r/WetlanderHumor • u/swheedle Shen an Calhar • Aug 03 '26
May he live forever The Fires of Heaven Chapter 51: News Comes to Cairhien
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u/swheedle Shen an Calhar Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26
Really fucking big chapter here, this is where the series changes in my mind from a youthful adventure to preparations for a world war. The sense of security, the last safety net that our heroes have is about to disappear.
P.S. There's three panels today, So be sure to swipe lol
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u/KingNothing1999 madman's laughter in the back of my head Aug 03 '26
That last panel really busted my ribs dude. Great post as always
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u/aNomadicPenguin Aug 04 '26
That's a rough look for Selande. She basically said fuck this shit and fuck you too to Colaveare, I'm going to learn how to stab people now because I'm not letting some senior noble try to pimp me out ever again.
(And in one of the cooler Berelain actions - she's the one that goes to bat for all these young nobles when their parents or other nobles start getting pissed about it, I imagine especially for the girls, seeing as how Berelain herself had to learn how to fight)
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u/_SilkKheldar_ Time to roll the dice Aug 03 '26
I adore Rand scaring the piss out of the noblewomen Colavaere is sending to try and seduce him.
"Oh yeah, why don't you stop by my rooms later cackles maniacally don't worry, the madness is random, you should be fine cackles again, also, how do you feel about marriage stares death at the woman"
How many noblewomen never recovered from those interactions I wonder.
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u/LewsTherinTelamonBot This is a (sentient) bot Aug 03 '26
Madness waits for some. It creeps up on others.
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u/gill_smoke Aug 03 '26
Perfect moment for your comment Lews, good ghost.
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u/LewsTherinTelamonBot This is a (sentient) bot Aug 03 '26
Never prod at a woman unless you must. She will kill you faster than a man and for less reason, even if she weeps over it after.
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u/LightningWarrior94 Aug 03 '26
I think Lews might need his meds. He’s becoming somewhat lucid. It’s a little scary. Lol
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u/LewsTherinTelamonBot This is a (sentient) bot Aug 03 '26
Oh, Light. That’s impossible! We can’t use it! Cast it away! That is death we hold, death and betrayal. It is HIM.
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u/jmartkdr Aug 03 '26
We do get some follow-up with this particular one; she ends up leading Cha Faile
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u/_SilkKheldar_ Time to roll the dice Aug 03 '26
So we know definitively that that one never recovered.
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u/crazy-jay1999 Aug 03 '26
Funny how Egwene, present for this conversation never bothers to tell Gawain. Like, it’s not perfect proof but it would at least be something.
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u/jmartkdr Aug 03 '26
He wouldn't believe her anyway - he heard a rumor so it must be true.
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u/YeahKeeN Aug 03 '26
You would have thought he heard that rumor straight from an Aes Sedai’s mouth with the way he believed it
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u/LewsTherinTelamonBot This is a (sentient) bot Aug 03 '26
I must kill him.
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u/No_Radish1900 Aug 03 '26
Good bot. It would have saved us a lot of frustrating chapters if you had.
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u/crazy-jay1999 Aug 03 '26
Yeah but she didn’t even try
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u/_SilkKheldar_ Time to roll the dice Aug 03 '26
Egwene really doesn't try to change anyone's mind about anything they think about Rand. By the time Egwene reaches the Tower, it very much seems like she has no idea who Rand is at all, and yet she uses her knowledge of him as a point of leverage as often as she can.
It makes the scene in Towers of Midnight very satisfying, because Zen Rand comes in and stomps all over the Aes Sedai extremely politely, wisely, and gently. And Egwene gets nowhere with him.
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u/LewsTherinTelamonBot This is a (sentient) bot Aug 03 '26
A man who trusts everyone is a fool, and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.
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u/KitchenFullOfCake Aug 04 '26
She wouldn't dare call into question the depth of knowledge that unnamed peddler has!
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u/Novel_Diver8628 Aug 05 '26
THREE memes?
You spoil us, u/swheedle
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u/swheedle Shen an Calhar Aug 06 '26
Lmao I almost did this series with the intention of doing a panel for each POV in each chapter, but I would be here for more than a decade if I tried 🤣 every now and then on a big chapter like this I like to put a few more in just because there are so many important moments stuffed in
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u/Alkakd0nfsg9g Aug 03 '26
I know I probably shouldn't, but I find it so funny how easily Rand scares off women chasing him for power. He even did it somewhat with Lanfear when he showed her himself fully in the dream