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I think you're going off on a slight tangent here... Shannow Send a noteboard - 21/07/2010 02:04:30 PM
You basically say that the how-factor is something specific, namely a very small amount of balefire. RJ said, though, that in this case - namely if a very small amount of balefire is used - the DO can still transmigrate a person anywhere, without any additional restriction that this would also only work close to SG.

Then you say that the where-factor is basically not a specific location, because it doesn't matter if Asmo had died in Caemlyn, in Emond's Field, in Cairhien, Tear or in almost all other places on the world, because the DO could only transmigrate Asmo close to SG, though it's clear that he wasn't there. Thus, the specific where-factor doesn't really make sense.

However, we know from BS that there are special circumstances of death (except for the whole balefire issue), which prevent a transmigration, but he doesn't want to reveal them yet. This could very well be linked to Asmo's death, whose concrete circumstances are also not revealed yet.

Besides that, if this were the revelation, the killer had to tell the readers, that he/she precisely used a very small amount of balefire, which normally could lead to a transmigration, but in this case it didn't matter, since it was too far away from SG. Such a revelation would seems pretty awkward, and I think it's unrealistic that a killer would muse about these academic questions concerning balefire.


RJ didn't say that if the amount of balefire is small enough, a person can be transmigrated ANYWHERE. You added that bit. He said nothing about distance at all, but he did say that there are other factors involved, which he didn't want to reveal at the time.

Furthermore, Moiraine says that she is barely strong enough to weave balefire. So the amount of balefire she used is pretty much the smallest amount that can viably be woven.

Hence, it must be below the threshold of what the Dark One can still circumvent, else the Dark One would NEVER be able to circumvent balefire, which contradicts RJ's statement. So an additional factor like distance had to be involved.

Next, all RJ said was that WHERE Asmodean was killed was part of the reason why he could not be transmigrated. That doesn't mean that RJ is referring to a SPECIFIC location. It fits just as well with his RELATVE location to another place. Shayol Ghul. As in the fact that his location placed him beyond a viable distance for transmigration, given the use of balefire in his death.

Next, there is no indication that BS's hesitance to reveal other circumstances that prevent transmigration is in any way linked to Asmodean's case.
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