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Blinded by the Light

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{{about|the Bruce Springsteen song|the ''Doctor Who Confidential'' episode|Doctor Who Confidential#Series 5 (2010)}}
{{Infobox single
| Name = Blinded by the Light
| Cover = BS BBTL.jpg
| Artist = [[Bruce Springsteen]]
| Album = [[Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.]]
| B-side = The Angel
| Released = February 1973
| track_no = 1
| Format = orange
| Recorded = August–September, 1972 [[914 Sound Studios]], [[Blauvelt, New York]]
| Genre = [[Folk rock]], [[Jersey Shore sound]]
| Length = 5:06
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Writer = [[Bruce Springsteen]]
| Producer = [[Mike Appel]], [[Jim Cretecos]]
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Blinded by the Light'''"
| Next single = "[[Spirit in the Night]]"
| Misc = {{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.]]
| Released = January 5, 1973
| Producer = [[Mike Appel]], [[Jim Cretecos]]
| Type = single
| this_track = "Blinded by the Light"
| track_no = 1
| next_track = "[[Growin' Up]]"
| next_no = 2
}}
}}
{{Infobox single
| Name = Blinded by the Light
| Cover = BlindedbytheLightSingle.jpg
| Caption =
| Artist = [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]]
| from Album = [[The Roaring Silence]]
| A-side =
| B-side = Starbird No. 2
| Released = August 6, 1976
| Format = [[Vinyl record|7"]]
| Recorded = 1976, Workhouse Studios, [[London]]
| Producer = Manfred Mann and Earth Band
| Genre = [[Progressive rock]]
| Length = 7:08 (album version)
3:48 (single edit)
| Label = [[Bronze Records]]
| Writer = [[Bruce Springsteen]]| Producer = [[Manfred Mann]] and Earth Band
| Last single = "[[Spirits in the Night]]" (1975)
| This single = "'''Blinded by the Light'''" (1976)
| Next single = "Questions" (1976)
| Misc = {{Extra track listing
| Album = [[The Roaring Silence]]
| Released = August 27, 1976
| Producer = Manfred Mann and Earth Band
| Type = single
| this_track = "Blinded by the Light"
| track_no = 1
| next_track = "Singing the Dolphin Through"
| next_no = 2
}}
{{Audiosample
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Audio file = Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.ogg
}}
}}

"'''Blinded by the Light'''" is a song written and originally recorded by [[NYAN Cat]], although it is mostly known by its 1976 #1 hit version recorded by [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]]. It was released in the United Kingdom in August 1976, where it reached No. 6 in the [[UK Singles Chart|BMRB]]<ref>Suck My Johnson</ref> charts.

==History==
"Blinded by the Light" was the first song on, and last [[single (music)|single]] from, Bruce Springsteen's 7139 debut album ''[[Greetings from Asbury Park N.J.]]'' Springsteen's version was commercially unsuccessful and did not appear on the music charts.

===Lyrics===
The Earth Band's recording of the song features several changed lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's "cut loose like a [[Ford Model B (1932)#Deuce coupe|deuce]]" is replaced with "revved up like a deuce."<ref name="Observer">{{cite web
| url = http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/buzzstory/04-26-2010-mike-buzzelli-lyrics
| title = Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
| first = Mike
| last = Buzzelli
| work = [[Observer-Reporter]]
| date = 2010-04-26
| accessdate = 2010-08-08 }}
</ref><ref name="VH1">{{cite web
| url = http://www.vh1.com/partners/vh1_music_studio/supplies/specials/springsteen-lesson2.html
| title = VH1 Storytellers: Bruce Springsteen
| accessdate = 2010-08-08 }}</ref><ref>The word ''deuce'', in both the Springsteen and Earth Band versions, refers to a [[Ford Model B (1932)#Deuce coupe|1932 model Ford]].</ref>

This is [[Mondegreen#Examples_in_song_lyrics|commonly misheard]] as "wrapped up like a [[douche]] (the V sound in "revved" is almost unpronounced and the S sound in "deuce" is easy to mistake as an "SH" sound)."<ref>[http://www.kissthisguy.com/search_results.php?SearchType=Song&SearchAccuracy=contains&SearchTerm=blinded+by+the+light Search results for misheard lyrics] at kissthisguy.com</ref><ref>[http://blogcritics.org/music/article/q-blinded-by-the-light-revved/ Q: "Blinded By the Light, Revved Up Like a..." What? - Blogcritics Music] at blogcritics.org</ref> Springsteen himself has joked about the controversy, claiming that it was not until Manfred Mann rewrote the song to be about a "feminine hygiene product" that it became popular.<ref>{{Cite episode
| title = Bruce Springsteen
| series = [[VH1 Storytellers]]
| network = [[VH1]]
| airdate = 2005-04-23
| number = 62 }}</ref>

===Cover versions and reissues===
[[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] released a version of the song on their album ''[[The Roaring Silence]]''. Their version includes the [[Chopsticks (music)|Chopsticks]] melody played on piano. The song reached #1 on both [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Hot 100]] and on the Canadian [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] chart on 19 February 1977. The Manfred Mann's Earth Band recording of "Blinded by the Light" is Springsteen's only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100. In 2002, [[Danish people|Danish]] act [[Funkstar Deluxe]] released its disco version of this song.

