Something Demandred said that confused me?

Keelinnea Isyne

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I would think since they gave daggers for dueling names (Aran'gar and Osan'gar) that for those from AoL it was becoming a blademaster for dueling purposes, not for actual battles...at least not until close to time for when they sealed the Chosen up in the Bore.
 
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Fencing was a sport in the AoL. I would imagine that the sport was a remnant from a time when people actually did use swords for battle. Much like we have fencing as a sport today, even though the sword isn't exactly used as a weapon very commonly (at least not here).
 
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I don't remember which Forsaken said it or which book it was in but one of them says to Rand "Do you remember when we took the game of Swords and learned how to kill with it?". I take that to mean it was similar, as others have said, to our fencing and that many of the Aes Sedai were very good at it and that eventually they thought, "Hey look. Another way to kill someone!".
 
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I don't remember which Forsaken said it or which book it was in but one of them says to Rand "Do you remember when we took the game of Swords and learned how to kill with it?". I take that to mean it was similar, as others have said, to our fencing and that many of the Aes Sedai were very good at it and that eventually they thought, "Hey look. Another way to kill someone!".

That was Be'lal in the Heart of the Stone.
 
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Poor Be'lal, he deserved more story time.

The Forsaken laughed, amused, swinging his blade in quick flourishes to either side of him; the black fire roared as if swift passage through the air quickened it. "You were a greater swordsman, once, Lews Therin," he said mockingly. "Do you remember when we took that tame sport called swords and learned to kill with it, as the old volumes said men once had? Do you remember even one of those desperate battles, even one of our dire defeats? Of course not. You remember nothing, do you? This time you have not learned enough. This time, Lews Therin, I will kill you." Be'lal's mockery deepened. "Perhaps if you take Callandor, you might extend your life a little longer. A little longer."
 
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His death was his own fault, what villan engages in an extended monologue. Fair enough for Rand, I mean he wants Callandor, but when Morraine comes in it should be a case of zap the undertrained "aes sedai" turn back to Rand and continue. Did he not even see that stupid ter'angreal?
 
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