General discussion about The Wheel of Time

[Marie 73]

But since it's a Wheel it's possible for it to be a Dragon from any Age from 1-7. Some believe him to be the Dragon that comes after Rand.

[Fenix 0]

OK ok...so how about this...

 

The Creator trapped/sealed away the Dark One at the moment of creation' date=' right? Ok. So he's there and the people of Randland in all the Ages are living and what not. Well, wasn't it only after they broke the seal in the Age of Legends that the Dark One put the Taint on the [i']saidin[/i]? Then all the male channelers went mad. So how could Lews Therin have some other Dragon in his head? Has saidin therefore been Tainted before and then purified, only to continue repeating this vicious circle, like everything else?

 

Gah....I hope that made sense...

 

Exactly. This had happened many times and it would happen again... unless The Dark One frees himself and re-do the world like he wants it to be. In the Age of Legends no one knew that the DO existed and they've discovered the True power. While trying to reach it they've opened the Dark One's prison. And this will happen again and again.

[Sivart Reborn 7]

Til the Creator comes looking at this wilted flower and gives them all a little more common sense... There is always someone who thinks they can do what no one else can... and they blow it...

[Whitty 29]

But that still doesn't explain if there's been a Taint before and it's Healed or whatever and then redone....like, are you getting what I'm asking?

[Sivart Reborn 7]

Maybe it's alternating Taints on the halves of the power... who knows? Maybe it doesn't happen every time. Maybe it happens every other time... Maybe only men go mad. Who knows... a female Dragon once upon a spoke?

[Whitty 29]

once upon a spoke

 

lmao......that's classic. But I donno. This is really starting to hurt my head, coming up with all these crazy questions. Perhaps we just weren't suppose to look this much into it...

[Fenix 0]

But since it's a Wheel it's possible for it to be a Dragon from any Age from 1-7.

 

I've counted the spokes on the picture of the wheel too However why do you think there are only 7 Ages? There could be many more, unless it's statet somewhere...

[Marie 73]

No, RJ has stated there's seven Ages.

[Whitty 29]

Cuz seven is always a magic number!

[Lizzy 0]

I'm so lost ...

[Whitty 29]

How do they know when one Age ends and the next begins?

[Kaitlin 22]

Maybe they know after the fact?

[Marie 73]

It's just like us. We have the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment Era, etc. I think defining the 2nd and 3rd Ages is rather easy for them: the world "broke". The other Ages maybe not so much.

[Fenix 0]

How do they know when one Age ends and the next begins?

 

I remember that various times people have said (mostly Moiraine or Lan) "maybe we will be a witness of the birth of a New Age" or smth like that.

I think that no one actually knows.

[Whitty 29]

Hm...so it could possibly be when something fantasic happens then? Interesting.