The Wheel of Time book I'd like to see written is "The Travels of Jain Farstrider"

I asked Brandon Sanderson at a book signing whether he would consider returning to the WoT books, and he told me that it is not what Harriot McDougall (and Robert Jordan) would want :(

I'd like to see a story of Lan and Nynaeve rebuilding Malkier. You KNOW the two of them have a LOT of growing to do as well.

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It is a weird story to continue. Continuing Matt's or Perrin's story seems wrong, because the "cosmic" portion of the conflict is done and the human infighting kinda cheapens the whole Last Battle thing. Maybe the breaking down of the Age of Legends.

I would like a zero-stakes book where Rand moves back into New Emond's Field, and tries to start a new life around his friends and family without them knowing it is him. Tam figures it out and keeps his secret.

I’d like a Tolkien-style (think Fall of Gondolin and Beren and Luthien) exploration of Jordan’s notes that didn’t make it into the books!

Leave Brandon Sanderson alone, don't steal any more of his time. :D

I could go for some prequel/contemporaneous tales. Artur Hawkwing’s conquests, following a younger Jain Farstrider, Pre EotW Bale Domon swashbuckling exploits.... Yeah, I’d be down for a collection of tales scattered throughout the world! (all presupposing a competent writer is at the helm)

More WOT books? Short answer : no. Long answer : oh no God please no.

Daniel, You missed the best option! Skip forward generations to the future that Avienda saw and how it changed from the decisions that Avienda, Rand, and the wise ones made to change it.

Personally what I would love to see is something along the lines of “Tales from the Towers.” A serious of short stories covering both towers that may end in a unification or not. Having one editor working to insure things stick to the ideals of the Wheel of Time and choosing the authors who could handle writing with those ideals in mind. In my mind I would love the first and last story being done by Brandon ending with a unification of the towers, but it could be fun either way to see where that story goes. Best of all we could get a better look at how the events effect both towers.

Nynaeve needs to balance being an Aes Sedai with being Queen of Malkier. Cadsuane is going to want her to be of service to the White Tower and Nynaeve is going to have to be proactive to make sure that Malkier is independent as it's being rebuilt. Also it'll be funny to see of she becomes subservient to Lan as king in public and if he therefore has to obey her in private. I have headcanon that she works with the Asha'man to rebuild Malkier in return for healing their madness.

I would love not a big book but short stories about rand that tells us how he is living his new life and also giving us some details about what is happening in the world after the last batle.

A novel would be better set in a different time period with different characters. Not a fan of cameos, this seems to be a tease and disservice.

Remember that Semirhage slaughtered the entire royal family except for Tuan, throwing the Seanchan continent into chaos, so the Mat & Tuan outrigger novels would not have been about an awkward Mat in the Court of the Nine Moons. I was anticipating more of a gunslinger / battle-commander Mat on a reconquest of Seanchan. That being said, without RJ, it's all red lights for me.

If there was more books added I would want them to be in areas that aren't told in great detail. Like if love to see something from the Sea Folk or from Shara. The other stand alone book set in the WoT world I'd actually really like is the Tales of Farstrider. It's referenced so often and I think it would be cool to have a copy of that

The lead up to the Bore, the decent into darkness, and finally the fall of the Age of Legends.

I would love to see the Age of Legends and of course the breaking, along with the birth and corruption of the forsaken. I would also love to see the unification of white + black towers. I would also love to see a few ages after Rand, in the way we have Mistborn era 2. I believe the world Jordan created is just too rich not to be explored further.

Hey Daniel, Todd from The Dusty Wheel. There are two that I’d be happy with seeing. One: Tam and his story...because his story can be told as a totally different timeline. We don’t have to know how he got back to Emonds Field. We could just see his arc from the time he leaves until the Aiel war. Tam is the one of only two characters that I think has a story good enough to tell but also be out of sync with the series stories. We can disagree on that one. You made some good points but I’m stubborn. Two: I’d enjoy something from the Trolloc Wars. Manetheren would be great, but Aridhol/Shadar Logoth would be completely outside of the series arc also. That’s the way I look at it. If it is so far out of the arc of our series that it can’t really change canon then I’m ok with it.

