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Post by Hêrø on Sept 14, 2006 16:22:31 GMT -5
Discussion on the series...
Ok well for everyone who doesn't know what the series is about... Pretty much the Wheel of Time world is going to get an apocalypse pretty much. The Titanic Battle of Good and Evil. The Dragon Reborn leads the Good side and Shai' Tan or w/e leads the evil... Theres a special power called 'Channeling' which is pretty much Magic. The stronger the 'Channeler' the stronger the magic that he/she can summon. Women 'Channelers' are Aes Sedai. Men Channellers are usually considered evil and thus are put down or their powers are sealed so as not to 'cause chaos'. Well I won't get too far into the story line... because... I don't want to spoil such a good series for you all that haven't read this book yet but... since this is a WoT discussion you'll probably be spoiled anyway so... DISCUSS AWAY!!!
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Post by DPKJ on Sept 14, 2006 16:37:56 GMT -5
Balzamon = Win.
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Post by :[DS]: Battôsai on Sept 14, 2006 17:01:52 GMT -5
Hoo boy. Ice and I have had so many discussions on this already. But, uh...what's the opening issue?
Ba'alzamon = Target practise for Rand.
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Post by 517 on Sept 14, 2006 17:08:16 GMT -5
all i know is shai tan is the dark one, hes eveil and sexy
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Post by :[DS]: Merox on Sept 14, 2006 19:50:01 GMT -5
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Post by Hêrø on Sept 14, 2006 20:43:06 GMT -5
Sorry didn't read rules (as a lot of people don't... sorry) Fixed it...
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Post by :[DS]: Battôsai on Sept 14, 2006 21:56:32 GMT -5
Lol, that starting post was like Wheel of Time in like 1% of a nutshell. Btw male channellers used to be called Aes Sedai as well, in the Age of Legends. It's only after the taint that the male channellers all lose it.
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Post by :[DS]: Xavios on Sept 15, 2006 4:14:46 GMT -5
>_>
In the beginning, the Creator made the Wheel of Time, which spins the Pattern of the Ages using the lives of men as its threads. The Wheel has seven spokes, each representing an age, and it is rotated by the True Source from which the One Power, a source of magic, is drawn. The One Power is divided into male and female halves, saidin and saidar, which work in opposition and in unison to drive the Wheel; those who can use this power are known as channelers.
The Creator imprisoned Shai'tan, known as the Dark One, a powerful, evil being, at the moment of creation, sealing him away from the Wheel. At some point, however, the Dark One was given purchase in the world through the machinations of well-meaning people and began his efforts to conquer the world, creation, even the Wheel itself. To counter this threat, the Wheel caused the Dragon, the champion of the Light and a channeler of immense power, to be born.
Due to the cyclical nature of the Wheel of Time, there can be no definitive victory for the forces of the Light; the war has been fought innumerable times since the dawn of Creation. The Dragon would defeat Shai'tan and seal him from the Wheel, only to have his work undone millennia later, necessitating his occasional rebirth to counter the continuing threat.
Robert Jordan's novels concern themselves with one incarnation of the Dragon in particular. About 3500 years have passed since the last war between Shai'tan and the Light, which the Dragon (known as Lews Therin Telamon in that life) ended by patching the hole in the Dark One's prison with the help of a group of other male channelers known as the Hundred Companions. Unfortunately, the Dark One managed to taint saidin, the male half of the One Power, with a counterstroke which brought madness and a wasting sickness to any man who channeled it. The taint quickly overcame Lews Therin and his companions and eventually drove every male channeler to insanity, with catastrophic results that changed the face of the world.
Explanation of the Wheel in a nutshell.
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Post by :[DS]: Gunl0ck on Sept 15, 2006 7:39:29 GMT -5
And Robert Hordan is dying.
If he dies before he finishes the series.....
....i swear to God i will drag his soul back form the depths of hell, and hold him captive untill he's finished it.
EDIT :: Xav, you forgot to mention the dark Aes Sedai. You know, the seven really bad guys / girls that opposed the hundred companions. It's been far too long since i read the series last to remember their names. Ba'alzamon was one though.
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Post by :[DS]: Xavios on Sept 15, 2006 7:58:23 GMT -5
The Forsaken....
Asmodean - Dead Balthamel - Dead Aginor - Presumed Dead - Possibly Reborn Be'lal - Dead Graendal Ishamael - AKA Ba'alzamon - Dead Lanfear - Missing ... Through the doorway... Mesaana Moghedien - Under Moridin's spell Rahvin Sammael - Presumed Dead
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Post by :[DS]: Ic[e]bolt on Sept 15, 2006 13:57:14 GMT -5
However, you guys are forgetting some very important people.
Moridin Asan'gar Osan'gar Cyndane
*grin*
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Post by Hêrø on Sept 15, 2006 15:20:15 GMT -5
GAHHH Wuts the one Forsaken Chick that went into the portal with youknowwho... Its been a while since I've red the WoT... waiting forever for the Knife of dreams to come out... my WoT knowledge has... fallen...
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Post by :[DS]: Xavios on Sept 16, 2006 21:00:51 GMT -5
Ice; thanks for that, forgot about Cyndane. And Hero, as mentioned in the listing to the forsaken, it's Lanfear who went through the portal with Moraine(sp?)...
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Post by Hêrø on Sept 16, 2006 21:40:41 GMT -5
Its Moiraine... She was so... cool. I like cried when I heard she was just... GONE... I WAS LIKE... NO... NO... NO!!!!!! I reread that part like 15 times to make sure...
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Post by :[DS]: Battôsai on Sept 16, 2006 21:48:52 GMT -5
It's ok. She's with Sirius Black now. <.<
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