Jul 8, 2024
Going a LITTLE insane about Arafellin hair bells right now, because outside of a Southlander context in combat, they’re Borderlanders, they fight the Dark One, the bells are SUPPOSED to make a sound while they’re fighting, and would effectively scare off the ravens and rats that act as the Dark One’s eyes and his spies. Wearing something in combat, against the Shadow and otherwise, that would ‘scare off the eyes of the Lord of the Grave’ when they bring death to another, acting like a protective “ward” in a sense in battle. Is any of this explicitly said in the books? Not really, but it’s my interpretation.
#I love their jingles I love their twin braids I love their honor#I wish we got interaction between them and the aiel tbh#seeing their two honor systems interact would have been interesting#and they are complete opposites when it comes to what twin braids mean#for the aiel it’s a sign of girlhood that is left behind when a girl becomes an adult#and is woven with brightly colored ribbons that make her easy to spot and signals she’s a non-combatant#And for the arafellin it’s a sign of manhood#and is woven with merrily jingling bells easy to hear because it DOES NOT MATTER even if you do sense them about to end you#And I just think that dynamic between the two created cultures would have been sick#arafel#arafel wot#borderlands#borderlands wot#wheel of time#the wheel of time#wot#wot books#aiel#(just mentioned in the tags)