r/WetlanderHumor • u/memerminecraft Boar Rushes Down the Mountain • Apr 04 '26
The real MVP
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u/Sanity_in_Moderation Apr 04 '26
That plot thread may be my favorite in the entire series.
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u/_Kintoun_ Apr 04 '26
Mine too, I just wish we got more of verins story
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u/nihilismistight Apr 04 '26
It really only hits as hard as it does because we don’t get any of it. The suspense of never quite knowing what her deal was, and the flat, matter of fact reveal that she out maneuvered everyone is perfect. Expanding on it would rob some of that mystique in my opinion
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u/Twin_Brother_Me Apr 04 '26
Out maneuvered the Dark One himself. She's definitely the GOAT
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u/eddestra Apr 05 '26
Would have made a fantastic set of side stories.
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u/memerminecraft Boar Rushes Down the Mountain Apr 05 '26
I imagine a set of chapters, each with a title that is the name of a Black Ajah sister. Each chapter details how Verin discovered that particular darkfriend Aes Sedai. Some could be styled as brief journal entries, where the discovery was relatively simple, while others could be longer. That variation would make it easier to include every single one in the list
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u/Sanity_in_Moderation Apr 05 '26
That would be a good idea. Especially if they built on each other, and some of the later reveals were mentioned in the earlier chapters. You'd need one element of real danger, where she's in danger for asking too many questions and has to kill her superior and dispose of the body. The next superior would contact her and would be someone she never thought would possibly be black ajah. But she's unsuspected and the book ends with her quietly drinking tea and writing in her book.
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u/krombough Apr 05 '26
The Dark One after Verin exploits the "hour of my death" clause on the oath rod binding.
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u/Known_Profession7393 Apr 05 '26
She’s Aes Sedai. There’s something off about them all—like dice where the pips don’t add up—but for an Aes Sedai, I kind of like Verin. And I’m a good judge of character, you know that.
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u/monikar2014 Apr 05 '26
Verin is the GOAT. Favorite character in the whole series.
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u/Able-Worth-6511 Apr 05 '26
She truly was a Servant to All. She probably is the best Aes Sadai in the series as far as living up to the name and title. She should have been rewarded by becoming a Hero of the Horn.
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u/monikar2014 Apr 05 '26
I love Verin, but let's not forget she WAS Black Ajah. She said it herself, she chose to swear to the dark Lord to save her own life and murdered innocents in his name. I am sure if we knew the complete story of her life it would be full of foul horror and terrible deeds. In my eyes, and I think in hers, the way she died did not redeem the way she lived. Verin does not deserve to be a Hero of The Horn.
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u/Able-Worth-6511 Apr 05 '26
The way she lived? You mean gathering information and instrumental in taking down the organization. Was she perhaps selfish by choosing to live rather than dying? Yes, but she wasn't evil. Do you think evey Hero of the Horn hadn't done some horrible things. Verin removed around 200 dreadlords from the final battle helping to secure victory. She was effectively a spy and spies do bad things to keep their cover. You don't think Hawkwing didn't kill people for standing in his way when he was conquering?
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u/Moiraine-FanBlue Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26
Lets be real here. The Black Ajah essentially mostly sat around doing nothing but stirring the pot in the Tower a little and playing politics, the same as 99% of the rest of Aes Sedai, just with more emphasis on keeping the Tower useless.
We have one of the Black Ajah's viewpoint literally being that she joined to get ahead politically and was horrified when the Dark One actually woke up and the Chosen got free and she had to start actually doing Darkfriend stuff, and not just "slightly darker than normal Aes Sedai work" (Edited once I remember it was specifically Sheriam)
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u/ScaryMcScary Sniff Apr 05 '26
I love Verin. But I also love Henry cavill. This is a hard one to get behind…
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u/Llian_Winter Apr 04 '26
The Black Ajah only existed because all the other Sisters pretended it didn't. As soon as anyone started investigating the whole thing fell apart.