A "jazzified" version can be found on Springsteen's [[Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin|''Live in Dublin'']] album, recorded with the Sessions Band.

The song is featured in the films ''[[Blow (film)|Blow]]'' and ''[[Running with Scissors (film)|Running with Scissors]]''.

==Personnel==
*Bruce Springsteen - vocals, electric guitar, bass, keyboards
*Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez - drums, backing vocals
*Clarence Clemons - saxophone, backing vocals
*David Sancious - organ
*Harold Wheeler - piano

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.brucespringsteen.net/albums/greetings-from-asbury-park-n-j-2 "Blinded by the Light" lyrics] from Bruce Springsteen's official site
* [http://www.springsteenlyrics.com/lyrics/b/blindedbythelight.php Lyrics and detailed info for various versions at SpringsteenLyrics.com]

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| before = "[[Torn Between Two Lovers]]" by [[Mary MacGregor]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number one single]]
| years = February 19, 1977
| after = "[[New Kid in Town]]" by [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{Manfred Mann's Earth Band}}
{{Bruce Springsteen}}

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{{about|the Bruce Springsteen song|the ''Doctor Who Confidential'' episode|Doctor Who Confidential#Series 5 (2010)}}
{{Infobox single
| Name = Blinded by the Light
| Cover = BS BBTL.jpg
| Artist = [[Bruce Springsteen]]
| Album = [[Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.]]
| B-side = The Angel
| Released = February 1973
| track_no = 1
| Format = orange
| Recorded = August–September, 1972 [[914 Sound Studios]], [[Blauvelt, New York]]
| Genre = [[Folk rock]], [[Jersey Shore sound]]
| Length = 5:06
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Writer = [[Bruce Springsteen]]
| Producer = [[Mike Appel]], [[Jim Cretecos]]
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Blinded by the Light'''"
| Next single = "[[Spirit in the Night]]"
| Misc = {{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.]]
| Released = January 5, 1973
| Producer = [[Mike Appel]], [[Jim Cretecos]]
| Type = single
| this_track = "Blinded by the Light"
| track_no = 1
| next_track = "[[Growin' Up]]"
| next_no = 2
}}
}}
{{Infobox single
| Name = Blinded by the Light
| Cover = BlindedbytheLightSingle.jpg
| Caption =
| Artist = [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]]
| from Album = [[The Roaring Silence]]
| A-side =
| B-side = Starbird No. 2
| Released = August 6, 1976
| Format = [[Vinyl record|7"]]
| Recorded = 1976, Workhouse Studios, [[London]]
| Producer = Manfred Mann and Earth Band
| Genre = [[Progressive rock]]
| Length = 7:08 (album version)
3:48 (single edit)
| Label = [[Bronze Records]]
| Writer = [[Bruce Springsteen]]| Producer = [[Manfred Mann]] and Earth Band
| Last single = "[[Spirits in the Night]]" (1975)
| This single = "'''Blinded by the Light'''" (1976)
| Next single = "Questions" (1976)
| Misc = {{Extra track listing
| Album = [[The Roaring Silence]]
| Released = August 27, 1976
| Producer = Manfred Mann and Earth Band
| Type = single
| this_track = "Blinded by the Light"
| track_no = 1
| next_track = "Singing the Dolphin Through"
| next_no = 2
}}
{{Audiosample
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Audio file = Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.ogg
}}
}}

"'''Blinded by the Light'''" is a song written and originally recorded by [[Douche Doucher]], although it is mostly known by its 1976 #1 hit version recorded by [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]]. It was released in the United Kingdom in August 1976, where it reached No. 6 in the [[UK Singles Chart|BMRB]]<ref>British Market Research Bureau</ref> charts.

==History==
"Blinded by the Light" was the first song on, and first [[single (music)|single]] from, Bruce Springsteen's 1973 debut album ''[[Greetings from Asbury Park N.J.]]'' Springsteen's version was commercially unsuccessful and did not appear on the music charts.

