European sword fighting was while not clumsy, down-to-earth is a good description. The idea with it isn't to be graceful at all, but rather just to kill people. As such it tended to be hack, slash, shove, dirt in the eyes, thrust. The sword was used to gain advantage in any way possible. The sword could be used as a bludgeon or a sharp stabbing implement, and a lot of the fight came down to strength, instead of speed.

On 5/23/2006 at 12:51 PM, Rand alThor said:

At first I thought Olver was Gaidal Cain, just like everyone else on the board. Timeframe doesn't work and RJ already shot it down. When RJ was asked about it, he said he was surprised it lasted this long, and said that Olver is important for another reason. He already told Mat how to get into the Tower of Ghenji, so what else will Olver do that has importance?

I have a guess about Gaidal Cain. During the Towers of Midnight we hear Jur Grady mention his baby son, who is supposedly very ugly for a baby. Since we've supposedly already heard that Gaidal Cain reincarnated was mentioned in the series, well 2+2 is 4.