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efinitely The Seals

by Ratoncito Gris: 1998-06-10 | 1 out of 10 (1 votes)

Before Winter's Heart - Archive Only: Who killed Fel and why?

My theory coincides with Ian's. The seals are the cause of the taint. Why? Because the DO can't affect the One Power, or the pattern would be destroyed. But he CAN put a superficial layer of "evil", like oil over water (RJ has even used this metaphore often). Doing this would be quite a neat trick, but man, he is the DO, remember? He used a few focal points (seven, made of cuendillar...he he) to do it and waited till the Age of Legends ended. He can wait. We have proof about this in the books. Wait while I blind you with my knowdeledge (sits humbly for deserved praise). The seals can be broken now. Why? You can't break cuendillar, after all. The reason is that the seals are no longer cuendillar. They were made by men (the Hundred companions) and the taint has affected them and they, like the ways. The ways needed just a few hundred years, but they were not made of cuendillar. But Rand's angreal or Callandor work perfeclty. Why? Because they were made in the AoL, when Saidin was not tainted. And that's my point. The DO was supposed to have tainted saidin as a counterstroke, so he should have been sealed, so the seals should be completed. But this theory says that when the seals were finished, saidin was ALREADY tainded. The DO did it BEFORE he was sealed. Motives? He only wanted to end the Age of Legends and all its powerful channelers. He could wait another tree thousand years, after all. He is immortal. This is a diabolic plan very DarkOnelike, and I would have done it too if I was the Essence of Evil. P.D. For the same reasons than in my theory about the man of Shador Loggot, you should edit this a bit. I'm still not an English person.(The Little Grey Mouse)
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Tamyrlin: 1998-06-10

Hmmm, a very interesting point, do you have proof that the taint came before the seals were set? Me gustaria verlo. Pero siempre he leido, creo, que the taint was a counterstroke. En todo caso veremos, no. Good thought.

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Aaron: 1998-06-20

Definitely the seals I think that that the taint on saidin is due to the 7 seals on the dark ones prison. Fel was killed because he was studying the seals. I think that in TSR Moraine tells Rand that all it would take to free the DO would be 4 men with hammers. It wouldnt take that many of course but why doesnt the DO just have some trollocs or darkfriends destroy the seals so he will be free. Because he knows that once the last seal is destroyed the taint will be gone and it will be a lot harder to win Tarmon Gaidon.

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Tamyrlin: 1998-06-20

The Seals are definitely an interesting topic. The seals, made of cuendillar are breaking. The Seals were made and used as focal points for the seal and a backlash of a taint occurred. Is the taint lessening now with male channelers, since the seals are falling apart? Is that why some are living longer and the ones Rand is gathering haven't all gone insane yet? Hmmm.

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Karthi the Magician: 1998-06-24

I have to agree with Ian and Grey Mouse that the taint is due to the Seals. I didn't put much thought into it before, but after reading their theories on the taint I have to agree because it seems the most the logical explanation. The taint is STUCK to the cover of the Bore. Lews Therin makes a DAMN GOOD attempt to take over when Taim gives Rand one of the Seals in Book 6. 'Break it break them all must break them must must must break them all break them and strike quickly must strike now break it break it breakit...' The key to this is break them and stike quickly... The DREAM that Egwene had of Rand stepping on and crushing the Seals on his way to Shayol Ghul.And that's what Fel found out... Rand thinks to himself "It did not help a great deal with learning what Fel had puzzled out about the Seals on the Dark One's prison or the Last Battle." This is pertaining to Min's effect on the man. "Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build. Will explain when see you next. Do not bring girl. Too pretty." That's where all the conspiracies come in... In order to SEAL the Dark One back in, they have to remake the Seals. That's where Elayne comes in with nasty ole' Elaida and her Foretelling about how the Lion Throne of Andor will be the KEY to winning the Last Battle. Due to Elayne the LOST ART of making all Angreal, Holy Chalices (Sa'angreal), and Ter'angreal has been refound. The Seals are aren't predominantly Cuendillar as they are TER'ANGREAL. They weren't just made to be cuendillar they were made to allow a means of knowing how strong the Patch on the Bore was. That's why they couldn't be broken unless the corresponding part of the Patch was broken. This could also be taken vice versa to some extent if you remember in the beginning of Book 5 when Moiraine took a dagger and scratched a bit off the Seal that she showed Rand. If, however, when the Bore was opened by taking away the Patch to Reseal it, SOMEONE "standing by your side with a dagger to your throat, but you did not see him" (as per Amys' and Bair's Dream) who would "UNLEASH THE BALEFIRE IN MY SERVICE, DEMANDRED" who later asks the Dark One while kneeling in Shayol Ghul's Pit of Doom, "have I not done well, Great Lord?" Fel found out about the nature of the Dark One's Prison and the Resealing of it: and that's to destroy the Seals and build them anew. And just remember one more little tidbit in this whole DAMNABLY LONG ENDEAVOR of mine,... Just remember that six Gholams were created and we only know about the existence ofone, owned by...