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1 Blossom = 1 Weave ... there is nothing to say that each thread requires splitting flows darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 06/02/2010 10:48:11 PM

the most Rand has ever been shown to use is 12 in TSR!


As has been said, it was during the KoD trolloc attack. It was LTT who was doing it really but they are essentially the same (especially now) so what LTT can do, Rand can do.

During the attack, Rand creates 6 Blossoms of Fire at once.
Three weaves go into making one Blossom (Earth, Air, Fire)
That means to create the 6 blossoms took 18 weaves woven simultaneously.

However it is also written that LTT makes 6 deathgates at the _same time_ as he makes the blossoms. Again it takes 3 weaves (Spirit, Fire, Earth). That means another 18.

That means that according to the text, the absolute minimum amount that LTT/Rand can do is 36 simultaneous weaves. And those are actual complex weaves used to attack rather than simple glowing balls. (Though to be fair to Egwene, she was under forkroot so I assume she could do something real with her 14 weaves in other situations)

The arrow of fire thing is in addition to this, and its a bit more confusing. During the above scene, LTT does not do AoF since those require raised hands. However he does complain about not being able to raise his hands, which suggests that he could potentially have done the Arrows in addition to all that. Arrows of Fire use 2 weaves (Fire, Earth). So that would add the minimum to 38.

Though I do think, based on the text, that to create the arrows really did require just 2 flows rather than a hundred. The weave for the arrows is called "intricate" so I think it was the complexity of the weave that caused a constant stream of "arrows", rather than having to create a unique web for each one.

