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They are the same thing. The remnant of a remnant are Aiel darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 10/04/2012 05:04:55 AM
i think the Aiel who will survive as the remnant will be those that accept the true heritage of the Aiel.


Nobody has argued against that possibility. As I discussed with DomA, it is in fact most probable that it will play a significant part.

The issue, if you will recall, is that I claimed that the fact that the Aiel were not destroyed in Aviendha's vision meant that it was impossible according to more reliable prophecies. You claimed that alternate definitions of the Aiel could render this possible.

Since then, I've been trying to get you to provide a definition of the Aiel that makes this possible. But you haven't. Every time it comes down to it, you are redefining the "remnant of a remnant", not the "Aiel".

The prophecy contains two parts: A remnant of a remnant of those who call themselves Aiel will be destroyed, and the rest of them will be destroyed. If you can redefine Aiel in a way that is both consistent with Aviendha's vision and with both parts of this prophecy, feel free to do so.


Aviendah's vision does not define ALL the Aiel. In fact, her vision lays out a possibility of how the rest of the Aiel meet their end. There is no reason to believe that there were ther groups of Aiel who were not destroyed by the Seanchan ... Those who may well have gone to the Tuatha'an could very well have embraced the Way and still survive. Deny the Tuatha'an as part of the Aiel if it suits you, but the fact remains we know that they are related to them. Just because they no longer claim the name Aiel, does not mean they are not Aiel. May as well say a lion living in the zoo is no longer a lion because it's not in Africa.
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Aviendha, the columns, and the Seanchan - 03/04/2012 04:29:31 PM 2165 Views
As far as I understand it, that future is impossible anyway. - 03/04/2012 07:30:52 PM 1174 Views
Depends on how one defines Aiel - 04/04/2012 04:11:11 AM 1141 Views
There are more than there were before. - 04/04/2012 07:03:27 AM 1145 Views
But when the prophesy was made there many followers - 04/04/2012 10:10:54 AM 1075 Views
The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 04/04/2012 06:28:47 PM 1164 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 05/04/2012 01:41:23 AM 1404 Views
Well that more than covers it *NM* - 05/04/2012 04:43:53 AM 552 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 05/04/2012 07:39:04 AM 1213 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 05/04/2012 02:14:37 PM 1506 Views
For the record I agree that the visions are not true either - 05/04/2012 02:25:47 PM 1116 Views
Re: For the record I agree that the visions are not true either - 05/04/2012 11:36:53 PM 1105 Views
Yes, I was thinking of the Aiel's suicidal traditions as well. - 05/04/2012 06:24:56 PM 1050 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 06/04/2012 10:51:00 PM 1108 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 06/04/2012 10:38:24 PM 1383 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 07/04/2012 06:27:27 AM 1081 Views
Re: The Tuatha'an are not Aiel. - 07/04/2012 07:23:03 PM 996 Views
So what you're saying... - 07/04/2012 10:07:59 PM 936 Views
What I am saying is that it's not a "pure bloodline" that makes one an Aiel - 08/04/2012 12:16:10 AM 1044 Views
I never said it was. - 08/04/2012 12:43:26 AM 1146 Views
Actually you did In your above post you speak of the Tinkers as not Aiel because they have been - 08/04/2012 06:09:01 AM 1086 Views
No... - 08/04/2012 07:12:22 AM 1178 Views
You have no evidence that the Tuath'an are mostly comprised of runaways etc - 08/04/2012 05:16:54 PM 1169 Views
Re: You have no evidence that the Tuath'an are mostly comprised of runaways etc - 08/04/2012 06:43:27 PM 1179 Views
Re: You have no evidence that the Tuath'an are mostly comprised of runaways etc - 08/04/2012 07:52:10 PM 960 Views
Thanks for that. - 09/04/2012 02:38:25 AM 860 Views
Red hair is double recessive ... Doesn't take much to eliminate it from the gene pool. There could - 08/04/2012 11:22:36 PM 1074 Views
You are consistently making the same mistake. - 09/04/2012 02:45:46 AM 953 Views
They are the same thing. The remnant of a remnant are Aiel - 10/04/2012 05:04:55 AM 1117 Views
No. They are not. - 10/04/2012 05:42:29 AM 979 Views
Never said the remnant of the remnant was the whole of the Aiel - 10/04/2012 05:45:47 PM 992 Views
You said that redefining the Aiel would allow Aviendha's vision to be possible. - 10/04/2012 06:53:51 PM 1175 Views
No , I said there were many ways to interpret the statement based on how one defines Aiel - 10/04/2012 07:36:11 PM 933 Views
All of which is entirely irrelevant. - 10/04/2012 07:38:29 PM 963 Views
Actually it states he will save a remnant of a remnant - 10/04/2012 07:47:04 PM 1025 Views
Re: Actually it states he will save a remnant of a remnant - 11/04/2012 01:40:36 AM 1039 Views
That is what I just said - 14/04/2012 01:41:56 AM 999 Views
What is important about that? - 14/04/2012 04:35:55 AM 963 Views
The importance is that the prophesy says that Rand - 14/04/2012 06:06:31 PM 1129 Views
So what you're saying is... - 14/04/2012 09:45:36 PM 1027 Views
That's exactly it - 14/04/2012 11:21:25 PM 1083 Views
Good. - 15/04/2012 02:01:14 AM 1111 Views
He sets it in motion, thus his actions lead to it - 15/04/2012 02:55:13 PM 961 Views
Yes, but in that case, he is responsible for everything, ever. - 15/04/2012 05:29:31 PM 1044 Views
We are interpreting Prophesy here ... Direct v. Indirect actions are what we are discussing - 15/04/2012 07:21:29 PM 993 Views
Re: We are interpreting Prophesy here ... Direct v. Indirect actions are what we are discussing - 17/04/2012 04:18:32 AM 1201 Views
Depends on how you look at the Prophesy - 18/04/2012 01:45:23 PM 933 Views
Of course, but the point of my example was... - 17/04/2012 06:08:09 PM 967 Views
Where are you getting this happens over thousands of years? - 18/04/2012 01:47:42 PM 912 Views
Because that was the important part of that post. - 18/04/2012 05:28:10 PM 1074 Views
Don't know when this became about winning - 19/04/2012 02:08:16 AM 867 Views
Re: I never said it was. - 18/04/2012 12:37:23 AM 1156 Views
Re: As far as I understand it, that future is impossible anyway. - 04/04/2012 07:16:13 AM 1191 Views
Re: As far as I understand it, that future is impossible anyway. - 06/04/2012 10:33:00 PM 1080 Views
Thank you for that analysis. *NM* - 17/04/2012 12:36:08 AM 529 Views

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