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Interview: Apr 20th, 2004
TOR Questions of the Week Part I (Verbatim)Week 12 Question
You stated in another interview that Mat's memories came from adventurers who traveled through the ter'angreal. However several of Mat's memories end with the adventurer dying. Since adventurers probably didn't go through the ter'angreal after they died, how could the 'Finns have obtained these memories?Robert Jordan
A good question. I was wondering when someone would ask that. I expected it as soon as Mat started revealing those old memories. At least a partial answer will be coming up in the next main sequence book, so I guess you could say this is a RAFO. But I will say that if I said those adventurers all entered through the two ter'angreal, I misspoke. A good many entered through the Tower of Ghenjei, which was more widely known in earlier years, if never exactly a household name.Footnote
The misstatement in question comes from the Crossroads of Twilight prologue ebook interview.Tags
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Interview: Nov 21st, 1998
TPOD Signing Report - John Novak (Paraphrased)Question
Does the Snakes and Foxes game played in the Two Rivers have anything to do with the 'finn?Robert Jordan
RAFO.John Novak
(My answer: Duh?)Tags
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Interview: Jul, 2002
COT: 'Glimmers' Ebook Q&A (Verbatim)Question
Are all of Mat’s memories from his past lives?Robert Jordan
No, Mat’s “old” memories are not from his past lives at all. The “sickness” he got from the Shadar Logoth dagger resulted in holes in his memory. He found whole stretches of his life that seemed to be missing. When he passed through the “doorframe” ter’angreal in Rhuidean, one of the things he said – not knowing that the rules here were different than in the other ter’angreal he had used – was that he wanted the holes in his memory filled up, meaning that he wanted to recover his own memories. In this place, however, it was not a matter of asking questions and receiving answers, but of striking bargains for what you want. What he received for that particular demand was memories gathered by the people on that side of the ter’angreal, memories from many men, all long dead, from many cultures. And since not everyone passing by has the nerve to journey through a ter’angreal to some other world, the memories he received were those of adventurers and soldiers and men of daring.Footnote
RJ is obviously talking about the memories Mat received from the Eelfinn, so this quote does not rule out past life memories as an explanation for the Aemon memories in The Dragon Reborn Chapter 19 (before Mat ever visited the Aelfinn or the Eelfinn), nor does the Dromen and Demonen chat rule out the Old Blood as an explanation. Also, RJ meant to say that most of the men who provided the memories went through the Tower of Ghenjei; he corrected himself later in the TOR Questions of the Week.Tags
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Interview: Jul 19th, 2005
TOR Questions of the Week Part III (Verbatim)Week 1 Question
Are the Eelfinn limited in their power to grant wishes? To what degree can they affect the outside world? Also, is there any relation between what the Aelfinn do and Min's ability?Robert Jordan
Oh, yes, there definitely are limits to the powers of the Eelfinn. For one thing, they cannot affect the outside world at all. If you said that you wanted to be King of the World, you might well find that what you received was not what you expected. For example, they might put you out of their world into a world with no other sentient life, where you would be king by default. Then again, you might find yourself with the necessary skills to make yourself King of the World, if you were able. Actually achieving it would be up to you. But then, many of their "gifts" are skewed in this way. You must be very careful as you're asking if you want to receive what you are hoping for. And yet, remember that Mat actually did receive very much what he asked for. Just not in the way that he wanted.
No, there is no connection between what the Aelfinn do and what Min does.
