This entry is a collection of tweets by Brandon announcing the names of the fans who won the charity contest to get their names in Towers of Midnight . Also named in the book were Matt Hatch , webmaster of Theoryland (innkeeper at The Dusty Wheel); Melissa Craib , webmaster of Tar Valon (innkeeper at The Seven-Striped Lass); and Jason Denzel , webmaster of Dragonmount (innkeeper at The Happy Throng). Also included were Kate Nepveu , an old rasfwrj fan and blogger for Tor.com, and Anthony Aziz of TarValon.net, who won the JordanCon 2010 auction. According to Linda’s article on the subject , Padra was named after Tricia Erikson , a JordanCon publicist who passed away recently from cancer.
I missed these tweets by Brandon (date unknown), but Linda kindly shared them with me:
Oh, one more. Joel Derby , you’re dead too.
Also, Nick Okamoto , I used your name in Towers of Midnight this morning. Congrats.
Need to name two men who die gruesome deaths in Towers of Midnight . Tim Riddell , William Reeves , RIP.
Also, John Sloan , you survive.
Most readers know that Robert Jordan looked to real world names and places as inspiration for names in the WoT.
In order to help maintain this feel, I’m doing the same. For Towers of Midnight , I’m looking for inspiration in the list of names from a fund raiser.
First name: Adam Hahn . Congrats. Now, know that I may adapt the name, and may use either the first or the last, depending on what strikes me.
Second name: Alfred Granger .
Next, Adam Sampson and Adrienne Hotard.
@howardtayler—lol. I actually used the Adrienne part. Beautiful name, with a very ‘WoT’ feel to it.
Laura Negin , you ended up as a village near Tar Valon.
Alec Breen, Alejandro Uso , your names just got picked to appear in Towers of Midnight . Also, Alisa Harris, I don’t think I mentioned you yesterday.
Recently adapted names: Fitzgerald Clark , Eric Mazsone , Han Zhang . You guys just joined the ranks of the Younglings.
Maksim Zhukov, your name came up next.
Nicole Nimry , I trust you won’t mind joining the Green Ajah?
Farah Sadaoui , into the book you go.
Jennifer Kaiser , your name just got chosen.
Kine Lohne Finsas , I just used your name in Towers of Midnight . And I’m sorry for dropping a Trolloc on your head.
George Zell , I just used your name (or a version of it) in Towers of Midnight .
Paul Postuma, I named a door after you in Towers of Midnight . [?]
The door will make sense in the book’s context. Remember, I usually keep posts about unpublished WoT books intentionally obscure.
Sarah Kainec , how good are you with a spear?
@Galadriena You’re Sarah, then?
Well then, your earlier reply was perfect. Watch for the name Kainea in Towers of Midnight …
Her tweets are protected, so I couldn’t include them.
Brent Welborn and Brian Lehnen , I hope you don’t mind dying bravely in battle.
Christopher Helmke , you survive. (For now.) Duty is heavier than a mountain…
Dustin Durham , Ed Sorrentino , Eddy Knapper , see my previous post. That goes for you too.
Timothy Brown , you’re an Asha’man.
Steven Connelly, Rhett Petcher, you have fallen in battle.
Robert Barett , Sean O’Connell , you survive this day. (Barely.)
Last name for now is Sigrid Andersson. Hope you’re a good horseman.
Amir Yoeli and Stephen Antill , peace favor your swords. One of you saves an someone’s life; the other Heals his broken leg.
Deep Bhandari , did your parents name you with the expectation that you’d end up in a fantasy novel? Hope you look good in black.
Ifeyinwa Eboh and Eva Snyder , I just handed you spears and put you into Towers of Midnight .
Paul Jarr , your name just came up for a scene in Towers of Midnight .
Yes, that post yesterday does mean I’m writing new material for Towers of Midnight . Revision isn’t ALL done, but enough done to be filling in scenes.
