Naah, don't fear. I suppose you did hit the flaw in my idea. The sul'dam held Aes Sedai might have been able to form the killing weaves, but they wouldn't have been able to use them on a person no matter how much the sul'dam forced them and the weaves.
But the Oath Rod isn't an all powerful tool, it has limits. The oath Brett suggested is pretty specific. That might make for a different outcome.
Yes, the oaths are powerfull, but they depend entirely on both the wording of the oath, and more importantly the perception of the one bound by the oath. Most likely in the AoL where they fully understood how the rod worked, the specific oaths were very carefully analyzed for any potential weaknesses and loopholes before use.
I wonder if Semirhage ever tried this? She would have found it interesting.. Off-topic.
Not even Semirhage could actually overcome the oaths through torture alone. The problem is that it does not matter how much the subject WANTS to obey the torturer, the oaths work despite that. I suppose if you tortured someone for so long that they went utterly and completely insane then some of the oaths might be bypassed since the perceptions would be distorted.
For example, it is likely that even if LTT had been under an oath not to use the power as a weapon, then he would still likely have been able to kill his family. This is because he was likely so utterly insane at the time that his mind truly failed to realise what he was doing and so the oaths would not have kicked in to stop him since in LTT's mind he actually was not killing.
But if you then accidentally and unknowingly aided the Seanchan and realized it afterwards you have managed to break on oath. What happens?
I am pretty sure nothing would happen. The oaths dont work retroactively. We have seen this with AS who have said something as truth that they believed to be true, only to later be proven wrong. For example AS said that healing stilling was "impossible", and yet now that they know the truth they have suffered no harm.
All it means is that once they realise their mistake, they cannot repeat it. So an AS could no longer say that healing stilling is impossible, since they now know that this is not the case.
The perception is a potential weakness that the Seanchan could use however. To give an example, if an oath prohibited helping the Seanchan, then they would just have to brainwash the damane into believing that the sul'dam were actually NOT from Seanchan. Once the Damane truly _believed_ that, then the oath against helping Seanchan would no longer work.
Or lets say using OP as a weapon. The oath states that OP can be used as a weapon only in self defense, or the defense of a warder or _another sister_. If an AS damane could somehow be completely convinced that since she is property of the Empire, all female seanchan are her sisters, then she could use the OP as a weapon to protect any female soldiers in danger(her sisters).
The White Tower has all the tools to defeat the Senahcan...
03/08/2010 10:32:03 PM
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03/08/2010 10:53:38 PM
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Why not take an oath...
04/08/2010 12:09:46 AM
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or just adapt the one power as a weapon oath to include a sister's freedom as well as her life
*NM*
04/08/2010 01:45:43 AM
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Perhaps they would die?
04/08/2010 09:10:42 AM
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Re: Perhaps they would die?
04/08/2010 01:43:02 PM
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Re: Perhaps they would die?
04/08/2010 07:14:24 PM
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Re: Perhaps they would die?
04/08/2010 07:44:10 PM
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Re: Perhaps they would die?
05/08/2010 08:33:18 AM
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Re: Perhaps they would die?
05/08/2010 01:15:47 PM
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05/08/2010 04:33:25 PM
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Re: Perhaps they would die?
06/08/2010 12:02:16 AM
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they can't
04/08/2010 12:54:46 AM
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Re: they can't
04/08/2010 02:27:45 AM
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Re: they can't
04/08/2010 07:09:45 AM
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Re: they can't
04/08/2010 02:44:10 PM
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read the oaths again
04/08/2010 08:15:24 PM
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I don't think #1 is as simple as you say.
04/08/2010 02:22:25 AM
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For the most part, they can only defend themselves...
04/08/2010 10:59:23 AM
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Re: For the most part, they can only defend themselves...
05/08/2010 01:17:44 AM
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I think the BT would wipe the floor with the damane on their home turf
05/08/2010 08:19:38 PM
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Re: I think the BT would wipe the floor with the damane on their home turf
05/08/2010 11:57:43 PM
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Whoa whoa whoa!
06/08/2010 03:07:34 AM
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I actually think the opposite: the damane would wipe the floor with the BT
13/08/2010 11:27:21 PM
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My thoughts on the damane...
05/08/2010 04:11:35 AM
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How exactly would Egwene learn where the Damane are kept?
05/08/2010 07:57:55 PM
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Interrogate the Damane.
05/08/2010 10:32:17 PM
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