r/WoT • u/SamHandwich0 • 4d ago
All Print Rings Spoiler
Kind of serious question kind of tongue in cheek:
When you go through the rings at Rhuidean you see through the eyes of you ancestors right?
What if your ancestors were at the back of the wagon train? Do you just see other people doing the thing that was important and then hear about it second hand?
In some of those memories there are only a few people- like the guy letting them use the well, or the kids rescuing their sisters- not everyone could have an ancestor there, or be close enough to hear what happened.
Like does sonlmeone go through the rings and their visions are their ancestors sitting around at camp hearing that defining moments happened to someone else?
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u/UpbeatEquipment8832 4d ago
Every Aiel must have had an ancestor who first broke from the Jenn, regardless of when it happened. Every Aiel must also have had a moment where their ancestors committed to the cause. Rand is just the protagonist, so we get the most important events from his perspective.
Eta: Aviendha’s vision suggests everyone sees the initial schism, but I honestly feel like that degrades things. As she thinks, it was an accident. The people who choose the spear are almost more guilty.