Rand using Balefire on Rhavin that was strong enough to bring Mat and Ahvienda back from breath is one of the best scenes, it introduces what Balefire can actually do.

Perrin hesitated before answering. He had dreaded this. He felt about wolves as he did about Two Rivers People. "They have caged Shadowkiller," he thought at last. That was what the wolves called Rand, but he had no idea whether they considered Rand important. The shock filling his mind was answer enough, but howls filled the night, near and far, howls filled with anger and fear. In the camp horses whinnied fearfully, stamping their hooves as they shied against the picket ropes. Men ran to calm them, and others to peer into the darkness as if expecting a huge pack to come after the mounts. "We come", Half Tail replied at last. Only that, and then others answered, packs Perrin had spoken to and packs that had listened silently to the two-legs who could speak as the wolves did. We come. No more.

Rand's viewing the Aiel's history is incredible. Like a ton of this series, gets even better on re-read.

Nynaeve healing Logain, and subsequently Siuan and Leane is on of my favourites. Also, the on where Mat duels Galad and Gawyn 1v2. And Rand claiming his title at Rhuidean

Dumai's Wells wins it for me, not just because of the battle, but with how Jordan wraps it up. I can so see it as a series finale in the TV show, with the last few moments being this smoking battlefield with the Banner of Light floating above all, with a narrator closing it out: "On a day of fire and blood, a tattered banner waved above Dumai's wells, bearing the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai. "On a day of fire and blood and the one power, as prophecy had suggested, the unstained tower, broken, bent knee to the forgotten sign. "The first nine Aes Sedai swore fealty to the Dragon Reborn, and the world was changed forever. "

Oh man Moiraine's letter, that tears me up in the last line to Rand. You will do well.... Great list

My number one is definitely Rand going through the glass columns in Rhuidean. The slow realisation of the history of the Aiel and seeing how every step was logical at the time .. so freaking good. Best mic drop moment of the entire series for me.

One thing I love is Matt kicking the snot out of Galad and Gawyn with his quarter staff in The Dragon Reborn. It’s not important to the story other than it sets up Matt as a bad ass, but it’s just a super fun read! Other than that I have no problem with your list. I can’t wait for you to read the next 2 books. A lot of people rank these in the bottom but I personally think they are way under rated. Have fun and looking forward to more reviews!

My favorite part of the Nyn-v-Mog fight was the comment that someone looking at them would just see two women staring daggers at each other and not know they were locked into a battle of Power (before they started smashing the heck out of everything, of course). The Lanfear-v-Moiraine battle was so epic. I wonder if the TV show will include the moment Lanfear exploded the wagon she was in and literally skinned the guy who told her Rand had slept with Avi. It's such a short moment in an overwhelming scene but it makes me shudder every time I read the series! The reason I love the Battle of Emond's Field is that it's the most human battle up to that point. It wasn't a huge army. It wasn't trained soldiers. It was just average folks turning up to protect their homes. Faile riding through TTR to gather people from other villages, coming in with the save, was great. Loial protecting the kids but then getting all Angry Ogier on those Trollocs, glorious. There are real consequences from that battle, and the village changes after that. Which is so real. They wouldn't just go back to the way things were, before. It's a turning point for Perrin in a huge way. Perrin is a bit Emo, and it does get worse, but it also gets a lot better. Perrin is my favorite of the Ta'veren boys. His best scenes are yet to come, for you!

My personal favorite moment is Rand’s vision of the Aiel’s history. It actually blew me away how much we don’t know about the world and it’s history. It’s really sad that RJ seems to be so reluctant of actually showing you something interesting about the world and the mythos and would rather have 15 chapters of characters doing chores.

I've always loved the Ingtar redemption scene with Rand during the epic end of "the Great Hunt". That's one i'd put in my top 10

