Cadsuane vs rand After being forced to leave his village by attacks from the forces of the Shadow, Rand would go on to become the most powerful figure in the world, conquering As Rand observed in LoC, Egwene jumps into everything with all she is, and she did exactly that with being an Aes Sedai — if Aes Sedai were flawed in another way, Egwene would have adopted those flaws instead. I suspect that would make you my junior by several Cadsuane is probably my favorite character in the series. Rand greets the four rulers of the Borderlands just outside the city, where each one measures his restraint with a solid strike across his face. The fact that all of the mentors are profoundly flawed people is one of WoTs artistic strengths, and Cadsuane's flaws are totally believabl. When it comes to getting Rand to "laugh and cry" though Cadsuane is the absolute worst person for the job, because of how she goes about doing things. Bitch, you are talking to a guy with the memories of someone twice your Rand will then travel to Tarwin's Gap with Logain and other Ash'aman and bonded Aes Sedai and decimates the Shadowspawn that Lan is barely holding back. Cadsuane even recognises her intelligence way earlier and sent her on assignments, just like she did the other Sisters that followed her. Sign in with Google But obviously Cadsuane couldn't anticipate that, or depend on it. No Cadsuane, Rand is likely a prisoner of Semirhage. Pay no attention to her wearing red or that she's inexplicably t In WH Ch 25, Cadsuane asks Verin for tea. Maybe Nynaeve would tell Cadsuane to wait with Perrin until Rand comes back and has calmed down enough to revoke Cadsuane's banishment. As far as raw power is concerned he is even stronger now then he was as LTT. She then asks if any sisters present were involved in something vile twenty years ago. And she's easily manage that too, because we all know how Cadsuane gets on people's nerves. responded and entered the fray. Cadsuane wonders how Rand survived. Cadsuane whenever Rand told her he had things under control. He did lure Rand to Ilian expertly using his friends as bait, but his plan to force the Dragon Reborn to free Callandor was risky, and probably Or sign in with one of these services. The cleansing of saidin was a world-altering event that occurred at the climax of Winter's Heart and was felt throughout the entire world by channelers. The first claim of this post, and the easier one to justify IMO, is that a lot of the tension comes down to whether you are a Rand fan, or an Egwene fan. A divide: Rand fans vs Egwene Fans. Elza was at the Cleansing of saidin and linked with Merise and Jahar Narishma (with Callandor). Rand al'Thor from the Wheel of time takes on Richard Rahl of the Sword of Truth in a Magical duel. In the Tower she was thought of as the most powerful Aes Sedai during her time there. Archived post. Off-site Wheel of Time links and resources. You could say Cadsuane brought about her goal by causing such fury in Rand that he had to choose madness or sanity. Cadsuane Melaidhrin is a legendary Aes Sedai who is famous for her deeds. When Rand tries to impress Cadsuane with his authority what do you think The relative strength in the Power of Nynaeve vs Cadsuane vs Egwene/Elayne/Aviendha posted on the Wheel of Time discussion board by Sidious. A Crown of Swords has three primary plotlines: Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, prepares to attack the Forsaken Sammael in Illian while enjoying life with his lover, Min Farshaw, and attempting to quell the Rand knows how bad the a'dam are, Cadsuane knows, and she still keeps it. It is state Going back through the series, here is my list of when Cadsuane has actively intervened and acted to force Rand to do what she wants, instead of what he wants. Nynaeve, for all her faults, was basically in the middle of her honeymoon when Rand showed up out of nowhere like "Hey, I 1, I think Cadsuane already knows Rand is alive. [CoT] And Nynaeve is stronger than anyone since Caraighan Moconar nearly 3000 years ago, who is the strongest channeler the Tower has ever seen until Sharina Melloy. If My implementation was the same as the original; however, I instead defined and initialized weights and biases with numpy. Those few seconds provided her with the time to weave balefire and to kill him. Cadsuane is undoubtedly among the strongest Aes Sedai living in the third era, and prior to the beginning of the series, hers is the highest strength level of any Aes Sedai for many hundreds of years. So Rand who has only been channeling for less than 2 years hasn't neared his potential yet, whereas as Logain and Taim are older and have been channeling for years. I realize that in the end everything had to happen the way it did for Rand to do what he has to, "What Cadsuane thought of the answers was impossible to say, except once, when she learned that Alanna had bonded al’Thor, and how. Lanfear is so much stronger than suian it would be like 20 year old fighting an 8 year old. " It's just when you swap Rand for Elayne, the whole ta'veren/being the Lord of Morning takes that 100% down to 40%. 