Since the first book, we have seen objects that were "attuned" to a person(s). Moiraine did it with the coins she gave the boys so she could locate them. Once they gave up the coins, the connection was broken.
There are more: Maybe the best example is the Horn of Valere, that is "bound" to the user until death. Callandor was bound with weaves that were attuned to LTT/Rand. The doorway ter'angreal were attuned so a person could only go through one time. The Glass Columns in Rhuideen were attuned so only descendants of the Aiel could go through them and see thru their ancestors' eyes. The ter'angreal collars the Seanchan use are attuned to channelers only. We also saw Wards that were specifically attuned to alert/kill Shadowspawn.
That Demandred was able to bind a sa'angreal to him is not out-of-line with other precedents introduced earlier, IMO.
There are more: Maybe the best example is the Horn of Valere, that is "bound" to the user until death. Callandor was bound with weaves that were attuned to LTT/Rand. The doorway ter'angreal were attuned so a person could only go through one time. The Glass Columns in Rhuideen were attuned so only descendants of the Aiel could go through them and see thru their ancestors' eyes. The ter'angreal collars the Seanchan use are attuned to channelers only. We also saw Wards that were specifically attuned to alert/kill Shadowspawn.
That Demandred was able to bind a sa'angreal to him is not out-of-line with other precedents introduced earlier, IMO.
In all the examples you mention, there is a clearly defined condition to be met, even if the mechanism implementing the test is left unclear. Has this person gone through the doorframe before? Well, then they're not going through this time. Is the person held by the a'dam a channeler? Etc.
The passage in the book reads:
"Take care," Demandred said. His voice sounded pathetic, weak. The squeaking of a mouse. "Do not channel through that toward me. I have bonded Sakarnen to me. If you try to use it against me, it will burn you from the pattern."
What bothers me is the unclear nature of the condition "use it against me".
Taim was left with the same questions. Demandred was most likely being intentionally vague even if their really was a 'binding' so that Taim could not find some loophole, etc.
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Binding an angreal
- 09/02/2013 05:35:19 PM
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I got the impression that "binding" allowed Demandred to take control of the Power being Channeled
- 10/02/2013 12:40:09 AM
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Re: I got the impression that "binding" allowed Demandred to take control of the Power being Chan...
- 10/02/2013 07:52:59 PM
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Perhaps a booby trap type thing ... Or just a wording issue
- 10/02/2013 10:58:53 PM
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I think its a warding
- 11/02/2013 05:34:09 AM
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Re: I think its a warding
- 11/02/2013 01:35:04 PM
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As we have seen in many instances there is no fool proof way to accomplish something with the OP
- 11/02/2013 03:08:50 PM
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I didn't find it that odd
- 10/02/2013 01:33:44 AM
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Re: I didn't find it that odd
- 10/02/2013 07:49:57 PM
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Re: I didn't find it that odd
- 11/02/2013 05:55:22 AM
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