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What did happen to Lanfear? Sidious Send a noteboard - 23/02/2012 10:54:19 AM
We still don't have an answer as to what happened to Lanfear, just clues which you can decide to believe or not.

According to Moiraine, the Finns fed off of her directly. This is very similar to when Mat was before them and they enjoyed the savour. It does seem that channelers are even sweeter for them, and that they can feed directly off of the channeler's ability. Moiraine has been slowly drained and is now very weak in the Power, which proves that they can drain the channeler's ability to permanently. This is a remarkable ability if you think about it.. The Forsaken can't accept that Cyndane is Lanfear because she is weaker in the Power, implying that they are unfamiliar to any method whereby channelers are weakened permanently. We know that Imperfect Healing of stilling has this effect, and for a time this was a theory surrounding Cyndane's weakness. Other theories have surrounded complex shielding, especially Moridin perhaps using the TP on her.

Moiraine says that they drained Lanfear too quickly and killed her, but she thinks that this is a lie made to frighten her.

I personally believe it is the truth.

Moiraine's statement implies that she never saw Lanfear after they fell through the doorway, because she relies on news by the Finns to remark on her. It is thus most likely that the two of them lost consciousness after they fell through the door. This is not really unexpected considering so much of the Power was being used and it involved a ter'angreal. Many readers thought that both of the channelers were stilled or killed at that time. It also explains how they captured them. Rand proved early on that even with a fire sword they were no match for him, and Moiraine and Lanfear are no easy meat.

For some reason they drained Lanfear too quickly. It could be because they are inexperienced regarding the process and Lanfear was their first victim or perhaps such a rare treat made them ravenous and they piled in. It is also possible that Lanfears great strength the Power was the factor that drove them to overdo it... A bit like landing the fattest turkey in the land. It is unlikely that they killed Lanfear deliberately either because she was part of the Shadow, which they hate, or because she cursed or mocked them... Moiraine seemed rather comatose in her draining fog.

Lanfear actually got a good deal. If she'd been drained slowly like Moiraine I suspect she would still be a captive, and about as weak as Moiraine is. I find it unlikely Moridin or SH would rescue her unless they saw a direct need as they did with Semirhage. Her almost instant death lost her some strength but prevented further loss in the end.

All in all, I think we have been given the answer as to how events played out regarding Moiraine and Lanfear. Moiraine thinks its a lie but it probably isnt.

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What did happen to Lanfear? - 23/02/2012 10:54:19 AM 2368 Views
I thought Moiraine saw Moridin or somebody in there looking for Lanfear? - 23/02/2012 01:00:25 PM 1215 Views
Re: I thought Moiraine saw Moridin or somebody in there looking for Lanfear? - 23/02/2012 02:14:05 PM 1088 Views
do souls remain the same strength with each reincarnation though? - 23/02/2012 05:45:40 PM 874 Views
We can only theorize - 24/02/2012 08:14:49 AM 956 Views
The Forsaken aren't a great parameter to judge from - 24/02/2012 04:10:35 PM 803 Views
Without the Forsaken its a pointless subject - 24/02/2012 04:23:57 PM 936 Views
not all things need to be explained. - 27/02/2012 04:07:21 AM 694 Views
Sanderson doesn't think this is the case - 26/02/2012 12:47:26 AM 896 Views
I don't think Lanfear died in Finnland - 27/02/2012 02:02:31 AM 1339 Views
I assume this was meant to be a response to Sidious' original post *NM* - 27/02/2012 02:18:09 AM 370 Views
All this could be true and could still have died at Finnland... - 27/02/2012 04:40:50 AM 723 Views
Re: All this could be true and could still have died at Finnland... - 28/02/2012 04:46:41 AM 789 Views
Why so? - 28/02/2012 06:33:25 AM 732 Views
I pretty much agree - 28/02/2012 07:15:26 AM 932 Views
WHen and where Lanfears original body died doesn't mean much to me - 28/02/2012 02:01:00 PM 687 Views
Re: WHen and where Lanfears original body died doesn't mean much to me - 28/02/2012 05:40:21 PM 660 Views
Perhaps ... But doesn't explain what they get out of killing her ... They have proven to be crafty - 28/02/2012 07:17:21 PM 709 Views
Well... - 28/02/2012 08:13:03 PM 795 Views
then why even negotiate with Moridin? - 28/02/2012 09:24:38 PM 824 Views
Re: Why so? - 28/02/2012 07:01:38 PM 839 Views
Not even Moraine thinks the Finns killed Lanfear - 28/02/2012 09:17:30 PM 1186 Views
Limits of resurrection... - 29/02/2012 12:32:43 AM 991 Views
Pretty sure it was Slayer - 23/02/2012 04:10:29 PM 916 Views
He's still a minion, and would have been acting on the Shadow's behalf - 23/02/2012 04:56:21 PM 791 Views
I corrected you. Not Moridin. It was Slayer. - 24/02/2012 08:07:17 AM 844 Views
And you know this, how? - 24/02/2012 08:43:38 AM 799 Views
Really? Its absolutely obvious that it was slayer. - 10/05/2012 04:16:43 PM 1168 Views
Maybe they can only drain a fixed amount - and did so to both women equally... - 24/02/2012 08:32:56 PM 919 Views
Ahh, Shannow... - 25/02/2012 03:51:10 AM 864 Views
I laughed too *NM* - 25/02/2012 06:54:15 AM 376 Views
Hilarious even for you - 26/02/2012 12:28:28 AM 799 Views
Exactly! *NM* - 27/02/2012 12:19:57 AM 440 Views
Seems convoluted to me - 26/02/2012 12:44:18 AM 779 Views
his sanity? *NM* - 28/02/2012 06:07:25 PM 496 Views
HA! Sanity is overrated *NM* - 28/02/2012 07:21:01 PM 367 Views
I wonder if he traded a taste of the True Power? - 29/02/2012 12:26:56 AM 694 Views
Now that is an interesting theory! - 29/02/2012 05:42:22 AM 679 Views
Maybe they can use the TP - 29/02/2012 02:43:07 PM 868 Views
Considering how they feel about anything dealing with the shadow, - 29/02/2012 03:03:55 PM 660 Views
Why not? I believe RJ basically said they are so different from humans that we could not define - 01/03/2012 04:54:40 AM 766 Views
Yet Light vs. Shadow is? - 01/03/2012 05:17:14 AM 747 Views
That could boil down to prophesy v. Prophesy - 01/03/2012 05:33:52 AM 766 Views
LOVE IT ... Great thoughts! *NM* - 01/03/2012 04:52:38 AM 315 Views
The foxhead... - 01/03/2012 05:19:13 AM 764 Views
Yes, but that doesn't mean an Aes Sedai made it. - 01/03/2012 04:20:10 PM 729 Views
My point was... - 01/03/2012 05:34:34 PM 604 Views
What makes you think so? - 01/03/2012 06:45:42 PM 722 Views
Re: What makes you think so? - 01/03/2012 11:22:06 PM 644 Views
Re: What makes you think so? - 02/03/2012 12:57:13 AM 679 Views
It depends.... - 08/03/2012 09:54:45 PM 779 Views

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