Wheel of Time History: The First Moment & the First Age | Wheel of Timelines Part 1 | WoT Unraveled
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Which Wheel of Time Age are you most interested in?
I’m leaning towards the 7th age. We have like 0 idea what that would look like.
@@charlieteneyck6797 I'd love to see what that looks like! I imagine that at least the 7th Age feels familiar to us, because it likely contains our history.
@@UnravelingthePattern Age ending events "you'll know it when you see it". Looking to our own history my best guess is the ending of the ice age 12k yrs ago.
As for the age before ours, remember that RJ wrote Conan books and they basically take place in our world, but during the ice age...
@@Merecir Interesting! I hadn't considered that, but it makes a lot of sense. RJ also had in some early notes that the First Age probably ended with some sort of nuclear war and fire and "poisonous air" or something. I chose to leave that out of the video since it's from his early notes.
@@UnravelingthePattern For the ending of our age. Read the Book of Revelation in the Bible. There is a Dragon featured there... At the end of an age.
An old prophecy (12k years?) may change a lot over the millennia, especially if the church does not like the title of Dragon. ;-)
the spoiler marker alone is genius
I wish I had the time and patience to edit things as brilliantly as you do. Well done, my man. And very clear.
Thank you so much! I love your channel and what you are doing. Your intros are definitely quality and I can see you enjoy putting extra effort into this sort of stuff too! Keep it up!
Keep on owning the libs man...
I’m grateful that there is a Male Aes Sedai & Member of the Brown Ajah is making TH-cam videos.
Breaking down the history with such amazing visuals as well!!
You honor me. Thank you!
Good job!
Thank you! Cheers!
It's too sad that RJ passed away without exploring so much of his magnificent universe :(
I agree 100%. I so wish we could have seen his other prequels and, what he called, the other "outrigger" novels. I'm just glad we got a satisfying conclusion to the series!
This is so well done, as a buddhist this video has me more interested in reading the series than the TV show or any other video I've watched about it. Really great work!
The production value on this is incredible! looking forward to the next installments
Thank you! You're incredible!!
My mind is blown. Why can I only hit the Like button once?!?!..... absolutely STUNNING job!
Thank you! You're stunning DeeTee!
Nice, don't forget "Ghoetam, sitting beneath Avendesora for forty years to gain wisdom" Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree after only a day and night. But after then he meditated for another 49 days. And probably 40 years before that, but not under that tree. I still draw the parallel though.
Oh man, how did I miss this one? Great reminder!
Editing is 🔥🔥🔥
:blush: Thank you!
"We're not worthy! We're not worthy!" Lauren, your work is unmatched. Words can't explain just how bad ass this video was. The artistry is great, but, man, great job on that music! I would be most interested in the time before and after the books, of course.....and who knows when that was, now. However, if the books did take place in the Third age, I think it would be neat to see what life had become in the 6th or 7th age, and how much the world had progressed/regressed, and if they even would remember the stories about Rand.
Great idea. The Dusty Wheel just did a speculation video about the 4th Age, but I'd love to speculate about the other Ages as well. Also, THANK YOU for the kind words!
I read two interesting theories about the Wheel recently that this puts me in mind of. First is that, because it's been spinning forever and always will be (Dark one notwithstanding), at the moment of its creation it had already existed forever, implying that the creation of the Wheel was also the creation of time as we know it and the Creator sits outside of that. If you can bend your head round it, it neatly solves the problem of when exactly the moment of creation was in relation to the Wheel.
Second was a neat idea that the turning of the Wheel only covers human history, and in a weird sort of quantum way only exists when there are humans there to observe it. This is a neat solution if you don't like the idea of one age being 100 trillion years long to account for the heat death of the universe.
Love both of those ideas!
Great video..continue with the same pattern.
That's the plan! Thank you!
