Book 13 Title

[Ehran]

Wasn't Mat headed to some tower to try to save Moiraine?   Could that mean that this book has that plot line?

[Ari54]

There's also the "black" towers inside the blight, too.

[avox]

Well, at least three towers are heading for action:

- the Seanchan attack on the White Tower (Egwene's dream)
- the Black Tower rendered in blood (Elaida's foretelling)
- escape of Moiraine through the Tower of Genghei

Dunno about the towers of Malkier, but I did wonder if the forsaken meeting from the prologue was located at ole Malkier...

Tower of Ravens - I don't think so. IIRC RJ said all Seanchan homeland and Shara action will be off screen.

So my guess is, any of the three plotlines above which don't get resolved in TGS will be in ToM. And the attack on the White Tower might well happen in TGS, since it's hard to believe it will happen after Rand's truce with the Seanchan.

[JCHancey]

Dunno about the towers of Malkier, but I did wonder if the forsaken meeting from the prologue was located at ole Malkier...

Graendal says it's in the northeastern blight, so no dice on it being at Malkier

[Wolfstar]

Isn't the Black Tower more a metaphorical tower... not a physical construct?  I thought it was named such because it was created as a counterpoint to the White Tower, not because there was an actual tower where the Asha'man were training.

[Andrew the Great]

There isn't one yet. There will be though.

@ Jakobus: How does being in the northeastern blight rule out Malkier? Malkier was in what is now the northeastern blight, was it not?

[Batchman]

I would have thought Malkier would have been the far SOUTHEast blight. It was about as far south as the blight had managed to come.

[Wolfstar]

I would have thought Malkier would have been the far SOUTHEast blight. It was about as far south as the blight had managed to come.

Yes, if you look at the maps provided at the front of every WoT book, that is where it shows Malkier's former borders.

[JCHancey]

Malkier is near Tarwin's Gap. The Forsaken met with Moridin at an old fortress in the north eastern Blight. That's how it rules it out

[Andrew the Great]

Makes sense. I was just kind of picturing the entire blight as being north, and then Malkier would be the east part. But looking at it, you're right.

[ryos]

I'm re-reading the whole series, and currently finishing up The Great Hunt. One of the Seanchan High Lords specifically mentioned the "Towers of Midnight", though not with enough context to really glean anything about them. It caught my eye.

Edit:

I don't think so. IIRC RJ said all Seanchan homeland and Shara action will be off screen.

I specifically recall at least a few scenes being set in Seanchan. Was that in book 8? It's been so long. 11 years, you know. I guess I'll find out in a few months when I get that far in my reread.

[Ari54]

I specifically recall at least a few scenes being set in Seanchan. Was that in book 8? It's been so long. 11 years, you know. I guess I'll find out in a few months when I get that far in my reread.

There was that one time when Avi accidentally Travelled, but I think that was it.

[Patriotic Kaz]

That was book 5 i think....

[JCHancey]

That was book 5 i think....

Indeed!

and now that you mention it I do recall the Seanchan saying something about the Towers of Midnight.
The attack against the White Tower perhaps? And maybe Mat will be leading them

[Wielder]

Chaos, this is awesome!  Thanks for the thorough laugh.