Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast

Things are getting pretty hectic right off the bat with Perrin and co. arriving in Illian, getting attacked almost immediately, discovering some disturbing things about forces of the Shadow and making a run for Tear. Mat also fends off an attempt on his life with the help of Thom, on their way to Caemlyn to deliver Elayne's letter. The city seems to be under a malevolent influence but Mat mak...

And we're back! Join us as we dust off the ol' brain cobwebs after a full week's break and dive right back into The Dragon Reborn. And BOY, what a set of chapters... Perrin spies on some Forsaken, manages to piss off Moiraine to no end and has to constantly spar with Faile. Verbally, obviously. Rand is... struggling. Haggard from the constant attacks he's lashing out in spectac...

Just as we get used to being in the Tower, everyone hits the road! Or the river, as the case may be. Mat defies all laws of physics in both an altercation in the streets of Tar Valon, and at the dicing tables. Plus he runs into an old friend and they set off together on another grand adventure! We also catch up with Perrin who is suddenly confronted by two elements from Min's viewings about h...

Well, Mat's back and immediately the whole episode becomes a barrel of laughs. Naturally. Mat gets hungry, kicks some ass and then charms us all over again. That loveable scamp! The girls shift gears in their investigation, going so far as to charge headlong into danger in attempt at learning something, anything that will help them mitigate the threat of the Black Ajah. But they do come out w...

Welcome back to the Tower of Mysteries! We learn some shocking statistics about the Black Ajah right off the bat, before we even start with our chapters.  Then we hit the ground running with Mat being severed from the Dagger (I think I'll capitalize that from now on) and having a chat with both a Forsaken and the Amyrlin Seat in his bedroom.  And reminiscing about commanding troops in an anci...

Welcome back to Murder on the Orient Express! Or at least, the White Tower version thereof. We're right in the guts of the White Tower now as the girls report to the Amyrlin's study to explain themselves after disappearing for months. More accurately, to have things explained to them. Specifically about how naughty they are and what their punishment will be. At least that's how the...

Finally, the gang emerges from the Mountains of Mist. Perrin and Moiraine participate in a short lived power struggle until Perrin is made to clean her prize trout and eventually asks her for help with his wolfishness. This after encountering a man who lost his battle against "going full wolf" and Perrin having to face his greatest fear. We catch a brief glimpse of Rand as he's bein...

Here we go friends! The Dragon Reborn has been kicked off! We join Pedron Niall as he entertains a parade of ne'er-do-wells who all relay their version of events at Falme, culminating in the appearance of the contemptable Padan Fain.  But then we venture North into the still snowy Mountains of Mist where the fledgling army of the Dragon Reborn is hiding from the chaos they caused on the Almot...

At last, our Great Hunt finale is here and it's a beefy, beefy boy! Suffice it to say things hit the fan in Falme.  A daring escape from the Damane kennels, a one on one showdown between a blade master and a farm boy, the blowing of the Horn of Valere (!), a battle between three opposing forces, a wonderful redemption arc, a showdown with an old enemy and an added wrinkle in the form of a For...

Get ready for the home stretch! In our penultimate episode for The Great Hunt all the pieces on the board are being positioned and primed for action. The boys, Verin and the Shienarans experience a bad trip when trying to use the Portal Stones to get to Toman head. Not even the horses are spared this brain bending ordeal. But they make it to Toman head and are now within striking distance of Falme...

Well, we've done it again. These episodes are getting as beefy as our favorite beefy boy, Perrin. In this episode we follow the gang as they try to navigate Daes Dae'mar in Khai-Rehen, I mean, Cairhien, which leads them to discovering a Waygate at a fancy party. But who crashes the party? A somewhat altered Machin Shin! We speculate about Thom's sexual past before he's dealt a...

And we're back! It's a biggie folks. We're rested and champing at the bit for a good ol' speculation. In this episode we're treated to a lot of varied story points and huge meetings. Egwene meets two of her competition for Rand's affection at the White Tower, Mat and Perrin meet their first real Aielman and Bayle Domon meets his future wife! Who happens to be Seanchan...

Welcome back friends!  In this episode we join Egwene and Nynaeve as they do their damndest to raise the Amyrlin's ire, to no avail. Nynaeve gets manhandled and dosed with something disgusting for her efforts, but is fast-tracked up the corporate ladder nonetheless.  Rand, Loial and Hurin get real sneaky, real brave and real hungry, in that order. And Selene ruins all doubt that she is just t...

