Andor's 2nd Clerk, analyzing the geopolitics and grand strategy of the world of the Wheel of Time and amusing intersections with other fantasy worlds. Trakands always pay their debts! (Elayne, CoT) #WoTSkies https://youtube.com/@tyriontrakandhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3m7xwfmpzsk2lThanks to everyone who tuned into the #WoTIdol Holiday event. I couldn't watch live, and it looks like it is blocked, so I'm sorry I can't properly show gratitude to those who had nice things to say then! But my song is now public, and you can enjoy at the link below: https://youtu.be/1ZJAWrcWyMY?si=ITtwNXpms-sPOfeI14 Dec 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7xwfmpzsk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3m3oqmjbmwk24The latest @wheeltakespod.bsky.social episode gives us an excellent name for Min and Faile's 1980's metal band: "Nife Girlz" #TheWheelOfTime21 Oct 2025 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3oqmjbmwk24https://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3m2nsqfqtdc22The weirdest take from a new WoT reader coworker at the end of EotW: Thom Merrilin is a cross between Tom Bombadil and Bilbo Baggins. (The others were more conventional) #wotskies08 Oct 2025 04:32 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2nsqfqtdc22https://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lyh7l4ogwc2kSPLR 14D MAX Wheel of Time Spoilers Eggy pick me as your warder I'll save you from Gawyn & I promise I'll train hard until I'm a greater blademaster than him & ... Wait, did I say that out loud? 😳😅10 Sep 2025 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyh7l4ogwc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3ly2hogm2v22xSPLR 1A Mild Lore Spoilers A new Wheel of Time reader (Ch 2 EotW) just told me it was a spoiler to say that reincarnation is a major theme of the series. Am I wrong to think that is off-base?05 Sep 2025 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly2hogm2v22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lwkbv4ia6c2k#HERthunderrolls My #WoTIdol2025 entry! Contains major spoilers for Book 12, The Gathering Storm. #WoTIdol youtu.be/F4Cv-DL08Ng https://youtu.be/F4Cv-DL08Ng16 Aug 2025 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwkbv4ia6c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lwdde6laxs2x@avisilber.bsky.social I tried to DM you like you asked me to on WoTIdol but your name is grayed out and won't let me. Maybe you disabled DMs?14 Aug 2025 02:49 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwdde6laxs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lvi27q3zsk2vMy #WoTIdol2025 entry is officially submitted! How about yours? #WoTIdol [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2025 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvi27q3zsk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lva7vludds2dThat feeling when you upload your #WoTIdol parody (which I performed all the instruments for) to YouTube, and get an auto-copyright claim for a female artist covering the original song playing a completely different instrument! #TheWheelOfTime31 Jul 2025 03:44 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lva7vludds2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lulzbltwls2nSPLR 308D Two words: "Yes, let's." #SaveWoT #TheWheelOfTime [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2025 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lulzbltwls2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3luc5u3asoc23With #TheWheelOfTime and now Colbert, it goes to show that these days, ratings and quality alone won't save shows if the people in charge of the show's platform have made up their minds. 🫤19 Jul 2025 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3luc5u3asoc23https://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3luawdvkjpk2kStill can't get used to the fact that the new leader of Syria (Sharaa) has basically the same name as a continent from #TheWheelOfTime (Shara). 😆18 Jul 2025 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3luawdvkjpk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lu4h4vgvec2jA second coworker just said they were downloading EotW to start reading #TheWheelOfTime! Now I just need to get them to watch the show ... 🤔16 Jul 2025 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu4h4vgvec2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lu3mczrfnc2fAll, be advised I have also tested positive for COVID. ☹️ Please get a test yourself if you were near me this weekend at #WoTCon!16 Jul 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3mczrfnc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3ltuepddmhc2hA comment at #WoTCon: "Of course Egwene is your favorite character, your last name is Trakand." 🤯 (I did not think about this when I picked the handle, and my appreciation is respect not romantic feelings, but ... the shoe fits!) #TheWheelOfTime13 Jul 2025 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltuepddmhc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3ltsswz6vlc2dReady to serve at Her Majesty's pleasure. Forward the white lion of Andor! #WoTCon #TheWheelOfTime13 Jul 2025 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltsswz6vlc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3ltd2ltz3xk24Admittedly I've been in and out lately. But I'm excited to be going to #WoTCon next weekend for my first #TheWheelOfTime convention! Random ?: Saturday night seems like when people wear cosplay the most. Is this also true for Saturday during the day? How many change clothes day to night?06 Jul 2025 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltd2ltz3xk24https://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lskrdeswzs25Wayne Terrisborn is just steampunk Mat Cauthon. #TheWheelOfTime #WheelOfTime #WaxAndWayne #Mistborn27 Jun 2025 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lskrdeswzs25https://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lrnscmyzzk2eTraining to save the Two Rivers from Trollocs ... bringing the "Training to save Minas Tirith" and "Training for Helm's Deep" meme to #TheWheelOfTime. #SaveWoT! https://youtube.com/shorts/LumsxMFPUZI?si=nHZB8e0CMmlXri5n15 Jun 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrnscmyzzk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lqygntn32c2wMy hope is officially restored thanks to Rafe's Instagram post. People in the drivers' seat still fight! #SaveWoT!!07 Jun 2025 03:43 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqygntn32c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lqvi4iwosc2j#TheWheelOfTime is not being shopped to other platforms. I feel very Westerosi when I say that I might be losing hope. 😢 https://screenrant.com/the-wheel-of-time-season-4-cancel-no-shop/05 Jun 2025 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqvi4iwosc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lpz5ziptvc2fTo deal with my sadness yesterday at recent news, I wrote a short classical music-style song. I hope listening to it helps you the way writing it helped me. #SaveWoT youtu.be/l4VILV7xkOY https://youtu.be/l4VILV7xkOY25 May 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpz5ziptvc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lpx5ppbzjs2gLooks like RoP is getting WoT's production budget ... for distribution. 😒 https://www.techradar.com/streaming/amazon-prime-video/prime-video-is-ready-to-give-a-netflix-style-boost-to-two-of-the-most-expensive-amazon-tv-originals-of-all-time24 May 2025 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpx5ppbzjs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lpx56qtvl22bDon't forget to unfollow all the Amazon accounts on YouTube and other social media!24 May 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpx56qtvl22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lpx4lpb4rk2bIn Saldaea, they say, "If you fall, I will pick up your sword." Time to grab the hilt and fight, #WoTSkies! #SaveWoT24 May 2025 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpx4lpb4rk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lpm5nfro6s25SPLR 308B (Minor plot-related, Ep 308) "Paying my debt" for a requested cover of the score for the WoT 308 cold open. I'm calling it "Siuan Becomes the Flame." Guess I'll keep making more of these until they release the score! #TheWheelOfTime #WoTSkies youtu.be/dlp9CTGXxP0 https://youtu.be/dlp9CTGXxP020 May 2025 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpm5nfro6s25https://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3lp5iud5r2s2d#WoTBookSpoilers SPLR 6D She is ... The Watcher of the Seals The Flame of Tar Valon The Amyrlin Seat (From Sharon Gilham's Instagram: Madeleine Madden being my head-canon of Athena.)14 May 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5iud5r2s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tyriontrakand.bsky.social/post/3loy3j2d3hk23#WoTShowSpoilers Major #WoTBookSpoilers SPLR 306D/9D Anyone else think this moment from 306 foreshadowed/taught Rand something about cleansing saidin? #WoTSkies #TheWheelOfTime12 May 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:ki2fkygfptcec6pdpsvmotqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3loy3j2d3hk23