Scott Reid , hope you’ve been practicing with your Two Rivers longbow.
Susan Moore [?], you just made an appearance in the Wheel of Time. Congrats.
Andrew Sparks , you are in Towers of Midnight . You are not human, however.
Varkey Titus and Tina Wagner [?], welcome to Towers of Midnight . Your names got drawn.
I will be posting more names of people who got into Towers of Midnight . (These are people who participated in the WoT charity drive a few years back.)
First name: Scott Bartlett . Congrats.
Shawn Montgomery , how are you with a longbow?
Kine Elandra Bjørnsdatter Haug. You’re in the book too. (Note, I WILL be changing these names to fit…)
Leslie Annis is next. Many of these names are going places I put placeholders in the text. In some, I use a name from Mr. Jordan’s files.
Judith Bélair -Kyle, you are in the book, as is Jonathan Sim .
Lyford Chris (Or is it Chris Lyford?) Either way, you are in the book.
Mark Comer , you’re in too. Congrats.
Gregory Frenette , I choose you! (Read in Pokemon voice.)
Jaswant Singh Ranu and James Hirsch , your names came up next. Almost done naming for the day.
Jeremy Naus , Kevin Orr , you two came up next.
Okay, done with names for now. Next, spellcheck. (Wince.) After that, next section goes to Team Jordan.
David Redbord and Nicholas Votrobeck , if you look closely at Towers of Midnight , you may find that your names appear.
By the way, Maura Tirasso and Reo Meyer , I just used your names in Towers of Midnight .
Miguel Barriga , Michael Lashia Yang , Pingtjin Thum , Rebecca Joseph. All in Towers of Midnight . Two of you have been eaten by Trollocs. Sorry about that.
Rick Proska [Proska Flats in Saldaea ], Robb Kremer [Kremer Road in Saldaea ], Shannon Berndtson , Sharon Mettler , [?] I used your names. (Or a variation of them.)
Andrej Gadzo: Tai’shar Malkier .
Rosalia O’Reilly, practice your weaves.
Also, in case you’re thinking I’m naming a lot of names, remember—each new WoT book has added (on average) around 200 named characters.
Oh, and Karen Clarke and Lisa Sommerfeld , you are spear sisters. Congrats.
Michael Cuellar , you are in Towers of Midnight .
Michael Trostler , hope you look good in a black coat.
Jonathan Hamm, get yourself a black coat too.
Eric Boettger , you are in Towers of Midnight .
Heidi Soderquist, welcome to Towers of Midnight .
Joshua Turner , you’re in Towers of Midnight . Found a person I forgot to name.
Robert Soelter , your name just went into Towers of Midnight .
Martin Bergman , you are in Towers of Midnight .
Bryce Koronko , I named a game of dice in Towers of Midnight after you.
Christopher McClintock , you are in the Band of the Red Hand.
Landon Williams , Bryan Kralle you both just got entered as last-minute substitutions in Towers of Midnight for terrible names I’d made up and didn’t like.
Just realized that, amusingly, I gave a name to an extant, unnamed WoT character. Therefore, I retconned a WoT fan into an earlier book.
Robert Jordan often picked names for the WoT based on names in our world. I didn’t do this in The Gathering Storm , and it felt wrong.
He did it because the WoT world is our world, in another time. Thom, Mat, Elayne, etc. My names were immersion-breaking.
This is working much better, trust me. They will all be changed to fit the world.
What’s this? Someone in the draft I forgot to name? (I often mark these with a *** mark, indicating I’ll name them later.) Well, well.
Myles Harvell , you are in Towers of Midnight .
Well, look at this. One last person in the epilogue I forgot to name. Glenn Bergevin . You’re in. 7% cut from the scene you are in.
Norm Miller, a cook needed a name. You’re in.
William Klock, I needed another name.
Steven Lussenburg [?] and Edward Givens, found a couple of final unnamed people. Really thought I’d filled those in. They are now you.
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