It was still too dangerous to use.
The True Power is Shai'tan's essence, granted at his whim only, that destroys the Pattern through it's sheer existence. It is a tool only in that it is a tool for Shai'tan's purpose. I don't mean that in that it is a tool that Shai'tan happens to be using for his own purposes, I mean that it is a tool for Shai'tan's purpose. Using it serves Shai'tan's purpose by definition.
The True Power is Shai'tan's essence, granted at his whim only, that destroys the Pattern through it's sheer existence. It is a tool only in that it is a tool for Shai'tan's purpose. I don't mean that in that it is a tool that Shai'tan happens to be using for his own purposes, I mean that it is a tool for Shai'tan's purpose. Using it serves Shai'tan's purpose by definition.
The first rule of being a ninja is "do no harm". Unless you intend to do harm, then do lots of harm.
~Master Splinter
Victorious in Bergioyn's legendary 'Reverse Mafia'. *MySmiley*
~Master Splinter
Victorious in Bergioyn's legendary 'Reverse Mafia'. *MySmiley*
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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- 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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- 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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- 20/03/2012 04:59:13 PM
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- 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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No, the Choedan Kal was a tool.
- 14/03/2012 05:20:53 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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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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