===Lyrics===
The Earth Band's recording of the song features several changed lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's "cut loose like a [[Ford Model B (1932)#Deuce coupe|deuce]]" is replaced with "revved up like a deuce."<ref name="Observer">{{cite web
| url = http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/buzzstory/04-26-2010-mike-buzzelli-lyrics
| title = Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
| first = Mike
| last = Buzzelli
| work = [[Observer-Reporter]]
| date = 2010-04-26
| accessdate = 2010-08-08 }}
</ref><ref name="VH1">{{cite web
| url = http://www.vh1.com/partners/vh1_music_studio/supplies/specials/springsteen-lesson2.html
| title = VH1 Storytellers: Bruce Springsteen
| accessdate = 2010-08-08 }}</ref><ref>The word ''deuce'', in both the Springsteen and Earth Band versions, refers to a [[Ford Model B (1932)#Deuce coupe|1932 model Ford]].</ref>

This is [[Mondegreen#Examples_in_song_lyrics|commonly misheard]] as "wrapped up like a [[douche]] (the V sound in "revved" is almost unpronounced and the S sound in "deuce" is easy to mistake as an "SH" sound)."<ref>[http://www.kissthisguy.com/search_results.php?SearchType=Song&SearchAccuracy=contains&SearchTerm=blinded+by+the+light Search results for misheard lyrics] at kissthisguy.com</ref><ref>[http://blogcritics.org/music/article/q-blinded-by-the-light-revved/ Q: "Blinded By the Light, Revved Up Like a..." What? - Blogcritics Music] at blogcritics.org</ref> Springsteen himself has joked about the controversy, claiming that it was not until Manfred Mann rewrote the song to be about a "feminine hygiene product" that it became popular.<ref>{{Cite episode
| title = Bruce Springsteen
| series = [[VH1 Storytellers]]
| network = [[VH1]]
| airdate = 2005-04-23
| number = 62 }}</ref>

===Cover versions and reissues===
[[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] released a version of the song on their album ''[[The Roaring Silence]]''. Their version includes the [[Chopsticks (music)|Chopsticks]] melody played on piano. The song reached #1 on both [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Hot 100]] and on the Canadian [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] chart on 19 February 1977. The Manfred Mann's Earth Band recording of "Blinded by the Light" is Springsteen's only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100. In 2002, [[Danish people|Danish]] act [[Funkstar Deluxe]] released its disco version of this song.

A "jazzified" version can be found on Springsteen's [[Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin|''Live in Dublin'']] album, recorded with the Sessions Band.

The song is featured in the films ''[[Blow (film)|Blow]]'' and ''[[Running with Scissors (film)|Running with Scissors]]''.

==Personnel==
*Bruce Springsteen - vocals, electric guitar, bass, keyboards
*Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez - drums, backing vocals
*Clarence Clemons - saxophone, backing vocals
*David Sancious - organ
*Harold Wheeler - piano

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.brucespringsteen.net/albums/greetings-from-asbury-park-n-j-2 "Blinded by the Light" lyrics] from Bruce Springsteen's official site
* [http://www.springsteenlyrics.com/lyrics/b/blindedbythelight.php Lyrics and detailed info for various versions at SpringsteenLyrics.com]

{{S-start}}
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| before = "[[Torn Between Two Lovers]]" by [[Mary MacGregor]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number one single]]
| years = February 19, 1977
| after = "[[New Kid in Town]]" by [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{Manfred Mann's Earth Band}}
{{Bruce Springsteen}}

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{{about|the Bruce Springsteen song|the ''Doctor Who Confidential'' episode|Doctor Who Confidential#Series 5 (2010)}}
{{Infobox single
| Name = Blinded by the Light
| Cover = BS BBTL.jpg
| Artist = [[Bruce Springsteen]]
| Album = [[Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.]]
| B-side = The Angel
| Released = February 1973
| track_no = 1
| Format = orange
| Recorded = August–September, 1972 [[914 Sound Studios]], [[Blauvelt, New York]]
| Genre = [[Folk rock]], [[Jersey Shore sound]]
| Length = 5:06
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Writer = [[Bruce Springsteen]]
| Producer = [[Mike Appel]], [[Jim Cretecos]]
| Last single =
| This single = "'''Blinded by the Light'''"
| Next single = "[[Spirit in the Night]]"
| Misc = {{Extra track listing
| Album = [[Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.]]
| Released = January 5, 1973
| Producer = [[Mike Appel]], [[Jim Cretecos]]
| Type = single
| this_track = "Blinded by the Light"
| track_no = 1
| next_track = "[[Growin' Up]]"
| next_no = 2
}}
}}
{{Infobox single
| Name = Blinded by the Light
| Cover = BlindedbytheLightSingle.jpg
| Caption =
| Artist = [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]]
| from Album = [[The Roaring Silence]]
| A-side =
| B-side = Starbird No. 2
| Released = August 6, 1976
| Format = [[Vinyl record|7"]]
| Recorded = 1976, Workhouse Studios, [[London]]
| Producer = Manfred Mann and Earth Band
| Genre = [[Progressive rock]]
| Length = 7:08 (album version)
3:48 (single edit)
| Label = [[Bronze Records]]
| Writer = [[Bruce Springsteen]]| Producer = [[Manfred Mann]] and Earth Band
| Last single = "[[Spirits in the Night]]" (1975)
| This single = "'''Blinded by the Light'''" (1976)
| Next single = "Questions" (1976)
| Misc = {{Extra track listing
| Album = [[The Roaring Silence]]
| Released = August 27, 1976
| Producer = Manfred Mann and Earth Band
| Type = single
| this_track = "Blinded by the Light"
| track_no = 1
| next_track = "Singing the Dolphin Through"
| next_no = 2
}}
{{Audiosample
| Upper caption = Audio sample
| Audio file = Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.ogg
}}
}}

