Talk:Knife of Dreams

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The caption under the book's cover is apparently a joke. (No one who knew the names would make those guesses.) But it's funny, so I'm leaving it.


To say that Galina is captured by Perrin is misleading.


the other books of the WoT on wiki have a brief caption for the cover art.
for this particular one, the description can be easily found in the book, starting around the middle of page 67 of the paperback (mass market edition one?).
the description starts by detailing the background "silk hangings" and the maps, and then it names the characters: perrin (in white), berelain (the woman), neald (with a sword in brown, a guess but he's not wearing a black cloak probably due to the circumstances before the events lead neald into the tent), and queen aliandre's captain: the one in a breastplate over scarlet (his name evades me right now) ... and on the backside of the book you see the second ashaman, but wiki isn't showing the backside of any WoT book for some reason. (a shame because theres a lot more art back there)
hopefully enough agree with this to get it on the official page, or at least get enough to discuss what really should be there


I've added a bit saying that Tuon wasn't "officially" the Empress since it is mentionned (by Suroth) that she would not take a new name or become empress until the Mourning was over. Page 753, slightly below the halfway mark in the page.

Alright, I've change a lot of the Plot Summary bit, adding a somewhat thorough(in my opinion) summary of what Mat and his posse do in the book. It's my first long change, so please give pointers/criticisms just remember that I bruise easily ;). Ray B

You said something along the lines of 'thanks to Alivia's innovation, mat whipped ass, etc.' I assume that you meant Aludra, the Illuminator, being as Alivia is the 400 yr. old former damane with Rand.

I was going to expand upon the Rand and Perrin summaries to match up with the large and somewhat overly done Mat summary, but, they were so ignored it's hard to really build upon it to any useful degree becaue the one/two line summations pretty much say it all.

-Hat Jones

I tried to clean up some mistakes and add a more thorough short summary. Feel free to improve this further (or fix my mistakes ;-)

-C. Oezbek

I don't have my copy of the book here to do the scene justice, but isn't there another Forsaken tea party in this one, including a forceful insinuation that Sammael is either alive or being impersonated? 129.237.90.24 21:33, 12 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Policy violation

The article, as it stands now, is currently in violation of WP:NOT#INDISCRIMINATE section seven, as it is mainly a plot summary. More information will be need to be added concerning real-world context and sourced analysis, offering detail on a work's achievements, impact or historical significance, or it will continue to be in violation of policy. This is a major series; we should bring it into compliance.MPoint

[edit] Mazrim Taim

"Mazrim Taim is confirmed to be at the very least a Darkfriend in the last chapter of the book when he quotes what he claims is an old saying, "Let the lord of chaos rule."" I think this is incorrect. The book Lord of Chaos is in fact about Rand (the title "Lord of Chaos" originally referred to Lews Therin Telamon if I recall correctly), so I think this statement doesn't confirm anything. Anyone else have any ideas on this? 198.232.29.99 16:34, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

In the Prologue, Semirhage also says "Let the lord of chaos rule", obviously referring to Shaitan. Jhobson1 (talk) 21:23, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
I believe that in the series, only darkfriends refer to the lord of chaos (whomever it might be, although I think it is just figurative). Plus it seems to have been the key theme of the meeting in Shayol Ghul which is shown from Carradin's (aka the man who calls himself Bors') perspective (from the fourth book's prologue, I think). Even before the line though, there is significant evidence that something is fishy about Taim, although it might be in the attempt for some sort of twist with his character. I think that the Aes Sedai questions the validity of his saying is clear proof that we are suppore to take special note. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.173.245.215 (talk) 00:53, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
On page 69 of the mass market paperback, Demandred delivers two messages from the Dark One that's to be kept secret between those present, the first message being, "Let the Lord of Chaos rule." Interestingly, this is found in the prologue titled "The First Message." But perhaps, given the context that Reds are there asking him about bonding some of his men, he was thinking along the lines of the prophetic (to us) chant from a children's game heard in Great Arvalon, the Fourth Age (it appears just before the prologue)...
The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.
Reds bonding warders is thought to be about the same as a moon by day and the sun by night. Generally, things are supposed to get chaotic before the last battle, thanks to the Dark One.
But let's not forget that Mazrim is recalling an old saying. At least one of the Aes Sedai there has been alive for at least 6 generations, and none of them have heard of the saying. So if he's recalling an old saying, then it's one that predates the Aes Sedai present. Meaning Mazrim would have to be older to have heard it or know someone who heard it. Either way, the only people likely are those who've been sealed since shortly before the breaking... yeah, the Chosen/Forsaken.
So, I think those two things give, at the very least, compelling evidence, apart from Mazrim's own conduct, that suggest he may very well be not only just a darkfriend, but one of (or associated with) the Chosen/Forsaken. Personally, I think he's probably Demandred, but in any case maybe just a general blurb about fan speculation of his being a darkfriend would be best, else you invite a lot of theories to be aired here.Mukanil (talk) 04:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)