I think you nailed it when pointing out we don’t really know what age WoT is set in. We are supposed to believe it is really the Third Age, but are never given a why. The only conclusive evidence for this belief is people remember the Age of Legands and that their was an age before it. That would make three known ages. Actually, there is one more piece. People remember their was a creation. This supposes the creation was the first age. Which brings me to another thought I had.
Is time a product of the Wheel and the Pattern and what does that mean? We know the Wheel is an eternal cycle. We know there are neither beginnings or endings. The creation was not the beginning. It was a beginning. For those in the pattern time goes forward and backwards to infinity. I think the creator exists outside time and so basically exists at all points of time at once, but that’s just a personal thought that makes sense to me.
Love this thought! You should comment more often!
I just gotta say... The quality of this videos is intoxicating in a good way 👍
Thank you! I'm glad you like them!
Warning: "This video may (un)intentionally cause perpetual goosebumps".
Haha, definitely intentional. ;)
I absolutely loved this video, waiting for the next ones
So glad! I'm taking a small break to help with some other channels and videos that I got behind on, but the next one is in the works and will hopefully be out sometime in the next month or so! Thank you for watching!
This channel needs to be put in front of more people.
So happy to get some new content from you!
I'm happy it's finished! Onto the next one...
I am so excited!! I've been waiting for this to come out! Looks amazing so far... Now I will go back and watch haha.
Hope you enjoy it!
@@UnravelingthePattern Twas excellent, as always. I saw that you credited me at the end, but I didn't see my artwork in the video? Someone else said they did see it in there, and I am a little confuzzled. I also wanted to comment on the video. I just think of all this history to sorta be like Bible history. All the beliefs and sayings aren't necessarily accurate, so the fact that there are contradictory elements is very acceptable. It is legend, and passed down so who knows what actually happened?=D
@@Violetsoul6 I didn't actually use your artwork yet in this video, but I will be using some in the future! I just wanted to make sure you were credited since I forgot last time!
I agree that part of what makes WoT so cool is that everything isn't spelled out. But it sure is fun to speculate about!
@@UnravelingthePattern Oh ok!! And yes, I totally agree.
Another stellar video. Really looking forward to the next entry in this series.
Thank you. You and me both!
This is the most professional TH-cam video I think I’ve ever seen. Fantastic work!
Wow, that is incredibly kind of you to say! Thank you so much!
Video was great of course. My complements on the music choice.
Thank you very much! And thanks for your support!
My favourite part is how you represent yourself researching for a video through Gandalf at Minas Tirith reading about Isildur and the Ring.
Wow. This has to be the first video I’ve ever seen with over a thousand likes and no dislikes.
Thank you! I hope it stays that way 😘
Bruh you are an artist. I can't tell you how much i appreciete your videos. They make me so hyped. For someone reading book 11 currently it's so nice to see these visualisations
I appreciate that! Seriously. Thank you!
Wow! I'm equally impressed by your care and consideration to the artists and fellow contributors as I am with your production talent. Well done, sir!
Wow, thank you! I worry that I don't give them enough credit!
I totally agree, you're not only meticulous and talented, you're so generous and humble!!!
@@roxelaneelmira4678 that's what I'm most proud of: my humility. 😂
Excellent work. I love the editing quality
Much appreciated!
Congrats! Very nice work! Say, it's been a while since I read the books but, when you say that portal stones are from an age before the second age, so the first or something before the first, but if I recall correctly you need to chanel into the stone, and the event that triggers the change of the age to the second age it's the discovery of the source and channeling. So what? Portal stones are from a previous turn of the wheel?.sorry for the long post haha, very good job!
Good thoughts! No worries for the long post. I love the communication and engagement! I wonder if maybe the Portal Stones did not originally require the One Power, but some technological way of being activated? This is part of what can be confusing about trying to fit in the fragments of what we know and make them work within our current history. Maybe the First Age won't end for another 1000 years from our current time in history? It's fun to speculate!
