Erm I think your reading a bit too much into Galad's sword fight. What the book described was the flame and the void, a trick used by Blade Masters to enhance their fighting skills by focusing entirely on the battle. You are suggesting that because Galad (an extremely able swordsman) was taught this by the Warders he can channel...
The first few times you channel without being taught you cannot control what happens and you aren't actually embracing the source, it bursts out of you and does things you can't control. Because Valda wasn't suddenly hit by a bolt of lightning and Galad wasn't mysteriously empowered in any way (he had to resort to feigning injury to win didn't he?) I think we can safely say that if Galad could channel the fight wasn't his first time touching it.
So you're suggesting he was taught it somewhere else. This theory is even more unlikely, he has been around Aes Sedai since he was a child and had no opportunity to be taught it by anyone (the warders taught him the void - not the same as channeling) and if he had noticed he could channel his sense of honour would have compelled him to admit it. Even if he didn't and just repressed it or used it sparingly I doubt RJ would have left us in the dark (and what purpose does Galad channeling have anyway, do you think he's gonna slay Demandred?).
Which brings me to the last possibilty, that he has developed a block that stops him from channeling at will. This can be disproved fairly easily, we haven't seen any signs of sickness in Galad or any evidence that he has ever channeled. If Galad could channel whenever he was embracing the void he would notice the lure of saidin in the background (like Rand did after a few months). This was not described in the fight.
Therefore Galad cannot channel.
Mat cannot channel.
Perrin cannot channel.
Gawyn cannot channel
In fact I doubt that any other main character will suddenly show his/her newfound talent for channeling, it is far too late in the books for that. Do you really think in the few months before TG someone will develop with enough control/power to make any difference?
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Erm I think your reading a bit too much into Galad's sword fight. What the book described was the flame and the void, a trick used by Blade Masters to enhance their fighting skills by focusing entirely on the battle. You are suggesting that because Galad (an extremely able swordsman) was taught this by the Warders he can channel...
The first few times you channel without being taught you cannot control what happens and you aren't actually embracing the source, it bursts out of you and does things you can't control. Because Valda wasn't suddenly hit by a bolt of lightning and Galad wasn't mysteriously empowered in any way (he had to resort to feigning injury to win didn't he?) I think we can safely say that if Galad could channel the fight wasn't his first time touching it.
So you're suggesting he was taught it somewhere else. This theory is even more unlikely, he has been around Aes Sedai since he was a child and had no opportunity to be taught it by anyone (the warders taught him the void - not the same as channeling) and if he had noticed he could channel his sense of honour would have compelled him to admit it. Even if he didn't and just repressed it or used it sparingly I doubt RJ would have left us in the dark (and what purpose does Galad channeling have anyway, do you think he's gonna slay Demandred?).
Which brings me to the last possibilty, that he has developed a block that stops him from channeling at will. This can be disproved fairly easily, we haven't seen any signs of sickness in Galad or any evidence that he has ever channeled. If Galad could channel whenever he was embracing the void he would notice the lure of saidin in the background (like Rand did after a few months). This was not described in the fight.
Therefore Galad cannot channel.
Mat cannot channel.
Perrin cannot channel.
Gawyn cannot channel
In fact I doubt that any other main character will suddenly show his/her newfound talent for channeling, it is far too late in the books for that. Do you really think in the few months before TG someone will develop with enough control/power to make any difference?