Also, this means that Galad and Rand are step-brothers.

Not quite. Tigraine is Galad's mother. Galad is only half-brother to Elayne and Gawyn, Morgase married Galad's father some time after Tigraine vanished.

Teleporting is cool, but it doesn’t solve anything.

I'm pretty convinced that about the only weave Rand has that would solve his political problems is balefire. Don't know which is worse, the stuffy, temperamental Tairen nobles (which are basically a bunch of hotheaded Spaniards) or the Cairhienin nobles, who come from a long history of playing politics for keeps. At least...

The meeting is mostly Rand trying to convince them that he intends for Elayne to have the Lion throne, and them being rather skeptical.

The Andoran nobles that aren't Rahvin's buddies are pretty chill, although Andoran politics can be pretty stuffy in their own way too.

What the hell? Why would you want to kill anyone Aviendha? I can’t even tell if she’s serious or it’s supposed to be some sort of Aiel humor. I hope it’s the latter.

Our little baby Wise One hides it well, but she has some issues to sort through, doesn't she? Now who would she have toh that serious toward...

Maybe just something to pass the time while they searched for the stedding.

I believe this is correct.

This of course causes Rand to go extra angry, since it’s a woman. I wonder if this is part of Rand’s own character, or something he has “inherited” from Lews Therin.

Heh. Oh, man.

It seems Rand really has left his village behind.

Of the three, the only one to really ditch the Two Rivers, in my mind, is Mat. Rand... doesn't want