You could also say that the Aiel were hesitant about hanging around with the Shienarans who predominated both those scenes, due to their long enmity, but whose fault is that? The Three-Fold Land borders on three (four until recently) wetlander countries. And which one do the Aiel raid? Cairhien who offered them mortal offense in the last generation? No. Ostentatiously wealthy Tear? No. Shienar and Malkier, who were probably the two poorer of the four lands bordering the Dragonwall, and thus have the least loot, and who are mostly occupied with trying to fight the Shadow? Yeah, let’s pick on THEM! The Shienarans do not raid the Three-Fold Land, as they seem to believe it isn’t worth having, and see the aforementioned struggle for their very survival against the Shadow as their paramount concern, leaving them no spare resources to fritter away attacking the Aiel. There is no motivation for the Aiel to raid them that does not apply to lands they leave alone, but they exclusively raid Shienar. They have peaceful trading relations with Shara despite getting cheated at every opportunity, they give gifts and rights of passage to a nation that couldn’t give a damn and they harass and harry the nation that is desperately trying to hold back the forces of the Dark One. Way to go, Aiel.
Has always bugged me. I mean really, why would they raid Shienar and nowhere else? 'Way to go, Aiel' is right.
"And it breaks my heart to look around, and see the unimpressed; who can't believe the emperor is dressed"~Fastball
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Just how badly does Rand really need the Aiel anyway?
- 24/02/2010 03:47:26 PM
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I think you've understating Cairhein
- 25/02/2010 01:57:12 AM
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Good point, I guess. But "boogeymen & placeholders" is a long way from "hard core of mighty army" *NM*
- 25/02/2010 11:18:50 AM
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It's just that Rand doesn't do much army stuff any more
- 25/02/2010 06:28:39 PM
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Actually the Seanchan advantages go much deeper than that, and it ties in with Rand's "crippling"
- 25/02/2010 11:06:30 PM
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- 26/02/2010 08:52:18 PM
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Rumors. Completely unsupported by anything done or said since the lie-capable Darkfriend told him
- 01/03/2010 03:40:10 PM
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This right here...
- 26/02/2010 05:11:00 PM
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Re: Just how badly does Rand really need the Aiel anyway?
- 26/02/2010 05:53:54 PM
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totally agree. Rand did loads of unnecessary stuff just for prophesy
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- 27/02/2010 12:57:01 PM
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- 27/02/2010 12:57:01 PM
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Moiraine: Rand needs to be near the Stone, so he can take Callandor...and fulfill the prophecy.
- 04/03/2010 11:16:57 AM
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The Point of the Aiel is yet to come
- 01/03/2010 11:50:13 PM
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Here's hoping, but...
- 02/03/2010 12:09:02 PM
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