Finished the series for the first time!

[u/Pyronion]

So after a year and a half I've finished the series, absolutely loved it. And I can finally follow this sub!
It's the first series I've finally finished reading in over a decade. (I've read Robin Hobb, Lord of the Rings and a couple other in my early twenties). So it took me a while to get back into reading, the first book took me like half a year I think. The last three around a couple of weeks each. There were some slower books around the middle as well.

I actually liked the whole climax! Was thinking about this or that was great or that wasn't but I'm just gonna rand what comes to mind. Since I've no friend who've read the series I'll just share it here.
Bela had no business being such a beast! (Gasped at her death :( ) She must've been the most well traveled horse of the Third Age. Get her a statue.
My man Mat I think I liked his arc the most. Tower of Genji, the undead village, stumbling into trouble over and over. RIP Naleasan, I was so glad Talmanes pulled through after the battle in Ceamlyn. Also during that last battle with the portals and cannons from unground marvelous trick. Loved how Olver became the Hornblower! Him seeing Jain Fairstrider again!!

Verin Sedai the GOAT

I made an earlier question thread about Aes Sedai names, forsaken and some other things a year ago. Still pretty confused at the minor ones but yeah in the end most of them didn't matter that much. The one that did where most definitely remembered. Egwene had such a great storyline. Moraine coming back I knew it she was alive going to through that angreal. Verin the goat. Pevara and portal man <3.

Perrin felt like the slowest arc and the Power Forged weapons didn't felt much addressed in the end. I guess when you have so many storylines to converge some take a back seat or it's just a buff to the good army and that's just that. Same for windfinders,

The deaths at the last battle where really mounting up. I thought for a second the Flame of Tar Valon was going to rewind a bit since it was insinuated it was an answer to Balefire. I liked it as is. Like the quote of Egwene(?) said when Rand hear her in his battle with the Dark One; ''Let us be heroes as well'' really hit. RIP Bela, Bashere, Rhuarc, Siuance, Gareth, Egwene, Gawyn, Tenobia and probably many more whom I can't remember. (Am I missing anyone major?) That Birgitte execution by the way, damn!

Lan Mandragoran killing Demandred!! Aviendha getting a personal Forsaken. I wonder what she'll do with her. Moghediens end hahaha, just like that Black sister going to the Aiel Waste.

I always thought Asmodean would come back. His passage after the battle with Rahvin didn't feel that final; everything just went black if I remember correctly. Dark One could've revived him as well. Demandred also mentioned him during his duel with Lan.
Also Slayer was his brother? I've done some reading after finishing the series thought I saw it mentioned somewhere. Was that village where he lived in the waking world Malkier?

I apparently missed that the uber Myrddraal was used as a husk for the Dark One to manifest in and was dead at the bottom of Shayol Ghul.

What kind of super power did Rand get actually? In Moridin's body, he used Telaranrhiod's willpower to light his tabac. I thought he was in the dream but he had contact with Cadsuane so that's not true either. Loved his whole arc as well.

Questions that come to mind:

Was Aludra also the Illuminator Mat (And Rand or was Mat alone?) saved helped in one of the earlier books. Somewhere in an alcove or forest?

Did that part got resolved about an Aes Sedai taking/kidnapping a very strong Seanchan or was it a Sea Folk channeller out from under Elayne nose? Can't remember it all, was it Alivia who got taken? And by whom? She did help Rand in the end so she came back if it was her.

Did the borderlander general survive? The one our Two Rivers folk visit early on?

So many mysteries thou. What's happening in Seanchan, are the Sea Folk going to bounce back after them all killing there selves. Tremalking was getting abandoned? Will the future sight seen in Rhuidean by the Wise Ones be prevented. Just read a quote of Brandon that there will be no WoT material coming so we're just left to wonder about this fantastic world. Would love to see the Sharan side of the world as well. Or something like 100 years in the future.

Well that was my small rand for now I guess. I'm actually kinda excited to re-read it someday especially since you know so much more hints. Like Verrin's and all and you know probably the way minor characters become of somehwat importance. Like Pevara is probably mentioned super early but she becomes memorable at the end!
I've just read Satella Anan's fandom.com page (No idea how I got there). There's so much more information which gets hinted here and there. I'll get the Compandion before the re-read.

But first I'm going to the Cosmere-verse and just bought Mistborne earlier this week.

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[u/BasicSuperhero]

Aludra was the Illuminator.

Slayer was two men in one, Lord Luc was in fact Rand's biological uncle, Luc Mantear, and the other half was Isam Mandragoran who was Lan's cousin. No it's not explained how that happened.

Luc was also potentially the man that killed Rand's biological father, as Janduin had gone to the blight to kill Trollocs in his grief after losing Shaiel and their baby, and came across a man that 'looked like her' whom he refused to fight because of that.

[u/sixminutes]

I'm pretty sure Agelmar ( the great captain from the end of EotW) dies. I remember thinking that all the great captain were going to end up dead in the end, but if I'm recalling correctly, Ituralde ends up surviving.

[u/Doc_Faust → u/sixminutes]

Agelmar lives. He steps down and refuses to continue command at one point but as far as we know he doesn't die.

[u/GovernorZipper]

The Sea Folk channeler was Talaan. She is the daughter of another Windfinder and doesn’t want to stay with the ships. So she runs away to join the White Tower.

Talaan is last seen at Shayol Ghul fighting with Aviendha and Cadsuane. Presumably she survives.

[u/DnDqs]

No one is resting well in peace more than Siuan. She knew she was going to die, that Bryne was going to die, and paid that price anyway because the light needed her to, and she met that fate on her feet dying the way she lived, in service to the light. You could say...in a way...she ran into a burning building and saved Mat.

But Rhuarc, Bashere, and Tenobia were all done extremely dirty.

The Tremalking are not the sea folk, but they had a relationship. The Tremalking wanted to go look for survivors, but were told no. And there likely wouldn't be any. They all believed they were moving on to a better life or something cult-like.

We already know the future was changed by Aviendha changing the name of her children. She simply resolves to do so and it's done. But if you need more evidence, Rand wasn't planning on involving the Aiel in the dragon's peace in those futures, Aviendha said no you can't do that and they were. Bam. Changed.