Gun powder is not the only fearsome weapon in Jordan’s world. There is also a mysterious and deadly power.
“The biggest single political power in their world is the great city of Tar Valon, home to the White Tower, which is the headquarters of the Aes Sedai, women who can tap into the power that drives the universe and turns the Wheel of Time, the One Power.”
Men are not able to manipulate the power like women can, the dual nature of the power is often too much for them. “Men can’t do that safely. A man who channels the One Power, which has a male half, saidin , and a female half, saidar , will eventually go mad and die,” Jordan explained. “Only until he dies, he’s a madman who can do horrific things with the Power. The fly in the buttermilk is this. Prophecy says that a boychild will be born who is humanity’s only chance to win the Last Battle, when the Dark One breaks free of the prison where he was confined by the Creator at the moment of creation. And that boychild will be able to channel the One Power.”
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