What about a tragedy with a group of Aiel male channelers going to fight the Dark One? It's a fascinating part of the Aiel culture that we didn't get to explore (not to mention sad). The author could make new characters that don't really affect the main story but it would still be intriguing.

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No no no absolutely no. 15 books are enough.

Tam leaving the two rivers and his journey finding Rand and home is a story I am here for

I don't want to see a continuation of WoT. I don't want to have any of the canon expanded on. What I would be on board for (given that it's written by a good writer who respects WoT) would be something from the age of legends or something far into the future when another age is about to begin. Maybe the rise of the Shadow and the story of the Forsaken or something similar. Maybe the Black and White towers after an age of existence. Let's leave canon as it is. Thanks for the topic.

"Boiled down to a diet version..." *Cough* Luke Skywalker *cough*

The story I'm most interested in seeing more of is the peace keeping mission Rand gave the Aiel. I never trusted that the Seanchan would hold to Rand's peace after the last battle. The conflict between the Aiel and Seanchen would make a great story. The conflict would have the possibility to include the other nations and through that we could get tidbits of information about some of our favorite characters. Mat's name could come up in a conversation, or Perrin could be involved at some point and of course there would be talk of the White and Black towers. Even a rumor about a stranger (Rand) roaming the world doing great deeds and then moving on. I don't think any one character needs a whole story written about them. But every character could have a mention or a presence in the story concerning the peace keeping conflict.

Maybe, depends on who writes them and how canon is managed. You could have an anthology book with Brandon as editor. Short stories would be a way to explore concepts, and then perhaps novels later.

The one story I'd love to see is the end of the seventh age. How does the wheel come around again, why? Its helpful too that it could be so disconnected from the rest of WOT and could, frankly, be pretty much ignored if its bad.

I don't think I've ever read a more perfect ending than WoT

I would love to to see stories featuring the Aiel, either pre or post wheel of time timeframe. I have always wanted to see the origin of the Aiel fleshed out into their own book or books.

It would be an interesting concept, but my only worry is that these other authors would not capture the diction of WoT-also, Canon is Canon because it captures the ideology and hopes of the single author; having other authors come in and add their own ideas and ideologies just kind of destroys the idea of a canon in the first place. If the ideologies are different (which is going to happen with 99% certainty), it will vastly change diction, plot, character, EVERYTHING. When I say ideology, it's not simply just "Jordan's Road map of how the story will end." It's the author's own philosophies, no matter how small or seemingly irrelevant, the author's own outlooks on life in the books. People have different outlooks, no matter how small they are, from others, and this could be that one domino that sets off an entire different story from Jordan's vision or how Jordan would have finished it. You've talked about how maybe we don't have free will, how we are just a set of calculations going through time. Well, we would live in a completely different universe if one particle at the beginning of the Big Bang just moved just slightly in another direction. Same logic applies here. That smallest philosophy and difference in outlook, even if the outside authors think they are following Jordan's vision, is that small particle that sets off this entire series into a compete different direction, if not in ending then in mood, if not in mood then in quality, if not in quality then in pacing, etc. The idea is: it will NOT be the same series, and that just perturbs me from the series.

Love the WOT books on top of the shelf with those new covers!

I'd like to read more about the Forsaken, some of their origin stories

The purist in me says no, but I know that I would buy a WoT extended universe novel day 1.

There are a few additions that I would be interested in. Firstly, I would be interested in short stories/novelettes based off of Mat memories of past lives; it would be cool to see those short flashes/sentences fleshed into fun adventures/drama stories. Second, stories from Age of Legends/Trolloc Wars/Artur Hawkwing time, but specifically told from perspective of minor people who happen to be present for events, not taveren (style of World War Z). Seeing those stories come to life for us, would make them more impactful when they are referenced in the main series(specifically thinking of Birgitte and Forsaken, but there are other examples). In general, I think no story should try to be an epic in itself; that detracts from the power of the stories of Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene, etc. Instead, IF there is a additional story told, it should be to flesh out events that happened in the past that we want more info about, or wrapping up stories that maybe weren't as satisfied as they could have been. In this regard, I would refer to Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy as a reference to have impactful characters, events and moments that only take a chapter or two(it is more how they are spun into the complete world and the end goal, rather than the individual person or event).

