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will lead the band to attack the seanchen thus diverting them from the Last Battle
Mat will lose an eye, either in the Last Battle or in the Tower of Ghenji. I believe this as Egwene Dreams him putting his eye on the scale, and the prediction that he will "give up half the light of the world" in order to save it. I take this to mean that he will lose his eye in order to save the world. I also believe that Mat bears some stark similarities to the Norse god Odin:
Mat
Mat 'Will give up half the Light of the world to save the world':
Mat will make it to TG and judging from his obsession with fireworks will either remake guns or use fireworks as weapons.
Just My two cents but...
mat will lose an eye in the rescue of moiraine. he will also marry tuon but she will die and he will end up with min.
I think that Karede will catch up to Mat and Tuon and their band, and Tuon will pull off her veil and thus become the Daughter of the Nine Moons instead of High Lady Tuon, and at that exact moment declare Mat her husband, Mat's and Tuon's prophecies will have both come true.
Mat will dump Tuon and marry her sister - enother DotNM. Muahaha!
What i think "giving up half the light of the world to save the world" means is that Mat will discover firearms.
Mat will not become a Sohjin (ie the 'ravens' prediction). In ancient norse mythology, Thought and Memory are the names of the two ravens that sit in the tree of knowledge. (Remember what the foxes wrote on his spear about thought and memory???)
Aemon reborn?
I think Mat will! "give up half of the light of the world to save the rest" by making a treaty with the seanchan allowing them to keep the half of the world that they already own as long as they no longer attack the rest. Since the seanchan are already basically permanently settled, there is no way they'll ever be able to get them out, and they own half the world, so there u go.
Just giving my interpretation of
Mat is going to have a very intresting conversation with Rand where Bashere overhears. It will go something like this.While planning a war.
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Rating: 7.5
My prediction is Mat will be the catalyst that helps destroy the currect seanchan culture the way it is now with the slavery and the damane. Egwene and Ms. Shipless will also play a key role in this, but its Mat who will drive the nail home.
By JackOfHearts on 2012-10-21
Rating: 3.67
While Rand and his select band of channelers (Nynaeve, Narishma, etc.) attempt to seal the bore, Bashere and Itruralde will be the ones to lead the "dragon legion". Mat will follow after Rand. As Rand has his inevitable confrontation with Moridin, Shaidar Haran will attack Rand, trying to distract him or kill him. Mat will then have an epic duel with Shaidar Haran but will be outmatched in the end because of his missing eye (which is covered by a bad ass eye patch like Ingtar's). But just as Shaidar Haran is about to strike Mat down, Rand is triumphant and seals the bore. Yay!
By DarthShaidar on 2012-06-02
Rating: 7.2
Will lead the Seanchan to the last battle after being revealed as the Hornblower at the White Tower, stopping the attack in its tracks.
By Hobbitspawn on 2012-03-21
Rating: 4.2
I predict that Mat will inherit all of Noal(Jain Farstrider) memories via Aelfinn/Eelfinn. They didn't kill him immediately, and got all of his memories and sensations before finishing the deed.
By IvySedai on 2011-04-18
Rating: 2.6
Mat will be at the White Tower with Moiraine and Thom collecting the horn when the Seanchan attack. Joline will be captured wearing the a'dam and Mat will have her released. Because of his High Blood he will be able to call of the Seanchan and make them ally to him.
By Hobbitspawn on 2011-03-12
Rating: 8.29
I believe Mat will be the great general chosen to command and lead all the armies of Light at Tarmon Gai'don.
By Nihil on 2010-12-10
Rating: 1.8
Mat will be the one to break the seals on the Dark One's prison.
By Cain on 2010-11-24
Rating: 5.2
Mat will be at the White Tower when the Seanchan come to attack again. He will have the Horn and his Spear...and his amulet with the one eyed fox(eye is Aes Sedai symbol) and that will make the Seanchan army take him to Tuon.As the Prince of Ravens he will best her( Tuon's POV in TOM states that it is common for the Prince of Ravens to plot against the Empress/wife... and how it is so nice not to have to endure that with Matrim) and his luck will force her to ally with Rand. His amulet, spear, medallion , possession of the Horn and one eyed condition will help correct the wrong that enabled the Seanchan Royals to have to vacate the TOM in Seandar.
By cadsuaneII000 on 2010-11-24
Rating: 6.86
Mat's choice of a coat when first going to meet with Elayne will save Caemlyn. Mat, wearing a worn coat, is accompanied by Thom and Talmanes and other unnamed soldiers on the first ride into Caemlyn proper. Talmanes is actually Mat due to Talmanes' polished appearance. Given the Epiclogue, Talmanes will lead the remaining members of the Band to Caemlyn and the mercs in the area will rally to his leadership because some think he is actually Mat. These combined forces will join with the remaining Kin, Guards and armsmen and will hold the Inner City until help arrives.
By FanoLan on 2010-11-12
Rating: 4.4
Mat will either determine which eye the Aelfinn/Eelfinn see his experiences through and remove it OR he will go to the Tower of Ghenjei blindfolded to hide his coming. Also he will use Aludra's firesticks/strikers to blind them.
