Eye of the World
Band 1 : Drohende Schatten (Threatening Shadow):
Depiction: A cloaked figure and some monsters(Trollocs? Who described these to the artist?) walking through a snowy mountain pass.
Scene: I suppose this may have happened off screen at the beginning of tEotW while the Myrdraal and trollocs travel from the Manetheren Waygate to Emond's Field. I don't recall that path being through a mountainous region, and most of the snow should have already been melted, but I could be wrong.
Band 2 : Das Auge Der Welt (The Eye of the World):
Depiction: Trollocs in Shadar Logoth.
Scene: I assume the red bubbles on the ground are supposed to be Mashadar. In the divided edition un the US (From the Two Rivers and Into the Blight), this scene was in the first, though, like you said, we don't know how the material was redistributed. My main concerns: the trollocs (again, who described these to the artist?) and Mashadar (Red bubbles? Seriously?).
What's wrong with the Trollocs? Nitpicking over how much of a human head is a bit much. Almost every representation I've seen shows them with more or less animal heads. Maybe they felt mist wasn't scary enough for the country of Mengele & Himmler. At least the scene happens. I'm not going to nit-pick over colors.Depiction: Trollocs in Shadar Logoth.
Scene: I assume the red bubbles on the ground are supposed to be Mashadar. In the divided edition un the US (From the Two Rivers and Into the Blight), this scene was in the first, though, like you said, we don't know how the material was redistributed. My main concerns: the trollocs (again, who described these to the artist?) and Mashadar (Red bubbles? Seriously?).
The Great Hunt
Band 4 : Das Horn Von Valere (The Hord of Valere):
Depiction: Naked woman confronting a group of armored men on horseback on a grassy knoll.
Scene: I'm at a loss here.
Well, being perverted Europeans, they really could not show anything other than Nynaeve's Accepted Test (silver arches, hello? ), and juxtaposing the presumtive Seanchan is the a technicality. Her actual Accepted tests aren't really exciting cover material. Confronting a withered old man, staring down a herbalist, and reluctantly parting from her husband are hard to convey visually.Band 4 : Das Horn Von Valere (The Hord of Valere):
Depiction: Naked woman confronting a group of armored men on horseback on a grassy knoll.
Scene: I'm at a loss here.
The Dragon Reborn
Band 5 : Der Wiedergeborene Drache (The Dragon Reborn):
Depiction: Cloaked figure (Myrdraal?) attacking a kneeling person with an axe.
Scene: Most likely the camp of the Dragon Reborn during the trolloc attack, though Perrin is awfully skinny, and appears to have borrowed someone else's axe. And has clothes on.
He wasn't NUDE. Maybe they were trying to make it even out with the nudity of the previous books. And you are overlooking the other one, which is plainly Rand climbing the Stone of Tear.Band 5 : Der Wiedergeborene Drache (The Dragon Reborn):
Depiction: Cloaked figure (Myrdraal?) attacking a kneeling person with an axe.
Scene: Most likely the camp of the Dragon Reborn during the trolloc attack, though Perrin is awfully skinny, and appears to have borrowed someone else's axe. And has clothes on.
The Shadow Rising
Band 8 : Die Heimkehr (The Homecoming)
Depiction: Man with red shirt and another man approaching on a horse holding something aloft (picture is too small--can't see what he's holding). There is a horned body in the background.
Scene: Judging by the title, I assume this is Perrin in the Two Rivers. Not sure who the redshirt is; random Emond's Fielder?
I'd go with that. Especially given the beard on the horseman.Band 8 : Die Heimkehr (The Homecoming)
Depiction: Man with red shirt and another man approaching on a horse holding something aloft (picture is too small--can't see what he's holding). There is a horned body in the background.
Scene: Judging by the title, I assume this is Perrin in the Two Rivers. Not sure who the redshirt is; random Emond's Fielder?
Band 9 : Der Sturm Bricht Los (The Storm Breaks?)
Depiction: Humanoid monster with green fur, a wolf's head and ram's horns apparently just fired an arrow.
