Padan Fain has been heavily hunted... that is why the Trollocs were in the Two River and it is also why Isam was there. With secondary reasons for trying to draw the three ta'vern there.

I'm confused ... Isam and the Trollocs seem to have played in Fain's hand in the Two Rivers, on his side (hence all Fain's patrols where Bornhald's men died, all Bornhald's patrols beeing severely atacked...)

 

Aside from that, some on these forums say that the Dark Hound Pack we see in I-can't-remember-what-book was on his trail. Add to that the Golham that wasn't always hunting Mat.;. that makes a big effort I guess. I'm troubled that the Chosen make little case of him though. perhaps that was your point ?

the trollocs and myrdraal helping  mordeth was because he tortured the one myrdraal until it agreed to help him

Durinax, you don't know that. Thom said the myrrdraal wasn't really after him, and that's why he got out of it alive. RJ said what I quoted above, and there's still the question of how Thom servived the wound he received if the myrddraal used a Thakan'dar-made blade (as they usually do). Other than that, we know squat about what happened there.

I know that when Thom ran out from the alley that the fade stopped in its tracks and thom threw a knife I believe then proceeded to tackle the fade with daggers in both hands, while telling Rand and Mat to run. Then we hear that the fade wasnt really interested in thom and left him with a stiff leg. I think that if the fade saw thom coming he would have done worse to thom and just went after mat and rand after cutting up thom quickly.

But I believe that Thom was able to do this well because he could close the gap between him and the fade fast enough that the fade couldnt recover from the shock fast enough to draw his blade, thus allowing thom to do damage but ultimately we know the fade won the overall fight from what thom has said, but also if things happend like this then it also makes more sense why the fade wasnt on the boys heels after whitebridge

Although admittedly we do not know how good thom is with his knives so he might have been able to do better than I give him credit for. how Thom survived the fades blade is a good question though, maybe the fade used one of Thoms knives on him?

I wonder if thom's knives are terangreal with some projectile ability either physical or energy/power-thus te flashes b/f he reached the fade and how he managed to win the fight

Thom never won the fight with the fade, the only reason he did so well against it was the shock value of his attack

If Rand and Mordim do the "body swap" thing during the Last Battle for him to die and live again, will Rand's bond with his three ladys stay with his body or will the transfer with him to Mordims body?

 

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I think they would be severed leaving all the women emotionally scarred

One of the things that always irritated me: Why did a highly post-literate society like the AoL, with its multitudes of research geniuses, and so dependent on the OP, never work out a notation for weaves? Dammit, they had schools where AS of both sexes were being tested at age 10 up!

It sounds from the descriptions as though it would be highly possible and maybe not more difficult than scoring a multi-instrument symphony once you had the conventions for annotation.

Even an Indian music-style notation where you give the key melodic strains of a raga would have worked.("Start with Earth and then add a spot of fire and a little spirit" kind of thing)

So instead of all these, " I don't know the weaves, must puzzle out the weaves", business, there would have been all the scores for major weaves (Saidar and Saidin) stored in the 14th Depository and in the Stone of Tear, Carhein library and Rhuidean, etc.

unless they got destroyed. it would be highly probably that during the war of power that places where such knowledge was gathered would be targetted and destroyed to make it hardder for the other side to train channellers

they are not the same! they are theoretically way different, and react to the pattern differently, the men burrow through the pattern connecting the two places, women just make a sameness type thing to where they want to go. And Moghedian said that when women tried it like men they got sucked through the pattern or some such I believe

Aviendha did hate rand though, she hated him because she was afraid of her feelings for him and because she could not tell elayne about her feelings and she felt that rand was making her damage her honour

Elayne killed some seanchan when she tore apart her gateway

I'm fairly sure Hawkwings sword was Power forged Rand commented that he thought it should have a Heron...he obviously new it was Power forged.

Where? What? No such references at all.

Just that he recognised the blade from his own memories and that it felt right to carry it.

No vibes about herons or it being power wrought. 

 

Sorry to take so long on a reply Sharaman ...I can find the passage referring to the absence of a heron I;ll keep looking but.....Justice was found submerged, I think a sword submerged wouldn't last very long it would be rusted and pitted....but I will find the part I'm looking for and get back to you.....

 

If anyone knows the passage or chapter I'm looking for a little help please....

Rand bares part of the blade and wonders why there is no Heron....

I'm fairly sure Hawkwings sword was Power forged Rand commented that he thought it should have a Heron...he obviously new it was Power forged.

Where? What? No such references at all.

Just that he recognised the blade from his own memories and that it felt right to carry it.

No vibes about herons or it being power wrought. 

