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Interview: Aug 30th, 1999
Sydney Independent Theatre Q&A (Verbatim)Sastan
In Lord of Chaos when Elenia told Rand that Morgase and Tigraine weren't cousins, Rand felt really relieved. Was it because he thought there was something wrong having a relationship with his second cousin?Robert Jordan
Well he's not sure exactly how close his relationship to Elayne might be, how close his blood relationship might be. That's what he wanted to find out. He's in love with her and he'd really like to get it on with her but on the other end, he thinks he's gotta stay away from her to keep her safe. And on top of that, if she comes to stay, and god he might be related to her, and you know, how close is he? What is the relationship? He doesn't know. For all he knows there might be some way that he's as good as her brother. He's gotta find out. But he's gotta find out without letting anybody know why he wants to find out or even really that he is trying to find out.Sastan
But if he finds, because Galad is his half brother and also Elayne's half brother, won't he find anything wrong with that?Robert Jordan
No. The way the mother-father relationship works is different. He has a blood relationship to Galad. He has no blood relationship to Elayne. None. At least not close enough to be counted by anybody except by how many lines of connection you have to the family of Andor.Sastan
The reason that Morgase got her throne was because she was the most closely related to Tigraine.Robert Jordan
That's part of it. You gotta be closely related to put in a claim. After that it becomes political. In a way almost like... More like a republic than a democracy in that the electorate is limited. And in this case, the electorate is limited to the nobles. How many nobles can you get to support you. And she was able to get enough, finally, after something very close to a civil war to gain the throne.Footnote
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Interview: Aug 30th, 1999
Sydney Independent Theatre Report - Sastan (Paraphrased)Sastan
I managed to ask him about the issue of Rand and Elayne, asking why Rand felt so relieved when he was told he was not closely related to Elayne.Robert Jordan
RJ explained along the lines of how this was a quest that and alone could solve, that he needed to find out without anyone else knowing about it. He did not, however, say that it was settled that Tigraine and Morgase are not cousins. Even when I asked him a second time, he refused to say. Yet he did say, when I asked, that he did not consider Rand and Elayne's relationship through Galad to be of importance, or that they were related by blood. I agreed with the second part.Tags
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Interview: Dec 5th, 2000
WH Signing Report - Br00se (Paraphrased)Robert Jordan
Someone asked about the populations of the major cities. After a little clarifications, he basically said that Tar Valon has a population of about 700,000 and the several of the other cities have around 500,000. He gave a number for the total population of Andor, but I'm not sure of the number, and hope that made it to the tape I'm going to analyze tomorrow.Tags
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Interview: Jul 22nd, 2004
ComicCon Wrap-Up - Jason Denzel (Verbatim)Robert Jordan
Andor was the first nation that he really developed when writing The Eye of the World. He did not fully develop other nations or areas until later on. He "sketched" the other countries, while he drew Andor out more fully.Tags
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Interview: Sep 2nd, 2005
DragonCon Report - Isabel (Paraphrased)Zaela Sedai
Did Taim have motives for coming to Andor after he escaped the Aes Sedai?Robert Jordan
Ta-eem (he said it phonetically). [Don't know how to write down how to say it, but it's not how most people say it.] Sure, he is a man who can channel. The Aes Sedai see him as a man who can channel. They will hunt him down and gentle him if they can. He has one safe haven in the world. A place were there are more men like him. Just maybe, if there are enough men like him, the Aes Sedai won't be able to come after him.Isabel
(Sorry Sodas, but at least he didn't complete wipe out YOUR theory.)Tags
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Interview: Oct 13th, 2005
KOD Signing Report - Allen Bryan (Paraphrased)Allen Bryan
Dyelin is like Cincinnatus of Rome. True or false?Robert Jordan
True, pretty much, except Dyelin was never really offered power; she had it for a little while as Elayne's not-quite-authorized regent, but otherwise wasn't really called upon to save Andor the way Cincinnatus was called upon to save Rome. Otherwise, yes.Allen Bryan
(Be'lal, whoever you are, I win a cookie.)Tags
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Interview: Nov 2nd, 2005
KOD Signing Report - Sodas (Paraphrased)Sodas
Can you please expand upon what Mazrim Taim was up to in Andor prior to meeting Rand for the first time?Robert Jordan
At that point, Jordan stopped writing. Not looking up, he donned a very visible smirk that was in great contast to the very somber look he had the whole evening. His answer was a very crisp "No."Sodas
Thanking him, I decided to exit the bookstore. Due to the size of the bookstore, they would not let people back inside. So instead of waiting another hour for a doubtful few more questions, we decided that his answer was sufficient to know exactly what we wanted.