10. A Morning of Victory for Egwene in Crown of Swords where Egwene's battle through those Halima induced headaches to assert herself against Salidar Aes Sedai's machinations and in the process, earn Gareth Bryne's admiration & respect in real-time. 9. The Conclusion to The Great Hunt. The scenes from Perrin & Rand's respective POVs are exhilarating. 8. The Escape from the Bubble of Evil & Subsequent Healing of Rand by Flinn with Aes Sedai watching with incredulous impotence after their attempts failed, in Crown of Swords. 7. Rand trying to get a peek at Logain as he is paraded captured through Caemlyn in Eye of the World, leading to him ending up meeting the Andoran Royal Family. 6. Mat's escape from Tar Valon in The Dragon Reborn... First the White Tower itself, then his adventures in the City and the introduction of his Luck and the return of Thom. Then getting onto the Ship to Leave. 5. Mat breaking into The Stone of Tear with Juilin Sandar in The Dragon Reborn to rescue The Supergirls. 4. Mat Levelling Up to Legendary General in Fires of Heaven specifically... And the whole Battle of Cairhien in general, in Fires of Heaven. 3. Nynaeve surrendering to Saidar and overcoming her block in Mashiara Chapter of Crown of Swords. All the way through to getting saved by Lan and making the decision to get married. 2(a) (b) These are both Perrin Scenes that I cannot separate. Chronologically, The Battle of Two Rivers comes first and is filled with moments ranging from the poignant to the desperate to the absolutely thrilling. Even though it is longer and has more to it, I cannot separate it from my other favourite Perrin scene, when he tells the wolves about Rand having been kidnapped by Aes Sedai, just before Dumai's Wells. 'We Come.' Those two words are enough to turn me into a blubbering mess every time I consider how much they mean, after Perrin tells the Wolves they have caged Shadowkiller! 1(a) (b) These are the Two Best Rand Scenes which again, I cannot separate. Chronologically, The Way of the Leaf in The Shadow Rising is I think the peak of Jordan's achievement as a writer, when Rand views the History of the Aiel through the eyes of his ancestors, on the way to becoming Car'a'Carn. And Jordan matches that peak for the best Climactic Scene in All of SFF Genre Fiction, imo, with Dumai's Wells, where two words again, this time cause me to erupt in celebration at the moment when our Hero's peak potential is fulfilled, with a power that is both momentarily satisfying, but also powerfully portentous about the dangers that now lie on the other side of this precipice. 'Asha'man KILL!' So, I guess I cheated a bit by squeezing a Favourite Dozen into my Top 10, but ranking them this way most accurately reflects my pure emotional response to these moments. Interestingly enough, only Knife of Dreams from the subsequent books contains any scenes that come close to being able to squeeze into this Dozen, for mine. Puts things into stark perspective for me when I think about Wheel of Time in these terms.

I win again, Lews Therin. Asha'man, Kill! WoT has some pretty awesome quotes and one liners.

I also love "Great Hunt" (probably my #3 behind "Shadow Rising" and "Memory of Light"). It is clearly where Jordan stepped away from any homage to Tolkien and went his own way. The pacing was the BEST of any book in the series. It's not a page-turner, it's a page-burner. That climax was so satisfying and exciting. Best moment in 1-7 for me is always, always Dumai's Wells. A big part of that is because it incorporates my favorite hair-on-the-arm-standing-up, lump-in-the-throat moment when Perrin sends to the wolves "They have caged Shadowkiller." "HOWWWWWL. We come." I love that the wolves are so invested in Rand and they also give him his most bad@ss nickname in the series. And yes, when he busts out of the chest I grabbed my popcorn like "Oh snap! It's about to go down!"

Going back through some of these older posts, and I agree, the 'Worlds that could be' part of The Great Hunt was so great, easily in my top scenes of the entire series.

So many great moments, hard to rank. Just wanted mention one that I didn’t see: Mat wandering into the tent in TFoH and casually discussing battle plans/tactics with Lan and then desperately trying to get away and ending up leading and winning the battle at many fronts and killing Couladin. Mat is the best- you’ll see even more in books 11-14.

*flicker flicker flicker*

The moment in the Great Hunt where Rand sees flickers of what could’ve been, As well as the end of the prologue in EoTW

Awesome list. I have the same #1 moment as well. That scene was very intense. We only witnessed Rand’s parallel lives but it was crazy to see how shaken all the others were after that experience. The accepted tests that the girls go through had a similar vibe as well. The Great Hunt has so many cool moments in it that I have make it into the show: The Darkfriend Social, Padan Fain getting very dark, the first time we see the Game of Houses, Flicker Flicker Flicker, Rand taking the horn from the Trollocs, the entire third act, the accepted test.

My favorite moment is Ingtar's confession to Rand at the end of The Great Hunt.

I found your channel when I started reading the series again. I like you reviews on the books. Moraine uses balefire on the dark hounds while they where running from Illian in The Dragon Reborn.

One of my favorite moments is Mat facing off against Gawyn and Galad in book 3. Still healing from carrying the cursed dagger for so long and still unaware of his unnatural luck, he faces off against two princes who are both on there way to becoming blademaster's and with a stave he manages to not only win but win with neither one of them landing a hit on him. For me this was the first time that I actually liked/appreciated Mat's character and from here on out he quickly became one of my favorite characters

Book 2, Mat using the Horn of Valere. Holy f***ing shit, what a cool sequence.

