The Wheel of Time Mythology/History Explained (SPOILER FREE) 

This series burnt me out, as far as reading is concerned, for a year. I was so immersed it was incredible.

Did you do this for Malazan yet?

Daniel Greene is love to see you talk about The Man in the High Castle. Granted, it’s alternate history/sci-fi, but it’s fascinating!

Thanks Daniel, this is a fantastic summary and really helped me to connect the past with present in complicated book series. Great job buddy!

About to finish book 1!

Do you know what that means? Ishamael joined Satan because he calculated that mankind will have to fight forever in order to keep the Dark One in his prison, but the Dark One himself will have to win only once. Also, Ishamael led the drilling of the Bore, which he did because of math. That means that the universe was almost wiped out due to MATH!! THAT SUBJECT IS EVIL!!!!!!!!!

@@dragonsorcerer1615 nah. Math is truth. What you do with the truth is up to you. Or the person mathing.

honestly i hate that some people say that justifies him; thats like saying its ok to try and murder someone because they were gonna die eventually anyway

@@dragonsorcerer1615 Wait, Ishmael helped drill the bore? I thought it was Lanfear and random male user.

That random sorcerer was probably Ishamael, because before the bore was drilled, he was a power-hungry swine.

leblon712 same here. I just now reading the last two books. I started reading when the first book came then wondered if it would be finally complete when Jorden passed away. So while I waited I played the D&D wheel of time game and did not want to finish least it be over!

Ooooh, they will. Just look to the Sword of Truth TV Adaptation. They're going to pander to people who have no idea what Saidar or Saidin is.

Just look at the cast, its already an sjw clusterfuck.

@@leblon712 Whatever could you mean? Why wouldnt a small, remote faming village isloated from its parent kingdom for hundreds of years be a breeding ground of diverse skin colors and ethic backgrounds?? /sarcasm

@@jflanagan9696 ... You made me laugh out loud!

very accurate

Yes you do

@@devonhonjo3282 those 14 books cost a lot of money though, at from what I found.

@@crimsonking7179 join audible they'll give you a free trial and a credit for a book. And if you like audible. Dont unsubscribe cuz you get a free credit every month

@@devonhonjo3282 "Free" credit, huh? :P

Well worth the money, also, it doesn't cost that much per book. It costs 16/book at my local book store. I'll gladly eat just Oatmeal for a few days to afford the book :p

Lol you're not... Just finished book 10.. :)

@@chicodepuertorico1450 I think I read this book series almost a decade ago. Such good memories. A very beautiful and intricately created world. Sadly, the author had reduced the series to something of a gossip mag towards the end. I remember that at around book 10-ish still there was no sign of the final battle I think. Frankly speaking, if the same author had continued the series , it would have had a very lame ending. Fortunately, one of my favourite authors of all time took up the mantle of finishing this book , and damn did he do a fine job. I understand that much of the plan was previously chalked up, but I am sure if it were upto the original author , the series would have continued till book 20-30 maybe. Speaking of Sanderson , the sheer change that he brought about to the series i.e, the last books , is just mind-blowing . It was like waiting for a hundred years to see a lotus bloom , and in the end the bloom was so beautiful that it makes the long wait all the more worthwhile. If you have time , always check out his other books. Although kindof predictable but the books are amazing. The very peak of Western e-fantasy literature in my opinion.

Only thing I find more distasteful than people who think books are dumb are people who think that reading books means they’re special or something.

@@baneofbanes People like you are the reason we have middle fingers 😂

I listened to all 14 audiobooks. That is why I was surprised at the way Jordan and company spelled things when I read some or their names later on. Aes Sadai is pronounced "Eye sadeye?" Lose Therein is actually "Lews Therrin?" LOL!

@@thebookist1651 yup!! I finished memory of light in october. So so so so good

Is this safe to watch before starting the first book? Thanks.

Read a New Spring First! Then the Eye of the World!

@@das_ollon Did it?

@@kellibarnhouse6591 I don't think you should read New Spring first. It comes first chronologically but it is better read after the series.

A New Spring is not interesting at all IMO until you finish all the other books. Only then do Moraine and Lan feel epic enough for their origin story.

