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Is there a connection between Mat and the stolen dice ter'angreal?

Contributed by:Erica Sadun, Pam Korda

Could Mat's phenomenal luck come from the dice ter'angreal described in TDR: 25, 294, Questions, 237-8? Not bloody likely.

• The dice ter'angreal was stolen by the black sisters.
• It is made up of six not five dice stuck together
• You must be able to channel to use it
• Mat says he has always been lucky. This is referred to even before he got the dagger. The dagger may have influenced this or forced him into his ta'veren-hood
• Mat can win at dice with you using your dice.

Note, though, that the dice ter'angreal could possibly be used to counteract the probability-twisting effect of ta'veren, eg Mat's luck. Could the dice ter'angreal have something to do with the way that Mat felt the luck in his head go bye-bye in that inn in Ebou Dar.

Alternate explanation: the "dice stopped rolling" because he had made a decision that would fix his fate for n number of days. I believe one of Liandrin's BA is in Ebou Dar. Could this have some relation?