The BA prisoners were shielded, there were guards right outside. Practically no danger for Elayne, especially considering she is a powerful channeller with an angreal. Just a stroke of really bad luck that there was a jail breakout at exactly this moment.
BTW, at this point the Tower still wasn't unified and Egwene was still a prisoner in the Tower, so sending the prisoners there wasn't really an option, with all the BA still there and Elaida unlikely to believe the claims of who she considered still an Accepted against full Aes Sedai.
BTW, at this point the Tower still wasn't unified and Egwene was still a prisoner in the Tower, so sending the prisoners there wasn't really an option, with all the BA still there and Elaida unlikely to believe the claims of who she considered still an Accepted against full Aes Sedai.
Yes, the Black Sisters were shielded but Elayne ordered the Kins Women outside the cells to ignore channeling inside the cells and to stand down. My point is that she dived into the situation impulsively and should have given more thought to it as well as taken more precautions. As you point out, the jail break was a stroke of bad luck but the unexpected was what tripped her up the last time that she confronted the Black Ajah with disastrous results. The plan was a basically a good one but she was over confident in both confrontations.
Actually, the WT was reunited by this time. Elayne and Nynaeve had already met with Egwene. I am surprised that the fate of the BA prisoners did not come up at this meeting.
As revealed by the jail break, Sylvase's secretary was obviously a darkfriend. However he diid present somewhat of a suspicious profile from the onset. It is easy to have hindsight but he should have been watched more closely-the pickpocket who was recruited earlier to follow Captain Mellor could have followed him to observe who he was meeting with. That also raises the question of who Sylvase really is and where her allegiances lie. The similarity of her name to the " Silvie" that Egwene met in the Heart of the Stone might indicate that Lanfear/Cyndane is involved.
Elayne
02/05/2012 11:36:52 PM
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03/05/2012 02:36:14 PM
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03/05/2012 02:47:58 PM
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Yes, I posted a proposition with that solution years ago.
06/05/2012 07:25:55 PM
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With the new healing technology
07/05/2012 12:08:50 AM
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So it's better to not bother?! At least by stilling, you force them to make the effort.
08/05/2012 06:53:17 AM
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Not to mention that Elayne KNOWS that Stilling them would also have broken their Oaths
08/05/2012 01:11:31 PM
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Not that much
08/05/2012 10:07:24 PM
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Sorry, meant she could have more effectively questioned them in "normal" means
08/05/2012 11:26:13 PM
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Re: Sorry, meant she could have more effectively questioned them in "normal" means
09/05/2012 01:24:41 AM
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Ispan was still bound by her oath to not betray the Black Ajah
09/05/2012 12:32:45 PM
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Re: Ispan was still bound by her oath to not betray the Black Ajah
09/05/2012 03:57:11 PM
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All true. Doesn't change the fact that had they Stilled these women they would have gotten
10/05/2012 01:35:42 PM
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Re: All true. Doesn't change the fact that had they Stilled these women they would have gotten
10/05/2012 08:02:20 PM
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Re: Elayne
03/05/2012 03:38:18 PM
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Yes, too bad the viewing was wrong and she died...oh, wait....
06/05/2012 07:34:43 PM
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I agree
07/05/2012 02:25:06 AM
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I don't know that we agree about Elayne...
08/05/2012 06:40:56 AM
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Actually, I think we do on most a lot of points
08/05/2012 08:53:43 PM
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Seriously, I haven't read any Elayne chapters since book 9/Winter's Heart.....
06/05/2012 08:01:05 PM
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