Rand was wrong about the timing, but Egwene was wrong about not doing it at all. She served a purpose in delaying him till the right moment, but was ultimately forced to admit he was right about WHAT to do, if not when.


I agree with IA we did not see the DO break free. It is highly dubious he could ever break free at all without additional help; poking a hole in a concrete prison wall does not allow the captive to wiggle his finger in it until it is man-sized. The Bore was just that; if it were a simple matter of the DO breaking free the moment the Bore opened he would have done it in the AoL. Rand pulled him out to kill him, then stuffed him back in and restored the original wall when he realized "Love can't be coerced."


I had forgotten about that commentary, but since she did not comprehend it until her dying moment nothing really changes.


Was referring to the series (or ToM? ) as "her book" a Freudian slip? You will have to cite where she patched a SECOND Bore, because I recall NO basis for that assertion. A second Bore would have been superfluous: Unopposed, the Forsaken would have broken the Seals and freed the DO through the first (interesting that Taim did not break them the moment he got them;) Rand and Co. could prevent that (or not) with two Bores as easily as with one. The first Bore required Lanfear AND one of the most accomplished AoL male channelers, and required the greatest channeler EVER, plus considerable research, construction and the Hundred Companions, to seal. Are you REALLY suggesting the DO spontaneously made his own second Bore and Egwene just as spontaneously sealed it singlehandedly?

I know it is galling that the Dragon Reborn actually DID reseal the Bore just like every word of the fourteen volume series for the past two decades said he would. However, inventing a second, unsubstantiated, Bore just so Egwene can be a second Dragon smacks of desperation.


The point of the balance thing was Moiraine and Nynaeve presence so he could access saidar, and Moridin so he could access the TP. Egwene is NOT Latra, Reborn or metaphorically (and, btw, I do not see how the latters actions made LTTs Strike anything but pyhrric; her Choedan Kal plan not only would not have worked, but would have tainted BOTH halves of the Source AND was impossible anyway since the Shadow overran the locations of all access keys.)

Egwenes role was exactly what she told Rand it was at the end: To remind him that, while his role is foremost and indispensable, EVERYONE has a unique lesser role, and he can no more deny them their destiny than they can deny him his.