Lanfear, as a native speaker of the language, translates it as The Oneness. The stem for the word for "one" is ko-, with koyat and koye being the words for "one" for material and abstract objects respectively and koyn and kozat being the words for "first" and "unit". The expression ko'di means "one-ness" or "state of being one" in the Old Tongue. Gawyn killed Hammar, a Warder and blademaster, Master of Arms of the Tower Guard at the White Tower, when Siuan Sanche was deposed. Galad killed Eamon Valda, Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light. Throughout the books several people are mentioned using some form of the technique, including Galadedrid Damodred, and Gawyn Trakand who both became blademasters by killing another one. Lan also mentions that it is not exclusive to blademasters. While teaching the Emond's Fielders to use their weapons, he was very surprised to find out that Rand, a farmboy, knew the technique already.
Lan Mandragoran uses the technique to settle his mind during battle. When Rand starts to involuntarily channel, he discovers The True Source as an uneasy glow flickering in the Void, so he tries to avoid the use of the technique, but he quickly discovers when fighting Turak in Falme that he is much less effective in combat without it. While in the Void, Rand excelled in archery, and he later learned to advance it from Lan Mandragoran while performing sword forms. Rand al'Thor first learned the Flame and the Void technique from his father, Tam al'Thor. One can simply bleed out, freeze or burn to death and watch their own dying emotionless from the Void. Cold or heat of the surrounding environment, pain of the injury, tiredness of the body, sourness of muscles are only observed from a distance as the subject would be someone else's body. Sometimes other external focusing device is used.Īnother technique is to imagine to become one with their weapon and one with their target or opponent, removing obstacles of rational thoughts and emotions such as the opponent is stronger or more advanced in combat, and such.īeing in the state of nothingness numbs the physical senses of the body of the performer. This allows the user to perceive reality cleared from everything distracting. All concerns, thoughts, even the concerns of life and death - can be learned to be fed into the flame. "The Flame and the Void" refers to the visualization of a single flame of a candle into which the person could throw all their emotions, fears and obstacles which block them from performing. Channellers use the Void as a preparation to seize saidin, or in case of females they "open themselves to embrace the source". Archers use the Void to aim without distraction. īlademasters enter the Void in order to achieve perfection in performing sword forms. The mind is completely cleared from fears and emotions leaving the individual in a hyperaware state of consciousness to be able to focus exclusively on their desired task. The Void, aka The Flame and the Void, aka The Oneness, aka Ko'di are different terms for a state of nothingness, a concentration or meditation technique used in combat arts throughout the cultures and Ages of the Wheel of Time universe. The Flame and the Void helps with concentration and is a useful meditation technique.
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