Other People

[stgermaine]

I can't imagine this hasn't been addressed a thousand times, but I couldn't find it. I have finished AMoL, but will keep this question spoiler free. . .

 

Assuming "The Pattern" is not just for Randland (duh), and we have had quite a few people in the series who know more lives than their current reincarnation, wouldn't it make sense for some of them to know of other people in other places? The easy ones are Shara and Seanchan, but what of the Land of Madmen, the Blight or even some other people somewhere else? You would think people like Matt, Birgitte (and others) would have "lived lives" there.

[Durinax]

well brigette we have no idea where her previous incarnations where (they seem to be all over the place). And Mats all come from the Doorways, both of which are located within Randland, so unless they have one in seanchan we dont know of then Mat most likely does not have any knowledge of lands beyond the seas.

[stgermaine]

But I would think that Birgitte would not have only lived on Randland, and she spends enough time with Elayne that you would think she would tell her anything she knew, as it could be relevant to the LB. Also, just because the doorways are in Randland doesn't mean that the knowledge of the snakes and foxes is limited to it, or that there are not other doorways or entry points elsewhere in the world. I guess I am just curious if it has ever been addressed in a meaningful way, or if we are supposed to just assume there are only three inhabited lands and the Land of Madmen is to be ignored?

[Durinax]

But I would think that Birgitte would not have only lived on Randland, and she spends enough time with Elayne that you would think she would tell her anything she knew, as it could be relevant to the LB. Also, just because the doorways are in Randland doesn't mean that the knowledge of the snakes and foxes is limited to it, or that there are not other doorways or entry points elsewhere in the world. I guess I am just curious if it has ever been addressed in a meaningful way, or if we are supposed to just assume there are only three inhabited lands and the Land of Madmen is to be ignored?

well mats memories come from adventurers who wander in through either the ToG, or the two gateways. So it is pretty limited on where they can be from. It isn't that the Finns don't know about other places, its just that those places don't have access t othe finns/

 

Brigitte, like I say we have no idea about, she has memories of ancient nations, which without actual geographical reference we wouldn't know where they are. Although one or two I have suspicions about. We also know that Birgitte doesn't like sharing information about her previous lives, especially since she is losing them.

 

Land of Madmen is just flavouring for the world that is in the BWB, and is fairly insignificant due to the locals slaying anyone not related to them type deal, and the lack of unification.