An Enemy Spy Reads The Wheel of Time III: Something's Fishy in the White Tower

[An Enemy Spy]

The Series So Far

Spoiler: Book 1: The Eye of the World

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Prologue
Chapter 1: An Empty Road
Chapter 2: Strangers
Chapter 3: The Peddler
Chapter 4: The Gleeman
Chapter 5: Winternight
Chapter 6: The Westwood
Chapter 7: Out of the Woods
Chapter 8: A Place of Safety
Chapter 9: Tellings of the Wheel
Chapter 10: Leavetaking
Chapter 11: The Road to Taren Ferry
Chapter 12: Across the Taren
Chapter 13: Choices
Chapter 14: The Stag and Lion
Chapter 15: Strangers and Friends
Chapter 16: The Wisdom
Chapter 17: Watchers and Hunters
Chapter 18: The Caemlyn Road
Chapter 19: Shadow's Waiting
Chapter 20: Dust on the Wind
Chapter 21: Listen to the Wind
Chapter 22: A Path Chosen
Chapter 23: Wolfbrother
Chapter 24: Flight Down the Arinelle
Chapter 25: The Traveling People
Chapter 26: Whitebridge
Chapter 27: Shelter From the Storm
Chapter 28: Footprints in Air
Chapter 29: Eyes Without Pity
Chapter 30: Children of Shadow
Chapter 31: Play For Your Supper
Chapter 32: Four Kings in Shadow
Chapter 33: The Shadow Waits
Chapter 34: The Last Village
Chapter 35: Caemlyn
Chapter 36: Web of the Pattern
Chapter 37: The Long Chase
Chapter 38: Rescue
Chapter 39: Weaving of the Web
Chapter 40: The Web Tightens
Chapter 41: Old Friends and New Threats
Chapter 42: Remembrance of Dreams
Chapter 43: Decisions and Apparitions
Chapter 44: The Dark Along the Ways
Chapter 45: What Follows in Shadow
Chapter 46: Fal Dara
Chapter 47: More Tales of the Wheel
Chapter 48: The Blight
Chapter 49: The Dark One Stirs
Chapter 50: Meetings at the Eye
Chapter 51: Against the Shadow
Chapter 52: There is Neither Beginning Nor End
Chapter 53: The Wheel Turns

Spoiler: Book 2: The Great Hunt

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Prologue: In the Shadow
Chapter 1: The Flame of Tar Valon
Chapter 2: The Welcome
Chapter 3: Friends and Enemies
Chapter 4: Summoned
Chapter 5: The Shadow in Shienar
Chapter 6: Dark Prophecy
Chapter 7: Blood Calls Blood
Chapter 8: The Dragon Reborn
Chapter 9: Leavetakings
Chapter 10: The Hunt Begins
Chapter 11: Glimmers of the Pattern
Chapter 12: Woven in the Pattern
Chapter 13: From Stone to Stone
Chapter 14: Wolfbrother
Chapter 15: Kinslayer
Chapter 16: In the Mirror of Darkness
Chapter 17: Choices
Chapter 18: To the White Tower
Chapter 19: Beneath the Dagger
Chapter 20: Saidin
Chapter 21: The Nine Rings
Chapter 22: Watchers
Chapter 23: The Testing
Chapter 24: Friends and Enemies
Chapter 25: Cairhien
Chapter 26: Discord
Chapter 27: Shadow in the Night
Chapter 28: A New Thread in the Pattern
Chapter 29: Seanchan
Chapter 30: Daes Dae'mar
Chapter 31: On the Scent
Chapter 32: Dangerous Words
Chapter 33: A Message From the Dark
Chapter 34: The Wheel Weaves
Chapter 35: Stedding Tsofu
Chapter 36: Among the Elders
Chapter 37: What Might Be
Chapter 38: Practice
Chapter 39: Flight From the White Tower
Chapter 40: Damane
Chapter 41: Disagreements
Chapter 42: Falme
Chapter 43: A Plan
Chapter 44: Five Will Ride Forth
Chapter 45: Blademaster
Chapter 46: To Come Out of the Shadow
Chapter 47: The Grave Is No Bar to My Call
Chapter 48: First Claiming
Chapter 49: What Was Meant to Be
Chapter 50: After

