Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast
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Blood and Ashes is a spoiler filled, chapter by chapter discussion of the Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels penned by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.Join us, three middle aged dads, as we re-read the series and enthusiastically discuss all the best bits from each chapter. Do we know every single thing about the world of The Wheel of Time? No. Do we know half? Probably not. Does that stop us from wildly speculating and tapping into half faded memories from our teens? Definitely not!It's all just a good ol' time for anyone looking to relive the highs and lows of Rand's journey. Pull in!
Episodes
- Ep119: The Gathering Storm, Ch 11 - 15
Weclome back, gang! We're coming in hot, but not as hot as Adrin, right? Aviendha is struggling to see what the Wise Ones are punishing her for, and a man turns into lava. Sort of. Egwene is finding more success in her attempt to get throu…
- Ep118: The Gathering Storm, Ch 5 - 10
Who's hungry? Because, wow, is there a lot of table setting happening in this stretch of chapters! Rand is setting up stuff in Arad Doman while Cadsuane and Nynaeve are frustrated by Semirhage's ability to resist their questioning. Rodel I…
- Ep117: The Gathering Storm, Prologue - Ch 4
It's a brand new day and a brand new book. Also, a brand new author! There are ominous signs of the last battle in the Borderlands and people are starting to see the writing on the wall. Rand sends a message to Ebou Dar, Tylee and Mishima…
- Ep116: Knife of Dreams, Chapter 33 - Epilogue
Here we are, team! The Knife of Dreams grand finale! Karede finally catches up with tuon and her military mastermind abductor, thom Merrilin, LOL, and tuon herself finally says "I bloody do". Elayne crushes her opponent for the throne, alm…
- Ep115: Knife of Dreams, Chapters 29 - 32
Oh boy, things continue to wrap up for our main characters! We'll keep this brief: Perrin and his forces attack Malden while Faile tries to escape Galina's trap. Stuff happens! Fighting, deaths, tears. We then switch to Elaine who sets in…
- Ep114: Knife of Dreams, Chapters 26 - 28
Welcome back, folks, strap in for a big one! Mat and the Band continue to impress Tuon as she slowly begins to realise just who she has tied herself to. Rand and his entourage take a trip to meet who they think is the Daughter of the Nine…
- Ep113: Knife of Dreams, Chapters 23 - 25
Welcome back, friends! There's action at the rebel Aes Sedai camp as Romanda, of all people, pieces together the "Halima" situation after an impactful visit from Merise and Narishma. Then Egwene is completely bossing the White Tower from w…
- Ep112: Knife of Dreams, Chapters 19 - 22
Well folks, we've reached the point where Knife of Dreams shifts gears on us! Loial gets married, but there is little time for celebration as the estate in Tear is attacked by 100,000 trollocs and all hell breaks loose. After the battle th…
- Ep111: Knife of Dreams, Chapters 14 - 18
Welcome back, friends! In this episode we finalise what I feel is the setup for Knife of Dreams and we are poised for action! Elayne is under siege, literally and figuratively. She is swamped with responsibilities while being completely mo…
- Ep110: Knife of Dreams, Chapters 10 - 13
Here we go again, gang! Another episode with a great mix of characters and action! On the road from Jurador, Valan Luca's travelling show encounters a whole ghsot village, and Mat finally triggers the conversation about the Finns with Thom…
- Ep109: Knife of Dreams, Chapters 6 - 9
We're back after a big ol' break and we're right back into it! The whole episode focuses on Mat and his courtship of Tuon. He buys her a gift, seems to take 1 step forward and 2 steps back in every interaction with her. At the same time th…
- Ep108: Knife of Dreams, Chapters 1 - 5
We're back and Knife of Dreams is wasting no time getting into it! Siuan gets her orders from Egwene and passes them along to the rebels. All but one, rebel, that is. Beonin makes her way to Elaida and lets us all down, bigtime. The surviv…
- Ep107: Knife of Dreams, Prologue
It's a new day, a new episode and a new book! And Knife of Dreams kicks things off with a BANG! Galad makes some big moves in the Whitecloaks organisation. Rodel Ituralde starts his raids on the Seanchan in Tarabon, putting his grand plan…
- Ep106: New Spring, Chapters 20 - Epilogue
And just like that we're at the finish line! Moiraine and her Malkieri escort encounter some bandits and would be assassins on the way to Chachin, but deal with them accordingly. In Chachin Lan is eager to get away from the infuriating wom…
- Ep105: New Spring, Chapters 13 - 19
It's time to hit the road! Moiraine is making preparations to leave the city, despite a direct order from the Amyrlin to stay in the White Tower. Meanwhile Lan and Bukama arrive in Canluum and re-connect with old aquaintances. Some news an…
- Ep104: New Spring, Chapters 6 - 12
