Ok, forgive me on this, this is the first time I've entered a theory, but I just thought of it when reading the Tam section, and it clicked. I have several points on it. <br> <br>1.) Noal seems to be skilled with his knives, very skilled, and seems ...

If you compare the descriptions of the old man on the barrel and Noal Charin from Winter's Heart (WH), you discover they are nearly the same. <br> <br>Barrel Man: "It was a scawny, white-haired fellow lounging nearby in the shade. Mat looked at him q...

While rereading The World of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, I came across something interesting. In the section dedicated to Asmodean, it says he is from a place called Shorelle. In Winter's Heart, Noal tells a story about being to a place called S...

I realize that others have said the same before me, but this is more proof that he is not just an old man. <br><br>'Everybody always thinks it's warm in Ebou Dar, but winter is cold everywhere, even places that make Ebou Dar feel like Shienar. ' asid...