There was a post about this in the old forum. We worked out that the a'dam was more of a compulsion device than a dedicated linking device, since with a link, one person has to lead and that person is the only one who channels. Sul'dam and damane seem to waver between the two. Though a sul'dam with enough experience and control can control the damane's weaves so well that it looks as though she is doing the channeling herself, she isn't. The weaves, and the Power, still come from the damane.
Sul'dam can allow their damane to channel more-or-less freely, or they can control the weaving completely, or anything in between. But there's no reason why a damane cannot show another a weave. Where did people get that idea?
Sul'dam can allow their damane to channel more-or-less freely, or they can control the weaving completely, or anything in between. But there's no reason why a damane cannot show another a weave. Where did people get that idea?
How long until Elaida is broken and reveals the Travelling Weave to the Seanchan?
- 16/12/2009 03:05:44 PM
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Not long
- 16/12/2009 04:21:27 PM
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I disagree with the Asha'man part
- 16/12/2009 06:41:46 PM
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You misinterpreted me
- 17/12/2009 01:38:09 AM
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Maybe never. She still has her foretelling...
- 16/12/2009 10:16:44 PM
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I doubt it
- 16/12/2009 10:28:10 PM
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What lies did Leanne tell? Really, there's no reason to dismiss a redemptive arc for Elaida.
- 16/12/2009 10:48:09 PM
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Re: What lies did Leanne tell? Really, there's no reason to dismiss a redemptive arc for Elaida.
- 17/12/2009 12:15:46 AM
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PS why give Elaida a new name "Suffa" only to have her redeemed? *NM*
- 17/12/2009 12:52:13 AM
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Tuli was redeemed rescued. *NM*
- 17/12/2009 12:59:12 AM
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yes but Suffa has a whole other meaning
- 17/12/2009 01:29:37 AM
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She suffers punishment and is then redeemed? BS said Elaida would be in the outriggers, IIRC. *NM*
- 17/12/2009 05:30:41 AM
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Re: She suffers punishment and is then redeemed? BS said Elaida would be in the outriggers, IIRC.
- 17/12/2009 06:32:59 PM
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Hmm, OK, that's the second time I've heard that. Guess she'll live
*NM*
- 17/12/2009 06:38:37 PM
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*NM*
- 17/12/2009 06:38:37 PM
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Breaking her won't solve the entire problem. Look at Moghedien's example.
- 17/12/2009 12:57:36 AM
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Brutal, but effective
- 17/12/2009 01:31:49 AM
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If it was that simple...
- 17/12/2009 02:14:55 PM
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You're forgetting that Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne didn't "break" Moghedien.
- 17/12/2009 07:48:14 PM
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good point. I agree on the difficulty of learning from the damane *NM*
- 17/12/2009 06:20:51 AM
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I think there is a degree of over-complexity you are bringing to this.
- 17/12/2009 07:41:28 PM
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You're mis-understanding something
- 17/12/2009 08:04:11 PM
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As above, they don't.
- 25/12/2009 06:06:28 PM
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*NM*