1. Rand trusts Moraine and she might have been able to put the breaks on the slippery slope of sanity and morality Rand is hurtling down. Rand is a good example of skill. " she mentions that the young woman is the quickest to go through the challenge to become Accepted since Maybe early Cadsuane could have been Rand’s mentor, but as the series goes on, she loses all subtly and nuance and becomes a caricature of herself. Min's methods were working, but then Semirhage happened. She knows that if he hardens himself against his feelings, he won’t feel empathy for the world and could risk destroying it. For what we read she is used to deal with haughty people that need some humbling. It's very accurate "Even though you are the Queen of a powerful nation and a strong channeler, X should have 100% blown up in your face and fucked you over. Also, we know darth Rand believed he could bend the pattern to his will like we see with his confrontation with Cadsuane but I assumed this was his taveren aspect. Read more quotes from Brandon Sanderson. The ishy thing really passed me off because in the book everyone can Posted by u/Grrarrggh - 45 votes and 50 comments When they did disagree, Lan always spoke up. As for Nynaeve, i dont see her being the Queen of Malkier ever. Cadsuane is a disaster and I think the gathering storm shows the results perfectly. Moiraine fits, and Cadsuane does not. She had, however, seen Rand and Moiraine together on many occasions, and because of that Moiraine fits the profile. Cadsuane is introduced by Berelain and as the shock recedes from the AS, cadsuane gives a quick run down of her life since leaving the tower. If I'm wrong, I apologise and feel free to move the topic/poke me with sticks. Sure, maybe she taught the few who hang around Rand to be men and not weapons (again, unintentionally), but that doesn't correspond to the I also liked the sea folk, and Cadsuane was the worst. Cadsuane is typically Aes sedai by pushing people around, Cadsuane is Rand's advisor, correct? I tend to think of his relationship to Moiraine slightly closer. I just read the section where Cadsuane basically switches him with the power in the Stone of Tear in front of the nobles. He almost broke then, and she kept something that could allow that to happen again? Rand knows that the Aes Sedai are manipulators and would use him in a heartbeat and would use the a'dam to According to the companion, Cadsuane is about Rand’s strength in the power with her angreal. The Perrin and Slayer thing is an interesting caveat, but it would require drawing Rand into Tel'aran'rhiod in some way. By the end of AMoL, I had assumed Rand was no longer Taveren while also not being able to “channel” any sort of power. <random> was added as part of the C++11 standard (and VS2012 does provide it). RJs Cadsuane kidnapped an Amarlyn and beat her into a strong ruler when needed. the Finns answer suggested that Rand and the Seanchan must work together to win the LB, they cannot be at war with each other (thats been the whole plot for 4 Books with Rand) either beating them into submission, which is not possible, or creating an alliance, which has failed. Nobody knows better than me what it is like to have gray hair, and have to guide the Lord Dragon, who is still wet-behind The only reason Rand put up with the way she treated him was because of Min's viewing but Cadsuane didn't know about that to begin with and couldn't have factored it into her plans for Rand. Her mouth compressed to a thin line and she frowned a hole though the wall, but while everyone else expressed disgust, Merana thought of Cadsuane saying she had considered taking another Warder herself. Cadsuane recognizes the problem but her best efforts to help just make it worse. In the end, Rand almost kills his father due to the passing mention of Cadsuane's name. I'm reopening the Character Examination Series and we'll be doing a Rand just left these loyal Ashaman and sworn Aes Sedai in Cairhien, but he didn't know that they were branded by Taim to be killed Rand doesn't know if these Ashaman are completely loyal and neither to Aes Sedai Rand never expected the BT do grow so fast, so he made multiple bad judgments on one of the most power institutions in the world Cadsuane is a powerful channeler, and with an Angreal should be stronger than the majority of other channelers, be they male or female. In the case of lanfear, though, it doesn't really come down to skill so much. I only understand the difference between rand(), randi(), randn after reading this post and specifically Walter's answers. 50K subscribers in the WetlanderHumor community. The first attack was directed at Cadsuane, with lightning hitting a shield woven around the hilltop where Rand, The "you may call me Rand Sedai" moment is the most satisfying scenes in the whole series to me. She is a gifted leader and possesses a powerful personality, with a gift for bending others to her will Rand and other ashaman all say its clean and since they know Saidin a bit more then Cadsuane i think they will what the taint feels like. Rand started getting sick every time he seized Saidin, and he would briefly see Unknown to Rand, Cadsuane gave Callandor to some retired Aes Sedai to study to see what secrets it still holds (The Gathering Storm, A Box Opens) and work out how these prophecies might be fulfilled. The journey was so hard. This number is generated by an algorithm that returns a sequence of apparently non-related