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Re: It just seems an odd thing to mention purely as background color. DomA Send a noteboard - 23/05/2012 08:42:09 PM
This is probably just something RJ thought of when he was conceiving the BT. The may or may not have ever thought of a use for any special properties, but it is the kind of thing that one would think of when brainstorming the creation.

I am sure his notes (compiled over 20+ years) are full of irelevent little details (such a character's favorite color or lucky number) that have no way of making it into a story, but flesh out the world solely for the author's writing process.

As much as he played up the idea of everything in Shayol Ghul being permeated with the Dark Ones foul essence, it is difficult to imagine surrounding the BT with huge slabs of stone from the place without it having some effect. It is equally difficult to imagine that effect being trivial, given whom and what else is located there.


It doesn't mean it's totally irrelevant, so much as the fact giving us a confirmation those rocks are from SG may not give us any huge clue about the relevance of that detail. If it's tied to a prophecy, the revelation in itself would be a huge spoiler. It for instance it merely extends the DO's powers in another location beside SG, or increased Shaidar Haran's powers to act there/in Caemlyn, it's not a spoiler since we currently don't know of any property anything brought from SG might have and everything is thus purely speculative. As I said above, that those black rocks have been brought from SG has long been suspected.

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So apparently the palace at the Black Tower is made of Shayol Ghul stone... - 23/05/2012 12:57:37 AM 2184 Views
I saw that too, but how is that even possible?? - 23/05/2012 03:02:57 AM 1178 Views
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That is good logic, but the flip side is: Why would RJ bother to specify that if it were minutiae? - 23/05/2012 11:22:24 AM 1028 Views
Wouldn't have taken any time away from creating the ending. - 23/05/2012 02:58:32 PM 923 Views
It just seems an odd thing to mention purely as background color. - 23/05/2012 08:17:45 PM 1006 Views
Re: It just seems an odd thing to mention purely as background color. - 23/05/2012 08:42:09 PM 1028 Views
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