Mat s medallion protects him from the one power useful in dealing with the aes sedai.
Mat s ashandarei quote old tongue.
The flag for tar valon and the white tower.
The calico cat leaped down hissing at him with her back arched.
A marriage knife worn by women in ebou dar.
The old tongue is a fantasy language within jordan s wheel of time that is typically used in the story to signify important aspects of the universe the knowledge of which proves key in the.
Mat s power wrought ashandarei is a long black hafted spear with a two foot long sword blade in place of a spear point slightly curved and single edged.
Wh ch31 when mat goes back for his ashandarei tylin is there.
Wh ch30 mat leaves his ashandarei in tylin s rooms until just before he is ready to leave.
He does so unconsciously as though inspired.
This version of the old tongue dictionary is current up through and including winter s heart the short story new springand the world of robert jordan s wheel of timeguide.
Cot ch3 tuon quotes the line from mat s ashandarei thus is our treaty written.
After shadar logoth his luck became very good.
Thus is agreement made when she agrees not to try.
The assumption has been made that the normal word order for old tongue sentences is predicate verb subject for all sentences after the eye of the world.
You just have a good meal waiting when i come back as he stood he picked up the dice cup and spun the dice out beside the stones board for luck.
Matrim mat cauthon is a fictional character in robert jordan s fantasy series the wheel of time he is one of the primary protagonists and has moved over the course of the series from his beginnings as a mischievous farm lad into the role of a powerful shrewd and successful general and commander of armies despite his dissolute and irreverent approach to life.
The inscription translated reads.
Odin was the god of poetry and inspiration.
The gateway in tear for example.
Remember that mat spoke the old tongue even before rhuidean.
The ravens are amazing.
Mat often speaks the old tongue a very poetic and elegant language.
Odin was the god of magic in a society that considered magic a feminine pursuit much like the world.
Note the sunbursts which could stand for the rising sun of cairhien also featured on their flag.
I believe the ashandarei is linked to mat much like how the bow is linked to birgitte.
Wh ch18 mat keeps his ashandarei in tylin s rooms.
Tdr ch25 egwene dreams of mat placing his own left eye on a balance scale of mat hanging by his neck from a tree limb of mat and the seanchan and of mat speaking the old tongue.
Also note that while the a eelfinn weren t doing mat any favors they were definitely pushing him toward a goal.