By Aragon21 on 2010-10-27
Rating: 7.2
I predict that Mat will give up an eye, (He see's the world through both, so he will give up one, or half), to gain knowledge of how to win the Final Battle, and save the world from the DO.
By Lifeblade4 on 2010-10-07
Rating: 7
I Predict Mat will gain the knowledge he requires to win the last battle, but the payment the Aelfinn & Eelfinn demand is the sacrifice of one of Mat's eyes.
By brother of Battles on 2010-10-06
Rating: 2.4
Although I do think the power will be destroyed or given up, I believe the "light of the world" refers to Mat giving up the worlds innocence and purity to create gunpowder and start a scientific and industrial revolution similar to our own.
By Myth on 2010-09-30
Rating: 2
I predict that all the memories Mat has are his previous lives and he is in fact artur hawkwing reborn. Therefore he is the true emporer of the crystal throne and Rand will kneel b4 him. i have absolutely no proof for this.
By phil01 on 2010-09-13
Rating: 2.63
Mat won't lose his eye and 75% of the people on this site will be disappointed. The rest of us will awesome but a bit let down because mat would be pretty sick with an eyepatch.
By Eharoni Prince on 2010-08-23
Rating: 1.8
The DO can see through Mat's eye, so he betrays Rand just by seeing things. Moiraine will tell Mat about this, and Mat will trade that eye, (sound like giving up half the light of the world to you?) for Moiraine, the finn won't even realize that they are getting a bad deal!
By Thom as cain on 2010-06-26
Rating: 1.8
I predict that when mat gives up half the light of the world it means he will give up fighting for rand and lead the Seanchan in the last battle instead.
By nam4lwl on 2010-05-01
Rating: 1
I predict that Mat will do/suggest something that will make it so that the female half of the One Power is tainted. We all now how much he hates it and and much he doesn't like Aes Sedai. I can't see him getting rid of the OP altogether cause then what would the next Dragon Reborn use to seal the prison? That's my two cents.
By halopolice on 2010-04-25
Rating: 5
Mat is basically just Odin, with the losing an eye and all. Look at my username!
By MatOdin on 2009-11-03
Rating: 6.7
The note Verin left for Mat is about the location of the Horn of Valere.
By Tot alVice on 2009-10-29
Rating: 1.5
Mat will destroy Saidin from true source to save the world.
By jubayed7 on 2009-10-21
Rating: 1.5
I predict that Mat will give up Tuon (aka "give up half the light of the world") in some way in order to save the world, maybe by betraying her to Rand/ Rand collars her.
By Zanlin on 2009-09-04
Rating: 2.14
Tuon will bond Mat as a warder
By Chang on 2009-08-10
Rating: 5.83
In Lord of Chaos, Egwene dreamed a woman, face shrouded in shadow, beckoned Mat toward great danger; Egwene did not know what, only that it was monstrous. I believe it is Moiraine beckoning him to save her.
By Tot alVice on 2008-12-21
Rating: 3.14
Mat will kill shaidar haran.
By tomthedestry on 2008-06-27
Rating: 1.57
will lead the band to attack the seanchen thus diverting them from the Last Battle
By stonedogsrule on 2008-06-26
Rating: 2.43
Will give One of his eyes to rand and, allowing the Dragon Reborn to see what he's dooing at the last batle.
By lordoftwilight on 2008-05-06
Rating: 1.43
Mat & Tuon will have a small(ish) wedding at the crystal throne and at it matt will tell tuon that he has invited celebrity guest rand al thor to be his best man so during the ceremony he will bow to the throne completing the prophesy
By stevo666 on 2008-01-16
Rating: 6
Mat will lose an eye, either in the Last Battle or in the Tower of Ghenji. I believe this as Egwene Dreams him putting his eye on the scale, and the prediction that he will "give up half the light of the world" in order to save it. I take this to mean that he will lose his eye in order to save the world. I also believe that Mat bears some stark similarities to the Norse god Odin:
-Odin was known as the "Father of Battles" whilst Mat as the "son of battles.
-Both are known gamblers
-Both wear wide brimmed hats and carry spears
-Mat's spear has two ravens on it, Odin had two ravens Huggin and Munnin who each day told him the news of the Earth
-Huggin and Munnin means "thought and memory" in norse wythology, Mat's raven-marked spear is inscribed with "Thought is the arrow of time, memory never fades.
-Both Odin and Mat were hanged upon "Tree's of Life", Odin upon Yggdrasil and Mat Avendesora in order to achieve knowledge
-Odin only had one eye as he sacrificed his eye to gain knowledge of the all time and see how to win ragnarok (nose final battle and end of the world) and I believe that Mat will do something similar.
I believe that the similarities between Mat and Odin exist, although I could be wrong. But this prediction seems to hold true to the prophesies and my percieved ideas of the similarities between Mat and Odin.
Please post any opinions.
By paddyboy on 2007-12-05
Rating: 1.33
I predict Mat remembers his own past lives and has always been a hero of the horn. At some time Mat will get spun out of the pattern as George Patton. Who's band can also move farther, faster, and do more damage than any other commander. Gotta see the movie again to get the exact quote.
