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Durinax

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    Does Mat's foxhead medallion protect him from saidin, or just saidar? Rahvin kills him, but when Halima (Balthamael) channeled saidin at him, the medallion stopped it.

    protects him from both. Rahvins channelling created the lightning but the weaves never touched Mat thus the medallion couldnt stop it.

     

    Are not the lightning bolts them selves part of the weave?

    no I think it is more the weave sets off a lightning bolt, like when they make it rain, they just create a spark with the Power and it sets off a lightning bolt type thing. Or thats how I interpret it

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    Curious . . . what did RJ mean by "Legends change," huh?

    Personally, I suspect it means "leave me be, will you? Not everything I wrote in the second book of the series has to sit well with what I said later" :)

    Seriously, the banner and Rand leading them was just part of that particular moment in the Pattern. The heroes are probably more sensitive to that kind of thing, so they felt that somehow.

    I believe he is talking about the game of telephone where one person wispers something to the person next to him and it travels down the line until you get purple monkey telephone from something like dishwasher. Same with oral legends, they change with every telling

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    People have speculated that Aviendha becomes (became?) a Wise One when SHE decides that her apprenticeship is over. 

     

    I wondered, though, because if I recall correctly a Wise One has to enter Rhuidien two times; once to go through the rings and another time to do something else (revisit the history of the Aiel as Rand did?).  Is the second visit moot now that Rand revealed that information, or is the experience of living her ancestors still important to her gaining the title Wise One?

    the wise ones think it is important, they sent her backto rhuiden

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    Will Rand have all of Lews Therin Telamon memories and abilities now?

     

    As far as we know, the LTT voice inside of Rand's head feeding him info, was a manifestation of his interaction with the taint. It just so happened it was also helping him cope with those past memories flowing into his brain. With him merging his personalities, he still should have those memories from LTT available to him. They just won't come to him in the form of that voice inside his head. With those memories will come new findings in the OP that he can use. He's still learning despite how far he's come along in the series. Memories of weaves will just randomly happen when certain situations arise, and are needed. That's my opinion though. It's a theory.

    That makes a lot of sense though, and it will not be at random. Just think of how often knowledge comes into your head when a situation arrives and you need it, like in your given profession you most likely could not list everything you know about it because some of it is subliminal and will be accessed when a trigger is reached whether that be by sound sight, or another sense

  5. it will be other since perrin and faile will not be able to control a lot of land effectively, so a regional lord system will be created, and I think some sort of house of representatives will appear shortly after regional lords are put in place

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    Quote from: sheikh chilli on Today at 01:50:45 PM

    the dragon reborn almost killed his own friend. saviour? nah. lunatic is more like it. No matter how many excuses you guys make for him, no matter how may times you try to justify his actions the fact that he looks at his friends like pawns and nearly killed his own friend renders him as a complete unfeeling shadow. He lacks compassion and empathy save for his three trollop lovers.

     

     

    There is nothing redeeming about rand al thor.

     

     

    Boy, Rand sure reminds me of Hawkwing.

     

    Didnt rand and perrin recollect that it was a clever ruse to make people think they had a falling out in order to get the nobles to fear rand more?

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    Quote from: sheikh chilli on Today at 07:24:48 AM

    So let me get this straight. You guys think the ends justify the means? Oh i am rand al thor. The saviour of the world. You better do as i say or i will blow your brains out. Oh i do this to protect the world you live in. Damn.

     

    I would not even have a problem with rand roughshodding over dumb ass people like weiramon for example. But rand al thor has passed a zone which frankly turns him to a total unfeeling tool.

     

     

     

    No. People are sayig he is a product of his circumstances. Reading comprehension is a good thing. If you think about general human nature then you can begin to understand why he is like he is. Like I said earlier, the vast majority of people would simply break under the immense amount of stress.

     

     

     

    Not to mention the way Lews Therin seems to be seeping into him as time goes on. Rand is barely Rand anymore.

     

    plus in the times when the series is in (feudal society) it is also understanding that he does not care as much as we do now, since back then it was self preservation (as well as those close to you if possible) unlike now, when people are expected to be mindful and care about each others well being

  8. I like how dynamic rand is the transformation from a shy and blustering farmboy, to reluctant dreaded reincarnation, to full blown confident savior is perfectly executed imo

     

    You cannot expect rand to be any different, everyone hates him for who he is, but recognizes that they need him so they all maneuver to gain the most from his death. It would be like walking the desert with vultures circling you and walking beside you

     

     

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