I absolutely share the firm "no" stance on more Rand, and I feel the same way to a slightly lesser extent to things that follow AMoL; it's such a good, pure, fantastic ending for so many characters, I don't want to fix or shore up one and risk the greater whole. The one spinoff I would actively really want to see is a prequel or concurrent story about what's going on over in Seanchan. The Seanchan feel so strangely underdeveloped, considering how important they all to the overall story, that I feel like a story or series about them could give proper layering without risking the common faults of prequels either being useless stories or way too important to not have been mentioned beforehand.

I agree with everything you said. I would love to read the Travels of Jain Farstrider but the reward is not worth the risk.

If we got a 'Witcher Style" WoT video game, I would be so unbelievably excited. It doesn't even have to be Canon, they could just change some stuff and make it an alternate turning of the wheel or whatever, it would just be so cool. But to the actual point of this video, part of me really wants to read more WoT because I love it so much, but I think it is way more likely to have a negative impact on the books than a positive. Sanderson was great and finished the last 3 books excellently, but I think we can mostly agree, it would have been even better if Jordan were around to finish it. Unfortunately that wasn't the case, but my point is Sanderson wrote a great ending with heavy influence from Jordan and his notes, and that's something that he wouldn't have for any spin off. Without the creator's head coming up with the stories, I think it would be hard for any author to do it justice.

I would love to see a mini-series called "The Age of Legends," but not the one we know of, but the one that comes an Age or two after the end of "The Wheel Of Time." Witnessing the birth of new, wondrous creatures and peoples (like the Green Man), and perhaps dealing with the last remnants of Dark Friends and the like. Or just the darker aspects of human nature. It could end on a high note (the pinnacle of a grand unification of Humanity), but we all know how the Age would eventually end: with some release of the Dark One.

A question Daniel! ☝️ In regards to other Wheel of Time content, I feel as though you don't often touch on the Graphic Novels. Perhaps you have in another video I haven't seen. What's your take on these? Are they worth reading?

I think the most intruguing concepts for me are stand alone books with settings like the artur hawking period, or the end of the trolloc wars. There are fascinating RJ-made characters from those times that I'd love to know more about. A story from early on in the new era or covering the compact of the 10 nations after the breaking would be fun too. Keep them 3rd age prequels, nothing after the close of the main story. Ooh, maybe one concerning Raolin Darksbane.

My brain says no, but my heart says yes.

I personally wouldn’t mind to see more of Jordan’s notes on the Age of legends and some other stuff. Maybe another companion. Just like anything else about the Pre turn Forsaken, Lews Therin and some stuff about his raise to power and how he got his titles and what they meant to the people of the Age of Legends. Just some personal thoughts.

Hard no on anything taking place in the same time as the original series for me. Too much risk of ruining stuff. -I'd be interested in a Lews Therin Telamon story. Show us the world pre breaking and the events that lead Lews Therin to killing his beloved Ilyena/causing the taint on Saidin. Show us the rise of the forsaken and their deepest depravities. There's bound to be a lot of material written by Jordan already to pull from here. -Or alternatively a spinoff in an entirely new age of the wheel. I'd be cool with either of those if it's Brandon doing em, any other author... I'm not sure I'd want to see anything from any other author.

I would like to see a short story collection about the Heroes of the Horn. You could have multiple authors write it as a tribute to Jordan, without having to worry about the canon to much. The stories could be considered almost like the Third Age's form of fairy tales. It could be structured so it would seem like it changed from generation to generation of each telling of those tales. It would not effect the canon, yet give us more stories from this universe we love.

I wouldn't mind seeing a short story or novella about Rand getting to meet his kids. Something small scale, no Rand fighting the shadow again, just a pleasant little story about Rand as a dad. Maybe it could end with Rand riding off into the sunset with Min.

