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[โ€“] teft@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

WoT can have anachronistic words since the 3rd Age, which the series is set in, is a regression from a high tech age. They could have carried the word over from having some form of ter'angreal gun.

[โ€“] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

Yea that absolutely makes sense, but if I remember right Robert Jordan did stick to loose in his battles. Idk, how much you have read but I believe that is what the "shocklances" are supposed to be in the scenes we get from the third age