Section 2: Things Not Necessarily of the Dark

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This section contains information on and discussion of people, places, things, and questions which are not necessarily connected with the Shadow.

• 2.1 The Ta'veren

• 2.1.1 What's up with Mat's ring?
• 2.1.2 Is there a connection between Mat's luck and the dice ter'angreal?
• 2.1.3 Is Mat still linked to the Horn?
• 2.1.4 When was Rand's Power-Acquisition Fever Syndrome?
• 2.1.5 What's up with Mat and his memories?
• 2.1.6 LTT - is he for real, or is Rand loony? What happened to him in ACOS?
• 2.1.7 The Third Man
• 2.1.8 What's the deal with Mat and bells?

• 2.2 The Rest

• 2.2.1 Can Thom channel?
• 2.2.2 What was up with Gawyn during the Tower Coup?
• 2.2.3 Who was the geezer on the barrel?
• 2.2.4 What's the deal with Setalle Anan? Is she the one who is no longer?
• 2.2.5 Where is Gaidal Cain now?
• 2.2.6 How do we know that Moiraine is not dead?
• 2.2.7 Verin: Black, Brown, or Purple? (What's up with Verin, how old is she, is she bound by the Oath Rod?)
• 2.2.8 Can Tuon channel?

• 2.3 The Power and Power-Related Objects

• 2.3.01 What's up with the male-female a'dam link where they both die screaming?
• 2.3.02 The Sad Bracelets / male a'dam
• 2.3.03 Effects of the Oath Rod: Binding, Agelessness, and Death
• 2.3.04 How do One-Power-forged blades work?
• 2.3.05 What is the range on sensing other channelers?
• 2.3.06 Can you make horizontal gateways?
• 2.3.07 How does balefire work?
• 2.3.08 What is the difference between Skimming and Travelling?
• 2.3.09 What do Dreamers and Dreamwalkers do?
• 2.3.10 How does Mat's medallion work?
• 2.3.11 What are 'involuntary rings'?
• 2.3.12 What caused the One Power weirdness in Ebou Dar?
• 2.3.13 Is Cadsuane's hair-thingy a ter'angreal?
• 2.3.14 The Seven Seals: Status Report
• 2.3.15 What's the deal with Healing stilling/gentling?
• 2.3.16 Cleansing the Taint and What Came of It
• 2.3.17 Is saidar failing?
• 2.3.18 What's the difference between inverting and reversing?
• 2.3.19 What's the deal with bonding and Compulsion? Can the Warder bond be released?

• 2.4 Days Of Yore

• 2.4.01 Who was Beidomon?
• 2.4.02 Did LTT balefire himself?
• 2.4.03 The Green Man, the Aiel, and the Song (Who is the Green Man, what is the song, who will find the song, who were the Aiel?)
• 2.4.04 Jain Farstrider: Where is he now?
• 2.4.05 The Old Tongue and the New Tongue
• 2.4.06 Who or what was (the) Tamyrlin?
• 2.4.07 What did Ogier do of old?
• 2.4.08 Were there Ajahs in the Age of Legends?
• 2.4.09 Was the Sharom the Dark One's prison?
• 2.4.10 Tigraine = Shaiel: An analysis
• 2.4.11 What was the Vileness after the Aiel War?

• 2.5 True Love and Families

• 2.5.1 Who's Who in the Families?
• 2.5.2 Who is Juilin's honey?
• 2.5.3 Why do we think that Thom will marry Moiraine?
• 2.5.4 Is Thom the father of Elayne or Gawyn?
• 2.5.5 Kari al'Thor: What do we know about her?
• 2.5.6 Is Aviendha pregnant?
• 2.5.7 What's the deal with Seanchan marriage customs?

• 2.6 What's Up? (Non-Dark Section)

• 2.6.1 What is the deal with Callandor? Who will use it?
• 2.6.2 The Severed Hand
• 2.6.3 Who are the Aelfinn and Eelfinn?
• 2.6.4 Where do the Aes Sedai get their money?
• 2.6.5 The Mystery of the "Too-Young" Sitters
• 2.6.6 Military Roundup: Situation Report
• 2.6.7 What did Toveine's note say?
• 2.6.8 Who betrayed Egwene?

• 2.7 Absurd Trivia and Generalities

• 2.7.1 How does one sniff, anyway? What about snorting?
• 2.7.2 How tall is everyone?
• 2.7.3 How old is everyone?
• 2.7.4 Is there religion in Randland?
• 2.7.5 Iconography
• 2.7.6 Missteps (Errors Along the Way)
• 2.7.7 When Rand and Mat are travelling to Caemlyn in TEOTW, why does the scene with the scarves happen twice?

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