Er is een karakter in de fantasy serie
The Wheel of Time die hetzelfde meemaakt. Matthew Cauthon. Dat is zo vet! Ik kan het niet beschrijven..
Via een verborgen portaal ergens diep in een kelder die stamt uit de Eeuw der Legenden, komt hij in een vreemde, afgesloten wereld waar wezens op hem wachten die de mensen van deze tijd alleen kennen als een soort van sprookje. Niet iets wat echt bestaat. Het zijn de wezens van een populair spelletje
Snakes and Foxes.
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The doorway took him to the land of the Aelfinn, snakelike creatures who would answer his three questions. He asks what he must do next and is told to go to Rhuidean. He then asks why he must go there and is told that if he does not he will die. Thirdly he asks why he would die and is told that if he does not he will be killed by those who wish to prevent his fate. The Aelfinn then attempt to force him to leave their world, but Mat, furious that they lead his questions with their answers, demands to know his fate to which the Aelfinn respond by giving the following prophesy. They prophesied he would: a) die and live once more as a part of what once was, b) marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons, and c) give up half the light of the world to save the world.
Daarna vindt hij ergens anders een soortgelijke portaal, die hem naar andere, soortgelijke wezens toeleiden.
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In the valley of Rhuidean, while Rand discovered his Aiel heritage, Mat found another redstone doorway, which brought him to the land of the Eelfinn, who resemble foxes. He was expecting to get more answers, so when the Eelfinn offered him wishes instead: he (unknowingly) wished to a) have the holes in his memories filled, b) be free from Aes Sedai channeling, and c) a way to get out of here (The Eelfinn world). His last wish was especially important, because in order to receive any wishes from the Eelfinn at all, a person must use one wish to exit their world.
Als gevolg van zijn eerste wens, heeft hij nu de herinneringen van ontelbare militaire leiders uit de geschiedenis, uit voorbije eeuwen. Daardoor ontpopt hij zich als een begaafd legeraanvoerder, die de wetten van de krijgskunst volledig doorziet. Door zijn talent verzamelen zich als vanzelf soldaten onder hem, omdat ze weten dat als ze voor hem vechten, ze misschien morgen nog leven.
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Mat now has the memories of countless historical military leaders and is thus privy to over a thousand years of cultural and military knowledge; he has a foxhead medallion that causes flows of Saidar to simply dissolve when applied to him (the medallion's effect on Saidin is disputed); and Mat was found by Rand hanging by the neck in Rhuidean, suspended from a black-hafted spear - Ashandarei - set across two of Avendesora's branches. Rand managed to revive Mat, though to this day he bears the scar round his neck; he also decided to keep the spear, actually a naginata-like weapon called an ashandarei in the Old Tongue, and it has been his signature weapon ever since. The spear's blade and shaft are engraved with two ravens each, and a caption on the shaft reads: "Thus is our treaty written; thus is agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time; memory never fades. What was asked is given. The price is paid."