Talk:True Power

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[edit] True Power

The true power is in NO way related to the One Power, except that it can be, in a way, 'channeled'. It comes directly from the Dark One, while the One Power is drawn from the source of everything, the 'True Source', which drives the universe and the Wheel of Time.

I recommend that this be edited.

Word - Elliot N 15:26, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

The True Power couldnt have been used to drill the hole to the Dark One's Prison since Mierin Sedai, nor Beidomon were not Darkfriends at that time. Therefore it leads me to the conclusion that the True Power is the taint in saidin. Check out the similarities between the effects of the taint and the True Power, which i name here.

effects of the taint

• madness
• the saa (Rand al'Thor never accesed the True Power but still had the saa)
• the taint rips the pattern, the True Power shreds it and tears it appart

Rand doesn't have the saa, where did you get that idea? -- nae'blis 23:51, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

Actually, we don't know if he has saa, but we DO know that he's gone slightly blind from the encounter with Semhirrage (spelling is really bad, sorry) in book 11 (I think it was Knife of Dreams at least). Could they be related? Probably not, but it's possible.

Well, Rand did see black flecks in KOD 27. Could this be the saa?

“Black flecks shimmered in his vision, and everything seemed faintly hazy, as if seen through water...”

---- Willie ^LLAP 11:33, November 3, 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Stub status?

I'm wondering why this page continues to have a "stub" status. It is as complete as we know (at least from the novels published before "The Gathering Storm [which comes out in 2 days from today] - I haven't read the guide book). I'm removing it now, but if you feel the article is not complete yet, put it back (or finish the article to your liking). Thedrtaylor 20:59, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

OK, now I can't figure out how to take away the label as a stub - How do I do that? Or would someone else do if for me? Thanks! --Thedrtaylor 20:15, November 3, 2009 (UTC)

Taken the stub status away, and made a minor grammar fix. - MrJade 20:31, November 3, 2009 (UTC)

Rand almost certainly has the Saa and it will eventually blind him. We know this because of his link to Moridin, the 'other' face he has begun to see. This connection existed before (Ishamel fight) but appears to have been enhanced since the linking of balefire with Moridin at Shadar Logoth. The Gathering Storm confirms this, but it was implied in KOD and before. The DO's True Power will play a big factor the rest of the series, I think. It certainly did in TGS, and the implications are interesting to consider...