I discussed that dream in the theory (which is actually a part of three separate dreams, one of which has two options, like Min's viewing). In one dream, Egwene bonds Rand. But dreams are only possibilities. Egwene had that dream early in Lord of Chaos, but she didn't interpret it until she met with Gawyn in Cairhien, when he was part of the delegation that kidnapped Rand. At that moment she knew that the dream means she would bond him, which means that she made the choice that decided Min's viewing (though I think she will have to make that choice again, when she actually bonds him).
In the last one, this almost has to have something to do with her bonding him. She has to do that, or she is dead, as per Min's viewing. However, I believe she will manage to get him to go to Caemlyn and give her some space for a little while. She'll just have to be sure and bond him first.
Egwene has another important dream in the next book:
I think Gawyn will choose the wrong fork, which will lead to his violent death. The marriage could go either way, but I suspect that the marriage would have gone with the long life and the death in bed. The bonding isn't alluded to in this dream, so I think that she will bond him, but that he will still die. But Egwene won't die, because she bonded him.
TITLE - Lord of Chaos
CHAPTER: 15 - A Pile of Sand
Given everything, it was no surprise that Gawyn filled her dreams. Sometimes she repeated one of his, though not exactly, of course; in her versions, certain embarrassing events just did not occur, or at least were glossed over. Gawyn spent a good deal more time reciting poetry, and holding her while they watched sunrises and sunsets. He did not stumble over saying he loved her, either. And he looked as handsome as he really was. Others were all her own. Tender kisses that lasted forever. Him kneeling while she cupped his head in her hands. Some made no sense. Twice, right atop one another, she dreamed of taking him by the shoulders and trying to turn him to face the other way against his will. Once he brushed her hands away roughly; the other time, she was somehow stronger than he. The two blended together hazily. In another he began swinging a door closed on her, and she knew if that narrowing gap of light vanished, she was dead.
CHAPTER: 15 - A Pile of Sand
Given everything, it was no surprise that Gawyn filled her dreams. Sometimes she repeated one of his, though not exactly, of course; in her versions, certain embarrassing events just did not occur, or at least were glossed over. Gawyn spent a good deal more time reciting poetry, and holding her while they watched sunrises and sunsets. He did not stumble over saying he loved her, either. And he looked as handsome as he really was. Others were all her own. Tender kisses that lasted forever. Him kneeling while she cupped his head in her hands. Some made no sense. Twice, right atop one another, she dreamed of taking him by the shoulders and trying to turn him to face the other way against his will. Once he brushed her hands away roughly; the other time, she was somehow stronger than he. The two blended together hazily. In another he began swinging a door closed on her, and she knew if that narrowing gap of light vanished, she was dead.
In the last one, this almost has to have something to do with her bonding him. She has to do that, or she is dead, as per Min's viewing. However, I believe she will manage to get him to go to Caemlyn and give her some space for a little while. She'll just have to be sure and bond him first.
Egwene has another important dream in the next book:
TITLE - A Crown of Swords
CHAPTER: 10 - Unseen Eyes
Perhaps it was inevitable she should dream first of Gawyn, because she had been thinking of him.
She stood in a vast, dim chamber where everything was indistinct. Everything except Gawyn, slowly coming toward her. A tall, beautiful man - had she ever thought his half-brother Galad was more beautiful? - with golden hair and eyes of the most wonderful deep blue. He had some distance to cover yet, but he could see her; his gaze was fixed on her like an archer's on the target. A faint sound of crunching and grating hung in the air. She looked down. And felt a scream building in her. On bare feet, Gawyn walked across a floor of broken glass, shards breaking at every slow step. Even in that faint light she could see the trail of blood left by his slashed feet. She flung out a hand, tried to shout for him to stop, tried to run to him, but just that quickly she was elsewhere.
In the way of dreams she floated above a long, straight road across a grassy plain, looking down upon a man riding a black stallion. Gawyn. Then she was standing in the road in front of him, and he reined in. Not because he saw her, this time, but the road that had been straight now forked right where she stood, running over tall hills so no one could see what lay beyond. She knew, though. Down one fork was his violent death, down the other, a long life and a death in bed. On one path, he would marry her, on the other, not. She knew what lay ahead, but not which way led to which. Suddenly he did see her, or seemed to, and smiled, and turned his horse along one of the forks... And she was in another dream. And another. Another. And again.
CHAPTER: 10 - Unseen Eyes
Perhaps it was inevitable she should dream first of Gawyn, because she had been thinking of him.
She stood in a vast, dim chamber where everything was indistinct. Everything except Gawyn, slowly coming toward her. A tall, beautiful man - had she ever thought his half-brother Galad was more beautiful? - with golden hair and eyes of the most wonderful deep blue. He had some distance to cover yet, but he could see her; his gaze was fixed on her like an archer's on the target. A faint sound of crunching and grating hung in the air. She looked down. And felt a scream building in her. On bare feet, Gawyn walked across a floor of broken glass, shards breaking at every slow step. Even in that faint light she could see the trail of blood left by his slashed feet. She flung out a hand, tried to shout for him to stop, tried to run to him, but just that quickly she was elsewhere.
In the way of dreams she floated above a long, straight road across a grassy plain, looking down upon a man riding a black stallion. Gawyn. Then she was standing in the road in front of him, and he reined in. Not because he saw her, this time, but the road that had been straight now forked right where she stood, running over tall hills so no one could see what lay beyond. She knew, though. Down one fork was his violent death, down the other, a long life and a death in bed. On one path, he would marry her, on the other, not. She knew what lay ahead, but not which way led to which. Suddenly he did see her, or seemed to, and smiled, and turned his horse along one of the forks... And she was in another dream. And another. Another. And again.
I think Gawyn will choose the wrong fork, which will lead to his violent death. The marriage could go either way, but I suspect that the marriage would have gone with the long life and the death in bed. The bonding isn't alluded to in this dream, so I think that she will bond him, but that he will still die. But Egwene won't die, because she bonded him.
So, what was that prophecy about Gawyn either saving Egwene or breaking her neck?
- 03/05/2010 05:05:47 PM
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The propecy probably got fulfilled in TGS
- 03/05/2010 05:08:54 PM
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And yet I wonder
- 04/05/2010 02:16:59 AM
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I believe she had the dream after she went to Salidar
- 04/05/2010 03:58:22 AM
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No, that was Siuan. She had to convince Bryne first, and Gawyn came along, too. *NM*
- 04/05/2010 06:59:58 PM
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Oh yeah, I think so too- I just didn't remember the specifics of the prophecy
- 04/05/2010 03:53:23 AM
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That might make sense if that had been what the prophecy said.
- 04/05/2010 04:29:04 AM
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Wasn't there something else, though? Like, Gawyn closing a door on her, or looking away...
- 04/05/2010 06:29:25 AM
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That was a dream of Egwene's
- 04/05/2010 06:52:45 AM
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I really hope so, as well. I think Gawyn will see Rand "die", though.
- 04/05/2010 06:37:45 PM
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