LET'S SUMMARIZE - THE EYE OF THE WORLD (The Wheel of Time Book 1)

My complete summary of the Eye of the World. A Wheel of Time book.

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[TheOther]

"Mat, Perrin and Rand go off on their own to explore.. like idiots"
"Moraine scorns them for leaving in the first place and petty much calls them idiots... which they are.""
"Mat actually did take a piece of treasure from the cursed city.. cause he is an idiot."
Love those lines... could do with one more.
"Rand climbed up on a wall to get a better look at the false dragon and eventually fell over.. cause he is an idiot."

[Jamestp]

Just Reread EotW and (at 8:20) The Aes Sedi (Elaida) doesn't actually tell the queen what she foretold, she actually whispers it so only Rand could hear the part where she said that important part. Then she does some bullshit Aes Sedai thing and says "she has said" everything there was, because she technically did, she just whispered part.

[Bachhiavelli]

@11.30, wasn't it the other way around? Wasn't it Agelmar who insisted on sending troops with Moiraine while she and Lan declined his offer, opting for a small party rather than a large escort which would attract too much attention?

Also the Green Man was the guardian of the Eye of the World, not the blight.

Otherwise very nicely done. Can't wait for you to finish the rest of the series.

[Degenerate_Ape]

Love your reviews although there's a bit of flawed details:

1. @ 5:21 Rand and Mat gave the captain their silver coins which Moraine had given them in order to know where they were at for payment, rather than Thom with his gleeman skills.

2. 9:00 - 10:00 OK so Perrin & Egwene met the Elyas and the wolves. THEN the lot of them together met the "Tinkers". THEN they traveled through the stedding which was where Elyas got split up from Egwene and Perrin. That was when they BOTH got taken hostage by white cloaks not just Egwene. Perrin was SEVERELY beaten with scars he has for the rest of his life. And you went on to say they eventually met up with Lan, Moraine, & Nynaeve. But it was them who saved Perrin and Egwene. Pretty big part of the book. Moraine used the One Power, Lan extracted them, and Nynaeve created the distraction using the horses. That was when it became obvious that Lan and Nynaeve had a "thing".

3. You COMPLETELY left out Rand and Shai'tan's battle which Rand Believes KILLED THE DARK ONE. The Climax to the entire book. 😂💁‍♂️

4. Also forgot about the dreams that the dark one used to mark the 3 Ta'veren.

Rand doesn't learn who beggar was until Fal Dat when he was brought into Algemar's keep.

[hikaru]

*Spoiler*

Actually Perrin and Egwene stopped with Elyas and the Wolves in the stedding for water. Then the Whitecloaks showed up and catch them hiding nearby, where Hopper is killed. Perrin kills two whitecloaks in retaliation and both he and Egwene are held prisoner until Lan, Morraine, and Nynaeve helped them escape all the way to Camelyn meeting back up with Rand, Mat, and now Loial.

Also! "The Ways" are a very interesting part of the book I found. Loial leads the party through what is described as a pitch black cavern of darkness, winding paths of bridges and islands that connect in ways that wouldn't make sense if you could see it clearly. Even the brightest lantern has it's light dampened in the ways. They travel for days, stumbling in the dark silence guided by Loial(who is an ogier) and followed by someone or something. When they near their destination Rand hears a howling wind off in the distance which Loial identifies as "Machin Shin", The Black Wind, which is an entity created a time long ago who steals souls. They quicken their pace to the exit but the key to the door is missing. Moraine uses magic to melt the door and pry it open where everyone is able to escape. The wind is unable to pass through the portal

I just finished reading this book :D

[Turtle-Front]

He’s so young!

I mean, it has been six years but still

[Purkinje]

Anyone else chuckle whenever a male touches the taint?

[HectorLeeRodriguezDMin]

9:51 You named the Atha'an Miere (Sea Folk) but described the Tinkers (Tuatha'an). I love your reviews, btw.

[catherinepin]

Bless you, sir, I really didn't want to restart the series for the fourth time just so i could finally read the last book. You have saved possibly years of my life 😂 can't wait to hear the rest of the synopses

[pepepepedrinho]

"Because he is an idiot"

I love Mat.

[Cleric]

Thank god someone has done this, the show has me wanting to finish the series and after a couple years, starting book 9 was not working.

[Cazanator]

Funny timing this video as I have started to continue reading The Great Hunt (Book 2). The Eye of the World is fantastic, when they split up that was my favourite part of the book and when they finally reunited in Caemlyn that was a nice moment. Fantastic journey Robert Jordan takes you through and The Great Hunt so far is fantastic.

[emmaberger]

Love this summary. Turns out I remember most of this one. I think i read the following two not-so consistently but wanted to catch up before I hear on to book 4

[kintopacinn]

You got Perrin's timeline a bit mixed up. They meet Elyas, travel, then meet the Tinkers, dance with them, leave the Tinkers, then hopper dies, Perrin kills, and they eventually get rescued by Moirane, Lan, and Nyneave.

[Justaguybc]

Filling in for the last minute there of the eye of the world: (PLEASE write your thoughts about what you think happened here)
- Post Greenman sacrifices himself to kill one of the Forsaken.
All the boys & Egwene take off in different directions in blind fear of this last forsaken who is seemingly undefeatable. (Moraine and Lan attempted and were brushed off).
Rand seems to be the only one who is pursued by this Forsaken. His dash takes him to a cliffside and is now forced to face the Forsaken. Armed with his Herron sword Rand begs and somehow connects to the eye-of-the-world, channeling the one power.

What happens next could be described as a long dream.

Rand is channeling the One power and travels to the battlefield and does some lashing out on the Trolloc army (Key point: the army can see him or sees a figure at least but can't identify the person). After he is done there he is taken away to Ba'alzamon to which we hear the same speech you've heard before from all the dark friends etc, "serve the dark lord and you will be rewarded, serve alive or dead". At that moment Rand sees his mom gets tortured and unleashes his one power on Ba'lzy poo and ends up winning (god knows how) and freeing his mother.

Rand is back in the present, the forsaken is dead, and he is completely drained of all energy. HE tumbles back into the clearing to discuss with Moraine. Moraine says, "you could go crazy but it might not be best to keep one more secret between everyone since that's exactly what the readers want" *jokes*.

The Eye-of-the-world is drained "mysteriously", the area that was holding the dark ones cage, and Rand still holds fast to, "he defeated the undefeatable because he had some weird experience he has never had before". Lan brings out items: THe horn of Illian: calls back heroes of the dead to fight the last battle, an unbreakable - broken circle plate (that is claimed to be so strong that even when the one power is used on the plate, it simply absorbs it), and some banner (made Ikea size).

They Leave and Rand is convinced to go off on his own because the book requires him to be a dumbass of large proportions.

End Book 1.

Please fill in parts I missed or misinterpreted. The ending really was all over the place and I may have missed subtleties and or important connections to how Rand was going crazy with the one power.

[sKyWIperzzz]

You left out the climax of the entire book with rand fighting balzamon for the first time

[mrhypnagogia]

Read it recently. I loved it. I love the part in the ancient abandoned city.

[anjiandrada]

I am happy and grateful u made these videos cause they really help everytime my mind gets confused between the books and the show 😊

[netwolfstar]

Thx Daniel i read this book and following books when i was in highschool back in the 90s, i read upto the crown of swords and stopped. Only now wantong to pickup but dont have time time to reread the whole lot. Your summaries are good and my mind filled in the gaps. Thank you so much.

[nediojon]

Couple things you mixed up Perrin mets wolves and elyise then they meet the tinkers then the white cloaks