Excellent video. The Mercedes-Benz radiator ornament is actually something I've been thinking about quite a lot. I really do wonder if they're actually going to show it in the TV series as that would be so much more on the nose than it is in the book. I'd wager that many readers didn't even pick up on the fact that the object Robert Jordan was describing was an actual Mercedes-Benz logo, despite the accurate description of its shape and the added "from ten paces she could sense pride and vanity" part. Part of me really wants to see how new fans that never read the books react to that. :)
I've mentioned this to others, but I hope they show some subtle nods to our world without being too over-the-top about it. I do wonder though how they'll work all of that into the show. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I've not read the books in an age, but I never equated it to a Mercedes logo, I got ter'angreal vibes from it.
RJ in an interview has mentioned that the cyclical nature of the wheel is inspired from Hindu mythology. If that's his source of inspiration and he stayed close to that concept in his mind, then the moment of creation is within the cycle of ages, atleast thats my understanding of Hindu mythology
These videos are so awesome! Not only am I learning lots of obscure facts about the lore - for instance, I did not know about the inscription on the Horn of Valere - but the music and the videos get me genuinely excited. Keep it up!
Thank you!
@4:40 the reboot is not so very likely as this implies it might be. Starting @9:40 you mention some minor spoilers that reference our time incorporated as wheel of time mythology. Combined with that, you could also mention all of the places that the WOT storyline is our mythology. Though made much after this video, Brandon and Dan have a podcast episode that details some of this. To see this, check out Intentionally Blank episode 27 and jump about 30 minutes in (or watch the whole thing if you like). Based off of the way both civilizations or timelines know if each other in their myths, a big reset is unlikely. Rather, a continuous flow from the seventh age to the first is implied.
This video is nicely made and offers solid content. Well done.
EDIT: fixed some auto-correct errors that used words that make no sense, and one spelling error that didn't get autocorrect. That teaches me to comment from my phone. Or maybe not. I'll probably keep doing it.
Gautam sitting under the Avendessora tree to gain enlightenment.
the production on this video, god damn!
Holy crap Lauren!!! That was incredible!! I am so excited for the rest of the series!!! (Tree)
Thank you, I'm excited too! Can't wait to include your awesome artwork in the next installment!
The production level is incredible
incredible. simply incredible
Right back atchu buddy!
I have to say thanks to Mike's book reviews for shouting out this amazing channel!
Thank you too!
The quality of this production is astounding.
Your videos are always visually stunning and very informative! Thank You 😀
I'm so glad you like them! Thank you for watching!
Minor spoiler don’t expand unless you’ve read the books:
In the books I remember the Forsaken ruminating multiple times about flying machines, sky scrapers, electricity, light bulbs, and several other things.
I think light bulbs were a thing of their own time, but when they talked about flying machines and sky scrapers it seemed they were ruminating about something they found hard to believe. Comments were like “they supposedly had flying machines” or something, I’m not sure.
I love wheel of time I started it just before this summer and I've already read it twice. I love your videos you can tell how much you put into making them keep up the hard work
Thank you!
I'm super excited for this series! :3 Hopefully I finish the series by the time you start releasing the spoiner-heavy content! I am on book 8 right now!
I hope so too! These require so much research! But the plan is to continue through these and hopefully have them all done by the time the show comes out.
man, how does this not have a million plus!? Take my up vote and my sub and my axe ..er.. I mean .. comment!
Thanks! I have more deep dives where this came from! I appreciate the sub!
Woot! The next episode is here! But dang it I'm at work! Lol. I'm going to be all over this tonight though.
Who needs work?
Can you just make videos about all topics please? Like, I feel like videos you made about real world science, history, geography, etc would be fantastic learning tools. I know that I and everyone else goes on about how amazing your graphics are, and they are, but your voice is also amazing. Not to mention your research...I basically consider your videos the best source of WoT canon.
What high praise! Thank you so much! The research is definitely the hardest part! Luckily I'm standing on the shoulders of giants who have done way more research than me!
