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?
I don't know about the part the bond will play, but you might be on to something if Rand and Moridin end up doing some sort merging thing, as has been long anticipated, and Callandor turns out to be the medium of a mental attack.
As for the girlfriends, I keep coming back to Nicola's viewing about "...the lion sword, the dedicated spear and she who sees beyond..." It's obviously a reference to the three of them, but why does it refer to Elayne as a sword? That does not remotely fit her, and even the spear for Aviendha is a bit of a stretch for her new role and life choices. It always seemed to me to suggest he is going to have to use them as weapons somehow, and Callandor would seem to be a fitting means, since they would have to be the ones performing the actual weaves, even if at his direction or planning. And now we see how to fold Min into it, as she has already come up with this much, and might be the key to figuring out whatever Rand has to do with Callandor. The bond might prove to be key to unifying them to cooperate to a greater degree in whatever they use Callandor for. I hate to use this example, because it sucked, but on an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, they needed the skills of several different people to defeat a monster, including the untrained magic powers of one, the knowledge of a second and the strength and combat skill of a third. The problem is the warrior was too dumb to use the magic or learn the education part quickly enough, and the others were too weak to survive a close physical encounter with the foe, so they did a spell-thing where they were all combined into one person, and could work their magic and use their knowledge through the fighter's body. The bond might be something like this, to allow Rand's Dragon-reborn qualities and Min's insights to guide the women who actually have to use the flows when the link is formed to draw on Callandor, as well as Aviendha's Talent to ascertain the full or true use of Callandor, and maybe Elayne's expertise with the underlying mechanics of *angreal. If Callandor were to allow their minds to more fully interact through the bond as you seem to be suggesting, this could indeed be a means to that end
Cannoli
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"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
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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