.... and scores of thousands able men among the refugees, with blacksmiths able to make weapons, and men able to make bows etc... And they will have to - there's just no way Perrin can feed so many people. They'll have to gather plants and hunt on the way north.
THAT is not the definition of an army, and you cannot turn a mob into a force that can face highly-trained, disciplined professional heavy cavalry in a couple of weeks! Especially with the logisitical problems you allude to.By the time he meets with Galad, there's really no telling how huge Perrin's forces will really be. Perrin intended to send the refugees away, but he was told back the Asha'man can't handle this for a while and many refugees just don't want to return home and wish to join Perrin.
The refugee status is indicative of their being losers, as opposed to a capable military force. Maybe they can be whipped into some sort of basic infantry by Tarmon Gaidon, but as it is, they are simply mouths to feed at this point. It's also about the right time for Perrin to start getting his army of wolves for TG.... IMO, this is the real reason why he ends up staying in the wilderness so long: the wolves have started gathering to him. He needed to stop in one place for a while, and this place needs to be away from civilization.
And what is the wolves vs whitecloaks score to date? Teeth vs armor, and swords and lances vs fur?
In any case, it's all rhetorical. Asunawa is a long way south, the Questionners are no match for the regular WC troops and there's no way the Seanchan would trust Asunawa to hunt Galad, and there's no way Galad would fight Perrin with 100,000 refugees. Valda or Carridin may not have frown on that, but with Galad in charge that's just unthinkable.
Unthinkable that he might try to liberate them from a Shadowspawned ally of the Seanchan? Beside, we saw in TGS that he has joined Perrin's camp.
So obviously the issues have been worked out. That does not mean there was no potential for conflict or that the outcome of a military clash between Perrin and the Children was foreordained.
Cannoli
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
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Deus Vult!
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
I don't see how the WC are capable of troubling Perrin
- 22/06/2010 12:01:25 AM
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Re: I don't see how the WC are capable of troubling Perrin
- 22/06/2010 01:57:49 AM
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Galad has 7,000 heavy cavalry.
- 22/06/2010 03:00:01 AM
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Re: Galad has 7,000 heavy cavalry.
- 22/06/2010 03:26:57 AM
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Seriously?
- 22/06/2010 11:37:06 AM
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The refugee status is indicative of their being losers? LMAO at good old Cannoli style snobbery.
- 24/06/2010 03:03:24 AM
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