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Err...no. redqueen Send a noteboard - 30/03/2011 11:01:03 PM
We have seen 4 societies (some only glimpses) in Randland and how they candle channeling.

Randland proper: the channelers limit themselves


Not very much. The don't murder with the Power. Other than that, Aes Sedai are the among the least accountable of all the channelers in all the lands. (the Ayyad might be worse, we don't know) I mean - can an Aes Sedai be tried in a court, outside of the White Tower? Would anyone dare? It's like they all have diplomatic immunity. And it's not much better in the Tower - even other Aes Sedai consider it the height of rudeness to so much as ask what their sisters might be up to, never mind question it.

Seanchan: The channelers are enslaved, after they were overthrown.


Yes, but no. The channelers themselves are enslaved, but their power is still used by proxy. The most surprising thing about Seanchan is that the sul'dam haven't taken over.

Shara: The channelers are controlled by making them ignorant figureheads, and then poisoned.


No. The leaders are controlled/compelled by the channelers, the Ayyad, and after seven years, killed and replaced. The Ayyad run Shara, almost certainly by Compulsion.

Then of course we have the Sea Folk, and the Aiel. In neither society do channelers rule. Incidentally, these societies also have both the greatest integration of channelers with the general population, and the greatest self-limitation of channelers.


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Aes Sedai without Oaths redqueen - 30/03/2011 04:54:32 PM 1896 Views
Re: Aes Sedai without Oaths Lo'oris - 30/03/2011 05:49:56 PM 1294 Views
You think? redqueen - 30/03/2011 08:33:45 PM 1234 Views
Re: You think? Lo'oris - 30/03/2011 08:36:45 PM 1197 Views
Think seat belts... Silence_DoGood - 30/03/2011 09:33:28 PM 1248 Views
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Err...no. redqueen - 30/03/2011 11:01:03 PM 1286 Views
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A new post?! I nearly spit out my drink newyorkersedai - 30/03/2011 11:23:13 PM 1192 Views
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good thinking! especially the BA part *NM* Lo'oris - 31/03/2011 08:42:57 AM 531 Views
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Nice ... Just made a similar comment above! *NM* darius_sedai - 01/04/2011 02:11:51 PM 692 Views
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I'm not sure if this is a problem RugbyPlayingAshaman - 07/04/2011 03:46:01 PM 1106 Views
hard to say if it's a problem or not darius_sedai - 07/04/2011 07:28:20 PM 1107 Views
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