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Re: The luck thing really is quite odd, when you think about it Insomdeon Send a noteboard - 08/12/2009 05:20:53 PM
It's sort of half-explained by saying he had always been lucky, and the phrase "The Dark One's Own Luck" after his Shadar Logoth infection... but that doesn't really explain anything. It's not like Padan Fain has ever shown us that kind of luck (although Slayer or one of the Forsaken does sort of grumble that he's incredibly hard to kill, and very lucky, or something)


I mean, Rand's Superpowers are mostly explained (other than the mysticism at the end of tEotW and tGH). Perrin's are as well- his Wolfbrother-ness was set off by actually meeting wolves.

That luck, though... where did it come from?


Well, it's been made quite clear that Shadar Logoth's evil is most definitely not the same as the DO's evil. So that's out.

My guess is that Mat's luck was just dormant and what set it off was his healing. Of course, I don't know how but that would be my best guess.


In tGS we saw Rand deliberatly trying to use Ta'Vereness to affect changes in the pattern in his favour.

We've seen Perrin do this too, when he rounds up his posse in the Two Rivers. Verin comments on the fact that he is making it work for him.

Mats luck is simply the result of him wanting hard for every roll to come up well for him. The pattern is giving him the means (gold to pay for travelling, armies etc) to fulfill his role.

Just as it did for Perrin and just as it does for Rand
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"Luck" is a Talent, just like "Wolfbrothers" or "Sniffers" *NM* Dark Knight - 08/12/2009 09:34:48 PM 186 Views
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