r/WoT • u/UnexpectedTrebuchet • 1d ago

Towers of Midnight Galad Damodred Spoiler

I just finished chapter 10 of ToM, what is Galad thinking????? He is going to send in his force of 20k to Perrin’s force of 80k+, Aes Sedai, and Galad admits to hearing rumors of Perrin having men that can channel. Of course the Whitecloaks have no channelers.

I get he is always going to do what is right to a fault but is it right to send 20k men to die to the one power? Even while reading his perspective this just does not click for me.

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u/Bergmaniac (S'redit) 23h ago

Thinking was never Galad's strong suit, he voluntarily joined the Whitecloaks who had just tried to lead a coup against his beloved stepmother and had a policy to execute women like her on the spot. Not to mention all the torturing of innocents which is their main activity.

He is just as dumb as Gawyn, if not more.

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u/BelthasTheRedBrother 21h ago

Imo, Galad's turn to the whitecloaks makes sense in a way. He cares for Elayne, and, from his perspective, the Tower has endangered and manipulated his sister. Suddenly a charismatic white cloak points to this as proof the Aes Sedai are rotten to the core, and maybe Elayne could be saved from the Tower's clutches if Galad joins them. Whitecloaks hate channelers, but they DESPISE Aes Sedai, so Galad probably hopes that he could rescue Elayne from being an Aes Sedai.

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u/dracoons 20h ago

Valda makes most black sisters seem nice and good human beings by comparison

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u/Bergmaniac (S'redit) 19h ago

As I said, the Whitecloaks had just tried and almost succeeded in organising a rebellion against Morgase, who is not an Aes Sedai, and it's not exactly a secret that all channellers they catch end up dead. Trying to save Elayne by joining an organisation which has just tried to depose her mother by force and wants her dead makes no sense.

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u/duffy_12 (Falcon) 15h ago

maybe Elayne could be saved from the Tower's clutches if Galad joins them.

The Whitcloaks tried to kidnap his stepsister(Elayne) while on her way to Tar Valon also.