Something I haven't done in much too long.
I'm trying to power through Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series so I can finally read the only one I haven't read - the very last one - which has been on my shelf since it came out in 2013.
I started back in October and, as of today, I am halfway through the series, just finishing up Book 7: A Crown of Swords.
I read an interesting theory awhile back on Tumblr and I can't find it right now, but suffice it say it's not mine.
A Crown of Swords is commonly thought to be the crown of Illian - as it is quite literally a Crown of Swords. It is even referred to in the books as "the Crown of Swords."
However, in a later book, I can't remember which one, Nynaeve delves Rand, looking to cure his madness, and finds him wrapped in a web tangled with thorns that seem to pierce him all over.
It was speculated that Rand's crown of madness is the true Crown of Swords. In fact, a Crown of Swords s the first book that you really start to worry about Rand;s sanity.
I like this theory so much that I don't even care if its true.
It seems a very Robert Jordan thing to do anyway.
Best,
Little Tornado
