When Lord Amatin spoke again, she emphasized her words intently. "Amok, what are you?"
Without hesitation, Amok replied, "I am the Seventh Ward of High Lord Kevin's Lore."
When Asuraka returned to Amok, she said tentatively, "Amok, the other Wards teach knowledge concerning power. Are you the power of the Seventh Ward?"
"I am the way and the door."
"Do you bear the power itself within you?" she insisted.
For a moment, Amok appeared to study the legitimacy of this question. Then he said simply, "No."
"Are you a teacher?"
"I am the way and-"Suddenly Lord Amatin grasped a new idea, and interrupted Amok. "You are a guide."
"Yes."
"You were created to teach us the location of some knowledge or power?"
"Ah, that may be as it happens. Much is taught, but few learn."
"Where is this power?"
"Where all such powers should be-hidden."
It would appear that the seventh ward is Amok but the power of command was being guarded by Amok.....so it was actually Damelon who made the door to guard the Power but Kevin knew of it but didnt put knowledge of it in his wards..instead he made Amok and never used him..though he knew how to get to it.
about the way door and ward Amok said
"Behold Damelon's Door-entryway to the Power of Command. For this reason among others, none may approach the Power in my absence. The knowledge of this unlocking is contained in none of High Lord Kevin's Wards. And any who dare Damelon's Door without this unlocking will not find the Power. They will wander forever torn and pathless in the wilderness beyond.
so the remaining wards could be Locks like Amok leading to other powers or knowledge even, because knowledge is power.
I was curious ..what were the first two wards. I cant find anything other than Atiaran used a hint of power she had found in the second ward to summon Troy/Covenant. and for the first ward it just says when the giant presented the new lords with the first ward they were frightened it would bring about another Desecration and had spoke the oath of peace to master it and avoid another desecration.
I wonder if we will find out what the wards were in the Future.?
wayfriend wrote:Yes, Amok seemed to claim to be both the Ward and the Way to the Ward.
But if you think about it, the Wards were the lore of the Old Lords. It was not their power, but their learning, which can be used to acheive their power. So the Wards are not a power, they are a Way to the power.
Also, because of the way that the Wards were set up, each Ward unlocking the way to the next Ward, you can say that a Ward is also a Door to the next Ward.
So when Amok says he is a Ward, that is the same as saying he is a Way and a Door. It's not really a contradiction at all.
that sounds about as close and true as were going to get until SRD decides to let us in on it.
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