I understand that there are some things that we as the reader are just not meant to know, but I'm curious where exactly the Chosen went when they were sealed away by LTT. How exactly did he and the 100 seal them away? Were their bodies physically removed from our universe, or just their souls?

When they escaped, where did they appear? Shayol Ghul, or some random spot in the world? Did they all come out at the same time? How long before the events of TEotW did they first escape? Is their escaping related to the seals breaking?

Like I said, I know most of this is information we simply aren't privy to, but has any of this been discussed by RJ, or mentioned in the book and I just don't recall?

The answer, is the Chosen were all bound in the Pit Of Doom.

 

LTT faced the Dark One in the exact same location that Rand did, except it was fire. 

The details are glossed over a bit certainly, but that to a degree makes them more believable.

 

I think the point is that the Pit of Doom is not simply a place, as a geographical location it would be unchanged by sealing the Bore. But reality that "close" to the Bore (I think it is stated that this is a simplification of its nature) is warped, so as the Dark One can touch the Pattern through the Bore, those in the Pit are closer to his Prison. 

 

When the Bore was sealed, this warping was cut off, catching the Forsaken caught between the two dimensions, as if in a tunnel where one end is bricked up. 

 

But where were they? Were they geographically still in the Pit? Were they there but in a different dimension such as TAR? Were they close to the Prison and only reappeared as the seals failed and the Bore opened again?

 

Does it even matter? I think the lack of details works better than an exact faux-physics explanation.  

Edited August 19, 20241 yr by HeavyHalfMoonBlade