I wonder why Verin had to die. I mean could she not just have drank the poison and told all this while she was with Rand. Rand could then have had Nynaeve to heal her afterwards.
Well, if she was expecting to live, then it wouldn't be the hour of her death. Rand doesn't have very good relations with most Aes Sedai, so he also isn't a good choice for revealing the BA to.
Or better yet, have someone still her. That would free her of all oaths. Then she could have had Flinn heal her and presto, oath free Black Ajah with a bonus of extra lifespan.
How exactly was she supposed to do this without revealing the DO's secrets? She also wasn't sure if the Oath Rod could be used to remove her Oaths, so she might not be able to ask for stilling in the first place.
Even if she really wanted to die out of guilt or something, why not just overchannel enough power to burn herself out. She could then have had many hours or days to describe plans of the Shadow in detail and answer questions. And only THEN commit suicide.
Not that easily. She would also run a big risk of killing herself outright, without revealing anything. Her letters also could not have been left, since she was assuming she could collect them again if she didn't die.
I don't think the sisters Rand stilled and who were healed tried to hide the fact that they were released from the oaths so Verin should have known of this loophole.
This felt a bit like a cheap way to boost Egwene at Verin's expense. Unless ofcourse Verin faked her death. That would be great.
That would be stupid. And impossible.
I finished tGS last night... and really had to come back to you all.
09/12/2009 02:11:05 AM
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Silly Verin! She did not need to die.
09/12/2009 03:53:23 AM
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Re: Silly Verin! She did not need to die.
09/12/2009 06:11:02 AM
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And does she know that Stilling breaks the Oaths? *NM*
09/12/2009 06:16:54 AM
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She should. Some of the Aes Sedai who swore to Rand had been Stilled and then Restored by Flinn.
09/12/2009 03:18:10 PM
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Then, wouldn't the BA/Shadow just kill her off? I think it'd be kind of obvious what she did. *NM*
09/12/2009 03:23:05 PM
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Doesn't mean they experimented with it.
09/12/2009 08:48:23 PM
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Rebels had no reason to research a way to break the oaths. Verin did.
10/12/2009 02:00:21 AM
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You're going at it upside-down.
10/12/2009 02:33:41 AM
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Verin should have figured it out
10/12/2009 03:03:14 AM
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I was just rereading that section yesterday....
10/12/2009 10:52:23 AM
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It all seems intuitively obvious to me!
10/12/2009 07:58:46 PM
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I don't think those would work
09/12/2009 07:03:38 AM
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She should and could have found a better way.
09/12/2009 07:41:28 AM
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I always thought Masema was an irritating distraction and was glad he was killed quickly.
09/12/2009 03:53:44 AM
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Re: I always thought Masema was an irritating distraction and was glad he was killed quickly.
09/12/2009 04:21:35 PM
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It's great to see you around again!
09/12/2009 07:06:45 AM
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Good to see you too.
17/12/2009 10:01:57 PM
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Re: Good to see you too.
19/12/2009 06:12:11 AM
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Hee... gotta love zoos.
19/12/2009 06:18:35 AM
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Mine added up to many vet bills this week.
19/12/2009 07:22:40 AM
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