I don't know... how can you cover an infinite source with a finite taint?
Onarishma Send a noteboard - 28/06/2012 05:51:48 PM
It would depend on if the taint was attracted to saidin or if it was just between the user and saidin. If the taint stuck to saidin then it could possibly get mixed back in with the main source if the DO tainted the well.
The descriptions we've heard make it sound just like a barrier that gets all over your fingers when you stick your hand in but at the same time the effects didn't seem to significantly lessen over time until the Taint was destroyed and tremendous though that effort was it doesn't seem to balance out thousands of years of men channeling withering and dying.
If weaves are recycled back into the One Power then the Taint might be as well.
It probably would get mixed, but presumably there is a limit to the amount of taint a certain amount of saidin can contain. If there was no limit, the DO would surely have put so much taint on saidin that you could not even feel saidin. So presumably, if a smaller quantity such as EotW were tainted, once it got mixed back into saidin, it would be diluted to near insignificance.
Though if this was the use the ancient AS intended EotW for, it would mean that they probably expected saidin to be cleansed. Either that, or its not possible to seal the DO with a power thats tainted with his influence, making the cleansing absolutely vital to victory.
As for whether or not the taint would ever have been used up by male channelers, its possible. Given the efforts in all societies to kill males, and also the fact that they all died quickly anyway, its possible that the amount of taint that was "used up" since the sealing was only something like 10% or somesuch. The amount of saidin channeling has been very limited afterall.
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19/06/2012 07:47:37 PM
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I like it, though I wonder if it would work.
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I don't know... how can you cover an infinite source with a finite taint?
28/06/2012 05:51:48 PM
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Re: I don't know... how can you cover an infinite source with a finite taint?
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Re: I don't know... how can you cover an infinite source with a finite taint?
29/07/2012 02:12:41 AM
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i disagree with your second point, mainly because of what was found at the bottom of the well
25/06/2012 08:01:39 PM
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