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What did happen to Lanfear? Sidious Send a noteboard - 23/02/2012 10:54:19 AM
We still don't have an answer as to what happened to Lanfear, just clues which you can decide to believe or not.

According to Moiraine, the Finns fed off of her directly. This is very similar to when Mat was before them and they enjoyed the savour. It does seem that channelers are even sweeter for them, and that they can feed directly off of the channeler's ability. Moiraine has been slowly drained and is now very weak in the Power, which proves that they can drain the channeler's ability to permanently. This is a remarkable ability if you think about it.. The Forsaken can't accept that Cyndane is Lanfear because she is weaker in the Power, implying that they are unfamiliar to any method whereby channelers are weakened permanently. We know that Imperfect Healing of stilling has this effect, and for a time this was a theory surrounding Cyndane's weakness. Other theories have surrounded complex shielding, especially Moridin perhaps using the TP on her.

Moiraine says that they drained Lanfear too quickly and killed her, but she thinks that this is a lie made to frighten her.

I personally believe it is the truth.

Moiraine's statement implies that she never saw Lanfear after they fell through the doorway, because she relies on news by the Finns to remark on her. It is thus most likely that the two of them lost consciousness after they fell through the door. This is not really unexpected considering so much of the Power was being used and it involved a ter'angreal. Many readers thought that both of the channelers were stilled or killed at that time. It also explains how they captured them. Rand proved early on that even with a fire sword they were no match for him, and Moiraine and Lanfear are no easy meat.

For some reason they drained Lanfear too quickly. It could be because they are inexperienced regarding the process and Lanfear was their first victim or perhaps such a rare treat made them ravenous and they piled in. It is also possible that Lanfears great strength the Power was the factor that drove them to overdo it... A bit like landing the fattest turkey in the land. It is unlikely that they killed Lanfear deliberately either because she was part of the Shadow, which they hate, or because she cursed or mocked them... Moiraine seemed rather comatose in her draining fog.

Lanfear actually got a good deal. If she'd been drained slowly like Moiraine I suspect she would still be a captive, and about as weak as Moiraine is. I find it unlikely Moridin or SH would rescue her unless they saw a direct need as they did with Semirhage. Her almost instant death lost her some strength but prevented further loss in the end.

All in all, I think we have been given the answer as to how events played out regarding Moiraine and Lanfear. Moiraine thinks its a lie but it probably isnt.

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What did happen to Lanfear? - 23/02/2012 10:54:19 AM 2410 Views
I thought Moiraine saw Moridin or somebody in there looking for Lanfear? - 23/02/2012 01:00:25 PM 1226 Views
Re: I thought Moiraine saw Moridin or somebody in there looking for Lanfear? - 23/02/2012 02:14:05 PM 1097 Views
do souls remain the same strength with each reincarnation though? - 23/02/2012 05:45:40 PM 881 Views
We can only theorize - 24/02/2012 08:14:49 AM 963 Views
The Forsaken aren't a great parameter to judge from - 24/02/2012 04:10:35 PM 809 Views
Without the Forsaken its a pointless subject - 24/02/2012 04:23:57 PM 943 Views
not all things need to be explained. - 27/02/2012 04:07:21 AM 700 Views
Sanderson doesn't think this is the case - 26/02/2012 12:47:26 AM 902 Views
I don't think Lanfear died in Finnland - 27/02/2012 02:02:31 AM 1365 Views
I assume this was meant to be a response to Sidious' original post *NM* - 27/02/2012 02:18:09 AM 371 Views
All this could be true and could still have died at Finnland... - 27/02/2012 04:40:50 AM 730 Views
Re: All this could be true and could still have died at Finnland... - 28/02/2012 04:46:41 AM 795 Views
Why so? - 28/02/2012 06:33:25 AM 738 Views
I pretty much agree - 28/02/2012 07:15:26 AM 938 Views
WHen and where Lanfears original body died doesn't mean much to me - 28/02/2012 02:01:00 PM 700 Views
Re: WHen and where Lanfears original body died doesn't mean much to me - 28/02/2012 05:40:21 PM 665 Views
Perhaps ... But doesn't explain what they get out of killing her ... They have proven to be crafty - 28/02/2012 07:17:21 PM 714 Views
Well... - 28/02/2012 08:13:03 PM 800 Views
then why even negotiate with Moridin? - 28/02/2012 09:24:38 PM 831 Views
Re: Why so? - 28/02/2012 07:01:38 PM 848 Views
Not even Moraine thinks the Finns killed Lanfear - 28/02/2012 09:17:30 PM 1196 Views
Limits of resurrection... - 29/02/2012 12:32:43 AM 999 Views
Pretty sure it was Slayer - 23/02/2012 04:10:29 PM 923 Views
He's still a minion, and would have been acting on the Shadow's behalf - 23/02/2012 04:56:21 PM 799 Views
I corrected you. Not Moridin. It was Slayer. - 24/02/2012 08:07:17 AM 850 Views
And you know this, how? - 24/02/2012 08:43:38 AM 805 Views
Really? Its absolutely obvious that it was slayer. - 10/05/2012 04:16:43 PM 1174 Views
Maybe they can only drain a fixed amount - and did so to both women equally... - 24/02/2012 08:32:56 PM 928 Views
Ahh, Shannow... - 25/02/2012 03:51:10 AM 869 Views
I laughed too *NM* - 25/02/2012 06:54:15 AM 378 Views
Hilarious even for you - 26/02/2012 12:28:28 AM 806 Views
Exactly! *NM* - 27/02/2012 12:19:57 AM 442 Views
Seems convoluted to me - 26/02/2012 12:44:18 AM 785 Views
his sanity? *NM* - 28/02/2012 06:07:25 PM 499 Views
HA! Sanity is overrated *NM* - 28/02/2012 07:21:01 PM 370 Views
I wonder if he traded a taste of the True Power? - 29/02/2012 12:26:56 AM 699 Views
Now that is an interesting theory! - 29/02/2012 05:42:22 AM 685 Views
Maybe they can use the TP - 29/02/2012 02:43:07 PM 873 Views
Considering how they feel about anything dealing with the shadow, - 29/02/2012 03:03:55 PM 668 Views
Why not? I believe RJ basically said they are so different from humans that we could not define - 01/03/2012 04:54:40 AM 774 Views
Yet Light vs. Shadow is? - 01/03/2012 05:17:14 AM 753 Views
That could boil down to prophesy v. Prophesy - 01/03/2012 05:33:52 AM 772 Views
LOVE IT ... Great thoughts! *NM* - 01/03/2012 04:52:38 AM 316 Views
The foxhead... - 01/03/2012 05:19:13 AM 771 Views
Yes, but that doesn't mean an Aes Sedai made it. - 01/03/2012 04:20:10 PM 733 Views
My point was... - 01/03/2012 05:34:34 PM 611 Views
What makes you think so? - 01/03/2012 06:45:42 PM 729 Views
Re: What makes you think so? - 01/03/2012 11:22:06 PM 649 Views
Re: What makes you think so? - 02/03/2012 12:57:13 AM 685 Views
It depends.... - 08/03/2012 09:54:45 PM 785 Views

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