From cpf@lightlink.com Mon Jun 17 13:13:28 1996 To: viren@cc.gatech.edu Subject: Our Loony Ideas MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Here are Our Loony Ideas. Changes since last issue: Erica Sadun and Timothy Breuning have added to their ideas. Adrisdad (Arthur Kleiman), Andrea Lynn Leistra, Jared Feehan, John Mann, Michael Gonzalez, Michael Sullivan, and Paul Khangure have added their ideas. Some spelling mistakes have been corrected, and abbreviations expanded to full words. Here is the compilation of our loony ideas. Enjoy, and always remember our motto: I of course have zero evidence for this, but since when has that stopped any of us? (David Wren-Hardin) Aaron Bergman Siuan and Leane have some power relating to saidin based on the fact that they were healed in the manner of men. Adrisdad, aka Arthur Kleiman Nynaeve will never lose her block. It is all that is protecting her from being corrupted by too much power and becoming a new forsaken. When the need arises she will be mad enough to channel. Alexei Svensson Rand will bond Elayne as his warder. Mat will sound the Horn again, and Arthur Hawkwing will command the Seanchan to follow Rand. The Salidar Aes Sedai will strike a deal with the Asha'man to take over the White Tower in return for their allegiance. Lews Theren will somehow split with Rand and marry Elayne, and Rand will accept Aiel ways and marry Aviendha and Min. Andrea Lynn Leistra Lews Therin's soul was somehow trapped in the Seals after his death. This is why he started showing up after several seals had been broken, and why he wants Rand to break the remaining seals; the more that are broken, the more power has and the better chance he has of gaining control over Rand's body. Andrew Toth The Dark One does not want to take over the world. He will sabotage his own world conquest when the time is right. The only reason he bothers is strictly for the entertainment value. He enjoys the constant fighting between the Forsaken and taking over the world would end his enjoyment. A gholam killed Asmodean. Angela Furry Demandred is in Amador among the Whitecloaks. Benedict Walmisley Rand's wound is a inverted weave produced by Ba'alzamon's ter'angreal staff. Bill Garrett Herid Fel was killed not because he had stumbled onto a truth about the Seals and the Dark One, but because he was barking up the wrong tree. The Shadow killed him conspicuously to make people think he was headed in the right direction. If the Shadow had wanted to kill Fel and hide the truth, it could have arranged any number of inconspicuous deaths.... Clumsy Fel trips down the stairs and breaks his neck. Eccentric Fel goes on one of his long walks and simply never returns. Aging Fel dies quietly in his sleep. Everyone thought his ideas were nutty, so killing him and stamping "The Shadow done it" all over the murder just draws attention to, and validates, what he was working on. Bjorn Christianson Berelain is a Darkfriend: she turned to the Dark in hopes of keeping Mayene from being overcome by Tear. She was responsible for giving the Shadow the information that led the assassination of Herid Fel. The man in white in Berelain's future is Galad, and this will lead a great personal crisis for Galad: turn in the Darkfriend, as is his sworn duty as a Whitecloak, or save his true love. Brad M. Lauchnor The "end" will involve Rand destroying the DO and the "Wheel of Time" making it into the line of time. Time will be linear and no one will be reborn and all of these annoying recurrences will cease. When the WoT is destroyed Rand (the Dragon) will die but Rand (the farmer) will live without those vexing voices in his head. Saidin and Saidar will also be destroyed in this process. Bryan Ecker After Rand looses his hand, Nynaeve will heal it back. After all, "What makes a woman able to channel cannot be replaced, once it is removed, any more than a hand that has been cut off can be healed back into existence." Burr Rutledge The ageless look of AS is a function of the Oath Rod. Siuan and Leane will not regain their look until they reswear their Oaths. By the same token, Nynaeve, Egwene, and Elayne will not get it until they swear their Oaths (if they ever do). All channelers who do not take the Oaths remain young-looking until they die. The Oath Rod also shortens a channeler's life span. Verin Sedai is not as spooky a character as she is given credit for. Her slip, "Moiraine sent me," is not a lie. Instead, it is Verin's interpre- tation of the conversation in Fal Dara. Further, she has no way around the Oaths, she is just a Very Smart and Old Brown. Liah will return to the