Nyneave's ter'angreal.....

[bigdoug1971]

Doing my re-read and I'm on book 8. They are passing through the gateway to get to the farm and use the Bowl of the winds. Elayne decides to go through the junk they find in Ebou Dar to lighten their load and find many interesting things. The necklace and bracelett sets that has a slim belt studded with gems and they are all ter'angreal. Also they find an angreal that connects by 4 flat chains to the wrist of the wearer.

Later on, we see Nyneave wearing all of them when she's with Cadsuane going to help Rand when she begins to learn the uses of her ter'angreal from Cadsuane.

How or why does Nyneave get to end up with all of it? Could she have spread the wrist angreal to someone else and kept the belt? Who decided on which person took whatever they needed. I would have wanted a coin toss or something for some of that stuff.

[sleepinghour]

When Nynaeve left with Rand in Winter's Heart, she took the entire jewelry set with her and left a note for Elayne. As for why, it was probably because Nynaeve had used that particular angreal before (with the Bowl) and wanted some protection while they were hunting Darkfriend Asha'man in Far Madding.

 

It was not until Zaida appeared in a taking because Nynaeve had not come for a lesson with the Atha’an Miere that Elayne learned that Nynaeve and Lan were both gone from the Palace, too, and no one knew when or how. Not until much later did she learn that the collection of angreal and ter’angreal they had carried out of Ebou Dar was missing the most powerful of the three angreal, and several other items besides. Some of those, she was sure, were intended for a woman who expected to be attacked at any moment with the One Power. Which made the hastily scribbled note Nynaeve had left hidden among the remainder all the more disturbing.

 

Could she have spread the wrist angreal to someone else and kept the belt?

 

They're meant to be worn together, but it's also possible to just wear specific pieces.

 

A flat, worm-eaten box, half-falling apart and whatever had lined it long since gone to dust, held pieces of jewelry—a necklace and bracelets set with colored stones, a slim gem-studded belt, several finger rings—and there were spaces for more. Every single one was a ter’angreal, and they all matched, meant to be worn together, though Elayne could not imagine why any woman would want to carry so many about her at one time.

 

“Cadsuane says I must have the ter’angreal, Nynaeve,” [Alivia] said in that soft Seanchan drawl. “Now don’t argue; there isn’t time. Besides, they are no good to you if you’re going to be linked to him.”

This time the look Nynaeve directed toward the women around Cadsuane was near murderous, but she stripped off rings and bracelets, muttering under her breath, and handed the jeweled belt and necklace to Alivia, as well. After a moment, she sighed and unfastened the peculiar bracelet connected to finger rings by flat chains. “You might as well take this, too. I don’t suppose I need an angreal if I’m going to be using the most powerful sa’angreal ever made. But I want them all back, understand,” she finished fiercely.

[Suttree]

Doing my re-read and I'm on book 8. They are passing through the gateway to get to the farm and use the Bowl of the winds. Elayne decides to go through the junk they find in Ebou Dar to lighten their load and find many interesting things. The necklace and bracelett sets that has a slim belt studded with gems and they are all ter'angreal. Also they find an angreal that connects by 4 flat chains to the wrist of the wearer.

Later on, we see Nyneave wearing all of them when she's with Cadsuane going to help Rand when she begins to learn the uses of her ter'angreal from Cadsuane.

How or why does Nyneave get to end up with all of it? Could she have spread the wrist angreal to someone else and kept the belt? Who decided on which person took whatever they needed. I would have wanted a coin toss or something for some of that stuff.

 

To add to sleepinghours post, it's a Paralis-net. Meant to be worn together and the functions likely play off each other. Elaynes comment about being attacked leads one to believe it is a breaking era device. Made at a time when AS needed items of the power to handle mad men and a world in which many people would be turned against them.

[TristanWebb]

How and why are easy, she took them without asking anyone.

[Entreri]

Nyaneve with all her jewelery will give any Chosen a run for his/her money, except Ishamael.

 

AMOL should be most interesting. Brandon can write some great fighting scenes.

[Suttree]

Nyaneve with all her jewelery will give any Chosen a run for his/her money, except Ishamael.

 

AMOL should be most interesting. Brandon can write some great fighting scenes.

 

According to Nyaneve, Alivia would "overwhelm" her whatever she did. Ravhin stated that he or Sammael would "overwhelm" Lanfear.

 

Doesn't that mean Alivia with the jewelery should take down any of the forsaken then? Btw could you provide the "overwhelm"(the Rahvin one) quote". I cant remember what book it was in. Thanks.

[Entreri]

Nyaneve with all her jewelery will give any Chosen a run for his/her money, except Ishamael.

 

AMOL should be most interesting. Brandon can write some great fighting scenes.

 

According to Nyaneve, Alivia would "overwhelm" her whatever she did. Ravhin stated that he or Sammael would "overwhelm" Lanfear.

 

Doesn't that mean Alivia with the jewelery should take down any of the forsaken then? Btw could you provide the "overwhelm"(the Rahvin one) quote". I cant remember what book it was in. Thanks.

 

Depends on which Chosen, likely the weakest women could be overpowered.

 

Besides healing, Nyaneve skills in the art of warfare is lacking. The Chosen have 100's of years of channeling knowledge and Alivia has a huge disadvantage: literally no defense. Indirect weaves would easily "get by" that ter'angreal.

 

That is in the meeting of the 4 Chosen, Prologue Fires of Heaven:

 

"Is he really so strong? Rahvin asked quitely. This Rand al'Thor. Could he have overwhelmed you, face-to-face? Not that he himself could not, if it came to it, or Sammael, though Grandael would likely link with Lanfear if either men tried."