]

Whale skeletons that got lifted up when the mountains were raised during the breaking.

[@DMontra]

I would really love to see a video on all the characters that are from our legends like Amersu being the Japanese Amaterasu, Artie hawkwing being King Arthur pendragon.

[@derekwhittom1639]

It should be made clear that The Wheel Of Time is an in-universe cosmology. While there is fairly strong evidence that it takes place in our future, there is no known evidence that it takes place in our past. The only two 'persons' who are in a position to know the truth don't tell anyone. In universe, however, there is evidence (primarily from Birgitte) that time doesn't loop back as such, but that similar themes recur.

[@insertphrasehere15]

We don't know what happens in ages 4-7 that might cause the world to 'reset'. The wolves speak of a time when 'men ran with wolves', a clear reference to hunter gatherer societies.

[@brentjohnson2863]

I always felt that the ages weren’t really a wheel but more of a spiral where the “age that gave it birth” closely resembles the original age kinda like the world of dreams and the mirror universes

[@oscarfontana4]

Alas. Twinkies did not survive the Breaking. But The Wheel Weaves As The Wheel Wills, and twinkies are soooo awesome, The Pattern demanded their return. There is a little known legend, The Heros of the Cream Horn, that covers their epic reappearance.

[@PotzerTheMan]

I think the skeletons are a wooly mammoth and a brontosaurus as they were fossilized already in the first age.

[@gauchesymbiote1039]

I thought it was mentioned that animals fitting the description of elephants and giraffes lived in Shara?

[@haku8135]

Brontosaurus would surely be WAY too big to be inside that building. The first age was probably plenty long enough ago Giraffes and Elephants could have been fossilized, or they could just be well preserved bones, obviously. Nobody said they were fossils, just bones. We find bones of people all the time, that obviously aren't fossilized. The elephant and giraffe make the most sense taking into account time and size, and the fact Elephants and probably Giraffes are still around, just not in that area. Which considering the world was literally broken, makes sense their bones could still be around even though the actual animals haven't been there in millennia.

[@PotzerTheMan]

>< We have no reference on the size of the building. The stone is massive.

[@haku8135]

@@PotzerTheMan "...and opposite it on the other side were the bones of some slender four-footed beast with a neck so long the skull was half as high as the ceiling" Brontosaurus is absolutely NOT slender, and there's NO FREAKING WAY the palace is so enormous a BRONTOSAURUS can only get HALFWAY to the ceiling. The average Giraffe is around 15 or so feet tall, making the palace ceiling around 30 feet tall, 40 if we're going with the tallest Giraffe ever measured, and that's pushing it. It could even be smaller than that by a good few feet as Egwene is not exactly busting out a ruler, she's just eyeballing it. Brontosaurus, JUST its neck, is THIRTY FEET. That makes the ceiling a whopping SIXTY feet high. And we're told the ENTIRE creature is there, so that's SEVENTY FEET of animal that Egwene just kinda goes "wow" at. Like it's not THAT impressive. She'd be pissing herself at just the thought a creature could be THAT huge. In addition, it's made quite clear the head is going UP. Brontosaurus' head was nearer the ground. The Giraffe's head goes right up though. Lastly, it's stated very clearly that Egwene knows the Benz logo is OLDER than the bones, all of them. We also know that Elephants at least exist STILL in Seanchan and possibly in Shara too. So their bones would only need to be as old as the age of legends, where the mercedes benz logo has to be considerably older. Side note, alright Elephants and Giraffes surviving FOUR AGES. All the evidence points clearly to it being a Giraffe.

[@PotzerTheMan]

@@haku8135 Its cool that you have theories too.

[@tyleroconnor3035]

There are quite a few name-based references. Tons of characters were named based on mythical figures, Seanchan was an Irish bard, parallels between Heroes of the Horn and mythological characters of our world, the names of the Trolloc bands, Gholam=Golem, and so much more.

