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IMO, and that's just speculation, RJ's main idea rested on "how do someone everybody believes a big time Hero and military genius, oblivious to the fact his luck was "supernatural" and due to his ta'veren nature copes when he's no longer ta'veren but his Empress of a wife, who never believed in all that, gambles the reconquest of a whole continent on his genius and skills." He thought the idea of a Mat who was no longer ta'veren and unnaturally lucky was a new vein to explore. Whether he meant to play on remnants of the Shadow too or avoid that to go elsewhere, we might never know.
IMO, and that's just speculation, RJ's main idea rested on "how do someone everybody believes a big time Hero and military genius, oblivious to the fact his luck was "supernatural" and due to his ta'veren nature copes when he's no longer ta'veren but his Empress of a wife, who never believed in all that, gambles the reconquest of a whole continent on his genius and skills." He thought the idea of a Mat who was no longer ta'veren and unnaturally lucky was a new vein to explore. Whether he meant to play on remnants of the Shadow too or avoid that to go elsewhere, we might never know.
Sure, his luck was due to his ta'averen nature, but he still has the memories of all the dead generals. And IMHO those memories were a more important factor in the victory than his ta'avereness.
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