By jhvanriper on 2007-09-22
Rating: 2.22
Having invented/is on a brink of inventing cannons he extrapolates the idea to portable guns (muskets). A prototype blows up in his face resulting loss of an eye.
By joerandlander on 2007-09-07
Rating: 1
I predict that Mat giving up half the light of the world to save it involves him somehow giving one of his eyes to Rand after Rand loses his sight. Rand needs to see to channel and if he cannot channel the scales are tipped in the Shadow's favor.
By randi430 on 2007-08-30
Rating: 1
Mat will use his right eye in a bet against the Dark One to gain more time before Tarmon Gaidon. Mat will win, but in the DO's anger, the eye will be destroyed.
By False Dragon on 2007-03-28
Rating: 6.33
I predict that Mat will use some of Aludras strikers to help cheat the Finns in the tower.
By Jumper on 2006-12-25
Rating: 2.33
Mat wll go to the tower and cheat the Aelfinn and Eelfinn out of Moriane and he'll loose his eye in the bargain which by this point is being used by DO. After this he will meat up with Rand just in time for the last battle.
By lordoftwilight on 2006-12-14
Rating: 5.33
I predict that Mat is a Hero Of The Horn.
By BigBlade on 2006-11-20
Rating: 4.86
Mat will trade his eye to the Finn in exchange for Moiraine's freedom, and she would then be able to play a key role at TG
By Tantor The Holy on 2006-10-12
Rating: 1
Mat will learn he can channel along wit tuon, and go to lead the armies of the light at the last battle wit all the generals under him. he will stake his eye in a bet with the aelfin and end up gaining victory at TG because of what he gets there.
By vardene on 2006-09-05
Rating: 1.86
Mat will lose his eye experimenting with a prototype of Dragon or starting to use them. He uses the Dragons to save the world, so this is how he should give up half of the light.
By Saisuran on 2006-08-02
Rating: 2.67
Mat will become king of Manetheren and Seanchan allied with them. And also a big battle will happen in the Two Rivers with Mat's armies against hordes of trollocs.
By traedur on 2006-06-30
Rating: 4
Mat will certainly lose an eye, but he will also present Rand with the truce with the Seanchan. He won't need to face the Seanchan in battle and he will be the one that leads them in the last battle.
By Karede on 2006-06-21
Rating: 1.71
I believe Mat is Beidomom.
By keeper on 2006-06-13
Rating: 6.5
Mat
1. Mat will kill the gholem.
2. Mats Dragons will be the turning point of the battle between the armies.
3. Mat and Tuon will not go back to Seanchan.
4. Tuon will not free the daemae
5. Mat will be in overall command of all dragons forces.
By zanguini on 2006-06-09
Rating: 1.67
He will lead the band and the seanchan at TG. Tuon will be killed and Mat will become emporer of the seanchan and stop the collaring of women.
By ec18 on 2006-06-05
Rating: 1.86
Mat will be bonded by joline and then tuon will force her to hand over the bond and thus realise that she can channel and that she loves mat more than her ideas about suldam and marath damane etc.
By Chang on 2006-05-27
Rating: 4.14
the next time we see the gholam around mat he will use his ter'angreal to kill it. the only stipulation to that is when he kills it, it destroys the ter'angreal.
By DarkLordChaos on 2006-05-07
Rating: 4.86
I believe that Mat will lose his eye while talking with the Aelfinn, something about "I'd give my right eye to win this one". It'd fit his style. That could also be what is meant by "giving up half the light of the world to save the world". That he would lose half of his vision, thus half the light of the world.
By Aryl on 2006-05-07
Rating: 5
I believe that when mat dies, he will die as a hero therefore being tied to the wheel forever as a Hero of the Horn of Valere
By Aan Allein on 2006-04-27
Rating: 1.91
Mat already rediscovered the "song" that the traveling people are seeking, it will be revealed to be Jack O'the Shadows, one of the songs which the original Aiel and Ogier sang while opposing peacefully the dark one.
By perlchild on 2006-03-23
Rating: 2.29
Mat will die at the end: fighting alone with the heroes of the horn, all the members of his Band will be dead or dying and he will save the world laughing.
By soranar on 2006-03-21
Rating: 1.64
mat will free moiraine with thom and noal. they will encounter slayer who will be killed by mat, moiraine will reveal noal to be jain farstrider, and mat will kill him as well
By Canan Urgas on 2006-03-03
Rating: 2.63
Matrim will bring Rand to the Saenchan in an attempt to foster relations...Rand will kneel to the empress out of respect(thus fulfilling the profecy) but will end up controlling the Saenchan by the time of TG.
By matrim7744 on 2006-02-10
Rating: 1.38
I think will come with Olver, Noal and Thom to The Tower of Ghenjei. I think they will also need the help of Darlin because Biggite told Olver about a bronze sword (or was it dagger...) and that's what's on the crown of Tear which is needed to open the Tower of Ghenjei. I think Mat will help to presuade Tuon to sign an alliance with Rand.
By Fist of Heaven on 2006-01-05
Rating: 4.33
I believe Mat will save the White Tower from the Seanchan attack by retrieving the Horn of Valere from the Tower depths and sounding it. When the Seanchan see Artur Hawking fights for Mat and the White Tower, they will ally with them.