[@Siansonea]

When I was a teenager, I read all the sci-fi I could get my hands on, so naturally I read a fair number of Heinlein's books. I read Heinlein's "To Sail Beyond The Sunset" in the 80s, and that was a peek into the author's psyche, to say the least. I was never as big a fan of Heinlein as I was of Isaac Asimov, and books like this were a big part of that. I did enjoy "I Will Fear No Evil" though. It was a trippy concept, anyway. On the other hand, I absolutely did read every Asimov book that my mom had or that I could borrow from the library, including his non-fiction. Asimov was my absolute favorite author growing up. Side note: Say what you will about the rest of his writing, but Heinlein was great at coming up with titles for his books. "Stranger In A Strange Land", "The Door Into Summer", "Methuselah's Children", "Orphans Of The Sky", they were all great titles. Not sure if I would enjoy any of those if I reread them today though.

[@sdube001]

LOL I never thought of Mercedes Benz! No matter how many times I read that passage, I think of some of the Star Trek badges, particularly since it seems to be plastic. The shields used in the first Star Trek films and in particular, the one used by the Admiralty also fit the description of a 3 pointed star and circle.

[@jourdongirard]

It's described as conveying a feeling of greed and pride when touched. It something like that...

[@haku8135]

It's made of metal, but it's incredibly old, making it more fragile than it was when it was new.

[@tempestj4702]

Awesome video! I've read the series 3 times and never picked up on any of these...now I've got a bunch of tasty morsels I can drop into conversations about the books. Thanks dude!

[@robidriver]

Another possible source for the Lenn reference is the designation of Eagle, the Apollo 11 Lunar Excursion Module. Press and the most folks refer to it a the "Lunar Module", but, in NASA speak they referred to it by anacronym "Lem".

[@oscarfontana4]

I believe you missed the contrail they saw in one of the Portal worlds.

[@Patildful]

Great channel and great content! I can’t believe how many Easter eggs I missed, that are fairly obvious. I always like the Shock Lances, sounds like a taser to me (or something g very similar).

[@M0ntezuma300]

One of the inns is names Chulain's Hound which refers to Cú Chulainn (I don't remember how to spell it)

[@bucklogos]

Not sure if anyone else got it but in the prologue of the 2nd book (or maybe 3rd) there's a jaw's reference, where the man who calls himself "Bors" talks about someone having eyes black eyes like a doll's eyes, not an exact quote but it was definetely inspired by jaws.

[@lajaradayne3679]

Just starting to watch your videos and I really like your spoiler content warning system!

[@zackarymilner6409]

Aren’t there elephants with the traveling menagerie? I think the Seanchan lady had one..? From “the land beyond the waste”. I could be mistaken.

[@NaeBlis]

Zackary Milner it was a Seanchan animal. Big animal but I don’t believe it was an elephant

[@zackarymilner6409]

Maybe that’s just what I pictured in my head I remember something about. a long nose that she called a trunk.

[@musicalmark]

@@NaeBlis No, they are elephants. They are S'redit, which are definitely elephants. I can't find the page in one of the books specifically but the Wot Wikia page says "S'redit are extremely large, with wrinkled gray skin, big ears, and long snouts that reach the ground. The adults also have huge curving tusks." wot.wikia.com/wiki/S%27redit That can only describe elephants. That does not mean bones of one of the unknown creatures in the palace museum are not elephant bones, they certainly could be. It is clear when the Seanchan invade with s'redit that no one in the westlands knows what they are. Elephants are also one of the animals whose skeletons look very different from the living examples so they could have fossilized elephant bones and not recognize those bones as belonging to the giant invading s'redit creatures. Also, the chapter icons for chapters with s'redit depict an elephant. edit: chapter icons paragraph

[@IbnShisha1]

They aren't really from the land beyond the waste - that was just Luca's BS. Very few randlanders at that time know anything about Seanchan, but people are familiar with (contradictory and probably very untrue) stories about the land beyond the waste.

[@haku8135]

@@IbnShisha1 There might genuinely BE elephants in Shara actually. That's where ivory comes from, so they either have elephants of their own, of they have access to another tusked creature to get ivory from.