 

Sorry to take so long on a reply Sharaman ...I can find the passage referring to the absence of a heron I;ll keep looking but.....Justice was found submerged, I think a sword submerged wouldn't last very long it would be rusted and pitted....but I will find the part I'm looking for and get back to you.....

 

If anyone knows the passage or chapter I'm looking for a little help please....

Rand bares part of the blade and wonders why there is no Heron....

depends what quality of steel it is, whether it had a casing, etc etc

You are assuming that the image of Ravens is Universally associated with the Darkone and that this has been true since the AOL. Since Ravens are not associated with the Devil in our time your assumption is at least doubrful.

 

I am only wondering if the ravens have a significance that has as of yet not been discussed.  If (and I know this is a big "if") there was ever a somewhat consistent convention on the side of the light to mark One Power forged blades with a heron during the AoL (and we can assume that this wasn't always the case, especially when we look at Lan's sword - no heron mark, but OP wrought - and even Thom's knives) the black ravens on Mat's Ashandarei begs the questions, "Why black ravens?  What might these signify?"

 

The herons meant something specific, might not the ravens?  If so, what do they mean?

 

I don't know where the Seanchan convention of using the image of the raven comes from, but it is pretty consistent among Randlanders, especially those who have a history of fighting against the DO and shadowspawn, that carrion feeders like ravens are used as His eyes - worthy of being killed at any opportunity.  In a culture aware of this fact, and the Seanchan seem somehow not to be, the symbol of a black raven might be more ominous - a sign of something dark and evil.  I think this may have been the case in the AoL/WoP, too.

I always figured that the ravens being the imperial symbol was a private joke between Ishy and the future.

Although it could be that different weapons get a different bird for a symbol of mastery though. But if that where the case we would see symbols on a few axes and other things

the third question is like double wrappin before intercourse, its useless and dangerous :P

1. I'm a bit confused by this Skimming. Where exactly are they while they're travelling? It's some completely black area where the channeler creates a platform (or whatever) to travel. But..where is this? Is it like the Ways? It's not outside the Patern, right?

 

2. When Egewene dreamwalks, she goes to an area where she's neither in her dreams nor in Tel'aran'rhiod. A place where she can see others' dreams sort of like stars in a black sky. Where is this place?

I only know number two, it is a void between the dream world and the real world, the place where dreams are kept so to speak, and sometimes dreams will touch into tar

Omg I just had a horrible thought.  Janduin can channel, janduin goes to the bight, janduin's soul is fodder at thakken dar.  Janduin's body is occupied by ishy

Moridin would be more probable than Ishamael.  Though I am not sure if Janduin's body could be preserved until the time.  The earliest for the resurrection seems to have been within time of Crown of Swords which is almost a year after the death; that seems to imply that the body was not yet available.

We have not been told whether Janduin could channel or not, but he was approaching the Blight; I take he was killed shortly after entering it.

Yes the first thing I thought when I read this was the quote from Graendal about Moridin looking a bit like Rand, or so she head

Omg I just had a horrible thought.  Janduin can channel, janduin goes to the bight, janduin's soul is fodder at thakken dar.  Janduin's body is occupied by ishy

that would require Janduins body has been kept pristeen over 20 years, something that the extreme heat of the blight would cause to decay rather quickly

Come on, we know that one from TGS. No WO is officially the leader. There's just who's considered the most levelheaded at any given moment. They discuss, and they're not too proud to listen to one another and trust in them, but if they disagree on something, they make themselves heard.

Sorilea is the unofficial leader though. I think the WO's determine leadership just based on strength of will, with the strongest willed first among equals type thing

Who was the "AS" who visited Sahra on the farm trying to find out about Min's visit to the Amyrlin? We know the lady who runs the farm, and Sahra both vanish. Was the "sister" Mesaana?

I thought that was Alviarin

what exactly is a shocklance? 

 

Sammael says that he wishes he had one and it would make things a lot easier as far as killing Rand or something.  Is it just...well, literally a lance that shocks you?

I am pretty sure it is like a rifle

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

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.

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

Are there sports in Randland?

I mean, other than swordplay, archery, horse raceing, and quarterstaff contests..

We know gambling exsists.

theres wrestling, hawking, riding, and I am sure there are others. Like we have heard of bowls and stones and such

I think she is rather beautiful but also uses the power too fix her complexion, etc too enhance her natural beauty

Rand vs Turok

Rand vs other blademaster

Mat vs Gholam

Cleansing

TR's fight against the trollocs

yes I believe thats why she disappeared from rands camp, took off running eastward

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

she ensured that he has an army by finding former malkieri and telling them the golden crane flys again, towards the gap. and she did this across the borderlands, and by word of mouth and people wanting to be part of the legend people will/have flocked to lans flag