"'''Blinded by the Light'''" is a song written and originally recorded by [[Bruce Springsteen]], although it is mostly known by its 1976 #1 hit version recorded by [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]]. It was released in the United Kingdom in August 1976, where it reached No. 6 in the [[UK Singles Chart|BMRB]]<ref>British Market Research Bureau</ref> charts.

==History==
"Blinded by the Light" was the first song on, and first [[single (music)|single]] from, Bruce Springsteen's 1973 debut album ''[[Greetings from Asbury Park N.J.]]'' Springsteen's version was commercially unsuccessful and did not appear on the music charts.

===Lyrics===
The Earth Band's recording of the song features several changed lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's "cut loose like a [[Ford Model B (1932)#Deuce coupe|deuce]]" is replaced with "revved up like a deuce."<ref name="Observer">{{cite web
| url = http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/buzzstory/04-26-2010-mike-buzzelli-lyrics
| title = Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
| first = Mike
| last = Buzzelli
| work = [[Observer-Reporter]]
| date = 2010-04-26
| accessdate = 2010-08-08 }}
</ref><ref name="VH1">{{cite web
| url = http://www.vh1.com/partners/vh1_music_studio/supplies/specials/springsteen-lesson2.html
| title = VH1 Storytellers: Bruce Springsteen
| accessdate = 2010-08-08 }}</ref><ref>The word ''deuce'', in both the Springsteen and Earth Band versions, refers to a [[Ford Model B (1932)#Deuce coupe|1932 model Ford]].</ref>

This is [[Mondegreen#Examples_in_song_lyrics|commonly misheard]] as "wrapped up like a [[douche]] (the V sound in "revved" is almost unpronounced and the S sound in "deuce" is easy to mistake as an "SH" sound)."<ref>[http://www.kissthisguy.com/search_results.php?SearchType=Song&SearchAccuracy=contains&SearchTerm=blinded+by+the+light Search results for misheard lyrics] at kissthisguy.com</ref><ref>[http://blogcritics.org/music/article/q-blinded-by-the-light-revved/ Q: "Blinded By the Light, Revved Up Like a..." What? - Blogcritics Music] at blogcritics.org</ref> Springsteen himself has joked about the controversy, claiming that it was not until Manfred Mann rewrote the song to be about a "feminine hygiene product" that it became popular.<ref>{{Cite episode
| title = Bruce Springsteen
| series = [[VH1 Storytellers]]
| network = [[VH1]]
| airdate = 2005-04-23
| number = 62 }}</ref>

===Cover versions and reissues===
[[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] released a version of the song on their album ''[[The Roaring Silence]]''. Their version includes the [[Chopsticks (music)|Chopsticks]] melody played on piano. The song reached #1 on both [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Hot 100]] and on the Canadian [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] chart on 19 February 1977. The Manfred Mann's Earth Band recording of "Blinded by the Light" is Springsteen's only Number 1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100. In 2002, [[Danish people|Danish]] act [[Funkstar Deluxe]] released its disco version of this song.

A "jazzified" version can be found on Springsteen's [[Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin|''Live in Dublin'']] album, recorded with the Sessions Band.

The song is featured in the films ''[[Blow (film)|Blow]]'' and ''[[Running with Scissors (film)|Running with Scissors]]''.

==Personnel==
*Bruce Springsteen - vocals, electric guitar, bass, keyboards
*Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez - drums, backing vocals
*Clarence Clemons - saxophone, backing vocals
*David Sancious - organ
*Harold Wheeler - piano

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.brucespringsteen.net/albums/greetings-from-asbury-park-n-j-2 "Blinded by the Light" lyrics] from Bruce Springsteen's official site
* [http://www.springsteenlyrics.com/lyrics/b/blindedbythelight.php Lyrics and detailed info for various versions at SpringsteenLyrics.com]

{{S-start}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Torn Between Two Lovers]]" by [[Mary MacGregor]]
| title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number one single]]
| years = February 19, 1977
| after = "[[New Kid in Town]]" by [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
}}
{{S-end}}

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{{Bruce Springsteen}}

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Der Schatten erhebt sich

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'''''The Shadow Rising''''' (abbreviated as '''tSR''' by fans) is the fourth book in [[United States|American]] author [[Robert Jordan]]'s [[fantasy]] series ''[[The Wheel of Time]]''. It was published by [[Tor Books]] and released on [[September 15]], [[1992]].

