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Another AS does the channeling according to NS darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 17/07/2010 10:02:32 PM
Mesaana could have channelled a protective layer (like gloves) not to touch directly the OR. It's theorically possible, but she would have been surrounded by sisters looking closely at what she was doing (and ready to shield her if she failed the test).

However I think there's an even simpler way to achieve the same result. Not only Mesaana had to hold the OR, but she had to channel a thread of Spirit into the numerals to activate it (it seems the person to be bound must be the one channelling or at least it's how the AS do it? I'd have to reread the scenes with the OR involved to be sure).


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Just Before Dawn

For an instant, Tamra hesitated, as though uncertain which of them to bind first, but only for an instant. Moiraine promptly raised her hands in front of her, palms upward, and Tamra placed the Rod there. This was the price Siuan had exacted, a favor to be granted, for Moiraine's yielding precedence through the oval. Needless to say, she had not revealed her "favor" until Moiraine accepted. She would become Aes Sedai first by minutes. It was so unfair!

But there was no time for thinking of how she should have known Siuan was up to something when she gave in so easily. The glow of saidar surrounded Tamra, and she touched the Oath Rod with a thin flow of Spirit.

Moiraine closed her hands around the Rod. It felt like glass, only somehow smoother. "Under the Light and by my hope of salvation and rebirth, I vow that I will speak no word that is not true." The Oath settled on her, and suddenly the air seemed to press harder against her skin.


Tamra actually weaves the flows when raising Moiraine and Siuan. But it seems like in TGS the Sisters we saw do the unbinding/rebinding wove the flows personally so it's hard to say. If I were in Egwene's shoes I'd have someone other than the Sister taking the oaths weave the flows.
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This message last edited by darius_sedai on 17/07/2010 at 10:02:47 PM
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How did Mesaana beat the Oath Rod? - 17/07/2010 10:26:42 AM 3738 Views
I agree with Deadsy... - 17/07/2010 11:32:09 AM 1010 Views
could be - 17/07/2010 04:39:10 PM 894 Views
I wonder if masking one's ability messes with the OR - 17/07/2010 02:44:37 PM 980 Views
I don't think - 17/07/2010 05:29:59 PM 1242 Views
Re: I don't think - 17/07/2010 07:26:57 PM 941 Views
Re: I don't think - 18/07/2010 06:13:59 PM 923 Views
Another AS does the channeling according to NS - 17/07/2010 10:02:32 PM 967 Views
And the Shaido "Wise Ones" channeled for Galina. *NM* - 18/07/2010 01:58:49 AM 522 Views
As mentioned above, your theory is not about defeating Oath Rod. - 17/07/2010 06:42:38 PM 945 Views
That's an interesting theory - 18/07/2010 02:01:23 AM 934 Views
Re: As mentioned above, your theory is not about defeating Oath Rod. - 20/07/2010 02:02:05 PM 852 Views
Good point. We're asking the wrong questions entirely. - 20/07/2010 02:30:04 PM 770 Views
Re: Good point. We're asking the wrong questions entirely. - 20/07/2010 05:59:07 PM 798 Views
Re: "Mesanna did have oathes, just not the 3 AS ones". No she didn't - 20/07/2010 04:04:28 PM 1066 Views
Re: "Mesanna did have oathes, just not the 3 AS ones". No she didn't - 20/07/2010 06:02:40 PM 830 Views
Re: "Mesanna did have oathes, just not the 3 AS ones". No she didn't - 20/07/2010 07:26:20 PM 816 Views
Re: How did Mesaana beat the Oath Rod? - 18/07/2010 04:46:23 PM 792 Views
I think this is a tricky issue - 18/07/2010 05:50:50 PM 949 Views
Re: I think this is a tricky issue - 18/07/2010 07:28:51 PM 977 Views
Is the Verin thing widely known? - 19/07/2010 05:51:05 AM 875 Views
Re: Is the Verin thing widely known? - 20/07/2010 11:55:35 PM 852 Views
Re: I think this is a tricky issue - 19/07/2010 04:39:44 PM 807 Views
Everything you said but this... - 20/07/2010 01:25:34 AM 863 Views
Or she didn't swear on it, because she's a servant. - 18/07/2010 11:05:08 PM 899 Views
but BS would not have told us to think about defeating the oath rod then.... - 19/07/2010 04:10:56 PM 744 Views
I don't really see why this is such a big issue: - 22/07/2010 03:34:46 AM 1022 Views
Because - 22/07/2010 03:50:36 PM 741 Views
What about the True Power? - 19/07/2010 06:30:57 AM 879 Views
TP + OR = Boom? - 19/07/2010 06:47:01 AM 818 Views
Re: TP + OR = Boom? or Melt? - 20/07/2010 01:33:20 AM 891 Views
What about Compulsion on herself? - 19/07/2010 09:07:32 PM 826 Views
Interesting idea, I think this might work. *NM* - 20/07/2010 02:33:04 PM 434 Views
Re: What about Compulsion on herself? - 20/07/2010 06:07:53 PM 709 Views
I just thought of the most obvious way around it. - 20/07/2010 06:17:34 PM 887 Views
I actually like this idea. - 20/07/2010 07:40:56 PM 787 Views
I think this won't work for one reason. - 20/07/2010 07:44:49 PM 961 Views
Re: I think this won't work for one reason. - 20/07/2010 08:51:15 PM 758 Views
Wouldn't work - 20/07/2010 08:03:52 PM 812 Views
I agree, but... - 20/07/2010 08:20:33 PM 911 Views
This makes me wonder what would happen to a woman in a Link - 20/07/2010 08:37:12 PM 796 Views
I bet it wouldn't work - 20/07/2010 08:52:00 PM 1238 Views
this is also possible - 20/07/2010 09:17:36 PM 830 Views
I don't think so - 20/07/2010 09:05:58 PM 802 Views
I don't know - 20/07/2010 09:16:55 PM 820 Views
Re: Wouldn't work - 20/07/2010 09:11:50 PM 1176 Views
I think the OR is tied to a channelers connection to the OP and nothing else - 20/07/2010 09:22:51 PM 804 Views
Re: I think the OR is tied to a channelers connection to the OP and nothing else - 20/07/2010 09:44:12 PM 889 Views
Off-topic question: - 21/07/2010 09:07:12 PM 728 Views
What about immortality? - 20/07/2010 08:03:21 PM 739 Views
Depends on how she is immortal. - 21/07/2010 09:09:49 PM 675 Views

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