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You're going at it upside-down. Fanatic-Templar Send a noteboard - 10/12/2009 02:33:41 AM
It took Siuan just a few days to discover she could lie. And we know the AS that Rand stilled discovered it relatively quickly too.


I actually didn't remember the Aes Sedai with Rand had discovered it at all. Could you give me the quotes or chapter where we learned that?

How many sisters must have been stilled over all the years the tower has been in existence? Hundreds? Probably thousands would be more accurate number over its entire lifespan. Is it really believable that in all those millennia and all those sisters, no one EVER studied stilling and interviewed sisters who were stilled.

I realise that this is an uncomfortable subject to most AS, but to expect that it was NEVER studied and NEVER recorded in all those years seems a bit hard for me to swallow. I have no doubt that somewhere in the towers vast libraries, there must be mention somewhere that stilling releases you from the oaths.

Verin, who knew she would have to find a way to release herself to achieve her objectives had not only a strong motivation to look for that information but also several decades of time to do so. Verin was also a brown so she should have had the skills to find out.


One of your problems here is that you are presupposing the existence of information that we have been clearly told doesn't exist based solely on your personal incredulity. The information contained withing the White Tower is not dependent on your ability to believe it or not.

The other problem is that you are assuming that from a vague question, one specific and obscure information is easy to obtain. For example, my shirt is black. take this as the conclusion that you wish to arrive to.

If you were searching for properties or qualities of my shirt, this conclusion is fairly easy to reach. However, if you are looking for something black, then it's incredibly unlikely that you would end up with my shirt, when there are so many other possibilities of black objects.

Back to Verin, this means that if she were looking into the consequences of Stilling, then it is quite reasonable to believe that she would have discovered that it removes the Oaths. However, this wasn't what she was searching for. Instead, she sought a way to remove the Oaths. There is no more reason to look at Stilling for the solution than immersion in cold water or dancing naked on the full moon. There is less, in fact, because its consequences are more extreme.

And thats even ignoring the fact that the sisters with Rand (who Verin had close contact with) WERE released and did not try to hide it. To believe that Verin did not know or could not have found out is just plain silly.

Even before the healing was discovered, stilling would have been a better way to release herself than drinking poison. It would have killed her eventually yes, but she would have had time to assist in the capture of the BA and guarantee that the job was done well before she died. Now that the stilling can be healed there is no rational reason that Verin should not have sought that route with all her efforts.
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I finished tGS last night... and really had to come back to you all. Phelix - 09/12/2009 02:11:05 AM 1641 Views
You bring up some good points BlackAdder - 09/12/2009 03:20:37 AM 1134 Views
What if Verin really WAS Black? Lord Haart - 09/12/2009 03:32:07 PM 942 Views
Pretty much agree with you. Great Lord of Chaos - 09/12/2009 03:21:08 AM 907 Views
Hey, long time no see. Glad you're back! *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 09/12/2009 03:28:50 AM 493 Views
Good to see you too, F-T. *NM* Phelix - 17/12/2009 09:58:26 PM 379 Views
Silly Verin! She did not need to die. Datakim - 09/12/2009 03:53:23 AM 1016 Views
Re: Silly Verin! She did not need to die. TheUltimateReality - 09/12/2009 06:11:02 AM 907 Views
And does she know that Stilling breaks the Oaths? *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 09/12/2009 06:16:54 AM 430 Views
She should. Some of the Aes Sedai who swore to Rand had been Stilled and then Restored by Flinn. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/12/2009 03:18:10 PM 874 Views
Then, wouldn't the BA/Shadow just kill her off? I think it'd be kind of obvious what she did. *NM* Fox and Ravens - 09/12/2009 03:23:05 PM 578 Views
I think that's beyond the BA's capabilities. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/12/2009 03:48:03 PM 762 Views
Doesn't mean they experimented with it. Fanatic-Templar - 09/12/2009 08:48:23 PM 813 Views
Rebels had no reason to research a way to break the oaths. Verin did. Datakim - 10/12/2009 02:00:21 AM 847 Views
You're going at it upside-down. Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 02:33:41 AM 823 Views
Verin should have figured it out Datakim - 10/12/2009 03:03:14 AM 803 Views
Why? Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 04:15:45 AM 801 Views
I was just rereading that section yesterday.... Light in the Night - 10/12/2009 10:52:23 AM 989 Views
It all seems intuitively obvious to me! Datakim - 10/12/2009 07:58:46 PM 943 Views
Will you please look at your argument? Fanatic-Templar - 10/12/2009 09:40:42 PM 865 Views
Re: It all seems intuitively obvious to me! Light in the Night - 11/12/2009 07:38:17 AM 865 Views
The damn Oath Rod! Datakim - 12/12/2009 01:32:47 AM 1005 Views
Just having motivation is not enough redhand - 11/12/2009 03:52:40 PM 893 Views
Agreed, you also need a working brain. Where did Verin's go? Datakim - 12/12/2009 12:54:17 AM 705 Views
I don't think those would work rAndy aL - 09/12/2009 07:03:38 AM 833 Views
She should and could have found a better way. Datakim - 09/12/2009 07:41:28 AM 838 Views
I agree. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/12/2009 03:16:27 PM 730 Views
Re: She should and could have found a better way. rAndy aL - 10/12/2009 12:13:40 AM 833 Views
Re: She should and could have found a better way. Datakim - 10/12/2009 02:30:14 AM 801 Views
Re: Silly Verin! She did not need to die. Gerbeaud - 09/12/2009 08:44:31 PM 901 Views
There is also this small problem of Tower Law redhand - 10/12/2009 08:24:55 AM 689 Views
I always thought Masema was an irritating distraction and was glad he was killed quickly. Tom - 09/12/2009 03:53:44 AM 867 Views
Yes, Masema was a bore. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/12/2009 03:13:40 PM 870 Views
Re: I always thought Masema was an irritating distraction and was glad he was killed quickly. @my - 09/12/2009 04:21:35 PM 1162 Views
Agreed. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 09/12/2009 09:25:02 PM 469 Views
Sidious - 09/12/2009 04:44:10 AM 896 Views
Re: Gerbeaud - 09/12/2009 08:13:24 PM 896 Views
Hey Mark. Phelix - 17/12/2009 10:00:58 PM 835 Views
Great to see you again! vandevere - 09/12/2009 05:01:01 AM 1025 Views
Yep, and Sheriam ended up losing a finger or two in the process. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/12/2009 03:49:45 PM 844 Views
Why do you think we'll never see Mesaana closure? *NM* lord-of-shadow - 09/12/2009 06:07:08 AM 558 Views
Re: Why do you think we'll never see Mesaana closure? TheUltimateReality - 09/12/2009 06:13:22 AM 774 Views
It's great to see you around again! Seriana Sedai - 09/12/2009 07:06:45 AM 870 Views
:'( j-whitt987 - 09/12/2009 11:29:03 PM 810 Views
Good to see you too. Phelix - 17/12/2009 10:01:57 PM 804 Views
Re: Good to see you too. Seriana Sedai - 19/12/2009 06:12:11 AM 795 Views
Hee... gotta love zoos. Phelix - 19/12/2009 06:18:35 AM 743 Views
Mine added up to many vet bills this week. Seriana Sedai - 19/12/2009 07:22:40 AM 758 Views
Eeeep! Bills are not good! Phelix - 19/12/2009 07:24:36 AM 730 Views
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LMAO! Phelix - 20/12/2009 08:25:02 AM 650 Views
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