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Actually there were a couple of versions that happened, and Moiraine came in neither. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 17/10/2009 05:32:52 PM
I look at things a different way, forgetting the actual events that hurt the shadow.
Where would be be in the story now without her? If any of the others were missing things would be worse, but Rand aside she'd been the catalyst for everything, theres a vision Rand has where he is an old man fightin trolloc's in the two rivers, this is what would have happened without her.
Nynaeve ticks most boxes, but she never playes a major role in most of them, Moiraine and Lan where a two man army against the shadow for almost 20 years.
Moiraine and Lan were looking for Rand. How much Shadow-fighting were they really up to? In any event, there are all sorts of things that could have happened even if she never made it to the Two Rivers. Rand could still have hit all the important points without her intervention. A better question might have been, how would she have persuaded them to come with her if the Trollocs had never attacked? Nobody was all that sanguine about her waltzing off with the kids, and she had to persuade them to sneak away, and just about the whole village was in agreement that they had to be recovered from Moiraine's clutches. Without the aftermath of a Trolloc attack to clean up, they would not have been distracted enough to let her get away with the kids, and while the Finder coins might have made Mat & Perrin amenable, Rand was resistant and not all that thrilled with the idea of leaving. Mat would also have been a hard sell to go with an Aes Sedai.
Cannoli
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Which character (besides Rand) has hurt the shadow the most? (my analysis and your opinion) - 17/10/2009 05:16:34 AM 1640 Views
Nyneave wins hands down - 17/10/2009 05:22:08 AM 923 Views
Nyneave has done more - 17/10/2009 06:42:26 AM 862 Views
Nynaeve! - 17/10/2009 04:12:00 PM 808 Views
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are you sure? - 17/10/2009 04:48:01 PM 902 Views
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Re: Beg to differ, the "endless summer" was VERY important to the shadow - 18/10/2009 11:10:20 PM 809 Views
believe what you want, but if the weather hadn't changed when it did TG would be over by now. *NM* - 18/10/2009 11:56:09 PM 389 Views
Actually, there might be a better reason for why it mattered. - 10/12/2009 07:03:32 PM 856 Views
Immaterial. - 10/12/2009 07:48:51 PM 722 Views
It has to be Moiraine - 17/10/2009 05:00:32 PM 910 Views
Actually there were a couple of versions that happened, and Moiraine came in neither. - 17/10/2009 05:32:52 PM 1000 Views
So you think the story would have panned out - 17/10/2009 05:46:46 PM 748 Views
None. *NM* - 17/10/2009 08:43:08 PM 376 Views
That's highly subjective - 17/10/2009 08:52:17 PM 799 Views
Re: That's highly subjective - 17/10/2009 08:54:52 PM 745 Views
I think you know exactly what I mean. - 17/10/2009 10:53:40 PM 750 Views
All of them - 18/10/2009 12:09:55 AM 873 Views
Those were only visions - 18/10/2009 12:45:32 AM 772 Views
They may have only been visions... - 18/10/2009 09:19:05 AM 814 Views
"Every possible outcome to a given situation is the actual outcome somewhere" - 18/10/2009 04:45:44 PM 756 Views
Re: "Every possible outcome to a given situation is the actual outcome somewhere" - 18/10/2009 06:51:42 PM 901 Views
That all goes without saying - 18/10/2009 07:26:06 PM 685 Views
I disagree - 18/10/2009 07:58:37 PM 785 Views
Re: I disagree - 18/10/2009 10:04:27 PM 780 Views
It's almost irrelevant- the Dragon Reborn was Foretold - 18/10/2009 02:07:47 AM 748 Views
Does that mean he'd win? - 18/10/2009 04:47:56 PM 770 Views
IIRC the prophecies don't say anything about whether the DR will win. - 18/10/2009 05:05:03 PM 713 Views
Not really what I was arguing. - 18/10/2009 05:30:05 PM 741 Views
Good points - 18/10/2009 06:14:08 AM 843 Views
the BCS is not a good system *NM* - 18/10/2009 09:08:25 AM 379 Views
Re: Which character (besides Rand) has hurt the shadow the most? (my analysis and your opinion) - 17/10/2009 05:26:26 PM 1014 Views
Someone needs to re-adjust their meds - 18/10/2009 05:55:58 AM 881 Views
I wouldn't bother justifying yourself to him - 18/10/2009 05:41:42 PM 776 Views
That is true for most people if not all - 18/10/2009 11:28:44 PM 790 Views
He's got a point though... - 21/10/2009 11:18:38 AM 855 Views
"Always fight back! Never justify" Internet discussion rules 101. - 21/10/2009 04:37:32 PM 735 Views
Damn skippy! *NM* - 21/10/2009 11:17:36 AM 373 Views
Ishamael/Moridin - 17/10/2009 06:44:35 PM 1026 Views
Good call - 17/10/2009 10:55:38 PM 822 Views
Re: Ishamael/Moridin - 18/10/2009 09:21:29 AM 944 Views
You make it sound very simple - 18/10/2009 10:47:57 PM 840 Views
No - it is very simple - 19/10/2009 05:01:44 AM 818 Views
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surely a draw meant resealing - 20/10/2009 03:56:49 PM 740 Views
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Re: I'm going with Nynaeve. - 18/10/2009 10:56:06 PM 929 Views
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