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Re: not to mention Tor Send a noteboard - 05/02/2012 09:33:40 PM
although arn't we forgetting the two Aes Sedai that lived among the Jenn Aiel? we get told they are ancient but not how strong they are. they could have known the weave but seeing as they appeared to seclude themselves in the waste maybe they never used it and passed it on.


I actually thought about that earlier, but I left it out of the discussion as those Aes Sedai seemed inclined to seclusion, and thus couldn't have passed Travelling on to the others.

They are described (TSR, Ch. 25) as looking so old their skin was almost transparent. Reanne Corly is 411, and looks 60, so these Aes Sedai would have to be considerably older.

According to my count, Charn, who witnessed the Bore being created, was the great great great great great great great great great great grandfather of Mandein, who was among the first chiefs to go to Rhuidean. 12 generations should make it something like 300-400 years.

Then again, there is this bit from the WoTFAQ:
Many years after the Breaking, when Rhuidean is built, the Aes Sedai with the Jenn Aiel are described as "ageless." [TSR: 25, The Road to the Spear, 284]. While one of these AS has the same name as one of the AOL AS we see in TSR, it is not the same person. At a post-POD book signing in Dayton, RJ was asked, "Was the Aes Sedai who initiated the Pact of Rhuidean from the Age of Legends?" RJ's answer: (Pause)"No." (Pause)"No, she was not from the Age of Legends." [from Michael Martin] When was the OR first put into use? The first of the Three Oaths to be put into effect, the Second Oath against making weapons with the Power, was adopted after the War of Power [TGH: 1, The Flame of Tar Valon, 5], [Guide: 24, The White Tower, 213]. However, Sheriam's statement in [TGH: 23, The Testing, 282] implies that the Oath Rod itself wasn't put into use until after the Trolloc Wars. Needless to say, this point needs clarification.

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