I thought that when I read that last bit in ToM, but it seems like they are deliberately subverting Aiel customs with the few practices we know of. They wear veils and bare their faces to kill, rather than veiling their faces before killing. They are called Eye Blinders, almost in mockery of the Aiel name for the Dark One. They are "touchy and full of pride" as many see the Aiel, but kill on whims, rather than according to a stringent code of honor. The Town has a variation of oosquai.
Finally, Isam sees a procession of 13 Myrdraal and 13 women and notes that "Another had been caught" and assumes "that the practice had ended, once the taint was cleansed." The ONLY thing this incident could be referring to is the Aiel practice of sending male channelers into the Blight to die fighting their way to the Dark One. The 13 women and Myrdraal plainly refers to the forced conversion of a channeler, and there is no reason to assume the Cleansing would put an end to the Shadow's conversions, only to the Aiel suicide runs. But just because there is no reason to do a thing will not stop Aiel from stubbornly carrying on with it. And while they could be taking their Aiel captives anywhere, the fact that the Eye Blinders have "For obvious reasons....strong feelings about such things" suggests only their own origin.
While there is a reference to them breeding true, that is probably merely another way their numbers are augmented. The Shadow would have no more qualms about slaughtering the failures than the Sharans.
Finally, Isam sees a procession of 13 Myrdraal and 13 women and notes that "Another had been caught" and assumes "that the practice had ended, once the taint was cleansed." The ONLY thing this incident could be referring to is the Aiel practice of sending male channelers into the Blight to die fighting their way to the Dark One. The 13 women and Myrdraal plainly refers to the forced conversion of a channeler, and there is no reason to assume the Cleansing would put an end to the Shadow's conversions, only to the Aiel suicide runs. But just because there is no reason to do a thing will not stop Aiel from stubbornly carrying on with it. And while they could be taking their Aiel captives anywhere, the fact that the Eye Blinders have "For obvious reasons....strong feelings about such things" suggests only their own origin.
While there is a reference to them breeding true, that is probably merely another way their numbers are augmented. The Shadow would have no more qualms about slaughtering the failures than the Sharans.
Cannoli
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
AMOL Prologue: The Town *major spoilers*
19/09/2012 06:54:35 PM
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Re: AMOL Prologue: The Town *major spoilers*
19/09/2012 07:59:58 PM
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Red Veiled are merely Channeling Darkfriends that file their teeth.
20/09/2012 05:19:34 AM
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Ever heard of the Mirror of Mists?
20/09/2012 08:13:51 AM
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Are you sure?
20/09/2012 06:48:00 PM
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The Red Veils seem to be the Male Aiel who can Channel. Those that go to "Kill Site Blinder"
23/09/2012 03:12:27 AM
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I found the Isam stuff more interesting, frankly. It seems to contradict The Shadow Rising.
20/09/2012 07:09:54 PM
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I think it was Cyndane, and perhaps we got there the solution to other unsolved mysteries...
20/09/2012 07:25:38 PM
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I haven't see a shadow theory I liked so much since the Forsaken tea party one on wotmania
20/09/2012 10:32:52 PM
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