Spoiler: Book 3: The Dragon Reborn

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Prologue: Fortress of the Light
Chapter 1: Waiting
Chapter 2: Saidin
Chapter 3: News From the Plain
Chapter 4: Shadows Sleeping
Chapter 5: Nightmares Walking
Chapter 6: The Hunt Begins
Chapter 7: The Way Out of the Mountains
Chapter 8: Jarra
Chapter 9: Wolf Dreams
Chapter 10: Secrets
Chapter 11: Tar Valon
Chapter 12: The Amyrlin Seat
Chapter 13: Punishments
Chapter 14: Bite of the Thorns
Chapter 15: The Grey Man
Chapter 16: Hunters Three
Chapter 17: The Red Sister
Chapter 18: Healing
Chapter 19: Awakening
Chapter 20: Visitations
Chapter 21: A World of Dreams
Chapter 22: The Price of the Ring
Chapter 23: Sealed
Chapter 24: Scouting and Discoveries
Chapter 25: Questions
Chapter 26: Behind a Lock
Chapter 27: Tel'aran'rhiod
Chapter 28: A Way Out
Chapter 29: A Trap to Spring
Chapter 30: The First Toss
Chapter 31: The Woman of Tanchico
Chapter 32: The First Ship
Chapter 33: Within the Weave
Chapter 34: A Different Dance
Chapter 35: The Falcon
Chapter 36: Daughter of the Night
Chapter 37: Fires in Cairhien
Chapter 38: Maidens of the Spear
Chapter 39: Threads in the Pattern
Chapter 40: A Hero in the Night
Chapter 41: A Hunter's Oath
Chapter 42: Easing the Badger
Chapter 43: Shadowbrothers
Chapter 44: Hunted
Chapter 45: Caemlyn
Chapter 46: A Message Out of the Shadow
Chapter 47: To Race the Shadow
Chapter 48: Following the Craft
Chapter 49: A Storm in Tear
Chapter 50: The Hammer

[Traab]

Yay! marking this thread so I dont miss it.

[Feytalist]

One of my favourite chapters in the series coming up next.

Well, not this one... the next one.

[Adderbane]

Love the title; agree about the favorite chapter coming up.

[Traab]

Love the title; agree about the favorite chapter coming up.

Is that the one where [SPOILER]matt realizes he turns into a women when hit with water?[/SPOILER

I swear its like a bad anime or something

[georgie_leech]

Is that the one where [SPOILER]matt realizes he turns into a women when hit with water?[/SPOILER

I swear its like a bad anime or something

[SPOILER]Nah, you're confusing it with the part where he learns he's the Avatar and has to learn how to bend the elements.[/SPOILER

[Sivarias]

Nooooo! I have been waiting so long for the upcoming kick *** chapter. I want so desperately to see AES's reaction.

WHY MUST I BE TEASED SO!?

[Anteros]

At this point I'm sure he'll be let down just because we've built it up so much.

[Seerow]

At this point I'm sure he'll be let down just because we've built it up so much.

Nah, we'll just keep saying "Oh no I misremembered it's the NEXT chapter that is hyper awesome", until he hits the end of the book and gives up on the series calling us all idiots.

[georgie_leech]

Nah, we'll just keep saying "Oh no I misremembered it's the NEXT chapter that is hyper awesome", until he hits the end of the book and gives up on the series calling us all idiots.

Mind you, I do have to agree, part of what made the chapter so much fun for me was not expecting it. I'm just glad it came near the end, where it had plenty of time to sneak in under the radar.

[An Enemy Spy]

My internet's been down a few days and I wasn't feeling well before then. I'll try to have a chapter done today.

[An Enemy Spy]

Chapter 23: Sealed

Egwene reappears in the real world, angry that every scenario she saw was just her being forced to abandon Rand over and over again. Eh, I've seen you in action. I think Rand will somehow get by without your interferencehelp. Then she notices that the Amyrlin Seat has arrived(ready the nautical analogy counter!) along with a sister from each Ajah. The dream machine is a'glowin' and a'sparkin', and Sheriam scans Egwene with magic to check if she's unharmed. Something's gone wrong here. But the show must go on, so the Amyrlin dumps water on Egwene's head, calls her an Accepted, and gives her an Aes Sedai ring. She gets dressed and Elaida hands her the stack of secret papers. Has she looked at them? We don't know. The string on them is still tied, but that doesn't guarantee Elaida hasn't at the very least scanned the front page. Admittedly it would be difficult to untie a stack of papers, read them, and then tie them back in room full of people without attracting notice, so Elaida likely has not read through each page and posted online recaps of them for the enjoyment of the world. That would take forever.

She does take the time to congratulate Egwene by telling her she never wanted her to become an Accepted because she's a filthy mudbloodwilder and that she'll never be a true Aes Sedai. Nice lady, that Elaida. I think the application process for join the Red Ajah is snapping ten puppies' necks in under a minute. I'd be amazed if we meet even one Red Ajah who isn't evil.

Egwene asks Sheriam what the frick happened with the Dream Machine. Sheriam says Egwene could have been killed and Alanna explains that the reverberation she detected came back a thousandfold while Egwene was inside. To apologize for not ending the ritual early, she offers to do Egwene's kitchen work for her, but Sheriam won't have any of that. The shame of a fully fledged Aes Sedai doing grunt work is beyond the pale. Why would Alanna feel bad about almost killing her, Egwene wonders. Is it because Alanna is a Black Ajah? Okay.

