Blood and Ashes: A Wheel of Time Spoilercast
FiksjonFritidBlood 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!
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- Ep106: New Spring, Chapters 20 - Epilogue (02:54:46)
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 woman and makes his way to the palace. He's confronted by his past as a future he is not remotely interested in is laid out before him. Meanwhile Moiraine and Siuan set up in the palace in an ttempt to find noble mother from their lists. Merean also appears and...
- July and August Schedule Update! (00:01:18)
Hi everyone, we'll have a couple team members travelling soon and so there will be a couple of disruptions to our normal programming schedule. We will miss the next cycle of recordings but will return to our desks on 3 August to record the New Spring Finale, so please send in your thoughts on the prequel before then! That episode will air on the 8th/9th of August, depending on where you are in the world. We'll then miss another cycle and start Knife of Dreams on the 31st of August, with that ...
- Ep105: New Spring, Chapters 13 - 19 (02:44:49)
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 and a bit of swordplay set the Malkieri to Chachin. Then, surprise visits from Cadsuane and Siuan! On the way to Chachin, the fresh faced Aes Sedai and the King without a country finally meet. Let us know what you thought! X - @BloodAndAshPodBluesky - @bloodan...
- Ep104: New Spring, Chapters 6 - 12 (02:47:36)
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 later... Meanwhile Tamra seems to be reaching out to trsuted Sisters to begin the search for the Dragon Reborn in earnest. All the while they are also preparing for their imminent test to be raised to the shawl. Elaida decides to insert herself in the practice a...
- Ep103: New Spring, Chapters 1 - 5 (02:47:06)
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 Foretelling from Gitara Moroso annoucing the birth of The Dragon Reborn on the slopes of Dragonmount. They are immediately made part of the effort to identify and locate the infant, and the Tower is abuzz... Let us know what you thought of this stretch of chapters us...
- Ep102: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 29 - Epilogue (03:00:08)
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 renegade sul'dam and Tuon's willfulness at the same time, and Egwene makes a last minute change to her secrett plan for the White Tower and... things don't work out great. And Rand gets a response from thte Seanchan and they agree to meet with him. Let us know...
- Ep101: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 25 - 28 (02:51:21)
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 himself futher than he's comfortable when interrogating some captured Shaido, and makes a big choice. Finally, and old friend with more options returns to the scene, thanks to Balwer. Mat is having a torrid time trying to keep his entourage to keep a low profile. ...
- Ep100: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 20 - 24 (02:36:57)
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 and has to face Elaida, Mesaana and Shaidar Haran. Pevara and Tarna Feir do their best to redeem the Red Ajah by considering plans Elaida would despise. Cadsuane schemes while Rand heals up, and suddenly Logain, Bashere and Loial show up for a v...
- Ep99: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 16 - 19 (02:30:19)
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 meantime there are various political under currents demanding she address negotiations with the White and Black Towers, as well as the small issue of the massive "weapon" deployed at Shadar Logoth. And for good measure, Egwene is surrounded by Black Aja...
- Ep98: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 13 - 15 (02:35:22)
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 she gets her reports from her spy-masters-in-all-but-name: Reene Harfour and Halwin Norry! Later she is visited by Monaelle and Sumeko to practice a pregnancy weave and they sense the cleansing event end. We then cut to a rare POV from Elenia Sarand, the cap...
- Ep97: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 9 - 12 (03:05:38)
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 we explore that with vigor! We touch base with Faile who is fending off adversity on every front. Then we join Elayne and aviendha as they go about the business of managing the Kin, Windfinders and Aes Sedai. During a siege. While trying to gain suppo...
- Ep96: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 5 - 8 (01:56:16)
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 that front, but at teh same time Perrin needs to manage his own reputation, the various forces travelling with him, Masema and his army of madmen and to top it all off, a huge pack of 50 darkhounds circling his camp. It's a tough gig, but so far he's keeping it...
- Ep95: Crossroads of Twilight, Chapters 1 - 4 (02:08:00)
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 confusion caused by the freed Windfinders. Mat must navigate the conflicting priorities and under currents of all his entourage, including Egeanin, Tuon, the Aes Sedai he freed, and of course, Valan Luca. We also get an insightful chapter from Furyk Karede, a down...