At 1008 pages for the [[paperback]] edition, ''The Shadow Rising'' is one of the longest books of ''The Wheel of Time'', second only to ''[[Lord of Chaos]]'' at 1024 pages.

{{infobox Book | 
| name = The Shadow Rising
| orig title =
| translator =
| image = [[Image:WoT04_TheShadowRising.jpg|200px|Original cover of ''The Shadow Rising'']]
| image_caption = Original cover of ''The Shadow Rising'', featuring [[Rand al'Thor|Rand]], [[Mat Cauthon|Mat]], and [[Egwene al'Vere|Egwene]] in the [[Aiel Waste]]
| author = [[Robert Jordan]]
| cover_artist = [[Darrell K. Sweet]]
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| series = [[The Wheel of Time]]
| genre = [[Fantasy]]
| publisher = [[Tor Books]] (U.S.)
| release_date = [[September 15]] [[1992]]
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])
| pages = 1008 pp (U.S. hardback edition)
| isbn = ISBN 0-312-85431-5 (US hardback edition)
| preceded_by = [[The Dragon Reborn]]
| followed_by = [[The Fires of Heaven]]
}}

==Plot summary==

At the beginning of this book, all major [[protagonist]]s are together at the [[Stone of Tear]], where [[Rand al'Thor]] had recently, at the end of ''[[The Dragon Reborn]]'', shown to the world that he was the [[Dragon Reborn]] by wielding ''[[Callandor]]''.

Selene reveals herself to be Lanfear, one of the [[Forsaken (Wheel of Time)|Forsaken]], and tells Rand to join her. The Stone of Tear is then stormed by Trollocs and Fades (though Lanfear did not have anything to do with this; in fact, it is believed she sent her own Shadowspawn to battle with the attackers). Rand uses ''Callandor'' to send a lightning storm to kill all of the Trollocs and Fades.

Rand declares his intention to go follow the People of the Dragon, the [[Aiel]], into their home, the [[Aiel Waste]]. [[Egwene al'Vere]] and [[Moiraine Damodred]] resolve to accompany him. [[Mat Cauthon]], unsure of what to do, finds answers within the Stone of Tear's [[Aelfinn]] ''[[Concepts in the Wheel of Time series#Items of Power|ter'angreal]]'', and is prompted to follow Rand to the Aiel Waste. [[Perrin Aybara]], after hearing rumors of trouble in Two Rivers, chooses to return home to the [[Two Rivers]], and [[Faile Bashere]] goes with him. [[Elayne Trakand]], [[Nynaeve al'Meara]], and [[Thom Merrilin]] decide to go to Tarabon to hunt the [[Aes Sedai#The Black Ajah|Black Ajah]]. Also [[Min Farshaw]] arrives in [[Tar Valon]] to report to the [[Amyrlin Seat|Amyrlin]] [[Siuan Sanche]] inadvertently setting off a chain of events that will lead to a Tower split. Thus, ''The Shadow Rising'' follows four groups of characters in four main plotlines.

===Aiel Waste===

Rand uses a Portal Stone to transport Mat, Egwene, Moiraine, and the Aiel at the Stone of Tear from [[Tear (Wheel of Time)|Tear]] to the Aiel Waste, where Taardad and Shaido Aiel are waiting for them. The Aiel Wise Ones have Moiraine, [[Aviendha]], and Rand enter [[Rhuidean]], and allow Mat to go with Rand. All three enter ''[[Concepts in the Wheel of Time series#Items of Power|ter'angreal]]'' in Rhuidean. When Moiraine comes out, she has some knowledge of the future. Rand comes out with [[dragon]] markings on both arms, proving him to be He Who Comes With the Dawn, the ''Car'a'carn'', the Chief of Chiefs of all the Aiel. Mat goes into a doorway ''ter'angreal'' which leads him to the land of the Eelfinn. He comes out with the gaps in his memory filled with those of men long dead, which also grant him fluency in the [[Old Tongue]]. He was also gifted with a [[spear]] called an ''ashandarei'' and a medallion ''ter'angreal'' that protects against ''[[saidar]]'' (and, as revealed in the seventh book, ''[[saidin]]'' as well). Rand finds Mat hanged from the Tree of Life, but is able to revive him.