I wouldn't want more books on the same storyline, it had an epic finish, and I think it's complete as is. That being said, the wheel turns... And I'm okay with a different story, maybe set in the far future or the past, because the world and magic system is awesome

Good morning. The only added books I currently would like would be a prequel. I’d love to read more about the founding of the White Tower and the Trolloc Wars.

I would love to see a Prequel that features Cadsuane using her influence to direct a handful of Aes Sedai and her personal network of eyes-and-ears in a covert war versus the Black Ajah. Let it be a John Le Carre-style spy story. Maybe some of the action happens in the Black Hills.

Nah, I'm good. I'd only be curious if RJ left behind some stuff for the other two books in the prequel trilogy he had planned.

My favorite question leaving the Wheel of Time was could Aviendha save the Aiel. As much as I want the answer, the mystery of not knowing is better. It's like Schrödinger's Aiel.

I've always wanted to see the story of Tamrilyn the first channeler(when humanity gains the ability to channel) at the end of the first age and the beginning of the age of the legends. Would be a nice blend of futuristic and apocalyptic technology of our age and the fantasy elements that would likely introduce themselves in the second age. It would also give whomever wrote it huge artistic license since Jordan barely mentions anything from that time period except for a few lines.

I wouldn’t mind something set in that world but entirely disconnected from the main series. Like some of the Star Wars expanded universe books did. You could have stories set before the Breaking, or in the Seanchan court before the main series takes off, or just smaller stories set in the world that focus on a specific aspect of that world. The Wheel of time has an incredible rich world built after 15 books. So you could have really satisfying stories with less than cosmic stakes set in that world without having to rebuild an entire fantasy world.

Sorry Daniel, I’m still in progress in reading WOT, so I do gotta bounce.... but I shall return one day!! And that day will be a glorious day!! 😭😭😭 I will keep the video running on my phone on silent though, so you still gets them views 😁

If they do a new book series, show or video game they would have to get Sanderson on board to ensure the story is sound, otherwise it could, like you said, have the "Solo effect" (I like your allegory by the way!). For example they can set stories in the Age of Legends, maybe a series which sheds more light on the creation of the Tower of Ghenjei and the Aelfinn / Eelfinn backstory along with their laws in dealing with humans (my favorite side story in the books), or even a full Lews Therin backstory (complete with how the Aes Sedai use to function when both halfs acted together) and how he sealed up the Dark One. Also they could do Artur Hawkwing's rise to power which would be fantastic, or a fully fleshed out story of the Aiel's from the various splits of the Da'Shain along with their journey to, and settling in the waste. Then there are some side stories from the original series that didn't get their due diligence, like we could get a couple of books with a more detailed account of Demandred's time in Shara, or maybe a series on Shara itself. They can even have a series that takes place in the distant future where the White and Black towers partner to send an expedition to investigate a series of disturbances emanating from the Land of the Madmen, a whole continent yet to be discovered. There are just so many interesting side stories and historical back stories available to explore so there wouldn't be a "Solo effect" on the main story and it's characters. They can even do a television show where every season or two is a new story bringing to light and focusing on one of these other stories. Off topic, in addition to Solo messing up Han's legacy as a brash quick witted space cowboy and smuggler I thought Glover's portrayal of Lando in Solo was a joke, like actually a joke. Glover just came across as a classless clown in a Lando suit instead of Williams' portrayal of Lando as smooth talking, lovable scoundrel, with a bit of luck on his side so he always seemed to land on his feet. I mean Williams managed to pull off a better, more convincing Lando in Episode IX and voice acting for Rebels than Glover did in any scene in all of Solo. Okay rant over, sorry I got triggered there for a second with the mention of Solo :).

