But beyond the mere imaginary, it seems to be a fact that humanity–true humanity–is constantly retreating from evil. These names would be unfamiliar to those who haven’t read the series, but the implication should be clear: the maps showed the steady retreat of humanity in the face of the evil forces of the “Shadow.” The picture is breathtaking: one can easily imagine a series of maps showing encroaching darkness. Humanity retreated, and the Shadow advanced. A second Borderland map showed… the Blightborder fifty miles further north too. Those maps told a story of fading since Hawkwing’s empire crumbled, of humanity in slow retreat. other nations… eventually unclaimed land and wilderness. On the oldest Maredo was gone… Caralain vanished…. Rand al’Thor is looking over a number of maps:īorders and names were enough to rank the maps by age. The parallels are palpable as one reads the book. In our world, it seems often that evil continues to exist unchecked. Evil advanced throughout the land, and had been making advances historically throughout the region with little opposition.

One of the strongest themes throughout the book is the pending doom of the rise of evil.

There will be SPOILERS in this post for the series. Here, we continue the series with Book 6, Lord of Chao s.

It’s cultural impact is huge, the series having sold more than 44 million copies. “ The Wheel of Time” is a massive fantasy series by Robert Jordan (and, later, Brandon Sanderson) that is being developed into a television show for Amazon Prime. “Humanity retreated, and the Shadow advanced.” – Robert Jordan, “Lord of Chaos,” p.

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