At the end of A Memory of Light , it mentions that Rand is no longer ta’veren . Does that apply to Mat and Perrin as well? And if it does, how does it apply to Mat’s luck?
Everything I’m saying right now is not 100% canon, because I’m only working off of my guesstimates based on his notes. I believe that Mat’s luck is a soul attribute that is independent of him being a ta’veren , but enhanced by his ta’veren nature. Part of the proof of this is the Heroes of the Horn knowing him as Gambler, which means in other Ages when he’s been born and not been ta’veren , he’s still had luck and attraction to things like that. Plus things in the notes, I’m basing on that. So it does not necessarily mean they aren’t ta’veren right now, but even if they weren’t, I think Mat would still have his luck.
So you don’t know whether they’re ta’veren or not?
I do not know. My suspicion is that if he would have written the outriggers, Mat still would have been, and maybe Perrin, because Perrin was going to be in the outriggers, we know this. But I don’t know for sure. But I think it would have been fun, if in some parallel dimension if I were to have written them, which I’m never going to, I would have not made Mat ta’veren , or Perrin, I would have made Tuon ta’veren , and forced Mat to deal with someone else who was ta’veren , which I think would have been interesting.
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