History of the Wheel of Time - Part 2: The Third Age

#thewheeloftime #lore #thirdage

The Wertzone Blog: History of the Wheel of Time by Adam Whitehead

MUSIC:

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Music by CinematicSun917 from Pixabay

Sands of Time, For When it Rains by Juan Sanchez from Pixabay

Music by CinematicSun917 from Pixabay

The Sorrow II by Zen Man

No One Is Safe, A Solemn Meadow, Chasing the Rain, Wandering and Mining Song by Timothy Kulig from Pixabay

Near Danger, Never again, Rest of the Fallen by Guilherme Bernardes William from Pixabay

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IMAGES:

Castle_cl_H by Paperblue

Yukiri by Benjamin Roque

Ishamael by Seamas Sketches

The Burning City by Daniele Montella

Padan Fain / Mordeth by cagdasdemiralp

Shadar Logoth by Gal Or

Shadar Logoth by Sergey Shikin

Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan by end5er

Morning in Tear by aeddub

Trolloc attack by Sam Wood

Gaul, Bain, and Chiad by Joe O'Hara

Wanderlust by Aimee Stewart

Artur Hawkwing by Kevin Angus

Guaire Amalasan by Kaligo Dark

Artur Hawkwing by Adam Masterman

The Betrayer of Hope by Ariilustrador

Medieval Fantasy Port by LotharZhou

Dragon Rider Battle by DeivCalviz

Damane by Ariel Burgess

Constantinople by RadoJavor

Political Map of the Westlands by tgbkinger

al'Lan Mandragoran by cagdasdemiralp

Shayol Ghul and the Blight by NerdyMaps

Ghost Battlefield by Richard Anderson

Tam finds Rand in the Blood Snow by Jeremy Saliba

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Intro: (0:00)
After the Breaking: (2:28)
The Free Years: (22:24)
New Era: (48:13)

[fransmoolman]

Your manner of story telling is captivating, hopefully this video gets some traction and we can be blessed by a full summary of the events within the books.

[patrickgonzalez]

Funny, I am currently in book 9 of The Wheel of Time and I was looking for some video on Lore so I can complement more the story. I found your part 1 video yesterday so I watched all and love it! Now, today while I have my breakfast I am watching the video and then realize it has just been uploaded and then notice that part 1 was from 2 years ago xd perfect timing xd thanks for the content! You have one more subscriber

[Hydrogenium]

Glad youre back and also escaped the treadmill of destiny content.

[kathymueller]

This was awesome! Loved the graphics and music, r 27:49 eally brought the commentary to life!
Great job Mero

[PeachShortcake_]

You're one of the best YouTubers out there, man. So serious.

Thanks for all the incredible work you do for us, it's much appreciated. As are you, as a person! Looking forward to literally anything you do ❤

[timangelis]

Such a great video!!! Thank you for your time and effort!!!

[bozoforce]

Point of correction, the city of Rhuidean was built after the Aiel entered the waste which was at least a century after the end of the breaking of the world.

[alatar]

So stoked for the follow up vid. Ty! ❤

[orboakin]

Fantastic video, friend. I am one of those newcomers to the Wheel of Time franchise. I bought all the novels back in 2020 as i was getting into fantasy fiction but i onky started reading this year. Finished Eye of the World and now on The Great Hunt. Your lore vids are great and a real help and fun time for me👍 just one nitpick i wanted to mention. That part about the Seat betraying Menetheren due to jealousy of theor Queen is not unrealistic or some bad moment of "Man writing women". It's pretty coomon even in our real life. Women are just as flawed as men and give in to the same emotional vices, like men also do.

[GrammaCheri]

I just found your channel. I enjoyed this video. I never had a head canon of Moiraine speaking with vocal fry, though.

[jeremysmith]

Looking forward to the next part of the series in 2026/2027. How long do you plan the series to run? I do have to leave this mortal coil one day and reading the series may be faster. I joke, take your time. Better reason for me to live forever, although if you did only cover a volume of the story every 2 years I probably won't get to see them all. God, middle age is depressing. By this point I am just hoping I'm right and my 40's ARE my middle age years. Thanks for the great content, now off to go watch this part with what little time I may, or may not, have left.

[ganakaren]

Was Aemon Al Thor who Rand saw himself as in book 2 while using the portal stones? I was amazed at how many lives Rand saw himself living but the one where he is in Elayne’s kings guard was one that stood out to me.

[rafawho.]

Great video but I didn't see any functions holomorphic to D except in some isolated points as the channel advertised. Does the complex plain appear in New Spring?

[bholdr----]

@1:30 I could swear that the narrator said that Manatheren was "A thorn in the dark one's BUTT"... (Even though I know it is 'foot' in the book...)

I REALLY hope that was intentional, and not just my misinterpretation of the narration. (Y'know when you see or hear something and cannot un-see/un-hear it? It's better that way anyway!)

Great vid- CHEERS! 😆

[abcdef]

"Ok, everyone who isn't dead, raise your hands, so we can start all over again...". - Elisane Tishar.

[Lordenvay]

Janduin and Shaiel were not married
She would not put aside the spear

[Priceeric]

Where did the ogier come from? And when did they show up?

[heofonfyr]

why do you feel the need to qualify evils done by female characters as being due to “men writing women?” There are as many if not more evil male characters in the WoT.

The point was to explore good and evil and how each effect both sexes. Yeah, each sex is capable of evil and, yes, there have been women who have betrayed for even less then vain glory.

You didnt qualify whilst describing the jealous male forsaken who betrayed Lews Therin, but felt the need to do so once the betrayer was a woman. I think that is bizarre. Women are not morally superior to men. The story was about how the men and women of the light overcome darkness, not about men vs women in general.

Just such a weird ass community ever since the amazon show butchered the story. Seems like most fans have yet to grasp the heart of the Wheel of Time.

[theeflatlander]

I loved the Wheel of Time books. Watched both of your history lessons now. These are awsome. Almost feels like reading the books.

[imperatordrakon]

19:23 You say that like its unrealistic for women to be petty like that.