Agree 100%
Adding my wholehearted agreement to that!!! You are an amazing teacher!
Your work is appreciated. Thank you.
I once read that Robert Jordan said the Horn of Valere was originally Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet that was so imbued with Bebop that it developed magical properties, and was later reshaped into what became the Horn of Valere. I have no idea if he was joking or not.
That's amazing if true!
"I have no idea if he was joking or not."
Authors, man...
I love how many names from the "Wheel of Time TV Series" Group on Facebook are on your Patreon's list :)
Me too! This is such a great community!
@@UnravelingthePattern Great content by the way... Keep up the good work :)
Amazing 🤩
🙌 You're amazing!
Thanks! There was another video that was similar to this that spoiled a lot of scenes and said that it was spoiler free!! I hate that for new readers.
Excellent as usual Lauren. I never really thought there being a space in time from creation to when the First Age began. Really looking forward to the AoL video.
The AoL video is gonna be so fun!
Looking forward to your breakdown of the Second age. This was so very interesting
It's already available! It's called the Age of Legends!
Awesome video. Helped me learn more about "our time" references.
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's not only the editing, the script is terribly well researched. I have read the series 6-7 times and have speculated about the portal stones. I think they were probably the crowning achievement of our age but somehow destroyed the scientific based civilization we have and humanity moved to the 2nd age with more spiritual way of thinking thus the one power.
Man if the show does well you are gonna blow up, these videos are epic.
Thank you so much for the kinds words! It's funny, when I first saw the notification of your comment, it cut off after "terrib..." So I thought you were saying my editing and script were TERRIBLE. Lol. I love the idea of the Portal Stones being the crowning achievement but maybe also the cause of the First Age ending. I too hope the show goes well!
@@UnravelingthePattern hehe, now that I know where messages cut off i might abuse that power :D
Anyway i am happy that skilled youtubers are starting to cover WoT, our community certainly needs the exposure and confused new fans might stick with the show if they find the necessary explanations here.
After all it took a Facebook group to explain to me what pillow friends are...
@@spidersvetli haha. I think I need to make "pillow friends" pillow merch ot something. I really hope I can do this for years to come.
Yeeeeeus!!! I am so pumped for this series. Top quality as always man. 🤘
Thank you!
Woohoo, was finaly able to finish watching it in the middle of moving... So amazingly good as usual! You're wonderfully meticulus both in the content and the contener! Will savor it a couple more times in the weeks to come, until the next one! Looking forward to chat some more on discord once I'm settled in the new home!
Didn't know you were moving. I hope everything has gone well!
Chaotic is the best word that comes to my mind right now, but... I'm sneeking to watch your vid again to relax my mind... lol I'm bk in Montreal after 7 years in the countryside, and after a day back to my old job!
Oh, and I just saw your credit, thank you! I hope that I'll be able to help more again soon, I didn't even see the script for the next one!!!
And btw guy, I just discovered you. Awesome! Hope i can affect the algorhythyms. As soon as I watched one WOT video, it put you on top.
Awesome! Thank you!
I'm only at the intro so far and I'm already floored. Brb, I'll get myself something to snack and then delve into this awesome video!
Haha, yeah, it's a long one!
@@UnravelingthePattern and I enjoyed every second of it :D
Lauren, you make us proud! Keep it coming ❤️
Thank you! Will do! You make me proud!
For me it's obligatory that they include the story references and real-world relics in the series that clearly show WoT is in our future, it would blow the normies' minds lol.
Excellent video as usual btw, great summary.
Good point! I would love to see some "ancient ruins" of our time. That would be amazing!
@@UnravelingthePattern At the same time, I hope they don't go too far with that. Certain references would be cool, but I think it would be extremely cheesy if, for instance, a character found a smartphone buried somewhere and was like "What is this?" while brushing a layer of dust of its cracked surface. In other words, it should be subtle, and it should be realistic.
