I believe the ashandarei is linked to mat much like how the bow is linked to birgitte.
Mat s ashandarei quote old tongue.
Wh ch18 mat keeps his ashandarei in tylin s rooms.
The flag for tar valon and the white tower.
Also note that while the a eelfinn weren t doing mat any favors they were definitely pushing him toward a goal.
Wh ch31 when mat goes back for his ashandarei tylin is there.
The blade is adorned with two ravens and the shaft has an inscription written in the old tongue in which mat is now completely fluent.
The inscription translated reads.
He does so unconsciously as though inspired.
Mat s medallion protects him from the one power useful in dealing with the aes sedai.
After shadar logoth his luck became very good.
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.
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.
Remember that mat spoke the old tongue even before rhuidean.
I am lucky master gill mat said.
Wh ch30 mat leaves his ashandarei in tylin s rooms until just before he is ready to leave.
The calico cat leaped down hissing at him with her back arched.
Odin was the god of magic in a society that considered magic a feminine pursuit much like the world.
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 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.
Tdr ch30 mat s luck was always average at best.
Thus is agreement made when she agrees not to try.
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.
Note the sunbursts which could stand for the rising sun of cairhien also featured on their flag.
Odin was the god of poetry and inspiration.
Mat often speaks the old tongue a very poetic and elegant language.
The ravens are amazing.
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.
Cot ch3 tuon quotes the line from mat s ashandarei thus is our treaty written.