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Interview: 2011
Twitter 2011 (WoT) (Verbatim)Brandon Sanderson (6 January 2011)
At the 35% mark we have Mat speaking the Old Tongue for the first time, books ahead of him getting memories stuck in his head.BRANDON SANDERSON
I've always found this a very curious event. Of the five Two Riversers, Mat's powers are the most subtly foreshadowed in the book.BRANDON SANDERSON
Unless you count the short exchange between Lan and Perrin about wolves in a much earlier chapter.KRIT PETTY
I thought that Mat's Old Tongue was a small way of RJ letting you think maybe Mat was the important one, not Rand.BRANDON SANDERSON
Yes, I think you're right on that count. It was certainly meant to make us think.LEE DAVIS
The speaking the Old Tongue is from his bloodline though, not his memories in that case, isn't it?BRANDON SANDERSON
Yes, but it's still foreshadowing. He's the one who does it, not the others.SLEEPINGHOUR
In The Eye of the World, is Mat remembering the Old Tongue from his own past life or from his ancestors?TEREZ
Good question. He seems to have confirmed Old Blood for the Old Tongue, but the Aemon memory?FELIX PAX
That's what my belief is, Aemon. Mat Cauthon is the reborn soul of Aemon. Aemon's Old Tongue.BRANDON SANDERSON
It isn't made clear. It could be either. The implication is his bloodline.BRANDON SANDERSON
The Aemon connection is certainly implied strongly.BRANDON SANDERSON (7 JANUARY)
"A metal tower?" Rand said. "I'll bet there's treasure inside," Mat said. "A thing like that must have been made to protect something..."BRANDON SANDERSON
This is the start of Mat acting tainted, which always makes me sad. It will be a while before I can read him as himself again.BRANDON SANDERSON
First time one of the boys thinks, "I wish [insert other boy] were here. He knows what to say to women" happens at the 48% mark.BRANDON SANDERSON (10 JANUARY)
I love that in the scene in Four Kings, the fact that the innkeeper is thin seems almost as ill an omen as a flock of ravens.BRANDON SANDERSON
I wonder if Mat wearing the scarf around his head here is foreshadowing intentionally, or by coincidence, of the scarf on his neck.BRANDON SANDERSON
Either way, there's some other strong foreshadowing there of events in Towers of Midnight, though I won't say specifics to avoid spoilers.ADAM DOWARD
I've been wondering for ages is Mat going to wear an eye patch? Or will he wear a strip of cloth like Gemmel's Grymauch?BRANDON SANDERSON
RAFO.BRANDON SANDERSON
Not sure what I think of the "start chapter, flashback to what has happened since last chapter" narrative style RJ prefers here.BRANDON SANDERSON
I don't think he does it as much later. In these first books, he seems more worried about characters going chronologically off of each other.BRANDON SANDERSON
Note that I do like flashbacks, and think that Chapter 33 is interesting structurally. I don't know if it fits just right, though.BRANDON SANDERSON
A good point: Some note that the erratic timeline here does help reinforce the sense of sickness from Rand and Mat's growing paranoia.BRANDON SANDERSON
Also, it's fun that Mat is getting paranoid and crazy because of the dagger—except when he's thinking about food or a nice bed.Tags
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Interview: 2010
Twitter 2009-2010 (WoT) (Verbatim)Anthony Platts (16 August 2010)
Did Mat break the treaty with the Aelfinn/Eelfinn when he asked the four questions in The Shadow Rising....any consequences??Brandon Sanderson (17 August 2010)
RAFO. :)Tags
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Interview: 2011
Twitter 2011 (WoT) (Verbatim)Brandon Sanderson (14 March 2011)
Man, this Shadow Rising ebook cover really is full of awesome, isn't it?MICHAEL GIGLIOTTI
Mat looks so dark; it's a very stark contrast to his personality.BRANDON SANDERSON
That was one of my first thoughts too, but he does get grim once in a while. Particularly after being killed...BRANDON SANDERSON (20 MARCH)
Another one for the "Huh, never noticed that before" file. Some Aiel tell Mat is death for him to enter Rhuidean. And they're right.TEREZ
Are they?BRANDON SANDERSON
By Mat's perspective. Though he's not 100% sure.MANAR
Wait. No. Mat does not die in Rhuidean, does he? I thought his death came when Rahvin strikes him with lightning.BRANDON SANDERSON
