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All of this *NM* Sidious Send a noteboard - 28/09/2010 06:17:43 PM
The Forsaken are confident of their ability to beat one another because they understand this concept. They are reluctant to face each other directly, because they understand this concept! Any fight between any of the Forsaken, and any one of the battles with Rand COULD have gone either way. Rand is largely ignorant of the One Power, even as late as tFoH or aCoS, yet two of the more accomplished Forsaken flee at his approach. Acknowledgement of his greater skill or power? Not in the least, or at least not anymore than taking cover when someone starts firing a gun is a tacit acknowledgement of their superior might - in each case, it is no more than simple prudence. The Forsaken avoid fights for the same reason you would duck and cover if explosions started going off, or a gun was discharged in your vicinity: neither of you cares about the story as a whole, but rather only care that YOUR part in it goes on a bit longer.

A competant channeler's ability is something like a gun. There is a wide range of capabilities, and the skill of individuals in weilding it varies greatly, but in any case, it is ALL sufficient to kill a person. Anyone from Daigian up through Rand has enough strength to kill each other. The issue for each possible permutation of a channeler battle depends on how or whether he or she can bring that power to bear. The problem in the books is that the first real channeler battle anyone noticed was Moghedian letting her bully's ego draw her into an unrealistic and aberrant arm-wrestling match with Nynaeve. What they overlooked was the more accurrately illustrative channeler battle in the previous book - Moiraine vs. Bel'al. What did that fight tell you about their respective strengths?

That's why it's all a crock.
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One Power Battle ability... - 27/09/2010 11:11:33 PM 1364 Views
I don't recall if Aran'gar and Delana were holding the Source. - 27/09/2010 11:19:22 PM 573 Views
Gasp *NM* - 27/09/2010 11:39:30 PM 271 Views
lol *NM* - 27/09/2010 11:56:54 PM 245 Views
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I tire of this idiocy... - 28/09/2010 01:02:17 AM 713 Views
This board used to be more civil, I thought. - 28/09/2010 04:42:44 AM 622 Views
...it was? - 28/09/2010 11:50:25 PM 444 Views
Wow... talk about a long string of erroneous conclusions - 28/09/2010 07:41:49 AM 744 Views
Interesting... - 28/09/2010 08:14:14 AM 696 Views
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Wow, Sidious! - 28/09/2010 05:41:14 PM 512 Views
Re: Wow, Sidious! - 28/09/2010 06:22:41 PM 496 Views
With respect, your and Fionwe's rantings are based largely on opinion as well - more so than mine... - 28/09/2010 07:15:04 PM 592 Views
To continue with the rudeness... BAH! - 28/09/2010 08:46:16 PM 507 Views
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It's all blather - Any Forsaken can take out any other Forsaken. Even in a stand-up fight. - 28/09/2010 02:08:13 PM 659 Views
Yes. All of this. *NM* - 28/09/2010 03:20:49 PM 206 Views
All of this *NM* - 28/09/2010 06:17:43 PM 195 Views
I agree, most Forsaken will not 'arm wrestle' each other, they will kill. *NM* - 28/09/2010 06:36:38 PM 197 Views
Yes - 28/09/2010 06:42:30 PM 499 Views
This pretty much sums it up. - 28/09/2010 08:32:43 PM 518 Views
YUP *NM* - 29/09/2010 03:05:37 AM 195 Views
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