Honestly if it wasn't for audio books I'd never get to a book for the foreseeable future. I LOVE them!! Even cured me of my lead foot when driving. Used to be I had music blaring and pedal to the metal. Now it's cruise control and a great book on the radio. Lol

and Sanderson !!

Right, Michael Kramer and Kate Reading really brought it to life on audible

I'm curious. How does audiobooks let you experience a book when you don't have time to read?

@@mawe9878 I worked a job where I was driving 8-10 hours a day. Once home I had to work on my thesis. Luckily I have a new job and finished the thesis so I can read normally again lol.

I love it!

And I realize I said blight when i meant to say breaking. DARN IT!

I love it, it was a great little jaunt through the universe for me, and I'm looking forward to the series I haven't read, to get an idea of their worlds and circumstances.

Yeah at 14:47. I thought that this probably is just a mix up =) Nevertheless a very good and easy to follow summary for everyone who want to know what happend before the books start. Chapeau!

Great stuff. Keep it up!

You're in for a treat and one that has still enthralled me since I first picked it up back in 1993. When AMoL came out in 2012 (The Year of the Dragon) I binged the 900+ page book in 24 hours - then immediately turned around and read it a second time, taking a week to pick up some more details. I will start my annual re-read on July 1. (For the 9th time reading it.)

Better stick with it once you start the series. It’s a big time commitment.

Me too, I remember trying to read it when it first came out, and I just couldn't get into it. Here's hoping the second time around is better.

You won't regret it!

Amys The-Wise-One Do you keep picking up new details with every re-read or just enjoy the plot?

Awesome reads....

wot.fandom.com/wiki/First_Age has the only information about this that I know of.

I'm rusty on my lore, but there are moments where you follow Lews Therin during the beforetimes, or just visions that one or more of the main characters have where they experience the world as it was, complete with what basically amount to laser weapons and flying cars. It definitely touches on what a high technology + high magic society might be like, but only in very brief glimpses and I seem to recall it being done pretty tastefully.

@@nich479 wow I read that and then went to the part about Glass Columns. If you survive entering the columns, you come out with a dragon tattoo. A character named Rand exits the columns with two. So. A character named Rand, enters into a "mystical realm" (memory bank of the ancestors), confronts a dragon (the truth about the ancestors) and comes out with 2 dragon tattoos. Is this an Iron Fist cameo? True, he only has one dragon tattoo, but he comes out with 2 iron fists. Nice

Arthur Pendraeg. 'Nuff said

There's a Mercedes Benz hood ornament in Tanchico, and a dinosaur skeleton. I think it's in book 4

I read Eye of the World 13 years ago the summer after I graduated high school. Between work, marriage, kids, and buying a farm-I honestly didn’t remember much of it. I recently decided to give the Amazon show a watch-and I absolutely loved it! I haven’t felt this way about a fantasy series in a long time. I totally understand how fans of the books would be upset at the changes and direction the show went. But as someone who basically hasn’t read the books, it’s really good. If you go into it with zero expectations-it’s phenomenal. The same can’t be said about the Rings of Power. My wife never got into LotR, but was really into Game of Thrones. She wanted to give RoP a chance-but even she could see that it was just very sterile. The Wheel of Time show looks and feels like a lot of love was put in it. And the cast are absolutely amazing. I hope book fans can look back on it someday and see it as its own version of the story and world.

do you still like the show?

@@NoNameAtAll2 I loved it! It's not as good as HotD, but it was a million times better than Rings of Power. I am excited for season 2. I want to know what's going on with the guy following the main group in that desert city, who the devil guy is and that amazing flashback to the prior turn of the wheel, and anything with the aes sedai. My favorite characters are probably Morgaine and her ward. All the wards are fascinating. And the Amberlin Seat (I'm sure I'm spelling all of this wrong). She's the most interesting character so far, out of a lot of interesting characters.

​@DLT718 unfortunately they've cut a lot from the books and added a lot of their own not so great story ideas

Hang tough! It always gets better after the slumps

Yes just pull a Kaladin, you will get through it :D

I hope your week gets better. My son is cutting his molars, so you're not alone in having a shitty week!

His love of this series got me to read it as well and I just started EotW today. So far I’m really enjoying it.

