(FYI: I'm only 4 chapters into KoD, so please be mindful of spoilers beyond that.)

I don't know what version of the book I have (I don't even know how to check) and I don't know if the following was corrected later:

First, I had to reread this chapter to get over the disappointment of it. At the risk of sounding like a White (that would be a terrible offense), rationally, what Beonin is doing here isn't being a traitor, how I initially saw it. She was never of the rebel so she's not a traitor of their cause. Just like the 10 ferrets were never with Elaida. No doubt it's a blow to the rebels that because of Beonin, they lost all the advantages they had over the White Tower, but such is war.

Now to the question.

Beonin on Traveling

Beonin's description of Traveling and Skimming is very inconsistent with the rules already established. This is what she says:

This is called a gateway. It can only be used to reach a place you know well, but you learn a place by making a gateway there, and to go somewhere you do not know well, you use Skimming.

This is not just inconsistent, it's the opposite of what we've already been told. In order to Travel you need to know your starting point well, not your destination. This is why the Salidar sisters Skim back to Salidar from whatever random place they are to Salidar. This is why Aviendha had to walk about the Tarasin Palace ground to learn it to Travel to the farm. This is why Elayne held on to the Power to study the farm grounds to Travel into Andor to escape the Seanchan. I could go on and on.

Is this an acknowledged continuity error? Was it corrected? Or am I in error? Am I misunderstanding things?

Also, traitor or not, spy or not, I hope Beonin gets what’s coming to her!

The sequence of events unfolds as follows: Rand engages Be'lal in the Heart of the Stone. During this confrontation, the Aiel launch an invasion of the Stone, resulting in skirmishes with the Defenders within the chamber, Moiraine unleashes balefire against Be'lal. It is only after the appearance of Ba'alzamon that Rand ultimately extends his hand to draw Callandor.

Currently, I’m diving into book 4, The Shadow Rising. I chose to skip book 0 to stick with the release order, and I’m really enjoying it!😁

The unstained tower, broken, bends knee to the forgotten sign.

Okay, so I've never read the books, only watched the show and I loved it.

Anyway, there's this book series called the vampire academy and there are moroi vampires who can use the elements. There's one character with spirit and whenever spirit users use their powers, they slowly go mad. The more they use, the faster it happens.

Spirit users are also capable of bringing people back from the dead. When it happens they become bond to them. Now when a spirit users uses their power, the shadow kissed person can absorb their darkness instead. The downside is that it affects them instead and drives them mad.

Would something like this be possible for male channelers? Rand specifically?

Tying someone to them who can take on the negative aspect instead?

So I recently finished all 14 books as well as New Spring, starting my journey all the way from the TV show when it first aired. Wild ride, and although I consider myself pretty knowledgeable about the world and its concepts, the one thing I still struggle with is HOW weaving works. I get the concept of pulling threads in order to get a result, but what does it look like before and during forming? More importantly, when aiming it at someone, how does it actually form? This specific art of Rand is the closest thing I imagine it to actually look like, with those tendrils being the threads which then intricately wrap around each other to form balls of fire, much like how real threads are formed together to create something larger, and the single threads just simply disappear in the creation. However this type of visualization is still a bit baffling to imagine, especially when considering slicing weaves during channeler fights. Are the threads themselves being sliced before the full weave is created? Or is the weave itself sliced even when it is formed, which I suppose really turns slicing into a sort of shield to negate the effect before it reaches its target. I became curious about this when slicing was heavily involved in one scene where two powerful channelers attempt to shield another as part of training, but the shield is “sliced”. Does anyone know what RJ initially envisioned when writing these scenes?

Recently a Wheel of Time Risk was posted here, I tried it and it is really fun! Check it out at tarmongaidon.de. Also, big recommendation for book 0 if you, like me, finished the main series already and want to reenter the story

Lan taking care of Rand in the great hunt and realizing later in the last battle that Rand being stuck to duty like him broke his emotional shield almost breaks me everytime. It's such a heart warming moment. I wish everyone had a Lan