Crimes are based more upon means & opportunity....typically anyways.
Even quasi-shielded as he was...he could have done something. A simple flow of air could have saved him from all manner of physical attacks. Just because he was shielded didn't mean that he was any slower. It is purely my estimation that a physical attacker wouldn't have had a chance to kill him so efficiently. Besides that...there was no evidence of the attack...no blood, no body (no Dalas...if you know this movie reference, double points for you).
So thus...it is likely then that the killer had to have something special about their ability to kill....channeling or otherwise cool like that. Couple this with the fact that Asmodean recognized who his killer was...and that really begins to narrow down the list of suspects. The list of people this could be is further widdled down by those who *could* be in the palace.
For me, the biggest point of contention in the murder of Asmodean is whether the killer was sent there to kill him, or it was a chance encounter which resulted in his death. We do know several people whom it is not (from POV's which display their internal thought processes), and those who were limited in other ways. If one believes that author-speak (at signings, interviews, or conversations) is canon...then the list is pretty much narrowed down to just one person. If not, then there is only one logical choice, with the other choices depending on a vast degree of...shall I say...creative interpretation.
~Jeordam
Even quasi-shielded as he was...he could have done something. A simple flow of air could have saved him from all manner of physical attacks. Just because he was shielded didn't mean that he was any slower. It is purely my estimation that a physical attacker wouldn't have had a chance to kill him so efficiently. Besides that...there was no evidence of the attack...no blood, no body (no Dalas...if you know this movie reference, double points for you).
So thus...it is likely then that the killer had to have something special about their ability to kill....channeling or otherwise cool like that. Couple this with the fact that Asmodean recognized who his killer was...and that really begins to narrow down the list of suspects. The list of people this could be is further widdled down by those who *could* be in the palace.
For me, the biggest point of contention in the murder of Asmodean is whether the killer was sent there to kill him, or it was a chance encounter which resulted in his death. We do know several people whom it is not (from POV's which display their internal thought processes), and those who were limited in other ways. If one believes that author-speak (at signings, interviews, or conversations) is canon...then the list is pretty much narrowed down to just one person. If not, then there is only one logical choice, with the other choices depending on a vast degree of...shall I say...creative interpretation.
~Jeordam
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Saving the Princess, Humanity, or the World-Entire since 1985
Saving the Princess, Humanity, or the World-Entire since 1985
i think i found a new stick to beat the dead asmo horse
05/03/2010 06:44:39 PM
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Graendal Did It
06/03/2010 05:34:32 AM
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Re: Graendal Did It
08/03/2010 10:54:02 PM
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Regardless
06/03/2010 11:05:53 AM
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Re: Regardless
06/03/2010 09:21:49 PM
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bah
06/03/2010 10:55:09 PM
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So answer me this....
08/03/2010 03:40:30 PM
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Tell me your not serious...
09/03/2010 02:57:51 AM
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Slayer's patron knew where Rand was staying
17/03/2010 06:28:50 PM
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Very unlikely that the patron was Taim...
17/03/2010 06:44:44 PM
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I call BS, not Brandon Sanderson
18/03/2010 03:09:29 AM
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18/03/2010 10:15:46 AM
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Re:
18/03/2010 05:58:17 PM
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As said...
18/03/2010 06:52:09 PM
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Re: As said...
19/03/2010 05:27:15 PM
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Re: As said...
20/03/2010 09:46:26 AM
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Re: As said...
22/03/2010 03:31:02 AM
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Yeah...
22/03/2010 10:02:48 AM
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Re: Yeah...
24/03/2010 07:55:52 PM
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Fain is not easy to kill. *NM*
18/03/2010 12:05:52 AM
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Re: Regardless
08/03/2010 10:56:20 PM
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Moiraine did it.
08/03/2010 09:21:41 PM
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The Eelfinn can't affect the outside world at all according to RJ...
18/03/2010 01:07:27 PM
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