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Eegah2012-03-27 20:31:22

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Chapter 35: Caemlyn

Huh, still Rand and Met. Well, everyone’s almost in the same place by now, excepting whatever the very alive Thom is up to, so maybe it won’t matter much longer. So they’re finally in Caemlyn, and we get plenty of Scenery Porn about the place and how congested it is. Unfortunately, we lose Bunt when he walks off, hopefully not for good. Mat suddenly starts freaking out about the whole thing, but Rand gives a great Get A Hold Of Yourself Man speech that shuts him up for now.

They still have Thom’s clue about The Queen’s Blessing, but have a hell of a time getting a helpful reply. Suddenly I’m reminded of my first time in New York. After more fun with everyone in Caemlyn absolutely sick of tourists, they find the place and present Thom’s stuff to the innkeeper Basel Gill. For the first time I’ve realized just how bad this could look if they come across someone distrustful enough, but luckily Gill believes them, and even gives another infodump: Thom was Morgase’s paramour after her husband’s death, until he had to leave town over some unspecified problem with his nephew. His escape humiliated the city guard captain Gareth Byrne, who swore revenge. And it suddenly became even less likely that Thom is dead.

Much like our first look at Whitebridge, the Scenery Porn pretty much takes over the chapter, yet it’s interesting enough to carry that time, plus the uniformly surly locals provide a fun touch. Unfortunately, it also comes with plenty of Mat being an idiot that I didn’t mention, so his brief rise from Scrappydom didn’t quite take.

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Sabbo Since: Dec, 1969
Mar 28th 2012 at 1:59:12 AM
Right, Mat being the way he is now doesn't end for a while. I forget whether one of us commenters mentioned earlier how long that will be, so I'm going to not say.
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