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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 14146" data-attributes="member: 707">Goodkind and JordanInteresting.  There are certainly similarities between certain plot points, though I wouldn't say any particular one is "exactly like" another.  Indeed, I found absolutely nothing similar between Emperor Jagang and the Seanchan at all.  To Jordan's credit, the Seanchan as a people are far more sophisticated than Jagang, and we've yet to meet the Empress of the Nine Moons for a more direct comparison.  Nor are the Aiel in any way similar to the Mord-Sith (the torture ladies,) save that both display a certain stoicism.I did find the Rada-Han and the a'dam to be quite remarkably alike.  Each was a collar designed to control a character with magical power, against his or her will, and each allowed one to inflict mental pain on the victim.  Also, the Sisters of the Light behave very much as the Aes Sedai do, namely, with extreme arrogance.It seems likely to me that some of Goodkind's plot devices may have been influenced by Jordan.  Or it's just as possible that he happened to employ them at the same time.   After all, domination, torture, and arrogant women are hardly new themes.None of which detracts from the charm of Wizard's First Rule. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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