The flaw in Callandor was not a safety feature by its creators to make it safe to use by a madman. It is a mistake. And while it is powerfull, the Choedan Kal were far more so and better too since they had no flaw. Though perhaps the CK were too powerfull. That is up for debate. There is also another male sa'angreal more powerfull than Callandor which is presumably superiour.

As for the flaw, RJ said:


Basically, Callandor was made before saidin was tainted, and the flaw in it is a manufacturing error, not a designed safety feature as you imply.

That being said, it is likely that Callandor will play some role unless the prophecy of TGS is a red herring. And it is quite possible that the flaw will play some role too. It may have been put there by the pattern or something. There are theories that Callandor can be used to "overchannel" or that it works as a TP-amplifier and lots of other theories. For the moment we will simply have to wait and see if any of that pans out.

It is still possible that the prophecy about the blade of light refers to something other than Callandor and that it will play no role in defeating the DO. I personally doubt it but it is certainly possible.



The horn could just as easily have been protected by a ward similar to the one that shielded Callandor. Better even since only the Dragon Reborn could go through that ward while anyone could tap the Eye. The same is true for the seals. The Eye was not needed for this purpose.



The Eye was certainly a powerfull channeling magnifier that allowed Rand to do great feats of power. However Rand could have done all those same feats with Callandor, or the CK or the third unknown male sa'angreal. Heck, given how powerfull he is and that the trollocs had no channelers to counter him, Rand might have been able to destroy the army completely unaided, though it would obviously have taken him longer, perhaps too long to save the human army. The Eye was certainly helpfull in this matter, but not as significant as you believe. That particular trolloc army would not have destroyed the world had Rand not stopped it.

The Eye may have had some other purpose such as forcing Rand and causing his strength in the power to increase rapidly or some other hidden thing, but we cannot be sure. It is just as possible that the Eye was simply unneeded and that your belief of its importance is simply wrong.

As for proclaiming the Dragon Reborn or giving him a protected fortress, neither of those can truly be credited to Callandor. They are all a result of prophecies stating that only the Dragon Reborn could take up the sword. It was the ACT of breaking through the ward that proved to the world and the people of Tear that Rand was the DR. Callandor could have been a teapot and the prophecies could have said that the DR will be recognized by taking up the crystal teapot and it would have worked just as well for this purpose, even if it would have been less dramatic to see Rand waving a teapot around.

Basically, it was the fullfillment of PROPHECY, rather than picking up a sa'angreal that proclaimed Rand as the DR. Without that prophecy, no one would have thought that Rand picking up Callandor was of universal significance.


And finally, I should say that you seem a rather rude person, being so insulting to beetnemesis for no reason only made me think that you had no rational arguments, so you had to resort to insults and personal attacks instead. I don't know about others but I think this does not exactly support your views, just so you know.