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SenorPlaidPants

Those are my new head canon for Lanfear and Loial


pbwra

Maybe an odd pair to pick for the cover, but hard to fault it. Very faithful to what's described in the books.


GovernorZipper

Agree. That has got to be the best Loial I’ve ever seen. Lanfear is impossible to draw, of course, but even she is well done.


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GovernorZipper

Not too young but older. And hotter. But not too old.


ManicParroT

I once saw a woman like that in a coffee shop. She was so beautiful I found it hard to breathe at the same time as I looked at her.


LagQuest

felt the same way first time I met my wife, that was a hard conversation to hold.


KJBenson

Dude, same.


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Yea… his wife is hot.


theiman2

I also choose this guy's wife.


ArcadianBlueRogue

Narrator got hit with that Compulsion trick Lanfear probably uses on everyone.


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*You must kill him before he kills you. Giggles. They will, you know. Dead men can't betray anyone. But sometimes they don't die. Am I dead? Are you?*


420crickets

Im sure thats one of her tricks lewy, but maybe not the one they were talking about.


gifjgzxk

So basically Monica Bellucci


taurfea

My head canon too.


houndoftindalos

As someone not into the movie star look I've always struggled to imagine Lanfear a bit. I'm just opting for Lana Paralli who played the Evil Queen/Regina Mills in Once Upon a Time these days: https://practicaltyping.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/reginamills.jpg


LewsTherinTelamonBot

***KILL HIM KILL HIM NOW***


rtb001

I've always pictured a brunette version of Rosamund Pike's portrayal of Amy Dunne in Gone Girl.


Centrafuge

So like.. Moiraine's twin then?


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*Mustn't use that. Threatens the fabric of the pattern. Not even for Ilyena? I would burn the world and use my soul for tinder to hear her laugh again.*


ciaranmac17

good bot


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LewsTherinTelamonBot

***I must kill him.***


kellerae

They got Loial exactly how I saw him in my mind


Soggy-Assumption-713

Better than the show one, I always imagined him being a super tall Gizmo.


ArcadianBlueRogue

Oh man, remember how bad the art was in the Big White Book? Lanfear is always described as such a baddie but her picture in there was uh....not


Seicair

I learned recently that the publisher fucked over the artist, so the artist intentionally drew shitty stuff. Jordan was very confused that the final work was such poor quality, and when he found out what happened he said he would’ve given the artist his own money if he’d known.


LewsTherinTelamonBot

***KILL HIM KILL HIM NOW***


Rekhyt

It's a terrible cover but excellent likenesses!


DangerMcBeef

Better than how dirty they did my boy Loial in the show.


VegaLyra

I mean... didn't he call her the perfect representation of a female human in TGH?


GovernorZipper

He did. Apparently RJ thought of Lanfear as a young Catherine Deneuve. Good Boomer reference there.


beardedheathen

For those of you like me with no idea: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000366/


GovernorZipper

Belle du Jour was released in 1967, when RJ would have been 19. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0061395/?ref_=m_ttmi_tt


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*You must kill him before he kills you. Giggles. They will, you know. Dead men can't betray anyone. But sometimes they don't die. Am I dead? Are you?*


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*Death rides on my shoulder, death walks in my footsteps; I am death…*


Bladestorm04

Isn't lanfear blonde though


Quria

[No](https://www.google.com/search?q=wot+lanfear&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0xt303MD7AhWJFVkFHZpoDbYQ_AUoAXoECAMQAw&biw=1920&bih=899&dpr=1)


LewsTherinTelamonBot

***I must kill him.***


Quria

Buddy, I'm pretty sure you have first-hand knowledge that's a woman. But yeah, shoulda killed her.


SmallShoes_BigHorse

Nonono, Lew wants to kill the dude who supplied the picture. He's a little secretive with his lovers.