numbers each time it is called. We may talk a lot, but we ALL like a gentle pat on the back from time to time. Be careful using the companion on power levels. Some shadowspawn, especially fades and darkhounds are so difficult to tag that they would pose a challenge even No Cadsuane, Rand is dead by the SL dagger. However, on a human level you just feel bad for them when they rather predictably go crazy from the stress Cadsuane kept Rand from going against his promise in Tear, so Tear can finally be at peace Cadsuane gave him honest opinions when asked she never tries to sugarcoat to please Rand. In some ways, those standards are somewhat justified. Of course it's going to be tricky working round her for a while for everyone. When Cadsuane made the comment about the voices, the tables turned, and he feared that the 'voice' was a sign of his madness. It works just fine, but there would have been a nice symmetry and acknowledgement of the length of the journey the characters have come on if it had been Moiraine letting him make his own way, after upheaving his life at the very start of the series. She refuses to apologise; she is over confident and stubborn just like Rand. Chapter 24: A New Commitment Chapter Icon: Bull & Roses Date: May 28. It was retrieved by the time Rand was tested by the Borderlanders and if the Aes Sedai discovered anything it hasn’t been mentioned. RJ had planned the whole thing. It would be interesting to know if he knew the function of the three ter’angreal that Cadsuane doesn’t know how to use. Just to give people a sense of how Cadsuane comes to Rand when he has been even more emotionally and physically abused (after Moiraine defeats Lanfear) and bullies him. Only then does the documentation and help partially make sense. Cadsuane represents the failings of the traditional Aes Sedai way of thinking, and by contrast shed light on Moraine and Nynaeve's growth beyond this traditional mindset. She suggests they hide Callandor again, and Min explains that she has another viewing of a blackened hand holding the sword. It kinda sucks and is contradicted in a bunch of places. Chapter 49: Just Another Man Chapter Icon: Trefoil Leaf of Avendesora. She studied at the White Tower in Tar Valon, where she shared an adjacent room with Elena Katab as The conversation that Nynaeve had with Rand in TGS, that was one he should have been having with Cadsuane. Rand wouldn't even need her with Moiraine around. Then standing all-to-near to Rand, Paitar Nachiman asks Rand the answer to At the end, Min chastises Cadsuane (and all the Aes Sedai, more or less) for screwing everything up by "thinking you can control what he does" or whatever (precise quote alludes me). Moiraine saves him from Lanfear in Cairhien when she’d either have killed or enslaved him. I think that during this journey the spiral back to the dark side may take place again. He was raised a simple sheepherder by Tam al'Thor, who found him as a baby on the slopes of Dragonmount. Sign In. Video explaining why: rand() Considered Harmful rand() is sometimes a low quality pRNG and not suitable for applications that need a reasonable level of unpredictability. He, together with Mat Cauthon and Perrin Aybara, is a strong ta'veren. We know that Rand does overcome his killing women thing, but even if he hadn't, these are hypothetical scenarios about power level, of which Rand clearly outclasses Cadsuane. Just think how you inadvertently respect grandparents and older people even if they aren't right about something, or are weird or don't agree with you about something. Lanfear also arrived in search for the female ter'angreal, but concluded that it was either not present or destroyed, although Rand recovered it intact. So, I'm on my first read-through and I've just finished the chapter in which Rand balefires Semirhage out of existence, leading to him revealing to the others that he did just that, among them Cadsuane. The 'get rand out of jail' one is a great case in point; how does Cadsuane get Rand out of jail? She manipulates and politically ruins a woman that Cadsuane respects. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Rand al'Thor is the Dragon Reborn, the prophesied savior of the world and reincarnation of Lews Therin Telamon. RJ has written a lot of satisfying moments but this is the mountain top for me up until this point (first read through) This was better than Liandrin, Suroth, Sevanna’s being brought down a few pegs combined. Before he met her he managed, more or less on his own, to unite Tear, Cairhien, and the most of the Aiel (bringing justice to Tear and order and food to Cairhien along the way), to kill numerous Forsaken, to rediscover weaves Aes The voice in Rand's head is a manifestation of madness caused by The Taint, as Cadsuane and others have stated in the series, but also Rand's way of dealing with being the Dragon and what he's destined to be and do. Anyone else he asked would have used it to get some sort of concessions out of him, etc. Twitter Updates. Plus, everyone who knows Rand always says how he dislikes being bullied. As simple as randi(), the doc somehow For others with the same surname, see al'Thor. She definitely did not share my views as the reader or represent me. Obviously Cadsuane and her experience, plus men & women linked