Presumably there is only so much stone, and only so many constructions that can be controlled or influenced by the Shadow.
Does not really solve it though. I mean Ishamael would have had no way of knowing that Rand would start a male channeling organization and that due to LTT's influence, he would not visit the place at all and as a result let a darkfriend corrupt the whole thing. As far as Ishy would have known, any significant construction would happen far before the last battle, and as such any usage of SG-stone would have to happen far before LB too.
So if he had no idea that there would be a BT, he should realistically have "used up" the quota of SG stone far earlier, such as during the trolloc wars or somesuch, and probably on the White Tower/Tar Valon or maybe major cities such as Tear or Caemlyn or such that he would have expected to play a major role in the end.
So basically, if there is a limited quantity of SG-stone, there should not have been any left for BT. Heck, even if Ishy had a prophecy or something, using it for BT would be a poor choice regardless. I mean thanks to Taim, the BT is totally corrupt and does not really require any special SG-stone properties. Major cities or the White Tower on the other hand are not totally under shadows control, so if SG-stone gives the DO power over a place, it would be far more usefull in such places rather than in a place that belongs to the DO anyway.
So apparently the palace at the Black Tower is made of Shayol Ghul stone...
23/05/2012 12:57:37 AM
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Maybe Shaidar Haran's physical limitation to SG can be bypassed by moving tainted rocks elsewhere? *NM*
23/05/2012 03:10:59 AM
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Not the palace...
23/05/2012 03:32:59 AM
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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
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Wouldn't have taken any time away from creating the ending.
23/05/2012 02:58:32 PM
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It just seems an odd thing to mention purely as background color.
23/05/2012 08:17:45 PM
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Re: It just seems an odd thing to mention purely as background color.
23/05/2012 08:42:09 PM
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Yeah, my bet is it is something more like that.
23/05/2012 09:14:24 PM
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Re: Yeah, my bet is it is something more like that.
24/05/2012 02:23:54 AM
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His response certainly seem to raise more questions than it answers, perhaps deliberately.
25/05/2012 01:38:30 AM
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Re: His response certainly seem to raise more questions than it answers, perhaps deliberately.
27/05/2012 04:32:24 PM
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Re: His response certainly seem to raise more questions than it answers, perhaps deliberately.
03/06/2012 08:44:57 AM
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Forgive me if I missed it, but I think the most obvious points haven't been discussed:
22/06/2012 10:59:02 PM
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Be'laim FTW, but technically half the Andoran nobility is Rands blood.
22/06/2012 11:15:12 PM
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Re: Why would RJ bother to specify that if it were minutiae?
23/05/2012 07:58:50 PM
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The way RJ played up everything in the Blight (especially Shayol Ghul) being subsumed in the DO...
23/05/2012 09:07:31 PM
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Re: So apparently the palace at the Black Tower is made of Shayol Ghul stone...
23/05/2012 05:52:12 PM
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Re: So apparently the palace at the Black Tower is made of Shayol Ghul stone...
23/05/2012 08:51:36 PM
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If SG rocks have special properties...
28/05/2012 01:28:28 AM
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Blightfortress, Towers of Midnight, etc.
18/06/2012 12:31:48 PM
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Re: Blightfortress, Towers of Midnight, etc.
19/06/2012 05:42:21 AM
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Re: Blightfortress, Towers of Midnight, etc.
19/06/2012 06:51:02 AM
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