Mat thinks it counts. Of course, that whole Rahvin thing isn't something he remembers...Tags
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Interview: Jun 27th, 1996
AOL Chat 1 (Verbatim)BIG TX MA
Mr. Jordan, will we find out more about the Snakes and Foxes in future books?Robert Jordan
Read and find out! ::stage direction: Phantom of the Opera: Laughter from offstage::Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 1996
ACOS Signing Report - Erica Sadun (Paraphrased)Erica Sadun
What was going on in Aelfland when Mat went round and round and round the same location? Were they traveling in time?Robert Jordan
Not traveling in time. The physical laws of nature differ. Mentioning the Dark One [in Randland] is bad luck. In Aelfland, it is *REALLY* bad. You cannot go to Aelfland in Tel'aran'rhiod (similar to stedding).Tags
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Interview: Jun 28th, 1997
DragonCon SciFi Channel Chat (Verbatim)Agent420
Will we being seeing more of the snakes and foxes in the next book?Robert Jordan
RAFO.Tags
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Interview: Nov 14th, 1998
TPOD Signing Report - Matthew Hunter (Paraphrased)Matthew Hunter
I chimed in later on to ask if "there was a physical resemblance between Cyndane and a certain height-challenged Aes Sedai".Robert Jordan
He said "We don't know yet."Matthew Hunter
I think that means yes, which is interesting. If there hadn't been one, he could have said no, and he has written the descriptions of Cyndane ambiguously enough to prevent any proof either way.Footnote
Matthew is probably referring to the theory that Lanfear had been put into Cabriana Mecandes' body, which was later debunked by Maria. Cabriana wasn't described as short, though, so if he was referring to Moiraine, then of course this was debunked in Towers of Midnight at the latest (not that there was ever much resemblance there aside from height).Tags
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Interview: Mar, 2000
Letter to Paul Ward (Verbatim)Paul Ward
Possible question: Why did the ter'angreal doorway burn down when Lanfear and Moiraine passed through?Robert Jordan
When Moiraine and Lanfear went through the ter'angreal, it burned in part because both were channeling, and the world on the other side of the doorway has a radically different set of natural laws. The odd optical effects witnessed in that other world are not artificially produced artifacts. (complete answer)Paul Ward
The laws for channeling are different on the other side of the doorway...interesting.Tags
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Interview: Apr 6th, 2001
Dromen and Demonen Chat (Verbatim)RV_NL
What exactly are Mat's memories, are they from his ancestors, as they all seem to be connected to Manetheren?Robert Jordan
Mat's memories are NOT from his ancestors. He said I want to have the holes in his head filled, but he did not specify exactly what he wanted them filled with, and so he received scraps and bits and pieces of memories stolen from other men.Footnote
RJ is obviously talking about the memories Mat received from the Eelfinn, so this quote does not rule out Old Blood as an explanation for the Aemon memories in The Dragon Reborn Chapter 19 (before Mat ever visited the Aelfinn or the Eelfinn), nor does the 'Glimmers' interview rule out past life memories as an explanation.Tags
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Interview: Jan 7th, 2003
COT Signing Report - David Funke (Verbatim)David Funke
When RJ signed my copies of Winter's Heart and Crossroads of Twilight, I asked him a question. Because of wording he uses when describing the Finn and their meeting with Mat, I thought that maybe Min’s viewings had some relation to them. RJ describes the Finn as looking, not at Mat, but at the air around Mat’s head. I thought this was similar to the way Min sees her viewings. Are they related, I asked him?Robert Jordan
No, he said flatly.David Funke
Shucks, I said to his assistant. I was so sure!Tags
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Interview: Jan 7th, 2003
COT Signing Report - Ted Herman (Verbatim)Question
I thought that maybe Min’s viewings had some relation to them. RJ describes the Finn as looking, not at Mat, but at the air around Mat’s head. I thought this was similar to the way Min sees her viewings. Are they related?
