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Re: Mat mentions during the books that uglycat Send a noteboard - 16/01/2011 05:54:32 AM
He first discovered his luck in Tar Valon, when he won dice game after dice game all night and then escaped the city on a ship. That was only a few days after being healed from his connection/dependency on the shadar logoth dagger. It was many months after that that he went with Rand to the Waste and entered Rhuidean.


He was pretty lucky as a kid too. IIRC he thinks to himself about all the times he got busted when he made plans to do some mischief, but things he did spur of the moment were the things he usually got away with.


we know he definitely thinks of himself as lucky as early as his time in shienar during teotw. possibly even prior to that.

He only meant to gamble an hour or so before finding a ship, just long enough to add a few coins to his purse, but he won. He had always won more than he lost, as far as he could remember, and there had been times with Hurin, and in Shienar, when six of eight tosses in a row won for him.

from TDR, just as he begins his night on the town in Tar Valon.
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Key to the final battle is in Matt's first "Lucky" incident. Mndrew - 15/01/2011 04:11:02 AM 2117 Views
You think him taking the Dagger was lucky? Lohikaarme - 15/01/2011 09:39:01 AM 1050 Views
I mean, if you take the long view... beetnemesis - 15/01/2011 09:56:47 AM 1173 Views
Re: I mean, if you take the long view... Ryan - 19/01/2011 05:33:08 AM 945 Views
If you prefer, "The pattern working thru him" rather than "lucky" Mndrew - 20/01/2011 01:14:35 AM 997 Views
Possibly true, but it's debatable if that was Mat's luck Lord Haart - 15/01/2011 10:04:45 AM 1104 Views
actually, his luck started much AFTER the dagger *NM* Lo'oris - 15/01/2011 01:28:12 PM 471 Views
he was ta'veren even then so his luck was likely in place already darius_sedai - 15/01/2011 04:47:42 PM 927 Views
Re: he was ta'veren even then so his luck was likely in place already Lo'oris - 15/01/2011 04:49:55 PM 959 Views
Mat was lucky long before Rhuidean Ava - 15/01/2011 05:40:57 PM 1013 Views
oh thanks! *NM* Lo'oris - 15/01/2011 05:42:52 PM 434 Views
That's the first time we see it overtly. But there is nothing to say it wasn't there before darius_sedai - 15/01/2011 07:45:56 PM 998 Views
Mat mentions during the books that j-whitt987 - 15/01/2011 07:46:04 PM 957 Views
Re: Mat mentions during the books that uglycat - 16/01/2011 05:54:32 AM 1003 Views
The Eye of the World Ryan - 19/01/2011 05:38:47 AM 967 Views
Re: The Eye of the World uglycat - 19/01/2011 07:29:31 AM 1127 Views
Luck -ter'angreal & Mat Lohikaarme - 19/01/2011 02:28:25 PM 979 Views
About his luck... Does anyone still remember Liandrin and the 12 other Black Ajah sisters? A Deathwatch Guard - 15/01/2011 07:36:42 PM 1326 Views
Maybe it will come up in AMoL and be used against him? Lord Haart - 16/01/2011 03:55:39 AM 1075 Views
Not sure, but here's the excerpt A Deathwatch Guard - 16/01/2011 04:08:23 AM 969 Views
The second seems much more likely, and in keeping with the series. Ghavrel - 16/01/2011 06:05:20 AM 943 Views
Re: Maybe it will come up in AMoL and be used against him? Kieran - 16/01/2011 07:43:21 PM 976 Views
great find! *NM* Lo'oris - 16/01/2011 02:25:02 PM 444 Views
I always figured that was a plot device redqueen - 17/01/2011 12:01:23 AM 1017 Views
No - Mat has always been lucky, winning more than losing. Lohikaarme - 17/01/2011 01:51:50 PM 868 Views
Re: No - Mat has always been lucky, winning more than losing. uglycat - 19/01/2011 07:26:09 AM 957 Views
Re: No - Mat has always been lucky, winning more than losing. Lo'oris - 19/01/2011 10:05:37 AM 940 Views
Re: About his luck... Does anyone still remember Liandrin and the 12 other Black Ajah sisters? Culhane0428 - 19/01/2011 11:21:25 AM 1121 Views
Re: About his luck... Does anyone still remember Liandrin and the 12 other Black Ajah sisters? Lo'oris - 19/01/2011 02:15:56 PM 824 Views
Re: About his luck... Does anyone still remember Liandrin and the 12 other Black Ajah sisters? uglycat - 19/01/2011 08:39:42 PM 963 Views
From EoTW, the dream of the three figures, sword, dagger and wolf. Mndrew - 20/01/2011 01:20:15 AM 1048 Views
Could the dagger be a ter'angreal like the dice ter'angreal? Lord Haart - 20/01/2011 10:12:42 AM 908 Views
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