teams, pluse multiple sets of weave breaking and one power detecting ter'angreal is going to be more loads more effective than anything Rand had planned, and given the relative lack of losses on team Light vs. He was awful to her, and she had to do awful things to him. Reply Rand's struggle is being boxed. Callandor features When rand threatened cadsuane he said something like “do you believe that I could kill you if I willed it” and she did When avindha was going to rhuidian she met nakomi who also seems to have reality warping powers Nakomi supposedly saved rand by helping him switch to moridin My head cannon is that both nakomi and rand are 2 of the completed dragons of the wheel. Date: June 2. Faile and Perrin come seraching after rand, rally the troops and take on the Aes Sedai. He could feel a welt on his bottom, and would feel it more in the saddle. She takes literally the worst approach possible by any metric and only succeeds in helping Rand by pure chance. It's about trust. She deals with Rand at his literal worst madness wise and is probably only one who could. He doesn't just teach Rand some tricks, he accelerates his knowledge of the one power by a great amount, without which he wouldn't be able to compete with current Aes Sedai, let alone the rest of the forsaken. rand gives you a pseudo random sequence of numbers. Cadsuane sees Sorilea as an equal (so I'm making the leap and assuming they're both equally irresistable) Therefore I think it's reasonably Posted by u/lonelady75 - 21 votes and 50 comments To me Cadsuane is what happens when Good intentions are not enough. That’s why she’s so confident around male channelers. Since Egwene is slightly weaker than Cadsuane, Egwene could likely match Cadsuane needed to whip a ruler into the hero this world needed. Saying “Yes, Lord Dragon. Cadsuane uses the One Power to bind Tam, who says she is just a bully. ” He needed someone to challenge him. Manipulating him. It was published by Tor Books and released on May 15, 1996. Posted by u/akaioi - 102 votes and 61 comments Cadsuane is a very powerful channeler, one of the most powerful in at least a millennium. I'm two seconds past Rand almost murdering Min at the hands of Semiraghe and Cadsuane walks in and I just cannot bear her arrogant, completely devoid of any sense of empathy, terrible-human-being, inner monologue. Brandon Sanderson — ‘Cadsuane, do you believe that I could kill you? Right here, right now, without using a sword or the Power? Do you believe that if I Cadsuane, do you believe that I could kill you? Right here, right now, without using a sword or the Power? tags: rand-al-thor. He lives on a farm in the Westwood near Emond's Field, where he raised Rand from a baby. Sign in with Facebook. My go-to analogy is that Cadsuane basically got drunk and drove 90mph through a playground, then declared victory because all the kids managed to jump out of the way. Share this quote: Like Quote. Moiraine genuinely cares and wants to help and guide Rand. Rand al'thor VS Richard Rahl . Rand should have just Bale Fired her ass out of existence right off the bat and Moiraine became a legend among the Aes Sedai, possibly a legend even greater than Cadsuane Melaidhrin. Open comment sort options. The bit I wish had been Moiraine is when Cadsuane sees Rand and decides not to say anything. If Min had never had that viewing everything she did could easily have been considered a blundering mess. No Cadsuane, Rand is overrun and killed at Algarin's manor. Rand needed a therapist and Cadsuane was completely ill-suited towards that role and did not have humility to realize it. Join us at "Well boy," Cadsuane finally said. Cadsuane Forsaken vs. Sort by: Best. No Cadsuane, Rand is sent from Far Madding to Elaida in the tower. With compassion/empathy and love she was able to make him start opening up again and made him realise that he was being too harsh. follow me on Twitter. Ehhhhhhh. Or weak people that needs to toughen up. TPoD,Ch21 Cadsuane Melaidhrin is a legendary Aes Sedai who is famous for her deeds. Post Quotes and sources for you arguments. Cadsuane was lucky. Add a Comment. We created a Discord during the blackout. As for Cadsuane TPoD,Ch12 - Cadsuane considered bonding Rand herself or forcing Alanna to pass the bond to her, but Alanna's utter lack of control over Rand made her reconsider. Verrin never once put me off or did anything that would raise my hackles. Though she is well written and I see her purpose, I've always found her to be too on the nose in how patronising and blatantly disrespectful she Anyway of all the Forsaken, I think he's at least in the top half in terms of significance. I recently became aware of a type of b Rand and Cadsuane . I think Min and Nynaeve were much more successful than Cadsuane was and they were there with Rand at his worst. 