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Book 6: Lord of Chaos (1994)This is the last book of the 'Action Trilogy,' as I've dubbed Books4-6, and it ends with a bang. The final sequence in this volume, from thecapture of Rand to the confrontation at Dumai's Wells, is one of the best in the series. It's a great action sequence and itand the chapters leading up to it are a reminder that when Robert Jordan was on,he was on.Lord of Chaos is not my favorite book in the series, and it has the verbosity and over-descriptiveness that plague the series from here on out, but it has its moments and as long as it is, it's a good read and israrely boring. This is a book that shows that intrigue and 'talk' amongcharacters can be just as interesting to read about as epic action scenes. Andfor all their talk the story moves along and provides a satisfyingconclusion.Get some coffee and find acomfortable chair, I have a lot to talk about this time.Thoughts ThenThis was the firstWoT novel that I bought in college. I headed off to theUniversity of Nebraska in the fall of 1994, and this book came out soon after,in October.
I don't remember buying it or reading it for the first time, but Ido know I got it day of release. As I mentioned in the previous blog, since Book5 ( The Fires of Heaven) I have bought each new volume in hardback on theday of release. University of Nebraska, son! Go Huskers!I thought the book was great and thelogical continuation of The Fires of Heaven. I was a little disappointedthat Rand didn't conquer another country or kill another Forsaken – as he hadbeen doing steadily the last few volumes – so I was starting to wonder how longit would take for Jordan to get this done. At this point I figured that Randwould take over the world before Tarmon Gai'don, and at this rate it would takeanother 4 or 5 books to do so.
Of course, I never imagined that it would takeeven more than that – no fantasy series had been so epic in scope before this,so any continuous story longer than 9 books was pretty much unheard of to me. I justkept reading.I also didn't like the title atfirst, because it messed with the pattern of each book starting with 'The.'
Itdoesn't look odd now, but it did back then, when the list of WoT books stoppedat Lord of Chaos. Usually fantasy series have some sort of namingconvention across each book, which continues today. Jordan kind of threw it outthe window halfway through.ThoughtsNowI appreciate this book a lot more now thanI did some 17 years ago. Unfortunately, that appreciation only comes from thefact that I've read all 13 volumes out now, and I know what is to come and howit all fits together. Re-reading this one in particular at this point opened myeyes a little and I've come to appreciate the careful planning and thoughtJordan put into the entire series.
People might say that not much happens inthis book. In reality a lot happens.Theremaining Forsaken all finally appear, and we learn where a few of them arehiding. The Dark One makes his (its?) first appearance. Elayne and Nynaeve learnall kinds of cool things from Moghedien.
Nynaeve does something so cool (HealingLogain/Siuan/Leane) that you will instantly forgive all the braid-tugging andwhining she has done the last two volumes (and there's a lot of that). Egwenebecomes Amyrlin of the rebels.
The Black Tower is founded and a new group in theAsha'man are introduced. Gateways become a staple in the series – no moretravelling on foot for our heroes, a serious disadvantage against the Forsaken.Rand is captured, Aes Sedai swear fealty for the first time ever. And on andon.The content and structure of the books inthe series now are very different from the first few, which were more aboutdoing and familiarizing the reader with the world rather than talking andoccasionally doing.
Lord of Chaos is a great example of both types donewell together. Even when people are talking and scheming, the story is movingforward, and there's a whole new world post-Dragon to familiarize yourselfwith.The InaccurateCoverBut first. We continue my rants againstthe Darrell Sweet covers. I will never relent! Never!This one is okay, but in the vein of The Dragon Reborn it isa bit inaccurate in that it depicts something that didn't happen in the book.
Ifyou don't know what it is, just look above Rand's shoulder. His left shoulder.yeah, up there by the title of the book.
What is that?Jordan. Did you even get a chance to look at the cover before publication?It's a. If yousaid to yourself, 'there weren't any Shadowspawn at Dumai's Wells,' then you arethis blog post's lucky winner! You would be correct; there weren't any Draghkar,much less Shadowspawn, at Dumai's Wells.
So why is one on thecover?Why ask why? It's a Darrell Sweetcover.The Birth of the Epic PrologueThis volume had the first of the epic prologues Jordan startedwriting in the second half of the series. These prologues were novellas inthemselves, the later ones over 90 pages on occasion, usually touching on anumber of minor characters and story threads to remind you that he hasn'tforgotten about them, and that they'll be important fairly soon (althoughsometimes 'fairly soon' meant 2 novels later).Only Robert Jordan would have the gall and wherewithal to writesuch epic prologues. But along with that, he had necessity. From Book 6 forwardthere are so many plotlines and minor characters, it was necessary to spend thefirst 90 pages doing a kind of 'meanwhile, back in (insert location here).' No other fiction writer or series I've ever read has done prologues like these.They became a staple of WoT, and when the novels became consistent #1 New YorkTimes Bestsellers, they even started releasing the prologues as eBooks prior topublication (beginning with Book 9, Winter's Heart) – for a price, ofcourse.I'll talk more about that when I get tothose books.
