His death was foreshadowed through the series, and we know that the Shadowspawn armies will most likely attack in ToM according to the blurb. Min even had a Viewing of Nynaeve "kneeling over someone's corpse in a posture of grief" in TGS. It would also nicely allude to the title "Towers of Midnight" if the last "King of the Seven Towers of Malkier" dies alongside his fellow Malkieri in a stand against the Shadow. Finally, I think it fits in a bittersweet way that at the time when Moiraine returns from the dead, her former Warder dies, so that they won't ever see again.
The corpse viewing seemed too obvious for it to be Lan. Everyone who read that would immediately think of him.
It anyway won't be a big surprise, because it was such heavily foreshadowed for him, and it makes sense for his character in a way. If this happens it's also only consequent that Min has a Viewing about it, because it naturally will have utter importance for Nynaeve's life. It would be strange, if Min never saw Lan's death. Though by stating that Nynaeve is kneeling over "someone's corpse" is still left open in the Viewing, and others have suggested that the corpse might be Rand or someone else.
tGS: Chapter 81 comment from BS (*spoilers*?)
- 27/07/2010 03:57:34 AM
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Yeah, I saw that.
- 27/07/2010 04:03:34 AM
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Well I don't think it was too big of a scene or RJ would have written it I think.
- 27/07/2010 04:11:01 AM
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Re: Well I don't think it was too big of a scene or RJ would have written it I think.
- 27/07/2010 05:17:22 AM
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Re: Well I don't think it was too big of a scene or RJ would have written it I think.
- 27/07/2010 09:18:54 AM
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You say that as if RJ was able to write all the scenes he wanted to before he died.
- 31/07/2010 02:08:51 AM
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Re: Yeah, I saw that.
- 27/07/2010 05:28:53 AM
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... and 94 chapters
- 27/07/2010 04:04:51 AM
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Ouch....
- 27/07/2010 05:48:13 AM
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BS twittered then, though...
- 27/07/2010 08:15:06 AM
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Don't you mean aMoL: Ch 81?
- 27/07/2010 08:38:30 PM
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The next book, Towers of Midnight, is meant. *NM*
- 27/07/2010 10:24:43 PM
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Hmm, Lan's death?
- 27/07/2010 08:09:25 AM
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sure, why not. my only problem is...
- 27/07/2010 08:58:06 AM
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I think if Lan dies...
- 27/07/2010 09:45:05 AM
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I was thinking Cadsuane *NM*
- 27/07/2010 10:46:26 AM
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Also possible, of course
- 27/07/2010 10:58:34 AM
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I don't consider it foreshadowing
- 27/07/2010 11:15:37 AM
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Hmm, I doubt it...
- 27/07/2010 11:25:57 AM
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Re: Hmm, I doubt it...
- 28/07/2010 12:47:33 AM
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rand's fake death. from a POV that thinks he died for real
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- 27/07/2010 07:07:00 PM
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- 27/07/2010 07:07:00 PM
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My bets are on Rand's actual death
- 30/07/2010 07:40:06 AM
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I can resist the urge. It's basically just a survey after all.
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- 30/07/2010 07:46:52 AM
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- 30/07/2010 07:46:52 AM
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Lan's death and Nynaeve's reaction would fit "heart-wrenching", Cadsuane's not so much for most *NM*
- 29/07/2010 03:50:34 PM
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