By Hammar on 2005-12-31
Rating: 1.9
I predict Tuon will die and Mat will become Emperor.
By WG on 2005-12-26
Rating: 4.44
Mat will, with the aid of the Dragons, mortar the DO's forces, thus occupy at least one of the Forsaken.
By Bane Darkwulf on 2005-12-22
Rating: 2.89
Mat will give up one of his eyes in exchange for Moiraine. This will allow Moiraine to do her part concerning Rand, a part necessary to victory at Tarmon Gaidon. Mats eye = Half the light of the world. Saving Moiraine = saving the world.
By Zarul Argia on 2005-11-28
Rating: 4
When entering the Tower of Ghenjei to retreive Moraine (who is held by the foxes), Mat and crew will have to go through the snakes first. Thankfully he has brought some of that blasting powder with him.
By Franco13 on 2005-11-05
Rating: 1.6
Mat will kill the gholam in the next book using his ter'angreal, and kill anymore that might come along.
By JakOShadows on 2005-11-04
Rating: 4.71
Mat will use his marriage with Tuon to help bring about an alliance with the seanchan. Actually, he will be the main person to negotiate the terms.
By JakOShadows on 2005-11-04
Rating: 2.71
Mat will lead the Band and Seanchan under the Manetheren banner in the Last Battle.
By Shock Lance on 2005-11-03
Rating: 3.14
I predict that Mat's fox-head medallion will be destroyed when he kills the gholam with it.
By Aan-allein on 2005-10-28
Rating: 2.67
I predict that Mat, during the Last Battle, will lead in the Band of the Red Hand, and will personally dispose of some of the Forsaken with the help of his Fox-Head Medallion, which the Forsaken don't know about.
By Lord of the Dawn on 2005-10-28
Rating: 1
Mat 'Will give up half the Light of the world to save the world':
This means giving up half of the true source in some manner.
By staylor on 2005-10-28
Rating: 1.33
It will be revealed that Mat has unwittingly "stolen" the "Dark One's own luck" in Shadar Logoth due to the attraction between both Evils. Due to that Mat's presence will be instrumental in Tarmon Gaidon as not allowing Dark One to use his "own luck" in full range.
By a dragonburned fool on 2005-10-28
Rating: 4.38
I predict that Mat will hook up with Rand to pay a visit to Tuon whereby Rand will fullfill the kneeling prophesy. This will bring all the good guys on line for TG.
By Franco13 on 2005-10-26
Rating: 2.67
I think that Toun will die shortly before tarmon gaidon and will leave Mat as the "Emperor" of the seanchan empire and he will bring all of the seanchan forces to the last battle.
By matrim7744 on 2005-10-24
Rating: 2.31
does not loose an eye...or if he does that is not what giving up half the light of the world means. I think that it means a military decision which leaves a lot of the "light side" the good guys to die...because he has something more important to do to win TG for Rand
By Tristin on 2005-10-22
Rating: 1.62
Mat will in someway betray Rand for the benefit of the Seachan, and Tuon of course.
By Lord of Salvation on 2005-10-21
Rating: 2.36
MAT WILL NOT LOOSE AN EYE!!! Instead, he will abandon the Seanchan (On the other side of the world) in order to save the side of the world where the main story takes place.
By brother of Battles on 2005-10-21
Rating: 2.17
Mat will say he has lost an eye, and will wear a patch as this will be the spying eye of the dark one which he will keep covered.
By Jane-Sedai on 2005-10-10
Rating: 2.25
The tower of Ghenjei will be destroyed when Mat and his companions are saving Moiraine. Either accidentally or on purpose, it will be Mat's fault...
By Aan-allein on 2005-10-05
Rating: 6.58
I predict that Mat will lose an eye while freeing Moiraine from the Tower of Ghenjei; either from fighting ael/eelfinns or dealing with them.
By Aan-allein on 2005-10-04
Rating: 3.69
Mat will give up an eye for Nynaeve to heal into Rand's head after he's blinded, fulfilling a couple visions and predictions in 1 shot.
By oldmanfish on 2005-09-24
Rating: 4.38
Mat's ashandarei will tie the Deathwatch Guards of Tuon to him...fullfilling some prophecy of theirs.
By Franco13 on 2005-09-05
Rating: 2
Mat is going to fall in love with Tuon but because he made the wish not to marry her something is going to happen to her.
By SuchIsLife04 on 2005-08-19
Rating: 1
Mat will not be involved in rescuing Moiraine
By Dorindha on 2005-08-15
Rating: 4.93
Mat's eye is being used by the DO or the forsaken to spy. Mat will go to 'Finnland through the ToG and they will see that his eye is "Evil" and steal it in return for a small favour.
By Kantuna on 2005-08-14
Rating: 2
The Seanchan will discover the Horn of Valere in the Tower. Mat will have to bargain with or beg Tuon to get it back (or perhaps steal it).
By therobotbadger on 2005-08-08
Rating: 6
Mat will end up fighting Demandred in battle either at the LB or before the last battle.
By JakOShadows on 2005-08-06
Rating: 4.67
Mat will make it to TG and judging from his obsession with fireworks will either remake guns or use fireworks as weapons.
