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I don't think Rand is referring to the system as an indivisible whole. Shannow Send a noteboard - 04/01/2011 10:45:24 AM
I don't disagree. But Sanderson's mistake came in a somewhat important revelatory scene, which makes it harder to snip out. Not that I think it's likely anything will be snipped.

It is pretty clear from RJ's Cleansing scene that neither Demandred nor Lanfear had encountered the two most striking effects of Cadsuane's ornaments before. RJ was crystal clear in that respect.

Uh huh.
What we're left with is that either Sanderson made a mistake when he had Semirhage allude to the paralis net, and again when Lews Therin referred to it, or else the paralis net in its Age of Legends form did not include those two functions.

Right.
The fact that the "paralis net" had an official name at all, makes it more likely that it existed in the Age of Legends, and therefore the logical answer is that Lews Therin and Semirhage's paralis nets served a different purpose to saidin detection and weave unravelling.

Or that Sanderson just invented the name – or, more likely, just fucked up the history. Doma's right about that. I think it's fairly unambiguous that Sanderson/Rand is referring to the system as a whole when using the name, though.


He acknowledges ornaments that are unknown to him. Clearly, therefore, a paralis net could be mounted with a wide range of angreal and ter'angreal. They weren't created with a predetermined set of attached items.

And his mention of a "full" paralis net seems more likely to be a reference to the number of "mountings" that the net has, and that they are all occuppied (some by ornaments that he does not recognize). It is therefore "fully loaded" so to speak. Utilized to maximum capacity.

The net in itself probably doesn't do anything. It merely allows mulitple angreal and ter'angreal to be used simultaneously, and to be permanantly accessible. The individual effects are up to the items attached. Of which a Well was apparantly quite a standard attachment, hence Rand's guess that this paralis net included one that would allow Cadsuane to channel in Far Madding.