@@genericallyentertaining Yeah, little nods would be fun. They shouldn't beat us over the head with it.
I am forever jealous of your skills with editing and animation! I've recently rediscovered my love of video production through starting a YT channel. I wish I had continued to pursue all aspects of video creation through high school and college.
Wow, thank you! I actually teach an Adobe After Effects class, and all of my course materials are online. Hit me up if you're interested. Thanks so much for watching!
@@UnravelingthePattern That's awesome!
It's never too late to learn more! It's not age that stops us from learning, it's the belief that learning is hard, and that we already know so much (paraphrasing my fav book of all time, which inspired RJ amoung others : Dune!)
So go ahead and learn from Lauren if it's what you trully wish, and don't make excuses! 😉 You can if you want, I trust you!
Dang man. your production quality is so amazing!
Thank you so much! Love your art work as well!
@@UnravelingthePattern Thank you sir!
Me before this video: that next deep dive is taking a lot longer than the last few.
Me now: that must of taken SO MUCH research, no wonder it took so long.
Good news is that the next one is already written and started! Hopefully it won't take nearly as long!
Just amazing as always!
Thank you so much!
ohhh. I LOVE this!!!!
#worththewait
Thank you!
Very well done. Very dramatic. Thank you Lauren.
As always, well worth the wait! This is great stuff. Can't wait to see the next thing you release. :)
Much appreciated! I can't wait too! The script is already written and I've got the look and feel established, so hopefully it doesn't take quite as long.
For me events from the book are more likely 7th age as it ends with great battle. A battle that ends all battles and can lead to either destruction of the Wheel and the Pattern or Great Reset of Wheel. but what I know, I'm on 4 book by now :)
This video was excellent. Amazing job.
Thank you! Be sure to watch the second one about the Age of Legends!
Great video, i was thinking you had tens of thousands of subscribers!
Really like the style.
Haha, thank you. Hopefully some day!
The spoiler meter is just so well done haha
Bro , amazing job ! Loved it SUBBED!
Thank you!
Spectacular video!
Thanks! Be sure to check out the second one!
This is amazing! Thanks!
Thank YOU!
Wow! This video is equal parts well written and wonderfully presented. I love it.
Wow, thank you! The next one is going to be so much fun!
Thanks for making such high quality content. It's been a while since I watched, but I'm glad to rediscover this channel.
Thank you! There's a lot to catch up on! Check out my WOT 101 videos!
Ummm this was AMAZING!!
You're amazing!
Awesome video as usual! Awaiting the next one eagerly! 👍
Coming soon!
Blood and bloody ashes you rock bro ❤️
No, YOU ROCK! Thank you for watching!
Fantastic video, dude. I read most of the series decades ago and it's still my favorite Fantasy series. I love it's recenet resurgence thanks to the show. I think the show's fine. Different from the books... but fine.
I think the Dark One and the Creator came into existence at the same time, and that the Dark One's "prison" was not really a prison but just the Dark One being left to exist outside of the Pattern that the Creator brought into being with the WoT. That probably pissed the DO off because everything that was 'happening' was happening in the Pattern. Nothing happened outside of it. Must've been boring.
Hey maybe that's what 'The Bore' actually is - what exists outside of the Pattern is BORing. So the DO wants to influence what goes on in the Pattern but knows that if he becomes a part of the Pattern he'll lose his godhood and become vulnerable to death.
Lol, "Bore-ing" I love it. I agree with all of your thoughts about the Creator/Dark One. Thanks for watching and commenting!
This is a great video. 👌🏻😁
Glad you enjoyed it
This is brilliant! Both script and visuals :)
Thank you!
Yeah, great work here
Thank you! Cheers!
you are amazing man
Not as amazing as you! 💖💖💖
Amazing video
Glad you think so!
