So, while discussing whether Rand was bonded by Moridin over at Theoryland, I came across this curious quote from Elayne in WH, Lily in Winter:
And then, a few minutes later, we have the bonding, where:
Now, what does this have to do with Callandor?
Notice here that Callandor is supposed to be able to "bind" Rand is some manner that weakens him. And it says it will bind him by twain, not bind him to twain, which is what will happen if he forms a circle using it.
Now, this last part is pure speculation on my part. I do think the three that became one are Elayne, Min and Aviendha. But as for a direct connection, I only have speculation:
We know that Callandor magnifies the taint. The taint is now gone, but the spiderweb of its compulsion is still in Rand's brain, but kept in check by a white glow. My prediction is that at the critical moment when Rand is using Callandor in a circle, the taint in his brain will be magnified, and it will leave him mind open to attack. Moridn, through his bond with Rand, and through Alanna's bond (she's BA, turned, tortured, or preferably, forced to pass her bond to Cyndane...) (the twain) will seek to use Callandor's weakness to control Rand.
This is when the three becoming one will be critical. This Warder bond is unique in that it is one bond split in three, meaning three bond holders for one bond. Whatever positive effects that traverses through the bond to the Warder now has three sources, two of them channelers. And notice that these bond holders are the sources of the "Veins of Gold", which is what spread out to protect Rand brain from Taint-compulsion (the layer of Light that Nynaeve detects).
There will, then, be a battle for Rand's mind. On the one hand we have Moridin and Alanna's bond aiding the taint (through the weakness in Callandor, hence the onyx hand holding the blade as it glows white), on the other hand we have Rand's three women, the women he loves, the source of the Veins of Gold that protect his mind from the taint.
Thoughts and criticisms?
How easy it was to say that! She had been sure she could not, once. Until she came to realize that she loved Aviendha as much as she did him, just in a different way. And Min, too; another sister, even if they had not adopted one another. She would stripe Alanna from top to bottom for touching him, given the chance, but Aviendha and Min were different. They were part of her. In a way, they were her, and she them.
And then, a few minutes later, we have the bonding, where:
Carefully she wove Spirit, a flow of over a hundred threads, every thread placed just so, and laid the weave on Aviendha sitting on the floor, then did the same to Min on the table's edge. In a way, they were not two separate weaves at all. They glowed with a precise similarity, and it seemed that looking at one, she saw the other as well. These were not the weaves used in the adoption ceremony, but they used the same principles. They included; what happened to one meshed in that weave, happened to all in it. As soon as the weaves were in place, she passed the lead of the circle of two to Aviendha. The weaves already made remained, and Aviendha immediately wove identical weaves around Elayne, and around Min again, blending that one until it was indistinguishable from Elayne's before passing control back. They did that very easily now, after a great deal of practice. Four weaves, or rather, three now, yet they all seemed the same weave....
...From each of them, she extended the weave in narrow lines toward Rand, twisting the three lines into one, changing it into the Warder bond. That, she laid on Rand as softly as if she were laying a blanket on a baby. The spiderweb of Spirit settled around him, settled into him. He did not even blink, but it was done. She let go of saidar. Done.
...From each of them, she extended the weave in narrow lines toward Rand, twisting the three lines into one, changing it into the Warder bond. That, she laid on Rand as softly as if she were laying a blanket on a baby. The spiderweb of Spirit settled around him, settled into him. He did not even blink, but it was done. She let go of saidar. Done.
Now, what does this have to do with Callandor?
Unfortunately, that question just sent her to another worry. "Have you ever wondered why Callandor is so often called a 'fearful blade' or 'the blade of ruin' in the prophecies?"
"It's such a powerful sa'angreal" he said. "Maybe it's because of the destruction it can cause?"
"Maybe," she said.
"You think it's something else."
"There's a phrase," Min said, "in the Jendai Prophecy. I wish we knew more of them. Anyway, it says 'and the Blade will bind him by twain.' "
"Two women," Rand said. "I need to be in a circle with two women to control it."
She grimaced.
"What?" Rand said. "You might as well be out with it, Min. I need to know."
"There's another phrase, from The Karaethon Cycle. Anyway, I think that Callandor might be flawed beyond that. I think it might . . . Rand, I think it might make you weak, open you to attack, if you use it."
"It's such a powerful sa'angreal" he said. "Maybe it's because of the destruction it can cause?"
"Maybe," she said.
"You think it's something else."
"There's a phrase," Min said, "in the Jendai Prophecy. I wish we knew more of them. Anyway, it says 'and the Blade will bind him by twain.' "
"Two women," Rand said. "I need to be in a circle with two women to control it."
She grimaced.
"What?" Rand said. "You might as well be out with it, Min. I need to know."
"There's another phrase, from The Karaethon Cycle. Anyway, I think that Callandor might be flawed beyond that. I think it might . . . Rand, I think it might make you weak, open you to attack, if you use it."
Notice here that Callandor is supposed to be able to "bind" Rand is some manner that weakens him. And it says it will bind him by twain, not bind him to twain, which is what will happen if he forms a circle using it.
Now, this last part is pure speculation on my part. I do think the three that became one are Elayne, Min and Aviendha. But as for a direct connection, I only have speculation:
We know that Callandor magnifies the taint. The taint is now gone, but the spiderweb of its compulsion is still in Rand's brain, but kept in check by a white glow. My prediction is that at the critical moment when Rand is using Callandor in a circle, the taint in his brain will be magnified, and it will leave him mind open to attack. Moridn, through his bond with Rand, and through Alanna's bond (she's BA, turned, tortured, or preferably, forced to pass her bond to Cyndane...) (the twain) will seek to use Callandor's weakness to control Rand.
This is when the three becoming one will be critical. This Warder bond is unique in that it is one bond split in three, meaning three bond holders for one bond. Whatever positive effects that traverses through the bond to the Warder now has three sources, two of them channelers. And notice that these bond holders are the sources of the "Veins of Gold", which is what spread out to protect Rand brain from Taint-compulsion (the layer of Light that Nynaeve detects).
There will, then, be a battle for Rand's mind. On the one hand we have Moridin and Alanna's bond aiding the taint (through the weakness in Callandor, hence the onyx hand holding the blade as it glows white), on the other hand we have Rand's three women, the women he loves, the source of the Veins of Gold that protect his mind from the taint.
Thoughts and criticisms?
Have the three become one?
- 19/01/2012 01:19:00 AM
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well for a start
- 19/01/2012 07:24:13 PM
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Well that and the 3 as 1 thing has been brought up/foreshadowed well since WH
- 20/01/2012 04:58:53 AM
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Egwene sucks, what's wrong with you?
- 19/01/2012 10:16:17 PM
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Sword is a reference to Elayne's bravery combined with the Lion of Andor, as Spears to Aviendha
- 20/01/2012 04:52:38 AM
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