2, I think Rand would NOT reveal to his children he lives because it would taint (pun intended) the Legacy of The Dragon Reborn. In my mind she's only ever done one mistake with Rand, but it lead to his most important character moment and changed his life for the better. Cadsuane's Assets: Strong channeler Angreal strong enough to raise her to Rand's level Terangreal duplicating effects of mats medallion A small Well of the one power Terangreal to detect men who can channel Terangreal to detect the USE of the power within 3 miles: TerAngreal providing People have asked me why I like Cadsuane, especially in light of my thread on the inherent and invasive stupidity of the Aes Sedai, which many regard Cadsuane to be the ultimate example of. Controversial. This algorithm uses a seed to generate the series, which should be initialized to some distinctive value using function srand. Cadsuane has tea brought to her, which she notes is good when Cadsuane accompanies Rand and party when he goes to speak with the borderlanders in Far Madding. Rand's blast was probably close to as powerful as anything Demandred and M'Hael used together, considering Rand was using the Choedan Kal. I don't think that is the right fight to pick. How she saw and treated Daigian compared to how the others did, always made her seem much more sensible than most other Aes Sedai. Maybe the mom's will when or after they retire? 3, I can see Rand being a "Friend" to Andor & the Aiel as a "wanderer"/maybe even a Warder or a very good friend of the [Spoilers TGS] Min has more success than Cadsuane in getting Rand to turn his ass around on his hardness policy. Member; 5. As for the age difference, well, Aes Sedai live for about 300 years, but no one has ever asked if warders get the same longevity. We spend so many books reading scenes where the Aes Sedai browbeat the ever-living shit out of everyone, including one another, that I couldn't help but react like this the first time I read it. It was about this Or sign in with one of these services. The first attack was directed at Cadsuane, with lightning hitting a shield woven around the hilltop where Rand, Nynaeve, Cadsuane wonders where Alanna has run off to, explaining to Nynaeve that Alanna is a pathway to Rand. Rand said he recognised most of Cadsuane’s ornaments. I used to think she was wrong to think that Rand winning the last battle while in his worst frame of mind would be almost as bad as him losing, but I've changed my mind about that. 4. 39. As Verin goes to prepare it, she asks Cadsuane about Alanna, Rand, and Cadsuane's plans for Rand. Rand with the sword-buddah angreal killed an army of shadowspawn so large that the men who defended Maradon from 300,000 Trollocs couldn't believe it existed. I was four hundred years old on the day I died during the Age of Legends. It's noted by Cadsuane and others that only unlucky coincidences happen to people around him. The last part is what annoys me the most about her and what makes Moiraine so much better. She was Rand’s most loyal follower. Read and Find Out - Home Help support the site! Active Users: 368 Time: 09/12/2024 11:20:37 PM. Natrin's Barrow is maybe large enough to cause some concern but Cadsuane is even mad about Rand saying that the Forsaken need to be balefired to keep them dead. She did not raise an alarm, though It was Cadsuane who ultimately understood that Semirhage was too proficient in the arts of torture to succumb to it herself. “You—” “Are you ever going to give up that affectation, Cadsuane Sedai?” Rand asked. The voice was originally constructed to help Rand convince himself he wasn't going mad. I kind of liked super negative badass Rand. Forgot your password? Sign Up Now first of all, how Rahvin and Rand's power can be equal at that list? All of the foursaken already accepted that Lews Therin is the 'most' powerful channeler all above. Malkier has fallen, and is gone. I never liked her. So smug that she actually thinks she can give The Dragon Reborn permission to If she does, Cadsuane would have little real choice - for all of Cadsuane's tricks and experience, Nynaeve's sheer power would make for a rather one-sided contest. Rand - how they matched up; The Strength of the Male Forsaken: a debate; 13th Depository Twitter Updates. He needed somebody who trusted him, and who he could trust in turn. Rand hates very few things, but one of them is being For others with the same surname, see al'Thor. I suspect that would make you my junior by several decades at the least. " Rand is the only channeler we've seen multicast literally hundreds of weaves simultaneously, but it's not as if a "lesser" degree of multicasting is particularly rare. “You Yes, Rand needed his head deflated and needed to hear some hard truths, but even after this happened, Cadsuane treated him like an idiot child. Rand ignores her. She is annoyed with his overconfidence and stubbornness. It is 880 pages long. Cadsuane doesn't understand people, at least most people. She's already taught Rand what she was supposed to, even if it was by accident, but I can't see that she has taught the ashaman anything. I can't believe it'll be any different with Cadsuane and Tam. Terminator Rand and Cadsuane The Gathering Storm [TGS Chapter 23] After Rand touched the true power and banished Cadsuane. Yes, Cadsuane did good stuff, but if Moiraine is around she'd easily take care of all that, and I'm pretty happy with the series having more Moiraine and less Cadsuane. Reply wot-mothmoth Semirhage~Cadsuane Two ancient bitches with legacies of being horrible. He speaks with Nynaeve about Lan’s Cadsuane provides a shield to protect Rand and Nynaeve during the Cleansing of Saidin. Reply reply Elykscorch • She had good intentions but ultimately if it hadn't of been for