@nukehavoc Fantastic! I was a kid in the 80s in Jersey, too. Thankfully, I played it slower and safer on those, but only cos I wasn't a daredevil/risk taker. But my dad was and I'm glad he never got injured. I would only scrape a little skin on the mountainside track carts once in awhile.
We also learn more about Shaidar Haran, the Hand of the Dark, in this book. Fans often debate whether he is a very powerful Fade or the Dark One himself. What is your head canon?
@TarValonNet A fragment of the Dark One's essence, personified as a Fade. An attempt to become tangible, with perhaps an incomplete connection to his consciousness, or perhaps not.
#Alt4You : Book cover for Lord of Chaos featuring Aiel desert warriors facing off against men in black that are channeling the One Power, a form of magic, to call fire and lightning.
@TarValonNet The horn is a diagnostic batch script used to call lots of processes at once for a short time. Originally designed for load testing, it was found to come in very handy for dealing with the periodic system instabilities that arise in the simulation from time to time.
@TarValonNet Back when I was a teenager reading the series it was definitely Rand, followed closely by Lan.
These days it's probably Moiraine. Mostly just comes down to who I associate with better. I'm certainly not the young hero, but maybe I could be the wise mentor trying to navigate the kids safely through the world.
@TarValonNet I've probably mentioned it before, but I think my favorite moment from The Eye of the World is when the group all comes back together in Caemlyn. That reunion has always felt bittersweet in my re-reads.
We don't often mention the River of Souls short story, which focuses on a specific Forsaken's journey - have you read it? What are your thoughts on this short story?