I think that during TG he'll probably be the general to most of Rand's armies and he will find himself in a situation where he'll have to sacrifice half of the army to win the battle against the trollocs and darkfriends.
By TheSkink on 2005-07-28
Rating: 3
Mat will be presented to the Empress after marrying Tuon. He will will not be affected by the Crystal Throne ter'angral that makes people feel in awe of the ruler because of his foxhead medallion. He will come within a hair of getting his head separated from his body but his being ta'veren will save his neck and fundamentally change Seanchan and Randland diplomatic relations.
By gaidal farstrider on 2005-07-04
Rating: 2.33
Mat will lose his eye in a bargain for Moiraine in *Finnland. He gives up his eye to save Moiraine, without whom Rand will fail. Also, he later gets an eye ter'angreal. The One Power itself cannot be present as his eye, so a product of the OP will do (a.k.a., a ter'angreal). How he will acquire this, I don't know, but he will.
By Cairodin on 2005-06-22
Rating: 2
Mat will marry Tuon, who will become Empress after the current Empress is killed. Tuon will free the damane, and Mat will lead an army of Seanchan to the White Tower to free Egwene.
By Aeris Sedai on 2005-06-22
Rating: 1.8
Mat will remove his Foxhead Medallion only to find its been blocking his ability to channel as well as protecting him from others who can.
By dogma on 2005-06-21
Rating: 2.5
In KoD, Mat will get attacked by the darkhound that Perrin smelled in CoT since their in the same area and is the only other tav'eren close by.
By JakOShadows on 2005-06-15
Rating: 6
mat will finally find out the connection between the *finn and the tower he saw in tEotW
By lucky with dice on 2005-06-13
Rating: 4.46
Mat is Gaidal Cain. The Finns took Gaidal's and other men's memories and stuffed them in Mat's head.
By Great Lord of the Dark on 2005-06-09
Rating: 4.6
Mat's group will be attacked by shadowspawns and he will shout the battlecry "for the honor of the rose of the sun" in the old tongue. Tuon hears this and being called the rose of the sun herself, she sees Mat's bravery and courage for her honor and she will finally finish the Seanchan Marriage vow leaving Egeanin gawking.
By traedur on 2005-04-12
Rating: 5.15
Just a guess, but Mat will rediscover shock lances which i believe are guns... learns how to make them through aldura the illuminator and the magic of gunpowder ay!
By Sei Taer on 2005-04-07
Rating: 6.33
Just My two cents but...
Tuon is DOTNM that Mat will marry. As according to senchan tradition he has named her his wife three times all she has to do is name him her husband n their marriage is binding within a year and a day. (ironically this year n a day for marriage is same as gai'shan service time so i wonder wat connections that could bring)
Aldura gives him illuminator secret n mat makes fire arms which are (my guess) wat shock lances where in the age of legends.
I'm agreeing with the norse myth trip bout mat losing his eye. At the tower of ghenji (sp?) he will sacrifice it too bring back moriane who has knowledge on how to beat DO from the finn.
I not only (unfortunatley) think that mat will die at TG but so will Perrin n Rand... but in some sort of cataclysmic event where Mat leads seanchan as either a deathwatch Guard, seeker or genral into pit of doom, Perrin leads the commoners n a wolf pack against darkhounds while Rand leads the surving Asha' Man along with Egwene n Aes Sedai into the pit rite up to the dark one.
Well their just guesses but im dam sure will turn out correct cept for the part bout moriane knowing how to kill DO.
By Sei Taer on 2005-03-31
Rating: 3.5
Mat will die before the end of the Last Battle. He will of course be instrumental in leading the forces of Light, but will have to sacrifice himself for the good of the cause (or for Tuon).
By SDog on 2005-03-25
Rating: 5.56
i think that mat will lose sight in one of his eyes as a result of the illuminator invention, and it will during a critical attack
By monachetti on 2005-03-20
Rating: 4
Whatever does or doesn't happen to Mat's eye, whenever we find out half of Theoryland will be jeering "I told you so" and the other half will quietly burn effigies of RJ.
By Aelfinn on 2005-03-03
Rating: 4.5
Mat will not survive the Last Battle, but he will be instrumental to Rands victory, especially with the Seanchan Army to play with.
By Big Rod of Dominion on 2005-02-17
Rating: 2.5
Mat will marry Tuon and become Emperor of the Seanchan, ending their threat to Rand.
By High Lord Matrim on 2005-02-01
Rating: 5.5
I believe Mat will marry Tuon and fulfill what the Finns said, and that he will be a major instrument in getting Moiraine out of Finnland. When he is there he will have to ask three more questions, and set the price as his eye.
By The Dragons Advocate on 2005-01-22
Rating: 3
I believe that the DOTNM that Mat is destined to marry is Tuon as Mat doens't have her figured out, and can't just walk over her. He needs that. Also I think his memories are his own, and that he will lead the seanchan to TG (upon Tuons approval). I think Mat may help Rand find his sanity.
