Re: They probably left them all at home.. .and not by choice...
Ryan Send a noteboard - 08/05/2011 05:48:01 PM
Only fairly weak channellers would really need personal angreal, and it sounds like having one was a sign of weakness as most of them are disguised to pass unnoticed as brooches or rings and such, or decorative items you could keep on display and pick up if you need them at home, or carry in a purse. Among the Forsaken, flaunting an angreal is probably the same as admitting you're in fear of the others. The Chosen even mocked (privately or not) those who sought to acquire the big stuff like Callandor. They all wish they had stuff like this, but they won't admit it to the others.
The fact some angreal were fashioned as jewelry seems to indicate that they were worn to be shown off. So the Chosen are likely more jealous of angreal then take them as a sign of fear. Graendal seemed to always wear the ring she got from Mesaana. That could be out of fear but it could also have been because she saw the value in always having one on.
As for the Forsaken not coming to SG with a whole arsenal, it seems to me the answer is pretty obvious. They probably all had a collection in a hidden place somewhere, but RJ described the DO as the ultimate paranoid control freak... He totally forbids the use of the OP near the Pit of Doom, killing anyone touching the Source without questions asked... You'd have to be a complete moron to go there with anything ressembling a OP object, especially anything like a OP magnifier...
I understand that you wouldn't walk around with all the angreal you owned, but I would think if you had some small angreal, (rings, bracelets or small fat men) you might keep an extra one on yourself. Why make things like rings or bracelets if you don’t intend on wearing them most if not all the time? Those are the type of angreal you could forget you are wearing.
The point about the DO being paranoid is a good one but why should he worry about small angreal since he can control when someone can channel? Even if a Channeler had every angreal and sa’angreal ever made I don’t think they would come close to the power output by the Choedan Kal, and as Lanfear indicates, only those would be powerful enough to pose any threat to the DO.
Ultimately It’s been shown time and again that even small boosts one’s ability to channel can tip the scales. If you leave a Gateway only to find yourself ambushed then having angreal at home won’t do you any good. The same goes for leaving Shayol Ghul, who knows what might happen at your destination. So since the Chosen are paranoid of attack from the “good guys” and from each other I would think they would wear at least one angreal to make themselves more impressive (much like animals make themselves look bigger to avoid conflict) and ease their own fears.
In the end its all moot anyways but there seems to be more incentive and motivation to wear some small angreal if you have them over leaving them at home.
The Dark One is uber paranoid. Act first, ask questions later. It would be like the president speaking at a whittler's convention. Sure they're just pocket knives, and the president has secret service. You think anyone is going to be let in there with one?
The past is just that, the past. You can only truly live by looking to the future!
How come every Forsaken wasn’t loaded with angreal when they were sealed in the Bore?
07/05/2011 02:35:18 AM
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Several reasons exist
07/05/2011 08:49:41 AM
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Re: Several reasons exist
07/05/2011 03:09:51 PM
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Or another question
07/05/2011 04:07:31 PM
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There's no reason to pack heat for a meeting at SG
07/05/2011 06:08:53 PM
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They probably left them all at home.. .and not by choice...
07/05/2011 08:48:50 PM
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Re: They probably left them all at home.. .and not by choice...
07/05/2011 09:54:11 PM
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Re: They probably left them all at home.. .and not by choice...
08/05/2011 05:48:01 PM
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Uh whatever!
11/05/2011 07:35:54 AM
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Re: Uh whatever!
11/05/2011 10:02:40 AM
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But the Dark One could control what the One Power did in Shayol Ghul
11/05/2011 07:14:43 PM
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it could also be that he told them to, because he could.
11/05/2011 10:18:34 PM
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Re: it could also be that he told them to, because he could.
11/05/2011 11:50:27 PM
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I was under impression they weren't very aware of the "destroying reality" part
12/05/2011 06:06:56 AM
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RJ stuffed up...
08/05/2011 02:13:15 PM
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Re: I don't think so
08/05/2011 03:09:29 PM
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Good points
08/05/2011 03:13:57 PM
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well, given that we don't really KNOW how Cuendillar was made...
09/05/2011 06:11:32 AM
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Re: well, given that we don't really KNOW how Cuendillar was made...
09/05/2011 10:57:45 AM
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I suppose that depends on what you want to get out of a fantasy book. *NM*
09/05/2011 10:28:48 PM
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my personal theory with other thoughts
09/05/2011 08:10:34 PM
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Re: my personal theory with other thoughts
10/05/2011 08:07:50 AM
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Some people would.
11/05/2011 02:42:25 PM
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Re: Some people would.
11/05/2011 03:01:01 PM
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It definitely wasn't common.
11/05/2011 03:45:45 PM
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My personal theory is that angreal and sa'angreal require Circles of male and female channelers
11/05/2011 07:24:34 PM
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Re: My personal theory is that angreal and sa'angreal require Circles of male and female channelers
11/05/2011 07:45:03 PM
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Er, though -
16/05/2011 06:08:55 PM
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Re: Er, though -
17/05/2011 12:38:14 PM
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Don't think so
17/05/2011 01:09:36 PM
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Re: Don't think so
17/05/2011 01:15:53 PM
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I imagine they could
17/05/2011 01:45:03 PM
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Re: I imagine they could
17/05/2011 01:49:53 PM
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That makes sense
17/05/2011 02:16:05 PM
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Re: That makes sense
17/05/2011 03:46:04 PM
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Re: That makes sense
17/05/2011 04:21:11 PM
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Re: That makes sense
18/05/2011 01:18:43 PM
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We don't really know how the a'dam are made (I see this brought up in the other posts, though)
23/05/2011 03:11:18 PM
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