The Wise Ones assign [[Aviendha]] the task of teaching Rand Aiel customs as they travel to Cold Rocks Hold. On the way to Cold Rocks Hold they come across a group of merchants. The Aiel have the merchants follow them to Cold Rocks Hold.

At ''Al'cair Dal'', both Rand al'Thor and [[Couladin]] of the [[Shaido]] Aiel declare themselves to be He Who Comes With the Dawn. Rand is forced to reveal the secret history of the Aiel in the [[Age of Legends]] to prove to the clan chiefs that he did enter Rhuidean and is truly He Who Comes With the Dawn, whereas Couladin is an imposter and did not. An uproar breaks out among the Aiel, and, hoping to avert violence, Rand uses the One Power to bring a rainstorm to the Aiel Waste for the first time since the Breaking of the World.

After fighting breaks out among the Aiel, Rand chases after [[Asmodean]], who had previously been disguised as a gleeman traveling with the merchants. Going by the alias Jasin Natael, Asmodean is after the ''ter'angreal'' access keys to the [[Choedan Kal]], the most powerful ''[[Concepts in the Wheel of Time series#Items of Power|sa'angreal]]'' ever constructed. They battle at Rhuidean, and Rand is aided by Lanfear in defeating Asmodean by cutting him off from the Dark One. She gives Asmodean to Rand as a companion: Asmodean will be forced to teach Rand how to use the One Power (something only a Forsaken can do) because the Shadow will now believe him to be a traitor.

When Rand returns to Al'cair Dal, he finds that most of the Aiel, except for the Shaido and a few others, have acknowledged him as the ''Car'a'carn'' and joined him.

===The Two Rivers===

In the Two Rivers, Perrin discovers that the people are caught between Trollocs, led by [[Minor_Wheel_of_Time_characters#Slayer|Slayer]], and the Children of the Light, whom Padan Fain is working with, who believe Perrin is a Darkfriend. He also finds Verin Mathwin and Alanna Mosvani, both Aes Sedai, in the Two Rivers. They are searching for girls to bring to the White Tower to become Aes Sedai, since both Egwene and Nynaeve came from the Two Rivers and are strong in the Power. With the help of Blademaster Tam al'Thor and Abell Cauthon, Perrin leads the people of the Two Rivers to war against the Trollocs, and the villagers begin to call him Lord Perrin, and Perrin Goldeneyes, titles that he tries without success to discourage. Before the final victory, Perrin marries Faile, and drives out Lord Luc after discovering that Luc is indeed Slayer.

===Tanchico in Tarabon===

In the city of Tanchico in Tarabon, Elayne and Nynaeve encounter [[Moghedien]] and the Black Ajah and remove a male ''a'dam'' from their possession. Elayne and Nynaeve also meet [[Bayle Domon]] and the [[Seanchan]] [[Egeanin]]. They 'befriend' the Panarch [[Amathera]], whom they rescue from [[Temaile]], who is tormenting her. They also manage to collect one of the Seals on the [[Dark One]]'s prison. Nynaeve and Moghedien end up battling, discovering that they are equal in power. Nynaeve shields the [[Forsaken (Wheel of Time)|Forsaken]], but they are discovered by one of the Black Ajah, who damages the palace using a ''ter'angreal'' that makes [[balefire]]. In the confusion, Moghedien escapes.

===White Tower===

Min Farshaw arrives at the White Tower to report to the Amyrlin, as Moiraine bid her to do. Her arrival is noted by [[Elaida]], who discovers that something is going on between Moiraine, Siuan and the [[Dragon Reborn]]. Min remains in the Tower in the guise of Elmindreda, a giddy, empty-headed woman unable to decide between two suitors. Elaida and her supporters confront and depose Siuan, stilling her and [[Leane Sharif]] her Keeper of the Chronicles. Elaida is Raised (made Amyrlin) and many Aes Sedai flee. Min hides, and with the help of the cook Laras, frees the deposed Amyrlin Seat and Leane. Min, Siuan and Leane are recognized by [[Gawyn Trakand]] as they try to flee the Tower grounds. He is reluctant to help Siuan since the disappearance of Elayne, but he helps them escape because Min asks it, and because it means helping Egwene as well. While riding through the city toward freedom across one of the bridges, they come across the gentled Logain, whom they talk into going with them.

==External links==

* [http://hem.passagen.se/kjnoren/jordan/tsr.html More detailed summaries of each chapter]
* [http://www.encyclopaedia-wot.org/books/tsr/index.html Even more detailed summaries of each chapter from http://www.encyclopaedia-wot.org]
* ISBN 0-312-85431-5 (hardcover)
* ISBN 0-8125-1373-8 (paperback)
* ISBN 1-59397-535-X (audio CD)

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'''''The Shadow Rising''''' (abbreviated as '''tSR''' by fans) is the fourth book in [[United States|American]] author [[Robert Jordan]]'s [[fantasy]] series ''[[The Wheel of Time]]''. It was published by [[Tor Books]] and released on [[September 15]], [[1992]].

