Tag: The Wheel of Time

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The pain didn’t stop, but she felt disconnected from it, now.  She was calmer, focused.  She felt as though she were adrift in a vast, empty space, aware of every part of her body, the wholeness of it, and nothing else.

And in this void she can sense sai’dar, the female half of the True Source, shining at her, calmly, voicelessly asking her to let it flow into her…

References aside, I wonder if this is going to have a noticeable impact on her power.

An incoherent image flickered across her mind.  A landscape of twisted biological shapes that seemed to alter with every passing second, changing into something completely different.

Theeere they are.

An archway of bony growths disconnected and became a bridge over a crevasse.  Then a hill.  Yet it all seemed to change with logic.  It was just a logic she couldn’t comprehend.

Yeah, that tends to be the case when extra spatial dimensions get involved.

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The Wheel of Time does not have a character named Rose, but the last queen of Manetheren was called Ellisande (Rose of the Sun) by her people.

Nice. It’s a little iffy as far as counting towards the Rose bouquet goes, but it works.

I suppose Rose is just too real a name for the setting. It’s not like you’re likely to run into people named Bob or Peter in the Westlands. Then again, we do have Mat(rim) Cauthon.

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Random 4 AM prediction: At some point there will be a character (if there isn’t one already) whose civilian name is Rose. It seems like most works I’m actively in the fandom of has one at this point.

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Here’s a thing I’ve been forgetting to mention:

Imp’s power reminds me of the Gray Men (also known as the Soulless) from the Wheel of Time series. They’re servants of the Dark One who are nearly unnoticeable, and are consequently used as assassins. They’re not invisible, but the gaze of most onlookers, even ones who are actively on guard, will just slide right over them. In many cases, witnesses will report seeing the victim fall but not seeing the murderer, even though it happened right in front of them, in plain sight.

Imp’s power is stronger, though, since even if she does get noticed, her power can then cause people to forget about that shortly after. Gray Men are hard to notice, but they don’t mess with your memories once you do.