My copy of TEOTW still has Rand suddenly appear at Tarwin's Gap. No mention of a shimmering portal in the air or a gateway or Skimming. He simply Travels, same with LTT in the prologue. That doesn't follow the same rules that are established later in the series, and this different kind of Travelling is never mentioned or used again (besides mentioning that this is what True Power Traveling looks like).

But, my copy of TEOTW isn't exactly new. Maybe it was tweaked in later editions? This is an honest question, I don't know. You don't by chance have any examples of tweaks made do you? Not full quotes or anything, just something like, "the first editions of the book had Rand do X, but after the rules were established in book 5 it was changed so Rand did Y"?

I know some continuity errors were fixed, Birgette doesn't refer to Elayne as Daughter-Heir anymore when saved at Luca's caravan, because later in the series she doesn't believe Elayne is royalty.


I hopes all that made sense. Basically, I'm just not aware of Jordan changing mechanics from the earlier books, just minor mistakes that were acknowledged, the sort brought up in LitN's Mirror World Switch.