WoT Spoilers

We are joined again by AmyLee, to continue discussing Perrin. The books are changing as the heroes change, and Aradia has their mind blown about Perrin’s hammer. Elyas reunites with Perrin and offers some strange (if effective) marital advice; the queen of Ghealdan arrives and Faile plots to make sure she won’t leave; the weather begins to change also.   Are you excited for the Wheel of Time show?...

Seth and Aradia get up early in order to talk with a guest from Denmark, who stays up very late to cover two well paired Perrin chapters. AmyLee has always empathized with Perrin and the tangles he navigates, and Perrin is surely enmeshed in many tangles in the different camps that he is trying to lead across Ghealdan. The name-salad tangle is also getting dense. Are you excited for the Wheel of T...

Neither Perrin or Faile really understands what is going on with the refugee group they picked up, while Morgase/Maighdin and Tallanvor strongly disapprove of Lord Perrin Goldeneyes. Lini and Basil Gill provide some comedy, cha’Faile starts to be a useful tool, and the weather is beginning to respond to the Bowl of the Winds.  Are you excited for the Wheel of Time show? So are we! Watch our reacti...

Perrin considers the merits of sending Faile or Berelain to collect the queen of Ghealdan, and then just happens to cross paths with Morgase & Co as they fight with some of the Prophet’s zealots. This is the beginning of Perrin  quilting together an unlikely army with more than its fair share of queens.  Are you excited for the Wheel of Time show? So are we! Watch our reaction to the full trailer...

Today we are joined by Cayla, who won the SpoilerCon silent auction item of a guest slot on the podcast!  This is the chapter where Elayne tries to unweave a gateway and ends up tricking the Seanchan into thinking there is a huge One Power weapon in the hands of their enemies.  Did you miss Spoilercon 2021? Do you want to revisit your favorite events? Rewatch the events at  https://youtube.com/pla...

The party arrives at the Kin’s Farm, causing chaos because they have a darkfriend in their midst. Ispan is taken into the care of Adeleas and Vandine, sealing their doom. After much bickering, and more angreal sorting, the party heads uphill to use the Bowl of the Winds. Using the Bowl of the Winds is epic, amazing, and visually stunning! Did you miss Spoilercon 2021? Do you want to revisit your f...

Elayne has a very unpleasant ride. Did you miss Spoilercon 2021? Do you want to revisit your favorite events? Rewatch the events at  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMos4E4aIwdVPalobyjlPlhjpEj4RYsP3 CALL TO ACTION! If you would like to see SpoilerCon continue in the future and you have the energy to help with the Planning Committee, please shoot us an email at wotspoilers@gmail.com or spoilerco...

A wind rises, and we begin to walk the Path of Recap with a protracted exodus from Ebou Dar by Elayne, Aviendha, Nyneave, and company. We get a rare section from Aviendha’s POV, but all she’s seeing is the Sea Folk, Aes Sedai, and Kin not getting along. Shifting to Elayne, we consider the minutia of Sea Folk appearance and power, and begin to examine the cache of angreal acquired along with the Bo...

We return to our normal studio recording environment to finish up the prologue of this book. We are PODcasters now.  We get a rare peek inside Verin’s POV as she weaves imperfect compulsion on the Aes Sedai prisoners in the Aiel camp, then shift to an equally intriguing POV from Moridin at a chessboard. Sure enough, Aradia was right that the 13th Depository website has a blog post precisely about...

Recorded live at Spoilercon 2021! We tackle the Boarderlander section of the prologue as the final event of the Con on Saturday night. Video of the show can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =r3QswfgIuHA  #ImageDescription: a picture of Seth and Aradia doing the live recording of the chapter. They are sitting at a long table, each holding a microphone, with a projector screen behind the...

We invite Tar Valon After Dark on to our traditional between-book tangents episode! We talk about the overall story beats of the book, our feelings about the trailer, and a bunch of other topics.   Tar Valon After Dark: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tar-valon-after-dark/id1557299284  Recappa Sedai/Wheel Talk: https://www.youtube.com/c/WheelTalk  Nae’Blis: https://www.youtube.com/c/NaeBlis ...

We are joined today by Jason Denzel of Dragonmount again, because we talked for so long that the chapter had to be split into two parts. Illian gets a terrifying lightshow to accompany the thunder of an invading army pouring through giant gateways. The Saldaeans take the city without much fanfare, while Rand and Sammael get into a duel that wrecks the king’s and council’s palaces before taking the...

We are joined today by Jason Denzel of Dragonmount, an early supporter of the podcast that helped put us on the map! We talk for so long that the chapter has to be split into two parts. Rand wakes up from his post-dagger healing coma when news that his war against Sammael is engaged barges into his sick room, much to the dismay of his concerned allies. Min helps him sneak away from the Maidens (wh...

