since EVERY woman with the spark is collared and never has children. Whereas in the Westlands only a portion of the sparkers are caught, and only a portion of those wind up in the Tower or the Kin where they are expected to remain celibate.
The Tower dwindling had little to do with genetics, and much to do with the fact that the Tower doesn't (didn't) bother to recruit.
The Tower dwindling had little to do with genetics, and much to do with the fact that the Tower doesn't (didn't) bother to recruit.
But Seanchan damane also probably live the longest of any channelers, barring death in battle. They're valuable, treated carefully, and kept away from risk. Even though they don't reproduce, simply by continuing to exist within the population for six hundred odd years at a time, with new ones being collared all the time, they'll keep the numbers up. But I imagine that if the Seanchan were given another few thousand years to collar sparkers, the population of channelers would indeed drop dramatically.
This message last edited by redqueen on 02/12/2010 at 07:24:33 PM
/ Theory - Decline in the number of chanellers
- 01/12/2010 02:24:23 PM
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not that I disagree with you, but it is possible to breed out a recessive gene.
- 01/12/2010 08:38:02 PM
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Re: / Theory - Decline in the number of chanellers
- 01/12/2010 09:14:48 PM
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Thank god for that
- 01/12/2010 09:35:22 PM
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Channeling could also be used in repair/reclamation projects. That stuff tends to even out.
- 02/12/2010 08:21:28 PM
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you'd think the Seanchan would have even lower numbers of channellers
- 02/12/2010 05:13:36 PM
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Maybe over time
- 02/12/2010 07:24:08 PM
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yes and no
- 04/12/2010 02:20:13 PM
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Re: yes and no
- 04/12/2010 03:06:10 PM
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Not so, common folk don't trust Wilders either...
- 04/12/2010 03:16:40 PM
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Re: Not so, common folk don't trust Wilders either...
- 05/12/2010 04:17:40 PM
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Don't mistake Wilders with women like Sharina
- 05/12/2010 04:27:45 PM
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