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

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 10:06  PM, Baron von Skippy wrote:

> > > > > > 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.-

Isengard gets thoroughly sacked partway through... uh... I think during 
book two. And although Rivendell is not actually destroyed during the 
course of the book, it's implied that it fades away afterwards.

Also, Tolkien was more about armies, and the one little powerless guy 
with a couple drinking buddies making all the difference. Jordan 
focuses more on a few really powerful individuals blowing the hell out 
of everything at each other.

--
Wonko

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