One that I can’t ever get an answer on: How did Thom know Padan Fain? In The Eye of the World , he says he recognized Fain and he scornfully says Fain “is always one to carry bad news quickly, and the worse, the faster. There’s more raven in him than man.” This implies more than a passing knowledge of the man.
Both Padan Fain and Thom Merrilin made their livings by traveling from one small village to another in a reasonably small area. They had simply been in the same village at the same time on multiple occasions. Add to that Thom’s proclivity for collecting information, and you have a very simple explanation.
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