Rand's journey - The Shadow Rising spoiler

Amaru Imoriell

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Have you ever wondered why Jenn Aiel didn't sing the Song during they journey to cultivate some plants and have food? They've meet Ogiers during they passage, so they could receive some help. I don't know, maybe Jordan gave some information concerning this matter?
 
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Have you ever wondered why Jenn Aiel didn't sing the Song during they journey to cultivate some plants and have food? They've meet Ogiers during they passage, so they could receive some help. I don't know, maybe Jordan gave some information concerning this matter?

I think the Jenn Aiel were nomads; kept moving and fleeing danger all the time. They didn't have time to settle down and plant anything. Just my opinion; and nothing that Jordan said or implied.
 

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This amazes me, because they have soo big talent and they didn't use it. Personally I would prefer to stay in one place few days, than to starve...
 

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They never could settle because they had a task given them by the Aes Sedai during the last days of the War of Power. Take these powerful angreal, sa'angreal, and ter'angreal to a place of safety away from the male channelers who were going mad. They spent several generations finding that final place, Rhuidean. In that dark time of the breaking safety often meant keeping on the road, and away from people who might steal or kill for what little you have.
 

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Well, I think you're right. But I still don't understand :) probably because I'm not Jenn. I just wondering if Aes Sedai would give this task to Aiel, knowing what they have to sacrifice :(
 

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They gave that task to them, mainly to get them away. The Aes Sedai knew that there was no way that the Aiel would run, and so they gave them a seemingly important task to do that required them to go away. I don't think the Aes Sedai excpected the complete collapse of society that followed, and no one was left to tell the Aiel that their task was not as important as their survival :look:
But in the end, they did survive, perhaps mostly because they kept moving, trying to find some safety...
 
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The Jenn and subsequent militaristic Aiel kept some unique talents; but not many. Caressing the child weave that they used on Elayne's babes was one that they kept from the Age of Legends, if I remember correctly.
 
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