Not enough Gleemen,374

	wolfbro 70	0
	ever wonder why we have only met 1? simple answer to the question is that they all are in Illian telling their best stories to win gold. but still. we have seen the points of view from so many people, in so many cities. its just weird that we have not seen any other Gleemen. Also.... I am curious to know who trained Thom. for both of his skill sets. who trained him to be such a good Gleemen, court bard. and who trained him to be so good at the great game. he has being doing both for a long time. and has been good at both for as long as we have heard about him. so i don't think its just something he has just picked up. also another thing i find odd. No stage shows, plays. no actors. my best guess is that Jordan, would rather have a story teller tell the tale then some "artist" give their point of view. even the Romans had stage shows. thoughts? im just curious. maybe there has been a interview where it has been asked. but i have not seen them. and Josh has not been on lately.
	Fri, Jul 30 '10 at 7:13PM EDT	Post 1 • IP

	Shaltilyena 121	0
	look at TGH in cairhien. There ARE stage shows, of which Thom is being quite contemptuous. Something like : "They are pretending to be Rogosh Eagle-Eye for the public. I make the public feel like THEY are Rogosh."
	Fri, Jul 30 '10 at 7:16PM EDT	Post 2 • IP

	RAAM 22	0
	yup, thom is the best gleeman in the world
	Fri, Jul 30 '10 at 9:41PM EDT	Post 3 • IP

	Strakul 1	0
	These are dark times, and thus hard for entertainers, I would think. Still, it would be cool if some of the main characters attend into a stage show/gleeman story telling of themselves. I'm thinking something like the episode in Avatar: The Last Airbender, where the gang watches a play of their deeds thus far, and are horrified by their portrayals.
	Fri, Jul 30 '10 at 9:41PM EDT	Post 4 • IP

	RAAM 22	0
	i never saw that movie, how is it?i dont think theyll see a show of themselves, but maybe theyll all read the book loial is righting
	Fri, Jul 30 '10 at 9:52PM EDT	Post 5 • IP

	wolfbro 70	0
	i remember the "show" your talking about Shaltilyena. but Thom seemed to be talking about it like it was something new. so i did not count it as a real show.
	Fri, Jul 30 '10 at 10:00PM EDT	Post 6 • IP

	MachinShin 7	0
	There is probably not a very big market for gleemen in Randland. Even Thom was a court bard before he got fired. He probably became good at the great game while he lived at the palace. But yeah, Thom is one obscure character. We don't know a lot about his past. He seems to have an understanding with Moraine even though they don't have any major interaction. He went into hiding when Moraine first came to two rivers in EotW, which is queer.
	Fri, Jul 30 '10 at 10:40PM EDT	Post 7 • IP

	firestarter 97	0
	Then Send In The Clowns ...... Ass Clowns LMAO Fire P.S. In Carhien At Barlmanes Manor The night Rand came Looking For Fain There was at least one other Gleeman There
	Sat, Jul 31 '10 at 8:36PM EDT	Post 8 • IP

	fjcc2 1	0
	i think a lot of the gleeman decided to either stay in illian since the hunt for the horn is going on and best recidal wins a lot of money also some are prolly in other adventures with ppl trying to find the horn and as far as i know thom might have learned the game while he was with morgase there where actors but thas was pretty new and most prolly stopped soon after carhein got invaded by aiel
	Sun, Aug 1 '10 at 11:18AM EDT	Post 9 • IP

	andoran_g33k 208	0
	I thought it was rather funny that Thom disdained something that became very popular in our dimension
	Sun, Aug 1 '10 at 1:24PM EDT	Post 10 • IP

	RAAM 22	0
	i know that thom was the house bard before house trakand had the throne, so maybe he learned the great game from observing the nobles in house trakand
	Mon, Aug 2 '10 at 5:06PM EDT	Post 11 • IP

	ashashley 25	0
	i think thom was in the great game before he became a court-bard....i thing of TGH, thom was thinking how it had been a long time since he had to answer questions in the Game, but why would the court bard have nobles asking him questions? as for why we havent seen more gleemen....they are for common people. everyone in the story is either suuperr powerful and noble or pretending to be noble (being an Aes Sedai counts as being normal) but we have seen alot of singers. It seems like all of the inns have a somewhat slutty girl singing and dancing on a table
	Sun, Aug 15 '10 at 8:28PM EDT	Post 12 • IP

	ashashley 25	0
	i mean being aes sedai counts as being noble
	Sun, Aug 15 '10 at 8:28PM EDT	Post 13 • IP

	wolfbro 70	0
	ashashley, welcome.
	Sun, Aug 15 '10 at 11:04PM EDT	Post 14 • IP

	wolfbro 70	0
	you should try are game. click here the rules are on the 1st page of it. it has filled up 2 other threads. so we are nearly on the 1200 post.
	Sun, Aug 15 '10 at 11:09PM EDT	Post 15 • IP

	ashashley 25	0
	will somebody please answer my question about Thom???? why is he sooo good at the great game??????
	Sat, Oct 9 '10 at 1:27PM EDT	Post 16 • IP

	odin 28	0
	cause hes thom
	Sat, Oct 9 '10 at 1:28PM EDT	Post 17 • IP

	Demosthenes 73	0
	Lol you really like to bump dead threads. And Thom is good for the same reason anyone is good, he is awesome and unbelievably clever
	Sat, Oct 9 '10 at 4:29PM EDT	Post 18 • IP

	ashashley 25	0
	I do like to bump threads. It is interesting to come back to something after you haven't thought about it for a while.
	Sat, Oct 9 '10 at 5:08PM EDT	Post 19 • IP

	josh 448	0
	agree
	Sun, Oct 10 '10 at 1:19AM EDT	Post 20 • IP

	Demosthenes 73	0
	Just listening to LoC, and Egwene almost crashes into a gleeman in Cairhien
	Sun, Oct 10 '10 at 4:55PM EDT	Post 21 • IP

	andoran_g33k 208	0
	Really? Fun times.
	Mon, Oct 11 '10 at 9:43AM EDT	Post 22 • IP