Your top 10 list is great man. I would rank dumai's wells higher for me. People exploding with the power was just awesome. Rand trying to bring a girl back from the dead in the beginning of the shadow rising. When Rand has to fight the copies of himself in the bubble of evil. One of my fav scenes in the entire series is in Winters heart but I won't say just yet. I could go on lol. Cool vid tho Mike.

Just reached the end of book 7 and my favourite moment had to be Duamai's Wells. It just blew my mind

i swear one of my favorite moments in this half of the series is Rands fight vs Asmodean just go good. as soon as Rand steps out of a gateway Asmodean just starts throwing slices of fire at him and it just goes crazier from there. Asmodean laying traps with saidin in Rhuidean, the whole battle for the sa’angreal and Rand cutting off Asmodean from the Dark One, just a very good fight. i loved every second of it.

Still waiting for that Top 10 Wheel of Time Moments (Full Series) vid!

One of my favorite moments is fairly early in book one. Rand is having his first audience with Morgase, and the general says, "But this sheepherder bears a heron-mark blade..." And all the guards break out in a sweat and almost draw down on him. "He wears it like it is his..."

Great moments! I also enjoyed Mat beating Galad and Gawyn, Nynaneve healing stilling and also Rand getting the Laurel crown

Going through this during my reread. In TGH, a top 10 for me is how Lan teaches Rand how to act more like a warder and how Rand uses that during his meeting with the Amyrlin and he learns who he is supposed to be and Tams history. Felt like things finally were coming together here and the journey really started.

Jordan's style is very entertaining and satisfying. He has essentially 800-1000 pages to set up an event, and that set up lets him knock it out of the ballpark. He has other smaller set ups, and he works them brilliantly but they still are like 3-500 pages of build up.

I can't wait for you to finish so i can GUSH about my favorite scene haha

Dumai's Well... Oh my. "Asha'man... KILL!" Yup, definitely a favorite moment, as were many on this list. As a personal addendum to the list, Nynaeve's breaking of her block in Grown of Swords in high up on my list. That was the moment that made me a Nynave fan, and it also had a big Lan scene. Sometimes the damsel-in-distress still works you know? I mean, she got free and would have gotten away on her own but time ran out. Fortunately Lan was nearby. A perfect scene imo. I will not mention another even though I know Mike has read that book by now, but it was the big even in Winter's Heart. Wow.

I love that tiny berserker healer (sic!).

I am reading the books for a second time and just finished The Fires of Heaven and there sure are some big moments at the end of that

My top three after Book 7: - Rhuidean; - I have won again, Lews Therin; - Rand meets Elayne for the first time.

Moraine used balefire on the hell hounds as they were traveling from the two rivers to Tar Valon

Battle of Dumai Wells number 1 for me, followed by Great Hunt finale (Mat blowing the Horn)

I have a few. I really like the shadow rising because it really expanded the world and the different cultures we were running about. I’m only in the middle of book 5 right now though. I like when Nineve and Bergetta affighting the forsaken, and then Bergetta gets pulled into The real world instead of the world of dream. I also really like the moment in the shadow rising when we learn about how the Iell culture started.

I know this was 2 years ago but eh whatever. Rn dumais well's is probably my favorite moment in anything that I have ever read

Today is Black Friday, time to "get to the punchin'" 🤣🤣🤣

My Top 10 (up book 8 The Path of Daggers) 1) Nynaeve cutting horse-lines during Perrin and Egwene's rescue (TEotW) 2) From FLICKER! FLICKER! all the way to the end! (TGH is amazing!) 3) Mat vs. The Princlings in The Warders Yard (TDR) 4) Mat's Lucky Night! (TDR) 5) The Stone Stands! Rand wielding Callendor (TSR) 6) Perrin and The Scourge of The Two Rivers (TSR) 7) Mat essembling The Band of The Red Hand (TFoH) 8) Dumai's Well (LoC) 9) Rand's Duel (TCoS) 10) Mat vs. The Gollum (TPoD) *Spoilers* (for books 2&3) I believe, the first time Balefire is mentioned, is in book two, between the Aiel in Kinslayers Dagger and Verin. Then again, in book three during Egwene's testing for Accepted, when "the supergirls" are sorting through the list of the black sisters' things, and once more when the girls meet Avienda, Bain and Chiad, before Nynaeve actually blasts the Myrdraal in that little shack.

