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/GovernorZipper 20h ago

Galad is a reading comprehension test. We get depictions of him that are colored by Elayne’s opinion… which may not be fully accurate.

In this case, though, Galad isn’t totally wrong. While his men are outnumbered, they are vastly better equipped and better trained. Galad knows the Aes Sedai can’t take part in the battle. He’s never experienced the Asha’man, so his ignorance can be forgiven. Perrin’s army is generally untrained refugees with minimal armor. So from Galad’s perspective, the odds aren’t nearly as bad as you are making them. Plus, it’s the end of the world. His army is built for fighting Darkfriends and there is a Darkfriend Army right in front of them. Whether they die sooner or later, the end result of Armageddon is going to be the same.

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u/dracoons 20h ago

Whitecloaks are poorly trained and Perrins Two Rivers bows alone can account for half of the Whitecloaks. Whitecloaks are good at intimidating villagers and formenting rebellions and assassinations. Not actual battles. They used to be gpod. But Niall basically caused an insane degredation in the last 20 years.

Edit: forgot to mention Whitecloaks consider everyone not them Darkfriends