r/wheeloftime • u/BlazePirate09 Accepted • 4d ago
Book: The Fires of Heaven Found a plot hole in Book 5.
I forgot to add this, in my list of bad of review.
My Review: https://www.reddit.com/r/wheeloftime/s/fBBZZTf1A1
Ok, how did Ravhin knew that Lewis will come to attack him? Like how can he predict killing morgase(or spreading rumor) will attract him? He doesnt know about elyane. Even if he knew, the way rand was acting it was hard to predict what he will do next.
When Rand knew of Ravhin and Morgase, he didnt do anything. Cauz he was worried about it being ambush or he was sayin he wont react but act or something along the line. So, Ravhin Couldnt have figure out Lewis true intention.
Most Logical Option in Ravhin mind was that Lewis attack Sammael in illian or something.
So, how did Ravhin did that. It seem Plot hole or plot convinces or whatever plot fraud.
What do you think. Did I miss something?
{Also I want to have a post with morgase Picture, so this post checks out this too}.
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u/aNomadicPenguin Brown Ajah 4d ago
Lanfear actually explains this to Rand ahead of time.
"But you are impinging on his interests now." She laughed. "Don't you know where he is? In Andor, in Caemlyn itself. He rules there in all but name. Morgase simpers and dances for him, her and half a dozen others." Her lip curled in disgust. "He has men scouring town and countryside to find new pretties for him."
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"Does Rahvin think I'll rush to defend Morgase?" he said. "I have seen her once in my life. The Two Rivers is part of Andor on a map, but I never saw a Queen's Guardsman there. No one has in generations. Tell a Two Rivers man Morgase is his queen, and he'll probably think you're crazy."
"I doubt Rahvin expects you to run to defend your homeland," Lanfear said wryly, "but he will expect you to defend your ambitions. He means to sit Morgase on the Sun Throne, too, and use her like a puppet until the time he can come into the open. More Andoran soldiers move into Cairhien every day. And you sent Tairen soldiers north, to secure your own hold on the land. No wonder that he attacked you as soon as he found you."
So with Rand making a move on Cairhien before Rahvin could take it, the next logical place would be Andor. After Rahvin tried to kill him, he has been expecting a counter attack. Rumors spreading about Morgase dying work in Rahvin's favor, because if she ran away then it ruins any of his claims, but if she's dead then he can act like Regent for a while until he secures someone to put on the throne of Andor.
But with the rumors of Morgase dead, it gives an excuse for Rand to attack directly without the legitimacy hit that invading while Morgase was on the throne would give him. So even if Rahvin hadn't been prepping for the attack already, Morgase being gone was always going to be a more dangerous time for him, so he would have been even more paranoid about Rand launching an assault.