Suddenly after reading TOM the Shadow's forces and plans look a lot scarier. For a long while now, we have really only seen unfortunate or downright stupid plans from the Forsaken unravel time after time in the face of ta'veren luck and a very strong-looking Light.
But two things for me have totally changed this dynamic: 1) Whatever Taim is doing to channelers (probably, but not conclusively the 13x13 trick); 2) The Red Veil Aiel.
Trollocs just seem to die too easily, and all attempts at manipulating human forces of the Light seem to have been handled pretty well by the Pattern.
But two things for me have totally changed this dynamic: 1) Whatever Taim is doing to channelers (probably, but not conclusively the 13x13 trick); 2) The Red Veil Aiel.
Trollocs just seem to die too easily, and all attempts at manipulating human forces of the Light seem to have been handled pretty well by the Pattern.
Tens of thousands of them are killed at the ford, but when Ituralde retreats into Maradon there are still a ton left.
"the city was now besieged by a force of several hundred thousand shadowspawn."p331
"an awesome force of Trollocs, many times the size of the one that had assaulted Maradon" p500.
"The field before him was piled with carcasses atop carcasses. Tens of thousands of dead Trollocs smoldering"p503
There were over a million trollocs and he killed several tens of thousands of them, so there's probably still a million left. He killed many more at the Eye of the World were he had the benefit of the terrain to keep them hemmed in. The only reason he drove them off is that they're cowardly.
Each Border nation is likely under a similarly sized assault, and I would be surprised if the Seanchan territory wasn't subject to a similar sized invasion.
When the Wolf King carries the hammer, thus are the final days known. When the fox marries the raven, and the trumpets of battle are blown.
This message last edited by Rurouni_Kenshin on 12/11/2010 at 06:49:51 AM
The Shadow's Army
- 11/11/2010 10:08:19 PM
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There are clearly millions of Trollocs.
- 12/11/2010 06:48:05 AM
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