Is holding a shield that much different for women vs. men?
When Rand was kidnapped, Six Aes Sedai were needed to hold the shield as it was believed (and proven) that six was required to have an unbreakable shield. When one of the six stopped, Rand broke free and stilled a couple of the AS in teh process.
Yet, in TGS, only 3 were holding Semi's shield and Cadsuane thought it was 2 more than necessary but was being cautious because of who was being held.
Is this a mistake on BS's part or what? And for the life of me, I can't remember how many BA were holding Elayne, Egwene, and Nynaeve in TDR and don't have access to my books to check it out.
When Rand was kidnapped, Six Aes Sedai were needed to hold the shield as it was believed (and proven) that six was required to have an unbreakable shield. When one of the six stopped, Rand broke free and stilled a couple of the AS in teh process.
Yet, in TGS, only 3 were holding Semi's shield and Cadsuane thought it was 2 more than necessary but was being cautious because of who was being held.
Is this a mistake on BS's part or what? And for the life of me, I can't remember how many BA were holding Elayne, Egwene, and Nynaeve in TDR and don't have access to my books to check it out.
No, it's different for men and women. Nynaeve was shielded by a single woman and was unable to break it because of the woman's talent (one case was a weak kinswoman channeller in CoS and another in WH when the Seafolk apprentice was practicing shielding her). Of course, the stronger the channeller, the stronger the shielders need to be.
In book 6 (I think) there is a POV of Egwene related to Logain's shield holders, where she is thinking to herself how silly are the Aes Sedai for upholding the custom of requiring six women to hold a shield on a man at all times, and how it must be such an overkill... Obviously she is mistaken.
It would be interesting to know if a similar weakness exists to men holding a shield on a strong skilled woman.
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A questions about shielding.
- 16/11/2009 08:15:43 PM
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Right, now you're in my domain - although others claim it as their own in error! Mhuhahahaha...
- 16/11/2009 08:27:12 PM
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Men and women are different
- 16/11/2009 08:34:20 PM
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men can't link, so how does two men maintain a single shield on a woman? *NM*
- 16/11/2009 08:38:14 PM
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This is a clear example of where the male strength advantage is unquestionable...
- 16/11/2009 08:52:08 PM
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Lews Therin says that no three women could shield him unless they were as strong as Semirhage...
- 16/11/2009 08:39:23 PM
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your memory is a little fuzzy, it's actually much simpler than you think
- 17/11/2009 02:46:24 AM
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