Yes and no. I am not saying that BT is unprotected, but at the same time they do NOT expect an attack like the Seanchan would do. The Asha'man do not know how to block gateways from opening, so the best the wards would do would be to warn them that someone is channeling saidar inside the tower.
They also do not expect an attack via traveling since they think the Seanchan don't have that. Aes Sedai do, but the oath against killing prevents the AS from performing an all out ambush attack like the one I am thinking off.
Here is a theoretical possibility:
Lets say the attack happens during the night as I originally suggested, there are likely guards, but most of the Asha'man are sleeping. Suddenly 25 gateways open all over the BT area. And out of each gateway two damane/sul'dam pairs run through and INSTANTLY start using the OP to throw fire and destruction at the best of their ability. What do you think would happen? I would say that a lot of people in BT would simply die before they even knew what was happening, while the rest would take a while to react and start fighting back, during which time even more would die.
BT might not fall from an attack like this, but they would likely take very heavy casualties. One might even say that the Black Tower would be rent in blood and fire. And would that not be basically what the Seanchan want? Unlike with the AS and WT, they don't want to capture the Asha'man, but rather to kill them all as quickly as possible.
The entire BT is constantly on Red Alert. These men are paranoid and being taught to be nothing but weapons. Traveling into the grounds without any clue what to expect would be suicidal to say the least. Oh sure a raid would kill off plenty of men, but there is no way the Seanchan actually come out ahead in a battle like this. Sure the BT would be rent in blood and fire, but likely Seanchan Blood and Asha'man Fire!
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
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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Re: Perhaps they would die?
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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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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Re: Whoa whoa whoa!
06/08/2010 07:42:35 PM
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Are you kidding?
06/08/2010 11:49:42 PM
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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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