First things first: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD! If you have not at least started A Memory of Light, you might want to put off reading this until you have, or at least leave some of the later chapters until you have reached that point. You have been warned...
I make no secret of my unconditional love for Logain Ablar. He has a commanding presence, he contrasts very nicely with Mazrim Taim, he has Min's prophecy of glory and power foreshadowing his eventual greatness, and he's the strongest male channeler in the entire series who isn't either irredeemably evil or a physical god. And if that weren't enough, he gets put through so much suffering throughout the series. Between being gentled, getting next to no respect from the rebel aes sedai or from Rand, and almost being turned to the shadow, a lesser character might have cracked under the strain (and Logain almost did!)
But despite being such an awesome character, Logain is hardly ever seen "on-screen," as it were. In the early books, this is acceptable, because he isn't really relevant to the plot at hand, but in the later books this gets a bit worrisome. We never see his arrival at the Black Tower, or any of his relationship with Taim; we don't see his reaction to the cleansing of Saidin, or his very first meeting with Rand (which in my opinion could have saved Crossroads of Twilight for me.) Light, he doesn't even get a POV chapter until more than halfway through the last book!
I understand that The Wheel of Time is a very large piece of work, and it is rather petty to whine about one character among many; but I simply cannot let a character with such potential go to waste! Therefore I am taking it upon myself to fill in some of the blank spaces in between Logain's "on-screen" appearances.
So gather round the fire lads and lassies and enjoy the thrills, the chills, and the occasional accidental retcon as we recount the many magnificent misadventures that transpired during Logain's lost days...