limelight, fulfilling a prophesy already revealed in LoC -- she is the 'one who is no longer'. Fully Healing a stilled channeler does not require cross-gender Healing. It is a function of which flows are used to bridge the void. Nynaeve will have to heal a stilled Moiraine, who is rescued from *finnland by Thom (with no help from anyone else), and will discover how to heal her fully. Two people who enter the *finnland Doorways together will not end up at the same place in *finnland, keeping Thom from taking anyone along. The *finn live in worlds which run perpendicular to the time line in Randland, as described by Verin. This is what allows them to search a life-line of a Randlander -- it is not looking into their own past or future. This is important to Thom's rescue attempt and was part of the letter that Moiraine sent to him. Semirhage has placed herself in Saldaea. Chris R. Anderson Nynaeve will never break her block. At least, not before Tarmon Gai'don. Chris Benham wrote: Rand will be killed at Shayol Ghul during Tarmon Gai'don, and it will be Egwene that kills him. Courtenay Footman Mesaana is the architect for the palace Elaida is building. Dave Hemming Logain will become Nae'blis (glory to come). Taim is Demandred, but will return to the Light - "There are none so far in the Shadow...". The bore is a tied-off inverted weave of both saidar and saidin (Lanfear and Beidomon) which is why the Hundred Companions (all male) couldn't undo it, merely cover it. The grand finale will feature Rand and probably Nynaeve undoing it. Dave Rothgery The Red Ajah is a dreadlord recruitment agency, finding men who can channel and bringing them to the dark. Those who refuse (like Owyn) are gentled or killed unless 13 black sisters and 13 myrddraal are available. Elaida is one of the few Reds who doesn't know this, as she spent so much time in Caemlyn, not Tar Valon, and isn't Black Ajah. David Matsumoto <00matsum@wave.scar.utoronto.ca> Davram Bashere's wolf-headed rod, seen when we first meet him, and which is actually one of the Nine Rods of Dominion, is passed to Perrin as an heirloom. Perrin will be able to use it to call wolves from tel'aran'- rhiod in a manner similar to the Horn of Valere calling the Heros of the Horn. When Perrin uses the rod at Tarmon Gai'don, he will be nearly knocked back by thousands of wolves' responding "We come, Brother". Nynaeve will never break her block. Egwene will be the one who uses the female statue sa'angreal while linked to Rand using the male statue sa'angreal at Tarmon Gai'don as Egwene is the only channeler that Rand can truly trust. The traps around Callandor are to prevent anyone from channeling it out. The one who comes after just has to grab it and pull, and it will just come out. (Slightly different from Hawk's). The weather can be restored by the bowl ter'angreal but to keep the weather 'normal' without repeated use of the bowl ter'angreal, a way to restore the Green Man will need to be found. Before Rand can face the DO at Tarmon Gai'don, after all of the Forsaken are killed (all reincarnations of them), Rand will have to face his MOST dangerous opponent, Padan Fain. Dennis Higbee Lanfear is the soul reincarnated in Shaidar Haran. The clue is the 'dar' which denotes sister in the word Shaidar. Don Lowe Lanfear, who will have taken back her name Mirien, and Lews Therin will make the ultimate sacrifice, resealing the Dark One's prison with their souls. Rand will survive, and the prophecy that "to live [Rand], he [Lews Therin] must die" will be fulfilled. Donald Ruhrmund The seal given to Rand is a fake. There is still a seal out there missing. Furthermore, to defeat the DO Rand must break the seals, but not allow them all to be broken through mano a mano fights with the Forsaken as the first four were. Draconnis, aka Govind Salinas Machin Shin is from Shadar Logoth. (It popped up after Mordeth and it felt a connection with Mordeth/Fain, and it took orders from him. It also has nothing against killing Shadowspawn or Darkfriends just like the entities at Shadar Logoth. There is a Waygate at Shadar Logoth through which it could have entered.) Dylan Flynn Alexander Davram Bashere is a darkfriend. He treats Rand much as Kadere did. He's secretly been passing Rand's grand strategy to Sammael and when Rand tries it he'll be defeated in detail. Edward Hardy wrote: Just as Trollocs were created by the blending of human and animal stock, with myrddraal being throwbacks to the original human stock, Ogier were also mixed with animals. Shaidar Haran is a throwback of an Ogier-animal cross. His size and his ability to negate the one power as if it never