And she has not tried to exert authority over them
darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 25/03/2012 10:33:44 PM
But that has absolutely no legal bearing whatsoever. Did the United States cede New Orleans when they failed The city? You could argue this point all over the place, but it's ultimately the legal side that matters here.
Andor is a feudal society, and the Queen had authority over the Two Rivers because she promised to protect it. She failed, she no longer has authority.
In fact she has both acknowledged the fact that they have gone their own way for a very long time and went out of her way to ensure that the Crown's protection would not falter again. She has claimed the TR as part of Andor since she first appeared, but now she has taken action to make them a true part of her realm. Something she is truly entitled to do as the Lord the TR people chose has accepted her as his Queen. In essence she is now the Queen of Andor, Cairhien and basically Ghealdan as well since Alliandre swore fealty to Perrin who in turn swore to Elayne. Although this seems sticky when you throw Rand into the mix as Alliandre swore to Perrin as Rand's vassal not Elayne's ... But she seems eager enough to accept the new terms since technically Rand is still in the chain of command between her Perrin and Elayne and this new alliance gives her a ton more potential than the vague agreement she made regarding Rand.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
Bad Elayne! No biscuit!
18/02/2012 10:13:54 PM
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You are assigning your 21st century view onto people with totally different circumstances
18/02/2012 11:33:56 PM
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You are assigning your knee-jerk assumptions to my post
19/02/2012 03:29:02 AM
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As per usual you choose to assume the people of WoT have your belief system when you comment on the
19/02/2012 05:31:57 PM
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It has nothing to do with a specific system of morality, but basic natural law.
19/02/2012 11:26:13 PM
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Where were Mat and Rand when they found Domon? In a wilderness along the RIVER.
20/02/2012 12:40:38 AM
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Re: Where were Mat and Rand when they found Domon? In a wilderness along the RIVER.
22/02/2012 01:10:54 AM
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Just read the books. Including the BWB ... It spells it out for those who care to read.
22/02/2012 02:48:45 AM
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The Queen of Andor lost all authority over the Two Rivers when she failed to protect it. *NM*
25/03/2012 02:53:23 PM
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Which is why they elected their own lord
25/03/2012 06:25:31 PM
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Feudal law.
25/03/2012 07:52:25 PM
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And she has not tried to exert authority over them
25/03/2012 10:33:44 PM
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Yes, absolutely. I remember saying this back when I first read the book.
18/02/2012 11:44:19 PM
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Re: Yes, absolutely. I remember saying this back when I first read the book.
20/02/2012 03:11:14 AM
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Re: Yes, absolutely. I remember saying this back when I first read the book.
20/02/2012 06:22:21 AM
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Re: Yes, absolutely. I remember saying this back when I first read the book.
22/02/2012 06:23:36 PM
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Re: Yes, absolutely. I remember saying this back when I first read the book.
22/02/2012 09:03:53 PM
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"Damn sister married the Pope instead of my chosen Lord Ohsoimportant"
25/03/2012 03:50:06 PM
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Okay, I admit it, there is no way I am reading such a long post about Elayne.....
19/02/2012 08:14:53 PM
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The Caraline treatment.
25/03/2012 02:41:12 PM
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Do you Colavaer Saighan? I don't recall Caraline having her lands and titles stripped
25/03/2012 10:44:57 PM
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I think she did an admirable job protecting Andor in very challenging circumstances.
11/05/2012 12:05:25 AM
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Re: I think she did an admirable job protecting Andor in very challenging circumstances.
11/05/2012 02:10:01 AM
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Re: I think she did an admirable job protecting Andor in very challenging circumstances.
24/05/2012 06:45:19 AM
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Generally, I think both her means AND ends were correct; reconciling them was the challenge.
30/05/2012 03:55:00 AM
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