If a man makes cuendillar, is it black?
The pair of Aes Sedai channeling at the table nearest the entrance, Kairen and Ashmanaille, had an audience of two as well, Janya Frende, a Sitter for the Brown, and Salita Toranes, a Sitter for the Yellow. The Aes Sedai and the novices were all performing the same task. In front of each woman, a close net woven of Earth, Fire and Air surrounded a small bowl or cup or the like, all made by the camp’s blacksmiths, who were very puzzled at why the sisters wanted such things made of iron, not to mention having them made as finely as if they were silver. A second weave, Earth and Fire woven just so, penetrated each net to touch the object, which was slowly turning white. Very, very slowly, in every case.
“Make sure there isn’t a next time,” Egwene said absently, her attention on Kairen’s cup. The line of white crept upward steadily. When Leane did this weave, black iron turned to white cuendillar as if the iron were sinking quickly into milk. For Egwene herself, the change was faster than the blink of an eye, black to white in a flash.
There was no need for touching, though. No need for waiting, either. Embracing saidar, she was barely aware of the thrill of life filling her before she had the weaves in place. Earth, Fire and Air surrounding the chain; Earth and Fire touching it. The black iron flashed to white across the whole width of the harbor mouth.
Try to smash it? lolSo, I don't know how this got into my head and I was searching for an answer to this question, but couldn't find a better thread... how could you tell if an object IS made of cuendillar???
This is wild speculation, but: maybe the ability to make cuendillar wasn't lost before the establishment of the damane system, so they had a non-zero number of enslaved channelers who could produce useful trade items (UGH I really dislike the Seanchan).In the Great Hunt we see the Great Lord Turak's colection of cuendillar items and he says that the material is more common in Seanchan than in the Westlands, which leads me to the questions...
1. Why?
lolol sure, after you've had a suspicion that it might be cuendillar, sure :P But what could tell it apart from any other object visually? I hope the people of Randland didn't try to smash every object they've had until they found the cuendillarTry to smash it? lol
Sure, I guess this is the best explanation I could come up with too When Moiraine says that the knowledge of how to create it has died with the Aes Sedai from the Age of Legends, it could be possible that the Aes Sedai on Seanchan still created many more objects after the Breaking and continued to make more, etc.It's also possible that cuendillar was something regionally popular in the Age of Legends, and Seanchan happens to be in the same place as that region.
The true Breaking of the World!lolol sure, after you've had a suspicion that it might be cuendillar, sure But what could tell it apart from any other object visually? I hope the people of Randland didn't try to smash every object they've had until they found the cuendillar
Yes, that's what I was thinking, similar to how the Aes Sedai have lost the ability to make ter'angreal until Elayne figures it out, but damane were able to make a'dam, which are ter'angreal.Sure, I guess this is the best explanation I could come up with too When Moiraine says that the knowledge of how to create it has died with the Aes Sedai from the Age of Legends, it could be possible that the Aes Sedai on Seanchan still created many more objects after the Breaking and continued to make more, etc.
:roflTry to smash it
But what could tell it apart from any other object visually? I hope the people of Randland didn't try to smash every object they've had until they found the cuendillar