Wow! So cool! Question though; if the Dark One is bound and doesn’t influence the world during the First Age, doesn’t that mean that the evil in our history can’t be blamed on the Dark One, but only on humanity itself?
I think so, yes! Although there are also other evil influences (such as Mordeth) throughout the Ages, so I suppose something else could be partially to blame. RJ hints that pride and hubris led to the fall/end of the First Age.
So many other people said it better.
Very good job! I love it!
I like the way you said it! Thank you!
Our site at TheFirstAge.org is a forum RP site that has delved significantly into the world building of the various Ages, connecting real-world mythology and legend into the WoT-verse. Our members have flushed out hundreds of wiki pages from our lore, 15,000+ posts, and detailed backstories about the origin of many fascinating items from the WoT past. I've always been fascinated by the Age before the Age of Legends.
Wow, this is really cool. How have I not heard about this before? I'll definitely have to check it out!
Excellent video. Interesting about the ages - assuming we are in the 3rd Age, and the AOL was the 2nd Age, it implies that its unlikely the AOL will result if the DO is defeated.
These videos as amazing
You're amazing! Thank you!
so great earned a sub from me
Thank you so much! Check out some of my other deep dives! I hope you like them!
Great vid you have likely heard this before but it seems age 1 ended in a nuke apocolypse or looking at wot 1.0 an alien invasion im not going through hundreds of comments to find out lol keep trucking
You know you're doing something right when you have zero dislikes to likes ratio.
Fingers crossed it stays that way! Haha.
I often wonder if at the end of the first age when they discovered the one power if the story would have read more as a sci-fi story where they find an energy source that solves renewable energy and lets humans go to space.
I love that idea!
Sounds to me like portal stones and the horn are a form of technology and the age ended with the discovery of the one power.
Yup! I discuss this more in part two!
I always assumed that the death of Jesus was when the first age began given the obvious religious themes that permeate the Chosen One mythos. The seventh age would probably have begun with the "Great Leap Forward". What 4 though 6 are though, I have no idea.
That's a cool idea.
There are no beginnings... but it was A Beginning.
Probably the 7th and the 2nd Ages... Lots to speculate about when Channeling was discovered and subsequently lost in the turning of the Wheel.
So true. I could do a whole video on just speculation based on other Ages. RJ's world is so amazingly full of detail!
@@UnravelingthePattern Yes! I often have thought about things like the Ages of gods in their Pantheons moving into this transitional period of monotheistic middle eastern heretical flux, the overlapping Eastern philosophical canon of Buddhism and spiritualism, Hinduism all butting up against ritualistic Nature worship and witchcraft... Tales of saints and occult spirits, vampires and other monsters. Now in the modern Age we have this rapid growth of science juxtaposed or maybe more accurately, diametrically opposed to the traditional cultural beliefs of the past desperately hanging onto a volatile society racing towards self destruction. When does the Power manifest in the wake of it all?
@@artanastacio1569 Woah. You're blowing my mind over here. Awesome thoughts! I love the concept of people in the Third Age being the sources of our myths and us being the source of theirs. It makes me wonder what happens to cause the OP to be lost. Is it only used during the First-Fourth Ages? Or are there other times when it is used or discovered? I honestly thought the series would end with the "loss" of the OP.
@@UnravelingthePattern I've mused about this subject on The Dusty Wheel discord. My take is that these OP will eventually become outlawed, regulated, licensed and eventually culled from humanity as a safeguard. After all, if there is no One Power then there are no Aes Sedai to stumble upon a new Bore. No power = no arrogance = no hubris, hence no apocalyptic war. It's like de-escalating nuclear proliferation.
@@artanastacio1569 I like that idea! Learning humility like Rand saying that makes him a better person than LTT is Tam's upbringing, that LTT was too arrogant. But it was not only him, it was an entire society, and it led them to the Bore... so "now" the entire society must learn humility to avoid self-destruction... feeling any sense of "déjà-vu"? Lol *sigh*