The adventures continued, and it got more exciting. The 3 girls, Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne, found themselves thrust deeper into the betrayals and secrets of the Aes Sedai. The Black Ajah was real and they had to track down 13 whom had been identified.
Nynaeve's power was growing with a remarkable speed, but she still could not control it. She could only unleash it if she was angry, which is an irony; considering she thought of herself as Wisdom, but her giving in to short-temper was not exactly close to being wise.
Egwene, on the other hand, had grown up here. Though she still got into catfight with Nynaeve from time to time, but unlike Nynaeve, Egwene knew when to back off. She also got more power in the dream world, which I think will be one major point in the turn of the story in later sequel.
Elayne became more queen-like. Her knowledge in the old history was useful in their chase of Black Ajah.
In this third volume, finally the girls' individual trait came out. So, I now can tell the difference between each girl.
Mat became my favorite here. He was funny. He seemed to complain a lot, yet I feel he enjoyed this adventure more than anyone else. In the beginning, he was healed by Aes Sedai and afterward, he wanted to go on his own and tried. But then, he could not disentangle himself from the thread of others. His travel with Thom through places, laying wagers with anybody who was willing to (and won big quite many times), finally took him met the others and saved them at the end.
Perrin, saved several times by his increasing ability in fighting, and communicating with his wolf brothers, still struggled hard to accept this ability of his. Unlike Mat who made use of his ability to saving people, Perrin tried hard to stop using his. It was painful and tiring for him, of course, and made him vulnerable at times, also.
Rand's story, was glimpsed through the dreams and tracks others got on him. It looks like he had partially accepted his fate as the Dragon Reborn. He announced himself, traveled to Tear, left many weird events along the trails, and claimed the Calandor at the end.
As in the first and second volume, here subplots and minor characters' stories were also told in length. I enjoyed all these as the parts necessary to the whole series. I mean, the series is consisted of 15 volume books with 700-800 pages each. The story was taking place at a vast world, in a fascinating time, with one age coming to an end. So, of course, there should be many characters and events, major and minor, involved to make it represent-able to the age and that world. All in all, it is a fascinating story with deep characterization. I now look forward to reading the 4th sequel.
Get more detail about The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, Book 3).
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