On to The Great Hunt today. #Superstars slowed me down over the weekend, but I’m ready to jump back into it.
The The Eye of the World prologue is the series’ best, but the one in The Great Hunt today (the ‘Darkfriend social’ as fans call it) has always been a favorite too.
This scene is the first one that made me start to try to figure out who was a Darkfriend and who wasn’t.
There are no Ogier mentioned at the Darkfriend social. Does that mean there are no Ogier Darkfriends?
RAFO.
It’s much discussed, but if you haven’t noticed: Darkfriend social has Aes Sedai, then we learn Moiraine had been mysteriously absent.
RJ was very sneaky. This sent the WoT fandom into huge circles of wild-goose-chasing, many thinking Moiraine was a Darkfriend.
Do writers really think about the fan conspiracy theories that much when writing? Seems like J. K. Rowling did a bunch. Do you?
RJ certainly did. I do on occasion. Depends on the book.
“Most of the men at Fal Dara accepted Rand…some seemed unable to forget his being an outlander. Masema was the worst of those.”
heh. Because Masema thought he was an Aiel! But yeah, the host of series-running characters introduced early…
…is well-played. Many in The Eye of the World , more in The Great Hunt today . I have wondered if Bunt was RJ’s choice or yours for ‘Apples’.
Someday, I may answer that question.
RJ said in the 2002 Wotmania/Dragonmount Q&A that Ogier can be Darkfriends, but he did not confirm that there are any.
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