Re: Why didn't Moridin just kill Rand when he was fighting Sammael?

Galad Damodred wrote:

> On May 7, 2:33=EF=BF=BDpm, Brinner <keating.br...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Grew stronger? What are you talking about? The Foresaken were never
> > weaker, just locked away for millenia. As soon as they escaped from
> > Shayol Gul in TEOTW they were as strong as they were when they were
> > imprisioned.
>
> Rubbish. If they were as strong as they ever were they should have
> been able to overpower an inexperienced Rand at the end of TEOTW. They
> were definitely weak when they came out of the bore and gradually got
> their strength back.
>

Balderdash. (I always wanted to use that word).

As of EoTW, only Ishy, Aginor and Balthamel had escaped the Bore.
Ishy was never completely imprisoned and A + B had been trapped close
enough to the surface that they felt the effects of the turning of the
Wheel, and had aged about 3,000 years.  When they escaped they were at
full strength.  Rand was lucky in that 1) there were others there to
distract them (or in Balthamel's case, turn him into a giant
mushroom), and 2), he got very lucky and managed to take out Aginor's
connection to the source.

The others escaped later, at their full strength, and began gathering
nations to them.  Aside from Lanfear, who busied herself trying to
seduce Rand.

~*~
vecki