Robert Jordan
No.
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Interview: Jan 16th, 2003
COT Signing Report - Tim Kington (Paraphrased)Tim Kington
My friend Josh and I had been talking about how Rand and Mat spent a week in Rhuidean, and so he asked how long Mat was hanging.Robert Jordan
Long enough.
JOSH
Long enough for what?
ROBERT JORDAN
Long enough to be ALMOST dead.
TIM KINGTON
(Emphasis mine) I was pretty sure this was where Mat died and lived again, but I guess that's out of the question now.
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Interview: Sep 3rd, 2005
DragonCon Signing Reports - Matt Hatch (Verbatim)Ted Herman
Do the Finns inhabit a perpendicular world?Robert Jordan
No, it is a parallel world.Ted Herman
Does the physical location of the world of Finns have anything to do with the bells ringing when the ta'veren were in together?Robert Jordan
No.Ted Herman
Have the Finns existed as long as the Wheel?Robert Jordan
Yes.Ted Herman
Do they have souls?Robert Jordan
Yes.Ted Herman
Are the Finns from human stock?Robert Jordan
No.Ted Herman
Did they originate in their current location?Robert Jordan
Yes.Ted Herman
Are they related to Tel'aran'rhiod or do they control Tel'aran'rhiod?Robert Jordan
No.Tags
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Interview: Sep 2nd, 2005
DragonCon Report - Isabel (Paraphrased)Matt Hatch
The Snakes and Foxes seem to have a lot of powers. Do they also have the Power?Robert Jordan
No.Matt Hatch
I have two questions: can they transmigrate souls? Two: can they hold the soul of an individual they have killed?Robert Jordan
No to both.Tags
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Interview: Sep 3rd, 2005
DragonCon Signing Reports - Matt Hatch (Verbatim)Matt Hatch
The Finns reside in a Parallel World, is that correct?Robert Jordan
Yes.Matt Hatch
Okay, so are Parallel Worlds and Mirror Worlds the same thing?Robert Jordan
No, they are different.Matt Hatch
Okay, well then do Parallel Worlds have their own reflections?Robert Jordan
Possibly.Tags
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Interview: Sep 3rd, 2005
DragonCon Signing Reports - Matt Hatch (Verbatim)Matt Hatch
Did Lanfear get the opportunity to ask the Finns, to make a wish, after going through the doorway with Moiraine?Robert Jordan
Read and find out.Matt Hatch
Okay, well, then did Moiraine get the opportunity to make a wish?Robert Jordan
Read and find out.Tags
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Interview: Sep 4th, 2005
DragonCon Report - Matt Hatch (Paraphrased)Ted Herman
Can you describe the relationship between the Aelfinn and Eelfinn?Robert Jordan
RAFO.Tags
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Interview: Sep 4th, 2005
DragonCon Report - Matt Hatch (Paraphrased)Question
Mr. Jordan, if you could, I would like to know who built the Tower of Ghenjei. If you can't tell us that, is there any kind of detail you can share without compromising the future?Robert Jordan
I am sorry this is a RAFO.Tags
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Interview: Sep 4th, 2005
DragonCon Report - Matt Hatch (Paraphrased)Question
I guess most of your Aelfinn and Eelfinn questions are RAFO, but could you tell us why it was they didn't consider Mat's silver dagger to be a weapon, silver is really iron?Robert Jordan
Why the Finns didn't consider the dagger to be a weapon?Question
Yes.Robert Jordan
No, I am going to have to RAFO that one, it is going to give away too much.Tags
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Interview: Oct 6th, 2005
Robert Jordan
For Lord of Salvation, I'm sorry to hear that you had to become a refugee. I hope you plan on returning to help rebuild. My brother teaches at West Jefferson High School.
Also, Moiraine did enter the Rhuidean doorframe ter'angreal. That's the one that caught fire and melted after she and Lanfear passed through together. Berelain certainly knows of the Tear doorframe, but she has never entered it.
