Shadow's Touch Shadar Jasad

by imriel452

In the Second Age, the winds of change blow across the lands. Read the history of the Wheel of Time, from the day Lews Therin Telamon gains the Ring of T'Amyrlin, through the Bore, and beyond the taint to the World we now today. PLEASE R&R!

1. Prologue

An Explanation:

Shadar Jasad is the result of years of obsessive reading of the Wheel of Time books. I can not put it any more simply than that. In my room are pages of notes, with book and page references, to every mention of something or someone from a previous Age or time, in the case of the Second Compact or the Free Years.

My favourite book is The Shadow Rising, mainly for Rand's revolutionary trip into the glass pillars of Rhuidean, and seeing the history of the Aiel people heading further and further back until we get our only true detailed glimpse of the Age of Legends. If you continue to read this story as I continue to write it, you will see that I have stolen some of the dialogue from these portions of The Shadow Rising, although I have written from a different viewpoint to that of Rand's ancestors.

When Robert Jordan died, I decided that now was the time for me to start writing what I thought would be a short story, but as I have planned and expanded it, I have realised that this story could quite easily be as large as one of the Wheel of Time novels itself. This story was never meant to be a prequel to the Wheel of Time novels; like all fan-fiction, it is non-canonical. I have however, been as true to the texts as is humanly possible.

Despite this, I have expanded it in ways that some readers may find shocking or, indeed, disappointing. For example, whilst I have kept all details revealed about the previous lives for the Forsaken accurate, I have developed them to the point where you will see sides of people such as Mierin Eronaile and Tel Janin Aellinsar, that have never been explored, yet I believe that they deserve to, for despite their flaws, it was the Bore that truly made them who they were, and it was the Bore than gave them the ability to be more.

There are also other areas that I have looked into. Was the Creator worshipped in the Age of Legends? If so, how? How were the ceremonies conducted? Who were the Nine Rods of Dominion and what was their purpose?

I want to end this with a dedication, to James Oliver Rigney Jr. who would never have approved of this, to Harriet McDougal, Tom Doherty and Brandon Sanderson, who have helped shape the Wheel of Time during the writing process, and after the loss of Jordan, and to those who have read and supported this story.

May you shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand for all time.