Re: Almost non-existant (the BA seems to disagree with your opinion she had potential)
orius Send a noteboard - 10/08/2010 06:11:47 AM
The Shadow doesn't seem to have bothered with DF among the damane either - useless because enslaved - and even among the sul'dam they're apparently rare).
I suspect given the structure of Seanchan society, the Shadow may generally try to recruit from the Blood. You don't need to subvert sul'dams when you can subvert someone of the Blood who can then order the sul'dam around. Also, I get the impression from Suroth's first PoV on KoD that Seanchan DFs aren't exactly that common, things like the Seekers probably make it harder to hide.
Sheriam had last word on putting Else Grinwell out of the Tower or not. Obviously, if she was BA material, Sheriam would have made sure to keep her around and shape her so she passed the Accepted test and made the shawl one day (she had enough ability, but not the proper personality). So Else was of no interest to the BA, we have to conclude.
This sounds pretty likely. Sheriam probably had orders to scout out good potential recruits among novices and Accepted, since she was interacting with them more than the other sisters. My guess is with both Sheriam and Merean Treehill a generation earlier, the BA might have liked having one of their own in the position of Mistress of Novices.
The Shadow has little use for women who can't apply themselves to their training in the OP and are undisciplined.
They want someone selfish and resentful, not an airhead who just wants to spend all day making eyes at cute boys.
Else Grinwell...
- 08/08/2010 10:49:52 PM
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Else Grinwell...
- 08/08/2010 11:14:02 PM
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wait
- 08/08/2010 11:18:33 PM
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No. Not in Eye of the World.
- 08/08/2010 11:25:58 PM
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I was under the impression that she was.
- 09/08/2010 01:46:32 AM
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I think Lanfear killed Else
- 09/08/2010 12:02:34 PM
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Why would she?
- 09/08/2010 12:17:34 PM
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If she knew about Else going after Rand in TEoTW... No idea how she would though. *NM*
- 09/08/2010 03:01:29 PM
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Re: Else Grinwell...
- 09/08/2010 01:04:04 AM
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Re: Else Grinwell...
- 09/08/2010 02:08:10 AM
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Almost non-existant (the BA seems to disagree with your opinion she had potential)
- 09/08/2010 12:42:30 PM
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I agree with you DomA
- 09/08/2010 03:16:47 PM
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Re: Almost non-existant (the BA seems to disagree with your opinion she had potential)
- 10/08/2010 06:11:47 AM
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It could also be that they are afflicted with Aes Sedai prejudice (like their disregard of the Kin)
- 11/08/2010 03:29:16 PM
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Didn't the BA kill Else? Or did they kill some other farmer girl? *NM*
- 10/08/2010 10:51:38 AM
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Other farmer girl, I think. Sahra? *NM*
- 10/08/2010 02:53:58 PM
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Re: Other farmer girl, I think. Sahra?
- 10/08/2010 05:50:51 PM
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I always assumed it was Alviarin
- 10/08/2010 09:12:01 PM
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Re: I always assumed it was Alviarin
- 11/08/2010 06:24:44 AM
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Sheriam would have known, but at this point in the story we had no clue she was BA
- 12/08/2010 03:28:09 AM
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