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Interview: Oct 20th, 2005
KOD Signing Report (Paraphrased)Question
I went to the signing tonight and asked the "Where did Mat's spear come from and what was its significance for him receiving it from the Finns? He received i) a way out ii) to be free from Aes Sedai, and iii) to have his memories filled" question. It's one I've been wondering for a while.Robert Jordan
RJ's answer was that the Finns just saw it as a way to kill Mat.Tags
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Interview: Oct 26th, 2005
KOD Signing Report - Tremul (Paraphrased)Tremul
Do Min and the Finns do the same thing when predicting and answering questions?Robert Jordan
No.Tags
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Interview: Nov 4th, 2005
KOD Signing Report - Bluecole (Paraphrased)Robert Jordan
You CANNOT reach the Tower of Ghengei through the Portal Stones. (direct from RJ)Tags
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Interview: Dec 17th, 2008
Question
I know you probably can't go too deeply into it, but are there any questions about the story you had as a fan that you will make sure get answered in this final novel?Brandon Sanderson
I am still deeply interested in ascertaining the solution to the quandry regarding the character of Asmodean, most specifically the mystery surrounding the circumstances of his demise. ;)
I also mentioned Moiraine's fate last year as being a big question I had. She's always been a favorite of mine, and each time I read through the series, I'm left wondering about her. (Well, not any more, since I've read the notes. But you know what I mean.)
I've been surprised to discover that a lot of readers take her survival for granted, but I've never done so. The letter gives some good clues that she might still be around, but it could also be some kind of trap by the Aelfinn and Eelfinn. The answers and gifts they give are truthful, yet there's often a twisted logic to them as well, it seems.
I can't say more here, I'm afraid, since I now know too much.
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Interview: Oct 27th, 2009
TGS Midnight Release - Matt Hatch (Verbatim)Question
Do the Finns care whether or not the Dark One wins?Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.Tags
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Interview: Oct 27th, 2009
BYU Stormleader Dinner - Matt Hatch (Verbatim)Matt Hatch
I don’t think Jordan ever, maybe somebody asked, in his notes does he ever say what the treaties were between the 'Finns and the people with whom they made them? Are those treaties actually written down somewhere?Brandon Sanderson
Um—I think that you may see some of this in the encyclopedia. How is that for a Robert Jordan answer for you? The encyclopedia is coming. [Stuff about the Big White Book]. It is actually going to be an encyclopedia...Harriet, Maria and Alan are working on that. A Memory of Light comes first so they have to keep dividing their time. My guess would be 2012, but if we’re really on the ball, I would think releasing it the same year of the last volume would be a smart thing to do...Peter will you take a note to let Maria know that I told them that that might happen so she is not blind sided by it. She and Harriet will have to decide if that goes in if anything regarding that goes in. The original treaty between the Aelfinn and Eelfinn and mankind. Just remind me to talk to Harriet to talk to Maria about it.MATT HATCH
Are the treaties different?BRANDON SANDERSON
Different from what?MATT HATCH
There are two treaties...(hard to hear what I ask next, but I’m clarifying Snakes and Foxes).BRANDON SANDERSON
They are similar, how about that. They are similar enough that they could be considered functionally identical but there are little differences.Tags
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Interview: Nov 19th, 2009
TGS Signing Report - Matrimony Cauthon (Paraphrased)Question
Some kid, to much laughter, asked if Rand was really going to die.Brandon Sanderson
Sanderson said something to the effect of 'What did the Finn say?' He then said that the prophecies must be fulfilled or the Pattern will break.Tags
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Interview: Nov 21st, 2009
Matt Hatch
So, how many Finns are there?
Brandon Sanderson
RAFO. I’m going to RAFO a lot of Finn stuff just so you know.
