Re: We don't actually know that... - Edit 1
Before modification by Sidious at 15/11/2009 06:06:07 PM
All we know is that there are weaves that can interfere with the creation of gateways, and then counters to the counters can be attempted and so on. This therefore means that battles involving the One Power are fought on many levels.
Those were RJ's words.
So exactly how you interfere with the creation of gateways is open to speculation.
I think it would be pretty pointless if you had to actually SEE the gateway, since an enemy could then almost never be prevented from Travelling say into some basement of the White Tower or another hidden location within your perimeter defense.
To be of strategic value, a gateway interfering weave would have to be capable of warding an entire area from Travelling in some way.
That's my view. I'm certainly looking forward to seeing Demandred demonstrate it to us in the last book.
Those were RJ's words.
So exactly how you interfere with the creation of gateways is open to speculation.
I think it would be pretty pointless if you had to actually SEE the gateway, since an enemy could then almost never be prevented from Travelling say into some basement of the White Tower or another hidden location within your perimeter defense.
To be of strategic value, a gateway interfering weave would have to be capable of warding an entire area from Travelling in some way.
That's my view. I'm certainly looking forward to seeing Demandred demonstrate it to us in the last book.
Except that it almost certainly happens on a small level with individual gateways. Asmodean said he'd never seen a weave like Rand used to block a gateway, and only very few individuals could perform it. Considering Asmodean fought in a number of large scale battles in the War of Power, I find it unlikely that he wouldn't have come across a ward that encompassed a whole area against Travelling. Most likely he missed it because it was a rare Talent used only by a few Aes Sedai, and he never witnessed it.