Re: Sakarnen was one of my biggest irritants - Edit 1
Before modification by DomA at 30/01/2013 05:54:39 PM
In The Shadow Rising, Lanfear mentioned two sa'angreal stronger than Callandor that a male could use. Was the identity of the second one ever determined? If not, can Sakarnen be what she was talking about?
Sakarnen should never have been so powerful. The series was designed around Callandor being a huge prize that only Rand could draw, and then the CK. To introduce something bigger than Callandor was extremely weak.
Demandred could access a circle of 72, why didn't they just make his sa'angreal relatively decent?
Even the "full circle of 72" bit is uncertain to have taken place. It came from an Asha'man and possibly he confused that with Demandred actually using his san'angreal.
We'll know if Sakarnen was that powerful if/when we get a confirmation it's the san'angreal more powerful than Callandor Lanfear spoke of, though it seems likely.
It's not that bad, thematically. Rand gave up the CK that made him "more powerful" than Demandred - too powerful, too dangerous to be used as a weapon, so it's sort of funny Demandred had a bigger one than LTT at last, but Rand never came to face him.