Ash'aman bonding Aes Sedai

[Spirax - Member]

So from book 9/10, the black coats have started bonding Aes Sedai.

 

Does this mean that they (the Aes Sedai) will suffer from the 'Warder Rage'? as they are 'techincally' warders to the Ashaman, but do not serve the purpose of them.

[yoniy0 - Member]

As far as I'm aware, that remains to be seen. It stands to reason that they will, though.

[Sharaman - Member]

Will anybody notice the difference?

[dovien - Member]

The thought held, apparently, by most people is that being able to channel affords enough of a buffer to take the edge off the rage and turn it into a depression most people can handle. I tend to agree with this assessment.

[CAE2685 - Member]

Also the Asha'man bond is different from the Warder bond in a few ways. Someone (Grady?) said this to... Rand(?) soon after it was discovered.

 

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[Safia al-Maaz - Member]

I am interested to see how the bonds influence Rand, Elayne, Min Aviendha, considering they're all bonded to each other and only Min can't channel...

[Byzantine279 - Member]

The Asha'man bond is different from the Aes Sedai bond, so it may not create the death rage on its own anyway.

[dscott8 - Member]

I wonder what happens when Ash'aman and Aes Sedai bond EACH OTHER -- as in Leroy the Ash'aman bonds Gwendoline Sedai, and she turns right around and bonds HIM back. What kind of synergy would you get from that? It's been said several times that the greatest feats of the Age of Legends were accomplished by men and women together. Since the Warder bond was unknown in the AoL, who knows what will happen?

Edited November 14, 2010 by Gaidin Poindexter