RESILIENCE REPOSITORY
GAIDIN In Robert Jordan‘s “Wheel of Time” series, Gaidin is the Old Tongue word for a warder, a bonded “body guard” of an Aes Sedai. Read more in the Wheel of Time Repository
GENTLE/GENTLING In Robert Jordan‘s “Wheel of Time” series, gentling is the masculine form of cutting a channeler off from their access to the One Power. (It’s called stilling in a woman.) Channelers who wield more power than they can handle may also “burn out,” which has the same effect. No more magic. Read more in the Wheel of Time Repository
The Resilience Repository is a collection of literary knowledge and writing wisdom with definitions, concepts, and insights spanning traditional literature and the fantastical worlds created by our crew and passengers.
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