Suffice to say I understand the point behind releasing them, but Idid not buy them. I wanted to experience the entire book at once, notpiecemeal.Where/Who isDemandred?I personally have always thoughtthis was a bigger (and more important) mystery than 'Who Killed Asmodean?' Demandred makes his first on-screen appearance in Lord of Chaos, andappears occasionally throughout the rest of the series – but we are neverexplicitly told exactly who he is or where he is hiding.
By Book 13, weessentially know the whereabouts of all the remaining Forsaken aside fromDemandred.The biggest and most popular theoryhas been that Mazrim Taim, the leader of the Black Tower and the Asha'man (asfounded by Rand in this volume), is Demandred in disguise. They look verysimilar, and Lews Therin consistently rants about killing Demandred when Randmeets with Taim at various points in the story. However, Jordan threw a wrenchinto the gears by on a number ofoccasions.Portrait from the 'Big White Book'It's hard to accept that Taim is notDemandred, given all the matching information between them.
But in reality, heis most likely part of the Black Tower, and has been directing/assisting Taimthis whole time. In the FAQ link above Jordan also said that as of Book 10,Crossroads of Twilight, we hadn't seen Demandred's alter ego on-screenyet. Given the content of the 3 books after that, I can only imagine thatDemandred's activities will finally be revealed in the final volume.
My money ison the Black Tower somehow. Logain will probably beinvolved.Oh, and for the record. I hatepronouncing the name Taim as 'Ta-eem.'
I still pronounce it 'Taym,' one of thefew WoT terms I pronounce incorrectly. I know you said it's 'Ta-eem,' Jordan,but that one is a bit awkward and doesn't stick in my mind, no matter how hard Itry. I was able to get Faile (fah-eel) and Shaido (shah-ee-do), but not Taim.Sorry. In later years he always started signings with a pronunciationspiel, probably because he got fed up with the mispronunciations. The HealingSpeaking of Logain,Nynaeve managed to do something really cool in this book: she healed stilling /severing. I remember when I first read this, I thought it was the coolest thingever and had to re-read it a few times. Siuan's and Leane's reactions make fora very moving scene.
This is also one of those iconic moments in the series thatsticks with you.It's funny, because Nynaeve issuper annoying up until that part. I mean, so annoying that I didn'treally want to read her chapters at all. A woman glaring at a man and havingthem suddenly run away or trip or something is unfortunately quite overused inthis series. At this point it's a joke when it happens, and it happens a lot.Virtually all the women do it. I didn't remember it happening this much inLord of Chaos, but it does.Anyway,after the Healing, Nynaeve is alright again.
She tends to do that in thisseries. Gets annoying and then does something really cool and becomes your budagain. She does it a couple more times. I'll be sure to mention them when theycome along.Rand, Lews Therin and theMadnessAnother notable thing about this volumeis that Lews Therin really comes to the forefront here. He started muttering inRand's head in the last book, The Fires of Heaven, but he really getsgoing here, even going so far as to try and grab saidin from Rand, whichwe can all agree is not a good thing (at least not in this volume). This makesfor an interesting new dynamic, and really drives home the fact that Rand needsto do something about the madness, or get going on Tarmon Gai'don, or he won'tbe sane enough to fight the Dark One.Theemergence of Lews Therin makes for some really killer scenes in the latervolumes, and if you've read past Book 12, The Gathering Storm (which youshould have if you're reading this), you know how struggle between Rand and LewsTherin is resolved.
But it's new territory here and provides a lot of tension.Will Rand make it? Or will he go mad before it's all over?Rand as a character eventually leaves behind most of his formerself here. He has to deal with the new stuff in his head (Lews Therin, Alanna'sbonding), upholding the laws he makes (hanging of Mangin), balancing a dozendifferent groups with different desires, not to mention the Aes Sedai betrayalthat sets up Dumai's Wells.Speaking of Mangin,in my opinion his fate is about the most shocking event in the entire series.Far worse than the 'gasp moment' much talked about prior to the Knife ofDreams release. I didn't want Rand to hang Mangin at all. Yet he does andit's very cold, and as a reader you're in disbelief that Mangin accepts it andgoes to his death willingly. It's one of those moments where you stop readingand sit there and think about it for a while.