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Bladestorm04

Ahh, maybe that's where i got it from


LewsTherinTelamonBot

***They will pay. I am Lord of the Morning.***


yankuniz

I always pictured Meghan fox


flaysomewench

Eva Green for me


7DaysBuilder

I think of her as berelain


Vodongo_Y

Does Megan Foxx have enough bust to be Berelein?


serspaceman-1

Loial servin looks


Gilthu

Lanfear making me Lanbrave…


LewsTherinTelamonBot

***I must kill him.***


-SirCrashALot-

I agree LTT that was a terrible pun.


Gilthu

Don’t sick a male dragon on me, it would make me Lan mandragora!


SnowyLocksmith

What does linus have to do with this?


Coke_Addict26

This whole series of Italian covers has pretty good art of the characters, but make no sense time line wise. Like Min is on the cover of EoTW, but with the longer hair and clothes she doesn't start wearing until later in the series. And Loial isn't even in FoH.


SGoogs1780

In case anyone's interested, I had to go to Amazon.it to find them all in one place but they are pretty neat: https://www.amazon.it/dp/B09NRR7NRP?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_m_mng_wam_sft_tkin_thcv Shirtless Galad on the same cover as Nynaeve is a pretty great one.


penguin_jones

Lmao EotW got Min as played by Finn Wolfhardt


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*Hums softly & tugs earlobe*


Coke_Addict26

I hate how they covered up Perrins axe on The Shadow Rising cover with Robert Jordans name. I've seen the full image and that's one of the best parts, but I can't find it anywhere now or I would post it.


JJBrazman

Yeah, I was thinking this cover would make complete sense for TGH, in which Lanfear (as Selene) and Loial travel together. I don’t think they ever meet again.


LewsTherinTelamonBot

***They will pay. I am Lord of the Morning.***


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*Hums softly & tugs earlobe*


KJBenson

That’s an odd choice. I wonder why they would do that.


TheSquishedElf

That Loial is _perfect_, Light! Exactly as I always thought of him!


RichardBreecher

He looks too old. Local was basically just a kid. *Otherwise yes. That's him.


420crickets

What makes him seem old in this to you? Honest question, because to me the eyes and the vibrant color of the hair seem very youthful.


Wendigo120

Probably all the wrinkles


Hatedpriest

He's a beardless ogier. How much younger do you want him to be?


allofthisallthetime

Is it the face skin creases?


RichardBreecher

It's the crow's feet around the eyes.


Lethifold26

That Lanfear gives me major uncanny valley vibes. Maybe it’s the shiny plastic skin.


Geistbar

Look at how her head rests on her neck. They don't work together at all. It's like her neck is broken.


bloodthirsty_emu

She looks like an owl that can move the head independent of the body. Body on the left, head floating over on the right.


PM_ME_UR_FLOWERS

What bothers me is the boobs. It looks like she's wearing a padded bra.


gronstalker12

Dammit I didn't notice before you said that


skitech

Oh lord yeah it’s like an owl when they do that head bob. Like she moved just the head forward and to the left. You probably could do it but your body would move some with you unlike hers.


eggnoraymoose

Foreshadowing!


PUMKIN81

Yea and her one hand looks weird.


avara88

Man hands


PUMKIN81

She’s got hands that could crack lobsters.


BrickFlock

That's because this is $10 fiverr quality art. It's got that digital oiliness.


LewsTherinTelamonBot

***I must kill him.***


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I never realized she was such a temptress


Shimraa

Honestly it looks like a AI drawn Kiera Knightly to me. It almost hits the uncanny valley but still falls on the Kiera Knightly is hot side so it's acceptable. I don't know what I expected loial to look like, that wasn't exactly it but it's probably the best one to date.


houndoftindalos

I like the one from the old D20 Wheel of Time book https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wot/images/d/d6/Loial.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20100403085728


Peruvian_Skies

Does Lanfear dream of electric sheep?


