[Seanchan (People)] %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% refer to the %%ot [a'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% connection to a %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%% as a link. ([TGH,Ch46]) [Rahvin] thinks he is stronger than [Graendal], but she would link with [Lanfear] if he tried anything. ([TFoH,Prologue]) [Asmodean] teaches [Rand] about linking. Two men cannot link. It requires a woman. Strength increases with linking, but it is not additive. As many as thirteen women can link and they could then overwhelm any man. ([TFoH,Ch3]) Men are needed to take a link beyond thirteen, more than one to go beyond twenty-seven. ([LoC,Prologue]) [Sammael] offers to link with [Graendal] but she refuses. For a man and a woman, the woman must initiate the link but then give control to the man. ([LoC,Ch6]) The [Salidar Aes Sedai] link to form circles to battle a bubble of evil. Once someone joins a linked circle, they cannot leave the circle until the person leading the circle releases them. ([LoC,Ch14])

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# In [The Great Hunt]
## [TGH,Ch46] - [Seanchan (People)] %%ot [sul'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% refer to the %%ot [a'dam|Seanchan (People)]%% connection to a %%ot [damane|Seanchan (People)]%%  as a link.
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Prologue] - [Rahvin] thinks he is stronger than [Graendal], but she would link with [Lanfear] if he tried anything.
## [TFoH,Ch3] - [Asmodean] teaches [Rand] about linking. Two men cannot link. It requires a woman. Strength increases with linking, but it is not additive. As many as thirteen women can link and they could then overwhelm any man.
## [TFoH,Ch34] - The plan is to draw [Rand] to [Sammael], then [Lanfear], [Rahvin] and [Graendal] will be linked and waiting for him.
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Prologue] - Men are needed to take a link beyond thirteen, more than one to go beyond twenty-seven.
## [LoC,Ch6] - [Sammael] offers to link with [Graendal] but she refuses. For a man and a woman, the woman must initiate the link but then give control to the man.
## [LoC,Ch14] - The [Salidar Aes Sedai] link to form circles to battle a bubble of evil. Once someone joins a linked circle, they cannot leave the circle until the person leading the circle releases them.
## [LoC,Ch27] - [Egwene] learns to link by watching the three [Aes Sedai] from the [White Tower] do it.
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Ch20] - [Sammael] and [Graendal] link when they visit [Sevanna].
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Prologue] - [Verin] is surprised to find that the [Wise Ones|Aiel] now know how to link.
## [TPoD,Prologue] - [Moridin] wonders about the new discoveries of the current Age such as involuntary linking.
## [TPoD,Ch2] - Part of the bargain of the [Bowl of the Winds] is that the [Aes Sedai] will teach the [Windfinders|Sea Folk] how to link.
## [TPoD,Ch5] - The process of linking is described. The linker embraces the [True Source]. The linkee prepares to embrace the [True Source], but does not. The linker draws on the [True Source] through the linkee much as one would with an %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%%. The linkee surrenders to the linker much as she would to the [True Source]. The linkee cannot release the [True Source] until the linker lets her. The linker can pass control of the circle to another by surrendering control.
# In [Winter's Heart|Winters Heart]
## [WH,Ch35] - In the battle at [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)], [Cadsuane] has the [Aes Sedai] and [Asha'man] link into mixed circles.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Ch7] - When [Masema Dagar] approaches, the [Wise Ones|Aiel], [Masuri Sokawa] and [Perrin] huddle together and [Perrin] wonders if they are linked.
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