[@lexieve8673]

This is among content. Thank you such for this! I'd love more like this!

[@CRIMS0N_KING]

Spoilers: Nyneave is the name of the Lady of the Lake who gifts Arthur with Excalibur so the fact that WoT Nyneave is there with Rand when he uses Callandor is a rather subtle but nice reference

[@Kaspar502]

The one I loved most is how Galad's name just literally means light in sindarin elvish

[@revan0890]

I knew these already, but you have given me more details then I realized were there, like about the Spacecraft was called the Eagle. I didn't know the last one.

[@M0ntezuma300]

Bel Tine is a reference to the festival Beltane

[@omnigar9611]

There is one that sounds like a may pole also

[@connorolsen6667]

Love your channel! Great video!!

[@SharniseW]

I caught the Mercedes Benz artifact and the animal bones.

[@kalilzaidan]

the BEST WOT channel imo. your content is great and your way of presenting it is excellent!! congrats

[@NaeBlis]

Kalil Zaidan thanks a lot! Glad you’re liking it. I’m not stopping!

[@athomenotavailable]

I always wonder which Ages could be GRRM's A Song Of Ice And Fire, and which could be Robin Hobb's Farseer...

[@carolbriscoe9337]

Boy did I miss these allusions. Not only e did I catch. Thanks

[@sherizaahd]

I did not understand any of these references WHILE reading the books. And I used to read the whole series again for every book. I think I stopped doing that when book 8 came out maybe. I guess I'm like Pippin, reading all these pages with closed eyes and mind asleep, time to WAKE UP!

[@IamVendel]

I believe it makes mention that the Benz Logo is not made of metal. That is how it survived.

[@SH-qs7ee]

Yeah, I assumed it was a hard plastic

[@ZacharyStowe]

Mother's Theresa's good work? Look into what she was really doing and she seems much closer to a forsaken than anything else

[@gauchesymbiote1039]

More like Monster Theresa...Despicable woman.

[@davidmernick7360]

"To you Calcutta meant Cal-cut a check!"

[@magicker8052]

I always think of Semirhage when someone mentions "mother" teresa

[@paulfelix5849]

Just stumbled across this vid. Late to the party, I know, but what the heck… Long time Wheel reader (been reading since only 3 books published). I have an Easter Egg for you that few will recognize. In Eye of the World, Chapter 32, Four Kings In Shadow. While at the Dancing Cartman Inn… Rand and Mat are ‘captured’ by the innkeeper. Two bouncers help the process. They are named Jak and Strom. There is little description of them, but I am almost willing to bet money they these two characters are a shoutout to author Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Alan Bert Akers in the Dray Prescott saga. Jak is a common name on the world of Kregen, and one which the main protagonist (Prescott) assumes numerous times. Strom is a noble title roughly equivalent to a Count in the Island Kingdom of Vallia - Prescott’s major base of operations for much of the stories. Anyone having read the Prescott books will recognize either of these names, but having to two paired together so closely all but shouts an intent on Jordan’s part. Have fun, and good luck.

[@richardhynson9614]

Some interesting thoughts. A few of which I had not considered.

[@julianputnam8290]

Do a video on Tear or illian please I love your content it fills the void I have after I finished all 14 books

[@marclytle644]

I thought there was 15 books.

[@koseighty8579]

@@marclytle644 I know I'm late to respond to this. The Wheel of Time book series has both 14 and 15 books -- 14 in the main series plus the prequel New Spring.

[@onlirier2993]

Lenn is also Neil backwards (vaguely)

[@rmarieshen862]

Maybe not really an Easter egg persay, but I always sensed that RJ put himself in the book in Talmanes' character.

[@charlesowens5996]

The benz logo was made from a material she could not recognize, so I think it was plastic, not metal. That's why it survived thousands of years.

[@danalou_who7765]

Charles Owens Plastic becomes brittle over time. That’s why I can’t buy this theory.

[@Merecir]

Could be aluminium.

