Mat generally thinks of the Seanchan overall as an insane people. He views Selucia as a nuisance in his pursuit of Tuon, referring to her as Tuon's "shadow", although she does later spare his life after initially mistaking him for an intruder and helps him to reach Tuon secretly. As the prince-consort of the Senchan heir and later the Empress, Mat becomes known amongst the Seanchan as the Prince of the Ravens, and after working with them, he develops a grudging respect for some of the Seanchan generals, especially Furyk Karede.

Min continues to report to the Amyrlin and tries to avoid suspicion by taking the guise of Elmindreda, a giddy, empty-headed woman. She finds herself caught in a coup where Elaida and her supporters depose Siuan and Leane Sharif, her Keeper of the Chronicles, for secretly aiding Rand. Egwene enters the World of Dreams without the ter'angreal for the first time. While there, she meets Amys, who says that if Egwene wants to learn, she must come to the Waste. She also goes to Tanchico, which Amys says contains an evil worse than men can make, whatever that means. Mat steps through the doorframe ter’angreal and is told by the Aelfinn that he must go to Rhuidean or die. He is hurried out, and finds that Rand and Moiraine were also inside. They refuse to share their answers.He and Gawyn spar Matrim Cauthon and Mat beats the both of them with a quarterstaff. [3] Morgase comes to the White Tower and when she finds that her daughter is missing, she becomes furious. Galad and Gawyn manage to talk their way out of being taken out of the White Tower by her.

However, this isn’t just Rand’s story.It would be a terribly boring book if it was.Thisseries does have thestandard fantasy trope of the light versus the dark, but the world is much more complex than that. It is full of factions that attempt to do good, namely The White Cloaks, though they are completely misguided and tend to do very stupid things. They are noble-hearted men, for the most part, and they remain true to theircause, but they cannot identify evil. These fools deserve pity more than anything. The same is true for theAesSedai; they attempt a controlling approach, and whilstsome oftheiractions are benevolent, they do lean towards tyranny. Sometimes theyjustneed to guide mankind,togive him a gentle push, rather than try to control him directly.Gandalf managed it inThe Lord of the Rings. After leaving the Two Rivers with him, and encountering him several times on travels, Mat befriends the old gleeman Thom Merrilin, who spends much of the story by Mat's side. Furyk Karede entered the Band's camp looking for the return of Tuon. He asked to speak with Thom, having him confused for being in command of the Band and the hatcher of a plot to take Tuon to the White Tower. The Shadow Rising contains 58 chapters and consists of 21 unique POVs and 95 individual POVs. It has a total word count of 385,415 words. Mat is 5'11" or 180 cm tall and weighs 170lb or 77kg. He is described as long-limbed and wiry. [1] He has brown eyes, which often twinkle with mischief, and brown hair that is long enough to reach his coat collar. [1] [2]The female sorcerers in the series are called Aes Sedai – a sort of Bene Gesserit-like organisation of which Pike’s character Moiraine is a member. Moiraine, who is actually one of Jordan’s better characters, is looking for the Dragon Reborn, a reincarnation of the male sorcerer who took on Shai’tan generations earlier. She believes he is one of three teenage boys living in the small village of Emond’s Field. During the events in Ebou Dar, Mat meets a Seanchan High Lady by the name of Tuon, who Egeanin calls Daughter of the Nine Moons, the woman Mat knows he is fated to marry. After being confronted by her, Mat reluctantly kidnaps Tuon from the Tarasin Palace and takes her along for his escape from the city alongside her Voice, Selucia. He names Tuon his wife three times, unknowingly completing half of the Seanchan marriage ceremony, in response to which Tuon simply smiles. At first, Tuon calls Mat "Tylin's Toy" or "Toy" for short, which Mat repays by referring to Tuon as "Precious" for a while. During their journey, much to Egeanin's dissatisfaction, Mat begins to court Tuon in earnest, frequently giving her gifts, going on walks with her, and playing stones with her, seeming to finally accept his fate. Tuon's responses are never anything less than opaque, though, and when they finally do marry, it seems almost entirely a political match on her behalf, despite it being clear clear that Mat has sincere feelings for her. of Ch2, 23% of Ch8, 62% of Ch9, Ch10, 22, 25, 26, 34, 35% of Ch36, 51% of Ch37 1, Ch48, 49, 75% of Ch50, Ch57, and 99% of Ch58