How could anyone acceptthat?Hints About Other LandsThe series has always focused primarily on Randland – the smallcontinent where virtually all the action takes place. Of course we know aboutthe Seanchan and that they live on a large continent across the Aryth Ocean tothe west.
The land of Shara, beyond the Aiel Waste, is mentioned occasionally inthe series and it's always been a bit of a mystery. There is even anothercontinent, called the Land of Madmen, which was revealed in the 'Big White Book'( ) after Book 7was released.The entire Wheel of Time world.In the past I've always wondered why Jordanhasn't explored much of these other lands. Tarmon Gai'don will affect the entireworld, so shouldn't they be involved? Apparently in past re-reads I missed thethoughts of Sammael, when he meets with Graendal to discuss Forsaken matters(Chapter 6, 'Threads Woven of Shadow').
His thoughts explain why everything isfixed on the Randland continent:Was shetrying to divert him toward the lands beyond the Waste by making him think shean interest there? The battlefield was here. The Great Lord's first touch whenhe broke free would land here.
The rest of the world would be whipped by thefringes of storms, even racked by storms, but those storms would generatehere. Makes sense – the Bore and the hole inthe Dark One's Prison is in the Blight north of Randland and the Waste. Thoseare the places where it touches the most and where the battle will be fought.While I have always wished to read about happenings in Seanchan and Sharaitself, perhaps even incorporate the Land of Madmen into the story somehow, it'sobvious with only one volume left that those lands will never featureprominently in the story.
We just have the Seanchaninvasions.Just more of that fantasy mystiquethat makes some series great. Keep the reader curious so they keep reading.Jordan does that very well using both the other lands in the world andoccasional stories / memories of the Age of Legends from the Forsaken and LewsTherin.Reborn ForsakenHaving some of the Forsaken reborn is something that has alwaysbothered me about the series. I guess the Dark One really can't find anyone elsegood enough to do his bidding, so he just recycles the ones that he can (thosekilled by balefire cannot be recovered, as they are burned out of the pattern).This trend starts here, in Lord of Chaos, and we are introduced to acouple of new 'Dreadlords,' Aran'gar and Osan'gar.Now, these two are in fact Balthamel and Aginor, respectively, fromThe Eye of the World fame, where they were quickly killed by Rand andMoiraine. When I first read about these new guys, I was kind of like, 'eh, okay'and wasn't too thrilled about it. It makes more sense to me now, but for a longwhile the 'reborn' Forsaken bothered me. I'm not sure why, I suppose I wantedJordan to come up with some new Dreadlords.
Like Padan Fain, though he'scompletely disappeared at this point. Or possibly Mazrim Taim – a topic for afurther blog.It always seemed to me thatJordan might have just thrown them in as the series expanded and was successful,which gave him carte blanche to do whatever he wanted. However, according tothis from way back in Dec 2000, Aran'garand Osan'gar were planned from the beginning. He also was asked about the series'taking on a life of its own,' which he firmly disabused. Considering how muchplanning went into the series (he worked on it 6 years before the first novelwas published), I'm inclined to believe him.Dumai's WellsAnd at last we cometo it – considered by many to be the greatest action sequence in the entire series (though I hope TarmonGai'don puts it to shame).
The capture of Rand, the chase and ultimate rescue isa great sequence, masterfully written, and I get goose bumps reading the lastfew pages of it every time. Asha'man and Perrin's wolves appear in a majorbattle for the first time, a half-dozen different armies on the field. It's oneof those sections that you just can't put down and you have to read it foryourself to appreciate it.Jordan has a trend of ending each book with an awesome confrontation or action sequence, even inthe later books which on the whole don't contain much action. He always endswith some kind of cliffhanger or major event that makes you hate him for taking2 years to release the next book. For Lord of Chaos was the last bookreleased in the yearly cycle – the next would not come for 2years.Which made the waiting worse, especiallyafter a sequence like Dumai's Wells. What would the world be like where AesSedai obey the Dragon Reborn?
With Asha'man finally playing their part and beingregulars in the storyline? The order of channelers for the last 3000 years istruly turned upside-down for good with the end of this book. It is a pivotalpoint in the series. I would almost call it the halfway point; everything beforeit was building up for this moment, and now we go in a different direction in anew Randland, for better or worse.Of specialnote is the eBook artwork for this volume, by Greg Manchess, which depicts thebattle at Dumai's Wells (really, there was no other choice for the cover).
It'sa great piece, and puts anything Darrell K. Sweet does to shame. This videoshowing the painting process is pretty awesome.
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