Black Cuendilar

[Kaznen]

I think the women didn't want to go with LTT's plan because they didn't have the Choden Kal. I think the original plan was to use the seals and men and women linked using the Cholden Kal to seal the DOs prison.

 

But when the access keys went missing while being smuggled back to the good guys the women decided to wait until they had them back before sealing the bore. LTT said they didn't have time for that, so him and the 100 companions made that desperate strike and wonder of wonders it worked, kinda.

 

And good argument can be made that the taint is the women's fault. But and argument could also be made that if the women were part of the strike Saidar would have also been tainted.

[Luckers]

No, the Choedan Kal was a seperate plan. Originally LTT suggested the sealing of the bore, but there was opposition because there was some fear that sealing the bore in that way would in fact make the bore worse. A women named Latra Posae Decume suggested a different plan... specifically the construction of the Choedan Kal. With them it was the intention of Latra to throw a net over the bore, constraining the Dark Ones influence until a more permenant solution could be found.

 

When the access keys were lost, LTT suggested his plan again, but Latra went to the female Aes Sedai of significant enough strength to take place in the plan, and had them sign a document saying they would'nt take part in the plan. That document came to be called the Fateful Concord. Finally LTT, forced by the fact that the Light was in sight of total defeat, acted without the women.

[dreago]

Another thought about men making black cuendillar, the symbol for Aes Sedai is the same as the seals, half white(flame of Tar Valon) for the women, and half black(the Dragon's Fang) for the men. This leads me to believe that men make black cuendillar.

[dreago]

So the cuendillar is not really black' date=' it is just black on top. Doesn't answer the question of how they can make it black on top, but it makes it clear that it is not half white cuendillar and half black cuendillar.quote']

 

The seals are not only black on top(like being painted or something) in one of the books Moraine slices off a small piece of the seal and it is still black