We're back in the White Tower and the girls, (Moiraine and Siuan in this book) are busy poring over the lists of names captured by the Accepted in the Camps around Tar Valon. They decide to make their own short lists for their own use late…
- Ep103: New Spring, Chapters 1 - 5
We're diving into the prequel and our experiences are... different! We park Rand's journey to pick up with young Lan and Moiraine. Lan encounters some Aiel after Laman has been killed already, while Moiraine and Siuan witness the Foretelli…
- Ep102: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 29 - Epilogue
And there it is! The end of the slog! Or is it? Does the slog even exist!? Tune in and find out! While we do spend most of our time talking about the slog there are still some significant events in these chapters. Mat has to deal with a re…
- Ep101: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 25 - 28
We're getting to the pointy end and things are starting to wrap up! Perrin's army is at each other's throats and they are hungry. Then Perrin and his crew have to navigate a haunted town to buy some wheat. Back at camp Perrin pushes himsel…
- Ep100: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 20 - 24
Can you believe it? We've been doing this for 100 episodes!? Well, I can. So let's keep rolling! We have quite a bit of variety in this episode: Egwene and some prophetic dreams plus an Aes Sedai murder. Alviarin returns to the White Tower…
- Ep99: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 16 - 19
We're back and we have moved on from the Andoran politics! We join Egwene as she assesses her options for the siege of Tar Valon. Gareth Bryne advises attack, but Egwene wants to avoid Aes Sedai on Aes Sedai fighting at all costs. In the m…
- Ep98: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 13 - 15
And we're back! Ready to tackle the political intrigue of Andor, as well as the concept of "The Slog". In these chapters Elayne meets the young High Seats of the houses Dyelin has managed to recruit for Elayne's claim to the throne before…
- Ep97: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 9 - 12
We're in it now, friends. The stretch of chapters that have alwasy to me represented the concept of the slog. And I'm happy to report, I didn't mind them. But at least one of us has very strong feelings about the chapters and the book, and…
- Ep96: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 5 - 8
And we're back! Albeit with 2 of the three a little under the weather, so brace yourself for some croaky voices at points! But we soldier on, much like Perrin on his unrelenting persuit of his kidnapped wife. There is some good news on tha…
- Ep95: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 1 - 4
It's our triumphant return after an 8 week break! And we kick off book 10 with a BANG. After working through a healthy amount of listener contributions and callbacks, we join Mat in the aftermath of their escape from Ebou Dar in the confus…
- Ep94: Crossroads of Twilight, Prologue
We're back with a brand new book! And this one is already shaping up to be a bit of a test. We're surprisingly divided on the prologue here, which makes for some good conversation. 3h of it! We're treated to a scattershot of points of view…
- Ep93: Winter's Heart, Chapters 33 - 35
It's the big finale! And we mean, BIG. HUGE. Rand takes care of some unfinished business in Far Madding, but not without a price. By the time the women pull him and Lan out of the coals it's too late, and Rand has taken some more emotional…
- Ep92: Winter's Heart, Chapters 28 - 32
Too late now for anything but beginning... Mat and the gang prepare to escape Ebou Dar. They do all the recon, make some plans, then make some new plans, then change those plans in an all action episode! We also quickly check back in with…
- Ep91: Winter's Heart, Chapters 24 - 27
Welcome back friends! Join us as we peer over Shallon's shoulder and watch Cadsuane run roughshod over the Far Madding Leadership. Later it's Rand's turn to be Cadsuaned and he finally has a big chat with Allana. Verin almost steals the sh…
- Ep90: Winter's Heart, Chapters 20 - 23
Another mixed bag of treats this week with loads of rare POVs! The Seanchan Seeker, Almurat Mor, makes an appearance and scares the bejsus out of Bethamin, a lame Sul'dam. She runs to Egeanin who's lounging around with her butler boyfriend…
- Ep89: Winter's Heart, Chapters 16 - 19
It's all happening in Ebou Dar! Mat's party for the next leg of his journey is taking shape. Alludra, Teslyn, Joline and Tuon are all around him, plus Thom, Juilin, Olver and his closest men from the Band. Tuon is definitely taking an inet…
- Ep88: Winter's Heart, Chapters 12 - 15
At long last, more rambling! In this episode Rand is cornered by the women in his life, and made to understand how things will be. Spoiler: Everyone is happy (except Nynaeve) Cadsuane is doing Cadsuane things, including taking down the Sea…
- Ep87: Winter's Heart, Chapters 10 - 11
