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I think this is a tricky issue Sidious Send a noteboard - 18/07/2010 05:50:50 PM

I don't think Mesaana is willing to take an Oath and then try and revoke it. The Forsaken know that the Oaths are as binding as shackles, and it's the last thing that Mesaana needs if she suddenly needs to take flight. Not only that, but I think it's possible that she might die if she takes the Oaths... she's about as old as Cadsuane.

Mesaana therefore needs to appear to take the Oaths while surrounded by women who are more than willing to overwhelm and execute her. I cannot imagine that this is an easy thing to do, or Semirhage would have tried it in the AOL instead of running away and joining the Shadow.

Mesaana has to therefore rely on some form of third Age ignorance, much like hiding cards while playing poker and hoping that no one notices. There are some possibilities as other posters have noted. I on the other hand think that she'll use a flow of Spirit and take the Oaths normally, and then use a second reversed flow that touches another point on the ter'angreal and makes it useless. Much like Sammael knew the callbox in detail, it seems that all of them know ter'angreal down to their smallest degrees. While someone in the AOL would have watched her trying something like this, I think she could dupe the Tower Aes Sedai.
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How did Mesaana beat the Oath Rod? - 17/07/2010 10:26:42 AM 4225 Views
I agree with Deadsy... - 17/07/2010 11:32:09 AM 1241 Views
could be - 17/07/2010 04:39:10 PM 1110 Views
I wonder if masking one's ability messes with the OR - 17/07/2010 02:44:37 PM 1223 Views
I don't think - 17/07/2010 05:29:59 PM 1521 Views
Re: I don't think - 17/07/2010 07:26:57 PM 1164 Views
Re: I don't think - 18/07/2010 06:13:59 PM 1166 Views
Another AS does the channeling according to NS - 17/07/2010 10:02:32 PM 1229 Views
And the Shaido "Wise Ones" channeled for Galina. *NM* - 18/07/2010 01:58:49 AM 638 Views
As mentioned above, your theory is not about defeating Oath Rod. - 17/07/2010 06:42:38 PM 1192 Views
That's an interesting theory - 18/07/2010 02:01:23 AM 1140 Views
Re: As mentioned above, your theory is not about defeating Oath Rod. - 20/07/2010 02:02:05 PM 1096 Views
Good point. We're asking the wrong questions entirely. - 20/07/2010 02:30:04 PM 993 Views
Re: Good point. We're asking the wrong questions entirely. - 20/07/2010 05:59:07 PM 1034 Views
Re: "Mesanna did have oathes, just not the 3 AS ones". No she didn't - 20/07/2010 04:04:28 PM 1307 Views
Re: "Mesanna did have oathes, just not the 3 AS ones". No she didn't - 20/07/2010 06:02:40 PM 1054 Views
Re: "Mesanna did have oathes, just not the 3 AS ones". No she didn't - 20/07/2010 07:26:20 PM 1044 Views
Re: How did Mesaana beat the Oath Rod? - 18/07/2010 04:46:23 PM 994 Views
I think this is a tricky issue - 18/07/2010 05:50:50 PM 1175 Views
Re: I think this is a tricky issue - 18/07/2010 07:28:51 PM 1230 Views
Is the Verin thing widely known? - 19/07/2010 05:51:05 AM 1086 Views
Re: Is the Verin thing widely known? - 20/07/2010 11:55:35 PM 1073 Views
Re: I think this is a tricky issue - 19/07/2010 04:39:44 PM 1022 Views
Everything you said but this... - 20/07/2010 01:25:34 AM 1116 Views
Or she didn't swear on it, because she's a servant. - 18/07/2010 11:05:08 PM 1119 Views
but BS would not have told us to think about defeating the oath rod then.... - 19/07/2010 04:10:56 PM 974 Views
I don't really see why this is such a big issue: - 22/07/2010 03:34:46 AM 1274 Views
Because - 22/07/2010 03:50:36 PM 1018 Views
What about the True Power? - 19/07/2010 06:30:57 AM 1133 Views
TP + OR = Boom? - 19/07/2010 06:47:01 AM 1059 Views
Re: TP + OR = Boom? or Melt? - 20/07/2010 01:33:20 AM 1113 Views
What about Compulsion on herself? - 19/07/2010 09:07:32 PM 1127 Views
Interesting idea, I think this might work. *NM* - 20/07/2010 02:33:04 PM 559 Views
Re: What about Compulsion on herself? - 20/07/2010 06:07:53 PM 935 Views
Yeah I realize what I presented was kinda the opposite of what I was going for. - 20/07/2010 02:15:46 AM 1057 Views
I just thought of the most obvious way around it. - 20/07/2010 06:17:34 PM 1135 Views
I actually like this idea. - 20/07/2010 07:40:56 PM 1065 Views
I think this won't work for one reason. - 20/07/2010 07:44:49 PM 1218 Views
Re: I think this won't work for one reason. - 20/07/2010 08:51:15 PM 976 Views
Wouldn't work - 20/07/2010 08:03:52 PM 1051 Views
I agree, but... - 20/07/2010 08:20:33 PM 1161 Views
This makes me wonder what would happen to a woman in a Link - 20/07/2010 08:37:12 PM 1032 Views
I bet it wouldn't work - 20/07/2010 08:52:00 PM 1478 Views
this is also possible - 20/07/2010 09:17:36 PM 1064 Views
I don't think so - 20/07/2010 09:05:58 PM 1071 Views
I don't know - 20/07/2010 09:16:55 PM 1048 Views
Re: Wouldn't work - 20/07/2010 09:11:50 PM 1420 Views
I think the OR is tied to a channelers connection to the OP and nothing else - 20/07/2010 09:22:51 PM 1014 Views
Re: I think the OR is tied to a channelers connection to the OP and nothing else - 20/07/2010 09:44:12 PM 1088 Views
Off-topic question: - 21/07/2010 09:07:12 PM 953 Views
What about immortality? - 20/07/2010 08:03:21 PM 959 Views
Depends on how she is immortal. - 21/07/2010 09:09:49 PM 944 Views

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