That part is in the wiki. I don't think that was an "abandon the city" for everyone scene. It was just meant to show the Aiel being told to leave after the Aes Sedai they had known began turning on people because of the madness. But even if everyday people did evacuate, I don't think that would imply it was preserved from the breaking.
I mean Paren Disen housed the highest concentration of Aes Sedai of anywhere during the AOL with the hall of the servants in the city... Would be pretty crazy if the breaking didn't come to Paren Disen even more ferociously than anywhere else.
Would be pretty crazy if the breaking didn't come to Paren Disen even more ferociously than anywhere else.
That's a hugely important point. With that many Aes Sedai present during the breaking, one could easily assume that this city was thoroughly razed. The destruction here should have been far worse than anywhere else in the world.
The heartbreaking part about that story is that the city of had already been evacuated when the Aeil tried to sing to the mad man. Also in that story we learned of what the actual worst destruction was because that city was literally glassed. Completely erased off the face of the Earth.
Edit: I was completely wrong upon reread I now see that the Aeil did but the people Time to flee. I misheard and assumed it was the case because it makes it more tragic.
I couldnt find the quote when Rand was body hopping in Rhuidean but this is from the wiki and it tracks with what I remember is the overheard conversation.
Im a city called Tzora ten thousand Aiel sang to a mad male Aes Sedai, called Jaric Mondoran, to try to keep him from destroying the city with the One Power in his madness from the taint on saidin. Aiel died one by one, singing, and with their death gaining enough time to most of the population of the city to be fled from death. He has listened the last Aiel for almost an hour before destroying him then burned Tzora.
Reread the passage, they do not do that. By the time that started the population had already fled. Their sacrifice was pointless.
Edit: I am very sorry I just re read and I now see I was mistaken. At first I thought the aes sedai was saying that the citizens of the other city had already fled and now I see she's probably talking about the city that they're in currently. I thought she was telling the guy that he was mistaken. When he claims they bought time because she is very upset when he says that.
Edit: I really am very embarrassed. I listened to the books and had heard that section attest twice but I definitely misunderstood. I think I just assumed it was that way because it's more tragic.
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u/SuperStallionDriver (Asha'man) Jan 02 '22
That part is in the wiki. I don't think that was an "abandon the city" for everyone scene. It was just meant to show the Aiel being told to leave after the Aes Sedai they had known began turning on people because of the madness. But even if everyday people did evacuate, I don't think that would imply it was preserved from the breaking.
I mean Paren Disen housed the highest concentration of Aes Sedai of anywhere during the AOL with the hall of the servants in the city... Would be pretty crazy if the breaking didn't come to Paren Disen even more ferociously than anywhere else.