This has been bugging me for some time: RJ's world is almost completely based on balance. Examples are the Saidin/Saidar relationship, men being stronger in Earth and Fire and women being stronger in Air and Water, the ancient symbol of the Aes Sedai being the Yin Yang symbol etc. We've already seen that the DO can communicate with his minions at Shayol Ghul, so would it not seem like a safe assumption that the Creator can communicate with his people at a certain place in the pattern? In fact, we've already seen this at the finale of EotW, when Rand is in Tarwins Gap about to chase Ishy for their first showdown. He hears a voice (In capitals - balance for the DO's voice) which I believe refers to him as the Chosen one (irony!). Neat that it's also close to Shayol Ghul as well. Mabye the thinness in the pattern reaches to other places rather than just the DO's prison. Mabye the DO doesn't even have a prison, just a different dimension outside the pattern to the one the creator occupies. Anyway, the point I'm bumbling towards is this. If the creator and the DO are fairly equal (and I believe they are; like saidin and Saidar, two halfs of the same thing that can't exist without each other), then surely the Creator must have a power source of his own separate to the True Source just like the Dark One has his True Power. It only seems fair really. If this is correct (and admittedly it's far fetched), it opens up a whole new way of looking at the last battle. Comments/Rebuttals anyone?