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During Moiraine's practice for the test for Aes Sedai, she works on a weave that produces a coin that is cool to the touch. She thinks the weave is useless. Is this some sort of component of the weaves that made Mat's medallion? No	View More Details
Would an Aes Sedai who has sworn the Three Oaths be able to link into a circle, but not lead it, that would be used to kill someone (not Shadowsworn or attacking)? No, an Aes Sedai wouldn't be able to join the circle or participate in any way with anything that was against the Oaths.	View More Details
Could Siuan and Leane be stilled again and Healed by a male to full strength? RAFO, because I might decide to use that as a plot device!	View More Details
"Was Verin a librarian of the 13th Depository?" (To include both past and present). Then, "So she's just a bit weird and knows a lot?" No (then) Pretty much.	View More Details
The Thirteenth Depository has never been revealed by a non-channeler librarian for three thousand years. How is this possible? Because there are no non-channeler librarians; the librarians of the Thirteenth Depository are all Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah.	View More Details
Who killed Alric? One of the Aes Sedai's Warders did, not a sister.	View More Details
Was Callandor constructed during the War of Power? Yes.	View More Details
Was Callandor used in the War of Power? Yes, that is how the flaw was discovered.	View More Details
Why didn't they ward/buffer Callandor? The flaw with Callandor is simply a manufacturing flaw. (He went on to talk about how they were at the end of their tech age with only a few sho-wings and jo-cars left. A couple of shocklances were still around but they were not as prevalent as they had been. Anyway they had been mass producing ter'angreal, angreal, and sa'angreal, and there are bound to be flaws with the products. The flaw with Callandor is simply one such flaw.)	View More Details
Was the gizmo used to capture Elayne a shocklance? It was a variation. A shocklance is more like a rifle, and this was more like a pistol.	View More Details
Were the Dragon Banner and the Horn of Valere made at the same time? No	View More Details
Why did Hawkwing need Rand to produce the [Dragon] banner at Falme before he could attack? Legends change.	View More Details
Can men make cuendillar? Yes. But they won't use the same weaves the women use, so they will have to figure out how to do it themselves unless they can get it from one of the male Forsaken, if he happens to know it. It is an oddity that Moghedien even knew how to do this - it's just her fascination with things that are valuable.	View More Details
There seem to be some time discrepancies surrounding the incident where Elayne and company Traveled to the Kin Farm. Did the gateway Aviendha opened to the countryside near the Kin Farm at the beginning of The Path of Daggers allow Elayne's party to Travel forward or backward in time? RAFO	View More Details
Can the Tower of Ghenjei be reached through any of the Portal Stones? No	View More Details
How did Be'lal recognize that Moiraine is intending to use balefire against him before Moiraine released the balefire? And how did Moiraine sense the balefire Rand used? RAFO	View More Details
Mesaana: Do we have enough clues to know her identity? I think so, but I'm not absolutely sure. Her Third Age role has been at least mentioned.	View More Details
Demandred does not use a Third Age persona. True or False? RAFO	View More Details
What criteria are most helpful for investigating Asmodean's murder, out of motive, means, timing? Timing is what you should focus on. (He repeated about how someone on the internet figured it out.)	View More Details
Did Ishamael appear in the flesh aside from the battle with Rand in the Stone of Tear? Yes, he was in the flesh in Tel’aran’rhiod several times, starting in The Great Hunt.	View More Details
Since you said at an earlier signing that the Dark One couldn't have brought back Asmodean if he wanted, was that at the time of Asmodean's death, or after that? The Dark One couldn't bring back Asmodean because of the combination of 2 factors: HOW HE DIED and WHERE HE DIED. Not one or the other, both factors.	View More Details
Did Be'lal's name mean "Netweaver" or "Envious"? RAFO (He noted that all of the Forsaken's Old Tongue adopted names would be translated in the Encyclopedia if not before.)	View More Details
When Rand hears Lews Therin, is this happening across time, or are they both in the present? They're both in the present.	View More Details
Did Artur Hawkwing know he was a Hero of the Horn? (I asked this because of a quote in BWB when he was on his deathbed, saying the battle is not over yet). No, not when he was alive.	View More Details
Was Mat's use of crossbows in Knife of Dreams based on the way crossbows were really used? The thing that made crossbows better than longbows was that you could train someone to use a crossbow much faster than you could train them to use a bow. Then when muskets came along, they were better because they didn't require much training, and the firing rate was improved.	View More Details
Do Min and the 'Finn do the same thing when predicting and answering questions? No	View More Details
In any Age, in any Turning, have the Ogier been able to channel? No	View More Details
Why can't Shadowspawn pass through gateways/ It's because they're artificial constructs. They can't tolerate the passage.	View More Details
So would a Nym have the same problem [passing through a gateway]? Yes.	View More Details
How about an Ogier [having problems passing through a gateway]? No. Ogier are not artificial constructs.	View More Details
Does it take a lot of concentration, strength and effort to weave inverted/reversed weaves? Not easy but not difficult either. Just need to learn the trick.	View More Details
Can you shield dreams for someone else? No.	View More Details
Can a channeler fly without any ter'angreal or equipment (like sho-wings) if he or she knows the right weave? No. (Flat out, no hesitation, not thinking. Simply put, NO)	View More Details
Is it possible to for two channelers to lift each other simultaneously so that they can hover, and "fly" that way? No.	View More Details
Is the One Power finite or infinite? The One Power is finite but cannot be used up. When the weave is done, it returns to the Source. (The way he put is was 'finite but infinitely reusable'.)	View More Details
Does the rate of slowing depend on your strength in the Power? Yes: Basically; you age at 1/X your normal rate, with X being dependent up to a point on Power strength. The Power acts as a natural rejuvenator on you; even at the point of death you won't look or feel worse than a normal 65-year-old.	View More Details
Can someone who was stilled use a well? No.	View More Details
Was the "Don't Kill Rand" order ever lifted between Lord of Chaos and Knife of Dreams, or was it always in effect? Yes, for a short while.	View More Details
Rand has been having the dizzy spells and sick sensations when channeling, despite having cleansed saidin. Is this an lasting effect of the taint, like having built up some taint in male channelers that won't go away? No, it's completely unrelated to the taint.	View More Details
What are female Trollocs like? They are basically breeding machines. They give birth to litters, and are quite fierce in defense of their children.	View More Details
Can you please expand upon what Mazrim Taim was up to in Andor prior to meeting Rand for the first time? No.	View More Details
Is "Second Captain" of the Illianer Companions held by only one person at a time, aka The Second Captain? One person. Only one Second Captain and he is the second in command.	View More Details
Are Tel’aran’rhiod, skimming space and Gap of Infinity (the dream part of Tel'aran'rhiod) all part of the unseen world? No, they are all separate from each other.	View More Details
Other than the Third Age, obviously, what events signal the end or the beginning of other Ages? Some call the current age the Third Age.	View More Details