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To continue my long comment that broke the character limit I didn't know existed. The Aiel War seems rich material, focused on Tam as above or done as it’s own thing. The fall of Malkier? What about how Slayer came to be? Maybe focused on Lord Luc Mantear? Who he was, his quest in the Blight and however that went wrong and how he somehow became fused with the soul of Isam Mandragorn (Lans Unlce?) to become Slayer. Or more focus on Isam and how his escape from Malkier ended with him growing up in a town of Darkfriends and Shadow channelers in the Blight. Or maybe somehow take turns in the process from both perspectives until they merge. Any of the Five Great Captains could be their own thing or part of a story on their nation: Pedron Niall, Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light Agelmar Jagar of Shienar, the Lord of Fal Dara Gareth Bryne, Captain General of the Queen’s Guards in Andor Davram Bashere, Marshal-General of the Saldaean army Rodel Ituralde, commander of the armies of Arad Doman Speaking of just cool individual characters that could be focused on: Logain before he shows up in the main story, his uprising and capture as a False Dragon. Bayle Doman, Cadsuane, Siuan and personally I love Chel Vanin and would dig to see him get some love on his own or somehow tied into some other stuff. I guess lastly, the things I think might be trickiest… going back to the Age of Legends (AOL). Seems extra tricky since it’s supposed to be the age of LEGENDS, maybe it should stay in the mist of legends. I also think it might be hard to really get a feel for and do right. If done, it might work best to not really be at the peak of the AOL, but after it started to come apart in “the Collapse” where things were already pretty bleak and they were losing much of their ancient knowledge and high technology. The Collapse is said to be when the first Darkfriends arose. Seeing that happen and seeing how the Forsaken went over could be cool… or ruin them for us. Would it be cool or suck to see the debate between the ancient Aes Seadi on how to defeat the Dark One and how the other plan of the Fateful Concord to defeat it with the Choedan Kal sa’angreal went awry when the lost the keys of the sa’angreal to the Forsaken, so the 100 Companions had no choice but to strike at Shayol Ghul with the 7 Seals and the birth of the Taint and the start of the Breaking… maybe ending with the death of Lews Therin and the formation of Dragonmount and the island that would one day become Tar Valon… could be amazing… could ruin a story better told as wispy history. Anyway… I’m sure I missed a dozen other cool ideas, but there is SO much that could be amazing stories. So do we NEED them, no. Could they be awesome and expand the WOT universe in really fun ways, yes. Could they also suck and take some of the shine off an otherwise nearly perfect masterpiece, maybe. Perhaps I find it easier than some to enjoy what I enjoy and ignore the crap that could taint it, but for me… I’d be ready to toss the dice.

I could go for a collection of short stories following up several years after the end of AMOL, tracking down the main characters, a brief insight into how people pick up the pieces; Andor, The Black and White towers, Mat and Tuon, Moraine and Thom, dealing with being Court Bard and Aes Sedai...that sort of thing (maybe just a little tiny look at Rand - no new conflict, just a look at what he's up to and managing his time with his three women...)

I’d love the White/Black Towers aftermath specifically from Androl and Pavara. Also would love the history of Hawkwing, a story from Shara and the story of the events leading up to the SeanChan coming to Randland. And while I’m dreaming, can we have a copy of the Travels of Jain Farstrider??!

"Hey give me another book!" This is a very difficult question to answer. Yes, the fear of messing with canon or legacy is high. This leads to one answer only and it does not guarantee book sales. You have to find an area and time Jordan did not explore too heavily. With just my initial thought, I know of two: Shara before or during WOT era and the Blight and the Shadow's forces growth upto the WOT era. These are the two that come to mind that I feel safe with another author tackling. Though they can still ruin it they have very little effect with the completed work. I must admit two other areas I would've loved explored by Jordan, still feel the need to know more, was Malkier and Manatheren. I just don't feel secure another author wouldn't ruin them that is why I feel Blight and Shara are safe to explore.

@tylinstoy from Twitter here: Surprised you didn’t mention or suggest anything from the Age of Legends- we obviously see perspectives throughout, particularly as Rand goes through Rhuidean, but seeing something about the War of Power and the Breaking has always appealed to me. However, watching this, having that as a video game- that would be amazing

I'm only about to get my hands on and dive into The Dragon Reborn in a few days, but before I click off to not get spoiled, I do have thoughts I say no. I'm generally against continuing stories after THE ending, especially with things of such large scope as WOT. The intended story was told, and unless the author was originally planning more, I think it's better to let the story be as it is Another issue is of Robert Jordan's death. Had he been alive, he may have written more, and I'd be very okay with that. But having somebody else now start a new story in the WOT world would feel like a certain disrespect to Jordan

Am i the only one who remembers Avianda's vision of the future of her line with rand?? there was supposed to be a whole thing about them leading a war against the Seanchan...

