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

vecki wrote:
> 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).

Thanks for entering this discussion with some sense.

>
> 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.

Exactly right.

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

Agree completely.

Brinner