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I disagree Jim Send a noteboard - 16/11/2009 07:15:53 PM
When Aviendha flees Rand via gateway from the Waste to Seanchan, the Seanchan learn of the channeling almost immediately.

I believe that the Seanchan have the entire continent warded so as to detect any "unauthorized" channeling from marath damane. First off, there's almost zero chance the Seanchan just happened upon the Gateway in the middle of the night. There was a giant blizzard that night and nobody would be out in that.

I admit it is possible they just stumbled upon the gateway in the early morning, but from the comments overheard by Rand and Aviendha it appears the Seanchan were alerted to Aviendha's channeling even though nobody was there and after they became aware of the channeling, the Seanchan sent some people to investigate it.


The amount of Power used to make a gateway is quite large. There's no indication that Avi's gateway is far from Seanchan civilization, it seems likely that the damane nearby simply sensed the creation of the gateway.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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How to disrupt gateways that are made into a battle zone... Shannow - 16/11/2009 08:48:36 AM 859 Views
there could be other defensive methods as well redhand - 16/11/2009 09:06:56 AM 583 Views
Excellent suggestions... Shannow - 16/11/2009 09:08:59 AM 604 Views
That depends on whether moving gateways are possible. rAndy aL - 19/11/2009 02:01:40 AM 516 Views
I might as well present my argument in full Sidious - 16/11/2009 09:52:34 AM 678 Views
Both options can be valid, but here's why you MUST have the ward... Shannow - 16/11/2009 10:10:55 AM 838 Views
Re: Both options can be valid, but here's why you MUST have the ward... Watcher - 16/11/2009 12:08:30 PM 564 Views
Another idea Ryan - 16/11/2009 02:59:39 PM 596 Views
You're talking about manipulating the Pattern? Kronin al'Sulc - 17/11/2009 01:54:32 PM 483 Views
The problem with that... fionwe1987 - 16/11/2009 05:11:16 PM 516 Views
Peter Hamilton's "Pandora Star" Meldorian - 16/11/2009 03:36:39 PM 656 Views
I think there's some evidence in favor of the wards idea you are all missing. Logain - 16/11/2009 05:29:22 PM 522 Views
I disagree Jim - 16/11/2009 07:15:53 PM 520 Views
Except Logain - 16/11/2009 07:24:56 PM 480 Views
there's no indication that the gateway isn't almost on top of a city Jim - 17/11/2009 03:09:31 AM 467 Views
It's definitely possible that there can be a ward to detect a gateway opening. Kronin al'Sulc - 17/11/2009 03:22:33 PM 502 Views
How bout a compromise? Gher - 16/11/2009 06:37:40 PM 575 Views
We know that, for e.g., Sammael could detect the location of a Gateway Marshall - 16/11/2009 08:21:57 PM 488 Views
Ahh, I see that Sidious has already suggested this. *NM* Marshall - 16/11/2009 08:30:55 PM 212 Views
i think an automatic weave would be too complicated to cover any reasonable area. Onarishma - 17/11/2009 06:06:54 AM 509 Views
Re: i think an automatic weave would be too complicated to cover any reasonable area. Watcher - 17/11/2009 12:53:19 PM 485 Views
I don't think you need to travel to the Gateway to disrupt it if the ward notifies you of location Onarishma - 17/11/2009 10:57:06 PM 547 Views
I believe that you cannot make a ward completely preventing Traveling. Kronin al'Sulc - 17/11/2009 01:52:24 PM 480 Views
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