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"I have come here to lick chapter icons and kick ass. And I'm all out of chapter icons." [Joe "Uno" Shaw]
The astute reader may have noticed that the little pictures at the beginning of each chapter are not randomly chosen. Rather, there are loose correlations between the icons and what happens/who we see in the chapter. Note that the correlations are not perfect, and the icons change meaning throughout the course of the series.
The very astute reader may have noticed that the FAQ follows suit, using the various icons from the series to head up the different sections. However, note that some of the icons from the books have been adapted to different purposes in the FAQ, and a few of the icons in the FAQ have been randomly chosen.
Here is a table of the various icons, in order of appearance in the series, descriptions, and what they seem to symbolize. Things labeled "FAQ" are meanings the icons have in the FAQ, but not in the books.
Icon | Description | Meaning |
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Serpent and Wheel | Aes Sedai, Wheel of Time, Ta'veren, the Pattern | |
Ravens | Darkfriends, other minions of the DO, or Seanchan | |
Dragon's Fang | Early books: Darkfriends, other minions of the DO, or Rand; Later books: Rand, Asha'man, saidin | |
Harp | Thom Merrilin | |
Leafless tree at night | Travelling through woods/at night. FAQ: Ishamael, Moridin | |
Heron-mark sword hilt | Rand, blademasters | |
Wooden staff | Moiraine. FAQ: Salidar/Rebel Aes Sedai | |
Flame of Tar Valon | Aes Sedai, Saidar | |
Sunburst | Whitecloaks | |
Leaves on a vine | Nynaeve, Tinkers, Ogier, Loial, Waygates, Green Man | |
Horned skull, trident and a paw | Trollocs | |
Wolf | Wolfbrother, Perrin | |
Lion Rampant | Andor, Elayne | |
Gnarled, withered tree | The Blight, FAQ: Shaidar Haran, ghosts | |
Ruby-and-Snake-Hilted Dagger | Shadar Logoth Dagger, Mat, Padan Fain | |
Horn | Horn of Valere | |
Portal Stone | Portal Stone, FAQ: Traveling, gateways | |
Rising Sun | Cairhien | |
Insect-Like, Horned Helmet | Seanchan | |
Large Leaf | Waygates, Ogier, Wise women, Tinkers, Nynaeve (Seems to be replacement for the leaves on a vine from TEOTW) | |
Tree with lots of leaves | Stedding, Ogier, Loial | |
A'dam | Damane | |
Female silhouettes (One Black, One White) | Black Ajah, the hunt for them | |
Dice (five) | Mat. "(Note the five sixes..Yahtzee!!)" -- Joe Shaw | |
Crescent moon and stars | Lanfear. (This one is really noteworthy. This icon appears when we meet the peddlers (aka Lanfear and Asmodean) in the waste. Had I realized it was Lanfear's icon, I would have realized then that one of them was Lanfear disguised. Also the same when she appears to the girls as Else. - Judy G.) Tadalafil and sildenafil citrate are two major impotence treatment often prescribed to men suffering from erectile dysfunction or problems getting and keeping an erection. Generic tadalafil is the ingredient often used in production of non-brand medications, which are absolutely identical and have the same effectiveness as the brand ones. Read full info: tadalis-reviews.com | |
Dream Ring | Tel'aran'rhiod | |
Waves | A journey over water. FAQ: Ebou Dar | |
Dragon | Rand | |
8-pointed star and gulls | Sea Folk | |
Two spears and a shield | Aiel | |
Bull with garland of roses | Gareth Bryne: the Sign of House Bryne is a bull with a garland of roses around its neck. | |
Elephant | Valan Luca's circus | |
Full Aes Sedai symbol of old | Rand, the Dragon Reborn- "under this sign will he conquer", FAQ: The One Power | |
Snaky square | Forsaken | |
Falcon | Faile | |
Sword crossed with fouled anchor | Egeanin, Bayle Domon | |
Flag with hand, oval, and sword | Far Madding |
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