If we were going to get any additional stories in print I'd like to see some stuff that's a little out of left field. I'd like to see a Tigraine POV story, going from Andor to Dragonmount. A chronicle of Ishamael's machinations from his not quite imprisonment could be really interesting too, I want to know what the process of being tossed out and pulled back into that prison was like for him. This could be a thing that is broken down into discreet 3rds based on the periods when he was free. A collection of short stories from character POVs that were never done in the main series could be fun too.

I could honestly go in for a Rand novella. I think it could be interesting to explore him traveling the world and encountering injustices, but being torn between wanting to help people and letting the events of the world run their course free from his interference. It would have to be a less sword-and-sorcery-ey book because all conflict would have to be emotional for him. Nonetheless, I think it could still be really fascinating if handled correctly.

Ooh! Actually, the one story I kinda wanted expanded was Aviendha’s children. Not her children exactly, but the fact that one of them said she was perpetually holding on to the OP, even while sleeping. Like how? Was this ever explained? Does this happen when two really powerful channelers have children? I want a short story on that.

Lan and Nynaeve go off together to an exotic, foreign land that is warmer, with tropical beaches and rum. She sits on the beach until a friend drops her off a note, right before she disappears. The two go on an exotic adventure, to find a magic green jewel hidden in the bottom of a cuendiller statue, along the banks of a great river called the Nyaelle. It would be called Romancing the Sa'angreal.

I was asked what they should do with the wheel of time world, with brandon sanderson writing, would be to let him write more storylines like Androl. It's just what hes so good at. Interesting characters with an unique take on using the power. I feel like that would let him go with his own plots and characters, and uses of the power. I think he could do that really well, but I'm reluctant to have him take existing characters and build on it.

How about Arthur Hawkwing's storyline? Or full storylines regarding the other continent.

Something I would like in terms of the Matt and Tuon story would be if they returned to Seanchan and Tuon was assassinated and Matt went on the run trying to return to the westlands

Don’t touch Wheel of Time (except the live adaptation- that’s fine)

Which metal is tattooed on your wrist? That looks sick! Just finished with my second WOT tattoo. I was thinking maybe red rising or codex alera series themed next. Love your videos. So glad I have someone to geek out with over books 😁

Brandon Sanderson has talked a lot about his respect for Robert Jordan's legacy, he even specifically said that he's never going to do a Seanchan story because he didn't have enough source material (notes and cannon) from RJ. So I think Brandon would be quite hesitant to come back and expand WoT for any reason at all. I respect the guy a lot for this and he seems to have WoT's legacy well in hand along with Harriet, who he talks to all the time and gets her permission for everything.

Perrin has children and they have to tackle threats to Saldea and the Two Rivers/Menetheren. Perhaps carve out a nice kingdom to include the two together. It's gotta happen. With Andor/Cairhien uniting and Tarabon/Amadicia/Altara unified under the Seanchan, other kingdoms will have to unite or die. It'll be interesting to see how these Kingdoms will attempt to expand their influence despite Rand's treaty. The Aiel will find themselves struggling to settle the scuffle.

My thought on this would be taking the bits and hints (and maybe notes from RJ) and do many books/multiple series relating to the age of ledgonds, the trollock wars, Artur Hawkwing, The heros of the horn, the fall of Malkier, etc. All things discussed or hinted at by the main series, but would not break it (as long as edited properly). It could lent itself to great stories, and if nothing else help the world feel more lived in. Also, id doing the Age of Legonds, the forsaken could be really explored at a deeper level.

I would really love to see a conclusion for the two towers, combined with the Seanchan conflict resolved because: Spoiler I was really hurt when Egwene died, not because I liked her character, but it feels like so much potential is lost. She had a plan on how to address the issue of the damane and was already talking to Fortuona about it. I don't think Cadsuane will be good at solving this. I would also like to see Androl working towards a unified tower, where not strenght in power but in character determines the rank.

