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I'd think that would be a tiny chance given how diligent the Seanchan are in this regard darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 08/06/2010 02:58:15 PM

If a woman started channeling suddenly she would be immediately collared. No way a marath'damane channels in mainland Seanchan without being noticed. Look at how quickly they swarmed over the wondergirls in Falme and Joline in Ebou Dar! It would take months for a girl to die of the disease and likely she would channel a number of times in the mean time.

Sure the "formal" test is once a year, but you know the system takes into account women who channel in the mean time.


You are probably right for the most part.

I will say however, that this could happen in some remote village which did not have a damane/sul'dam pair in it. We know from Nynaeve&Rand that sparkers and those around them might not even realise that channeling is going on. Without another channeler to detect it, a sparker could go undetected until death. In theory anyway.


I picture Seanchan as a highly militant society with regular patrols "keeping the peace" ... as soon as a damane pair felt channeling of any kind they'd sniff it out. Much like Reds sniff out male channelers on the main continent.

But to your point it's possible ;)
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
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