Did anyone else think that the "prophecy" of the Boderlander's concerning the Dragon Reborn was weak? The so called testing of Rand seemed like a trumped up excuse for the Bordelander army and their rulers to leave their lands unproctected.
Yep.
Taking their entire armies was utterly pointless if they were just going to hang around under the effects of the guardian, where the armies were totally unnecessary. A small taskforce of soldiers would have been sufficient in a place where Rand could not channel, and no amount of armies would have been sufficient in a place where Rand could channel.
Either way, it made no sense.
You just forgot too many of the details that made it make sense (including why the Bordermen went with such a big army, and that they never expected to end up in Far Madding. They expected to have their face off with Rand at the northern border of Andor. He was no longer in Andor when they arrived and they had to make new plans, that's all.)
Not saying it was great. I felt the addition of the prophecy was a bit anti-climactic and obviously a plot device to accomplish two things: a) allow an initial massive invasion of the Borderlands without destroying all/most of the Bordermen right at the beginning of TG, and b) allow Lan's expedition and the raising of the Golden Crane.
It all works, it all makes sense. It's just not RJ's most inspired idea.
Borderlanders
- 25/04/2012 08:49:33 PM
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Re: Borderlanders
- 26/04/2012 04:23:13 PM
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It does make perfect sense...
- 26/04/2012 10:22:08 PM
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If that was the effect, maybe it was Dark Prophecy?
- 26/04/2012 06:27:29 PM
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Re: If that was the effect, maybe it was Dark Prophecy?
- 26/04/2012 11:30:32 PM
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Re: If that was the effect, maybe it was Dark Prophecy?
- 27/04/2012 07:59:50 PM
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