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Sanderson doesn't think this is the case darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 26/02/2012 12:47:26 AM
And clearly transmigration plays with that as Aran'gar's new body clearly should have no ability to channel saidin at all... Regardless of strength.

INTERVIEW: Dec 5th, 2009
TGS Signing Report - kavorka (Paraphrased)
BRANDON SANDERSON
Ability to channel/souls. I think this has all been reported, but he stated definitively that the ability to channel is tied to soul. He stated definitively that the spark was not tied to the soul but could be affected by a specific body (i.e., just because you had the spark in one life, you could be reborn and just have the ability to learn.) He stated with 85% probability that strength in the Power was not tied to soul, meaning that if you were an uber channeler in one body, you could be weak in the Power in your next body.

Couple of additional quotes:

INTERVIEW: Apr, 2003
Budapest Q&A (Verbatim)
QUESTION
I have an exiting question, maybe, we heard of making the Forsaken reborn, so has the original body any reflection to the mind of the Forsaken?
ROBERT JORDAN
Well, if a Forsaken dies and is reborn naturally, through the turning of the Wheel, no.
QUESTION
If then the Dark One puts him in a new body?
ROBERT JORDAN
Oh, if the Dark One puts him in a new body, it is for all intents and purposes the same person, with a new body. It is a shift of an entire person.

MODERATOR
Here's a longish question from Linda that somehow fell in between the cracks... Part One from Linda: Since the ability to channel seems to be primarily linked to the soul, if a channeler is gentled/stilled, will this affect his/hers soul in a follow life as well, as in, will the ability to channel still be lost? Did THAT come through??
ROBERT JORDAN
No.
MODERATOR
Hmmmmm.. Linda, I TRIED.
ROBERT JORDAN
(that was the answer...the answer is no)

Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
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What did happen to Lanfear? Sidious - 23/02/2012 10:54:19 AM 3179 Views
I thought Moiraine saw Moridin or somebody in there looking for Lanfear? Cannoli - 23/02/2012 01:00:25 PM 1440 Views
Re: I thought Moiraine saw Moridin or somebody in there looking for Lanfear? Sidious - 23/02/2012 02:14:05 PM 1250 Views
do souls remain the same strength with each reincarnation though? LadyLorraine - 23/02/2012 05:45:40 PM 1029 Views
We can only theorize Sidious - 24/02/2012 08:14:49 AM 1106 Views
The Forsaken aren't a great parameter to judge from LadyLorraine - 24/02/2012 04:10:35 PM 976 Views
Without the Forsaken its a pointless subject Sidious - 24/02/2012 04:23:57 PM 1098 Views
not all things need to be explained. LadyLorraine - 27/02/2012 04:07:21 AM 860 Views
Sanderson doesn't think this is the case darius_sedai - 26/02/2012 12:47:26 AM 1048 Views
I don't think Lanfear died in Finnland DomA - 27/02/2012 02:02:31 AM 1924 Views
I assume this was meant to be a response to Sidious' original post *NM* darius_sedai - 27/02/2012 02:18:09 AM 454 Views
All this could be true and could still have died at Finnland... fionwe1987 - 27/02/2012 04:40:50 AM 887 Views
Re: All this could be true and could still have died at Finnland... DomA - 28/02/2012 04:46:41 AM 961 Views
Why so? fionwe1987 - 28/02/2012 06:33:25 AM 902 Views
I pretty much agree Sidious - 28/02/2012 07:15:26 AM 1151 Views
WHen and where Lanfears original body died doesn't mean much to me darius_sedai - 28/02/2012 02:01:00 PM 850 Views
Re: WHen and where Lanfears original body died doesn't mean much to me Gartax - 28/02/2012 05:40:21 PM 839 Views
Perhaps ... But doesn't explain what they get out of killing her ... They have proven to be crafty darius_sedai - 28/02/2012 07:17:21 PM 882 Views
Well... Sidious - 28/02/2012 08:13:03 PM 956 Views
then why even negotiate with Moridin? LoialT - 28/02/2012 09:24:38 PM 974 Views
Wouldn't they have just kept her then or killed her right off the bat then? darius_sedai - 28/02/2012 09:52:49 PM 846 Views
Re: Wouldn't they have just kept her then or killed her right off the bat then? Sidious - 29/02/2012 11:28:10 AM 1009 Views
Re: Wouldn't they have just kept her then or killed her right off the bat then? darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 04:51:10 AM 837 Views
Re: Why so? DomA - 28/02/2012 07:01:38 PM 1045 Views
Not even Moraine thinks the Finns killed Lanfear LoialT - 28/02/2012 09:17:30 PM 1638 Views
Limits of resurrection... fionwe1987 - 29/02/2012 12:32:43 AM 1163 Views
Pretty sure it was Slayer Nargs - 23/02/2012 04:10:29 PM 1123 Views
He's still a minion, and would have been acting on the Shadow's behalf Cannoli - 23/02/2012 04:56:21 PM 967 Views
I corrected you. Not Moridin. It was Slayer. Nargs - 24/02/2012 08:07:17 AM 1084 Views
And you know this, how? fionwe1987 - 24/02/2012 08:43:38 AM 1008 Views
Really? Its absolutely obvious that it was slayer. Nargs - 10/05/2012 04:16:43 PM 1337 Views
I think it is clear enough... entyti - 23/02/2012 08:42:24 PM 1106 Views
Or maybe he was not there to negotiate for her release, just get close to kill her for the soul-swap *NM* Cannoli - 23/02/2012 10:15:01 PM 510 Views
Or maybe that was the best deal he could make with them. *NM* fionwe1987 - 24/02/2012 12:17:06 AM 451 Views
always figured it was slayer who told the finns she wasn't the one he was lookin for *NM* nigelgoboom - 25/02/2012 10:15:55 PM 472 Views
Maybe they can only drain a fixed amount - and did so to both women equally... Shannow - 24/02/2012 08:32:56 PM 1108 Views
Ahh, Shannow... fionwe1987 - 25/02/2012 03:51:10 AM 1025 Views
I laughed too *NM* Sidious - 25/02/2012 06:54:15 AM 444 Views
Hilarious even for you darius_sedai - 26/02/2012 12:28:28 AM 950 Views
Exactly! *NM* fionwe1987 - 27/02/2012 12:19:57 AM 510 Views
Seems convoluted to me darius_sedai - 26/02/2012 12:44:18 AM 910 Views
his sanity? *NM* Yunalesca - 28/02/2012 06:07:25 PM 630 Views
HA! Sanity is overrated *NM* darius_sedai - 28/02/2012 07:21:01 PM 435 Views
I wonder if he traded a taste of the True Power? LadyLorraine - 29/02/2012 12:26:56 AM 849 Views
Now that is an interesting theory! darius_sedai - 29/02/2012 05:42:22 AM 826 Views
Maybe they can use the TP LadyLorraine - 29/02/2012 02:43:07 PM 1022 Views
Considering how they feel about anything dealing with the shadow, Evil_Monkey - 29/02/2012 03:03:55 PM 811 Views
Why not? I believe RJ basically said they are so different from humans that we could not define darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 04:54:40 AM 915 Views
Yet Light vs. Shadow is? fionwe1987 - 01/03/2012 05:17:14 AM 912 Views
That could boil down to prophesy v. Prophesy darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 05:33:52 AM 914 Views
Re: Considering how they feel about anything dealing with the shadow, DomA - 08/03/2012 09:28:52 PM 852 Views
LOVE IT ... Great thoughts! *NM* darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 04:52:38 AM 388 Views
The foxhead... fionwe1987 - 01/03/2012 05:19:13 AM 915 Views
Yes, but that doesn't mean an Aes Sedai made it. LadyLorraine - 01/03/2012 04:20:10 PM 924 Views
There are others that are just as effective though .. Nynaeve has one and so does Cadsuane darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 04:53:46 PM 1007 Views
My point was... fionwe1987 - 01/03/2012 05:34:34 PM 749 Views
What makes you think so? darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 06:45:42 PM 898 Views
Re: What makes you think so? fionwe1987 - 01/03/2012 11:22:06 PM 804 Views
Re: What makes you think so? darius_sedai - 02/03/2012 12:57:13 AM 824 Views
It depends.... DomA - 08/03/2012 09:54:45 PM 920 Views
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