What Jordan said on the matter - Edit 1
Before modification by Dragonsworn at 04/01/2011 12:58:45 AM
BS posted an old DM interview in which RJ said this:
Liandra from The Netherlands: I understand there would be a person in The Eye of the World, but that he was cut out or something. Who was he?
RJ: One of the characters who I have brought in later was a fellow named Daniell in TEOTW, and I brought him out because I realized he didn't have anything to do there. I reintroduced hiim later. At that point, he was simply taking up space.
Liandra from The Netherlands: I understand there would be a person in The Eye of the World, but that he was cut out or something. Who was he?
RJ: One of the characters who I have brought in later was a fellow named Daniell in TEOTW, and I brought him out because I realized he didn't have anything to do there. I reintroduced hiim later. At that point, he was simply taking up space.