The horn of valere

[Caleb]

Can this thing be used more than once, or did mat "use it all up" when he blew it to summon the heroes to fight the Seanchen?

[WolfGaidin]

A good question, though it will be moved to the WoT-section.
This part of the forum is for ONF-related questions to the Amyrlins of the Official Nynaeve Fanclub.

Anyway, to answer the question: yes, it is possible to blow the Horn of Valere more than once. It has been blown before, so why not again? However, I don't think RJ will use the Horn once more.

[Caleb]

Ok, thanks! (And sorry about posting in the wrong category)

Seems a bit dumb that the horn can be blown more that once, that would surely lead to a "blow the horn every time we're in trouble -mentality"

[WolfGaidin]

Aye, that's the way I think as well. Fortunately, the Horn has not been blown again since Falme. I think that's because of Mat's the only one able to blow it. I'm not sure about that, though. It's been some while since I read the books.

[Isabel]

Mat can only blow it as long as he lives.

since I believe you haven't read more than the first 2-3 books. I am not going to say more.

bye isabel

[Caleb]

Ah, so it can be blown multiple times, but only by Mat? (Since he was the first one to blow it)

[WolfGaidin]

That's correct. And once Mat dies, another person will be able to blow the Horn of Valere. So the horn is some person-bound thingie.

[HammerOfGod]

The way Jordan has handled this thorny issue is for Mat to be unhappy about his being the only one to blow the Horn...

Every author has to use some type of devise to keep a hero from using a very powerful item of magic...

Jordan uses two devises here... One: Mat knows that the Horn is in the Tower, but only Verin and Suian know where it is.. Two: Mat is the reluctant hero... He didn't ask for it... In fact Jordan uses this with all three of his Ta'veran...

Rand does it because it is his {Duty}

Perrin would rather be a {Blacksmith}

Mat dosen't want to be around {Battle}