Galad Damodred and Gawyn Trakand are the topic of this episode. Andrew Gelos and Virginia discuss the half-brothers and their relationship to other characters in the Wheel of Time series, especially Rand and Elayne. This is one of a series of discussions of so-called “minor protagonists.”

As always, during our discussions we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven’t finished your first read-through, you may want to come back to these podcasts when you have, as THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Our heartfelt gratitude goes out to new editor Spencer who finished this one up in record time!

The Forsaken Revisited, Part 2. Please join Andrew, Virginia and Jessie as they continue their new discussion of the inimitable villains of the Wheel of Time, the thirteen Forsaken, or as they prefer to call themselves, the Chosen.

Part 2 covers Lanfear, Rahvin, Moghedien and Mesaana.

As always, we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven’t finished your first read-through, you may want to come back to these podcasts when you have, as THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Part 1 covered Aginor, Be’lal, Ishamael, Balthamel, Asmodean and Graendal.

The Forsaken Revisited, Part 1. Please join Andrew, Jayson, Virginia and Jessie as they open a new discussion of the inimitable villains of the Wheel of Time, the thirteen Forsaken, or as they prefer to call themselves, the Chosen.

Part 1 covers Aginor, Be’lal, Ishamael, Asmodean and Graendal.

As always, we go into all the books of the Wheel of Time series, from New Spring through Knife of Dreams, so if you haven’t finished your first read-through, you may want to come back to these podcasts when you have, as THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

JordanCon 2009 ! Here is a short podcast covering all the details you need to attend this exciting event.

Seanchan animals - all about the amazing exotic animals the Seanchan use in warfare and in everyday life. Grolm, torm, raken, to’raken, and more. Join 4th Age podcasters Andrew and Virginia as they discuss some of the most fascinating creatures in the Wheel of Time series.

Spoiler warning - as usual on the 4th Age podcast, we discuss ALL eleven main books in the series as well as the prequel New Spring, so if you haven’t finished your first trip through the Wheel of Time, you may want to come back to this podcast later.

Objects of the Power, Part 2 - focusing on ter’angreal and other Power-using and Power-wrought objects.

Join 4th Age podcasters Virginia, Andrew G, Marc, Jessie and Andrew M as they continue their discussion of the many fascinating Objects of the Power.

Spoiler warning - as usual on the 4th Age podcast, we discuss ALL eleven main books in the series as well as the prequel New Spring, so if you haven’t finished your first trip through the Wheel of Time, you may want to come back to this podcast later

Thanks Ian, good job editing with some difficult audio files to work with.

Brandon Sanderson joins 4th Age podcasters Virginia, Jessie, Andrew and Marc for a very special, extra-length, LIVE interview recorded while Brandon was in Los Angeles for his recent book tour for his newly released Mistborn 3: Hero of Ages. He talks about his work on A Memory of Light and many other aspects of the Wheel of Time and answers many questions presented on behalf of the listeners and ourselves. You’ll hear information you can find nowhere else! A fascinating insight into the mind of a very talented and disciplined author and creative mind. Please join us for our exciting chat with Brandon.

Spoiler warning - as usual on the 4th Age podcast, we discuss ALL eleven main books in the series as well as the prequel New Spring, so if you haven’t finished your first trip through the Wheel of Time, you may want to come back to this podcast later

Welcome to Episode 43!

Join 4th Age podcasters Andrew and Virginia as they discuss some of the most fascinating characters in the Wheel of Time series, the backbone of Seanchan Imperial power, the Suldam and Damane. We discuss the Seanchan and their most fearsome weapon and how they relate to the main characters in the book, as well as how we think they will affect events in the Last Book.

As an added bonus, Andrew Gelos did a little research and found the song that Robert Jordan had in mind for the song Dance with Jak o’the Shadows, which often figures prominently in the sections about Mat and the Band of the Red Hand. A sample is included in this podcast. Dovie’andi se tovya sagain

Spoiler warning - as usual on the 4th Age podcast, we discuss ALL eleven main books in the series as well as the prequel New Spring, so if you haven’t finished your first trip through the Wheel of Time, you may want to come back to this podcast later

Special thanks to our new editors, David, who did a wonderful job with this episode and one yet to be released, and Ian, who has done splendid work on several podcasts including on Objects of the Power part 1 and is working hard on part 2. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Objects of the Power - Part 1

Marc, Morgan, Andrew G and Virginia discuss various Objects of the Power including sa’angreal, angreal, ter’angreal and items created with the One Power such as power-wrought blades and cuendillar. We hope you find it as interesting a topic as we did, and we invite your input on this first of several episodes on the topic.