[ Introduction | Contents | Administrivia | Information | World | Trivia | Prophecies | Publishing | Credits ]

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WOT FAQ FAQ

The Wheel of Time FAQ

The "A Crown of Swords" Version

Last modified: August 1996 (relocated 07/97)

Compiled by Pam Korda; HTML conversion by Matthew Hunter

"I of course have zero evidence for this, but since when has that stopped any of us?" (David Wren-Hardin)

Keeper of the Chronicles:

Pam Korda kor2@midway.uchicago.edu (Ça veut dire, the FAQ-keeper, or Guardienne des FAQues)

Beta Testers (i.e., Proofreaders):

Paul Khangure (khangu-p@cs.uwa.edu.au & John Novak (jsn@concentric.net): Give these guys a FAQing big pat on the back.

Keeper of the Flame of Tar FTP:

Bill Garrett garrett@hugin.imat.com
FAQ available by anonymous ftp to ftp://hugin.imat.com/pub/jordan/ There's all sorts of fun stuff there, besides the FAQ, so check it out.

Emeritus Keeper of the Flame of Tar FTP:

Viren R. Shah viren@cc.gatech.edu

Mother of the FAQ:

Erica Sadun erica@mindspring.com
She is retired, but she started the thing, so you probably shouldn't call her a non-entity, or confuse her with Eric Saunders.

Father of Reference-Checking:

Joe "Uno" Shaw

WWW Home Page:

http://hugin.imat.com/waygate/jordan.html HTML conversion by Matthew Hunter (mhunter+@andrew.cmu.edu)

REC.ARTS.SF.WRITTEN.ROBERT-JORDAN FAQ:

Posted regularly to r.a.sf.w.r-j, news.answers, and rec.answers, and archived at rtfm.mit.edu in directory /pub/usenet/news.answers/sf/robert-jordan-faq, it contains general newsgroup information, general author info, release dates, etc. Please read this document (that is, the rasfwrj FAQ) first, if you are new to rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan. The Keeper of the RASFWR-J FAQ is John Novak (jsn@concentric.net).

The Great Survey:

`Survey Says' sections are from the 3rd Annual Novak-Ghirardelli Survey (spring 1995, Post-LOC version). Sample size: 224 responses. Discrepancies in % totals are attributable to people not giving an answer for the question.

Standard Reference Format:

(Book Abbr.: Chapter #, paperback pg#, Chapter name, hard cover pg#)
(NB: References are for Tor editions of the book, not Orbit or SF Book Club.)

The Introduction to the FAQ & the Credits

Contents

0.0 Administrivia

• 0.01 Acronyms section
• 0.02 What are these Jordan Wheel of Time books?
• 0.03 Mis-steps (errors along the way)
• 0.04 What should I do if I've become obsessed?
• 0.05 What's the deal with these shoddy Tor covers that keep falling off?
• 0.06 The RJ Hoax/The Great Hoax
• 0.07 Who is Robert Jordan, really? What else has he written?
• 0.08 Other resources
• 0.09 How can I contact Robert Jordan?

