The main problem stemmed from a few things, mostly his lack of trust in Logaine and his unfounded trust of Taim. Both stem from the fact that he hadn't fully accepted his role and integrated with LTT, and as a result the two "sides" of Rand were at odds with each other.
Rand knows the BT is something that must be dealt with, but he has been putting it off--not a good decision IMO, since the longer he waits, the harder it will be. He has no idea how much difficulty it will be. We know Taim is Forsaken-level strength in the OP, he's obviously had AoL training, and he has a horde of black channelers to boot.
Personally, I think Logaine is Egwene's counterpart to the White Tower, and, working with Nynaeve (who, remember, has recently discovered how to tear the claws of the shadow from mens' minds), will defeat Taim and reunite the BT. Hopefully, this will happen at a critical moment before the WT falls to the Seanchan.
Rand knows the BT is something that must be dealt with, but he has been putting it off--not a good decision IMO, since the longer he waits, the harder it will be. He has no idea how much difficulty it will be. We know Taim is Forsaken-level strength in the OP, he's obviously had AoL training, and he has a horde of black channelers to boot.
Personally, I think Logaine is Egwene's counterpart to the White Tower, and, working with Nynaeve (who, remember, has recently discovered how to tear the claws of the shadow from mens' minds), will defeat Taim and reunite the BT. Hopefully, this will happen at a critical moment before the WT falls to the Seanchan.
Freaky stuff going on at the Black Tower
- 09/11/2010 09:20:05 AM
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The BT is Rand's biggest failure
- 09/11/2010 10:38:57 AM
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She can heal the mad ones, but the 13x13 ones...
- 09/11/2010 01:26:08 PM
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I think Nynaeve's ability will be used to cure more than just the madness
- 09/11/2010 02:22:07 PM
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Re: I think Nynaeve's ability will be used to cure more than just the madness
- 09/11/2010 02:49:55 PM
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I gave up on Rand dealing with it several books ago. It's Logain's problem. *NM*
- 09/11/2010 04:11:13 PM
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Re: I gave up on Rand dealing with it several books ago. It's Logain's problem.
- 09/11/2010 06:43:10 PM
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Looks like only Mezar and Tarna so far. But not irreversible...
- 09/11/2010 08:58:55 PM
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The way I read it, the book implied that many of the newly raised Asha'man had been 13x13'd *NM*
- 10/11/2010 08:22:18 AM
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Re: The way I read it, the book implied that many of the newly raised Asha'man had been 13x13'd
- 13/11/2010 04:58:26 PM
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LIkely Javindrah as well ... note she shows the exact same behavior as Tarna
- 13/11/2010 05:04:23 PM
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