[@kevinwarden2450]

Loving the channel! Do you only post once a week? Is there a schedule?

[@NaeBlis]

Kevin Warren id like to be doing a lot more than I do. I own a business and that takes up quite a bit of my time. I’d like to be doing 2-3 a week, but lately it’s been a struggle to get out one. I should be settling in to 2 vids a week going forward.

[@kevinwarden2450]

@@NaeBlis Awesome, I look forward to what you got! :) What kind of business, might I ask?

[@NaeBlis]

I work in insurance

[@kevinwarden2450]

@@NaeBlis Oh, that does sound busy! Well, I'm subscribed, so I'll see whatever you put out! :)

[@DMR013]

For Arthurian links look into Morgause, Igraine, Gawain, Gareth and Elaine. Edit: Your name Nae'blis is a Quron or Koran,however it is spelled, reference to an Evil entity maybe djinn Iblis or Eblis.

[@hihosh1]

Shaitan is one of the Muslim names for the devil, quote: 'Iblis is often identified with Al-Shaitan ("the Devil")'

[@mattbounds]

Also Galahad

[@kevlar1482]

Egwene al'Vere == Guinevere. There's more but that one jumps out to me.

[@scottfree6479]

9:45 I always thought it was a reference to Rip Van Winkle, but your explanation is better.

[@cthulhujankinx5652]

Didn't Elayne find a red ter'angreal, about a foot long? Found that fire was the correct thing to channel through it, passed out?

[@LordFatamayus]

If i remember correctly she did something more than pass out. I just don't think it actually says what, but implies that it was embarrassing

[@haku8135]

It's implied by the properties that it's a, sexual aide. You can probably imagine what might have happened that could be embarrassing when channeling a magical..... well

[@Lee_Lee1776]

This is cool, read all the books but never really noticed these

[@xrysoryba]

I thought Salya was a reference to the Soviet Salyut space station program.

[@Harldin]

The Queen does not rule over the Commonwealth, she is the titular Head only.

[@voodoochild1975az]

I disagree SLIGHTLY on John Glenn and Lenn going to the moon. Glenn never went, as you know, but the Lunar Module, abbreviated LM was called the 'Lem' by the crew. It was the LM tgat landed on the moon, and the LM from Apollo 11 was named Eagle. That's how I saw it anyway. Same reference, just never saw John Glenn involved.

[@DMR013]

Maybe this does not classify as an easter egg since it is very blatant. The books do reference many biblical references. The battle with Aginor, I believe it was him, or the forsken in the sky refers to Christ being crucified. Then the wound in Rand's side is the wound Jesus suffered from the spear by a roman soldier. We also have the crown of swords refers to the thorn crown placed on Jesus's head. Dragon reborn refers to the second coming. The prophecy of the dragon being reborn on the mountain links to the story of Christ's resurrection. We also have the final battle Tarmon Gai'don (Armageddon). Now for links to Arthurian legends of course many references are presented. We have his name Arthur Pendragon obvious reference to the Dragon. Callandor being in the Stone of Tear and only he can wield it (excalibur). We also have Arthur's final battle with Mordred at Camlann (Moridin Camelyn), and Arthur's final resting place at Avalon (Tar Valon). Wow this is getting long, sorry everyone. There are more of course.

[@coyote271280]

Aginor created trollocs due to the lack of twinkies....true story, go ask him!

[@Jimholy]

Its 2020 and ive never heard of the Ann Landers counselor

[@RayVision3D]

Twinkies will survive the death of this universe and become the source of life in the next one.

[@itsfinel2p]

There are lightbulbs at Shayol Ghul.

[@rayward623]

This isn't so much an Easter egg as much as it is an unexplained dirty joke. But there is an inn called "The Nine Horse Hitch." When I figured out what it meant it made me laugh. :D

[@StigmaX]

I don't follow...

[@StigmaX]

Wow. I'm an idiot.

