either before or after the conversion, and we know she was a very cold, emotionless person. Perhaps the 13x13 process twisted that into extreme callousness... who knows? It must be taken into consideration that she's trying to act normally for the benefit of Pevara and the others (except the couldn't-be-more-obviously-Black-if-she-tried Javindhra, of course).
The same is true of Mezar Kurin, who we've seen only very briefly and never had a POV from; moreover, the only hints regarding his changed behavior are the brief snippets Androl hears.
And since there's no good reason to believe the pointy-teeth people at the end are even Aiel, much less Aiel channelers, I don't think there's any point in using them as supporting evidence here. So with two cases at the Black Tower, I think Chekhov's gun principle applies, and is the more likely explanation than an entirely new form of bodysnatching having been introduced in the penultimate book.
The same is true of Mezar Kurin, who we've seen only very briefly and never had a POV from; moreover, the only hints regarding his changed behavior are the brief snippets Androl hears.
And since there's no good reason to believe the pointy-teeth people at the end are even Aiel, much less Aiel channelers, I don't think there's any point in using them as supporting evidence here. So with two cases at the Black Tower, I think Chekhov's gun principle applies, and is the more likely explanation than an entirely new form of bodysnatching having been introduced in the penultimate book.
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The Turned Ashaman and Aiel - not 13x13
30/11/2010 10:20:07 PM
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Tarna's the only one we have a handle on
01/12/2010 01:39:28 AM
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The Aiel at the end are Aiel because they have veils (which they didn't replace before killing).
01/12/2010 02:01:17 PM
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Liah didn't veil in Aridhol when she killed some Trollocs.
01/12/2010 03:41:56 PM
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True, at that point she was essentially a feral animal.
02/12/2010 01:18:14 AM
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Re: True, at that point she was essentially a feral animal.
02/12/2010 11:08:16 AM
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There's actually a pretty good chance they aren't channelers, I think.
02/12/2010 02:45:41 PM
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Whoever she had been, she was surely no Aiel, not with that pale skin and /those dark eyes./
02/12/2010 12:34:46 AM
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"An Aes Sedai, perhaps. "
02/12/2010 01:59:32 AM
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The point is it doesn't look like an Aiel
02/12/2010 04:22:14 AM
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Perhaps the black eyes are due to something akin to the saa? *NM*
02/12/2010 11:12:03 AM
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Makes sense if they're Dreadlords, though, in a way, that would be disappointing.
06/12/2010 02:39:54 AM
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FIFTY quatloos on the oldcomers!
02/12/2010 02:37:19 PM
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They did "ethnically cleanse"
03/12/2010 07:50:24 AM
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There's no evidence to that effect; on what do you base that statement?
06/12/2010 02:14:09 AM
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I suppose that means the guys who stabbed Demira in Caemlyn were Aiel too
05/12/2010 04:56:59 PM
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If these guys were trying to make it look like a failed AIel killing, they suck at it.
05/12/2010 06:10:32 PM
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Re: If these guys were trying to make it look like a failed AIel killing, they suck at it.
05/12/2010 11:26:52 PM
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Glad we're on the same page now.
06/12/2010 02:24:38 AM
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I'm not holding my breath that they are Aiel
06/12/2010 08:42:11 PM
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Seriously framed comments usually prompt responses in kind.
06/12/2010 10:12:08 PM
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Just pointing out that it's been a sure sign of shenanigans when RJ pointed to something as obvious
07/12/2010 03:52:46 AM
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I thought this was what it meant. Posted about it in another thread somewhere.
01/12/2010 03:12:19 PM
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