Wheel of Time
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archivesMeanwhile, Hage has found the Guidepost to this entry and offers the following choices to you:
So you want to be a Dreamer. As anything, this need some learning. Dreamwalking veterans have set up some information on it under supervision by FAQueen Pam Korda. This is a must for anyone trying to enter discussion on T'A'R.
Note that this document brings you right in the middle of all Dreaming
techniques as shown in the sixth Book Of Jordan, Lord of Chaos.
If you haven't been introduced to the mysteries of it, you should be aware
that reading the FAQ might lead to spoiling the Sixth Book of the Creator
for you. Proceed on own risk!
If you aren't initiated to Lord of Chaos yet, you can try
the older guide which is based on the
Fifth Book of The Creator, The Fires of Heaven.
It's not bad, but has been proven to be obsolete in some aspects by
the more advanced Sixth Book.
Even earlier guides have vanished into history and can only be found
using antique access
methods and comparing with the date of the revelation of The Fifth
Book (October 1993).
As always, there are some people who want to rush in (not very safe, btw).
Be sure that horrible things (like getting calle da newbie) might happen,
if you didn't read any of the guides. The
Short Introduction to technical aspects of Dreaming will provide
some clues how to avoid ugly situations in T'A'R. If you violate the
rules, you might get bitten by Hopper or some other
member of the pack to prevent further damage.
Remember, T'A'R can
be very dangerous!
Sometimes things get too complicated to include them in the FAQ in their entirety. Aaron Bergman put together a list of some of these things.
Humor
Sometimes humor finds its way to T'A'R. As often dreamers refer to these
things, here's a collection.
To find your way into the Dark, read the concise thesis on
topics any Darkfriend (or wannabe) should be aquainted with.
The Dark One's Dictionary has been prepared by
Joe "Uno" Shaw and Bill Garrett
Bill Garrett has dedicated a page on his WWW site to Humor.
Look there
for some bonmonts from T'A'R.
Some answers to many questions you never(?) would have asked
can be found in the
Foolishly Asked Questions List (FAQE) by Michael Thompson
T'A'R hasn't always been like it is today. In the elder days, when all
was worse and we were but few dreamers here, Don Harlow had
some prophetic insights on the development
of T'A'R
General Information
Facts, everybody wants facts. Here are some, collected and researched by
several people:
There's a quite thorough compendium of the
Old Tongue
and a (though still fragmentary)
Aiel Guide,
a list of known people from the Two Rivers.
Lately that many darkfriends could be found that they dared to make their
application form available for both Dreamers and Lurkers.
But not all information sprung out by the Dreamers is true, much has to be
taken cum grano salis. As both encouraging and warning example the
Great Hoax is listed here.
There has been quite a discussion on military issues in The Fires of Heaven. You can read a list of armies that are known to be in Randland and a list of military movements in the forefield of Lord of Chaos. These
To show you what advanced Dreamers are capable of (and perhaps to make you rethink your decision to join us), take a look at our loony pet theories compiled by Courtenay Footman.
Furthermore there is a Glossary of terms from the Wheel of Time. This will be coming soon in HTML to a WWW server near you.
When passing the honorable task of maintaining the most sacred of
Net.Jordanites' documents the FAQ Dowager Erica dedicated this
poem to the new FAQueen Pam.
Ruchira Datta's trivia contest provoked
Don Harlow to dedicate a song to
Mistress Madwen . The Gleewoman in our midst, Erica,
recordered
Jak'o Shadows for us to hear.
You can find more lyrics in the FAQ and in
the Dark
One's Dictionary
Here you can find some Filk songs inspired
by The Wheel of Time.
There have been three surveys of the Jordan readers on
There are a lot of imaginative people on T'A'R who cannot wait for the
sacred Books of Jordan and have to do their own research on
the Mysteries of Creation. Look at the results and wonder about the
Insights, smirk about the mistakes and take a laugh for the ingrained
humor. There are tries on the Contents of
the Fires of Heaven, on the events in the
Two Rivers and on the
Plots of Chaos.
There is some information available on other Dreamers and Lurkers
who you may encounter in your ways through T'A'R.
Some even have their own Guideposts in the
World Wide Ways (this is just a Guidepost Hage set up to direct
you to the right paths).
We hope you enjoy reading!
Lyrics
Surveys & Contests
The Surveys
rec.arts.sf.written. They have been conducted by Judy
Ghirardelli and John Novak. You can read the results of the
second one here or
obtain it from the archive via anonymous ftp.
Coming soon to a waygate near you:
Ghirardelli-Novak III Survey
The Contests
Jordanites - Dreamers, Lurkers and Froupies
To increase the recognition value, there are
pictures of some Dreamers (and of some collective Dreaming sessions,
aka DarkFriend Socials). There are pictures of those times
when the Creator made some miraculous appearances among the faithful
(aka Signings), too.
There are separate pages available (from other sites) for the
DC/Baltimore Darkfriend Socials and the
Texas Darkfriends.
If you want to be know as Dreamer or Lurker,
contact
The Cabal {TINC}.
Meanwhile Hage managed to decrypt the links to other Guideposts. Some
of these might bring you into other worlds, as never seen here.
Other interesting WWW pages for Jordanites
There are many other interesting sites, but you can find most of them in the
SF resource guide, so please look at it.
Please tell The Cabal {TINC},
if you know of pointers to sites we should include here.
We appreciate any kind of feedback.
The Cabal {TINC}, wot@linuxmafia.com