[@twig8523]

I liked Thom's exposition (from the age before the age of legends) they're mostly front loaded in the series. But I enjoyed more the Tanchico "museum" myself. I had not caught the book Loial was reading though. Your description certainly caught my attention

[@jsbrads1]

John Glenn vs Alan Armstrong, ALenn to Lenn makes more sense to me than Glenn to Lenn, Glenn heard wrong might be Genn before Lenn. I took Salya to be part of our still future, like the interpretation tho.

[@abj136]

It was Neil Armstrong who landed the Eagle on the moon.

[@cjseeskt]

I’m extremely disappointed I got a Chevrolet ad for this video not a Mercedes Benz ad

[@frankbrady163]

All very interesting!

[@athomenotavailable]

I bet Buddha was a male channeler

[@fardareismai4495]

The s'redit are elephants right? So they're not extinct?

[@osonhouston]

Perhaps it's not a Mercedes logo but a peace sign.

[@uriahreeder]

I just started the WoT series recently and there is a scene in The Dragon Reborn where one of the characters is camping next to a giant stone that was the head of a woman.... I thought that could be the Statue of Liberty. Probably wrong but that's what came to mind

[@sp8ed]

Maybe but statue of liberty are made of coppar not stone

[@Ben-xj2rf]

these are references to real world events and objects, I don't think they're supposed to be exact.

[@arizona_anime_fan]

they talk about those statues later in that book. Tom talks about how they were statues of leaders made by the nation that existed in that land durring the trolloc wars.

[@stefvanroey8191]

I thiiink that was during path of daggers... right?

[@ravensnflies8167]

they talk about flying machines. from the age of legends. pretty sure.

[@rymdalkis]

Those aren't really easter eggs since they're not "hidden away" for the observant reader to discover. The flying machines in the Age of Legends are very obviously meant to be their versions of airplanes, except that they're powered by the One Power instead of electricity

[@RRSmurf]

@@rymdalkis Aeroplanes are powered by electricity in our age? 😳

[@rymdalkis]

@@RRSmurf Dunno what the hell I was thinking there

[@RRSmurf]

@@rymdalkis but we know what you meant 😉👍🏼

[@haku8135]

@@RRSmurf I mean, they are. Fuel doesn't magically combust itself in perpetually functioning engines.

[@youngduss300]

I remember vaguely in one of the books rand (I think) recalling people from previously times being calling different names. I'm paraphrasing here but it was something like ,"odric was originally called oscar." It goes to show you really how language changed over the course of thousands and thousands of years. If you know what I'm talking about please help

[@haku8135]

"But he heard a hundred different names when he looked at each face, some so different he did not recognize them as names at all, though he knew they were. Michael instead of Mikel. Patrick instead of Paedrig. Oscar instead of Otarin." This is when the heroes of the horn are first summoned by Mat.

[@ctstackh]

You missed two big ones : sho wings and glo bulbs

[@NaeBlis]

Christian S I agree that they are similar to light bulbs and planes obviously and you could actually add jo-cars and hover-flies. That being said, they are shown to be different and creations from the Age or Legends, not our time. For example, it appears that a glo bulb doesn’t require electricity to use, etc. I’ll make an Age or Legends video at some point

[@jaceross7648]

Nae'Blis wait not exactly the same better remove the vid then cuz nothing is one to one and clearly they were inspired by the objects listed

[@jesusthemezziuggh]

What other channels do u watch that's WOT related? And your content is top notch...love your spoiler warning system

[@NaeBlis]

Jesus Rios the main other channel is Daniel Greene. Highly recommend him. He’s great. There are a few podcasts as well

[@jesusthemezziuggh]

@@NaeBlis yea I subbed to him a month or so ago...was hoping u had some suggestions that I have not discovered yet...thanks...keep up the good work

[@nediojon749]

@@jesusthemezziuggh wot spoilers podcast

[@richardhynson9614]

Consider the name of Tom Merrilin. How close is it to the name Merlin? As in Merlin king Arthur and the knights of the round table. And Tom even postulated that he could be changed in the stories where "Rand Althor would be lucky to be remembered at all". That he would be slayer of Trollics and wielder of the one power.

