It could well be that the price Moridin had to pay was to allow the Finn's to kill Lanfear. He probably knew the DO wouldn't mind that because she wasn't in good odor with him.
That sounds quite a bit like the sort of answer to have the last word. It's not impossible, but it's incredibly weak/far-fetched.
I have no interest in having the last word. I didn't even have the first word, or any word, in this debate till now!
The reason I find it hard to believe Lanfear was killed after her rescue is that it assumes resurrection is a simple thing for the Dark One. But RJ suggested otherwise. If the goal was to humiliate her, why not horribly disfigure her so that she looks repulsive?
The only reason Lanfear would be killed by the Shadow would be if she tried something, much like when Moghedien tried to use the Power in the Pit of Doom, or if she tried to kill Moridin. She's impulsive but she's never gone after another Chosen before. In both cases her death would be the final one.
Killing Lanfear provides little benefit to the Shadow. It takes a long time for a Chosen to be resurrected and requires a search for a body and other effort on the Dark One's part. We've also seen that people like Osan'gar and Aran'gar struggle with their new bodies and identities. None of this is beneficial and only works because it serves the Shadow better than the Chosen's actual death.
I find it almost impossible that she was killed to remove her beauty, or to provide some sort of fall from glory. Merely disfiguring her like Sammael would be sufficient. Besides that, the Shadow doesnt work like that... Forsaken failures are rewarded by the attentions of SH. We've seen it wilth three of the female Forsaken now. There's no reason to suspect that Lanfear would be any different.
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What did happen to Lanfear?
23/02/2012 10:54:19 AM
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I thought Moiraine saw Moridin or somebody in there looking for Lanfear?
23/02/2012 01:00:25 PM
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Re: I thought Moiraine saw Moridin or somebody in there looking for Lanfear?
23/02/2012 02:14:05 PM
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do souls remain the same strength with each reincarnation though?
23/02/2012 05:45:40 PM
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We can only theorize
24/02/2012 08:14:49 AM
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The Forsaken aren't a great parameter to judge from
24/02/2012 04:10:35 PM
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Sanderson doesn't think this is the case
26/02/2012 12:47:26 AM
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I don't think Lanfear died in Finnland
27/02/2012 02:02:31 AM
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I assume this was meant to be a response to Sidious' original post *NM*
27/02/2012 02:18:09 AM
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All this could be true and could still have died at Finnland...
27/02/2012 04:40:50 AM
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Re: All this could be true and could still have died at Finnland...
28/02/2012 04:46:41 AM
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Why so?
28/02/2012 06:33:25 AM
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I pretty much agree
28/02/2012 07:15:26 AM
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WHen and where Lanfears original body died doesn't mean much to me
28/02/2012 02:01:00 PM
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Re: WHen and where Lanfears original body died doesn't mean much to me
28/02/2012 05:40:21 PM
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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
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Well...
28/02/2012 08:13:03 PM
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Wouldn't they have just kept her then or killed her right off the bat then?
28/02/2012 09:52:49 PM
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Re: Wouldn't they have just kept her then or killed her right off the bat then?
29/02/2012 11:28:10 AM
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Re: Wouldn't they have just kept her then or killed her right off the bat then?
01/03/2012 04:51:10 AM
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Pretty sure it was Slayer
23/02/2012 04:10:29 PM
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He's still a minion, and would have been acting on the Shadow's behalf
23/02/2012 04:56:21 PM
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I corrected you. Not Moridin. It was Slayer.
24/02/2012 08:07:17 AM
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I think it is clear enough...
23/02/2012 08:42:24 PM
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Or maybe he was not there to negotiate for her release, just get close to kill her for the soul-swap *NM*
23/02/2012 10:15:01 PM
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Or maybe that was the best deal he could make with them. *NM*
24/02/2012 12:17:06 AM
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always figured it was slayer who told the finns she wasn't the one he was lookin for *NM*
25/02/2012 10:15:55 PM
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Maybe they can only drain a fixed amount - and did so to both women equally...
24/02/2012 08:32:56 PM
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Seems convoluted to me
26/02/2012 12:44:18 AM
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I wonder if he traded a taste of the True Power?
29/02/2012 12:26:56 AM
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Now that is an interesting theory!
29/02/2012 05:42:22 AM
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Maybe they can use the TP
29/02/2012 02:43:07 PM
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Considering how they feel about anything dealing with the shadow,
29/02/2012 03:03:55 PM
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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
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Re: Considering how they feel about anything dealing with the shadow,
08/03/2012 09:28:52 PM
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The foxhead...
01/03/2012 05:19:13 AM
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Yes, but that doesn't mean an Aes Sedai made it.
01/03/2012 04:20:10 PM
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There are others that are just as effective though .. Nynaeve has one and so does Cadsuane
01/03/2012 04:53:46 PM
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My point was...
01/03/2012 05:34:34 PM
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What makes you think so?
01/03/2012 06:45:42 PM
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Re: What makes you think so?
01/03/2012 11:22:06 PM
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