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What are "standing flows"? sylph Send a noteboard - 03/06/2010 03:23:59 PM
In CoT chapter 21 A Mark, Alviarin is using a red rod ter'angreal to summon Mesaaana. She is about to use the OP to activate it and thinks:

"That would not have been necessary in the Age of Legends, but something called the "standing flows" no longer existed. A World where almost any ter'angreal could be used by people unable to channel seemed beyond comprehension. Why had it been allowed?"

I don't remember reading this on previous rereads of the books, and I haven't found anything about it in any theories (of course that doesn't mean it isn't there).

So, I was wondering if anyone knows what standing flows were that allowed non-channelers to use ter'angreals in the AoL. Flows would equate weaves, I would think; so were there just OP weaves available in the air or somewhere for others to use? And why do they no longer exist?

Any thoughts?
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What are "standing flows"? - 03/06/2010 03:23:59 PM 4183 Views
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Thanks everyone for the replies - 04/06/2010 05:05:07 PM 684 Views
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