Character: Dimana
Gender: Female
Skin Tone: Light
Hair: Bright Red, streaked with white
Height:Unspecified
Age: Adult
Body Type: Unspecified
Eyes: Unspecified
Organization: The Kin
Tags: WFC adult female, WFC female with light skin, WFC female with red hair, WFC female with white hair, WFC The Kin, WoT Fan CastAs Rand gets to know the Aiel as “his people,” he often makes remarks to himself about their odd sense of humor. In Lord of Chaos, in the chapter called “A Sense of Humor,” he turns to face the Maidens who claim he has no sense of humor, and he tells them the following story:
An irascible old farmer named Hu discovered one morning that his best rooster had flown into a tall tree beside his farm pond and wouldn’t come down, so he went to his neighbor, Wil, and asked for help. The men had never gotten along, but Wil finally agreed, so the two men went to the pond and began climbing the tree, Hu first. They meant to frighten the rooster out, you see, but the bird only kept flying higher, branch by branch. Then, just as Hu and the rooster reached almost the very top of the tree, with Wil right behind, there was a loud crack, the branch under Hu’s feet broke away, and down he went into the pond, splashing water and mud everywhere. Wil scrambled down as fast as he could and reached out to Hu from the bank, but Hu just lay there on his back, sinking deeper into the mud until only his nose stuck out of the water. Another farmer had seen what happened, and he came running and pulled Hu out of the pond. “Why didn’t you take Wil’s hand?” he asked Hu. “You could have drowned.” “Why should I take his hand now?” Hu grumped. “I passed him just a moment ago in broad daylight, and he never spoke a word to me.”
I’m as clueless as the Maidens on this one. I can’t figure out why it’s supposed to be funny, though I know it’s not about the water or the rooster. Can anyone explain why Rand al’Thor would tell this particular story to prove that he has a sense of humor? What’s the punchline?
Tags: humor, Rand al'Thor, Wheel of Time quotesCharacter: Dorindha
Gender: Female
Skin Tone: Light
Hair: Red
Height:Tall
Age: Young Adult, Egwene’s age
Body Type: Unspecified
Eyes: Unspecified
Organization: Aiel, Maiden of the Spear
Tags: WFC female Aiel, WFC female with light skin, WFC female with red hair, WFC Maiden of the Spear, WFC tall female, WFC young adult female, WoT Fan CastCharacter: Estair
Gender: Female
Skin Tone: Light
Hair: Red
Height:Tall
Age: Adult or Young Adult
Body Type: Slender
Eyes: Gray
Organization: Aiel
She is studying to be a Wise One. She has serious eyes.
Tags: WFC adult female, WFC female Aiel, WFC female with gray eyes, WFC female with light skin, WFC female with red hair, WFC slender female, WFC tall female, WFC young adult female, WoT Fan CastCharacter: Harilin
Gender: Female
Skin Tone: Light
Hair: Red
Height:Tall
Age: Young Adult, about Rand’s age
Body Type: Slender, lanky
Eyes: Unspecified
Organization: Aiel, Maiden of the Spear
Tags: WFC female Aiel, WFC female with light skin, WFC female with red hair, WFC Maiden of the Spear, WFC slender female, WFC tall female, WFC young adult female, WoT Fan CastI’m in the middle of re-reading Lord of Chaos right now. I used to say that The Shadow Rising was my favorite book, but I changed my mind after Book 11 came out. Knife of Dreams is now my favorite book of the Wheel of Time series.
But now that I’m reading Book 6 again, I can’t begin to imagine why Book 4 used to be my favorite. I never really cared much for the immense amount of Aiel history in The Shadow Rising. I always loved the breaking of the White Tower, but I was very impatient as I re-read the book… it’s not until nearly the end. Same with Faile and Perrin getting married. I kept waiting for my favorite parts, but there was too much to get through to get to them.
But I’m enjoying Lord of Chaos quite a bit, without so much impatience. (Well, there was the uber-long prologue to contend with…)
I don’t remember squeeing so much about Egwene and Gawyn before, but I’ve been getting all mushy just thinking about them. I love when Egwene gets caught up in Gawyn’s dream, them blushes herself scarlet remembering everything the next morning. And her inner monologue about how sensible women don’t do certain things… well, not unmarried women, at least. That makes me chuckle. And then when she and Gawyn meet at the inn in Cairhien each morning while she’s still apprentice to the Wise Ones… I melt thinking about how wonderful it is for them to be able to steal some kisses and forget the world for a while.
(They’d better get together by the end of A Memory of Light! You hear that, Brandon Sanderson?)
And Lews Therin finally starts talking to Rand.
And Nynaeve Heals Logain. That is an excellent scene. I love her inner monologue, keeping herself angry enough to channel. Then POOF! He’s Healed.
I think it’s safe to say that Lord of Chaos is my second favorite book in the series at this point. I may change my mind as I continue re-reading.
The one thing that will cement it as my second favorite is if the battle of Dumai’s Wells is in this book. What an awesome scene. I just can’t remember if it happens at the end of this book, or if it’s in the next one. It looks like it’s this one, since Elaida’s emissary is in Cairhien already, buzzing about the “Green Sister” with Rand. The only thing that has me doubting that it will happen soon is that Min is not yet in Cairhien. And I know that Min gets captured along with Rand.
Ah well. Maybe she arrives in the chapter I’m about to read tonight. 
Character: Jesain
Gender: Female
Skin Tone: Light
Hair: Red
Height:Average, short for an Aiel
Age: Adult
Body Type: Unspecified
Eyes: Unspecified
Organization: Aiel, Wise One
Tags: WFC adult female, WFC average height female, WFC female Aiel, WFC female with light skin, WFC female with red hair, WFC Wise One, WoT Fan CastCharacter: Jillari
Gender: Female
Skin Tone: Light
Hair: Fiery Red, long
Height:Unspecified
Age: Adult, just into her middle years
Body Type: Slender, slight
Eyes: Green
Organization: Seanchan, Damane
Tags: WFC adult female, WFC Damane, WFC female Seanchan, WFC female with green eyes, WFC female with light skin, WFC female with red hair, WFC slender female, WoT Fan CastCharacter: Jolien
Gender: Female
Skin Tone: Light
Hair: Red-Gold
Height:Tall
Age: Adult
Body Type: Unspecified
Eyes: Blue
Organization: Aiel, Maiden of the Spear
Tags: WFC adult female, WFC female Aiel, WFC female with blonde hair, WFC female with blue eyes, WFC female with light skin, WFC female with red hair, WFC Maiden of the Spear, WFC tall female, WoT Fan CastCharacter: Kari al’Thor
Gender: Female
Skin Tone: Light
Hair: Red
Height:Unspecified
Age: Adult
Body Type: Unspecified
Eyes: Gray
She is Andoran.
Tags: WFC adult female, WFC female from Andor, WFC female with gray eyes, WFC female with light skin, WFC female with red hair, WoT Fan Cast
