User blog comment:Dragonriders729/Maybe this is a dumb question, but....../@comment-867479-20120621103152/@comment-209.237.91.162-20130819185546

acutully if you read the books he does have a good explenation if one read inbetween the lines a bit. First becasue safehold has such indoctrodanted aversion to technology and inovation. Merlin can't just hand the tech over and say go destroy the tempal. he needs them to start thinking for themselves. second because Merlin doesn't know at what point technology will activate the bombardment system he has to be carefull what tech he alows to be rediscovered, Third there is such a vass mass of knowlege stored in Merlins cave that it would take years to sort through it all. Fourth the Brotherhood has other jobs then just being in the circle while it is not discussed in the book, they are monestary, while small the have to adminstrate to their neighbor hood so they would be to busy and if they are gone for long periods of time their absence will be noted by preists of the brotherhood who are not in the inner circle cause it states in the second book that not all of them know. Also another fact just becuase you have information you if you dont know how to apply it. that information is practicaly useless, as Merlin stated in the very first book. so the brotherhood mightn ot even understand what they look like. so if you paid attention while you read the books you would understand this.