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Just got done rereading the first two chapters again, and these are the things that really stick out in my mind with this reading:
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These are spoilers for the first two chapters, folks!!! You are warned!!!!!
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The first chapter really seems to be about two things: the falseness of Thomas Covenant and Jeremiah, and Linden's love making her blind - or wanting to be blind to that.
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At that moment, however, neither Liand nor Stave impinged on Linden's awareness. They were not real to her.
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With Linden, they had crossed hundreds of leagues - and many hundreds of years - to come to this place at this time. In her name, they has defied the reputation of the Masters who ruled over the Land.
But none of her companions existed for her.
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They were her friends, but she hardly noticed them.
And yet - something - perhaps the telltale possession muscle twitches in Jeremiah - or in the constant mention of flames in Covenant's eyes - she knows something is very very wrong.
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Between one heartbeat and the next, she seemed to find herself in the presence, not of her loved ones, but of hernightmares.
I think that might be the quote for the whole first section of the book. These are not going to be her loved ones as such - and they are going to turn out to be nightmares!
And with all of the mentions of flames in his eyes - and not argent flames, either - the Covenant being is going to turn out to be the servant of the fiery possessor.
I feel very sure of this - and yes, you guys can all laugh at me if I find out that I am wrong later in the book. 
The second chapter centers around the wonderful Glimmermere, one of my favorite places in all of hte Land. 
The key action seems to center around Esmer - who, for once, seems to be in his good boy "son of Cail" stage. he brings a bunch of ur-viles and waynhim he picked up somewhere in the past to help Linden and from the sound of it, Revelstone against the demondim.
Linden wants answers, but nothing he says seems to be of any use. He lectures her about the viles and their corruption. the demondim and their corruption. the histories of the ur-viles and waynhim. The birth and early activities of the ravers. A bit about the Land in the ages of Berik and Damelon. he tells her that the fiery possessor is Kastnessen (so the Covenant figure must be in the service of Kastennessin then! (if my theory is at all true ) And he tells her that she must be the first to drink the Earth Blood. 
Nothing that seems helpful on the surface...but with the time travel, a lot of this could be of crucial importance should Linden ever end up back in the time of Berek or Damelon. And Damelon was the one to set up Damelon's Door, and seemed to know all about the Earth Blood and set up the approach to it. So who knows - maybe she will end up in Damelon's time and end up going to Melenkurrion Skyweir...
So while Linden is frustrated with Esmer (and who could blame her at all??????????) - the things he told her might be the very things she might need to know - even if she doesn't;t know that yet.
As annoying as he is, he is clearly the Son of Cail rather than the scion of the Sea Wives in this chapter...
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