Active Users:496 Time:15/11/2024 05:49:47 AM
Re: They have alternatives actually DomA Send a noteboard - 18/11/2011 07:16:01 PM
I do think the Seanchan are much more likely to go after Andor and the Towers first though... Best to take out the most powerful foes first. Murrandy and Ghealdan etc... Will crumble without that support.


Exactly. At this point the Seanchan are very much aware what holds the rest together is what they perceive as the DR/WT "alliance". In short: the channellers.

They're perfectly aware that all the rest is weak, and under the "domination" of those groups, and it's them they have to neutralize and if they succeed, all the rest is theirs. Either they'll surrender, or they're all easy takings.

There's a MAJOR factor that is overlooked regarding the Seanchan. The very raison d'ĂȘtre of the Return is Tarmon Gai'don. If Tuon fails to unite the world, and take control of Rand, and the LB is still won, the whole system of beliefs of the Seanchan has fallen apart, they're whole projet for the Return falls apart. Tuon might see it differently, but her people believe they're doing what they're doing because prophecies and Imperial propaganda told them they must reclaim and put to order those lands to fight and win the LB. Once this is no longer valid, there's no telling how Tuon and the Seanchan as a people will react to this or how this will affect how they consider the facts their homeland has fallen into chaos in this new light (though it's somehow more likely they've misinterpreted prophecies and will be brought to join their forces to Rand's side one way or another before the end). Readers forget too much the Seanchan mean to conquer to prepare to fight the LB, that there's no garanty they'll pursue their war of conquest after TG, that if they didn't ally with Rand before TG, this will most likely become a full-out war to capture and wipe out channellers, no longer a well ordered campaign to conquer each land with great care not to undermine its military potential too much in the process, as those people are needed for TG down the line.
Reply to message
Ghealdan needs a road - 04/11/2011 07:05:21 AM 1242 Views
Ghealdan does have a road to the east. - 04/11/2011 02:37:38 PM 823 Views
I think his point is that road goes through Seachan held northern Altara. *NM* - 04/11/2011 06:10:17 PM 293 Views
Only if they stay on a southern course. Altara is actually farther south. - 04/11/2011 07:43:01 PM 580 Views
Not according to the map you provided. - 04/11/2011 09:01:50 PM 620 Views
Yes it does, actually. - 09/11/2011 07:45:25 PM 586 Views
No, no it doesn't. - 10/11/2011 03:16:19 AM 704 Views
I think you are incorrect, but not b/c of map - because of what the projection of force would need - 10/11/2011 03:07:43 PM 629 Views
Re: I think you are incorrect, but not b/c of map ... - 10/11/2011 06:05:07 PM 595 Views
Yes, Andor is in a bad position. - 11/11/2011 10:05:09 PM 623 Views
Re: Yes, Andor is in a bad position. - 12/11/2011 04:08:40 AM 684 Views
The really atypical atrocity in the Seanchan's conquests... - 12/11/2011 06:55:33 AM 568 Views
Re: The really atypical atrocity in the Seanchan's conquests... - 16/11/2011 09:30:09 PM 687 Views
Oh, is that what you think happened? - 17/11/2011 06:04:12 AM 659 Views
Re: Oh, is that what you think happened? - 18/11/2011 06:57:53 PM 639 Views
Re: Oh, is that what you think happened? - 19/11/2011 12:50:19 AM 790 Views
Re: Oh, is that what you think happened? - 21/11/2011 09:04:03 PM 567 Views
Proof That a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words *NM* - 11/11/2011 04:49:21 AM 280 Views
Re: Proof That a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words - 11/11/2011 10:40:43 PM 593 Views
Ability to survive - 05/11/2011 02:53:26 PM 654 Views
naw demandred will protect them *NM* - 05/11/2011 10:18:56 PM 259 Views
Ghealdan is the flyover country of Randland. No one cares. *NM* - 05/11/2011 04:26:11 AM 265 Views
A road north would be useless at this point. - 05/11/2011 04:23:11 PM 623 Views
Choices of Ghealdan - 07/11/2011 05:55:38 AM 604 Views
That might be a good long term plan - 07/11/2011 01:13:59 PM 541 Views
Re: Choices of Ghealdan - 07/11/2011 03:38:03 PM 638 Views
IIRC it has one rare mineral - 07/11/2011 06:27:12 PM 620 Views
A couple points - 08/11/2011 12:31:57 PM 646 Views
A road to the TR would not be profitable. - 08/11/2011 12:57:18 PM 560 Views
Re: A road to the TR would not be profitable. - 08/11/2011 06:33:09 PM 651 Views
They have alternatives actually - 15/11/2011 02:48:22 PM 530 Views
Re: They have alternatives actually - 18/11/2011 07:16:01 PM 529 Views

Reply to Message