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I call BS, not Brandon Sanderson Jim Send a noteboard - 18/03/2010 03:09:29 AM
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.


You really think that Taim might doubt their ability to kill Rand without being able to channel? No, but the fact that Slayer thinks that only the Forsaken knew how to contact him screams that it is someone else.

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.


You mean the fact that the only people we know the "Top Assassin" has killed is two bound and shielded AS and two sleeping old people? Maybe he's not really that great of an Assassin. Either way there's plenty of evidence that a channeler should easily take a non-channeler, even if they're only as strong as Siuan, in her weakened condition. She can still wrap up Bryne and keep him from moving, even if she can't lift him off the ground, more than enough strength to keep Slayer from stabbing Asmo.
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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 1383 Views
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I think so, too, up to a factor of 70% *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/03/2010 03:49:38 PM 234 Views
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Yeah, comparing Rand and Asmo... Lord Haart - 08/03/2010 08:06:49 AM 552 Views
So answer me this.... Jeordam - 08/03/2010 03:40:30 PM 707 Views
Re: So answer me this.... saidarisnowtainted - 08/03/2010 11:01:04 PM 584 Views
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Slayer's patron knew where Rand was staying Jim - 17/03/2010 06:28:50 PM 607 Views
Very unlikely that the patron was Taim... Etzel - 17/03/2010 06:44:44 PM 1158 Views
I call BS, not Brandon Sanderson Jim - 18/03/2010 03:09:29 AM 579 Views
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I guess we will have to read and find out... *NM* Etzel - 29/03/2010 09:51:02 AM 543 Views
Fain is not easy to kill. *NM* Kieran - 18/03/2010 12:05:52 AM 235 Views
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You can only channel Spirit while sleeping... Gher - 09/03/2010 04:21:32 AM 647 Views
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Ha. No, silly. sylph - 09/03/2010 03:03:58 PM 496 Views
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Same problem as Lanfear though... Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2010 01:46:48 AM 463 Views
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