Theoryland of the Wheel of Time

SciFi.com Chat (Verbatim)

Here's a longish question from Linda that somehow fell in between the cracks... Part One from Linda: Since the ability to channel seems to be primarily linked to the soul, if a channeler is gentled/stilled, will this affect his/hers soul in a follow life as well, as in, will the ability to channel still be lost? Did THAT come through??

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Robert Jordan

channeling, souls, rebirth, severing, gentling, stilling,

DragonCon Report - Isabel (Verbatim)

Elaida slipped through the cracks uncaught by the Red Ajah scheme twenty years ago that had a name called the Vileness. How did Elaida, and Galina for that matter, manage to slip through when three Sitters did not?

Elaida slipped through largely because she was minimally involved. Galina slipped through because there were enough Red sisters involved, at various levels, that taking them all down would have decimated the Red Ajah. The decision was made to punish the Ajah by exiling the Sitters, take off the top. And it was supposed to be a life exile, you are out of here forever. The only reason they were not stilled was that the Tower was trying to hide what happened, it was a major atrocity carried out in the name of the Tower, and it didn't matter whether the Tower as a whole really wanted it or not, it was still a major atrocity and the Tower was at the heart of it.

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KOD Signing Report - Frenzy (Paraphrased)

But what I DID get to ask, was this: Can a person who hasn't actively channeled yet be severed or stilled?

Frenzy

stilling, gentling, severing, sul'dam, slowing, warders, warder bond, red ajah, one power,

Goodreads ToM Fantasy Book Club Q&A with Brandon Sanderson (Verbatim)

There are some channelers who have lost strength in the Power (Siuan and Moiraine), is this something that can be Healed?

Cory

You have to still/gentle them again, and then have them "Healed" by a channeler of the opposite sex...thats why when Nynaeve healed Logain, he regained all his power.

That is a common theory. I do believe Robert Jordan RAFOed this very question, which is why I feel I need to RAFO it. It should be noted that Siuan doesn't want to try this, for various reasons.

stilling, gentling, severing, healing, siuan, logain, nynaeve,

AMOL Signing Report - J. Dauro (Verbatim)

From Freelancer again. Moiraine promised Thom to tell the names of the Red Aes Sedai (who gentled) Owyn. Does she ever do that?

Yes. It's not onscreen but it does happen.

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And is there anybody in that list that we would be interested in?

Brandon Sanderson

I actually asked that question to Maria, and Maria said no.

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OK.

Brandon Sanderson

Really what I said is, "Do we want to do this, is this relevant?" She said, "No I don't think this is relevant, and it's not worth jumping through hoops."

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OK.

Brandon Sanderson

Because there is nothing there that's going to, yeah.

That was what came of it. Now whether that actually means, is there any name you'd recognize, you might recognize a name, but it wasn't relevant enough to jump through storytelling hoops to get that on screen, to bother with it.

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Waygate Foundation Q&A (Verbatim)

Can someone burned out be Healed, be it similar to the severing healing process or not?

No, someone who is burned out will stay that way. It cannot be healed.

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