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A Crown of Swords: Prologue - Chapter 2

Season 9, Ep. 1

In which Preeti and Jenn tackle the massive Prologue full of absurd villains, two entire Perrin POV chapters, and some very concerning developments.


Sylas K. Barrett on the end of Lord of Chaos

What Even, Edward Rothstein (Flaming Swords and Wizards' Orbs)


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    01:27:19
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    01:39:25
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    01:22:55
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    01:08:02
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  • 3. Crossroads of Twilight: Chapters 11-15

    01:02:56
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    01:18:59
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    01:15:47
    Surprising no one, not that much happens, but we have lots of opinions and questions anyway! At least we get a decent amount of Mat.Next episode: Chapters 7-10