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Interview: Apr 23rd, 2010
JordanCon 2010 Q&A Report - Terez (Paraphrased)Question
How do the 'Finns store memories? Obviously they don't just have flash drives laying around.Maria Simons
RAFO.Tags
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Interview: Apr 23rd, 2010
JordanCon 2010 Q&A Report - Terez (Paraphrased)Question
Are there any servants of the Dark One among the 'Finns?Maria Simons
RAFO.Tags
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Interview: Sep 4th, 2010
DragonCon 2010 Q&A Report - Marie Curie (Verbatim)Question
The Aelfinn and the Eelfinn. Are there more? Did I miss huge tracts of information about them throughout the books, because I feel very unknowledgeable by going into this book?Brandon Sanderson
You have not missed anything if you have read the sequences where people go through the Redstone doorways. You have the same information that everyone else has, except for a few Theorylanders who've asked very obscure questions of Robert Jordan.Terez
Brandon Sanderson
But yeah, you know what you need to know from that and from the discussions in the book. And the things you need to know will mostly be re-covered in this book.Tags
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Interview: Jun 10th, 2010
Luckers
This is also from one of Brandon's hash outs with Matt from Theoryland. In it Brandon speaks of the nature of Parallel Worlds.
Brandon: Extrapolations of this question get us to: is there one Dragon for all different Parallels or are they all different Dragons? Traveling through the Portal Stone seems to indicate that there are many different lives Rand could have led. The same thing happens with several of the ter'angreal that people go through. The question then is, are those all separate universes? Do we have a multi-verse sort of concept? Or are they possibilities and do these worlds all exist or could exist, what is the difference. In some of those Rand failed. So, is Rand the Dragon in all of them or is Rand not the Dragon in some of them? What happens in the ones where Rand failed? Are they real worlds? Are those different worlds where there is a different Dark One who then takes over and destroys that world or maybe not, maybe he makes it has he wishes. Or are those just possibilities, reflections of this world that don't really exist except when we touch them? Those are all very good questions. Robert Jordan said that Tel'aran'rhiod is a reflection of all different worlds, which implies other worlds continue to exist. The World of the Finns is something different...
Matt: ...he called it a Parallel World...
Brandon: Yes, the Parallel World, that one and also the one Rand and Lanfear visited are persistent regardless of someone from this world visiting. Yet, many of those seem almost shadowy and reflections of the real world, some of them seem as real just strange when visiting them. What happens in these different world, that sort of thing, those were never questions that Robert Jordan answered...
Ok, my request for clarification is mainly concerned with that last paragraph—specifically it left me confused about whether Brandon is speaking about Parallel Worlds or Mirror Worlds. Brandon seems to lump both in together, describing some as shadowy, some as solid. Brandon describes the Finn world as THE Parallel World (we also know the Ogier world is a Parallel World), but in the same paragraph Brandon seems to define it as a persistent Mirror World of some form, and grants that same allocation to the world Rand and Lanfear visited in The Great Hunt.
Maria Simons
Cut Brandon a break, here. I had to look it up to make sure that I had which one was which correct. The 'finn worlds are Parallel Worlds, the Ogier world is a Parallel World. The place that Lanfear, Rand, Loial and Hurin went to was a Mirror World, as were all of the ones in the Portal Stone incident.Luckers
[Sorry Brandon! I am an uber geek and get carried away and never meant to attack you! Mea culpa!]Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 2010
Ted Herman
Can a Dreamer access Tel'aran'rhiod if trapped by the 'Finns?