The penultimate chapter of the book! We catch up with how Galina Casban has been doing over the last week, watch Sevanna be petulant, witness the Shaido Aiel get scattered to the wind, and see Shadar Haran get frustrated with its limitations.   Check out Seth and Aradia making a guest appearance on Tar Valon After Dark! https://tarvalonafterdark.libsyn.com/shenanigans-with-seth-and-aradia-from-wot...

We are joined today by a longtime friend of the podcast, Canadian-Kelsey, to watch Mat have one last huzzah before disappearing under a collapsing wall for the next book, much to Seth’s dismay. Mat “bargains” with the Sea Folk on behalf of Nynaeve and Elayne, and gives us a treasure trove of information about the gholam. Olver innocently delays Mat’s departure from Ebou Dar with the party of chann...

Seth and Aradia welcome back Collin from RandlandTVPod to watch the trainwreck of Mat & Co heading into the Rahad to finally retrieve the Bowl of the Winds. The gholam introduces itself via brutally killing one of Aradia’s favorite minor characters, and Elayne starts learning how to swear. Content warning: discussing reactions of various cast members to Mat’s assault by Tylin. SpoilerCon registrat...

Mat is reeling from his encounter with Tylin, and has a morning of unpleasant and confusing surprises. The party prepares to retrieve the Bowl of the Winds from across the river. Nalesean is sleepy. Content warning for extensive Tylin discussion; assault is uppermost in Mat’s mind. SpoilerCon registration is open now, from June 15th to August 15th 2021! Get your tickets at https://www.spoilercon.o...

Seth and Brett from The Wheel Weaves tackle this chapter without Aradia, because schedule conflicts induced by JordanCon ripples.   Rand faces off against Toram Riatin in a duel, which is going well until Padan Fain invokes an evil fog and slashes Rand across the side, giving him the second of his two wounds as well as an idea for how to cleanse saidin. Cadsuane quickly rallies a party to get the...

We are joined again by Call Me Nakomi! We discuss the nature of ta’veren, and what is evil, very extensively. Rand and Min sneak away from the Maidens and into a big mess, wrapped in a silk tent. Caroline Damodred reminds us that Moraine will be making a return, eventually. SpoilerCon registration is open now, from June 15th to August 15th 2021! Get your tickets at https://www.spoilercon.org /regi...

Rand goes to see the Sea Folk sitting at anchor in Cairhien at long last, has his PTSD get triggered by the interior of their ship, and gets manic in response. Ta’veren works on everyone aggressively, leading to ever more dramatic results.  SpoilerCon registration is open now, from June 15th to August 15th 2021! Get your tickets at https://www.spoilercon.org /registration  Will be held on October...

We are joined in a post-Jordancon-glow by Jay from RandlandTVPodcast! Rand and Min have The Talk. The Maidens give Rand a bath. We all agree that this chapter is a bit of a miss from RJ. Content warning for discussions of sex and trauma.  SpoilerCon registration is open now, from June 15th to August 15th 2021! Get your tickets at https://www.spoilercon.org /registration  Will be held on October 1-...

Seth is at Jordancon, Aradia is not, and we are going to swing a quick recording! New podcast art is unveiled!  Many Aes Sedai that never show up again, show up here. Darkfriends and chaos ensue as Elaida receives news of Dumai’s Wells and the impending disaster at the Black Tower. Alviarin gets the upper hand, and Seaine is sent on a not-so-wild goose chase. SpoilerCon registration is open now, f...

Aradia is joined today by prior guests on the podcast, Talyre from the WOTS community and artist Ariel Burgess, to discuss a very highly valued scene that changes multiple worlds in the span of a short afternoon. Nyneave is being rowed out to the Sea Folk for a meeting, when waves of balefire push her very close to death at the bottom of the river. Her block dissolves shortly before Lan arrives, a...

Jaichim Carridin inspires Elayne to tell the Aes Sedai to respect her, and it works! Moghedien acts impulsively, setting the stage for a long-awaited change in Nyneave’s fortunes. SpoilerCon registration is open now, from June 15th to August 15th 2021! Get your tickets at https://www.spoilercon.org /registration  Will be held on October 1-3 in Portland, OR Currently planning an in-person/digital h...

Trigger warning for a long discussion about sexual assault, because this is THAT CHAPTER where Tylin imposes on Mat to the utmost extreme. Today Seth is absent from the recording, and Aradia brings in Gus from Wheel Takes to discuss this infamous scene that generates some of the most hotly contested content in the entire Wheel of Time series. We are not discussing “if” Mat was assaulted, but rathe...