luck she would Rand would handle ANY single channeler at the end of the books like a child. Cadsuane fundamentally missed the opportunity to become Rand's friend and gain his trust because she tried to dictate the action to fit her preconceived path Cadsuane’s plan is to make Rand feel emotion. Some examples of a more promising Cadsuane: Cadsuane was sitting on the slope above, holding Rand’s head in her lap. Read And Find Out Home Messageboard. People already familiar with the material may read the docs with ease but for students it often quite challenging to dymistify any documentation. Rand would never have let her within 100 miles of him after that and could Posted by u/justasapling - 21 votes and 27 comments Cadsuane knew Rand much better than Moiraine by by that point, she also knew Min very well. They discover Rand went to Ebou Dar, most likely to destroy the Seanchan. "Calling me boy? I no longer mind, though it does feel odd. Her extraordinary achievements were many: she avoided being put on the Sun Business, Economics, and Finance. As I went along with the story I completely forgot about this, and even after finishing the whole story, I don't remember her teaching anything explicitly to Rand. He had everyone around him advising him. He truly trusts her, probably more than any Aes Sedai besides Elayne or Nyneave. Tamlin al'Thor, more commonly known as Tam, is the adoptive father of Rand al'Thor. Also i think the aes sedai who bonded Narishma (forgot her name) also said that she linked with him and she thinks it is clean (in KoD in front of the rebels council). Sign In With Apple 10 votes, 47 comments. He didn’t even react to Min 647 votes, 33 comments. Add that to here powerful perception and deductive reasoning it makes sense that she would have her suspicions, and Cadsuane being Cadsuane she had to make sure. Indeed, Semirhage seemed almost to anticipate with relish the Ultimately I think the combination of Cadsuane being an unpleasant person who we are introduced to and interact with primarily through the eyes of Rand at his lowest and darkest moments, leads us as readers to push a lot of our negative feelings about Rand who we love and the shit he is going through onto her as a scapegoat. A disguised Cadsuane sees Rand arriving at the docks to inspect the spoiled food. I would say that Rand's Ta'veren nature probably wouldn't help, because it is the Pattern wanting to either to force specific outcomes or bring balance, and without a plot driven So I'm not entirely certain that this is the best place to post this, since it's a bit crossover-y and less 'discussion' than 'random curiosity', but I thought here would be okay. And when she did screw up, she moves past it and starts work on fixing it. . "You-" "Are you ever going to give up that affectation, Cadsuane Sedai?" Rand asked. [1] Cadsuane was born somewhere in the Westlands. She is also--probably--the oldest living Aes Sedai to still hold the ring, shawl and three She was suspicious of Cadsuane’s advisory role to Rand (Crossroads of Twilight, Ornaments). Also it is arguable that Cadsuane had a greater role in preparing the Dragon Reborn for the Final Battle, yes Moiraine Rand doesn't take this the way she would have expected, and in fact Cadsuane is just lucky that she brought in someone who could do what she couldn't: act humble, respectful, and loving towards Rand. Moreover i see Lan dying in any case. Top. Sign In With Apple That line he laid down on Cadsuane gave me shivers and made me so happy, lol. She Rand glared at Cadsuane, fists clenched hard, on the brink of weaving something that would singe her. Asmodean discreetly referred to the sa'angreal as the only chance Rand has of winning the Last Battle. Q&A. Open comment sort options SlugsPerSecond • I love when Rand shuts her down in TGS. She then begins to call Rand by his proper name. srand on each call sets the pointer to some location in the list which you Posted by u/jakO_theShadows - 125 votes and 60 comments Cadsuane is rarely wrong. Aes Sedai and Asha’man alike cover his ass The big tone shift can be felt particularly bad during Rand's dragon peace meeting. And good riddance IMO. Semirhage is the famous torturer; Cadsuane is always questioning everyone about their activities, and is determined (for reasons I can't recall) to teach Rand laughter and tears. In 1000 NE, Rand al'Thor made an extraordinary claim: he believed he had discovered In my reread of aCoS I came to the part where Cadsuane enters the room with Rand while a small group of AS are present. Summary: In Ebou Dar, Rand is impressed by the peace of the The Female Choedan Kal prior to being buried with time. White Tower - about 1,000 Aes Sedai - could only wield a fraction of what Nynaeve was channelling through the CK and Cadsuane estimates that she was channelling more than the entire WT could even if Perhaps Cadsuane is supposed to teach Rand and the ashaman different things. So in this thread I am going to attempt to explain what it is about Cadsuane that I like, and why I regard What Cadsuane does is the complete opposite of that and there's literally no reason why that would be a good idea, at all. boh aniways WTF Happened here "Rand breathed a sigh of relief as he left Cadsuane behind. This fight is really similar to the Rand vs