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What is the Path of Daggers?

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📁 What is the Path of Daggers? 👤 Phillip Gladney 📅 1998-06-03 💬 1 reply
I feel that the meaning of the title, "A Path of Daggers" has to do with the two reincarnated Forsaken, the Arangar and Osangar. The book will focus on their efforts to undermine the good guys in various ways. This will take them to many places and w...
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📁 What is the Path of Daggers? 👤 AmpCat 📅 1998-06-20 💬 1 reply
To my mind, The Path of Daggers is referring to the Seanchan. I mean, what was that little saying of theirs, "on the heights, the paths are paved with daggers"? Maybe that's not exactly how it goes, but it's close. I think that in Book 8, we'll final...
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📁 What is the Path of Daggers? 👤 Amalric 📅 1998-07-02 💬 1 reply
Regarding what the Path of Daggers... In the fourth book, not sure exactly where.... the Seanchan Captain mentions the road leading to the Empress's Palace as the Path of daggers. I believe that this is the only reference to the path of daggers. And ...
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📁 What is the Path of Daggers? 👤 Richard Bailey 📅 1998-07-05 💬 1 reply
Information taken from an online chat session with RJ. (Carol Fusinato's compilation from your links)> I recently read a comment by Robert Jordan in which he states that PoD is a metaphor and is NOT representative of any actual situation in the next ...
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📁 What is the Path of Daggers? 👤 Malleus 📅 1998-07-28 💬 1 reply
What is the path of daggers? Not sure of the exact page number, but in the third book (I think) High Lady Suroth is thinking to herself and remembers an old saying that goes something like "the paths to high placed are paved with daggers." Now I don'...
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📁 What is the Path of Daggers? 👤 Space 📅 1998-08-18 💬 1 reply
I believe "A Path of Daggers" may mean three separate things:" <br> <br>1) Mat and the Seanchan-- The primary focus of this book will Mat and his dealings with the Seanchan, who will find him in the ruins of Ebou Dar and take him aboard their one of ...
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