The Wheel of Time
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Its a way to communicate a characters acquisitiveness or hedonism.
(Sometimes its just plain old fatphobia.)
Her hand has been chopped off, and shes being slowly burned at the stake.
Soliss chillingly cheery portrayal of this Captain of the Whitecloaks appropriately introducesWheels second episode.
Things only get worse from there.
She repeatedly blows his erstwhile girlfriend off.
Also present in the dreams, a dark man with flaming embers for eyes.
Probably nothing to worry about!
But we discover that both Moiraine and Perrin are hiding wounds from the battle with the Trollocs.
In Moiraines case, coupled with her repeated use of the One Power, the wound is quite severe.
We learn shes incapable of healing herself, too.
Its not clear if this is helpful or not.
Fortunately, the extremely cool-looking ruins were left alone.
Mat then goes off on his own and finds a jeweled dagger hidden in some debris.
Probably nothing to worry about!
Then the shit, or the shadow, hits the fan.
Darkness itself rises up and devours one of their horses, sending the group in three separate directions.
Perrin and Egwene climb one of its shield walls and jump into the water beyond.
As a work of dark(ish) fantasy, this episode has a lot to recommend it.
It all leaves you wondering: Is the Dragon Reborn a person youd actuallywantto find?
In this war, whos expendable?