1.0 Information

All Answers Great and Small

• 1.01 Who was Beidomon?
• 1.02 Is Thom Elayne and Gawyn's real father?
• 1.03 Why do we think that Thom will marry Moiraine?
• 1.04 Why is Moiraine not dead?
• 1.05 What was up with Gawyn during the coup?
• 1.06 Who is the Daughter of the Nine Moons?
• 1.07 Who will take Callandor from the Stone?
• 1.08 How does Mat's medallion work?
• 1.09 Why isn't Elaida Black?
• 1.10 Who is Juilin's honey?
• 1.11 The death of Asmodean
• 1.12 Kari al'Thor: What do we know about her?
• 1.13 Is Aram a Darkfriend?
• 1.14 What's up with Mat and the dice ter'angreal?
• 1.15 Is Aviendha pregnant?
• 1.16 Where is Gaidal Cain now?
• 1.17 What are the Seanchan up to?
• 1.18 Is Ishamael still alive?
• 1.19 Tigraine = Shaiel (Rand's mum): an analysis
• 1.20 Slayer (Isam and Luc)
• 1.21 The severed hand
• 1.22 The Green Man and the Song (Also: Who is the Green Man; What is the Song; Who will find the Song; Who were the Aiel?)
• 1.23 Verin: Black, Brown, or Purple?
• 1.24 Who is the Old Geezer on the barrel watching Carridin's place?
• 1.25 Why Lanfear may be good (not just in bed, Roy)
• 1.26 What's up in Saldaea?
• 1.27 What's up with Mat and his memories?
• 1.28 What is the deal with Halima and Egwene's headaches?
• 1.29 Why are we sure that Ba'alzamon is really Ishamael?
• 1.30 When was Rand's Power Acquisition Fever Syndrome?
• 1.31 Sad Bracelets & male a'dam
• 1.32 Is Mat still linked to the Horn?
• 1.33 What's up with Mat's new ring?
• 1.34 More of the Fain
• 1.35 Jain Farstrider
• 1.36 Who was "Silvie?"
• 1.37 Who ordered Melindhra?
• 1.38 Why Moiraine is not Black Ajah
• 1.39 Can Thom channel?
• 1.40 Is Sheriam Black Ajah?
• 1.41 Who is not a Darkfriend?
• 1.42 Who are Aran'gar and Osan'gar?
• 1.43 Is Mazrim Taim really Mazrim Taim? Is he Demandred?
• 1.44 Who is Mesaana?
• 1.45 "LTT": Is he for real, or is Rand loony? What happened to him in ACoS?
• 1.46 Why did Sammael claim he had a truce w/Rand?
• 1.47 Who will be the new Dreadlords?
• 1.48 What's the deal with Setalle Anan? Is she "The One Who Is No Longer"? Is she connected with Verin?
• 1.49 Shadar Haran, Superfade
• 1.50 The "Aiel" attack on Demira Sedai: What's the deal with that?
• 1.51 What was up with Liah in Shadar Logoth?
• 1.52 Is Dashiva Osan'gar?
• 1.53 What was Sammael doing in Shadar Logoth?
• 1.54 The mystery men of ACoS (The Watcher, Moridin, and the Wanderer)

2.0 World Stuff

Randland history and geography, Power mechanics, Character facts, etc.

• 2.01 The Old Tongue
• 2.02 What was the Tamyrlin?
• 2.03 How does balefire work? Why doesn't somebody just BF the DO?
• 2.04 The seven Seals
• 2.05 Who's who in the Families?
• 2.06 How old is everyone?
• 2.07 The "True Power"
• 2.08 Geography of Randland
• 2.09 Is there religion in Randland?
• 2.10 Who are the Forsaken? Where are they and what are they doing?
• 2.11 Effects of the Oath Rod: binding, agelessness, and death
• 2.12 Who are the Aelfinn and Eelfinn?
• 2.13 50 ways to kill a Gholam
• 2.14 What are them icons?
• 2.15 What did Ogier do of old?
• 2.16 Were there Ajahs in the Age of Legends?
• 2.17 Was the Sharom the Dark One's prison?
• 2.18 What is the difference between Skimming and Traveling?
• 2.19 What's up w/the male-female a'dam link where they both die screaming?
• 2.20 What are those black threads on the Forsaken?
• 2.21 Can you make horizontal gateways?
• 2.22 Did LTT balefire himself?
• 2.23 How tall is everybody?
• 2.24 Where did Artur Hawkwing come from?
• 2.25 What do Dreamers/Dreamwalkers do?
• 2.26 Can Black Ajah break the Oaths?
• 2.27 Where do Trollocs and Myrddraal come from?
• 2.28 What is the range on sensing other channelers?
• 2.29 How do One-Power-forged blades work?
• 2.30 Mordeth, Mashadar, and Machin Shin
• 2.31 How does one sniff, anyway?

3.0 Trivial Pursuits

References, Sources, Allusions, Parallels, etc

• 3.01 Arthur and the Holy Grail
• 3.02 Trolloc tribes
• 3.03 Is the world of Rand a future Earth?
• 3.04 Christian parallels
• 3.05 Various names
• 3.06 Dragon legends
• 3.07 Norse mythology
• 3.08 Steddings and China
• 3.09 Native American stuff
• 3.10 Greek and Roman mythology
• 3.11 Miscellaneous references
• 3.12 Similarities to other literature (including Dune)

4.0 Timeline

It's been a long time, baby!

The timeline has been moved to http://kanpai.stanford.edu/users/emma/jordan-timeline.html.

6.0 Some "Sweet" Cover Art

What is it with those stupid Darrell Sweet covers?

The cover-art commentary has moved to an external document, at http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/kor2/WOT/cover_art.html, which is referenced above.

7.0 Prophecies

Everything you wanted to know about the future, but were afraid to ask

• 7.1 Egwene's dreams
• 7.2 Min's Viewings
• 7.3 Various prophecies
• 7.4 Dark Prophecy
• 7.5 The Prophecies of the Dragon
• 7.6 Perrin's dreams
• 7.7 Fourth Age histories

99.0 Publishing Information

• 99.1 How many books will there be?
• 99.2 When is the next book out?
• 99.3 The Illustrated Guide to the Wheel of Time