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I never said it was. Fanatic-Templar Send a noteboard - 08/04/2012 12:43:26 AM
As for what Rand and the Prophesy, why else show the creation of the Tuatha'an as part of the Aiel history to him? Seems to me that they and the Aiel will have a reconciliation of some kind for the remnant to survive. IIRC some of the Aiel who threw down their spears went in sarch of the Tuatha'an ... But I'm not sure if I recall that correctly.


No, you are quite correct.

But that's beside the point. The point is that a fraction of the group "the Aiel" will be saved, but the rest will be destroyed. The way you choose to define "the Aiel" for the sake of this prophecy doesn't matter unless it can lead to both those end results.

Aviendha's vision is not possible, because regardless of what defines that saved fraction of the Aiel, the other part of that fraction was not destroyed. The prophecy predicts both.

If you choose to define "the Aiel" in a way other than the accepted use of the term as referring to the tribal people from the Aiel Waste who share a similar culture and history, then you may attempt to do so, but it needs to be able to fulfill those two end results. For example, it must be a group of people preexisting at the time of Rand's actions as the Dragon Reborn, elsewise there is no remnant to save nor any portion to destroy, as it is impossible to divide by zero, nor to save people who don't exist, nor to destroy people who don't exist.

So for the sake of clarity, please answer these two questions:

1: Do you agree that the Rhuidean Prophecy states that He Who Comes With The Dawn will destroy "the Aiel" except for a remnant of a remnant whom he shall save?

2: How do you define "the Aiel"?
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Aviendha, the columns, and the Seanchan - 03/04/2012 04:29:31 PM 1964 Views
As far as I understand it, that future is impossible anyway. - 03/04/2012 07:30:52 PM 981 Views
Depends on how one defines Aiel - 04/04/2012 04:11:11 AM 940 Views
There are more than there were before. - 04/04/2012 07:03:27 AM 948 Views
But when the prophesy was made there many followers - 04/04/2012 10:10:54 AM 865 Views
The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 04/04/2012 06:28:47 PM 946 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 05/04/2012 01:41:23 AM 1102 Views
Well that more than covers it *NM* - 05/04/2012 04:43:53 AM 458 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 05/04/2012 07:39:04 AM 994 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 05/04/2012 02:14:37 PM 1194 Views
For the record I agree that the visions are not true either - 05/04/2012 02:25:47 PM 931 Views
Re: For the record I agree that the visions are not true either - 05/04/2012 11:36:53 PM 911 Views
Yes, I was thinking of the Aiel's suicidal traditions as well. - 05/04/2012 06:24:56 PM 854 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 06/04/2012 10:51:00 PM 895 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 06/04/2012 10:38:24 PM 1138 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 07/04/2012 06:27:27 AM 847 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 07/04/2012 07:23:03 PM 816 Views
So what you're saying... - 07/04/2012 10:07:59 PM 756 Views
What I am saying is that it's not a "pure bloodline" that makes one an Aiel - 08/04/2012 12:16:10 AM 849 Views
I never said it was. - 08/04/2012 12:43:26 AM 925 Views
Actually you did In your above post you speak of the Tinkers as not Aiel because they have been - 08/04/2012 06:09:01 AM 860 Views
No... - 08/04/2012 07:12:22 AM 968 Views
You have no evidence that the Tuath'an are mostly comprised of runaways etc - 08/04/2012 05:16:54 PM 941 Views
Re: You have no evidence that the Tuath'an are mostly comprised of runaways etc - 08/04/2012 06:43:27 PM 964 Views
Re: You have no evidence that the Tuath'an are mostly comprised of runaways etc - 08/04/2012 07:52:10 PM 753 Views
Thanks for that. - 09/04/2012 02:38:25 AM 683 Views
Red hair is double recessive ... Doesn't take much to eliminate it from the gene pool. There could - 08/04/2012 11:22:36 PM 895 Views
You are consistently making the same mistake. - 09/04/2012 02:45:46 AM 748 Views
They are the same thing. The remnant of a remnant are Aiel - 10/04/2012 05:04:55 AM 896 Views
No. They are not. - 10/04/2012 05:42:29 AM 789 Views
Never said the remnant of the remnant was the whole of the Aiel - 10/04/2012 05:45:47 PM 806 Views
You said that redefining the Aiel would allow Aviendha's vision to be possible. - 10/04/2012 06:53:51 PM 976 Views
No , I said there were many ways to interpret the statement based on how one defines Aiel - 10/04/2012 07:36:11 PM 754 Views
All of which is entirely irrelevant. - 10/04/2012 07:38:29 PM 773 Views
Actually it states he will save a remnant of a remnant - 10/04/2012 07:47:04 PM 843 Views
Re: Actually it states he will save a remnant of a remnant - 11/04/2012 01:40:36 AM 820 Views
That is what I just said - 14/04/2012 01:41:56 AM 789 Views
What is important about that? - 14/04/2012 04:35:55 AM 761 Views
The importance is that the prophesy says that Rand - 14/04/2012 06:06:31 PM 936 Views
So what you're saying is... - 14/04/2012 09:45:36 PM 812 Views
That's exactly it - 14/04/2012 11:21:25 PM 881 Views
Good. - 15/04/2012 02:01:14 AM 906 Views
He sets it in motion, thus his actions lead to it - 15/04/2012 02:55:13 PM 769 Views
Yes, but in that case, he is responsible for everything, ever. - 15/04/2012 05:29:31 PM 874 Views
We are interpreting Prophesy here ... Direct v. Indirect actions are what we are discussing - 15/04/2012 07:21:29 PM 765 Views
Re: We are interpreting Prophesy here ... Direct v. Indirect actions are what we are discussing - 17/04/2012 04:18:32 AM 962 Views
Depends on how you look at the Prophesy - 18/04/2012 01:45:23 PM 720 Views
Of course, but the point of my example was... - 17/04/2012 06:08:09 PM 753 Views
Where are you getting this happens over thousands of years? - 18/04/2012 01:47:42 PM 757 Views
Because that was the important part of that post. - 18/04/2012 05:28:10 PM 885 Views
Don't know when this became about winning - 19/04/2012 02:08:16 AM 670 Views
Re: I never said it was. - 18/04/2012 12:37:23 AM 939 Views
Re: As far as I understand it, that future is impossible anyway. - 04/04/2012 07:16:13 AM 988 Views
Re: As far as I understand it, that future is impossible anyway. - 06/04/2012 10:33:00 PM 873 Views
Thank you for that analysis. *NM* - 17/04/2012 12:36:08 AM 437 Views

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