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I disagree Jim Send a noteboard - 16/11/2009 07:15:53 PM
When Aviendha flees Rand via gateway from the Waste to Seanchan, the Seanchan learn of the channeling almost immediately.

I believe that the Seanchan have the entire continent warded so as to detect any "unauthorized" channeling from marath damane. First off, there's almost zero chance the Seanchan just happened upon the Gateway in the middle of the night. There was a giant blizzard that night and nobody would be out in that.

I admit it is possible they just stumbled upon the gateway in the early morning, but from the comments overheard by Rand and Aviendha it appears the Seanchan were alerted to Aviendha's channeling even though nobody was there and after they became aware of the channeling, the Seanchan sent some people to investigate it.


The amount of Power used to make a gateway is quite large. There's no indication that Avi's gateway is far from Seanchan civilization, it seems likely that the damane nearby simply sensed the creation of the gateway.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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How to disrupt gateways that are made into a battle zone... Shannow - 16/11/2009 08:48:36 AM 832 Views
there could be other defensive methods as well redhand - 16/11/2009 09:06:56 AM 554 Views
Excellent suggestions... Shannow - 16/11/2009 09:08:59 AM 575 Views
That depends on whether moving gateways are possible. rAndy aL - 19/11/2009 02:01:40 AM 487 Views
I might as well present my argument in full Sidious - 16/11/2009 09:52:34 AM 647 Views
Both options can be valid, but here's why you MUST have the ward... Shannow - 16/11/2009 10:10:55 AM 808 Views
Re: Both options can be valid, but here's why you MUST have the ward... Watcher - 16/11/2009 12:08:30 PM 536 Views
Another idea Ryan - 16/11/2009 02:59:39 PM 563 Views
You're talking about manipulating the Pattern? Kronin al'Sulc - 17/11/2009 01:54:32 PM 454 Views
The problem with that... fionwe1987 - 16/11/2009 05:11:16 PM 486 Views
Peter Hamilton's "Pandora Star" Meldorian - 16/11/2009 03:36:39 PM 629 Views
I think there's some evidence in favor of the wards idea you are all missing. Logain - 16/11/2009 05:29:22 PM 491 Views
I disagree Jim - 16/11/2009 07:15:53 PM 492 Views
Except Logain - 16/11/2009 07:24:56 PM 452 Views
there's no indication that the gateway isn't almost on top of a city Jim - 17/11/2009 03:09:31 AM 443 Views
It's definitely possible that there can be a ward to detect a gateway opening. Kronin al'Sulc - 17/11/2009 03:22:33 PM 471 Views
How bout a compromise? Gher - 16/11/2009 06:37:40 PM 543 Views
We know that, for e.g., Sammael could detect the location of a Gateway Marshall - 16/11/2009 08:21:57 PM 456 Views
Ahh, I see that Sidious has already suggested this. *NM* Marshall - 16/11/2009 08:30:55 PM 201 Views
i think an automatic weave would be too complicated to cover any reasonable area. Onarishma - 17/11/2009 06:06:54 AM 479 Views
Re: i think an automatic weave would be too complicated to cover any reasonable area. Watcher - 17/11/2009 12:53:19 PM 456 Views
I don't think you need to travel to the Gateway to disrupt it if the ward notifies you of location Onarishma - 17/11/2009 10:57:06 PM 519 Views
I believe that you cannot make a ward completely preventing Traveling. Kronin al'Sulc - 17/11/2009 01:52:24 PM 448 Views
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