The problem with both ideas is that, as far as I know, this dark aura is never mentioned around the ultimate TP channeler Moridin, e.g. when Rand meets him in ACoS or TGS, or at the Forsaken meetings; just the saa are mentioned (therefore this darkness is IMO also not a convincing clue that Moridin is Taim, as some suggest). On the other hand, I think Ishy had such a dark aura in certain scenes in the first books. But other people, who obviously came into contact with the TP, like Slayer, Fain, Elza or Alviarin, never showed such a dark aura either, IIRC.
One possibility that occurs to me that the dark aura is something that the channeler can control, if he is experienced enough with TP.
Ishy did have such a dark aura, and whats more he actually seemed to control it. For example at the end when Rand kills him he tries to defend himself by pulling on the blackness surrounding him and making it into a "black ball" in his hands.
Perhaps if Rand had continued to channel TP, eventually he too would have gained the ability to manifest/hide and control his black aura at will, but one use was not enough. If true it might be a clue that Taim has touched the TP, but not used it extensively.
Though it occurs to me that this does have the problem that the other forsaken have all touched the TP too. Demandred,Moghedien and others all describe what its like. Why don't they have dark auras? Hmm. Unless they too have used it just enough to learn to control/hide it.
Maybe all Forsaken, who used the TP, could hide the dark aura. Or it can vanish again after some time, if you don't use the TP but the OP; you are basically cleansed again by the OP flowing through your body. Considering that rand channeled much of the OP in the end of TGS, one could expect then, that the dark aura is gone now.
It's in any case interesting that Rand already gets the dark aura from channeling the TP only once, if even the little saa (which seem less noticeable than a whole dark aura around you) only manifest much later after a massive use of the TP.
However, if Moridin can hide the dark aura (or doesn't have it at all for some reason), it certainly speaks against Taim being Moridin, because it doesn't make sense that Moridin would hide the aura in his real appearance, but wouldn't if he is disguised as Taim, since it could reveal who he is/that he used the TP.
It's all pretty puzzling, especially since BS said that the halo is not entirely an effect of TP usage. Any further ideas or comments on this?
It is likely that the other parts of the halo are a result of Rand being dark!Rand and the effect it has on his ta'veren influence. We see this when all the effects of ta'veren turn bad after the Semirhage incident. Dragon and the land being one and all that.
Otherwise the explanation might be Rand's link to Moridin.
Rand's and Taim's dark aura
- 22/07/2010 11:58:35 AM
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Control?
- 22/07/2010 12:34:31 PM
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Yes, could be...
- 22/07/2010 02:35:02 PM
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Or a simple little trick.
- 22/07/2010 04:39:03 PM
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I noticed that, too, but didn't have any idea what to do with it...
- 22/07/2010 04:14:59 PM
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If...
- 22/07/2010 05:32:09 PM
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If he doesn't use it that much, perhaps the saa hasn't manifested, yet.
- 22/07/2010 09:04:16 PM
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If it can be taken literally, it is the biggest spoiler we've ever seen
- 22/07/2010 04:56:09 PM
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The Moridin poses as Taim theory is rather weak, IMO
- 22/07/2010 05:33:26 PM
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Re: If it can be taken literally, it is the biggest spoiler we've ever seen
- 22/07/2010 05:55:43 PM
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LOC: "I should have killed him LONG ago..."
- 23/07/2010 07:55:59 AM
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I think...
- 23/07/2010 08:02:42 AM
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That's the popular explanation, but doesn't really address the main issue...
- 23/07/2010 08:08:27 AM
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It's also possible...
- 23/07/2010 08:22:57 AM
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The answer is simple:
- 24/07/2010 07:41:49 AM
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But as often pointed out now, Taim's dark aura wasn't seen before WH. *NM*
- 24/07/2010 09:23:00 AM
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