Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 07:00:49 GMT
From: Anonymous <?@?.?>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan
Subject: TEoTW _almost_ plagiarizes Tolkien


BOOK 1:   THE _______ OF THE ___________


This is the first book of The ________ of ___________, an epic dealing
with the struggle between good and evil.  It begins by introducing our
protagonists, ________, _________, ________, and _________, denizens of
the extremely isolated __________, a land of simple, kind-hearted
farmers who, when pressed, become as hard and reliable as the stone of
their country.  The central town of this realm is preparing for a grand
annual festival, celebrating ____________, which by rumor will include
feasts, storytelling and - the exciting part - fireworks!  However, the
festival is rudely interrupted when a traveling, closemouthed "wizard",
___________, arrives, and the heroes learn that the Dark One S_____n is
searching for them, sending his evil Black Riders, or ____________, to
search for them.  The Black Riders lead troops of __________, a twisted
race resulting from thousands of years of selective breeding from the
original, free stock of men.  Our main characters secretly escape from
the Riders, hurrying to the river town of ____________ and taking the
old wooden ferry that crosses the river there, through a dark fog.
Having escaped for the time, they stay off of the main road and
eventually reach the small town of B______, which seems immensely large
and fascinating to our poor country bumpkins, and stay in an inn owned
by _______________, who is a good friend of the wizard ___________.
However, they are found and attacked by the Black Riders, and forced to
flee East to __________, where they believe they will be safe from the
hand of evil.


Characters of note:


    Disinherited king of long-lost nation _________, ____________
carries the symbol of his royal blood,  _________.  He now spends his
time wandering the wilderness fighting the Shadow, and is closely allied
with the aforementioned wizard.


    Separated from his parents when he was little, _____________ was
adopted by _________, who brought him up and was like a father to him.
He is the person for whom the Shadow is searching, because of
_________________, the one way that the Dark One can eventually be
defeated.  He has sustained a terrible wound, made by a weapon made in
the dark forges on the sides of the fiery mountain _________, which
hurts in the presence of evil and can never fully be healed.  A constant
struggle rages in him between sanity and madness, between his will and
the terrible power of his gift.  If he succumbs, all will be lost.


    Driven mad by the evil power of _________, ____________ bears it
with him wherever he goes and treasures it over aught else in the
world.  His burden makes him immortal.  He vehemently hates __________,
repeating the name over and over in his insanity, and will stop at
nothing to kill him.  He tends to mutter to himself.  Popping up in the
oddest places, he follows the main characters through the evil, dark
passageways of _________ without a scratch, his silent footsteps just
barely heard padding behind them in the dark.  Undoubtedly he will play
a large part in the eventual outcome of the story.


    GOODEVENING
        Ethan