She gets back to her room and finds Elayne there crying into Nynaeve's lap, saying she could never be that awful. Whatver Elayne's Dream Machine adventure was, it seems she was the villain of the piece. Is Elayne a Black Ajah? Makes about as much sense as thinking Alanna is one.

[Traab]

And in this chapter we learn more lessons about why slapping total newbies into high end aes sedai level games of secrecy, manipulation, and politics, is a REALLY stupid idea. Little eggy has no capacity for figuring this stuff out. The whole "Does she know I know she knows I know about her knowing I know?" style game is not really her cup of tea.

[An Enemy Spy]

Also, no nautical analogies from Siuan. Is she a Black Ajah imposter? Discuss.

[Traab]

Also, no nautical analogies from Siuan. Is she a Black Ajah imposter? Discuss.

She may be a new form of grey man. Quick, kill her and see if she turns into a nondescript dead body! Its the only way to be sure.

[GrayDeath]

Ah, Egwene. Doing her best to be annoyingly unhelpful yet interfering since book one.

[Anteros]

so Elaida likely has not read through each page and posted online recaps of them for the enjoyment of the world. That would take forever.

The world would probably enjoy reading it though.

[Saph]

It's passed over quickly (in fact, it's passed over so quickly that on my first reading I completely missed it) but Egwene belatedly realises that the mess-up with the archway came because she brought along Verin's dream ring. Apparently having two things that involve alternate realities in the same room is a bad idea.

[Misery Esquire]

...
She gets back to her room and finds Elayne there crying into Nynaeve's lap, saying she could never be that awful. Whatver Elayne's Dream Machine adventure was, it seems she was the villain of the piece. Is Elayne a Black Ajah? Makes about as much sense as thinking Alanna is one.

Is Nynaeve Black Ajah? How about Min? Rand's Dead Mom?!*

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Spoiler: Not Really A Spoiler

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Either of them?!

[tonberrian]

It's me I'm the Black Ajah.

[Anteros]

It's me I'm the Black Ajah.

Sure, but you're the obvious one to throw us off the trail of the real mastermind behind the scenes.

[tonberrian]

Sure, but you're the obvious one to throw us off the trail of the real mastermind behind the scenes.

I'm SO obvious that you don't suspect that I'm actually the woman behind the woman behind the woman.

[Ashen Lilies]

I am the walrus!

A walrus that is also BLACK AJAH.

[Traab]

The REAL problem will be dealing with the True Black Ajah. A splinter group that broke off from the rest 600 years ago in utter secrecy because they didnt approve of the path the rest were taking. Its so secret even the black ajah only knows of them through rumors, the rest of the tower doesnt even have that much. Generally when the black ajah makes a move, its the true black ajah setting them up instead.

[Wookieetank]

I am the walrus!

A walrus that is also BLACK AJAH.

I'm Spartacus!

Back on topic(ish), it would seem that the entire tower skipped the page on how you don't mix portable holes and bags of holding in their manual of things not to do.

[snowblizz]

Back on topic(ish), it would seem that the entire tower skipped the page on how you don't mix portable holes and bags of holding in their manual of things not to do.

The scientific method, White Tower Ajah style. Flip the switch on the thing or bring stuff together, observe, did anyone die horribly? If not keep going until someone is killed. If yes, wait a century and hand the stuff to a younger idiot wunderchild.

[georgie_leech]

The scientific method, White Tower Ajah style. Flip the switch on the thing or bring stuff together, observe, did anyone die horribly? If not keep going until someone is killed. If yes, wait a century and hand the stuff to a younger idiot wunderchild.

This is the tower that develops new techniques by some "lucky" kid remembering how to do something that used to be done long ago. A bastion of progress they ain't.

[Wookieetank]

This is the tower that develops new techniques by some "lucky" kid remembering how to do something that used to be done long ago. A bastion of progress they ain't.

And with Tel'aran'rhiod, brings a whole new level of it came to me in a dream as inspiration. And as for "lucky" remembering, a large number of things become re-discovered by accident/not knowing it was impossible. While silly, I'm greatly amused by the I didn't know it was impossible explaination for things.

[Sivarias]

Sure they are! Remember that one Aes Sesai who found a new weave she shared it with everyone fur the good of all?

Her name was... uh... erm...
Dang, it's on the tip of my tongue..

[Sapphire Guard]

Sure they are! Remember that one Aes Sesai who found a new weave she shared it with everyone fur the good of all?

Her name was... uh... erm...
Dang, it's on the tip of my tongue..

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Nynaeve's healing? It's just too complicated for most to follow.