[@Merlin1908]

That is far from the only naming reference to Arthurian legend in the Wheel. Galad = Galahad, Gawyn = Gawain, Egwene al'Vere = Guinevere, Tar Valon = Avalon, among many others. One of my favorites: Nynaeve, married to Lan and hence Lady of the Lakes, fits right in with the many variations of the name of the Lady of the Lake. And that is ignoring the non-Arthurian references (Mah'alleinir = Mjölnir): The point is that as time is cyclical here and the First Age is implied to be our time, the things occurring in the Third Age, distorted by the passing of ages, become our legends.

[@richardhynson9614]

@@Merlin1908 very true.

[@EtzEchad]

Twinkies are an "edible" form of cuendillar and thus, can not be destroyed.

[@RRSmurf]

Pooping must be a blast.

[@philipgriessel5315]

If memory serves, aren't there 12 Aiel tribes? That live out in the desert, because they sinned....

[@funnelspider]

and the twinkie servived nom nom

[@bsmnt23]

I'm starting to feel like if one were to call oneself Nae'Blis, one should dress the part.

[@everquestfootpad6975]

Eye of the World, page 357: “A mountain hallowed into a bowl and in its center a silver pike a hundred spans high.. and anyone who comes within a mile of it dies.” This is an unexploded, half-buried ICBM with ionizing radiation leaking from the warhead.

[@derekwhittom1639]

That seems unlikely. An obviously deadly object wouldn't just be left around by a world-spanning civilization, especially one that would clearly have had the power to clean it up.

[@everquestfootpad6975]

I’m guessing the fallout from the end of the first age was all cleaned up during the age of legends, but they missed this one warhead.

[@andybuckland6790]

I always thought of that one as some sort of large satellite dish

[@everquestfootpad6975]

But why would a satellite dish kill you if you approached it? It’s got to be a missile leaking something noxious.

[@abj136]

@@everquestfootpad6975 A missile would not have anywhere near that level of toxicity. Chernobyl is closer to that.

[@dave98765]

Salya could also be Salyut (Russian space stations)

[@timcrawford6555]

Wait? No Mention of Caff?

[@deanmoxley1868]

At least a few Twinkies will survive the breaking. Leading to the question......are any of the Twinkies on the shelf from the last turning of the wheel? Leading to the turnings long question, what exactly is the shelf life on Twinkies.....

[@deanmoxley1868]

Never watched it. Purely incidental

[@AShadowinthedark]

I love you channel and that you go into detail about all the lore. That said i have noticed a few editing mistakes, partially in the forsaken ranked video. I don't mean to discourage you or put you down and as someone who has done a bit of video editing myself i know that it is easy to miss things. So, take a bit more time to check you video for mistakes before you post you'll catch these mistakes. keep up the good work

[@StevePowwersDayZ]

Another great video, that sneaky typo though (or is it an easter-egg?)

[@emperorxander666]

i hate the theory that wheel of time is our future

[@Ogrelin]

I think the TV-show could drop some cool not from the book easter eggs from present time, just because RJ didn't mention them the WoT world must be littered with them, maybe some present days traditions have lived on ect?

[@DaAlmightyTodd]

How about the fact that Arthur Hawkwing's armies sailed across the ocean and came back with & as dark skinned people.

[@LordFatamayus]

Not trying to sound sarcastic but if you read carefully it states several times through the books; that they have different skin tones some are dark complected, and some are light complected. Ultimately though it's from Hawkings armies conquering the Seanchan locals when they landed there and then breeding with them through the generations

[@robidriver]

I have also thought that Salya could have referred to the Soyuz program.

[@MasterMahan-qm8hu]

Very good! Cheers

[@Lee_Lee1776]

What song are you playing between your points?

[@jeremyhanner3311]

kzbin.info/aero/PLFD79BF2D4A257CB0 Dance with Jak o the shadows. The cuts between listing is Tinker in the Kitchen