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Topic: A question
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The Great Gray
Skwid Member Member
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posted May 12, 2003 09:33 AM
Wow. Old
thread.
quote:
Originally posted by Steve Russell: so go
read 50 ways to kill a gholam at
Wotmania.com.
At...where?
Don't tell me we're gonna have
another ruckus between Wotmania and the
FAQ...
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Steve Russell
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posted May 12, 2003 09:39 AM
sorry I
ment the faq
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Matai Gaidin
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posted May 20, 2003 12:28 PM
Thank you
lostone for setting the thread straight. I agree with
everything he said.
IIRC, RJ himself said that a
gateway has weaves around its perimeter, but not in the portal
itself, so gholams could pass through as easily as Mat has.
That interview, I think, was an audio one from
Dragonmount.com.
Lightning can be either a direct or
indirect effect of the OP. In the books, multiple lightning
bolts come from the sky when a weave is cast. Other times, it
comes from the Channelers hands. (cf. During the battle in
Caemlyn with Rahvin, after Rahvin had killed Aviendha and Mat
with lightning, Rand creates a gateway to the throne room,
sees Rahvin, and steps through "throwing lightning before
him.") The RPG only has a single weave for Lightning, but in
my opinion there ought to be two, one that's direct (create
the lightning shooting from your hand) and one that's indirect
(create a buildup of electric potential between two locations
and let Nature do its thing).
I believe Mat died in
Caemlyn because the lightning was not the weave, but an effect
of the weave. Sidenote: the *Finn told him he'd die and live
again. Sometimes he thinks that meant when he was hung and
Rand had to start his heart again. IMO he was dying,
but not dead. In Caemlyn he has some haunting, deja vu-type
memories of dying from Rahvin's attack, but he's not sure
because Rand's Balefire undid that part of the Pattern.
However, in that attack, he really did die. Rand undid, thus
making Mat alive again. Therefore, Mat died and lived again,
just like the *Finn prophecy.
Some other points, Mat's
medallion was not damaged in any way. There was no mark on it,
but he was worried that it might not work the same.
And, of course, he was too bull-headed to ask Elayne or any of
the other Aes Sedai to help him "test" it. His medallion stops
both saidar and saidin because Aran'gar (Halima)
tried to do something to him and couldn't. I forget who said
it, but you make a good point who said that Mat's ashanderei
has never touched the gholam. We've seen him get stabbed with
daggers and swords, and even punched and kicked with zero
effect. We've never seen a Power-wrought weapon touch
him.
Another interesting thought, we've seen a gholam
pop up in Cairhien and also in Ebou Dar. The Ebou Dar one is
the same every time, because Mat recognizes him. But, we don't
know that he's the same as the one in Cairhien. We know there
were 3 male and 3 female, but we don't know how many survived.
We've only seen a male gholam. Could it be that there are 2
gholams running around? Not a happy
thought.
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Fisher-King
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posted May 29, 2003 10:20 PM
Just a
question...
What do people think of my Gholam? Is it
more 'right' than the one in the
book?
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