Do the Ogier in Seanchan live in Steddings as well? Wouldn't the Gardeners have to go home sometimes? It dousn't sound very "Seanchan" to have rotating guards who have to go back to the Stedding and relax for years at a time even if they are large and long-lived.
Yeah, you're both right. I looked it up:
TOR Questions of the Week, August 2004-January 2005
Week 3 Question: How do the Seanchan Ogier cope with the Longing, given that their duties in the Deathwatch Guard take them overseas? Are there many stedding in Seanchan?
Robert Jordan Answers: There are many more stedding in Seanchan than there are in the part of the world where the story is taking place, and that is why the Seanchan Ogier don't suffer from the Longing. Because there are so many more stedding, they were able to find them more easily even during the Breaking and therefore never had the very extended separation that Ogier on this side of the Aryth Ocean had, though they seldom were able to settle in one for very long until the Breaking ended.
Knife of Dreams tour 26 October 2005 - Tremul reporting
Question: Why don't the [Seanchan]Gardeners have the Longing?
Answer: That's simple. There are a lot more stedding on the Seanchan continent, and as a result they were not missed during the Breaking, so they don't have the Longing.
Book of Translation and Ogier Gardners
- 11/05/2010 05:14:06 AM
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It seems clear...
- 11/05/2010 11:36:10 AM
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Pug comes and takes them to Midkemia *NM*
- 11/05/2010 02:52:14 PM
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My guess on how the system works.
- 11/05/2010 06:28:43 PM
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Re: My guess on how the system works.
- 11/05/2010 06:41:38 PM
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Re: My guess on how the system works.
- 12/05/2010 07:19:38 AM
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Yep, you're both right
- 06/06/2010 05:20:42 AM
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