Birgitte probably realizes that limiting herself tactically isn't a good idea. Also, I think she's going to get hurt protecting Elayne - Elayne came close to killing the both of them via the Warder bond in TOM, and I'm starting to be curious about whether they will survive TG.
While I won't be surprised if Birgitte dies (she's mentioned often enough about how she and GC usually went out in a blaze of glory), I think the sword carrying was an oversight.
Look at this quote and decide:
WH
Streets of Caemlyn
As if to make up for her hurry, she took a moment to study the Guardswomen and return Caseille's salute before turning her mount to walk beside Elayne's. Unlike them, she wore neither sword nor armor. The memories of her past lives were fading– she said she could remember nothing at all clearly before the founding of the White Tower, now, though fragments still floated up—but one thing she claimed to recall absolutely. Every time she had tried to use a sword, she had nearly gotten herself killed, and had even done so more than once.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
This message last edited by darius_sedai on 19/11/2010 at 09:39:31 PM
Birgitte
- 19/11/2010 09:01:35 PM
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Maybe she's forgetting those older memories about why she didn't like them?
- 19/11/2010 09:15:47 PM
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seems like a pretty dramatic turn around IMO
- 19/11/2010 09:32:41 PM
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But if her memories of her prior lives when disaster occurred are fading, it would make sense.
- 19/11/2010 09:55:24 PM
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But the events of WH are less than 6 months prior
- 19/11/2010 10:07:21 PM
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I don't think it's a slip
- 19/11/2010 11:13:42 PM
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that seems the reverse of what should happen
- 20/11/2010 04:31:36 PM
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Not a slip. She specifically mentioned being annoyed about being forced to wear it.
- 28/11/2010 12:24:13 PM
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