Theoryland of the Wheel of Time

TPOD Signing Report - John Novak (Paraphrased)

The Bowl: Someone asked him whether, if men had helped the Aes Sedai and Windfinders and Kin channel through the Bowl, the One Power would still have been screwed up.

His implicit assumption was that the Bowl screwed things up. I expected this to be a sheer RAFO. I was surprised. He went into a relatively detailed explanation to the effect that the Bowl was stressed far, far beyond its original design parameters because of the advanced knowledge of the Windfinders. It was affecting a global pattern, when it was designed for only a small region. Men helping would not have changed anything, and the effects linger most strongly near Ebou Dar, but also along the "spokes" which radiated from that place. (I should have asked if a spoke went out over Tear.)

The 'relatively detailed explanation' can be found in TPOD 2, Moridin's POV. Moridin noted that the Bowl was originally a ter'angreal designed to control the weather in small areas, and that the Sea Folk were likely capable of stretching its abilities far beyond its intended capacity (since they could do unaided what should have required the Bowl, by Age of Legends standards).

bowl of the winds, one power, sea folk, talents, ter'angreal, windfinders,

ACOS Signing Report - Erica Sadun (Paraphrased)

Who was the one who is no more? The innkeeper or the guy on the barrel?

QUESTION

ROBERT JORDAN

This refers to a dream shared by Amys, Melaine, and Bair referenced in Lord of Chaos. We get a clue in The Path of Daggers that Setalle Anan was Martine Janata—an Aes Sedai who burned out while studying ter'angreal—and it's near-confirmed in Knife of Dreams when Setalle takes a particular interest in Mat's medallion. Thus she was 'the one who is no longer [Aes Sedai]', and she was the key to finding the Bowl. The guy on the barrel was Jain Farstrider (Noal Charin).

setalle anan, aes sedai, bowl of the winds, dreams, prophecies, farstrider, a crown of swords, burnout, the path of daggers, knife of dreams,

ACOS Signing Report - Erica Sadun (Paraphrased)

Could a second person have "needed" the Bowl and found it?

QUESTION

ROBERT JORDAN

bowl of the winds, tel'aran'rhiod, a crown of swords,

TPOD Signing Report - Matthew Hunter (Paraphrased)

The third was someone else again, and I didn't hear the question clearly, but I think it was about the weird Power effects. Assuming I heard correctly, this should support the Bowl theory, due to the lack of effects in Andor despite the gateway detonation and the timing of the effect first showing up. Of course, he didn't say so explicitly, but that is what would seem to be the intuitively obvious explanation.

bowl of the winds, one power, gateways,

SciFi.com Chat (Verbatim)

The general consensus seems to be that the Bowl of Winds caused the weirdness in the Power around Ebou Dar. Do we know enough at this time to determine the true cause or do we have to RAFO more info?

I think you know enough by this point. It is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer. I always hated it when my math professors said that.

RJ explained further here.

bowl of the winds, the path of daggers, one power, ter'angreal,

TGS Signing Report - Samadai (Paraphrased)

Have the effects of the Bowl of Winds been fully realized?

Yes, but the weather patterns are so huge that it will still take a long time to normalize everything.

bowl of the winds,

Plot Related Q&A With Maria Simons + New MAFO by Luckers (Verbatim)

What was the item that could help tie the Aes Sedai to Rand and help Rand that Nynaeve and Elayne found in the Tower via Need in Tel'aran'rhiod (just prior to finding the Bowl of the Winds).

You don't really think I'm going to answer every single question, do you?

ter'angreal, tel'aran'rhiod, nynaeve, elyane, bowl of the winds, rand,

Alloy of Law Signing Report - Loialson (Verbatim)

In Lord of Chaos, Nynaeve and Elayne searched for something that would tie the Salidar Aes Sedai to Rand via Need in Tel'aran'rhiod.

Need led them to three things. First it led them to the White Tower, (where Elayne glimpsed Egwene briefly), then Need shifted Nynaeve and Elayne to a locked storeroom within the White Tower (they thought that was useless). After that, Need led them to the Bowl of the Winds. My questions are regarding the first two things Need brought them to.

On the first thing, was Need bringing them to Egwene?

I believe it was Egwene.

LOIALSON

On the second thing, what was the item Need brought them to in that storeroom?

BRANDON SANDERSON

RAFO.

LOIALSON

Was that something besides the Horn of Valere?

BRANDON SANDERSON

It could be.

LOIALSON

[I felt that this question was grasping at straws here a bit from the impression I got from him, i.e. it's not that important regarding what the item is, but that it will come into play. And it's not the Horn of Valere in this case. I could be wrong, that's just the vibe I got.]

horn of valere, tel'aran'rhiod, nynaeve, elayne, egwene, bowl of the winds, white tower, lord of chaos,

AMOL Signing Report - Mike Cockrum (Paraphrased)

During book 6 or 7, I forget which, one of the supergirls did a Need walk in Tel'aran'rhiod to find something to do with The One Power that would help Rand. The end result of this was them discovering the Bowl of the Winds. First, though, she went to the Objects of Power storeroom of the White Tower. What was the thing in the Tower?

He passed the question to Maria, who didn't know. I asked if it was The Horn of Valere. He said he wasn't sure, but he always thought it was The Horn.

tel'aran'rhiod, ter'angreal, horn of valere, bowl of the winds, elayne, nynaeve, lord of chaos,

JordanCon 2013 - Q&A with Maria (Verbatim)

Is the Bowl of the Winds found in Ebou Dar the same one that was lost by the Sea Folk?

I don't know.

sea folk, bowl of the winds,