existed, an ability akin to the power of a stedding, illustrate the affinity. Eric Truong Gaidal Cain's and Lews Therin's souls were not reborn into Olver and Rand until or just prior to Mat and Moiraine, respectively, meeting them. However, Olver and Rand were always predestined to house those souls Erica Sadun "And he shall come out of the old land to guide the return. And ye shall know him by his staff--and that the power of the leashed ones shalt be nothing to him. And she who is the daughter of the Nine Moons shalt come after him and ye shall know her by her crown of the hawk. For he is marked by the Raven and she by the Hawk. And she shall lead the return and all shall bow to him and revere him as Hawkwing returned." Tales of Prophecy, Court of the Return, 4th Age. The Dark One is the source of Saidin. So long as he contained in a pure dome, he acts as a battery for the male One Power. Even with a hole in the dome, he is contained enough. However, the patch disturbed the integrity of the dome and created bad harmonic resonance in the Saidin channel. How else would the GLotD have any affect on one of the springs of the One Power at all? There is a Light One on the other side of the world (in Seanchan?) who supplies Saidar. (GLotL?) Maybe Siuan and Leane are weaker than they once were because they were once "bound" like...criminals? Nynaeve will be collared when angry, but the a'dam won't work on her once she regains her temper and she'll be able to let herself out. [Editor's note, included at Erica's request: If Nynaeve is collared, to get the collar off, she will have to think about the collar, which should make her angry again. It seems to be like a "Don't think about elephants" problem.] Fred White In much the way we have seen that people/personalities can be merged into one (Isam/Luc, Lews/Rand when Lews fights for control in tel'aran'rhiod) Rand will find a way (most likely with Egwene's help) to separate them. Thus, Lews and Rand will separate and Lews will indeed die at Shayol Ghul and Rand will survive. George Oshry On the day of the Last Battle, Demandred and a female Forsaken will use the two large sa'angreal to balefire the whole world, themselves included. So much balefire, including balefiring the source, will have a different effect than normal. It will not kill everyone, but instead will reset the whole day before the balefiring occurred. This will be how the "twice dawns the day" prophecy will be fulfilled. Verin is the daughter of Aemon al Caar al Thorin, king of Manetheren, and Eldrene. Verin, although over two thousand years old, is still alive because her mother hid her in tel'aran'rhiod (in the flesh, as well as in the spirit) to keep her safe from the invading Trolloc army, and didn't retrieve her. Verin was only brought out by Corianin Nedeal, after about fifteen hundred years had passed, and did not age while she was in tel'aran'rhiod. Her 300+ age in real time now is due to effects of having spent so much time in TAR. Hawk, aka Robyn Goldstein Callandor will be drawn out by someone else, but not by channeling, but by simply digging it out. They will take it Rand for the Last Battle. The reason that Alanna was asking Egwene and Nynaeve about Rand, Perrin, and Mat during the trip to the White Tower was that Verin needed a confidant and someone who could help her out, so she told Alanna. The reason why Verin told Perrin to beware of Alanna in tSR was because Perrin (and the rest of them) tend to do the opposite of what you tell them, so by telling him that, Perrin would probably trust/talk with Alanna more than he would otherwise. James Fauconbridge aka Faucon The warder bond is actually bidirectional, with the stronger wielder of the One Power in charge. This has simply never been an issue before, as no one has ever tried to bond a channeler before Alanna. There is absolutely no proof that this is true, but I would love to see Elayne mistakenly bond herself as Rand's warder. The Dragon is the only soul that has *never* served the Dark One in any incarnation. For the Dark One to truly win (break the wheel) it has to convert the Dragon. If the Dragon dies, the wheel just turns to a new age. Entering tel'aran'rhiod in the flesh weakens the barriers between your presently incarnated personality and the archetypical soul that it was spun out from. This is what the wise ones meant by "losing a part of what makes you human," and the reason the Rand has Lews Therin raving in his head. Jan Hards Demandred is masquerading as Balwer, Pedron Niall's secretary. Jared Feehan Mat and Elayne both get captured by the Seanchan at Ebou Dar while the rest