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I always got the impression that they were together for quiet some time darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 09/12/2010 04:34:23 PM

I wonder how they raised people in the AOL? Rand refers to himself being properly raised.


That Lews Therin was apprenticed to Lanfear?


She was a full fledged Aes Sedai researcher when he was a promising student


The story line is that LTT and Lanfear dated while they were young students "just learning about their abilities".

LTT was a world leader and broke up with Mieren because she loved his position more than she loved him.
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Actually, it's extremely unlikely Mierin was still LTT's lover when he rose to a leadership position, given his age at the Sealing. A woman as ambitious as Mierin would long have forced LTT to marry her if they were together for decades or centuries (neither of them really sound as if they're a real old couple, beside. It's rather all very "adolescent". It's even that appearance Lanfear used to approach Rand at first, the way she looked in her youth, when she dated LTT)

The way LTT spoke of the relationship, it began and ended in their youth. Lanfear latched on the strongest man of his generation, and eventually he realized she was not loving him for himself, but saw only his strength and skills as tools to make herself the greatest AS of the Age (and her career suggests strongly that despite her strength Lanfear didn't have the talent and human skills, and the dedication to work hard to get what she wanted probably, nor the mentality for selfless service that was a way to climb socially in the AOL, to become of the great AS of her Age). So LTT put an end to the relationship.

When LTT said Mierin loved power, he seemed to speak even more of the OP than social/political power. That makes sense, because this remains the obsession of Lanfear's life. The strongest man of the Age, her obsession with this new source of power, her obsession in the series with the CK and san'angreal etc. Lanfear was a middling scientist among geniuses as the most advanced research center. She didn't seem interested one bit in politics. She's not Barid Bel Medar. Her obsession with power is more a god-complex.

Many feel LTT was the bad guy in this, but now that we know his age, there seems to be another story there. LTT was deeply in love with Mierin, and realizing she didn't love him but was using him broke his heart. We can't know for sure, but what happened with Lanfear seems to have driven him away from (at least serious) relationships, until he met Ilyena centuries later. Until Ilyena, he may have feared the Mierins/Berelains too much to let himself fall in love.

That may be what spited Mierin so much: his loneliness pleased her ego, as he had never replaced her, until he finally met Ilyena and married her 50 years before the WOS.




I'm not so sure about that. Graendal mocked Lanfear by saying that when Lews Therin said carpet, she'd throw herself down and he'd squash her little tantrums. I'd be surprised if Graendal was referring to a relationship 350 years before that. It seemed almost recent.

And to be honest, I don't think even a psychopath like Lanfear could carry around centuries of lusty angst. That would burn out even the worst stalker. I tend to think that he dumped Lanfear about ten years before he met Ilyena, or something to that effect.

How long could Lews Therin really have been powerful enough to attract Lanfear? We know that Aes Sedai younger than 200 were considered young, and I doubt that he was successful for his whole life. IMO its most likely she started with the heavy flirting when he started to become a prodigious Aes Sedai, perhaps at the age of 300 or so, about 50 years before the Collapse started. To that end I also can't imagine him dating her for longer than a year (at the most). Her lust for power is not subtle at all.


