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He cannot. This passage is similar to one in New Spring FanEditor10 Send a noteboard - 05/06/2010 03:36:19 AM
New Spring
Ch. 16 - The Deeps

Lan assumes the oneness ko'di in a barn:

"Seating himself cross-legged on a bale of straw, hes assumed the ko'di and floated in calm emptiness, one with the bale beneath him, the stable, the scabbarded sworn folded behind him. He could 'feel' the horses, cropping at their mangers, and the flies buzzing in corners. They were all part of him. Especially the sword."

Soon after, he is attacked (same chapter):

"As Lan moved forward to meet his attackers, he heard the bar drop inside with a muffled thud. Relief was distant. He floated in ko'di, one with the sword that came smoothly out of it's scabbard."

Elsewhere in new spring it talks about Lan being able to sense people behind him and even while he's sleeping. You and I can't fathom being that alert because we are like domesticated dogs and they are wolves. People who live in constant readiness to fight, a state of being that hasn't been prevalent in the world for a thousand years, seems hard to understand.

Same thing with Galad. He and Gawyn can't channel, get over it. They're excellent swordsmen, trained by the best in the known world (pre-seanchan). Just because channeling runs in your family doesn't mean everyone gets it. Moiraine had 3 sisters, and only she could channel. She is as predisposed as any of the other 3 because they were all fathered by a Damodred as well. I know Galad has Tigraine's genes as well, and his half-brother Rand can channel as can his half-sister Elayne. But if they were going to play that kind of role in the novel, I think they would have shown it already.
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Is there anyone who *doesn't* think Galad can channel? - 05/06/2010 02:36:20 AM 1590 Views
Re: Is there anyone who *doesn't* think Galad can channel? - 05/06/2010 03:17:56 AM 924 Views
He cannot. This passage is similar to one in New Spring - 05/06/2010 03:36:19 AM 716 Views
As he has not been tested, we don't know either way *NM* - 05/06/2010 04:37:49 AM 346 Views
Re: He cannot. This passage is similar to one in New Spring - 05/06/2010 11:27:35 PM 663 Views
Elayne had the Spark actually - 06/06/2010 03:32:05 AM 611 Views
Re: Is there anyone who *doesn't* think Galad can channel? - 05/06/2010 05:45:49 AM 654 Views
Re: Is there anyone who *doesn't* think Galad can channel? - 05/06/2010 11:05:50 PM 703 Views
The Flame... - 05/06/2010 03:45:18 AM 641 Views
I would be a little surprised if he could. - 05/06/2010 06:51:02 AM 564 Views
uh, me. and thousands of others. it's called the void, which tam can do. *NM* - 05/06/2010 07:09:52 AM 303 Views
Wait?? Tam must have some channeling genes since Rand is his son.... *NM* - 05/06/2010 06:21:40 PM 304 Views
you're kidding right? *NM* - 05/06/2010 06:30:54 PM 298 Views
wow *NM* - 05/06/2010 08:39:39 PM 294 Views
I'll be the one to actually say it... - 06/06/2010 12:43:30 AM 632 Views
On the fence - 05/06/2010 12:44:45 PM 666 Views
Re: On the fence - 05/06/2010 11:22:52 PM 616 Views
Re: On the fence - 06/06/2010 03:27:06 AM 594 Views
Re: On the fence - 06/06/2010 02:22:35 AM 634 Views
Re: On the fence - 06/06/2010 03:27:54 AM 494 Views
They still see channelers as Dark Friends. - 10/06/2010 03:51:44 PM 674 Views
More likely they'd do what the Seanchan would when/if Tuon Channels - 13/06/2010 12:21:12 PM 677 Views
As you pointed out - 13/06/2010 02:08:34 PM 675 Views
Only for the short term - 13/06/2010 02:48:54 PM 683 Views
Perhaps. Perhaps not. Nothing is completely static. - 13/06/2010 05:41:59 PM 804 Views
right, cause in a few months they are going to change more tahn 1000 years of doctrine *NM* - 13/06/2010 10:32:56 PM 362 Views
Yes. Exactly. In three days two Aiel clans ended a blood feud. - 14/06/2010 03:14:42 AM 804 Views
None of these situations is really the same - 14/06/2010 03:18:59 PM 711 Views
Re: None of these situations is really the same - 14/06/2010 03:38:42 PM 670 Views
I think you are overstating the situations below - 14/06/2010 06:02:12 PM 645 Views
Nonesense. The Sul'Dam hadn't started channeling. - 14/06/2010 07:26:12 PM 740 Views
The sul'dam who have realized what they are know it's just a matter of time - 14/06/2010 07:50:52 PM 765 Views
As sul'Dam they need to be taught to channel. - 14/06/2010 10:38:33 PM 637 Views
Actually women soldiers are NOT common in WoT - 23/06/2010 07:50:13 AM 888 Views
They are common enough in Seanchan and with the Aiel though - 27/06/2010 03:47:18 PM 596 Views
I'm inclined to say no - 06/06/2010 07:48:11 AM 762 Views
I don't. - 09/06/2010 03:28:30 PM 719 Views
As others said, there is no real reason to believe that. *NM* - 09/06/2010 03:44:00 PM 367 Views
me *NM* - 09/06/2010 11:25:14 PM 385 Views

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