Yeah, I never got to the end, having started the books in middle school, in the 90s. Waiting those 4 and 5 year gaps between books, over a decade later, with multiple books still yet to be published....I just gave up. There is such a huge backlog to get through, and at the time there was only a young internet without resources like this. Which made the reread a daunting task. With thousands of named characters I was always lost. But I'd like to at least read 14, I feel I earned tarmon gaidon, at least.

Uncommon CoreSense I love those books! There’s something so charming and rustic about them!

Grew up with The Belgariad and just started wheel of time getting really nostalgic

I went the other way, I had heard of Elantris and it was on my list. But I only started to read Brandon Sanderson because of his excellent completion of Wheel of Times. The waiting is killing me though.

Could you please tell me if we go through all this.... history with the books, or if they begin later, once the new "hero" emerges? If so, when does he appear, in which book of the series? Could I just begin there? Thanks for any answer 🎋

@@ChristmasLore just start book 1 you'll be fine

mark out the chapters for each character then re read in there perspective only its really fun :)

This will ruin the books for a lot of people

I actually didn't... It was as if he was trying to emphasize everything and therefore it didn't work (for me at least). But other than that: really great video!

Keep it up. The rereads are just as good as you connect the dots.

I'm on book 9 too! This series takes for ever!

For me I had to start over after the wait between books had me forgetting things that had happened when the next one came out. I eventually had to give up and wait for near the end of the series before I started over with book 1. I miss Robert Jordan and his world- would have loved to see what sort of new/continuing series he would have come up with similar to Terrys Brooks and Goodkind.

I started reading the books and slowly transitioned into the audio books, and now exclusively listen to the books. Can highly recommend them if you're like me and need to pass time in long commutes.

It will take a LOT of time to do right, so patience will be required but I am excited to do it!

I know it's only been six months, but you got a percentage on the Malazan mythology yet? How far along are you? Please! @@DanielGreeneReviews

Already re-reading it again! For a third time lol

Lol no. No it does NOT YOU should not be watching this tbh... I wouldn’t watch this until you are finished.

@@factbeaglesarebest said 11 months later LOL

@@factbeaglesarebest i wish I had seen your comment. I'm on book 4 and heard a lot of stuff here i shouldn't know yet

@@solsar3011 the comment was for people who might currently just start reading it...

A fantastic theory, Elan Morin.

There is an answer. #spoilers

Look man if you've read all the books you have your answer on this.

@@geraldpeterson1131 I listened to all the audiobooks and the closest thing I got to an answer was that everyone would become Libertaritards without the NAP.

Shai'tan covers this in detail in "a memory of light" during his battle with the dragon reborn

I have to agree. Rhuidean was a huge revelation when I read it, and then later when I realized the nature of the true power.

Almost done with book 3 in less than 2 weeks. But I do audio books along with reading.

@@workhard.nerdharder.3518 I do that as well depending on how my brain is functioning. I sometimes have a hard time focusing, and listening along while reading allows me to read when I'd otherwise be left in a catatonic state. I think you're going to grow tired of the audiobooks soon. The problem is with the text, not with the narrators. There's a section in the books were some characters become really pissy, the narrators have performed that part, which will infuriate you.

I wouldn’t have wanted to watch this before reading - it gives a little too much away.

@@Jesterian Learning about the lore with the characters is part of the fun.

The Tam Al’Thor Chronicles would have been a worthy prequel series. Perhaps even one written by a secondary writer in the same world, under the supervision of RJ and based on a brief outline - much in the way that the final three books were.

Think that was one of the planned spinoffs, if I recall correctly. Fairly sure Harriet said we weren't ever going to get those because there weren't enough notes, which is a pity. But then again, I don't think there could ever have been enough content written for this universe. If RJ had lived a thousand years it would only mean there were ten thousand other stories we wanted to get from him. Goddam master, I miss him.

@@DanzMcAbra right, could you imagine a collection of stories similar to the witcher books that details different Heroes of the Horn, that would be so fun

@wetslice69 wet don't worry, he is one steroids

The name of the wind (kingkiller Chronicles) is amazing! The second book (wise mans fear) is when I realized the greatness of rothfuss' writing!

Make the effort to read WoT u won't be disappointed. The world created is genuinely more in depth than ASoIAF . The middle books can be a bit hard going, but honestly keep going, the last 3 books are amazing 😀, can't recommend enough. I must've read the full series at least 5 times and I still discover hidden gems!!

It sure is!!!