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'être 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 Once this is no longer valid, there's no telling how Tuon and the Seanchan as a people will react to this or how this will affect how they consider the facts their homeland has fallen into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.
Ghealdan needs a road
04/11/2011 07:05:21 AM
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Ghealdan does have a road to the east.
04/11/2011 02:37:38 PM
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I wonder if they'll realize they can use their explosives for road work... *NM*
04/11/2011 02:49:05 PM
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I think his point is that road goes through Seachan held northern Altara. *NM*
04/11/2011 06:10:17 PM
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Only if they stay on a southern course. Altara is actually farther south.
04/11/2011 07:43:01 PM
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Not according to the map you provided.
04/11/2011 09:01:50 PM
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Yes it does, actually.
09/11/2011 07:45:25 PM
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No, no it doesn't.
10/11/2011 03:16:19 AM
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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
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Re: I think you are incorrect, but not b/c of map ...
10/11/2011 06:05:07 PM
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Yes, Andor is in a bad position.
11/11/2011 10:05:09 PM
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Re: Yes, Andor is in a bad position.
12/11/2011 04:08:40 AM
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The really atypical atrocity in the Seanchan's conquests...
12/11/2011 06:55:33 AM
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Re: The really atypical atrocity in the Seanchan's conquests...
16/11/2011 09:30:09 PM
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Oh, is that what you think happened?
17/11/2011 06:04:12 AM
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Re: Oh, is that what you think happened?
18/11/2011 06:57:53 PM
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I said the road goes through northern Altara, and you disagreed, claiming Altara was further south.
10/11/2011 06:12:11 PM
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Yes - I said Altara is effectively south as they don't control or patrol most of their lands.
11/11/2011 09:58:41 PM
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Re: Yes - I said Altara is effectively south as they don't control or patrol most of their lands.
11/11/2011 11:28:40 PM
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Re: Yes - I said Altara is effectively south as they don't control or patrol most of their lands.
14/11/2011 05:44:42 PM
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A road north would be useless at this point.
05/11/2011 04:23:11 PM
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Choices of Ghealdan
07/11/2011 05:55:38 AM
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Re: Choices of Ghealdan
07/11/2011 03:38:03 PM
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A couple points
08/11/2011 12:31:57 PM
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They have alternatives actually
15/11/2011 02:48:22 PM
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Re: They have alternatives actually
18/11/2011 07:16:01 PM
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