By Jane-Sedai on 2004-11-29
Rating: 5
I have been wondering... could Mats new friend Noel be the Hero of tales Jain Farstrider?? I believe it to be in "New Spring" it says that he took it upon him to go to Shara about the time Malkier fell to the Shadow. couldn't he have come back now?? as an old man... perhaps he could even bring Shara to join Mat. cool thought anyhow:-)
By Purple Dragon on 2004-11-25
Rating: 3.5
Ok, hes going to marry the Daughter of the Nine moons right. Well I think the controversy in this when he gets married is who will lead. What I mean by this is I think Toun will give the orders because she would have a terrible time stepping down to anyone.
By Ashaman Gwain on 2004-11-09
Rating: 1.4
Mat's memories are actually his. Mat is a soul that is continually recycled in the Pattern and it is the memories of his past lives that he now has in his head. Before he visited the snakes and foxes he already had old memories floating into his mind. In the EotW he was speaking Old Tongue before he had the dagger from SL. This continued in TGH. Then in TDR Mat has a full blown memory of the battle for Manetheren in chapter 19, Awakening. This to me is evidence that Mat's soul is recycled. The dagger from SL worked holes in his current life's memories and made room for the A & E to replace them with his old lives memories. I also think that Mat is destined in every life to make it to the Tower of Ghenji in either the flesh or spirit. His soul is connected to the tower because it is he who will eventually master the game.
By Hank McCoy on 2004-10-18
Rating: 5.5
Mat will offer the Eelfinn his eye in exchange for Moiraine's freedom.
By DCIMorse on 2004-10-01
Rating: 7.22
I believe Mat will lose an eye, but he will not die.
By Rune420 on 2004-09-20
Rating: 2
Mat will go to the White Tower to save Egwene and recover The Horn of Valere. He will stand on one of the bridges and be the only known surviver of Balefire.
By bane on 2004-09-13
Rating: 2
mat will lose an eye in the rescue of moiraine. he will also marry tuon but she will die and he will end up with min.
By lucky with dice on 2004-09-07
Rating: 6
Mat will lead his army into the battle at Tar Valon, and Tuon will reveal herself and negotiate a truce.
By Tamin on 2004-08-13
Rating: 5
Meeting up w/ Rand, Perrin at meeting w/ Seanchan, he shall wed Tuon, become "blood", and lead Seanchan to battle at TG. For that matter, he will be in the party with Perrin that frees Rand when he is captured w/ the male adam.
By rand bloody althor on 2004-08-11
Rating: 6.33
I think that Karede will catch up to Mat and Tuon and their band, and Tuon will pull off her veil and thus become the Daughter of the Nine Moons instead of High Lady Tuon, and at that exact moment declare Mat her husband, Mat's and Tuon's prophecies will have both come true.
these being Mat has to marry TDOTNM
and the prophecy we technically don't know that one of her damane told her but most likely something along the lines of, "you will marry a man born on the other side of the world, he will remember Hawkwing's face, and carry memories from the Old Blood, and then you will be DOTNM
By mako0424 on 2004-06-22
Rating: 5.67
I certainly hope I'm wrong, but I believe Mat will die by the time the series draws to a close. I'm hoping against hope, but things aren't looking good. Mat is based heavily on Odin of Norse mythology. RJ has already used two ravens (Thought and Memory), had him hanged from a tree for knowledge, and lost an eye (common "half the light of the world" prediction). Odin died in the last battle. Hopefully that will be one things RJ doesn't use.
By GreyHavens516 on 2004-06-15
Rating: 1.33
Mat will dump Tuon and marry her sister - enother DotNM. Muahaha!
This i fortell.
By Turandil on 2004-04-19
Rating: 2
Tuuon will die and so pave the way for a new daughter of the nine moons (someone chosen by rand maybe) a girl mat is very fond of and so they will become the new emprors of the seanchan
By JediChris on 2004-02-25
Rating: 2
Coming into the teritory of the former Aldeshar, Mat will remember anti-Hawkwing stuff more and more frequently, and that would lead to open conflict against Tuon Paendrag.
By a dragonburned fool on 2004-02-19
Rating: 6
Tuon will declare Mat as her husband in a desperate act to save Mat from Karede and his deathwatch once he catches up with Mat's party. Everyone will be shocked.
By Illuminati on 2004-02-11
Rating: 3
Mat with Tuon's unwilling help will infiltrate and then lead the Seanchan and their Empress (who can channel).
By Tiassale on 2004-01-30
Rating: 7
The ravens on Mat's ashandarei will turn out to have the same meaning as the herons put on swords. The designate blademasters.
By Zaela Sedai on 2004-01-23
Rating: 5
From what Ive seen I believe this: By Min's viewing, Mat will hear of the Tower of Ghenji, which does in fact exist in the real world, in the Mountains of Mist. He will head home to search for the Tower, finding it, and he will enter and somehow be forced into a gamble in which he will lose one of his eyes(perhaps in a duel with Isam/Luc, or as a payment to the Finn). He will be relying on Courafe to Strengthen, and Iron to Bind. Thom will be using Fire to Blind and Music to Dazzle and will come across Moiraine(who just happened to have let them know when and where they would have to go to the Tower of Ghenji to come save her in her letter to Thom). Mat will marry Tuon, that is obvious. As well as that also by Min's viewing he will be King of Manetheren. I think it unlikely that Mat is anyone specific reborn however, since the only likely candidates are there when he sounds the Horn at Falme.
