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Well, that's just one oath. The other two are not as easy to circumvent. BlackAdder Send a noteboard - 02/12/2009 01:19:53 AM
They do it all the time by parsing meaning and sifting their responses so that they are not technically in breach of any of them. There are enough holes in the Oaths, that the posters above pretty much indicate the various ways she could get around them.

Plus, the easiest thing to do is to have the Oaths removed later on, and replace them with her own (ie: I swear to wear brown silk dresses, I swear to be as circumspect as possible, etc). Perhaps the reason Mesaana was not active at first was because she was locating her own Oath Rod?


e.g., Aes Sedai captured for damane are useless as weapons.
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Mesaana was easily able to get past the Oath Rod. Tansu Targli - 01/12/2009 09:35:07 PM 1277 Views
Obviously artois - 01/12/2009 09:45:32 PM 833 Views
I'm not convinced. I don't believe she'd want to subject herself to being sworn. lord-of-shadow - 01/12/2009 09:54:40 PM 808 Views
Not just that, but in the AoL, the Oath Rod was used to "bind criminals". *NM* Lord Haart - 02/12/2009 05:41:35 AM 301 Views
It might even kill her Sidious - 04/12/2009 11:59:37 AM 564 Views
Didn't Sanderson say as much? *NM* Tom - 01/12/2009 10:06:56 PM 291 Views
I don't know what Sanderson may have said. *NM* Tansu Targli - 01/12/2009 10:13:58 PM 264 Views
I thought... artois - 01/12/2009 10:11:45 PM 664 Views
To be honest, though, any Sister can defeat the Three Oaths. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 01/12/2009 10:37:29 PM 651 Views
Re: To be honest, though, any Sister can defeat the Three Oaths. Tansu Targli - 01/12/2009 10:42:51 PM 644 Views
shaido still have it moondog - 02/12/2009 02:32:25 AM 695 Views
Well, that's just one oath. The other two are not as easy to circumvent. BlackAdder - 02/12/2009 01:19:53 AM 748 Views
But given free will, they can interpret "danger" to mean "clear and present" or "potential danger" RugbyPlayingAshaman - 02/12/2009 04:54:26 PM 575 Views
Last defense of life cannot mean potential danger. *NM* fionwe1987 - 02/12/2009 05:51:27 PM 237 Views
Yes it can. It all depends on interpretation. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/12/2009 12:22:47 AM 571 Views
Ummm, what? fionwe1987 - 03/12/2009 02:23:08 AM 517 Views
Re: Ummm, what? RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/12/2009 11:15:20 PM 533 Views
None of this is a twisting of the Oaths. Her actions stick to the letter of the Oaths. fionwe1987 - 04/12/2009 04:29:44 AM 635 Views
Moiraine wasn't worried about getting around the Oaths Sidious - 04/12/2009 04:41:04 AM 561 Views
Here's a couple quotes from BS Light in the Night - 01/12/2009 11:57:16 PM 683 Views
Trouble is that would put a person into stasis Ryan - 02/12/2009 04:14:31 AM 552 Views
It only has to be maintained long enough to take the Oaths. *NM* Light in the Night - 02/12/2009 04:51:34 AM 255 Views
Eh, from what we've seen, Keepings don't really work like that beetnemesis - 02/12/2009 06:42:19 AM 695 Views
Probably just needs to be modified a bit Light in the Night - 02/12/2009 07:36:41 AM 681 Views
Keepers are for channellers, and are see through. Great Lord of Chaos - 02/12/2009 09:59:17 AM 552 Views
Turn off the Rod balefried - 02/12/2009 09:52:39 PM 663 Views
Does the bonded person do the channeling? Onarishma - 03/12/2009 05:52:09 AM 553 Views
....it is a physical requirement so "gloves" it is Onarishma - 03/12/2009 06:58:55 AM 1154 Views
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