Brandon Sanderson
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Interview: Apr 15th, 2011
JordanCon Report - Ted Herman (Paraphrased)Question
Did the Eelfinn know Mat would be returning when they gave him the ashandarei and told him "Wise to take leavetaking, etc..."?Brandon Sanderson
They don't have perfect knowledge of the future (think Dreamers) but they knew it was a possibility. Also, they gave him the ashandarei in fulfillment of his request for leavetaking, but were hoping he would not realize that, and be trapped in their domain.Tags
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Interview: Apr 15th, 2011
JordanCon Report - Ted Herman (Paraphrased)Question
[paraphrased] Were there any consequences from Rand asking questions of the Aelfinn that touched on the Shadow (about cleansing the taint and winning Tarmon Gai'don)?Alan Romanczuk
Moiraine and Cadsuane thought there would be consequences, but that doesn't necessarily make it so.Ted Herman
However, the glossary entry in Towers of Midnight for the Aelfinn states that there are consequences in such circumstances, so either that is wrong or there is a possible contradiction.
Towers of Midnight
CHAPTER: GLOSSARY
Aelfinn: A race of beings, largely human in appearance but with snakelike characteristics, who will give true answers to three questions. Whatever the question, their answers are always correct, if frequently given in forms that are not clear, but questions concerning the Shadow can be extremely dangerous. Their true location is unknown, but they can be visited by passing through a ter'angreal, once a possession of Mayene but in recent years held in the Stone of Tear. They can also be reached by entering the Tower of Ghenjei. They speak the Old Tongue, mention treaties and agreements, and ask if those entering carry iron, instruments of music, or devices that can make fire. See also Eelfinn, Snakes and Foxes.Tags
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Interview: Apr 17th, 2011
JordanCon 2011 - Terez (Verbatim)Ted Herman
When the Eelfinn told Mat, 'Wise to ask for leavetaking, when you set no price' etc., did they know he would be back?Brandon Sanderson
The 'Finns do not have a perfect vision of the future, but are capable of reading some things about it, and so I would say it's likely they knew. They didn't know everything, though.Ted Herman
So, it's...to the best of their knowledge, they couldn't...Brandon Sanderson
Yes. They sincerely tried to kill him, but they knew there was a strong possibility he'd be back.Ted Herman
Did they know that his ashandarei was the answer to the leavetaking thing?Brandon Sanderson
They knew what they were giving him. They were hoping he wouldn't.Ted Herman
Excellent. Thank you.Tags
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Interview: Nov 16th, 2010
Paris Signing Report - Jonathan B (Paraphrased)Julien
He also asked what was the riddle that the Snakes & Foxes told Rand that gave him the answer about how to cleanse saidin. We know their answer to "How can I win the Last Battle?", "How can I survive the Last Battle?" and we know the result of Rand's third answer about cleansing the source but we don't know what the riddle was.Brandon Sanderson
Brandon was not sure if he could tell us this without giving something away so he got an email and find out on this question.Tags
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Interview: Jul 11th, 2010
Chat with Brandon Sanderson (Verbatim)Stefan
Has Mat's answer from the 'Finns about living and dying already happened?Brandon Sanderson
In the books, Mat says that he's "Pretty Sure" that he'd already died. So use that as a guide.
FOOTNOTE
A better guide might be the two Balticon reports, both of which claim RJ said the Caemlyn death fulfilled the prophecy. RJ also confirmed that Mat was only 'almost' dead in Rhuidean to Tim Kington in 2003, and in 1999 in Sydney he noted that Mat hopes the prophecy was fulfilled in Rhuidean (because he doesn't remember dying in Caemlyn).
SEMIRHAGE666
Wasn't that fulfilled when he was hung from Avendesora?
STEFAN
That's what I'm wondering, whether that was it or not.
EAST COAST GIRL
But I thought Mat DIDN'T die when he got hung, just came really close ...
MAGICKAL MAN
Mat died and then Rand used balefire and turned back time.
STEFAN
Right *facepalm* I don't know how I forgot that.
RLRHORROCKS
If he had actually died when he was hung, Rand wouldn't have been able to bring him back. (i.e.: crazy puppet girl in the Stone)
BRANDON SANDERSON
Re: Another Mat being hung confirmation. Like I said, Mat's pretty sure that counted for him dying. He really doesn't want to try anything like that again...