Hello again, and welcome back to "everybody's popping in"! We join Elayne and her gang shortly after the attempt at her life and get an unexpected but welcome visit from Egwene in Tel'aran'rhiod. We also get a glimpse of Slayer and a bit o…
- Ep86: Winter's Heart, Chapters 6 - 9
And they're off! Perrin finally sets off after Faile but not after having to navigate a tricky PR situation and suffering the Prophet's madness. Elayne meanwhile has a busy morning. Riding around the city, taking reports, getting changed,…
- Ep85: Winter's Heart, Chapters 1 - 5
Ok, everybody get your scarves and mittens on because we're starting the ol' cold trudge! Perrin and his entourage leave Abila and the prophet and head back to camp where they find a tense stand off. He learns that Faile has been captured…
- Ep84: Winter's Heart, Prologue
One more time, from the top! Join us as we embark on the journey that is book 9, Winter's Heart. In the prologue we check in with Seaine and Pevara as they hunt the Black ajah in the White Tower. We jump over to Elayne who is dealing with…
- Ep83: The Path of Daggers, Chapters 28 - 31
It's that time again! A book finale! And boy, what a finale it is. After the wild events of our previous episode, there is plenty more to chew on here. Elayne has to deal with new developments in the Kin/Aes Sedai relationship, and finally…
- Ep82: The Path of Daggers, Chapters 24 - 27
Book 8 is almost done and stuff is HAPPENING! Rand faces the full Seanchan force at Ebou Dar and stuff goes a little wild. In the White Tower Elaida is bossed about by Alviarin, who in turn has a meeting with Mesaana and starts to get a li…
- Ep81: The Path of Daggers, Chapters 20 - 23
Welcome back friends! In this episode we check in briefly with the women who fled the farm near Ebou Dar as it was attacked by the Seanchan. When everyone is healed and rested up, the party of Aes Sedai, Kin, Seafolk and other hangers on m…
- Ep80: The Path of Daggers, Chapters 16 - 19
And we're back! Guess who else is back? Egwene. The young, rebel Amyrlin Seat with a plan. And it all plays out in this episode. From the setup at camp, the meeting on the ice, the interactions with all the Aes Sedai factions along the way…
- Ep79: The Path of Daggers, Chapters 12 - 15
What a mix in this episode! Three forsaken in one room. That goes about as well as you'd imagine. ThenCadsuane and Sorilea in one room, another clash of strong personalities... Rand is scooping up the remnants of Lord Brend's army in the c…
- Ep78: The Path of Daggers, Chapters 9 - 11
Things are happening! Well, sort of. Perrin is trying to manage his hodge podge army while at the same time meddling in Wise Ones' affairs. Seems foolhardy. But things suddenly take a turn when Alliandre shows up in camp and Perrin stumble…
- Ep77: The Path of Daggers, Chapters 6 - 8
We're back after a loooong break and we're rearing to go! Much like Nynaeve, Elayne and Aviendha as they flee the Kin's farm to avoid Seanchan capture. In the process Elayne attempts something dangerous and almost pays the ultimate price..…
- Ep76: The Path of Daggers, Chapters 2 - 5
Welcome back everyone! In this episode we finally get to see the use of the fabled Bowl of the Winds! But first we have a bit of housekeeping to do. The girls, Windfinders, Kin and Aes Sedai travel through the gateway to the Kin's farm whi…
- Ep75: The Path of Daggers, Prologue - Chapter 1
Well well well! What's this? A brand new book? Excellent! We join the leaders of the Borderlands as they make a blood pact to... do something? Verin meanwhile is running her own little game from within the Aiel camp outside Cairhien. And A…
- Ep74: A Crown of Swords, Chapters 39 - 41
It's the book 7 finale and the halfway point of the series! Mat tries desperately to get the channelers to listed to him after the Gholam attack and finally gets some traction only to learn Olver is gone. So while everyone prepares to set…
- Ep73: A Crown of Swords, Chapters 36 - 38
We're getting close to the end and it's white knuckle stuff! Rand shows off his sword techniques before he, Min, Cadsuane and others are accosted by Padan Fain and Mashadar 2.0! Rand takes a ruby hilted dagger to the side and almost dies b…
- Ep72: A Crown of Swords, Chapters 32 - 35
Hello hello hello! In this week's episode we check in with everyone's least favourite Amyrlin as she is deftly cornered and manoeuvred by Alviarin. However, the Black ajah sister's actions indirectly result in a fresh hunt for the shadow s…
- Ep71: A Crown of Swords, Chapters 28 - 31
Welcome back, friends! Or are we the ones that are back? I forget. In this episode we bear witness to poor Mat being completely victimised by Tylin. At least he doesn't seem too cut up about it, but it does generate a good conversation abo…
- Ep70: A Crown of Swords, Chapters 23 - 27
Hello and welcome back to the kidnapping corner! All jokes aside, wtf tries to kidnap Nynaeve and Elayne in Ebou Dar? TThey meet the Kin, get bustled out and immediately fall afoul of some would-be assailants. In the meantime Moghedien has…