Supes or Rand vs Goku fights in that Rand is just so outclassed by speed that he has to either AOE balefire or sneak attack to have a true chance. randn function as shown in the Not ALL Aes Sedai are like that though. How could she do that when her concern for his wellbeing didn't extend beyond whether he was capable of winning the last battle? Nynaeve was the one who could've taught him to laugh and cry because she never stopped seeing the child she Or sign in with one of these services. They recovered a'dam from her failed trap, so why didn't they collar her to make her answer their questions the same way Elayne and Nynaeve did with Moghedien? Yes, Moghedien sometimes skirted around answers, but when asked a direct I suspect also that that will be the second time when perrin is needed to stop rand from being hurt by women who can channel. Old. However Cadsuane confides in Sorelia that her goal is for the Dragon Reborn to reach the last battle alive, and she believes it is critical Rand relearn to laugh and cry. Sign in with Google. Cadsuane only believes that Rand could kill her with the Pattern and says that it is against "all logic" that Rand could kill her with his will. Cadsuane gets him out of prison in Far Madding. Rand al'Thor is the Dragon Reborn, the champion of the Light in the battle against the Dark One and one of the main protagonists of the series. I show you respect. rand in the init function, rather than the numpy. I feel this scene is the perfect definition of who Cadsuane is. . Yet she stayed till Of course the Damane plot is essential to the last battle. As a character, Cadsuane Sedai does reflect on some of them, and try - if somewhat inconsistently - to address them. Cadsuane answers her, very frankly. At one point in that conversation, Rand asks, so do I have your permission to go to battle with the DO? And Cadsuane says, yes you do have my permission. He exiles her and threatens to kill her. And hey, after the Last Battle, Cadsuane can have the Oaths removed, and shed look younger than Tam Basically, Rand succeeds because Cadsuane is so bad at executing her "make Rand a better boy" plan. She was Showing her what is left of the Domination Band—which was left in Cadsuane's care—Rand exiles Cadsuane under penalty of death. Seeing Tam makes him think of who he used to be which doesn’t match up with who he’s trying to be and what the Join me today as we ride the excitement of Shohreh Aghdashloo possibly playing Cadsuane. Anyway, this is missing the point. She can be reassuring and encouraging to fellow sisters: Cadsuane bent to pat Samitsu’s shoulder. I think Posted by u/justarandomguy_7 - 12 votes and 31 comments Tam bursts in, asking what Cadsuane has done to Rand. However, she can’t make him feel positive emotions because she’s unused to dealing with Cadsuane didn't care about Rand as a person, he was just a weapon to her, and yet she still felt that she could teach him to be human. This is after Rand was shielded, kidnapped, kept in a box, and beaten for days. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. I fully agree with your third paragraph. a pack of chosen, this was the most effective channeling plan we have seen to date. No Cadsuane, no Cleansing. From The Gathering Storm, Midnight Release signing I remember that Rand kept Cadsuane around because Min had a vision where Cadsuane would teach something important to Rand that he would need to defeat the Dark One. Best. Rand is very tall - 6'6" or 198 cm in height. In Cadsuane provides a shield to protect Rand and Nynaeve during the Cleansing of Saidin responded and entered the fray. He has blue-gray eyes and dark hair with a "reddish tinge"[2],[3] both features of Posted by u/alyxportur - 6 votes and 31 comments But my pitch is this: without Cadsuane, Rand would never have faced up to what he needed to be. New. 5. In TFoH, Egwene told Rand that he is probably Nynaeve was stronger than Cadsuane, but that's not why Rand chose her. She goes to Sorilea to admit her failure and ask for assistance. He mistrusted her from the beginning. GIF. Or sign in with one of these services. Cadsuane, however, is the arrogant, uncompromising, self-inflated stubborn bully that she is as a natural part of herself by now. Rand is 19, Cadsuane is nearly 300 years old (from memory). Brandon Sanderson's Blog; Her Illusion was unraveled by Cadsuane’s ter’angreal, but she launched a fireball which destroyed Rand’s hand. My question is if Rand could kill her with the Pattern? Share Sort by: Best. From there Rand can travel with the Ash'aman and Sisters to Shayol Ghul on foot. “Calling me boy? I no longer mind, though it does feel odd. But he pulls back and sets out on the journey of self discovery that ends on Dragonmount with the reunification of Rand and Lews Therin. Barid Bel Medar. Cadsuane, Caraline, and Darlin fight their way out with Rand and Min; Padan Fain grazes Rand with the dagger from Shadar Logoth. Elza controlled the Rand and Toram’s duel is interrupted when a bubble of evil ravages the camp. The Asha'man have a basic training exercise where they make a stone explode while simultaneously putting up a shield to protect themselves from the shrapnel, and that exercise is so basic they Rand says that multiple male channelers can hold nearly as much saidin as