Wheel of Time Trivia

A point of some interest to a very small company. In one of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series; Matt (who is a ta’veren and of course this might be significant) is short of ready coin and decides to remedy the situation by finding and challenging the two best swordsman to a dual. He bets that he can best both of them at the same time. His weapon of choice is the quarter staff. He in fact wins the bet. The weapons master tells the surprised audience that the best swordsman of another age who was never bested with a sword was in fact humbled once in his life by an opponent whose weapon of choice was a quarter staff.

We are led to believe that a master with a quarter staff will overcome a master with a sword. I always did like a walking stick.