Before Dumai's Wells, as Jordan despairingly makes you realise the depth of Rands predicament and how we and everyone in Cairhien have been set up by the Red Sisters (pity they forgot his sword in a cupboard).

Hi Mike. Coming slowly along with my re-read, and now I have passed 7 books. This video I am pretty excited about. But for the fun of it, I will list my ten favourite moments so far BEFORE I watch your list. Just for fun. I will come back after I have watched the video and comment on your fine choices, as I'm sure they are... For all readers, huge spoilers for books 1-7 below. In reverse order for the suspense... 10. Mat planning attack on Cairhien 5ch42 Before the arrow 9. Mat fight gholam and saves Elayne 7ch38 Six stories 8. Battle of Emond’s Field 4ch56 Goldeneyes 7. Moiraine and Lan visit Vandene and Adeleas, Moiraine tells Lan about Myrelle and attacked by a Draghkar 2ch22 Watchers 6. Perrin learn about family murdered 4ch29 Homecoming 5. Flicker, flicker, flicker 2ch37 What might be 4. Liah lives and dies in Shadar Logoth 7ch41 A Crown of Swords 3. Trollocks attack The Stone, Rand sees Moiraine and Lan fight, Rand uses Callandor 4ch10 The Stone holds 2. Rand rescue and Dumai’s Wells 6ch55 Dumai’s Wells 1. Moiraine and Lanfear, Rand’s and Lan’s reactions. 5ch52-53 Choices Honorable mentions: Introduction of Moiraine and Lan in The Eye of the World Egwene meets toh in Lord of Chaos Mat’s healing from the dagger in The Great Hunt Rand in Rhuidean in The Shadow Rises Mat at foxes in The Shadow Rises Mat, Rand, Moiraine at snakes in The Shadow Rises Egwene’s testing in The Dragon Reborn Nynaeve’s testing in The Great Hunt

Mike! Listening to you compare The Wheel of Time series 2 tokens Lord of the Rings reminds me of something Dave Chappelle said with regards to Richard Pryor and his influence in comedy in a documentary called why we laugh. He said " if comedy were a woman then Richard Pryor would have fu@#edv every orifice of her body. There's not a place in modern stand-up that Richard Pryor didn't touch." It's the same with Tolkien. If modern fantasy were a woman there wouldn't be an orifice or position Tolkien hadn't done. As dry as I find tolkien's writing I have to acknowledge Him as the Godfather of modern fantasy. I have to say I really enjoy you going back over these books and giving a top 10 moments. It's like when you recommend a book or series to a friend and when they finish it they're talking to you and gushing about what they liked and how cool it was while you nod your head going see I told you! This is a little off topic but will you ever do a book review of The Dark Tower? You know Amazon is supposed to be doing a Dark Tower series but I haven't heard anything since they announced it. Perhaps a potential video could be a Dark Tower dream cast and director. This is going to sound odd but I would love it if Quentin Tarantino directed A Dark Tower series

I'm at this point in the series now. Agree completely about the circus part of fires of heaven.. good lord... drank whiskey just to get thru those elayne and nynaeve chapters. So far I've hated most elayne and nynaeve POV chapters. I don't mind the characters I just hate riding around from their perspective, at least when they are away from either tower and off by themselves. Egwene POV got easier after her time with the Aiel.

...Let’s do a top ten list! Hahahahaha!

Funny you said that Perrin has the worst luck. He really does: He gets the worst plot line in books 7-10

What was the name of that podcast? The one with “get to the punchin’ “ haha

correct

All of yours are good choices. I think the two for me that would be up there are Rand's trip through the Aiel history ter'angreal in TSR and Mat stumbling out of bed following his healing and defeating Galad and Gawyn in TDR.

I don't want to go to bed I win again Lews Therin

I'm at half way aswell and my least favourite book is Lord of chaos it's all over the place really very slogy but the end is was brilliant but that can't save the rest of the book.

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I win again Lews Therin

I'm currently re-reading the series in prep for the TV show. It's an unpopular opinion but "The Great Hunt" is probably one of my least favorite books. At least in the first 7 anyways. It's been nearly 25 years since I first read it, so it's impossible for me to remember how I felt the first time. On rereads however, the last third is awesome but the first two-thirds is a slog for me. I practically hear the benny hill music as rand is trying o hide in Fal Dara. The whole Selene thing doesn't work when knowing who she is.

SPOILER FOR LATER BOOKS Imo one of my favourite moments is when rand confronts tuon about the whole you are here at my sufferance bit yeah thanks

Dumbledore dies !!!