Hey Daniel, what about a trilogy dealing with the Age of Legends War of Shadow culminating with the ending of the Kinslayer prologue from the Eye of the World.

Here's my standard rule for new books/content for a story. Make it disconnected from main characters and plot. The mandalorian is a good example for this vs the new trilogy. I just don't want to see more done with stories that are finished.

I would love to see a series at the end of the next age. This would allow us to leave the characters alone (except as stories in history-and the stories need not all be true since they are legends by this point), but would give us info of how the world developed after Rand and co-‘s legacies. Have the black and white towers reunited? Did they ever manage to rescue the channeling slaves? What happened to the Aiel, sea folks, etc.. I would only want these if top tier authors with access to Robert Jordan’s notes wrote it. And honestly, if the TV show ends up successful (like game of thrones successful), future novels are likely to become inevitable. So, let’s make it clear we want these characters left alone and give us more world building by seeing the far future. Also, I would want all future publications to be edited/overseen by Harriet McDougal and Brandon Sanderson.

I think one thing that could be acceptable, particularly regarding many of the options you laid out, would be short stories set in the WORLD of WoT, of course curated and edited by Harriet and Brandon to make sure all lore is correct and not harming the true storyline. Particularly if these weren't PoV from any of the major characters of the main series, they could have smaller stakes while still telling important stories. Examples would include events from the War of Power or Trolloc Wars from the perspective of those involved, or even to take the more exciting options of fourth age continuation such as the Seanchan, where the story could simply reference Mat and Tuon and the challenges they face without directly involving them. Also, things going on "off to the side" during the main story could be worthwhile, and could even likely be derived from notes that RJ had on the topic that were never explored (e.g., River of Souls).

Anyone remember Battle for Middle Earth? I think a WOT game with the same premise might actually be great. You still follow the basic story of the EF’s 5 and have the grand battles included.

On the whole I'd say no - hard to see how anyone could do this without it kind of ruining things, but if I had to choose a few ideas I'd say either make them really different so mentally it can remain a separate thing or use some of the conflicts from the breaking/hawking/seanchan/false dragons which we have almost no details about. A few ideas could be: Ishamel's point of view from the breaking through the Trolloc wars might be cool. A group of short stories about what happened to each of the forsaken to make them turn to the shadow from their POV. The story of Hawkwing's brother's invasion and conquest of Seanchan - almost nothing is written about this so it could be different with all new everything and not affect the WOT cannon too much at all. Or maybe a new character from the end days of the war of power to setting things up for the Eye of world . Also a group of short stories The Travels Of Jain Farstrider could also be done without really messing with anything canon.

I could see 2 distinct options. Historic periods like the Trolloc wars, Hawking, the War of Power. 2and would be series of books all being short stories by different authors. Like a tribute to Jordan. They could be stories, about 100 pages each, about Aiel like a young Rhuarc becoming chief, famous Aes Sedai, and even the Forsaken initial turns to the shadow.

Definitely pumped for the tv show, and while I’m trying to manage my expectations, I have high hopes. And I’m all for a wheel of time video game, though I’m much more of a casual gamer and would just hope for a more story based, single player game. As for spin off books, I’m kind of in the same camp as you. Definitely some stories should not be told, some I’d be ok with if Jordan were still here to write them, and some a tentative yes depending on the author and circumstances. But assuming that we had the right author and the right circumstances, I think the stories I’d like to see the most are what happens in other ages. We can make assumptions about the 1st and 4th age, and I’d like the age of legends to remain a more mystical past utopia, and obviously we saw a lot of the third age, so I’d be fine leaving those alone. But as for the 5th, 6th, and 7th age, we really don’t know anything. I think the 7th age in particular could be a great setting for a spin-off. A new cast of characters, the events of the main series would be ancient legends at this point, and it’d be really interesting to see how the 7th age transitions back into the 1st. Like how does that happen, what changes? Is it another Breaking type event or a gradual thing. This would be extremely ambitious, but again, assuming we had the best possible circumstances, this is what I’d want to see

Agree, do not mess with Rand. Mat/Tuon would be interesting. However, would be interested with White Tower/Black Tower with Logain. We never did see him come into his glory.

