INTERVIEW: Aug 4th, 1996
ACOS Signing Report - Hawk (Paraphrased)
HAWK
Pam—here's something new for the FAQ. I asked him exactly why the pool of untainted saidin was needed at the Eye of the World.
ROBERT JORDAN
He kind of gave me a RAFO. RJ said that he has an idea of what he wants that to have been for, but he's not sure he's going to use it, so he didn't want to give me information and then change his mind later. So all our guesses are correct at the moment!
INTERVIEW: Jan 23rd, 2003
COT Signing Report - Sonia Ibarra (Paraphrased)
SONIA IBARRA
So the Eye of the World is a Well, right?
ROBERT JORDAN
[pauses] Yes and no. It's in the same class of objects as a Well, but on a different scale.
SONIA IBARRA
So could it be refilled by a male channeler?
ROBERT JORDAN
No. Remember, lots of Aes Sedai died to make it.
SONIA IBARRA
To keep it pure.
ROBERT JORDAN
That, among other things. Look, a normal Well is like this water glass. [he gestures] The Eye is like a liquid nitrogen canister.
SONIA IBARRA
So are Wells made with the opposite half of the Power that they were meant to contain, like Rand did at Shadar Logoth?
ROBERT JORDAN
[sly smile] No, they don't work like that.
INTERVIEW: Nov 30th, 2000
WH Signing Report - Matt Peck (Paraphrased)
QUESTION
Was the Eye of the World a Well/variant of a Well?
ROBERT JORDAN
He said that it was similar, but different. Similar in the sense that it it held the One Power, but it's not a ter'angreal. They are also created in different ways. The Eye was a one-time use, where a well can be refilled. He went on a little further, but I forget a little of his explanation. But no earth-shakers here, just a little clarification of what we already knew.
INTERVIEW: Oct 9th, 1996
ACOS Signing Report - Erica Sadun (Paraphrased)
QUESTION
New Dreadlords? Via True Power? What are limits of True Power? When did we see it used before?
ROBERT JORDAN
Access to the True Power is a matter of wanting it and the Dark One letting you. NOT black cords. In the Prologue to The Eye of the World we saw True Power used to heal insanity. The One Power cannot be used to heal insanity. True Power used at Shayol Ghul will fry you instantly.
The last one seems to make Sidious idea impossible
ACOS Signing Report - Hawk (Paraphrased)
HAWK
Pam—here's something new for the FAQ. I asked him exactly why the pool of untainted saidin was needed at the Eye of the World.
ROBERT JORDAN
He kind of gave me a RAFO. RJ said that he has an idea of what he wants that to have been for, but he's not sure he's going to use it, so he didn't want to give me information and then change his mind later. So all our guesses are correct at the moment!
INTERVIEW: Jan 23rd, 2003
COT Signing Report - Sonia Ibarra (Paraphrased)
SONIA IBARRA
So the Eye of the World is a Well, right?
ROBERT JORDAN
[pauses] Yes and no. It's in the same class of objects as a Well, but on a different scale.
SONIA IBARRA
So could it be refilled by a male channeler?
ROBERT JORDAN
No. Remember, lots of Aes Sedai died to make it.
SONIA IBARRA
To keep it pure.
ROBERT JORDAN
That, among other things. Look, a normal Well is like this water glass. [he gestures] The Eye is like a liquid nitrogen canister.
SONIA IBARRA
So are Wells made with the opposite half of the Power that they were meant to contain, like Rand did at Shadar Logoth?
ROBERT JORDAN
[sly smile] No, they don't work like that.
INTERVIEW: Nov 30th, 2000
WH Signing Report - Matt Peck (Paraphrased)
QUESTION
Was the Eye of the World a Well/variant of a Well?
ROBERT JORDAN
He said that it was similar, but different. Similar in the sense that it it held the One Power, but it's not a ter'angreal. They are also created in different ways. The Eye was a one-time use, where a well can be refilled. He went on a little further, but I forget a little of his explanation. But no earth-shakers here, just a little clarification of what we already knew.
INTERVIEW: Oct 9th, 1996
ACOS Signing Report - Erica Sadun (Paraphrased)
QUESTION
New Dreadlords? Via True Power? What are limits of True Power? When did we see it used before?