So any AS (including Egwene) could create Arrows of Fire, if they simply had the necessary skill, and knew how. A shame that Egwene does not have either or the Seanchan attack could have ended very differently. Could Nynaeve have created AoF? In truth I doubt it, but I think she is still superiour to Egwene. Neither of them could be considered elite-channelers, but Nynaeve is closer. Egwene has simply never done anything that would even suggest she is especially skilled. Like I said before, she has mostly been doing politics. In a pure test of OP, Nynaeve would easily dominate. And not just in healing but in every area.
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Gawyn. *chokes back the vomit that rushes up his throat* - 04/02/2010 10:53:37 PM 1575 Views
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Re: No matter how many times people say it, this is still not true. - 05/02/2010 11:53:18 PM 1436 Views
Perhaps the key is that Gawyn is an even more simplistic thinker than Galad. - 06/02/2010 06:20:06 AM 1329 Views
Again, what? When? - 06/02/2010 08:08:47 AM 1325 Views
Well, the fact that he's had access to one of the best educations in Randland - 06/02/2010 09:22:28 AM 1294 Views
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Re: Who would win in a fight? (yes, you read that right! ) - 05/02/2010 04:27:16 AM 1490 Views
- 05/02/2010 04:47:17 AM 1212 Views
Add Nynaeve and Egwene to the fight, that's something worth seeing then. - 05/02/2010 05:20:53 AM 1477 Views
Egwene would hand Nynaeve her ass - 05/02/2010 04:55:51 PM 1430 Views
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You're forgeting Nynaeve's fight vs Trollocs in KoD. - 05/02/2010 07:41:28 PM 1479 Views
Re: You're forgeting Nynaeve's fight vs Trollocs in KoD. - 05/02/2010 09:42:32 PM 1424 Views
I just mentioned it since you said Egwene had more combat experience. - 06/02/2010 06:21:38 AM 1360 Views
I think you are missunderstanding me - 07/02/2010 02:04:13 AM 1399 Views
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Totally agree. *NM* - 05/02/2010 07:52:48 PM 1372 Views
yet RJ has told us that Nynaeve would barely pass the AS test - 05/02/2010 09:41:09 PM 1385 Views
Re: yet RJ has told us that Nynaeve would barely pass the AS test - 05/02/2010 10:00:11 PM 1281 Views
Nynaeve might have trouble... - 05/02/2010 10:24:56 PM 1382 Views
That's not what RJ said. He said Nynaeve would be a little hard pressed - 05/02/2010 10:18:42 PM 1191 Views
she might be a little hard pressed to pass a test she should pass without thought! - 06/02/2010 05:56:38 PM 1084 Views
Moiraine was hard pressed to pass, and she practiced for ages and is the #1 Battle AS. - 06/02/2010 08:27:26 PM 1300 Views
she passed pretty easily IMO - 06/02/2010 09:12:13 PM 1408 Views
The test for the Shawl has little to nothing to do with channeling, you know this right? *NM* - 05/02/2010 10:23:16 PM 819 Views
Are you being serious? *NM* - 06/02/2010 08:57:33 AM 870 Views
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That's nonsensical. - 06/02/2010 09:02:13 PM 1381 Views
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*shrugs* - 07/02/2010 12:59:00 AM 1272 Views
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Re: That's not how it happens in New Spring. - 06/02/2010 08:28:52 PM 1251 Views
Right... - 06/02/2010 08:58:04 PM 1196 Views
About splitting weaves 14 ways - 05/02/2010 10:55:28 PM 1363 Views
Re: About splitting weaves 14 ways - 05/02/2010 11:08:50 PM 1208 Views
Can you provide that quote? - 06/02/2010 07:34:49 PM 1332 Views
Re: Can you provide that quote? - 06/02/2010 08:19:08 PM 1334 Views
there is nothing to say that multiple weaves are involved. - 06/02/2010 09:16:29 PM 1269 Views
That's the nature on the weaving. - 06/02/2010 09:24:39 PM 1316 Views
Not really - 06/02/2010 10:46:52 PM 1346 Views
Yes, really - 06/02/2010 10:55:22 PM 1358 Views
Re: Yes, really - 06/02/2010 11:29:17 PM 1269 Views
Re: Yes, really - 06/02/2010 11:48:14 PM 1233 Views
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Oh! Forgot another analogy - 07/02/2010 01:13:27 AM 1260 Views
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Re: Yes, really - 07/02/2010 06:36:48 PM 1261 Views
Re: Can you provide that quote? - 06/02/2010 10:14:24 PM 1239 Views
1 Blossom = 1 Weave ... there is nothing to say that each thread requires splitting flows - 06/02/2010 10:48:11 PM 1327 Views
IMO fighting with the Power has little to do with skill - 06/02/2010 09:01:23 AM 1287 Views
Re: IMO fighting with the Power has little to do with skill - 06/02/2010 09:29:06 AM 1414 Views
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so you've learned nothing from Cyndane v. Alivia. - 06/02/2010 05:45:19 PM 1237 Views
Cyndane v. Alivia are probably of similar strength. - 06/02/2010 08:33:08 PM 1360 Views
Re: Cyndane v. Alivia are probably of similar strength. - 06/02/2010 09:17:40 PM 1348 Views
It's a lone example contested by many other examples - 07/02/2010 09:53:51 AM 1275 Views
the only dueling where a channeler tries to overpower is Nynaeve v. Moghedien - 07/02/2010 01:57:43 PM 1350 Views
Re: the only dueling where a channeler tries to overpower is Nynaeve v. Moghedien - 07/02/2010 04:25:57 PM 1251 Views
from RJs lips to your ears ... - 07/02/2010 06:55:27 PM 1360 Views
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Re: from RJs lips to your ears ... - 07/02/2010 08:20:31 PM 1183 Views
... but I can't let this one go... - 07/02/2010 11:09:04 PM 1438 Views
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Re: Thank you Robert, Sidious, Jordan - 08/02/2010 09:43:15 AM 1246 Views
Hmm... - 07/02/2010 11:05:00 PM 1253 Views
I disagree - 06/02/2010 05:30:40 AM 1238 Views
Egwene never even got into that fight and we are talking about Lanfear - 06/02/2010 05:46:27 PM 1302 Views
Re: Egwene never even got into that fight and we are talking about Lanfear - 06/02/2010 08:23:20 PM 1292 Views
she got hit with a pain weave before she did a damn thing - 06/02/2010 09:21:11 PM 1280 Views
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Exactly my point - 06/02/2010 10:49:49 PM 1242 Views
Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... - 06/02/2010 11:12:27 PM 2589 Views
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Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... - 07/02/2010 08:02:40 AM 1325 Views
There was one other very skilled Healer in the series... - 07/02/2010 06:44:41 PM 1249 Views
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Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... - 06/02/2010 11:15:59 PM 1286 Views
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Re: On the whole Egwene vs. Nynaeve thing... - 07/02/2010 08:21:19 AM 1472 Views
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*nods* That's cuz ... - 05/02/2010 05:26:57 AM 1393 Views
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THANK you. - 05/02/2010 11:41:43 PM 9821 Views
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Gawyn and Galad have become tough - 06/02/2010 09:04:25 AM 1471 Views
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Gawyn is destined to protect the Great Mother ( Egwene ) - 05/02/2010 04:11:51 PM 1356 Views
Hopper!!!!! *NM* - 06/02/2010 12:21:25 AM 824 Views
Hasn't Hopper already lost in a fight? *NM* - 06/02/2010 01:48:19 AM 778 Views
According to the Theoryland database RJ apparently said once... - 06/02/2010 08:55:50 AM 1352 Views
That can't be right, can it? - 06/02/2010 05:51:04 PM 1327 Views
Even in NS only Ryne is known to be better than Lan - 07/02/2010 01:57:29 AM 1388 Views
Huh .... - 06/02/2010 06:23:10 PM 1327 Views
I don't recall Rand loosing to Riatin. - 06/02/2010 06:39:31 PM 1322 Views
Well, to be fair, the text doesn't mention much - 07/02/2010 12:48:59 AM 1297 Views
Re: According to the Theoryland database RJ apparently said once... - 06/02/2010 06:28:15 PM 1309 Views
"Gawhine"... I like it. *NM* - 06/02/2010 08:40:32 PM 814 Views
If Gawyn is the best because he defeated two Warders, what about Rand? - 06/02/2010 09:15:34 PM 1300 Views
These are pointless. - 09/02/2010 12:52:21 AM 1347 Views
These are scalar comparatives - 24/02/2010 09:45:11 PM 1313 Views

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