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How did Cyndane defeat Alivia? malekithe - 31/12/2010 08:03:39 PM 4217 Views
As RJ said, Cyndane knows a LOT more about the OP darius_sedai - 31/12/2010 08:33:47 PM 2057 Views
Re: As RJ said, Cyndane knows a LOT more about the OP malekithe - 31/12/2010 11:54:57 PM 1818 Views
RJ said this .. Go look at his quotes *NM* darius_sedai - 01/01/2011 05:59:37 AM 1110 Views
Re: RJ said this .. Go look at his quotes malekithe - 01/01/2011 06:43:09 AM 1621 Views
Dude, he calls it out specifically. Cyndane beat Alivia because of her skill darius_sedai - 01/01/2011 03:22:48 PM 1628 Views
Search for "Alivia" moratcorlm - 01/01/2011 05:58:53 PM 1572 Views
nothing on either url *NM* malekithe - 01/01/2011 11:02:05 PM 740 Views
Try spelling it correctly then moratcorlm - 02/01/2011 01:30:23 AM 1561 Views
I did, maybe you made the mistake malekithe - 02/01/2011 07:13:54 PM 1324 Views
Re: I did, maybe you made the mistake moratcorlm - 02/01/2011 07:51:22 PM 1452 Views
Here are few other quotes establishing how little Alivia knows of the OP darius_sedai - 02/01/2011 07:39:36 PM 1585 Views
Damane don't know about reversed weaves Skeeve the Great - 31/12/2010 09:56:51 PM 1711 Views
Re: Damane don't know about reversed weaves malekithe - 31/12/2010 11:48:15 PM 1537 Views
Re: Damane don't know about reversed weaves Demortae - 01/01/2011 01:18:50 AM 1504 Views
How did *Alivia* survive? redqueen - 01/01/2011 12:45:29 AM 1850 Views
Re: How did *Alivia* survive? malekithe - 01/01/2011 01:26:09 AM 1669 Views
Yes, odd. redqueen - 01/01/2011 01:45:01 AM 1526 Views
Nicola wasn't the dragon reborn with the pattern bending around her Helene - 02/01/2011 12:24:50 PM 1424 Views
Not really ... Rand has had LTT knowledge leaking into his head for a long time darius_sedai - 02/01/2011 07:13:41 PM 1498 Views
reversed weaves are only useful when dealing with someone who doesn't know they exist. Onarishma - 03/01/2011 07:51:01 PM 1370 Views
Depends on the circumstances really darius_sedai - 04/01/2011 02:17:29 PM 1506 Views
but why would she have any idea that Nynaeve would be able to resist her. Onarishma - 10/01/2011 07:30:49 PM 1466 Views
Well she did get attacked right off the bat... Pretty indicative that Nyn resist her compulsion darius_sedai - 11/01/2011 12:56:51 AM 1404 Views
Exactly. which is why she didn't have time to do any "fancy" and time consuming reversing. Onarishma - 11/01/2011 03:23:50 PM 1580 Views
that's where she made her mistake darius_sedai - 11/01/2011 04:47:56 PM 1354 Views
It would be these memories, his t'a'veren nature & sheer luck/plot necessity that gave him the edge RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/01/2011 10:32:43 PM 1463 Views
Well that was always going to happen DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 03/01/2011 11:41:22 PM 1431 Views
Yes. As I said, it would have been a very different series. Thanks for going into detail ! RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/01/2011 04:47:51 PM 1443 Views
agreed darius_sedai - 04/01/2011 02:18:23 PM 1438 Views
Re: How did Cyndane defeat Alivia? damer - 01/01/2011 12:56:54 AM 1651 Views
Re: How did Cyndane defeat Alivia? Demortae - 01/01/2011 01:13:39 AM 1520 Views
She's just that good ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 01/01/2011 01:48:26 AM 1534 Views
magic *NM* fistofpainx - 01/01/2011 08:17:16 PM 689 Views
Cyndane injured Alivia, yes, but Alivia fought Cyndane off. Heiko - 02/01/2011 12:36:12 AM 1553 Views
Re: Cyndane injured Alivia, yes, but Alivia fought Cyndane off. Voscaia Sedai - 02/01/2011 09:56:34 AM 1470 Views
Yup. Joel - 02/01/2011 03:12:39 PM 1434 Views
Small correction - It has not been established that Alivia is stronger than Cyndane unaided... Shannow - 02/01/2011 06:02:53 PM 1509 Views
Alivia has little experience fighting channellers, unlike Lanfear (most likely)... DomA - 03/01/2011 12:56:43 AM 2212 Views
I agree with you moratcorlm - 03/01/2011 01:08:35 AM 1500 Views
Demandred wasn't commenting on Cadsuane's paralis net, but on her little bird saidin detector... Shannow - 03/01/2011 07:01:08 AM 1560 Views
Where do you get this idea? *NM* moratcorlm - 03/01/2011 07:19:50 PM 792 Views
Well, he's definitely right he was commenting on one of the specific ter'angreal in her "net". DomA - 03/01/2011 10:51:09 PM 1522 Views
I'm thinking there are 2 items that break webs in different ways darius_sedai - 04/01/2011 07:51:46 PM 1472 Views
Very interesting point. I never noticed that before... Shannow - 05/01/2011 08:02:52 AM 1413 Views
Cadsuane has two types of weavebreakers... fionwe1987 - 05/01/2011 12:51:38 PM 1285 Views
inconclusive ... the ornament may be the same one she used to disrupt Semirhage darius_sedai - 05/01/2011 04:09:39 PM 1377 Views
I'm confused... fionwe1987 - 05/01/2011 06:15:06 PM 1374 Views
Why should Cadsuane's "distance" unraveler not also go cold at nearby channeling? Shannow - 05/01/2011 06:51:49 PM 1397 Views
I'd buy this. Myrdhyn - 05/01/2011 07:12:50 PM 1333 Views
Except Cyndane had never heard of a ter'angreal that can unravel weaves... Shannow - 05/01/2011 07:18:58 PM 1291 Views
Not necessarily. Myrdhyn - 05/01/2011 09:26:49 PM 1431 Views
I doubt it since LTT claims they created the "first" ones in the AOL darius_sedai - 08/01/2011 05:23:53 PM 1322 Views
The first paralis nets, not necessarily the first weave breakers. Myrdhyn - 09/01/2011 09:53:56 PM 1372 Views
Maybe, but that's getting really convoluted darius_sedai - 10/01/2011 03:36:17 AM 1241 Views
Agreed Myrdhyn - 10/01/2011 05:14:45 PM 1333 Views
I don't remember if the AS Symbol was used prior to the AOL ... if so then it's possible *NM* darius_sedai - 10/01/2011 05:55:38 PM 728 Views
It would fit the various scenarios if she had 2 kinds ... darius_sedai - 05/01/2011 03:53:48 PM 1407 Views
Because Demandred said so... Shannow - 04/01/2011 07:28:56 AM 1437 Views
Re: Because Demandred said so... moratcorlm - 04/01/2011 08:45:38 AM 1474 Views
Well there you have it, then... Shannow - 04/01/2011 09:24:38 AM 1391 Views
Contortions moratcorlm - 04/01/2011 09:56:11 AM 8339 Views
If anyone made a mistake, it was Sanderson, not RJ. Shannow - 04/01/2011 10:07:30 AM 1341 Views
Re: If anyone made a mistake, it was Sanderson, not RJ. moratcorlm - 04/01/2011 10:35:45 AM 1536 Views
I don't think Rand is referring to the system as an indivisible whole. Shannow - 04/01/2011 10:45:24 AM 1502 Views
Besides, he knew of the Well from their previous visit to Far Madding... Shannow - 04/01/2011 11:18:39 AM 1469 Views
It's also possible that a Paralis Net is simply a name for any personal system darius_sedai - 04/01/2011 09:23:18 PM 1534 Views
I agree. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 10/01/2011 07:08:19 PM 1376 Views
Re: Demandred wasn't commenting on Cadsuane's paralis net, but on her little bird saidin detector... DomA - 03/01/2011 10:01:00 PM 1505 Views
I cannot remember Semirhage's reference to a paralis net, but if she did do so, it is problematic... Shannow - 04/01/2011 07:31:24 AM 1399 Views
It's a throw-away line moratcorlm - 04/01/2011 08:48:25 AM 1503 Views
I had the opposite view of the WO Dreamwalkers vs the Wolves in the Wolf-dream RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/01/2011 05:07:56 PM 1494 Views
Agreed. Knowledge is power when it comes to channeling. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/01/2011 10:26:37 PM 1361 Views
Re: Agreed. Knowledge is power when it comes to channeling. DomA - 03/01/2011 11:07:20 PM 1489 Views
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