ROBERT JORDAN
Access to the True Power is a matter of wanting it and the Dark One letting you. NOT black cords. In the Prologue to The Eye of the World we saw True Power used to heal insanity. The One Power cannot be used to heal insanity. True Power used at Shayol Ghul will fry you instantly.
The last one seems to make Sidious idea impossible
What's so special about Callandor?
- 06/03/2012 07:31:40 PM
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Honestly, I'm more curious about the "Dragon-only" barrier that surrounded it
- 06/03/2012 09:16:15 PM
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I also think the flaw might be deliberate
- 06/03/2012 09:56:02 PM
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Re: I also think the flaw might be deliberate
- 07/03/2012 04:11:21 AM
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RJ addressed this ... I had a similar thought several years back and this quote was floated my way
- 07/03/2012 04:18:01 AM
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Using the True Power to win Tarmon Gai'don goes against every moral in the series.
- 07/03/2012 07:00:02 AM
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actually self-sacrifice is one of the Dragon's principle virtues
- 07/03/2012 10:36:03 AM
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Re: actually self-sacrifice is one of the Dragon's principle virtues
- 07/03/2012 06:02:48 PM
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Re: actually self-sacrifice is one of the Dragon's principle virtues
- 07/03/2012 06:18:16 PM
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Re: actually self-sacrifice is one of the Dragon's principle virtues
- 07/03/2012 11:38:56 PM
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Re: actually self-sacrifice is one of the Dragon's principle virtues
- 10/03/2012 11:52:23 AM
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Re: actually self-sacrifice is one of the Dragon's principle virtues
- 10/03/2012 06:40:00 PM
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Have to agree with you on this
- 12/03/2012 01:17:06 AM
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Re: Have to agree with you on this
- 12/03/2012 02:36:13 PM
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Fain has become so much more than human. We have no real sense of the limits of his power
- 18/03/2012 11:21:54 PM
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Shai'tan is the opposite half of the Creator.
- 19/03/2012 01:44:31 AM
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I actually don't see it that way
- 19/03/2012 03:37:26 AM
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depends how you look at it
- 19/03/2012 10:41:28 AM
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Re: depends how you look at it
- 19/03/2012 01:07:21 PM
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The DO did not not destroy Mashadar alone
- 19/03/2012 11:42:21 PM
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That's not correct.
- 20/03/2012 01:55:05 AM
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Saidin and the True Power both touched Mashadar
- 20/03/2012 01:11:17 PM
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RJ Quote:
- 19/03/2012 06:52:12 PM
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Exactly
- 19/03/2012 08:54:22 PM
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Personally I view it more as Creation v. Destruction
- 19/03/2012 11:48:20 PM
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Re: Personally I view it more as Creation v. Destruction
- 20/03/2012 01:06:20 PM
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My point with imagination is simply that destruction only does 1 thing
- 20/03/2012 01:14:55 PM
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Re: Personally I view it more as Creation v. Destruction
- 20/03/2012 04:35:17 PM
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Re: Personally I view it more as Creation v. Destruction
- 20/03/2012 04:59:13 PM
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Re: Personally I view it more as Creation v. Destruction
- 20/03/2012 08:57:35 PM
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Re: actually self-sacrifice is one of the Dragon's principle virtues
- 14/03/2012 12:15:36 PM
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I totally agree with you on both issues Ben
- 07/03/2012 11:44:42 PM
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No, I don't agree
- 10/03/2012 12:11:37 PM
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That makes no sense...
- 10/03/2012 09:21:19 PM
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Re: That makes no sense...
- 11/03/2012 12:25:53 AM
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Name an existing well that has that much power, though.
- 11/03/2012 01:11:40 AM
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He makes a good point though.
- 11/03/2012 05:49:59 AM
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Yes, but...
- 11/03/2012 06:17:25 AM
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Re: Yes, but...
- 11/03/2012 06:47:43 PM
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I found a couple of quote
- 12/03/2012 12:00:36 AM
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How the Three can become One using the True Power...mindtraps of Moggy and Cyndane...
- 12/03/2012 06:04:22 PM
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Whether it happens or not, it might explain the choice of mind trap victims
- 13/03/2012 06:43:45 AM
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Re: Whether it happens or not, it might explain the choice of mind trap victims
- 13/03/2012 05:19:21 PM
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