Scene: Battle of Emond's Field? Did the trollocs have many bows in that fight? Maybe it's the trolloc ambush of Perrin and his group of young men.
What else? Depiction: Humanoid monster with green fur, a wolf's head and ram's horns apparently just fired an arrow.
Scene: Battle of Emond's Field? Did the trollocs have many bows in that fight? Maybe it's the trolloc ambush of Perrin and his group of young men.
The Fires of Heaven
Band 10 : Zwielicht (Twilight) and Band 11 : Scheinangriff (Fake Attack?)
"We got lazy, so we used covers from tEotW and tGH for the first two installments of tFoH."
Band 12 : Der Drache Schlägt Zurück (The Dragon Strikes Back)
Depiction: A red-clad scotsman in the foreground, sword on his shoulder, leaning against an aspen, with a man and woman with two horses in the background.
Scene: No idea. Some random scene with Rand?
Or Lan. And the man in the back is visibly Aiel. The cloak pin doesn't necessarily make him a Scot..Band 10 : Zwielicht (Twilight) and Band 11 : Scheinangriff (Fake Attack?)
"We got lazy, so we used covers from tEotW and tGH for the first two installments of tFoH."
Band 12 : Der Drache Schlägt Zurück (The Dragon Strikes Back)
Depiction: A red-clad scotsman in the foreground, sword on his shoulder, leaning against an aspen, with a man and woman with two horses in the background.
Scene: No idea. Some random scene with Rand?
Lord of Chaos
Band 13 : Die Fühler Des Chaos (The Tentacles of Chaos?)
Depiction: An eyeless Michael Jackson giving himself a hug.
Scene: Probably no specific scene. Random picture of a Myrdraal.
Or Shaidar Haran from, you know, the opening scene?! What with the firey mountain in the back.Band 13 : Die Fühler Des Chaos (The Tentacles of Chaos?)
Depiction: An eyeless Michael Jackson giving himself a hug.
Scene: Probably no specific scene. Random picture of a Myrdraal.
Band 14 : Stadt des Verderbens (City of Perdition)
Depiction: Red-clad man with sword sits on a rock. Ruins in background.
Scene: A little help here?
Shadar Logoth! Didn't YOU read it? What else would a City of Perdition be in WoT? Depiction: Red-clad man with sword sits on a rock. Ruins in background.
Scene: A little help here?
Band 16 : Die Hexenschlacht (The Witch Battle?)
Depiction: Lots of action. Farmwife stabs man with pitchfork. Guy in purple cloak with glowing eyes holding a snake-headed staff and shooting fire out of his other hand. Guy with long white hair and brown cloak shooting green lightning from his fingertips at the guy in purple. Other people fighting.
Scene: I can only assume this is supposed to be the battle at Dumais Wells. Any other suggestions?
I could continue, but I'm short on time.
Depiction: Lots of action. Farmwife stabs man with pitchfork. Guy in purple cloak with glowing eyes holding a snake-headed staff and shooting fire out of his other hand. Guy with long white hair and brown cloak shooting green lightning from his fingertips at the guy in purple. Other people fighting.
Scene: I can only assume this is supposed to be the battle at Dumais Wells. Any other suggestions?
I could continue, but I'm short on time.
That's what I'd go with too.
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"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
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Wheel of Time German covers 
- 29/09/2009 04:35:48 PM
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- 29/09/2009 04:35:48 PM
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And I thought the Sweet covers had no relation to the books.
- 29/09/2009 05:46:58 PM
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Actually these are mostly pretty relevant.
- 29/09/2009 06:32:50 PM
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Well, let's examine a few of these.
- 29/09/2009 07:43:59 PM
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Yes, let's
- 30/09/2009 01:20:35 AM
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That's what our Great Hunt book was missing... Hot naked chicks on the cover. *NM*
- 29/09/2009 10:30:59 PM
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Eh... most of these look like they belong in an old school D&D book
- 30/09/2009 03:27:36 AM
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