Footnote
Brandon has consistently presented a "confused" front on this issue; he was still doing it in 2011. Most likely he is trying to be clever about it, maybe playing on RJ's 2009 interview, but all it does is stir up the fans who happen to know what RJ said about it (which is a good number of them; it's common knowledge).Tags
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Interview: Apr, 2012
Afternoon Tea with Brandon Sanderson - Luckers (Paraphrased)Luckers
What happened to Moiraine’s original angreal? The one she had in the Two Rivers?Brandon Sanderson
Oh, you mean the fat man with... no, wait that was Rand....
LUCKERS
Yeah, Moiraine’s one was an ivory woman.
BRANDON SANDERSON
Yeah, yeah. You know, that’s a good question, because it’s odd, the notes specifically said she got the angreal as one of her wishes...
LUCKERS
Ah, so it’s definitely not the angreal Lanfear had? People have asked, I think because both were bracelets.
BRANDON SANDERSON
No, it’s definitely a different angreal. But yes, if she had another angreal, why would she ask for one?
LUCKERS
Maybe the Finns took her original one. I mean she was naked when they found her, so they took...
BRANDON SANDERSON
Yeah, maybe *looks dubious*.
LUCKERS
Or maybe it’s still in Cairhien with the rest of her stuff.
BRANDON SANDERSON
Yeah, but it would still be odd, that she’d ask, if she had another. Yeah, so, I don’t know, sorry.
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There are not two bracelets; the description in The Fires of Heaven is the exact same description of that given in Towers of Midnight. In other words, Moiraine's new angreal is the same one she clawed away from Lanfear; her old one disappeared.Tags
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Interview: Apr, 2012
Gold Coast SupaNova - Eleanor Chandler-Temple (Paraphrased)Eleanor
Will all the questions Rand and Moiraine asked of the Aelfinn be revealed in A Memory of Light?Brandon Sanderson
No.(Will we know more?) They will be partially revealed.
ELEANOR
This one I can't remember too well from the notes taken, so the wording may be a little off. He looked certain and a little cheerful on this one.
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Interview: May 30th, 2010
CONduit XX - Matt Hatch (Paraphrased)Matt Hatch
So, I didn't get to ask many questions. I spent lunch with Brandon, but pestering him with questions seemed inappropriate at the time and the Q&A was after his reading/book signing which I had to leave early.
Oh well.
But two things he did say.
Brandon Sanderson
One, recently he read an email a fan sent; this particular fan picked the right small detail. Two—I asked him regarding the big impact of the small detail and he said we have been discussing this big event, which I felt he implied that we (fandom) have been discussing this big event for a long time.
Matt Hatch
As to other questions, I plan to attend DragonCon, so I recommend we get a list of questions together for that event (still have three months).
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Interview: Apr, 2012
JordanCon 2012 - Terez (Paraphrased)Question
Has Verin ever been to the 'Finns or through the Rhuidean rings?Maria Simons
Not that I know of.Tags
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Interview: Nov 24th, 2012
Idaho Falls Signing Report - PrncRny (Paraphrased)PrncRny
I was thinking about Moiraine's questions to the Aelfinn. We already know what one of them was, is there any hint as to the other two?
Brandon Sanderson
If they aren't revealed in the last book, they will probably be in the encyclopedia. We want to save a few things for that, just so you know.Tags
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Interview: 2013
Twitter 2013 (WoT) (Verbatim)Rich E (23 January 2013)
Did Rand's third question to the Aelfinn involve whether/how the Dark One could be killed?Brandon Sanderson (23 January 2013)
I think Maria and Harriet are planning to put these in the encyclopedia, but you are right on the third question.
Peter Wikberg
What did Moiraine ask Aelfinn/Eelfinn?
Brandon Sanderson
Ooh, good question. And one I don't have the answer to that handy, but we can MAFO that and ask Maria.
Maria Simons
Everything I know about Aelfinn/Eelfinn questions/wishes will be in the encyclopedia.
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