Elaida's Escape from the Seanchan

[solarz]

just an observation,rand did spend more time with mat than anyone during their eye of

the world journey,yet,he was completely unaffected by the shadar logoth taint.

 

The difference is that Mat was being corrupted by the taint of the dagger. Mat himself had no ability to corrupt anything.

 

Padan Fain was able to corrupt others by his mere presence because he *was* Morgoth. Where the dagger carried a small piece of Shada Logoth's taint, Padan Fain carried within him the source of that evil.

[Maedelin]

 

just an observation,rand did spend more time with mat than anyone during their eye of

the world journey,yet,he was completely unaffected by the shadar logoth taint.

 

The difference is that Mat was being corrupted by the taint of the dagger. Mat himself had no ability to corrupt anything.

 

Padan Fain was able to corrupt others by his mere presence because he *was* Morgoth. Where the dagger carried a small piece of Shada Logoth's taint, Padan Fain carried within him the source of that evil.

 

Well said.  Morgoth and Fain were the change in the dagger that brought about the effect of Adrihol on others during the story.

[jack of shadows]

@solarZ,

"mat himself had no ability to corrupt anything."

 

that's true but only up to a point,like you pointed out,mat was not mordeth,he was "just"

carrying a tainted dagger so the incubation period was longer(sabio noticed it too),fortunately,

moiraine arrived just in time and was able to contain the shadar logoth taint before mat became

contagious,"...but now the battle inside him is almost done,and he almost defeated.soon if it 

does not kill him first he will spread that evil like a plague wherever he goes."(eye of the world chapter 41).

 

you had to drag tolkien into this ah?

[solarz]

@solarZ,

"mat himself had no ability to corrupt anything."

 

that's true but only up to a point,like you pointed out,mat was not mordeth,he was "just"

carrying a tainted dagger so the incubation period was longer(sabio noticed it too),fortunately,

moiraine arrived just in time and was able to contain the shadar logoth taint before mat became

contagious,"...but now the battle inside him is almost done,and he almost defeated.soon if it 

does not kill him first he will spread that evil like a plague wherever he goes."(eye of the world chapter 41).

 

you had to drag tolkien into this ah?

 

Oops, mixed up my villains. :p

 

And yes, that quote is what I was thinking off. Eventually, once the dagger's taint overwhelms Mat, he'd become as corrupting as Fain, but then he wouldn't really be Mat anymore.