BS posted an old DM interview in which RJ said this:

Liandra from The Netherlands: I understand there would be a person in The Eye of the World, but that he was cut out or something. Who was he?

RJ: One of the characters who I have brought in later was a fellow named Daniell in TEOTW, and I brought him out because I realized he didn't have anything to do there. I reintroduced hiim later. At that point, he was simply taking up space.