You fail to provide a good reason for why they left the CK behind yet you still call the idea stupid if true. You also forget that Rand, himself, realized how dangerous the CK was and voluntarily destroyed it himself.
He realized how dangerous he was, not the sa'angreal.
He realized that no mortal could properly wield that amount of power.
Except that they could, and have done so to cleanse saidin. It was also one of only two plans made to destroy the Shadow.
The CK was the pattern's answer to the taint, but it was not needed for the Last Battle-- which is why the CK was not mentioned in the Karethon Cycle. Therefore you idea of the CK doing a lot of good for the light doesn't make any sense.
Is Nynaeve mentioned in the Karaethon Cycle? Is Egwene? Just because something isn't prophesized doesn't mean it doesn't play a large role is setting up the Dragon Reborn for his victory. The prophecies are also vague and filled with symbolism.
The CK in the hands of a madman like Rand was a near ideal situation for the Dark One.
Really? More ideal than in the hands of the Nae'blis? This 'reverse destruction' theory is a vague hypothesis at best. It can't be proven or disproven.
Rand very nearly did the Dark One's work for him by destroying the pattern.
Moridin would have intentionally done a better job.
It may not have been the primary plan, but I think it is quite reasonable that the Dark One left the CK for Rand on purpose. I have yet to see a better explanation for why the CK was left behind.
The better explanation is the logical one - it was overlooked or impossible to steal it at the time. We don't even know if SH looked into the box. More likely he sent Elza and she fetched the band. The thought of straying from her mission would incomprehensible when serving a walking terror like SH.
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This message last edited by Sidious on 27/07/2010 at 10:56:09 AM
foreshadowing of Semirhage's death
- 25/07/2010 07:13:48 AM
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I don't think that Semirhage was sacrificed
- 25/07/2010 08:36:47 AM
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I disagree about the TP aspect
- 25/07/2010 03:30:37 PM
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Re: I disagree about the TP aspect
- 25/07/2010 04:03:45 PM
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It's an interesting theory in either direction
- 25/07/2010 04:54:31 PM
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Re: It's an interesting theory in either direction
- 26/07/2010 02:17:35 AM
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BS said "there will be consequences from Rand's True Power use."
- 26/07/2010 09:24:26 AM
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Re: BS said "there will be consequences from Rand's True Power use."
- 27/07/2010 03:48:32 AM
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Re: BS said "there will be consequences from Rand's True Power use."
- 27/07/2010 04:18:34 AM
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Re: I disagree about the TP aspect
- 26/07/2010 01:22:30 AM
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I don't know if Semirhage was sacrificed or not. Either way the Semirhage quote set up tGS 6 books
- 26/07/2010 02:29:59 AM
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You were right the first time
- 26/07/2010 03:02:22 AM
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I think the question is...
- 26/07/2010 08:27:17 AM
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Re: I think the question is...
- 27/07/2010 12:43:44 AM
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Re: I think the question is...
- 27/07/2010 01:15:29 AM
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Re: I think the question is...
- 27/07/2010 02:10:41 AM
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Re: I think the question is...
- 27/07/2010 03:17:01 AM
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I'd say that there was a pre-meditated plan or backup plan to sacrifice Semirhage
- 26/07/2010 09:02:44 AM
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I think SH simply didn't care about the CK access key
- 26/07/2010 09:17:11 AM
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Moridin and SH knew that the CK could never defeat the dark one so they were happy to leave it
- 26/07/2010 05:56:56 PM
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Unlikely, and stupid if true
- 26/07/2010 06:12:30 PM
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That wasn't the Choedan Kal, that was Shadar Logoth.
- 27/07/2010 12:11:46 AM
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Re: That wasn't the Choedan Kal, that was Shadar Logoth.
- 27/07/2010 01:29:29 AM
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I fail to see the relevance. *NM*
- 27/07/2010 02:06:27 AM
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the relevance is that it was impossible without the CK
- 27/07/2010 05:25:45 AM
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Are you certain?
- 27/07/2010 05:37:28 AM
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Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true
- 27/07/2010 01:36:53 AM
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Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true
- 27/07/2010 02:19:22 AM
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Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true
- 27/07/2010 02:43:39 AM
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Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true
- 27/07/2010 03:17:49 AM
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Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true
- 27/07/2010 01:44:19 AM
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??? The CK in the hands of a madman is exactly what the Dark One needs to destroy the pattern
- 27/07/2010 07:01:13 AM
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So why not give it to Moridin then?
- 27/07/2010 10:54:47 AM
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If their plan of taking Rand to Shayol Ghul suceeded then the CK was no longer needed
- 27/07/2010 03:39:58 PM
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Could be simple. How do you find an object that "lies hidden"?
- 27/07/2010 04:17:35 PM
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It could be, but I would still think they would have noticed the CK sitting next to the male a'dam
- 27/07/2010 04:34:45 PM
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This has been seen and commented before, by myself and others.
- 26/07/2010 03:36:51 PM
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Sorry I missed them. I would have been happy enough to comment there.
- 27/07/2010 03:43:46 AM
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Hands up if you don't believe in foreshadowing in this series
- 26/07/2010 04:27:14 PM
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Re: Hands up if you don't believe in foreshadowing in this series
- 26/07/2010 10:34:18 PM
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You confuse foreshadowing and predictability
- 27/07/2010 02:57:15 AM
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That last line had me laughing! (right on the money too, by the way) *NM*
- 27/07/2010 02:58:20 PM
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I don't believe in foreshadowing that you can figure out from the actual plot.
- 27/07/2010 08:42:11 PM
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