Egwene's new sub-arc from inside the White Tower was great (although I would like to have seen more of it in this book).

A confrontation between Galad Damodred, half-brother of Elayne Trakand and Gawyn Trakand on his father's side and of Rand Al'Thor on his mother's side, and Eamon Valda, Lord Captain Commander of the Whitecloaks, which ends with Galad obtaining a Heron-mark sword and rank of the slain Lord Captain Commander.This re-read post contains spoilers for all currently published Wheel of Time novels, up to and including Book 13, Towers of Midnight . If you haven’t read, read at your own risk. Knowing he cannot defeat the Dark One while at war with the Seanchan, Rand brokers for a truce with the Daughter of the Nine Moons. Unaware of Tuon’s actual location, the Dragon Reborn walks into a trap set by the Forsaken Semirhage, who possesses knowledge about his powers that will either shatter or steel his resolve in the forthcoming conflict. Chapter 29 has three points of view, two of which are from Perrin Aybara's POV. His first is 43% of the chapter and his second is 47% of the chapter. I owe Robert Jordan so much. Without him, modern fantasy would be bereft of the expansive, deep worlds and the giant casts which I love so dearly. It's not often I can look at another author and say: that person paved my way. But such is exactly the case with Jordan.” —Jenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings

Now, these are just a few examples of the events that match the theme. I personally see a great match in the Perrin/Faile events. He's been trying to rescue her for several books. In the end though, this victory is bittersweet: Perrin finally defeated Shaido to rescue Faile, I felt so relieved because reading his monologues where he eats himself with worrying about Faile were huge torture. Faile this, Faile that, I will do this or that once I rescue her. I was glad that it was over and he will finally move forward to help Rand. Things I cannot stomach are not many. Mostly, I think it is time to talk about how Mr Jordan uses corporeal punishments because they are the ultimate answer to every trouble. If throughout the series you drank every time someone is being slapped on a bare butt, you’d need a liver transplant by now. And really - am I the only one disgusted here by the fact that corporeal punishment is the automatic go-to then something must be achieved be it by anyone, be it Darkfriends or Aes Sedai? To make matters worse, this revelling in being beaten turns the book into a weird BDSM party Aiel style (if we can imagine the Aiel to party hard).

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Rand loses a hand to Semirhage, she tells him about his problem with Lews Therin, and because it was Semirhage, not Tuon, he didn't have the intended meeting with the Daughter of the Nine Moons