One of the
most powerful weapons ever imagined up is the sword called Callandor. Despite
its appearance it is not actually a sword. This flashy crystal-like sword is a
conduit for the male channelers of saidin (The One Power). Channeling this
power and weaving it into the elements in the Wheel of Time series is how
magicians cast spells. They don’t use wands and some are powerful
enough to sink entire cities.
Callandor is
one of the most powerful tools ever designed in this world and was molded into
the shape of a sword for the man who wielded it into battle at the head of his
huge armies against the Dark One's forces. It was made to allow a man to greatly increase the amount of power that he
can normally channel.
This is not
the same as the wands and staffs of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.
Although those items increases a sorcerer’s power and allows the caster to cast
spells at greater speeds without instant fatigue, the casters in the Wheel of
Time don’t require hand movements or words to cast spells. All they have to do
is learn to mentally manipulate the elements they can draw on to do what they
want. Each “spell” is actually a weave of elements that is controlled through
channeling the One Power.
