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

["Craig" <ragnarok@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>>Heartstone is called Cuendillar, I think, and you've got the colors
>>>backwards - black for Saidin, white for Saidar - but overall, a very
>>
>>Yeah, typo. The white half, which has its point up, is now known as the
>>Flame of Tar Valon, and is the symbol of the (now all-female) Aes Sedai.
>>The
>>black half points down, and is known as the Dragon's Fang, and is a symbol
>>of the same evil that taints Saidin (even though not everyone who uses the
>>symbol knows where it comes from). The Dragon in question was Lews Therin
>>Telamon, who used a dragon as his symbol.

>Umm... I was under the impression that the symbol was in use before the
>taint, and so the blackness couldn't be used to symobolize it.  But I'm no
>expert on the matter.

The Dragon's Fang interpretation is post-taint. The old symbol, with both
halves, goes back to the Age of Legends. The new, male-half-only, form is
drawn on people's doors to anonymously accuse them of being Darkfriends.

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