Re: [Spoon-business] Re: [spoon-discuss] Force vs. Source

["Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > > > You should've copyrighted it when you had the chance! ;)
> > > >
> > > > E did. Anything you write is copyrighted instantly.
> >
> > > Well, he should have licenced it properly. Anyway, it was a joke on the
> > whole
> > > 'Source' thing. I never read the books, though.
> >
> > Once upon a time, those who could channel the One Power (and thereby do
> > nifty magical stuff) banded together under the name of Aes Sedai. They
> > devoted themselves to the study of the Power. Working together, they 
> > learned
> > how to do all sorts of stuff. This included the creation of Angreal,
> > artifacts which would increase the power of anyone who held them. They 
> > also
> > made Sa'angreal, which were *really powerful* angreal. Then there are the
> > Ter'angreal, items which use the Power to create some specific effect.
> > Another thing they created was Heartstone, which also has an Old Tongue 
> > name
> > that I forget. It can't be broken, and any of the One Power that is used 
> > on
> > it it absorbs. The symbol for the Aes Sedai was like a yin-yang without 
> > the
> > dots; the black half represented Saidar and the white half represented
> > Saidin.
> >
> > Then the Dark One, a satan-like entity, started causing all sorts of
> > trouble, and even got thirteen of the most powerful fourteen Aes Sedai on
> > eir side working evil. A coalition of Aes Sedai, led by Lews Therin 
> > Telamon,
> > the most powerful of the loyal Aes Sedai, imprisoned the Dark One and the
> > thirteen Forsaken (the evil Aes Sedai who worked with em) in a prison 
> > called
> > Shayol Ghul, held in place by thirteen seals made of Heartstone. Sadly,
> > however, the influence of the Dark One was able to get out, and e has
> > supporters outside of Shayol Ghul. In the struggle that occured over the
> > imprisonment of the Dark One and the Forsaken, Saidar got tainted so that
> > any man who uses the Power except for the male Forsaken goes mad. This
> > included Telamon, who killed all of his family and was given the nickname
> > "Kinslayer".
>
> Heartstone is called Cuendillar, I think, and you've got the colors 
> backwards - black for Saidin, white for Saidar - but overall, a very good, 
> concise summary of the background. I give Teucer one point.
-Oh, and there are only seven seals on the Dark One's (a.k.a Shai'tan, 
Ba'alzamon) prison. And you forgot one more thing. Tolkien took all those 
ancient things - Rivendale, Orthanc, Isengard, the Shire - and DID NOT 
destroy them. Jordan blows up roughly one major city/fortress/ancient relic 
per book... okay, so he didn't actually blow up Falme, but damn did he try.-

[[BvS]]

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