By Lan on 2003-12-14
Rating: 5.33
Mat will give up his eye to the Finn in order to save Moraine without whom the last battle will not be won.
By Areil on 2003-11-26
Rating: 4.67
The Gholam will pick up Mat's trail and follow him. Karede will pick up the Gholam's trail and follow it. All three will encounter each other in the additional company of Tuon, et. al., and Mat will lose his prophesied eye saving her from the Gholam. Karede will witness this act and he and Tuon will commence his [Mat's] induction into the Deathwatch Guard, thus fulfilling Egwene's dream of ravens clutching Mat's shoulders so strongly he bled (i.e., the tatoos, which presumably the Guard, as Imperial property, carry in addition to the Seekers.).
By dragonodare on 2003-11-15
Rating: 2
Mat will destroy Saidar somehow from the "finn" world by sacrificing his eye. This is what "giving up half the light of the world to save the world" means.
By will eelfinn on 2003-10-31
Rating: 6
Mat will not get in any trouble from Seanchan authority for kidnapping Tuon. He is protected by the promises he and Tuon made to each other in COT chapter 3.
By Rhodric on 2003-10-21
Rating: 5.67
I beleive that mat will have a choice too save Tuan life his future wife or somthing like saving Rands life so he can save the world. So mat will give up half the light of his world to save the over all world.
By Roger on 2003-09-03
Rating: 2
What i think "giving up half the light of the world to save the world" means is that Mat will discover firearms.
The evidence for this all his interest in fireworks and in WH the aluminator Aludra asks him if he can figure out what use she'd have for a bellfounder, which is necessary for primitive firearms.
He will use this to "...save the world" but in doing so will have unleashed advanced weaponry on the world thus making it a darker place. Hence "giving up half the light of the world"
By ankas on 2003-08-30
Rating: 4
He will betray Tuon (the moon is half the light of the world, the sun the other half) to aide Rand in the last battle, possibly by commanding a decoy attack to draw attention elsewhere, sacrificing Tuon, himself, and the soldiers he will lead.
By Caramoor on 2003-08-14
Rating: 5
Mat will not become a Sohjin (ie the 'ravens' prediction). In ancient norse mythology, Thought and Memory are the names of the two ravens that sit in the tree of knowledge. (Remember what the foxes wrote on his spear about thought and memory???)
Continuing on with the norse mythology metaphor, Odin had to give Thought and Memory his left eye so he could learn the secrets of the universe. I believe Mat will give up his left eye as payment for some kind of knowledge that will allow Rand to win at TG.
By dutch206 on 2003-07-27
Rating: 4
Mat's spear will is a weapon to match the 'shield' of foxhead medallion.
By juitzhead on 2003-07-14
Rating: 5
Mat will marry Tuon, not become subject to her, which will facilitate Rand's upcoming truce with the Seanchan.
By Lord of the Morning on 2003-07-04
Rating: 5
Mat will marry Tuon but she will own him as da'covale, like Domon and Egeanin. Tuon will become Empress and proclaim Mat as highest of the da'covale, higher than all of the Blood except her. Nobles will be scared stiff of the one-eyed Raven-tatooed Da'covale, but commoners will see him as a hero and joker.
By Rhodric on 2003-06-30
Rating: 4
Mat will lose half the light of the world by having to give up Tuon (the light of his world)to the crystal throne but she is alive thus all light is not lost!! by having her stilled so she is not made a Damane then she loses her spark, spunk, inner light.. thus the light of the world is dimmed in mats eyes
By shane on 2003-06-27
Rating: 2
Mat will not lose an eye, as this will not lose the light of the world only his world
By Shadow Bane on 2003-06-12
Rating: 3
matt can 'legally' wed DoNM because of his relation to AHW. he is desended from manatheren and all the royal families are related
By heronblade on 2003-06-05
Rating: 1
Mat's memories are not from anyone who entered the redstone ter'angreal doorways in the past. They are from dead men who never had contact with the AelFinn or Eelfinn while they lived
By Great Lord of the Dark on 2003-05-28
Rating: 0
Mat will kill at least one gholam by blowing it to pieces with Aludra's invention.
By WinespringBrother on 2003-05-12
Rating: 1
Aemon reborn?
G.C reborn?
Pah!
It's _obvious_ that Mat is Rand reborn.
I mean, Mat spelled backwards is Tam. Which has nothing to do with anything, but work with me here.
By Pips on 2003-04-16
Rating: 1
Mat will fall in love with both Tuon and Aludra and later be forced to choose which one to save. "Half the light."
By Mairan Sedai on 2003-04-06
Rating: 5
Mat will marry Tuon, the Daughter of the Nine Moons. She will make him property in order to do this. (thus the ravens) He will invent firearms when he figures out the illuminators riddle. End of story...
By Zepher on 2003-04-02
Rating: 2
I think Mat will! "give up half of the light of the world to save the rest" by making a treaty with the seanchan allowing them to keep the half of the world that they already own as long as they no longer attack the rest. Since the seanchan are already basically permanently settled, there is no way they'll ever be able to get them out, and they own half the world, so there u go.
