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Right, because they had the physical capacity to resist channeling, at least for a while. Joel Send a noteboard - 01/10/2010 10:42:00 AM
when sul'dam tried to make AS damane channel weapon they simply could not do it, even forcing them there was no instances of them dying

But while Jordan never says it right out, channeling is as addictive as any drug. More so; heroin may be addictive, but it's not a truism that quitting heroin causes everyone to give up all hope and die. The collared Aes Sedai had the ability not to channel a weapon; I'm not sure any channeler has the ability to NEVER channel if they can touch the Source. Maybe the Morgases of the world who only dabbled once or twice, but not the habitual users. Certainly the men who went to the Steddings during the Breaking didn't think so, and one by one each of them ultimately left so they could channel again, even knowing the cost. That's even more chilling when you consider the fact they could have just pulled a Lews Therin (on the other hand, perhaps many of them did, though enough of them didn't that it spawned a theory Steddings extended the Breaking. ) It's really kind of surprising, all things considered, that the Ogier didn't do something "hasty" to arriving male channelers, and no one else went to the Steddings to do it for them.

What it boils down to is that the desire to end torture is not a force equal to the Three Oaths, but I believe the urge to channel is, at least for anyone who's done it long.
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Could the Oath Rod have been used on tainted men in the AoL? - 01/10/2010 07:32:02 AM 887 Views
the oath rod requires comprehension to make it work - 01/10/2010 08:18:58 AM 613 Views
They could just be forced to take an oath to never touch the OP again. - 03/10/2010 01:23:27 AM 505 Views
why not just gentle them, then? *NM* - 03/10/2010 06:46:03 AM 220 Views
Re: why not just gentle them, then? - 05/10/2010 04:49:38 AM 460 Views
My bet is it would just kill them quicker. - 01/10/2010 09:49:25 AM 595 Views
that was two oaths in contradiction though, i think that's different - 01/10/2010 10:06:08 AM 471 Views
Right, because they had the physical capacity to resist channeling, at least for a while. - 01/10/2010 10:42:00 AM 453 Views
At least they can feel the True Source - 01/10/2010 03:08:03 PM 483 Views
All true. - 01/10/2010 03:53:55 PM 547 Views
Did ANY of you recall that IT DOES NOT WORK ON MEN? - 01/10/2010 11:43:34 AM 555 Views
LOL Good one! *NM* - 01/10/2010 02:38:18 PM 190 Views
Some men might like it too *NM* - 01/10/2010 02:41:11 PM 198 Views
Mmmmm Hmmmm! *NM* - 01/10/2010 09:09:21 PM 229 Views
just cause Sammael said that, doesn't make it true *NM* - 02/10/2010 09:44:17 PM 195 Views
Do you REALLY think that with all the Tower's experiments on linking, they never tried it on men? - 02/10/2010 10:11:11 PM 467 Views
No reason to believe there weren't Oath Rods made for men. - 03/10/2010 01:26:17 AM 557 Views
yes - 04/10/2010 02:16:52 AM 532 Views
Re: yes - 04/10/2010 05:06:34 AM 475 Views
there are several ter'angreal that work for both men and women - 05/10/2010 04:28:01 AM 478 Views
Re: there are several ter'angreal that work for both men and women - 05/10/2010 04:36:04 PM 464 Views
Surely there must have been male oath rods *NM* - 03/10/2010 10:37:57 AM 254 Views
Doubtful - 07/10/2010 12:40:52 AM 482 Views
No. Balthamel was threatened with binding in the AoL. There was a binder of some kind *NM* - 07/10/2010 01:35:23 AM 245 Views
Maybe but. - 07/10/2010 01:48:53 AM 469 Views
Re: Maybe but. - 07/10/2010 02:22:05 PM 497 Views

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