While we’re talking about non-existent or ‘gone’ people here, why don’t I ask a question that’s been irking me for about five or six books now. Where did Gaidal Cain go?
Birgitte thinks he’s been reborn into the world.
That’s a nice answer.
No kidding.
Birgitte thinks he’s been reborn?
She’s mooning over all the ugly boy-children she can get her hands on, thinking “Ohh, maybe this is him!”
But keep in mind the only way she thinks that is because she hadn’t seen him for a while in Tel’aran’rhiod before she was yanked out by Moghedien. So we don’t even know if that’s true, do we? (I just threw that out for what it’s worth.)
But she did always say that he was usually born before her, but we don’t know how long in real world time, so he could be more than a child, hopefully. Or he could still be lurking in Tel’aran’rhiod .
But there’s no way he could be more than a child. Correct me if I’m wrong, Alan, but the entirety of the books we have isn’t more than a couple of years, is it?
Yeah, it’s been about twenty-four months for the main characters. Alan would know for sure.
Yes, I’m not saying this is true. Well, of course I know, but I can give you various possibilities: he could be born as a child right now; he could still be lurking in Tel’aran’rhiod ; he could have been ripped out the same way Birgitte had been, in which case he would be an adult, right?
Unless he was dead. Because wouldn’t it require someone to bond him after he gets ripped out? Wasn’t that kind of the deal with Birgitte?
Mmhmm.
Well, maybe he’s stronger than she was…maybe he’s…
There are a lot of possibilities.
Unless somebody has a really ugly Warder they’re not talking about… [laughter]
Not all Warders are beautiful. I mean…
Go check Myrelle’s quarters. I know Myrelle has a real penchant for hiding extra Warders around… [laughter]
Yeah, but she likes hers pretty.
She got Lan.
Lan’s impressive, but I don’t know if anybody would call him pretty any more. [laughter]
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