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Very unlikely that the patron was Taim... Etzel Send a noteboard - 17/03/2010 06:44:44 PM
The scene where he "mis-fired" shows us that if anything he is resourceful at finding where and when people are going to be. Fortune saved those pool fools not Slayers lack of skills :p

Personally, I still think Taim was the one who sent him to kill Rand, not to mention we know that the Asha'man knew where Rand wa staying.


Taim already sent the DF Asha'amn; no need to send Slayer as well. Besides that, we don't know if Taim even knows how to contact Slayer. The patron was most likely a Forsaken, IMO Osan'gar.

I think people over think this whole murder mystery. We know from numerous examples that Ishamael puts names on his "hitlist" as do other forsaken and even Taim. This is a method the shadow uses period. Lanfear said she was putting Asmo on the "list" so to speak. She had time between the end of tSR and the end of tFoH to do this. So it would be in no way shape or form a stretch to think that the shadows assassin would be informed of the new target...

The problem isn't that he couldn't have been ordered to kill Asmo, but that he could have found him and killed him. He couldn't even kill Fain in the Two Rivers, even with the help of hundreds of Trollocs.


This is a typical nonsense-argument: Just because a certain character isn't allowed to kill another character for plot reasons, doesn't mean at all that this character is unable to kill anyone, especially if he is a Top Assassin like Slayer, whose job is it to find & kill people. There is no reason to think that Slayer couldn't kill Asmo with surprise & a quick weapon, especially since RJ even stated that Fain would have killed Asmo, if he had been at the right place at the right time.
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i think i found a new stick to beat the dead asmo horse saidarisnowtainted - 05/03/2010 06:44:39 PM 1468 Views
How & Where? Jeordam - 05/03/2010 10:52:06 PM 847 Views
Re: How & Where? saidarisnowtainted - 08/03/2010 11:30:54 PM 541 Views
Graendal Did It Ashaman Narishma - 06/03/2010 05:34:32 AM 652 Views
I think so, too, up to a factor of 70% *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/03/2010 03:49:38 PM 256 Views
Re: Graendal Did It saidarisnowtainted - 08/03/2010 10:54:02 PM 603 Views
Re: Graendal Did It RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/03/2010 04:00:51 PM 547 Views
Wait, what? Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2010 01:32:32 AM 560 Views
Regardless Lord Haart - 06/03/2010 11:05:53 AM 699 Views
Re: Regardless Jim - 06/03/2010 09:21:49 PM 677 Views
bah Kieran - 06/03/2010 10:55:09 PM 634 Views
Yeah, comparing Rand and Asmo... Lord Haart - 08/03/2010 08:06:49 AM 613 Views
So answer me this.... Jeordam - 08/03/2010 03:40:30 PM 781 Views
Re: So answer me this.... saidarisnowtainted - 08/03/2010 11:01:04 PM 647 Views
Tell me your not serious... Kieran - 09/03/2010 02:57:51 AM 528 Views
Slayer's patron knew where Rand was staying Jim - 17/03/2010 06:28:50 PM 679 Views
Very unlikely that the patron was Taim... Etzel - 17/03/2010 06:44:44 PM 1238 Views
I call BS, not Brandon Sanderson Jim - 18/03/2010 03:09:29 AM 647 Views
Etzel - 18/03/2010 10:15:46 AM 1171 Views
Re: Jim - 18/03/2010 05:58:17 PM 732 Views
As said... Etzel - 18/03/2010 06:52:09 PM 589 Views
Re: As said... Jim - 19/03/2010 05:27:15 PM 614 Views
Re: As said... Etzel - 20/03/2010 09:46:26 AM 562 Views
Re: As said... Jim - 22/03/2010 03:31:02 AM 588 Views
Yeah... Etzel - 22/03/2010 10:02:48 AM 674 Views
Re: Yeah... Jim - 24/03/2010 07:55:52 PM 631 Views
Re: Yeah... Etzel - 25/03/2010 10:17:40 AM 670 Views
Re: Yeah... Jim - 29/03/2010 04:21:08 AM 674 Views
I guess we will have to read and find out... *NM* Etzel - 29/03/2010 09:51:02 AM 605 Views
Fain is not easy to kill. *NM* Kieran - 18/03/2010 12:05:52 AM 258 Views
How do you figure? Jim - 18/03/2010 03:12:33 AM 520 Views
Personally... Etzel - 18/03/2010 10:33:55 AM 532 Views
Well... Kieran - 24/03/2010 12:18:12 AM 681 Views
Re: Regardless saidarisnowtainted - 08/03/2010 10:56:20 PM 512 Views
You can only channel Spirit while sleeping... Gher - 09/03/2010 04:21:32 AM 718 Views
Though Nyn channeled fire though Moggy... Gher - 09/03/2010 04:22:40 AM 666 Views
Re: Regardless saidarisnowtainted - 08/03/2010 11:35:44 PM 569 Views
Moiraine did it. sylph - 08/03/2010 09:21:41 PM 544 Views
Re: Moiraine did it. saidarisnowtainted - 09/03/2010 01:08:45 AM 527 Views
Ha. No, silly. sylph - 09/03/2010 03:03:58 PM 564 Views
Re: Moiraine did it. Kieran - 17/03/2010 01:28:25 AM 493 Views
Same problem as Lanfear though... Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2010 01:46:48 AM 526 Views
The Eelfinn can't affect the outside world at all according to RJ... Etzel - 18/03/2010 01:07:27 PM 628 Views
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