Given LTT was 400 when he died, and had children with Ilyena it's likely they had been together for quiet some time. Which means Lanfear and LTT had been broken up for probably a very long time by the time he died. Give that Graendal was a world figure and new of the LTT/Lanfear relationship and may have even witnessed some of it, it seems probable that LTT was already on the rise when they date. Meaning they were either together for quiet some time in their youth and he only began to realize her lust for power when he actually attained it, or they had a brief relationship once he had already begun to rise. The second option doesn't seem to fit as well IMO since his memories seem to indicate they were together in their youth.
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Nynaeve's stupidity and the test for Aes Sedai Sidious - 07/12/2010 08:27:05 PM 4414 Views
Just like all women. Great Lord of Chaos - 07/12/2010 09:15:12 PM 1270 Views
Way to totally misunderstand the chapter Icarium - 07/12/2010 09:39:08 PM 1752 Views
I second this redhand - 07/12/2010 10:10:24 PM 1431 Views
your bold is stuck. *NM* LadyLorraine - 07/12/2010 10:21:22 PM 610 Views
He BOLDLY seconded it... *NM* HyogaRott - 08/12/2010 03:04:33 PM 584 Views
which is quite excellent. I was just leting him know *NM* LadyLorraine - 08/12/2010 03:28:24 PM 489 Views
I think that statement says it all. LadyLorraine - 07/12/2010 10:19:50 PM 1457 Views
Thanks. That's exactly what I think. ˥ɐ ʎpu∀ɹ - 08/12/2010 08:29:28 AM 1323 Views
+1, well said *NM* Lord Haart - 08/12/2010 11:19:29 AM 544 Views
Agrees *NM* Onarishma - 09/12/2010 03:27:53 PM 1035 Views
Yes, the OP totally whiffed here. Nyn couldn't remember.. The Angry Druid - 11/12/2010 01:50:11 AM 1282 Views
On the whole, the test is innappropriate IMO DomA - 07/12/2010 09:40:08 PM 1557 Views
I agree with this entirely *NM* LadyLorraine - 07/12/2010 10:07:52 PM 542 Views
very well said *NM* darius_sedai - 07/12/2010 10:23:06 PM 485 Views
It's kind of a chicken and egg thing BlackAdder - 07/12/2010 11:13:19 PM 1206 Views
Re: It's kind of a chicken and egg thing DomA - 08/12/2010 12:37:20 AM 1487 Views
nice post Sidious - 08/12/2010 09:20:02 AM 1319 Views
Isn't it implied guttering flame - 08/12/2010 02:16:58 PM 1097 Views
no they were students together darius_sedai - 08/12/2010 05:33:17 PM 1043 Views
No, Lanfear was older than Lews guttering flame - 08/12/2010 07:21:45 PM 1264 Views
Where on earth did you get that from? darius_sedai - 08/12/2010 08:41:16 PM 1188 Views
Re: Where on earth did you get that from? DomA - 09/12/2010 10:27:20 AM 1200 Views
Re: Where on earth did you get that from? Sidious - 09/12/2010 03:56:32 PM 1287 Views
I always got the impression that they were together for quiet some time darius_sedai - 09/12/2010 04:34:23 PM 1221 Views
Re: I always got the impression that they were together for quiet some time moratcorlm - 09/12/2010 05:43:40 PM 1211 Views
I think skill with Saidar is easy enough to judge as it's a simple matter to see the skill darius_sedai - 08/12/2010 05:37:27 PM 1115 Views
I think the greens should have been on Nynaeve's side as well LadyLorraine - 08/12/2010 06:18:16 PM 1241 Views
Problem is they are Aes Sedai and thus more likley to be political rather than rational! *NM* darius_sedai - 08/12/2010 08:52:00 PM 846 Views
too f'n true *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/12/2010 12:17:58 AM 553 Views
Re: nice post DomA - 09/12/2010 01:23:50 PM 1302 Views
On the matter of strength guttering flame - 09/12/2010 08:51:36 PM 1145 Views
Re: On the matter of strength Timthetrolloc - 10/12/2010 10:38:42 AM 1132 Views
Strength was "prized" in the AoL ... but lack of strength was not a negative darius_sedai - 12/12/2010 01:41:08 AM 1105 Views
The test is stupid and it was about time someone pointed it out Zeratul - 07/12/2010 10:29:38 PM 1132 Views
Channeling under duress IS necessary for ALL Aes Sedai Urbannen - 05/01/2011 12:04:53 AM 1275 Views
Well BlackAdder - 07/12/2010 11:03:38 PM 1193 Views
Yes. How dare she not conform with every other fucking mindless stupid WT Aes Sedai *NM* Variant - 07/12/2010 11:36:52 PM 686 Views
Status is not an end in itself. *NM* Chas - 07/12/2010 11:52:37 PM 561 Views
They're not really stupid... DomA - 08/12/2010 01:00:20 AM 1231 Views
Not saying they are. It's just that most AS that we've come across Chas - 08/12/2010 02:20:05 AM 918 Views
They're constantly outsmarted by a teenage girl that has spent most of her life in a damn farm. Variant - 08/12/2010 10:32:50 AM 1197 Views
yeah because that's so realistic Sidious - 08/12/2010 12:17:29 PM 1138 Views
Egwene had everything handed to her on a silver platter. Variant - 08/12/2010 11:50:17 PM 1096 Views