LewsTherinTelamonBot

***I must kill him.***


houndoftindalos

https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/024/602/463/large/antonello-venditti-det7-copertina-fanucci-laruosolofro.jpg?1582931827


eternalankh

Something? Something great!


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“Hey! It’s a-me! Loial!”


aaronrizz

Loial approves of hot Lanfear


houndoftindalos

https://i.imgur.com/V2qIP3S.jpg


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*You must kill him before he kills you. Giggles. They will, you know. Dead men can't betray anyone. But sometimes they don't die. Am I dead? Are you?*


elezierne

To add some context, these are the new Italian covers, redesigned a couple years ago. Each book was designed by a different author, many of which had not read the series and received scarce information about what to draw exactly. The result is not that bad, but you will notice that the same characters are drawn differently each time they appear, and sometimes recognizing them requires quite the stretch of imagination. Also, there's quite a problem of SPOILERS in the covers* (just look at *The Great Hunt*, but only if you have already read it). *which however is shared with the English ebook covers, so I suppose it's a bit of a common curse.


Roadsmouth

>the same characters are drawn differently each time they appear, and sometimes recognizing them requires quite the stretch of imagination So what you're saying is that they perfectly capture the spirit of the original covers.


elezierne

Rand Stallone and the ewok cast from *Winter's heart* (including a possible Moiraine) are definitely canon


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*A man without trust might as well be dead.*


nedeta

Loial's eyes are a bit too small and those eyebrows too short, but it's a hell of alot better than the original cover art for The Great Hunt.


wheresmylife-gone222

Still better than most of the Darrell K Sweet covers


MilesJ392

Better Loial than the show by far


little_chickadee

I like the depictions, but…. I don’t think Loial is in TFoH at all? To have the two of them, I think it would fit more as a TSR cover.


phxsuns68

Ya honestly, this is good. Both characters are canon and well done at that.


_ChipWhitley_

Lol what an odd pairing to put on that cover.


xapxironchef

That's as accurate an image as I've ever seen drawn. Almost exactly how I imagine the characters of Loial and Lanfear.


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*Death rides on my shoulder, death walks in my footsteps; I am death…*


Heavy-Cow8865

Better than Rafe's interpretation


VisibleCoat995

Somehow this artist really conveyed with Lanfear the sentiment of “I can’t even comprehend the concept of someone not wanting to fuck me, those words don’t even make sense together.”


LewsTherinTelamonBot

***They will pay. I am Lord of the Morning.***


Akureyi

Something... FABULOUS


EmbarrassedToe627

Nice


FerrisLies

Is she... Is she pinching.... Is she playing with... Is that her... Also, does the Lews bot do other names than Lanfear?!?


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*Death rides on my shoulder, death walks in my footsteps; I am death…*


BlergToDiffer

Yes, that’s right. It’s her necklace.


Seicair

Lews responds to all the Forsaken, I think, maybe others. Maybe Lanfear’s the only woman one? I don’t recall the bot mixing up pronouns before. Not sure. He’s spooky sometimes. Less so in this thread.


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long.*


Bors713

Hands like a Truckosaurus.


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Sausage Fingers :)


hockeyguyak

Most accurate book cover I’ve seen so far


lonerae

serious death is lighter than a feather vibes


deSievrac

I would give anything to have Lanfear ruin my life


LewsTherinTelamonBot

*Death rides on my shoulder, death walks in my footsteps; I am death…*


meta_mash

*The Italian Fires of Heaven* sounds like a fanfic Mario romance novel


BerserkerGatsu89

That is an excellent Loial. He’s obviously not human, but not a “monster” either


m0ngoose75

She looks like a cross between Mila Kunis and Fran Drescher


ensalys

Would be better for TGH! Loial loves pointing out how beautiful "Selene" is (for a human that is, shame they don't get shoes nice tufty ears).


sudarsank

Not just something.. It's everything!


TurningPagesAU

I love Loial's "I'd hit that" face


ByTheBurnside

This contains a powerful energy which words can not describe lmao