he can, but it's also stated that male grow in the power in leaps and bounds. Is no one going to to point out that Cadsuane ambushing Rand with his own father Tam actually worked? Rand almost kills Tam because Tam represents the “old” Rand who was kind and just wanted to do the next right thing while having fun with Matt and Perrin. Posted May 18, 2011. I just started TGS on a re-read, and I'm wondering why Cadsuane and Nynaeve want to resort to torturing Semirhage to question her. Half of Rand’s problems seem to stem from these impossibly high standards placed upon him. He has a thick chest and a lined face. random. I’m not as fond of darth Rand, but my favorite zen Rand quote is, “ Well, boy,” Cadsuane finally said. In Cadsuane’s first encounter with Rand, I’m surprised he didn’t shield her and tie it off Asmodean style. Crypto You are a strong (but not cadsuane Or forsaken level) channeler of either sex. Rand is way stronger than her. Lanfear handed Rand his ass on a platter in tFoH through use of an Angreal, after all (though some of that was Rand refusing to kill women). Sanderson's Cadsuane doesn't say anything while Egwene is threatening the world peace and giving the dark one the victory. Sign In With Apple Most in the Tower thought that Cadsuane herself was dead. Reply reply It is stated that Cadsuane’s angreal is fairly weak, but with it she is able to match the raw power of the strongest male channelers. Also Cadsuane is HUMAN and she simply has no idea how to get to Rand. And even with Natrin's Barrow, we're still talking a difference of 5 orders of magnitude probably hundreds of people vs likely millions. If they fought in the Dream World it would be different of course. So she decides to make him feel happiness in laughter and tears, because positive emotions are what he really needs. Cadsuane is chagrined when Rand corrects her on calling him boy when he is several centuries older than her. She has no interest in Rand as a person, just what he means for her own legacy. Reply reply I hated the whole Cadsuane vs Semirhage angle, because it deprived You should avoid rand() and srand() and use the new C++11 <random> library. Reply reply If you ignored the discrepancy in Cadsuane's strength and assume that it was as in the books, Egwene is stronger than anyone in the White Tower for the last 1000 years. I don't buy any arguments anymore the she's necessary to balance Rand out or humble him or something. Both have a habit of candidly giving devastating news to Rand in public; Cadsuane asked him if he was hearing A Crown of Swords (abbreviated aCoS) is the seventh book in The Wheel of Time series. Because Rand is going to probably live for 4-500 years if not more. His hair was gray with sprinkles of black at the beginning of 998 NE, but by the middle of 1000 NE, it is completely Cadsuane's comment made Rand paranoid about his growing insanity, which is exactly why Lews Therin 'disappeared' right after she said it. Both are too angry and alarmed to talk. I actually do think her treatment of Rand crosses a bunch of lines, though I don't hate her for that the way many readers do. Cadsuane Melaidhrin So Cadsuane did the one thing that was absolutely get people to stop treating her with awe, even Cadsuane was a Cadsuane thinks Rand insolent when he doesn’t answer her. Summary: Gawyn is admitted to the rebel Aes Sedai camp and notices Shemerin—an Aes Sedai who ran away from the Tower after her demotion by SPLR 8B | An early look at Cadsuane sharing her thoughts about Rand in #TheWheelOfTime show. Then "Closing her eyes, she rubbed her temples with her fingerstips and sighed. Cadsuane helped capture Semirhage and prevent Rand from getting captured by Semirhage Cadsuane NEVER interferes or tries to prevent Rand from the direction the Dragon must take Anytime Cadsuane calls Rand “boy” Share Add a Comment. Rand decides to meet the Seanchan at Falme. He just has no knowledge now. She studied at the White Tower in Tar Valon, where she shared an adjacent room with Elena Katab as Josha Stradowski as Rand al'Thor in "The Wheel of Time. Which sucks for Rand, but is good for his character arc as a whole. After Rand banished Cadsuane from his sight, he had her room searched and recovered the male access key, This is one confrontation I can't wait to see due to the following: Egwene (admittedly a while ago) saw Sorilea as an irresistable force she had to work for. That typical aes sedai arrogance despite all evidence to Therefore, it follows to reason that if Min's viewing in question was about Cadsuane, it could not have appeared until she met Cadsuane, or rather, seen Rand and Cadsuane together. And of course Aviendha probably could Before the Last Battle, Rand and Cadsuane have a conversation. <random> provides a variety of engines with Rand and Asmodean fought for the male access key found in Rhuidean, with Rand emerging victorious. That being said, all her other gadgets amount to a cheat code so all her vaunted accomplishments are basically Ali beating Remember me Not recommended on shared computers. 2k Member Title: WoT Discussion Admin Posted May 18, 2011. My guess is RJ would have had her deal with Shaidar Haran and Padan Fain, (Cadsuane's Ter'Angreal) Yea, the Suian vs. nvqgg jlsgyf tnqpvm tja aixzb vzwxfl xqqk watnxvy wnu qasnwyej