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That's because most of the major people in WoT are powerful channelers. Great Lord of Chaos Send a noteboard - 21/08/2010 04:13:04 AM
Most of the female Aes Sedai died before the end of the breaking. The ones that did survive died before they could pass on their entire knowledge, or the Aes Sedai that came after were too weak to use it.



They were not too weak because even thousands of years later there are channelers, loads of them who are strong enough to channel these weaves. Specifically Travelling seems easy for anyone who is strong enough and it seems like MANY women are strong enough alone.


Mostly, we see are the women that are powerful enough. Egwene, Elayne, Avi., Nynaeve, Cadsuane, Romanda, Lelaine. Siuan and Leane are the only two major living characters that I can think of that cannot make a gateway by themselves.
Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
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How were all these amazing weaves 'lost' ? malekithe - 20/08/2010 04:33:43 AM 1744 Views
Ishamael may have had a hand in that... Froggles - 20/08/2010 04:45:39 AM 1098 Views
Agreed. Lord Haart - 20/08/2010 10:01:37 AM 992 Views
You're right. It is merely a plot requirement, made ludicrous by the ease of mastering these weaves Shannow - 20/08/2010 10:08:10 AM 1103 Views
Re: You're right. It is merely a plot requirement, made ludicrous by the ease of mastering Evil_Monkey - 20/08/2010 03:40:16 PM 849 Views
These are good points. To some extent, it may be because our main characters are "gifted" channelers newyorkersedai - 20/08/2010 08:57:49 PM 859 Views
The bigger problem is minor characters copying the weaves so quickly... Shannow - 20/08/2010 09:14:25 PM 909 Views
Lost Weaves Ashaman_Luc - 20/08/2010 01:43:25 PM 1076 Views
Re: Lost Weaves *NM* Ashaman_Luc - 20/08/2010 01:45:30 PM 526 Views
Not logical Shannow - 20/08/2010 01:50:32 PM 1064 Views
Re: Not logical Ashaman_Luc - 20/08/2010 03:22:04 PM 886 Views
All I'm saying, is that Travelling would STILL be a very usefull survival tool during the Breaking.. Shannow - 20/08/2010 03:44:59 PM 1016 Views
All good points also. Ashaman_Luc - 20/08/2010 03:48:49 PM 1362 Views
Re: Not logical Evil_Monkey - 20/08/2010 03:45:55 PM 858 Views
Re: Not logical mmcleod - 21/08/2010 04:20:41 AM 783 Views
you may have hit onto something with your last statement darius_sedai - 21/08/2010 05:06:59 PM 876 Views
Re: you may have hit onto something with your last statement Ashaman_Luc - 23/08/2010 05:09:06 PM 785 Views
If you go back and read the descriptions of the breaking, and think about the 3000 year cycle newyorkersedai - 20/08/2010 04:37:02 PM 932 Views
I don't think that creating cuendillar and 'angreals was common knowledge. Gher - 20/08/2010 05:06:20 PM 886 Views
The need to learn a location to travel Ryan - 20/08/2010 05:58:48 PM 832 Views
They could use Rand's trick from TGS. Gher - 21/08/2010 01:06:33 AM 791 Views
You & Ryan make good points, esp on balefire/compulsion. In a shorter series, it'd make more sense newyorkersedai - 20/08/2010 08:52:59 PM 899 Views
My only theory... Nameless Ashaman - 20/08/2010 06:02:14 PM 833 Views
The Strongest Died seems like a pretty valid theory to me... lodlom - 20/08/2010 06:14:29 PM 993 Views
Maybe Aes Sedai treated weaves like Intellectual Property Helene - 20/08/2010 09:49:12 PM 811 Views
Trademark? Patent? Or Copyright? =P *NM* newyorkersedai - 20/08/2010 10:19:36 PM 365 Views
If they are secretive and protective, it's not a huge stretch that knowledge would be taken into the Helene - 21/08/2010 10:27:15 AM 935 Views
It doesn't have to be logical... scooter - 20/08/2010 11:50:17 PM 958 Views
Idea? Great Lord of Chaos - 21/08/2010 12:47:52 AM 746 Views
But they weren't too weak malekithe - 21/08/2010 02:48:43 AM 830 Views
That's because most of the major people in WoT are powerful channelers. Great Lord of Chaos - 21/08/2010 04:13:04 AM 885 Views
How can you "write a weave down"? NaClH2O - 21/08/2010 04:54:28 PM 872 Views
How did Moiraine learn balefire then? *NM* Sidious - 21/08/2010 05:04:27 PM 1049 Views
figured it out on her own, don't forget that Nyn used it too against the Fades in TDR. *NM* NaClH2O - 21/08/2010 05:12:15 PM 402 Views
That's a stretch - Moiraine never demonstrated any creative talent with the OP... DomA - 21/08/2010 06:15:01 PM 828 Views
OK, I'll buy Vandene teaching it, but not learning it from a written description *NM* NaClH2O - 21/08/2010 06:35:46 PM 409 Views
I myself can't buy Vandene teaching that weave to any Sister RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/08/2010 04:06:26 PM 841 Views
Me neither... DomA - 24/08/2010 05:50:24 PM 884 Views
Mispost.. *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 25/08/2010 02:51:02 PM 466 Views
I disagree - Moiraine's wilder tricks show that she is quite creative with the OP RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/08/2010 03:31:06 PM 832 Views
Re: I disagree - Moiraine's wilder tricks show that she is quite creative with the OP DomA - 24/08/2010 05:32:11 PM 1163 Views
But... fionwe1987 - 24/08/2010 06:40:39 PM 797 Views
When did she use that? *NM* Lord Haart - 25/08/2010 09:34:31 AM 382 Views
We know of her trick with stones and light from 'New Spring' IIRC RugbyPlayingAshaman - 25/08/2010 02:40:26 PM 974 Views
Elayne did use Moiraine's coin trick. Gher - 25/08/2010 06:09:27 PM 930 Views
Likely from Vandene DomA - 21/08/2010 05:58:31 PM 1170 Views
Something no one else is mentioning... that I saw... Phelix - 21/08/2010 07:15:49 PM 899 Views
one thing i've noticed Yunalesca - 23/08/2010 06:37:48 PM 841 Views
Simple: none were necessary for survival in Stone Age barbarism. Macharius - 23/08/2010 09:12:40 PM 795 Views
Passing on useful survival skills trumped esoteric lore during the War of Power and the Breaking RugbyPlayingAshaman - 25/08/2010 03:18:47 PM 986 Views
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