So, what would you have done in Morgase's place?
Hopefully, swallowed my pride and gone after Gareth Bryne.
Morgase really didn't have many options here. She clearly wasn't going to roll over and let Gaebril or the Dragon Reborn take control of the nation while Elayne was the Creator only knows where on Aes Sedai business.
She also didn't have any allies. She broke alliances with all of her major supporters while under compulsion. She had no one to turn to inside Andor besides her own estates (clearly insufficient) or Gareth (too awkward). So she had to look outside Andor for allies, where there were also no good options. Tear and Cairhien were both controlled by the Dragon Reborn. Cairhien had also just finished a civil war, so it wasn't stable enough to look for allies anyway. Aes Sedai are too intermeshed with politics to be worthwhile. Murandy is divided. Ghealdan and Altara lack strong rulers. The Borderlanders aren't likely to care.
That leaves Amidicia and Illian, because apparently she didn't know how much power the Whitecloaks had and probably didn't know that Sammael controlled Illian. But Illian also lacks a single ruler, which is probably why she went for Amidicia.
What do you think Morgase should have done?
16/05/2011 08:42:20 PM
- 2133 Views
Much as she did, really.
16/05/2011 10:34:11 PM
- 1146 Views
Agreed. Elayne's most unfortunate trait in ToM is excessive & impolitic loyalty
17/05/2011 02:39:32 AM
- 1094 Views
To be fair, I don't think Elaynes playing "Who's the daddy?" for political reasons.
19/05/2011 08:32:03 AM
- 925 Views
Re: To be fair, I don't think Elaynes playing "Who's the daddy?" for political reasons.
24/05/2011 02:50:30 PM
- 1095 Views
Honestly, Galad joining the Whitecloaks was indictment enough for me.
27/05/2011 11:15:54 AM
- 987 Views
The Children have been entirely seen through the perspectives of their enemies - hardly a fair shot
02/06/2011 11:48:53 PM
- 897 Views
Because the world conveniently divides into "the Children" and "their enemies", by mutual agreement.
03/06/2011 01:44:09 AM
- 863 Views
Re: What do you think Morgase should have done?
18/05/2011 12:32:30 PM
- 1270 Views
Well, Amador wouldn't have been my first choice.
19/05/2011 08:52:46 AM
- 1076 Views
Re: Well, Amador wouldn't have been my first choice.
19/05/2011 12:43:21 PM
- 1044 Views
I thought Morgase intended to not involve the Whitecloacks at all when she went to Amadicia
19/05/2011 02:08:40 PM
- 926 Views
Re: I thought Morgase intended to not involve the Whitecloacks at all when she went to Amadicia
19/05/2011 08:29:55 PM
- 961 Views
In terms of what I would've done, attempting to regain the throne would not have been it.
20/05/2011 12:21:05 AM
- 814 Views