Re: Traveling can be a huge advantage for the Seanchan
darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 05/12/2009 07:19:31 AM
I am thinking of their advantage in the air here. Imagine them having their strongest Damane opening gates for the Raken To'Raken, and having them quickly raid and attack any position they wish. Just open up a gate at night, send a small attacking force through, quick attack, and back through the gate. They could do some serious damage. This is of course assuming that the gates could be made large enough. If they can...
This seems to pose the same problem that the Wind Finders would have trying to create Gateways for ships to Travel through. This is impossible on a practical level. Even assuming some damane are strong enough to create a Gateway large enough the precision of such a maneuver seems outrageous! I'd also say it's highly doubtful any singe individual is strong enough unaided to open a Gateway large enough for an animal as large as a raken
Traveling has many applications for War, but the biggest benefits will be denied them since damane cannot link to create huge Gateways. It'll be great for small scale stuff, but without hundreds of damane available to move troops they just wind up like the Shaido when Sammael moved them clan by clan.
As for the weapon; they now have some serious leads pointing to the fact that there is no such thing. They would surely believe the leader of the White Tower would know of such weapons.
I'm 99% sure that the Seanchan will become frustrated that they can't make the damane tell them what she knows rather than simply believe that Elaida (or any of the others) honestly have no idea about this weapon. Even if they rather quickly believe the captured women, they are more likely to just believe that there is another group who does know it and that they just didn't capture the right marath'damane
The Seanchan have to look at the raid as an amazingly successful endeavor. (especially when you look at all the new weaves they just learned, such as invisibility, illusion, healing)
They already have at least healing (they have several AS in custody already), which the vast majority of Seanchan want nothing to do with ... they have a pathological fear of anything to do with the OP and they tend to think of damane as equivalent to a domesticated animal, who's gonna let "Fido" play doctor? Semi-useless weaves like invisibility and illusion won't impress them since they have little practical battlefield application.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
The Seanchan attack and the upcoming round 2
- 29/10/2009 11:39:16 PM
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I don't see it happening that way
- 30/10/2009 12:00:09 AM
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IMO the Seanchan take over Randland, but Rand forces them to drop the damane practices.
- 04/12/2009 05:58:56 PM
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I think they'll see it as a draw or minor victory
- 04/12/2009 11:33:16 PM
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Traveling can be a huge advantage for the Seanchan
- 05/12/2009 06:15:37 AM
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Re: Traveling can be a huge advantage for the Seanchan
- 05/12/2009 07:19:31 AM
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Re: Traveling can be a huge advantage for the Seanchan
- 05/12/2009 08:03:53 AM
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Re: Traveling can be a huge advantage for the Seanchan
- 05/12/2009 05:40:51 PM
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Re: Traveling can be a huge advantage for the Seanchan
- 05/12/2009 09:27:23 PM
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The raid could have been far more successful
- 05/12/2009 10:13:07 PM
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Re: The raid was hugely successful
- 06/12/2009 01:08:44 AM
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nope
- 06/12/2009 02:47:49 AM
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Re: Egwene's words
- 06/12/2009 07:12:59 AM
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The Seanchan are likely to feel the same way Egwene did
- 06/12/2009 07:54:38 AM
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