I believe so. It doesn't require active channeling to work - it responds both to young girls who haven't sparked yet, and learners who never channel. Since the ability to channel and not the act of channeling are all it requires, it should still hold. It's possible that the sul'dam will lose the ability to cause sensation through it, however. Siuan and Leane couldn't, when stilled.




Something to do with their service to the Empress, I'd bet. But we can only theorise. I'd be curious to see what happens to a Seanchan Ogier if they enter a Stedding. Do they even know about Stedding? Maybe they're a myth, to them.



We see many different ways of telling the future, from the Wise Ones and their dreams, to Min and her visions. It's possible the damane do something different still. But in a more prosaic sense, you may have it backwards - possibly there are damane who Foretell like Aes Sedai do, but I doubt they'd be serving the Empress or the Daughter of the Nine Moons. A damane who could start shaking and ranting in public at any time would be an embarrassment. They'd be more likely to choose one who has a more discreet, controllable talent.



I believe there is a Fain POV quote somewhere along the lines of "She might still trust her mother, by the time he was finished with her. Maybe." So, yes.



Hm. The capture of Elaida was terribly convenient, narratively speaking; it got her out of the way with no bloodshed on Egwene's part (only one of many, many ridiculous and unbelievable events in that whole story arc). I suppose she could come back now that Egwene's rule is secure. Maybe she'd even be grateful and wouldn't plot and scheme to overthrow her. But we do know that after the series end Mat and Fortuona were supposed to return to Seanchan to try and reclaim Fortuona's throne, and I can't see how they expect to do that without a lot of damane. Seems more likely they'd bring them all with them.

Will Elayne walk into yet another trap in aMoL?

Don't even get me started on Elayne and her utter, mindless, criminal stupidity over the past few books.




She's certainly taught Rand a lot, but not the Asha'man, I don't think. So I'll go with 'no'. And it's probably something along the lines of 'men and women need to work together for max results'.


Any ideas on how Rand's life depends on Moiraine, as Min had fortold?

I'd assumed she would crack the ice he'd buried himself in, shock him back to sanity in some way, finally make him tear up that damned 'list'. But he did that on his own. So, no. There's nothing she can offer, channeling-wise, nor really advice-wise, so I have no idea.

Is Perrin going to die? Does the Prophesy of the Shadow even say he will die? Will the prophesy come true?

I don't think it comes true. It's clear that all three of them need to be at the Last Battle if they are to win, and I don't think anyone expects Our Heroes to lose (though it would be something a bit different if they did). Obviously, he can die after the Last Battle, but he's going to die at some point - one year or seventy, you know. So I don't think that dark!prophecy will come true.

Who do you think will die before the last page has turned?

All the Forsaken. Rand, once, though he'll come back to life. Cadsuane and Lan. Lots of minor Aes Sedai and other characters. Don't expect any of the harem to die, or Egwene, or Nynaeve. RJ seemed to be setting up favourite characters for happy endings, so probably Thom and Moiraine will live, and Siuan and Gareth. We'll probably see a lot of death among characters we've come to like - Sorelia, Julian - but who aren't important to the plot.




He'd better. We've not seen anything of what he can do, so whatever strategy he uses better be spectacular and very evil, or I'll be disappointed. We've spent too much time being shown the growth of the shadow in the BT for it to come to nothing.



Glean? That RJ knows little about the intricacies of industrial/technological development. Inventing gunpowder =/= an industrial revolution.