If you want my opinion, his look convinced me that Taim killed Asmodean. It was that startling.
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Interview: Oct 21st, 1994
AOL Chat 2 (Verbatim)Question
If Rand's mother isn't Aiel, was she formerly Queen of Andor?Robert Jordan
Read and find out!Tags
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Interview: Apr 23rd, 2010
JordanCon 2010 Q&A Report - Terez (Paraphrased)Terez
When I was in line, I asked Brandon and Harriet (mostly Harriet, since she was signing my books) if the Andoran royal line is descended from Rand's Aiel line (see this post) [by Rhea, the Aiel daughter of Adan who was kidnapped along with several other women in Rand's Rhuidean visions]:Harriet McDougal
I got a lovely smile from Harriet that told me she was pleased that someone had finally figured that out, and she said that she believes I am exactly right about that. She was a little sketchy on the details, though, and so was Brandon, so Brandon said it was essentially a MAFO. So I talked to Maria after that session, and she was taking a break so I didn't want to ask her about it just then, so I asked her if I could message her about it, and the other MAFO we got today, and she said yes, so I will hopefully be hearing more about that soon. Brandon asked me not to put that one in the interview database until I hear from Maria about it.
Maria Simons
Oops. I really have been terribly slow with these. I can’t find anything that says yea or nay on this one.
Terez
I think that Brandon got the impression Harriet was leaping on it too quick, and that's quite possible; I might have read too much into it.
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Interview: May 25th, 2010
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Rodel Ituralde and especially Gareth Bryne being blademasters seemed a surprise. Do we know why this information didn't come up before? In addition, Bryne mentions only being an under-captain during the Aiel War when The Eye of the World states he was Captain-General back to Queen Modrellen's day. But then the Big White Book also says that Andor had a different Captain-General during the Aiel War. A case of Robert Jordan changing his mind?Brandon Sanderson
Number one, let's talk about the blademaster issue. I'm not at liberty right now to say what's in the notes and what isn't, but I can tell you I'm drawing from the notes when I'm writing. I don't know why certain things weren't mentioned before in the series.
Maintaining the Wheel of Time continuity is an enormous task. There are so many questions like "What was Bryne's rank during the Aiel war?" where I ask Maria and Alan and just trust their instincts. There are other ones where they're not even sure.
Much of the time, when we run into issues like this, it's just me making a mistake. I do apologize for that. I promise you, I have read these books a number of times, but I don't have the type of mind that memorizes facts and repeats them back offhandedly. I have to do a lot of reading each time I write a chapter, and I often make mistakes. A lot of the time, these mistakes come because I HAVE been reading the series for so long. I've got these long-seated impressions of characters and events in my head that go back all the way to my teenage days. And they're not always right. (I didn't learn to pronounce some character names until I was well into my 20s.) Sometimes, I just assume I know something when I've been wrong about it all along. Those are the dangerous ones, since I don't think to look up items like that.
Anyway, with every printing of the books, Maria goes back in and fixes continuity. It happened when Robert Jordan was writing the books (though not nearly as often as it will when I'm writing them, I suspect). So what can I say about that? Well, Harriet is putting together a comprehensive encyclopedia that will become the definitive answer to these sorts of questions. Until then, I'm letting Team Jordan handle it.
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Interview: Dec 5th, 2000
WH Signing Report - Br00se (Paraphrased)Br00se
The next question dealt with the sizes of the countries and cities.Robert Jordan
The larger cities had between 300K and 600K. Tar Valon has 700K people. Andor has a population of 10 million.
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Interview: 2012
Memories of Light (Verbatim)Day 31
He doesn't want to fight in Andor, Elayne thought. He doesn't want to fight alongside me. He wishes the break to be clean. (p. 193)
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Interview: Feb 22nd, 2013
AMOL Signing Report - J. Dauro (Verbatim)Question
Can you speak to why Leilwen did not try to contact Elayne while she was in Caemlyn?
Brandon Sanderson
(pause) I'm trying to remember.
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When Mat came to Caemlyn, she was with him. Mat saw Elayne, but she didn't.
Brandon Sandeson
I don't know why she didn't.
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