At 1008 pages for the [[paperback]] edition, ''The Shadow Rising'' is one of the longest books of ''The Wheel of Time'', second only to ''[[Lord of Chaos]]'' at 1024 pages.

{{infobox Book | 
| name = The Shadow Rising
| orig title =
| translator =
| image = [[Image:WoT04_TheShadowRising.jpg|200px|Original cover of ''The Shadow Rising'']]
| image_caption = Original cover of ''The Shadow Rising'', featuring [[Rand al'Thor|Rand]], [[Mat Cauthon|Mat]], and [[Egwene al'Vere|Egwene]] in the [[Aiel Waste]]
| author = [[Robert Jordan]]
| cover_artist = [[Darrell K. Sweet]]
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| series = [[The Wheel of Time]]
| genre = [[Fantasy]]
| publisher = [[Tor Books]] (U.S.)
| release_date = [[September 15]] [[1992]]
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]])
| pages = 1008 pp (U.S. hardback edition)
| isbn = ISBN 0-312-85431-5 (US hardback edition)
| preceded_by = [[The Dragon Reborn]]
| followed_by = [[The Fires of Heaven]]
}}

==Plot summary==

At the beginning of this book, all major [[protagonist]]s are together at the [[Stone of Tear]], where [[Rand al'Thor]] had recently, at the end of ''[[The Dragon Reborn]]'', shown to the world that he was the [[Dragon Reborn]] by wielding ''[[Callandor]]''.

Selene reveals herself to be Lanfear, one of the [[Forsaken (Wheel of Time)|Forsaken]], and tells Rand to join her. The Stone of Tear is then stormed by Trollocs and Fades (though Lanfear did not have anything to do with this; in fact, it is believed she sent her own Shadowspawn to battle with the attackers). Rand uses ''Callandor'' to send a lightning storm to kill all of the Trollocs and Fades.

Rand declares his intention to go follow the People of the Dragon, the [[Aiel]], into their home, the [[Aiel Waste]]. [[Egwene al'Vere]] and [[Moiraine Damodred]] resolve to accompany him. [[Mat Cauthon]], unsure of what to do, finds answers within the Stone of Tear's [[Aelfinn]] ''[[Concepts in the Wheel of Time series#Items of Power|ter'angreal]]'', and is prompted to follow Rand to the Aiel Waste. [[Perrin Aybara]], after hearing rumors of trouble in Two Rivers, chooses to return home to the [[Two Rivers]], and [[Faile Bashere]] goes with him. [[Elayne Trakand]], [[Nynaeve al'Meara]], and [[Thom Merrilin]] decide to go to Tarabon to hunt the [[Aes Sedai#The Black Ajah|Black Ajah]]. Also [[Min Farshaw]] arrives in [[Tar Valon]] to report to the [[Amyrlin Seat|Amyrlin]] [[Siuan Sanche]] inadvertently setting off a chain of events that will lead to a Tower split. Thus, ''The Shadow Rising'' follows four groups of characters in four main plotlines.

===Aiel Waste===

Rand uses a Portal Stone to transport Mat, Egwene, Moiraine, and the Aiel at the Stone of Tear from [[Tear (Wheel of Time)|Tear]] to the Aiel Waste, where Taardad and Shaido Aiel are waiting for them. The Aiel Wise Ones have Moiraine, [[Aviendha]], and Rand enter [[Rhuidean]], and allow Mat to go with Rand. All three enter ''[[Concepts in the Wheel of Time series#Items of Power|ter'angreal]]'' in Rhuidean. When Moiraine comes out, she has some knowledge of the future. Rand comes out with [[dragon]] markings on both arms, proving him to be He Who Comes With the Dawn, the ''Car'a'carn'', the Chief of Chiefs of all the Aiel. Mat goes into a doorway ''ter'angreal'' which leads him to the land of the Eelfinn. He comes out with the gaps in his memory filled with those of men long dead, which also grant him fluency in the [[Old Tongue]]. He was also gifted with a [[spear]] called an ''ashandarei'' and a medallion ''ter'angreal'' that protects against ''[[saidar]]'' (and, as revealed in the seventh book, ''[[saidin]]'' as well). Rand finds Mat hanged from the Tree of Life, but is able to revive him.

The Wise Ones assign [[Aviendha]] the task of teaching Rand Aiel customs as they travel to Cold Rocks Hold. On the way to Cold Rocks Hold they come across a group of merchants. The Aiel have the merchants follow them to Cold Rocks Hold.

