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RJ is more powerful. Joel Send a noteboard - 20/12/2010 03:25:49 AM
The moment she mentions her Dream, she'll turn the tables on Rand.

First and foremost, that will cement the Aes Sedai behind her. They ignored her Dream and her interpretation of it once before, and paid greatly for it. They will not do so again.

The Wise Ones will completely support her, since they know, more than anyone else, that a Dreamer's interpretation is what counts.

With the WO and AS solidly behind Egwene, the Windfinders and the Kin will fall in line too. Already, you have what very neatly resembles the Fateful Concord.

Nynaeve might now disagree, but I'm unsure she'll disregard Egwene's dream. The true mystery in all this is why Egwene didn't lead her arguments against Rand with her Dream. Maybe she means to keep to the end for dramatic effect. Brandon screwed up by not showing her reasoning.

With all, or most, of the female channelers supporting Egwene, the nations will almost certainly go in her direction too.

And this is supported by Egwene's previous Dream, where Rand confronts a bunch of women around Egwene, and a Seanchan is one of them:

Rand confronting her, and the women with her, and one of them was a Seanchan.

It seems clear to me, that far from losing her power, she will consolidate it when she confronts Rand. A Latra-Lews type confrontation is brewing, and as in the past, I think both Rand and Egwene have a piece of the puzzle right.

Um... wasn't Latras plan to use the Choedan Kal in some never defined way? The Choedan Kals whose access keys were made in areas that fell to the Shadow ere they were completed and whose research teams were heavily infiltrated by the Forsaken without the Aes Sedai every knowing it? Exactly what did Latra Posae contribute apart from ensuring that no women were affected by the Taint? Bearing in mind that (admittedly mad) LTT still thinks the reason the DOs counterstrike was possible was due to the fact there were no women available to link.

Egwene is committed to stopping something SHE'S decided is unthinkable, which would be fine if Jordan hadn't made unmistakably clear it's going to happen wtf the Watcher of the Seals believes, Dreams or has inscribed on tablets from Mt. Horeb. If all the other saidar channelers want to get on that road to nowhere they certainly may, but they'll end up the same place. Egwene can line up every channeler of BOTH sexes and extort her childhood sweetheart with every army in Randland (she apparently intends to do precisely the latter) but it's going to happen whether she likes it or not. What in her Dream indicates otherwise? Perhaps she didn't mention it because all it would do is tell Rand she means to face him down with every available ally she can find, that she apparently even trusts a faceless Seanchan woman (almost certainly Tuon) more than him. Is there anything in the Dream to indicate she wins that confrontation, or just that it happens...?
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Exactly how loyal do you think Nynaeve and Elayne are? - 17/12/2010 04:52:34 AM 870 Views
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Torturing Nynaeve for exclusively her own political ends. *NM* - 20/12/2010 12:14:55 AM 534 Views
Re: Torturing Nynaeve for exclusively her own political ends. - 20/12/2010 01:24:12 AM 926 Views
And the most painful torments were caused by Egwene - 20/12/2010 09:31:44 AM 1039 Views
That's not quite true. - 20/12/2010 06:47:33 PM 852 Views
That's not quite accurate. - 21/12/2010 01:22:26 AM 1120 Views
Re: Egwene, a poor leader? - 20/12/2010 12:57:42 AM 836 Views
Re: Egwene, a poor leader? - 20/12/2010 02:02:05 AM 941 Views
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She has the same power base as any Amyrlin - the Aes Sedai, the artisans, Guards & citizens of TV - 17/12/2010 05:51:20 PM 966 Views
Ta'veren vs. Mary Sue - 17/12/2010 07:33:28 PM 1337 Views
I see them as being the same thing. - 17/12/2010 08:11:30 PM 966 Views
I don't think the case can be made for Rand having it easy - 17/12/2010 11:04:58 PM 887 Views
Funniest statement I've ever seen on here. - 18/12/2010 05:22:28 AM 976 Views
Agree with your comments. - 20/12/2010 03:12:32 PM 1171 Views
You need to post more about Egwene - 17/12/2010 08:16:19 PM 933 Views
Nah. Just a hyopcrite. *NM* - 17/12/2010 09:28:28 PM 496 Views
Yes, but for completely different reasons... - 18/12/2010 12:35:23 AM 1009 Views
Yes, communication is key. - 18/12/2010 05:32:01 AM 867 Views
You think Egwene has more power than Tuon? - 18/12/2010 12:27:01 PM 829 Views
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Definitely... - 18/12/2010 03:24:12 PM 867 Views
Where does the 200000 number come from? *NM* - 18/12/2010 03:36:22 PM 447 Views
That's not right... - 19/12/2010 12:56:25 AM 833 Views
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What's said above. Plus - 19/12/2010 11:00:42 AM 802 Views
More explanations... - 20/12/2010 02:51:25 AM 834 Views
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Aiel, Cairhien and Andor are NOT under Egwenes power. - 20/12/2010 02:46:44 PM 892 Views
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An Amyrlin doesn't really have a power base. - 18/12/2010 05:43:12 AM 938 Views
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She has a pretty powerful weapon... - 20/12/2010 02:41:32 AM 865 Views
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I'd advise a re-read. Of ToM, and maybe the whole series... - 20/12/2010 03:58:03 AM 899 Views
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Re: She has a pretty powerful weapon... - 20/12/2010 09:46:22 AM 947 Views
Re: She has a pretty powerful weapon... - 20/12/2010 09:55:03 AM 809 Views
Re: She has a pretty powerful weapon... - 20/12/2010 10:27:59 AM 893 Views
One example of this... - 20/12/2010 11:15:03 AM 928 Views
Re: One example of this... - 20/12/2010 11:22:10 AM 794 Views
Re: She has a pretty powerful weapon... - 20/12/2010 11:08:35 AM 882 Views
That's not quite true. - 20/12/2010 10:35:45 PM 879 Views

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