Angreal
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Angreal are objects which allow those who can channel to draw more of the One Power than they normally could without harming themselves. While all angreal offer this benefit, they do vary considerably in strength (the amount of additional Power that they provide access to). Sa'angreal are like angreal, but much more powerful. All known angreal and sa'angreal are aligned for use by either a man or a woman, never both.
Most angreal and sa'angreal are constructed with a buffer to protect the user from drawing too much of the Power. One male sa'angreal in particular, Callandor, is known to lack this buffer because of the haste of its construction[verify]. In order to overcome the danger of weilding Callandor as a sa'angreal, two women must be linked to one man, with one of the women guiding the flows of saidin.
All existing angreal and sa'angreal are left over from the Age of Legends. The knowledge of their construction has since been lost, along with the knowledge of creating ter'angreal. Angreal are rare; sa'angreal are extremely rare.
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[edit] List of angreal
[edit] Female alignment
- A dark ivory carving of a woman in flowing robes, held by Moiraine Damodred.
- Aviendha's amber turtle angreal.
- Verin Mathwin's too-many-petaled lily brooch, rather weak in strength.
- Graendal's Gold Ring.
- Cadsuane's Shrike hair ornament.
- Ivory carving of a seated woman covered by her own hair. Weaker than other angreal.
- Nyneave's gold bracelet attached to four gold rings with four golden chains
- A female angreal in the form of a weathered stone figurine of a woman, seemingly unclothed but wrapped in hair that falls to her ankles. Egwene finds the stone figurine on display in the museum of the Panarch's Palace in Tanchico while in Tel'aran'rhiod. (TSR,Ch11)
- A female angreal in the form of a small dark ivory bracelet in the shape of an acrobat bent around backwards so his wrists are tied to his ankles. Moiraine finds the ivory bracelet at Rhuidean. Moiraine leaves the ivory bracelet near the twisted red doorway at the Cairhien docks. Lanfear finds it and uses it in her attack on Rand. Moiraine pulls it from her as she knocks Lanfear through the twisted red doorway.
[edit] Male alignment
- Carving of a bald, round-faced, round-bodied man, sitting cross-legged with a sword across his knee. It is carved out of a shiny green stone. Found by Rand al'Thor in the Stone of Tear.[1]
