It is clear that Lan has a future in Mins viewings. One that to date we don't really have an answer for. Min had viewings related to Lan that thus far have not been clearly fulfilled ... I make no assessment of what the baby and towers mean, not that they are clearly things for Lan's future. I do not say that Lan will have a child or that the Towers will rise again, only that Min's viewing is symbolic of a future event involving Lan.
Or were in his future back in EOTW, but it could well be fulfilled.
IRRC, Min only had two viewings related to Lan (one of him, one of Nynaeve). There was baby with a sword in front and the ruined seven towers (which could be fulfilled or not, we'll know only after reading AMOL if it referred to something specific or to the raising of the Golden Crane in KOD), and there was Lan's ring that Min told Nynaeve was related to troubles but in the distant future. The one of Nynaeve is almost certainly fulfilled. The ring was how she got Lan an army. As for troubles, he's riding to fight TG....
A more recent viewing of Nynaeve has her kneeling in front of a corpse, in grief. Rand? Lan? Someone else? We'll see. The timing makes it just as likely that it is Rand as Lan. It could be about Rand, though there have been many already about him in a funeral bier (the first one where Nynaeve is involved, though - and we can't tell if it is contradictory (it's not Rand) or complementary (it provides the first evidence Nyaneve may be involved with the "is dead but lives" part, even though I still think this goes massively against certain themes in the series) to the all "three in a boat" variants, or Egwene's dream of a man on a narrow cot who is not dead yet and musn't die, but outside his funeral pyre is being built and some are mourning and others are cheering.). If it is about Lan, I guess it was intended that we more readily associated it with Rand's death.
After so many months near Nynaeve/Lan, and knowing Nynaeve's worries now that he's gone, Min normally would have come forward to reassure her if she saw anything hinting at happy events in their future. She must not have seen any children for the couple yet, for instance. Nynaeve's not pregnant, any such viewing would mean Lan and Nynaeve would be reunited. It doesn' sound like Min has seen anything with which she could alleviate Nynaeve's worries or give her some hope.
There are quite a few characters we know can't die, or at least very soon. Mat-Perrin-Rand-Egwene-Elayne all have a few prophecies about them still to be fulfilled. It's far less clear with Nynaeve-Lan, though it seems likely Nynaeve survives either Rand or Lan or both.
So who thinks Elayne will die in aMoL?
29/02/2012 04:02:07 AM
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Given the various Foretellings and Min Viewings the only way Elayne can die
29/02/2012 05:48:50 AM
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There is the one vision Min had of Aveinda where she was going to have 4? babies but it was odd *NM*
29/02/2012 04:53:46 PM
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She's already gone from Caemlyn at the timeof the attack, at the meeting in Merrilor
29/02/2012 05:29:27 PM
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I also get the feeling that RJ isn't going to kill off any main characters
29/02/2012 10:44:29 PM
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Ok...
01/03/2012 03:23:11 AM
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practically speaking you're correct. But this is a fantasy novel with a pro-protagonist tone
01/03/2012 04:24:38 PM
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I disagree...
01/03/2012 06:29:32 PM
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not everyone, but I'd bet the core group all survives
02/03/2012 05:51:03 AM
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Re: not everyone, but I'd bet the core group all survives
04/03/2012 06:46:12 PM
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Re: not everyone, but I'd bet the core group all survives
04/03/2012 07:32:31 PM
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Re: not everyone, but I'd bet the core group all survives
05/03/2012 01:54:49 AM
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is there any chance that the broken crown could refer to Manethrean? (sp?)
05/03/2012 02:10:17 AM
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Perrin bringing Manthrean back seems unlikely
05/03/2012 04:28:57 PM
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No, I realize that
05/03/2012 09:12:56 PM
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Re: No, I realize that
06/03/2012 02:14:14 AM
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Ahhh. I had forgotten that particular detail
06/03/2012 02:45:28 PM
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Re: Ahhh. I had forgotten that particular detail
07/03/2012 03:43:59 AM
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Re: not everyone, but I'd bet the core group all survives
05/03/2012 01:51:46 AM
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Re: not everyone, but I'd bet the core group all survives
06/03/2012 02:35:23 AM
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RJ says otherwise
07/03/2012 02:08:23 PM
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Re: RJ says otherwise
08/03/2012 04:53:42 AM
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You misunderstand my point
09/03/2012 05:31:09 AM
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Re: You misunderstand my point
09/03/2012 12:40:29 PM
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Agreed. For all we know the baby image could be Lan meeting the oath taken for him by raising
09/03/2012 01:23:06 PM
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Re: Agreed. For all we know the baby image could be Lan meeting the oath taken for him by raising
09/03/2012 07:18:41 PM
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Re: I also get the feeling that RJ isn't going to kill off any main characters
01/03/2012 03:10:35 PM
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I didn't know Naelson was a Darkfriend, or Tylin either. What about Jaim?
02/03/2012 01:45:57 AM
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they're not main characters either
02/03/2012 05:58:13 AM
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Yes. I am classifying Main Characters as Rand, Egwene, Elayne, Perrin, Mat, Avi, Min and Nynaeve.
02/03/2012 05:42:58 PM
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Re: I also get the feeling that RJ isn't going to kill off any main characters
02/03/2012 12:53:41 AM
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And you think she won't hop back to Caemlyn the moment word comes of the attack? *NM*
01/03/2012 03:22:11 AM
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No, she won't be able to weave the gateway and Rand won't let anyone make her one. *NM*
02/03/2012 01:48:06 AM
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The smartass answer: Birgitte. But, despite all seeming evidence, I don't know why anyone would. *NM*
01/03/2012 04:36:22 PM
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It's fairly doubtful
04/03/2012 04:34:01 PM
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Agreed.
04/03/2012 06:37:25 PM
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Re: Agreed.
04/03/2012 08:38:45 PM
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I expect Moiraine to be the second woman to link with Rand
05/03/2012 02:08:44 AM
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I'm very suspicious of the whole "Callandor" theory....
06/03/2012 03:27:05 AM
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I have wondered for a long time if the Ogier, Rand, Aiel and the Tinkers won't end up
06/03/2012 04:04:13 AM
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Re: I have wondered for a long time if the Ogier, Rand, Aiel and the Tinkers won't end up
06/03/2012 03:10:45 PM
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