of the group gets away. Rand tries a covert attempt at breaking them out that goes awry, and he gets collared to Elayne forcing Mat to chop his hand off. Taim is Demandred, but not in the way others think it to be: Demandred was killed and resurrected into Taim up in Shayol Ghul. Verin's 70 year plan ultimately has to do with Shadar Logoth, and she headed off to the Two Rivers in tSR because she knew that Fain was going to show up there. Verin will therefore be instrumental in finally bringing Fain down. Ishamael started the Trolloc Wars with the intent of creating Shadar Logoth and hence Mashadar. Mordeth was really a Darkfriend and charged by Ishy to help create the hate necessary for Aridhol's transformation into Shadar Logoth. Why? Because both Fain and Shadar Logoth are necessary for the Last Battle. Kari al'Thor was related to Morgase. Jay Morrison Bran al'Vere is a darkfriend. Jeff Raglin Verin is Bonwhin. A manipulative Aes Sedai who was stilled. There are indications that Verin is free of the Oath Rod, and not as powerful as she once was, both of which are consistent with having been stilled. Mazrim Taim is Not Demandred, but Demandred is...Davram Bashere! The "Lews Therin" voice inside Rand is actually a forsaken talking to him. Rand is NOT the sea folk's Coramoor Jen Skripac Mat, Elayne, and company will be forced to go to Seanchan to find the bowl ter'angreal after the *angreal treasure room is looted by Seanchan invading Ebou Dar. The Daughter of the Nine Moons will be discovered and "returned" by Mat and Thom when they enter the Tower of Genji in search of Moiraine. Nynaeve's block will be resolved by linking with Elayne to make the bowl ter'angreal work & suddenly having to take control of the link for some reason Jim Harris Rand will take a group of the tinkers/Tuatha'an to the crystal columns of Rhuidean. There the tinkers will live through their ancestors' eyes and ears, hearing many ancient songs, including the songs that the Tuatha'an have been seeking. when the final battle comes, the Tuatha' an will hold back the terrors of the Blight by singing the ancient songs and restoring normal vegetation to the ground that Rand's army must march across. Ogier may or may not be involved in this song. Joel, aka People Covered In Fish Rand will die at Tarmon Gai'don, whether or not he is separated from Lews Therin. No wimpy endings. Mat is going to eventually seduce Elayne. This provides the ironic counterpoint to Rand's "Far Snows" scene, and will make Rand's reunion with Elayne even more amusing. Taim is Demandred, but will turn to the Light just in time to decide the battle with Sammael in Rand's favor. The Dark One was the Creator. In creating the world, he trapped himself in the Pattern/the Wheel of Time. This limited his power to the extent that humanity was able to rebel and successfully seal him away. When Rand finally discovers this, in his despair he will do his best to balefire the entire universe. John Mann The book will encompass a total of 30 days (3 Randland weeks). Elayne, Aviendha and Min will never all be in the same city at the same time. The Seanchan will not be in more than two chapters. The Shaido will be dealt with once and for all. Rand will not be severed, split from Lews Therin, or have MPS. The Heros will not be called again by the Horn until after ACoS. Lan will suggest that Nynaeve cut her braid, and she will. , Karl-Johan Noren Birgitte will become Elayne's First Prince of the Sword Sheriam is Black Ajah. When Egwene finds out, she quietly kills her and makes Sorilea the new Keeper Keith Higginson A women without the ability to channel can use the sad bracelets. (No channeling prerequisite is ever stated, and Nynaeve's statement to Egeanin "'It is as much an a'dam as you and I are alike, Egeanin'" may be a subtle clue that this is the case.) Sevanna will literally collar Rand with the sad bracelets, and hence, gain the ability to channel vicariously through Rand. Rand's "to live you must die" prophecy and Mat's "to die and live again" prophecy are intimately related. Rand will die at Tarmon Gai'don, but his soul will inhabit Mat's body in Luc/Isam fashion. Kenneth G. Cavness What is pretending to be Lews Therin Telamon in Rand's head is actually Ishamael. (Note that Lews Therin didn't appear until *after* Ishy's death! haHA!) The Aelfinn/Elfinn are in a world of If; one of the worlds that has no One Power for women, and thus neither Moiraine or Lanfear can channel. This is why the bond with Lan was broken -- they went into a world of If -- it doesn't exist in Randland -- and they can't channel. Kyle Brown Verin is head of a third