While I agree with your take on Rand, I would love to see him cameo occasionally. Even a vague cameo would be fine, akin to how we don't see Hoid in Mistborn 1, but he is vaguely referenced. Even if it's just someone visiting Elaine or something and Rand was in the room, but leaves pretending to be a servant or something.

The two stories I think of most when I think about anything I might want to add on are the fall of Manetheren or the tale of Artur Hawkwing. I do believe Sanderson noted that Jordan was considering two prequels, one of which was on Tam, but there just wasn't enough material for him to go on in order to work with.

It would be awesome to have books in the same universe but in ages 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 or even 1. Especially 7 to see how the world comes back around to our time, though it would take several lifetimes and multiple incredible authors completely devoted to Jordan's work to complete this type of project. The way Jordan's universe works is an amazing setting for a fantasy series but the third age was too perfectly executed to be touched anymore. Potential books should be spiritual succesors to the original books. The second age came around with the discovery of the One power, the third after the discovery of the True power, etc. The rest of the ages are a blank slate with infinite possibilities. Like my guilty pleasure is imagining the 7th age to be full-on universe destroying sci-fi leading back to the creation and the new "beginning" of time.

Well, I definitely agree with your opinion about a new story of Rand BUT I also would love to see some cutscenes, some short peeks to what Rand does. I also would like to read the period shortly after the final. It doesn't have to be a story, I just want to see how the world fares with death of the Dragon and victory of Last Battle etc.

I think that no more books should be written after the canonical ending to WoT. I don't think the AoL should be touched either. Actually some of the best possibilities if more books are going to be written, is prequels about each of the False Dragons, Artur Hawkwing and the Trolloc wars. This is because these stories aren't super fleshed out already, but they are very interesting, have some details for a base/key moments, and the author would not have to try to copy RJ's style for prominent characters, like Mat. I would also absolutely Love a WoT Video game, preferably RPG, but I'd take an RTS or even MMO type game as well. Someone needs to get on this. A Board Game would also be cool!

After finishing the book I would love "The Travels of Jain Farstrider" done. It would be disconnected to the story as it takes place before the Wheel of Time story. Allowing for mostly just more info on the world and possible cameo's of smaller side characters obviously younger.

I could be wrong, but I thought the original plan was to have a trilogy of prequel books, following Moiraine, with the last one concluding as her and Lan rode into Emond's Field. While I'd be interested in seeing the two more after New Spring, I also don't really feel like it is necessary.

Oh, and from Daniel I'd like to see more character adaptation videos. I loved the few you've done!

Some Hawkwing material would be cool. There are a lof "that would be nice", but just like you daniel, I don't think I trust anyone else than Jordan (or possibly maybe Sanderson) with it.

I have not read all comments here but Daniel I am interested in someone writing the Lees Therin Story similar to a better done Episode 1-3 of Star Wars. The anthology didn’t speak to the emotional charge we got snippets of in the 15 cannon books. Thoughts???

I am on board with the video game ideas and I totally agree with your thoughts on video game canon vs book canon. Games allow you to explore those stories and time periods that we as fans love to speculate on without hurting the legacy of WoT. My personal vote is for a rpg style game (more like Skyrim but I like third person.) set about a generation into the fourth age. Even in this the most I want to see from Rand is maybe an easter egg or a side quest. It would be cool to come across him playing his flute at an in somewhere for a meal☺

I've always been torn here; I want more but worry about quality. I think the only way would be going way back in time and showing big events (Hawkwing, Paendrag and Seanchan, Breaking, etc.)

Another thing is that honestly I wouldn’t want Brandon working on more WoT when he has so much on his plate that I don’t want to get delayed lol

I want to see the Ogier origin story. What world did they come from? How did the Black Wind come to be? What exactly was the Ogier's relationship with the Nym? Could the tree singers have been enlisted to help slow the spread of the blight?