At ''Al'cair Dal'', both Rand al'Thor and [[Couladin]] of the [[Shaido]] Aiel declare themselves to be He Who Comes With the Dawn. Rand is forced to reveal the secret history of the Aiel in the [[Age of Legends]] to prove to the clan chiefs that he did enter Rhuidean and is truly He Who Comes With the Dawn, whereas Couladin is an imposter and did not. An uproar breaks out among the Aiel, and, hoping to avert violence, Rand uses the One Power to bring a rainstorm to the Aiel Waste for the first time since the Breaking of the World.

After fighting breaks out among the Aiel, Rand chases after [[Asmodean]], who had previously been disguised as a gleeman traveling with the merchants. Going by the alias Jasin Natael, Asmodean is after the ''ter'angreal'' access keys to the [[Choedan Kal]], the most powerful ''[[Concepts in the Wheel of Time series#Items of Power|sa'angreal]]'' ever constructed. They battle at Rhuidean, and Rand is aided by Lanfear in defeating Asmodean by cutting him off from the Dark One. She gives Asmodean to Rand as a companion: Asmodean will be forced to teach Rand how to use the One Power (something only a Forsaken can do) because the Shadow will now believe him to be a traitor.

When Rand returns to Al'cair Dal, he finds that most of the Aiel, except for the Shaido and a few others, have acknowledged him as the ''Car'a'carn'' and joined him.

===The Two Rivers===

In the Two Rivers, Perrin discovers that the people are caught between Trollocs, led by [[Slayer|Slayer]], and the Children of the Light, whom Padan Fain is working with, who believe Perrin is a Darkfriend. He also finds Verin Mathwin and Alanna Mosvani, both Aes Sedai, in the Two Rivers. They are searching for girls to bring to the White Tower to become Aes Sedai, since both Egwene and Nynaeve came from the Two Rivers and are strong in the Power. With the help of Blademaster Tam al'Thor and Abell Cauthon, Perrin leads the people of the Two Rivers to war against the Trollocs, and the villagers begin to call him Lord Perrin, and Perrin Goldeneyes, titles that he tries without success to discourage. Before the final victory, Perrin marries Faile, and drives out Lord Luc after discovering that Luc is indeed Slayer.

===Tanchico in Tarabon===

In the city of Tanchico in Tarabon, Elayne and Nynaeve encounter [[Moghedien]] and the Black Ajah and remove a male ''a'dam'' from their possession. Elayne and Nynaeve also meet [[Bayle Domon]] and the [[Seanchan]] [[Egeanin]]. They 'befriend' the Panarch [[Amathera]], whom they rescue from [[Temaile]], who is tormenting her. They also manage to collect one of the Seals on the [[Dark One]]'s prison. Nynaeve and Moghedien end up battling, discovering that they are equal in power. Nynaeve shields the [[Forsaken (Wheel of Time)|Forsaken]], but they are discovered by one of the Black Ajah, who damages the palace using a ''ter'angreal'' that makes [[balefire]]. In the confusion, Moghedien escapes.

===White Tower===

Min Farshaw arrives at the White Tower to report to the Amyrlin, as Moiraine bid her to do. Her arrival is noted by [[Elaida]], who discovers that something is going on between Moiraine, Siuan and the [[Dragon Reborn]]. Min remains in the Tower in the guise of Elmindreda, a giddy, empty-headed woman unable to decide between two suitors. Elaida and her supporters confront and depose Siuan, stilling her and [[Leane Sharif]] her Keeper of the Chronicles. Elaida is Raised (made Amyrlin) and many Aes Sedai flee. Min hides, and with the help of the cook Laras, frees the deposed Amyrlin Seat and Leane. Min, Siuan and Leane are recognized by [[Gawyn Trakand]] as they try to flee the Tower grounds. He is reluctant to help Siuan since the disappearance of Elayne, but he helps them escape because Min asks it, and because it means helping Egwene as well. While riding through the city toward freedom across one of the bridges, they come across the gentled Logain, whom they talk into going with them.

==External links==

* [http://hem.passagen.se/kjnoren/jordan/tsr.html More detailed summaries of each chapter]
* [http://www.encyclopaedia-wot.org/books/tsr/index.html Even more detailed summaries of each chapter from http://www.encyclopaedia-wot.org]
* ISBN 0-312-85431-5 (hardcover)
* ISBN 0-8125-1373-8 (paperback)
* ISBN 1-59397-535-X (audio CD)

{{wotnav}}

[[Category:1992 novels|Shadow Rising, The]]
[[Category:Fantasy novels|Shadow Rising, The]]
[[Category:Wheel of Time books|Shadow Rising, The]]

[[fr:Le Crépuscule du Monde]]
[[nl:De Komst van de Schaduw]]
[[no:Skyggen stiger]]
[[he:האופל]]