By Vaughn882 on 2003-03-09
Rating: 4
Just giving my interpretation of
'giving up half the light of the world to save the world' as predicted by the Finn, I think half the light of the world is how Mat will come to see Tuon, and somewhere Mat will have to sacrifice her, perhapes because if she lives the Seanchan will take over the world.
By Car a carn on 2003-02-22
Rating: 5
Rand will be blinded/lose his eyes before the last battle is over. Mat will give him one of his own so that Rand can continue on.
By onemorereader on 2003-02-20
Rating: 3
When Mat goves up half the light of the world he will have to choose between which of Rands twins by Elayne to save during the Last Battle. The one not saved will be the blood of the dragon shed at Shayol Ghul. The children will possibly stolen by Daved Hanlon and taken there to lure Rand to the Last Battle which he will be trying to procrastinate upon.
By Great Captain on 2003-02-18
Rating: 5
matt will marry the daughter of the nine moons and in that will create and alliance between the seanchen and rand.
By DeathKnight on 2003-02-17
Rating: 7
Mat will accompany Thom in rescuing Moiraine from the Finn. I think he owes them a little retribution
By Graendalboytoy on 2003-02-09
Rating: 2
Mat will be tempted to move to the "darkside" and he may even go to that side and be rescued back to the "good" side.
By Harry on 2003-02-06
Rating: 3
Mat will be the one to kill Rand. he will be forced to choose between Rand and a woman(or women)
By vegita on 2003-01-24
Rating: 4
Mat will be made Sojihn (sp?) somehow by Tuon, and freed before the last battle to lead the combined forces to SG and marry her.
By Fel on 2002-12-17
Rating: 5
Mat is going to be high command in TG (prehaps along with Perrin), and the Band of TRH will be his bodyguard.
By Daod on 2002-11-30
Rating: 6
Mat will become a Hero of the Horn
By Therilon on 2002-11-28
Rating: 5
Mat is going to lose one of his eyes. "To give up Half the Light of the World to save the World."
By ntyatecafe on 2002-11-27
Rating: 0
Mat will be the wildcard in the battle between Ituralde and the Seanchan, & Thera will rally the Taraboners.
By WinespringBrother on 2002-11-22
Rating: 6
Mat will defeat Demandred at Tarmon Gaidon, as both are generals, and both are gamblers. However, Rand will kill Demandred.
By Victor on 2000-09-08
Rating: 3
Hasn't anyone else seen the obvious. The two ravens sinking into Mat means he is going to become a seeker.
By Simon on 2000-01-10
Rating: 1
Mat will marry elayne. listen to my logic. Elayne says she knows how to build an a'dam, right, so she has picked up a fair amount of Seanchan knowledge. Now, since prophecies are often symbolic, can't we say this knowledge has made her a "Daughter of the
By Mat Adorer on 1998-11-01
Rating: 1
I think that the Daughter of the Nine Moons will turn out to be Egeanin, the Seanchan woman who helped Nynaeve and Elayne in Tanchico, and Mat will meet her in the next book.
By Roxanne on 1998-10-14
Rating: 6
Mat, after awakening, in some way saves the daughter of the nine moons life. He will prevent an assasination, possibly by a darkfriend. He also discovers that she can channel and this causes her to keep him close to her. It also eventually revolutionizes
By Kilgen Rain on 1998-10-06
Rating: 2
I think that Mat will be taken to a work camp or something similar to that on Seanchan, and forced to work with the peasants.
By Sean on 1998-10-01
Rating: 7
Mat will end up as a sort of amusement in the CotNM. The DotNM will fall in love with him in rebellion to her mother, and somehow end up leading the Senchan forces in aid to Rand's fight against the Dark One.
By Ash on 1998-09-21
Rating: 6
Mat is going to have a very intresting conversation with Rand where Bashere overhears. It will go something like this.While planning a war.
M-(idly)Lewis, we need shock lances.
R-No arrows or swords will stand up against them.
M-can you get
By Ilyena on 1998-09-12
Rating: 7
Mat marries Seanchan Empress and forms an alliance.
By Ben on 1998-08-02
Rating: 7
In Tarmon Gaidon Mat will (ironically) be forced to lead Aes Sedai into Battle as well as his armies.
By Dvashun on 1998-07-26
Rating: 1
Mat's memories are from previous lifetimes, as he has been spun out of the wheel (he is Gaidal Cain). This explains his amazing knowledge of warfare, and "The Old Tounge." Since Birgitte is always linked to Gaidal, that would make her the Daughter of the
By Arjuna on 1998-07-20
Rating: 8
Mat will create firearms when he finds an illuminator.
By Ryan Proksch on 1998-07-07
Rating: 1
Mat's memories will turn out just to be crazed images, and "The Old Tounge" he speaks will just be crazy babbling. He has these thoughts because he can channel. (Go ahead. I dare you to find fact in that).
By El Conquistador Carlos on 1998-07-05
Rating: 2.44
I believe that Mat will end up on Tremalking and will be put on a digging crew that is currently attempting to uncover the female statue buried there.
By Tamyrlin on 1998-07-01