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How could I get to said pages if I wanted to peruse them, without having to ask you every time?
I have been thinking about this. I think this is RJ's theme of irony coming into play. This Aes Sedai could have been truly OP and a great benefit to the Light- powerful in the one power, advisor to a powerful leader, foretelling. Instead, she is super selfish and power hungry. And ends up actually getting in her own way later on.With my own foreknowledge of the books, and how Elaida tries to manipulate Rand, and that she started off knowing how much happens around him, it just puts into perspective how selfish and power-hungry she truly is.
Huh - I thought they were tainted right after the AoL, not after Artur Hawkwing's reign... maybe it just took that long for saidin to affect it?I think what he's saying with the Ways is that the Shadow fell on the Ways because of the taint. They weren't as bad until the taint set in.
So this is mentioned later on in the books, but not in this chapter. I was wondering why I kept missing this during rereads, but it isn't mentioned at all here:Logain laughs as he enters the Palace grounds – this is because he sees the ta’veren glow around Rand
I thought it was especially odd when he said all three of them were ta'veren, as it is supposed to be extremely rare.Loial actually says he doesn’t, through I really don’t know how he would know, unless ta’veren are a lot more common than we suspect.
I reconcile this by thinking maybe he is somehow drawing on skills learnt in a previous life to speed him up.Side thought: can someone become a sword master in just 2 years (e.g. the time from book 1 to book 14)? :tug
I thought it was especially odd when he said all three of them were ta'veren, as it is supposed to be extremely rare.
Maybe this was one of the areas where RJ was initially influenced by an editor wanting to make it seem more like LOTR? I'm trying to look out for signs of that during this reread.
The finalbook suggests this, but Gawyn and Galad manage it as quicklyI reconcile this by thinking maybe he is somehow drawing on skills learnt in a previous life to speed him up.