The Aiel had not been out of the Waste in more than 2000 years... how would they know what would be needed? Even when the Aiel left with Rand they left enough to run the infrastructure in the waste and that was with EVERY clan gone from the Waste...
To me it just doesn't make sense for only 4 to leave when its clear that honor is more important than anything to Aiel.
To me it just doesn't make sense for only 4 to leave when its clear that honor is more important than anything to Aiel.
If four clans went, (going by the numbers in the second battle of cairhein) then they marched with a quarter million spears. That's a freagin lot. For their purposes, that should have been more than enough. Keep in mind that they didn't intend to take on every country in the wetlands. Their only goal was to kill Laman...and a quarter million spears would have been waaay more than enough to deal with anything Cairhein could throw at them.
Four clans was clearly overkill for their purposes. From what we've seen so far, Cairhein could have pulled together maybe a hundred thousand soldiers, with months of warning: warning they didn't have, in this case. Adding in the fact that Aiel are way better individually, this case was essentially a five or six to one deal in favor of the Aiel.
Here's to keeping the spirit of Wotmania alive...cheers to RAFO
Why did only 4 clans leave the waste?
- 02/02/2010 04:22:42 AM
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They probably knew that only four would be needed
- 02/02/2010 06:09:10 AM
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I dont agree...
- 02/02/2010 07:01:59 AM
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Well when you think about it, four is still a substantial number.
- 02/02/2010 08:05:52 AM
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It was still enough to deal with what all the wetlands threw at them.
- 02/02/2010 08:17:46 AM
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Exactly.
- 02/02/2010 08:46:10 AM
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Probably...
- 02/02/2010 11:45:30 AM
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Don't faint, but I agree with you 
- 02/02/2010 01:46:07 PM
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- 02/02/2010 01:46:07 PM
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I suppose once in a while even you agree with reason. 
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- 02/02/2010 02:07:25 PM
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- 02/02/2010 02:07:25 PM
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I think it's more like stopped clocks being right twice a day. *NM*
- 02/02/2010 11:12:12 PM
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- 02/02/2010 11:12:12 PM
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