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Mad_Wanderer
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posted May 12, 2003 10:14 PM
These are a
few questions i can't seem to find answers for.
- Do
Children whose mothers are maidens of the spear know they were
adopted ? And do Wise Ones transfer the child to another clan
or sept ?
- What is a second father or mother and why
is it an insult to speak of them ?
- Does anyone know
what Hunters of the Horn have to swear to ?
- Who makes
them take the oath ? The King of Illian ? (any more details
are welcome)
- Apart from Rogosh Eagle Eye, Gaidal
Cain, Artur Paendrag, and Birgitte do we know of any other
Heroes of the Horn ?
- Do any contraceptive
herbs/potions exist in the westlands ? Are they common in
their use ? Same question but for the Aiel Waste : would
Maidens of the spears use it ?
- Do any drugs exist in
the westlands ?
- Has anyone made a map or a chart
showing how trade, import and export work in the westlands ?
(who buys what and from how in other words)
- What
started the White Cloak wars ? What enabled them to take over
Amadicia ?
That's all I can think of right now The main problem with such a good book is the
number of questions it raises ![[Big Grin]](Wizards_Com Boards A few questions_fichiers/biggrin.gif)
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Steve Russell
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posted May 12, 2003 11:39 PM
- Do
Children whose mothers are maidens of the spear know they were
adopted ? And do Wise Ones transfer the child to another clan
or sept ?
That is unknown. It is assumed they do not
that way a child of a madien could not seek out his true
mother. I would assume they are transfereed to another sept at
the least.
- What is a second father or mother and why
is it an insult to speak of them ?
In Laws (its
generaly a bad idea to talk about your mother in law trust
me)
- Does anyone know what Hunters of the Horn have to
swear to ?
its in book three min talks about having
sworn to follow what is strange so that it may lead you to he
horn but the acutal oath is unknown probably has something to
do with you salvation and rebirth.
- Who makes them
take the oath ? The King of Illian ? (any more details are
welcome)
You take the oath before the council
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Apart from Rogosh Eagle Eye, Gaidal Cain, Artur Paendrag, and
Birgitte do we know of any other Heroes of the Horn
?
yes
Calian The Chooser: She wears a red
mask Shivan The Hunter. He wears a black mask his sister
Calian and he are supposed to herald the end of Ages and the
birth of the new. Amaresu: she weilds the Sword of the
Sun Paedrig the Golden-Tongued Peace Maker Mikel of the
Pure Heart Otarin and maybe Hurin (if he is dead
yet)
- Do any contraceptive herbs/potions exist in the
westlands ? Are they common in their use ? Min mentions
something called heartleaf tea. we assume it is a
contraceptive.
Same question but for the Aiel Waste :
would Maidens of the spears use it ? Avienda knows about it
but she says she will not use it becase she wants his
children. (so it is not disallowed by je'i'toh
apparently.
- Do any drugs exist in the
westlands? well we wonder about tabac and their is
drinking. RJ is a PG kind of guy so expect him to stay away
from it go read GRRM
- Has anyone made a map or a
chart showing how trade, import and export work in the
westlands ? (who buys what and from how in other words) Not
that I have seen. though you can guess the major trades and
trade routes you could easily put it together.
- What
started the White Cloak wars ? White cloaks invading
Altara and being countered by Illian.
What enabled them
to take over Amadicia ? the Wot has few standing armies most
are levies or liege men of nobles who have other lives they
don't spend thier time being soldiers. A proffesional soldier
usually kicks a weekend warrior but every day of the week and
twice on sunday
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Freya
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posted May 13, 2003 07:03 AM
originally
posted by Mad_Wanderer
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Do any contraceptive herbs/potions exist in the westlands ?
Are they common in their use ?
Steve already gave the book examples to
support herbal contraceptives, so I'll just write some game
thinking. While herbal contraceptives certainly exist, I don't
think it would be fair to say just anyone knows how to make
them. Women would either have to go to a professional
Herbalist (Wise Woman, Wisdom, etc) or have it taught to them
by their mothers. If a character makes it themselves, then I'd
say they need at least one or two ranks of Craft:Herbalism. If
they just know the names of the herbs necessary to explain it
to a Herbalist to make, then maybe just one rank of
Profession:Herbalism (if there was a knowledge:herbalism, then
I'd recommend that instead).
I'll leave it to a male
point-of-view to decide whether a man would even think about
contraceptives, or whether they would just assume the woman
would take care of it.
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Kushiel
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posted May 13, 2003 10:43 AM
I would say
given how strong the female characters are in WOT, and how
female centric some of the ruling bodies are (women's council,
queens, any of Ebou Dar), it is probably the woman's right,
and her decision wether to have children, and I would say the
men have very little to do with it. I mean Rand, Matt, and
Perin have all slept with at least 1 woman, and none of them
have even considered the consequences of children being
produced, and so I would say that contraceptives are common
enough that no one worries about
it.
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posted May 15, 2003 06:14 AM
As far as
trade routes go the onlyplace they might be is in the World of
the Wheel of Time. If theyre not there the only likely
official source is RJ himself. Or you could RaFO, you never
know a long chapter on trade routse may be just around the
corner in the next book.
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lostone
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posted May 15, 2003 05:43 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Kushiel: I would say
given how strong the female characters are in WOT, and how
female centric some of the ruling bodies are (women's
council, queens, any of Ebou Dar), it is probably the
woman's right, and her decision wether to have children, and
I would say the men have very little to do with it. I mean
Rand, Matt, and Perin have all slept with at least 1 woman,
and none of them have even considered the consequences of
children being produced, and so I would say that
contraceptives are common enough that no one worries about
it.
I disagree, I think Rand certainly considered it, he
wanted to marry Aviendha after their first time, it was her
that said no. Perrin is just as honorable, but Mat, being the
rogue that he is didn't seem to worry about it with Melindhra.
Rand wasn't even thinking about kids really, just the idea of
what they had done. But there are several of the men in the
Band of the Red Hand that I doubt would be too worried about
it, and other various examples in the books. Most womanizers
in that world seem to be of the opinion that it is the woman's
responsibility, regardless of the consequences.
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MT
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posted May 16, 2003 06:45 PM
- Has
anyone made a map or a chart showing how trade, import and
export work in the westlands ? (who buys what and from how in
other words).
If you read the books you get a good idea
of what goes where, but in general, follow the rivers and the
big cities.
There is a huge line of trade running from
Tear all the way up to Tar Valon that includes Caemlyn and
Cairhien. It stems a little as it goes into the borderlands.
Pretty much everything under the sun runs up and down this
trade route, but grain seems to be a huge item.
There
are also a smaller line running off this to Baeron/Emond's
field. Baeron has a lot of mines, and Emond's Field has wool
and tobbacco.
The other huge line of trade runs along
the coastline from Tear to Bandar Eban, including every
coastal city in between. It includes everything you can trade,
but also includes trade from the Atha'an Miere (Sea Folk) who
have lots of goodies from other places and rarely go inland.
They are famous for their porcelain and glass.
There
are few land trade routes running through Amadicia, Tarabon,
and Arad Doman because Amadicia is run by White Cloaks and
Tarabon and Arad Doman are fighting all the time. Plus it's
faster to sail.
In addition, there is the smallest of
trade routes in and out of the waste, because only certain
merchants and Tinkers are allowed through. It is, however,
where much of the silk comes from.
That's a pretty
rough overview.
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