Don't mean to speak for Shannow, but some possibilities...
Portal Stones
They don't have to swim, just fight.
Parallel Universes where they are not pledged to Rand (see Portal Stones above).
1. How exactly would Demandred get so many Shadowspawn to the Isle of Madmen? They can't Travel and there are no waygates.
Portal Stones
2. Why would you choose a seafaring nation as the vessel for your assault when Shadowspawn are scared of water? Even with the Myrddraal driving them, Demandred doesn't have time to quell his own ranks while fighting the Dragon Reborn.
They don't have to swim, just fight.
3. Where will all these boats come from? The Seafolk have pledged them to Rand and they're busy delivering food.
Parallel Universes where they are not pledged to Rand (see Portal Stones above).
Portal Stones or no why would anyone bother with the IoMM? It's a pointless waste of resources at this stage of the game.
Swim or not Shadowspawn FEAR crossing water. The effort of getting Trollocs on the ships alone makes it a less than ideal scenario. Especially since they can use Portal Stones and Waygates.
It would take a LOT of power to move so. Any ships and people from these worlds and there is no way to tell what happens when duplicate people enter the same world. We've only seen people enter worlds where they do not currently exist.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
[Mik's Warp] - Demandred is.....*click to find out*
- 05/11/2012 01:06:42 PM
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There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)...
- 05/11/2012 02:10:07 PM
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Re: There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)...
- 06/11/2012 12:40:54 PM
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I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located
- 06/11/2012 11:01:28 PM
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Re: I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located
- 07/11/2012 09:42:00 AM
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*NM*
Plausible, albeit antilclimactic *NM*
- 05/11/2012 06:32:38 PM
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Unless Mat is Demandred, at this point it will be anticlimactic. *NM*
- 06/11/2012 04:02:38 AM
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You've tried too hard...
- 05/11/2012 07:53:41 PM
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Will be so disappointed if the Shadow's greatest (non-crazy) leader is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky
- 05/11/2012 08:57:59 PM
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I doubt Mat will kill him personally but
- 05/11/2012 09:24:48 PM
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I don't know
- 06/11/2012 02:01:41 AM
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My prediction of how it plays out...
- 06/11/2012 07:12:15 AM
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I don't think that's likely
- 06/11/2012 06:04:55 PM
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Re: I don't think that's likely
- 06/11/2012 11:21:21 PM
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Re: I don't think that's likely
- 07/11/2012 08:14:28 PM
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Re: I don't think that's likely
- 07/11/2012 09:05:07 PM
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Re: I don't think that's likely
- 08/11/2012 05:52:16 PM
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It sounds like we're at the same stage of vision of the AOL
- 08/11/2012 07:48:17 PM
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Statistics refute some of that...
- 09/11/2012 07:35:59 AM
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We're not talking about the same things...
- 09/11/2012 11:31:12 PM
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The real question is how much of that was caused by the Bore and the Collapse
- 09/11/2012 11:50:20 PM
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It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent.
- 09/11/2012 11:43:26 PM
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Re: It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent.
- 10/11/2012 07:34:34 AM
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You're putting the Evil on a pedestal.
- 06/11/2012 03:12:38 AM
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... is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky
- 06/11/2012 08:45:02 PM
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Mat is essentially the man (men) who wrote the books Demandred studied
- 06/11/2012 10:42:40 PM
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I didn't try hard at all; Demandred found me...
- 06/11/2012 03:31:41 PM
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My biggest contention with Demandred being with the Sea Folk
- 06/11/2012 10:54:50 PM
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- 07/11/2012 12:07:02 AM
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Well, it instantly gives the Shadow access to attacking every coastal city...
- 07/11/2012 10:32:23 AM
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If he married Nynaeve and Moiraine he'd have his wives at Rand's side in the Pit too....
- 07/11/2012 03:28:38 PM
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I find that approach unnecessarily convoluted. Just hit them with 1 billion Trollocs and crush them.
- 08/11/2012 07:00:36 AM
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May I ask some practical questions?
- 08/11/2012 05:28:41 PM
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- 08/11/2012 10:35:38 PM
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- 10/11/2012 12:09:15 AM
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- 10/11/2012 03:11:59 AM
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LOL ... Seems more than a little far fetched *NM*
- 10/11/2012 06:17:34 AM
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Well, they hadn't planned on them being Traveling grounds as they didn't know about
- 09/11/2012 02:57:16 PM
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- 09/11/2012 09:03:14 PM
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I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind.
- 09/11/2012 11:57:34 PM
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Re: I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind.
- 10/11/2012 10:08:04 PM
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I see what you are getting at ... And I see how Zaida used it to her advantage
- 11/11/2012 07:45:19 AM
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- 12/11/2012 02:57:08 PM
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Nesta sent 2 ambassadors to the Coramoor. Both looking for the same thing
- 12/11/2012 04:11:50 PM
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- 12/11/2012 06:01:33 PM
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Well there is also the fact that Harine pretty much tells us she MUST make a Bargain
- 12/11/2012 06:51:24 PM
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Re: Well there is also the fact that Harine pretty much tells us she MUST make a Bargain
- 12/11/2012 09:30:57 PM
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Not to belabor the point
- 12/11/2012 10:56:39 PM
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Re: Not to belabor the point
- 13/11/2012 12:46:21 AM
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I think you are way off base on the economics
- 13/11/2012 01:24:35 AM
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*NM*