We know that Shadowspawn cannot survive going through a gateway. Would the gholam have died just by going though the gateway in Towers of Midnight , or was it necessary for Mat to have kicked him off into the abyss?
No, he wouldn’t have died just by going through the gateway, but he’s unique.
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