Also, we're told that it effects everyone differently. Some men aren't affected for years.
RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 26/09/2011 10:29:25 PM
Others seem fine but then suddenly go insane (this happened with the young Ashaman that was with Min), while still others feel the insanity building such as the Ashaman with Nynaeve who knew that seeing Fades behind every corner was a mark of the taint but was of sound enough mind to recognize this was a deviation from rationality.
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- 26/09/2011 01:47:16 AM
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you forgot about those that took refuge in the steddings
- 26/09/2011 02:30:41 AM
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the strongest all went insane immediately though, prolly had sa'angreal too. *NM*
- 26/09/2011 03:45:26 AM
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I don't think strength affects the onset - the Hundred Companions went nuts right away by proximity *NM*
- 26/09/2011 01:54:52 PM
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Agreed - might even be the opposite
- 26/09/2011 06:04:50 PM
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Also, we're told that it effects everyone differently. Some men aren't affected for years.
- 26/09/2011 10:29:25 PM
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And how strong was the guy who flipped out on his first day in the Black Tower? *NM*
- 27/09/2011 02:42:26 AM
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But the Companions were probably the hundred strongest male channelers of the day *NM*
- 26/09/2011 09:19:58 PM
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I don't think so. The Companions were young and only 113 out of a few hundred thousand Aes Sedai men
- 26/09/2011 10:14:22 PM
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IIRC they were more of a faction or activist group than a top-tier classification or elite unit
- 27/09/2011 02:41:20 AM
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Channelers are very powerful & can do large-scale damage that lasts a long time
- 27/09/2011 04:06:00 PM
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