I think she will escape, likely with Novices, Accepted and Aes Sedai loyal to her, but she will not have the chance or capability to save all the Aes Sedai who are captured by sul'dam.
The White Tower will be destroyed by the Seanchan forces, but the heart of the Tower will live on if/when she escapes with her Aes Sedai.
I base this largely on the idea that there has been so much written about how she needs to save the Tower for itself using Tower law, but I think the epitome of Tower law is not tied into the Three Oaths or the White Tower itself - it's tied into the hearts of the members.
Tuon may be brought into play by Egeanin in order to lead the damane into TG, but I don't really know how those two fit into things, yet.
The White Tower will be destroyed by the Seanchan forces, but the heart of the Tower will live on if/when she escapes with her Aes Sedai.
I base this largely on the idea that there has been so much written about how she needs to save the Tower for itself using Tower law, but I think the epitome of Tower law is not tied into the Three Oaths or the White Tower itself - it's tied into the hearts of the members.
Tuon may be brought into play by Egeanin in order to lead the damane into TG, but I don't really know how those two fit into things, yet.
I like this idea a lot, though I would like to see it work out in a specific way were this to happen. Basically, I'd like to see the only Aes Sedai who take part in Tarmon Gai'don are those who are known to support Rand (and yes, that includes Cadsuane and her posse) and those who are collared and "used" by the Seanchan. Egwene's role in TG, in this situation, should be relegated to keeping the novices and Accepted safe. That said, I have a completely different theory about her "surprising" decision...
Personally I think her decision will involve teaming up with the Seanchan to capture, and ultimately collar, Rand. In fact, I can see her making a deal with Tuon to help capture Rand. Rand doesn't trust her completely, but he trusts her enough, and she is sneaky enough, to get close enough to him to get the collar on him. If she thought it would save her "daughters", she would collar him without the slightest hesitation and agree to hand him over to Tuon with two demands of her own: first, no more Aes Sedai get collared and second, she gets to be one of the ones to "train" him (i.e., wear one of the sad bracelets).
Of course, she will rationalize the decision by thinking how dangerous he is, how he has (in her mind) used Compulsion to force sisters to swear fealty to him, how it's "for his own good", and how once he is collared it will be easier to get control of the Asha'man before they do something terrible. Plus, it will save the Aes Sedai from enslavement and keep them in power to some extent, which is more important than anything else from her POV. Agreeing to collar him under such a deal would manage to solve two of her problems at once: Rand being seen as someone who is leading her Aes Sedai and the Seanchan attempting to collar Aes Sedai. I could even see her agreeing to work with (not serve) the Seanchan Empire to bring "peace" back to the Westlands again once TG is over. But that's farther down the road...
By the way, I managed to save your last response on that long thread we had on wotmania the day the site closed, but have yet to sit down and respond to it. I intend to later. I may just respond via NB instead of starting a new thread, but I did want to finish our conversation because it was fun.
Speculation on Egwene's surprising decision
- 30/08/2009 01:44:03 PM
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Re: Speculation on Egwene's surprising decision
- 30/08/2009 02:49:56 PM
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I'm convinced that she needs to give up many of the Tower Aes Sedai to the Seanchan
- 02/09/2009 06:23:22 PM
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I actually like this...
- 03/09/2009 02:31:15 AM
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Ok this is too much to pass up...
- 03/09/2009 05:37:21 AM
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I just want to say one thing
- 03/09/2009 04:40:32 PM
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