Void
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The Void is a concentration technique used by blademasters. The user envisions a flame and a void, then feeds all other concerns - emotions, thoughts, and everything else - into the flame. This allows the user to concentrate on the matter at hand, even ignoring pain or fear. The Void is also helpful to a male channeler trying to grasp at saidin. It may have been known as "the Oneness" in the Age of Legends,[1].
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Rand al'Thor, though he was not a blademaster at the time, was taught the Void by his father, Tam al'Thor.[2] The concentration of the Void allowed him to excel in archery, and he would later also use it while fighting with a sword. Later, the Void's concentration brought Rand his first touch of saidin, and he learned to use the concentration of the Void to channel.[3]
Lan Mandragoran uses something very similar to the Void, known to him as ko'di, to settle his mind during battle.[4] When he was teaching the Emond's Fielders to use their weapons, he was very surprised to find that Rand, a farmboy, knew the skill already.[5]
Galadedrid Damodred, who is now a blademaster, also uses the Void technique.[6]