- Ep94: Crossroads of Twilight, Prologue (03:02:37)
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, 7 of them over 80 pages. Rodel Ituralde joins the narrative, we check in with Eamon Valda and the surviving Whitecloaks, Gabrelle is observing a change in Logain, Yukiri is navigating heavy under currents in the White Tower, Gawyn feels cornered, Bashere ...
- Ep93: Winter's Heart, Chapters 33 - 35 (02:45:25)
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 knocks. But he's all business as he leads the now combined party from Far Madding to everyone's favourite cursed city to perform the single greatest feat of channelling performed in this age. And the Forsaken won't have it! Battles ensue... Let us know w...
- Ep92: Winter's Heart, Chapters 28 - 32 (02:11:08)
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 Rand who is still hunting traitors in Far Madding, and who receives a big tip off on where to find two of them... Let us know what you think of the episode using the links below: X - @BloodAndAshPodEmail - moritz@bloodandashespodcast.comYouTube - Blood an...
- Ep91: Winter's Heart, Chapters 24 - 27 (02:18:13)
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 show with a last minute change of plan, but when Merilille returns with news from the Borderlander army Elayne springs into action and negotiates a deal with the 4 rulers to help her claim. We're getting ready for the big finale! Let us know what yo...
- Ep90: Winter's Heart, Chapters 20 - 23 (02:18:31)
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 and smuggler extraordinaire, Bayle Domon. We have Rand kicking ass in Far Madding and Padan Fain with a subtle cameo. And finally we have Cadsuane and an entourage of Aes Sedai and Seafolk show up right outside Far Madding as well. Whooooo, wonder how t...
- Ep89: Winter's Heart, Chapters 16 - 19 (02:03:43)
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 ineterst in Mat, but Mat can only think of getting out of Ebou Dar and how to squeeze Alludra's secrets from her. Literally. Oh, and a Gholam tries to kill Mat, only for Jain Farstrider to join his party. We're gearing up for the great escape from Ebou Dar! ...
- Ep88: Winter's Heart, Chapters 12 - 15 (02:23:56)
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 Seafolk a peg or two and having Asha'am in civvies serve her mulled wine. There is a fun little Forsaken gathering with Moridin in fine form. Tuon arrives! And as if the herald the return of a fan favourite... ...Mat's back! And healing up in Ebou Dar, try...
- Ep87: Winter's Heart, Chapters 10 - 11 (02:38:28)
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 of a debrief from the Black Ajah sisters in Caemlyn, and as if that's not dark enough, a check in with Milli Skane and her latest plant, Daved Hanlon. We then switch to Nynaeve who is having a torrid time with the Windfinders, but another surprise vi...
- Ep86: Winter's Heart, Chapters 6 - 9 (02:30:15)
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, dealing with the Kin and the "gift" from Rand, managing Vandene and getting frustrated and inspired by Nynaeve in equal measure, and finally gets forkrooted and attacked. It's tough being the Daughter Heir! Let us know what we missed by using any of the so...
- Ep85: Winter's Heart, Chapters 1 - 5 (02:45:38)
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 and reacts predictably. Meanwhile Faile, Alliandre, Maigdin and co are learning what it means to be taken gai'shain, in the snow, on the move. They cross paths with Therava and Sevannah, and regretably, Galina. Immediately plans are made by everyone... Le...
- Ep84: Winter's Heart, Prologue (02:10:05)
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 the current state of affairs in Andor, including the Black Tower, as well as partaking in a sacred Aiel ceremony. Toveine is coming to grips with what has happened to the captured sisters and the political undercurrents in the Black Tower. And finally Ra...
- Ep83: The Path of Daggers, Chapters 28 - 31 (02:55:10)
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 arrives in Caemlyn to begin her claim in earnest. We bid farewell to Jaichim Carridin, but before you gett too excited, he's replaced by arguably an even more hateful character in Daved Hanlon. In Cairhien the Aes Sedai kidnappers under...