Things are getting Weird, with a capital "W"! Egwene starts having Dreams, with a capital "D"  (I'll stop now), Nynaeve gets mad and burns some blankets. The girls are also visited by a slew of Black Ajah members. Perrin assumes the role of Sniffer for Ingtar as Verin suspiciously appears out of nowhere sans Warder.  Rand, Hurin and Loial can't figure out wtf is going...

Well, we've done it again. Beaten our own record for longest episode. At this rate the final episode of A Memory of Light will be 24h long... But I digress.  Fal Dara is under attack! The seemingly impenetrable fortress of Fal Dara is suddenly crawling with shadowspawn and darkfriends but somehow Rand still manages to be all "emo" about everything. He makes a grizzly discovery in th...

Here we are, The Great Hunt has begun! We pick up the action almost immediately after we left off The Eye of the World with the whole gang in Fal Dara, which gets a surprise visit from the Amyrlin Seat herself!  We're introduced to a number of new Aes Sedai characters, some of which are downright evil. In fact, we start the book with glimpses of a gathering of about 100 high ranking Darkfrien...

Finally, it's here: Our season finale for The Eye of The World! We were a little late on recording this one due to some scheduling challenges, and even though we made it work we had a couple of audio problems, but nothing that would diminish your ability to enjoy our ramblings. So without further ado... In our final episode we follow "the fellowship" from Fal Dara into the godawful...

We're really getting to the pointy end now...  In this episode we get introduced to The Ways and promptly look for the exit, the gang travel all the way to Fal Dara in the Borderlands where an army of Shadowspawn are gathering at Tarwin's Gap, and we get a big exposition dump from ol' Padan Fain. This is the last setup before the final climax, so naturally we get completely sidetrac...

Welcome back, friends! In our latest episode we dust off the dirt from the Caemlyn Road and revel in the festival-like atmosphere of Rex Manning... I mean, False Dragon Day in Caemlyn! Lan, Moiraine and Nynaeve stage a daring rescue, we meet our first Ogier and Rand manages to fail utterly at laying low by attracting the attention of a crazed Padan Fain, The Daughter Heir of Andor, the Queen, her...

Ok, I know I always start with "It's a big one this week!", but this time we really do have our biggest episode yet. Foolishly I thought this one would be thin, but it is WAY fat. In a good way! We pick up with Egwene and Perrin as they jump from the frying pan of killer crows into the fire of seething Whitecloak contempt. Then we join Rand and Mat as they journey down the Caemlyn r...

Oh my, it's our biggest episode yet! This stretch of the book felt like it didn't have too much meat on it, but we managed to find some things to chew on, boy oh boy. The group is still split with Mat, Rand and Thom passing through Whitebridge 2 days before Lan, Moiraine and Nynaeve. And Perrin and Egwene are escorted by Elyas and the wolves while travelling with the Tinkers for a while....

It's a meaty one! As the gang leave Baerlon we see our first big Trolloc battle, we're introduced to Shadar Logoth and the crazy history of that city and its denizens, the group is splintered, Nynaeve figures out she can channel and Perrin learns about his awesome Wolfishness!  As always, please send any feedback to us via the website: bloodandashespodcast.com, or email me directly at mo...

Welcome back!  In this episode we follow the gang as they leave the Two Rivers behind and experience their first "city" in Baerlon. We encounter Min, Whitecloaks, spies, shadowspawn and worse and somehow we get fixated on the meaning of a beggar's staff in a vision and who burned the inn. We continue our unbeaten run of pondering interesting aspects of the story without actually kno...

Welcome back!  In this episode we take care of a bit of housework up front, touching on the episode naming convention and listener submissions via our website: www.bloodandashespodcast.com We then join the Emond's Fielders as they deal with the attack on Winter's Night, Rand seeks help for Tam and the original adventuring party is formed before they set off on a desperate flight toward t...

Our premiere episode! Welcome one and all. First things first, Jody's microphone is not great in this premier episode, but it's definitely listenable. But from the next episode that problem has been solved and his audio is silky smooth, so please do keep that in mind! In this episode we cover the prologue, "Dragonmount", all the way through to the end of chapter 5, "Winter...