Bah... DomA - 09/12/2010 10:56:24 AM 1253 Views
Nope, the Sitters were always stupid Zeratul - 09/12/2010 12:37:05 PM 1191 Views
I did not say all Aes Sedai are stupid, I said all WT Aes Sedai are stupid. Variant - 10/12/2010 09:19:52 AM 1206 Views
cause being rural automatically makes you dumb?..... *NM* Onarishma - 09/12/2010 05:34:11 PM 627 Views
It makes you uneducated moratcorlm - 09/12/2010 05:46:49 PM 1101 Views
You are not only wrong in your call, Fanatic-Templar - 08/12/2010 04:39:44 AM 1446 Views
Re: You are not only wrong in your call, Sidious - 08/12/2010 09:13:37 AM 1434 Views
if that is the purpose of the test LadyLorraine - 08/12/2010 01:34:45 PM 1140 Views
minor disagreement darius_sedai - 08/12/2010 05:27:51 PM 1217 Views
Yes, but you can be not-panicked and not calm of body LadyLorraine - 08/12/2010 06:38:56 PM 1040 Views
not really the same thing as what the AS are getting at though darius_sedai - 08/12/2010 09:02:05 PM 1704 Views
that's retarded, imo LadyLorraine - 09/12/2010 12:21:27 AM 1177 Views
About Elaida... Zeratul - 09/12/2010 12:29:21 PM 1143 Views
...no wonder the Aes Sedai are floundering LadyLorraine - 09/12/2010 01:43:42 PM 964 Views
Oh it's totally stupid! darius_sedai - 09/12/2010 04:37:14 PM 1192 Views
No I know why she took the job. I just don't understand why she got it LadyLorraine - 09/12/2010 04:52:34 PM 1132 Views
I think Elaida just smarmed up at the right time, Morgase was very young then darius_sedai - 09/12/2010 05:52:29 PM 1190 Views
hmm. curse smarming, then *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/12/2010 07:47:26 PM 492 Views
As I recall... Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2010 05:18:25 AM 1167 Views
Oh. Well, I'm sorry then. Fanatic-Templar - 08/12/2010 06:48:50 PM 1193 Views
I think it has already been established that the purpose of the test is to ensure that Chas - 08/12/2010 09:59:18 PM 936 Views
Yeah, but how does that work? Fanatic-Templar - 08/12/2010 10:24:35 PM 1072 Views
Somewhere in the sub-conscious they know what they're doing is important to them. Chas - 09/12/2010 12:20:47 AM 1203 Views
Even so, it wouldn't work. Fanatic-Templar - 09/12/2010 03:32:55 AM 1126 Views
I think if this thread has established anything it's that the test is severely flawed. *NM* Chas - 09/12/2010 09:24:48 PM 544 Views
Another headless chicken example. Chas - 09/12/2010 12:30:02 AM 1104 Views
the headless chicken is just such a lovely metaphor for panic *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/12/2010 04:48:11 AM 496 Views
Re: Oh. Well, I'm sorry then. Sidious - 09/12/2010 12:07:15 PM 1185 Views
Re: Oh. Well, I'm sorry then. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2010 05:32:27 AM 1266 Views
The main difference guttering flame - 10/12/2010 05:50:43 AM 1120 Views
I'm not sure I agree. Skeeve the Great - 08/12/2010 12:17:12 PM 1188 Views
You seem to have no grasp of the difference between "politic" and "right" Cannoli - 09/12/2010 02:59:50 AM 1256 Views
I hate it when I love you just a little *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/12/2010 04:46:57 AM 529 Views
Re: You seem to have no grasp of the difference between "politic" and "right" Sidious - 09/12/2010 09:26:21 AM 1156 Views
That's not the dilema Cannoli - 09/12/2010 05:23:19 PM 1352 Views
One of those few times where I completely agree with Cannoli. Give over Sidious. You're wrong. fionwe1987 - 09/12/2010 09:55:20 PM 1132 Views
Bah! As if an opinion on the test's validity can be wrong *NM* Sidious - 10/12/2010 04:39:14 AM 1279 Views
That's not what it's really about guttering flame - 10/12/2010 05:44:12 AM 1099 Views
The paralells are not obvious to me... Cannoli - 15/12/2010 11:42:51 AM 1180 Views
More like guttering flame - 15/12/2010 01:26:40 PM 1086 Views
This test, even by its usual abysmal standards, was idiotic. It bordered on being evil. fionwe1987 - 09/12/2010 03:46:31 AM 1112 Views
Re: This test, even by its usual abysmal standards, was idiotic. It bordered on being evil. Sidious - 09/12/2010 09:40:09 AM 1199 Views
Re: This test, even by its usual abysmal standards, was idiotic. It bordered on being evil. fionwe1987 - 09/12/2010 02:04:02 PM 1505 Views
Re: This test, even by its usual abysmal standards, was idiotic. It bordered on being evil. DomA - 09/12/2010 11:26:40 AM 1200 Views
Agreed... fionwe1987 - 09/12/2010 01:54:09 PM 1148 Views
One of those few times where I completely agree with fionwe1987. Give over Sidious. You're wrong. Cannoli - 10/12/2010 03:53:25 PM 1197 Views
no, she did not disagree. slight difference LadyLorraine - 10/12/2010 05:53:54 PM 1076 Views
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