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Ok loving the series but something is just bothering me. With Eugwene captured at the end of CoT it's now happened twice. Faile was captured by the Aiel and I thought it was odd and a little stupid that she'd gone out hawking. While I understand they would've had scouts etc (little good that they did) I feel like going out for leisure was a terrible decision. Not only was Perrin going to meet the Prophet whose men were everywhere in small groups basically doing what they wanted, but they also knew that the Seanchan and the Whitecloaks were threats nearby. They had also heard dozens of rumors of Aeil raids and the statement that it always seemed like the next town over as a reason for not worrying about them feels hollow. They know well just how fast and stealthily the Aeil can travel. All of that together I just feel like Faile's character is far smarter and wouldn't have put herself in the position to get herself captured but on to Eugwene.
Why why why would you put yourself that close to the wall to begin with? The chain stretched an entire harbors length and without the need to touch it you could've gone out to the middle of the chain and done the same thing. The plan to change the chain into... *material* (I don't want to Google how to spell it I'm an audiobook listener) was brilliant but the execution was foolish. Eugwene even states that she had no need of touching the chain and the boat almost hits the wall from the start! If you want to say that the boat was more likely to be spotted by not going near the wall sure but at the same time Eugwene could have weaved an inverted illusion or had a circle of sisters fiddle with the weather from a distance in some way to have a fog roll in. (I say this because its been ststed that weather altered by sisters will take on a life of its own eventually so if done right a fog vould be made to roll in around Tarvallen without substancial traces of the power left visible. I understand that RJ probably wanted Eugwene captured for greater plot and story reasons and she had to be put at risk and betrayed for that to happen but I feel like her being tricked out of the camp and kidnapped/spirited across the river would've been somewhat more believable.
Also aside from all this CoT is the first WoT book to have such a calm ending. No huge battle or anything like that. It almost felt like I wasn't at the end of the book yet. I do like that CoT existed because it feels like it's whole purpose is to keep us mostly away from Rand so we don't get a full picture of his aftermath from cleansing the power and its supposed to show just how terrifying what Rand did was to everyone without context.