secret faction of Aes Sedai, the Ancient Ones, all of whom are over 200 years old, with mysterious membership and goals. Rand's reference to a third group of AS is really a reference to this group, which made contact through an as yet unseen non-channeling emissary. This group will come out in open support of Rand, and force the Tar Valon and Salidar factions to mend their fences and support Rand as well. Larry Homer Rand knows exactly who will draw Callandor and follow after (probably Logain) because one of his questions inside the ter'angreal doorway dealt with that issue. Mark Langsdorf, aka Frat Rat The attack on Demira Sedai in LoC was organized by Verin. The short, familiar looking Aiel in the attack was Verin's Warder, Tomas, in disguise. Verin staged the attack so she could manipulate the Sedai into confronting Rand and keep them from allying with him. Matt Orwig Padan Fain, Maichin Shin, Madashar and the Taint are all related as some sort of third mad element to the war between good and evil. They were pulled into this world when the DO was being sealed in Shayol Ghul ie, he was grasping for any possible thing he could find to save him from being imprisoned and whatever he does find flows into the very force that was used to imprison him. Padan Fain will be a third element to the final battle, one not predicted by prophecy. Michael Gonzalez Mesaana is Silviana, Elaida's Mistress of Novices. Rand will soon figure out that Taim is Demandred, but he will either a) try to exploit Taim for what he's worth while he can or b) try to lead Demandred/Taim back to the Light Rand established the school as a direct result of one of the answers that he received in 'finnland. Sevanna's cube was given to her by Sammael, who found it in his stasis box. Lanfear and Moiraine have merged, Luc/Isam style, and will be recognized by the Seanchan as the Daughter of the Nine Moons. The whole history of the Seanchan was a set-up of Ishamael's to prepare them for Lanfear's leadership. Michael Sullivan Aviendha killed Asmodean. Paul Khangure Morgase is killed by the Whitecloaks, and they boast about killing a Tar Valon trained witch. Gawyn realises his hatred of Rand is unfounded, and Galad realises his allegiance with the Whitecloaks is absurd. Both Gawyn and Galad head to Caemlyn (independently) where they meet up with Rand and Elayne. Scott <97sah@williams.edu> In the final battle with the Dark One, Lews Therin will take over Rand's body/mind/whatever and destroy the Dark One and/or seal the Bore again. This will be the salvation of his soul, and he dies in peace, to be respun again by the Wheel. The White Ajah actually has the most extensive spy network of all the Aes Sedai. They are "believed" to have no such network at all, but what could be more logical than to keep your spy network totally hidden, since it is supposed to be secret? Stephen Kent Worsnop All of the Aiel who are siswai'aman will die. Only those who do not wear the headband will survive Tarmon Gaidon as the remnant of a remnant. Steve Frishcosy Cuendillar is a physical representation of both saidar and saidin like the Eye of the World is a physical representation of just saidin. If you just had pure amounts of one or the other Power, they'd be liquid. Thomas Lide Gawyn will play a key role in finding/freeing Lord Luc (based on Bunt's comment in 'The Last Village', TEotW). Tam will lead Illian in a civil war against Sammael, saving Rand and Mat's failed offensive. Timothy S. Bruening Alviarin sends a Gray Man to kill Elaida, then takes over as possibly the first Black Amyrlin ever. Rand is turned to the Shadow by 13 Black Ajah or Dreadlords and 13 Fades. To turn him back from the Shadow, 13 Aes Sedai Gentle him to break his ties to the Shadow, then Nynaeve Heals him to restore his channeling ability. Mat's left eye will be needed to reconstitute the Eye of the World, which Rand will need for the Last Battle. Graendal in Arad Doman may Compel the Seanchan in Arad Doman to follow her orders. Egwene and the Salidar AS will Travel to near Tar Valon. Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne will then take Salidar AS and troops into tel'aran'rhiod physically. The AS and troops will travel to the tel'aran'rhiod reflection of the White Tower, move into strategically important areas, and then exit tel'aran'rhiod, taking the Tower AS by surprise. Jaichim Carridin will become leader of the Whitecloaks. Tony Zbaraschuk Padan Fain is the Dark One. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Courtenay Footman I have again gotten back on the net, and cpf@lightlink.com again I will never get anything done.