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Not even Moraine thinks the Finns killed Lanfear LoialT Send a noteboard - 28/02/2012 09:17:30 PM
Here's the actual text from the book:

"My Power, Thom," she explained. "I could hear them barking and hissing to one another as they fed on me, both Aelfinn and Eelfinn in turn. They have not often had an Aes Sedai to themselves, it seems. While draining my ability to channel, they were fed twofold--my sorrow at what I was losing and the Power itself. My capacity has been greatly reduced.
"They claimed to have killed Lanfear by draining her too quickly, though I think they may have been trying to make me afraid. A man was there once, when they woke me. He said I was not the one he wanted." She hesitated, then shivered. "Sometimes I wished they would drain me quickly and end my life."
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"They gave you your three demands?" Mat asked, frowning.
"I passed through the ter'angreal," she said. "The ancient treaty held for both of us, though with the doorway destroyed, there was no simple return."


So we see that Moraine did see that Lanfear was alive after falling through the doorway, and that the treaty held for her too. Then while she was being fed on, she was made tastier by the frightful news that Lanfear had died this way. She didn't believe it, and Moridin's presence is pretty suggestive that it wasn't true.

The question then, is how did she die? Did the Finns agree to let her go on the condition that she was dead? Do the Finns have to keep to bargains with the Shadow? I don't see how killing her would accomplish anything for the Finns, however. They would want Moridin to give up something. Even if he was trying to trick the Finns into thinking he wanted Lanfear alive, he wouldn't risk killing her there where there was the chance she might not be transmigrated, and he knew perfectly well that he could kill her whenever he wanted. I bet he brought along a captive channeler to exchange. Then I think events proceeded like you suggest, with the utter stripping, humiliation, and enslavement of the Shadow's most vain and self-interested servant.

LoialT :]
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What did happen to Lanfear? Sidious - 23/02/2012 10:54:19 AM 2876 Views
I thought Moiraine saw Moridin or somebody in there looking for Lanfear? Cannoli - 23/02/2012 01:00:25 PM 1371 Views
Re: I thought Moiraine saw Moridin or somebody in there looking for Lanfear? Sidious - 23/02/2012 02:14:05 PM 1186 Views
do souls remain the same strength with each reincarnation though? LadyLorraine - 23/02/2012 05:45:40 PM 971 Views
We can only theorize Sidious - 24/02/2012 08:14:49 AM 1045 Views
The Forsaken aren't a great parameter to judge from LadyLorraine - 24/02/2012 04:10:35 PM 907 Views
Without the Forsaken its a pointless subject Sidious - 24/02/2012 04:23:57 PM 1035 Views
not all things need to be explained. LadyLorraine - 27/02/2012 04:07:21 AM 792 Views
Sanderson doesn't think this is the case darius_sedai - 26/02/2012 12:47:26 AM 989 Views
I don't think Lanfear died in Finnland DomA - 27/02/2012 02:02:31 AM 1731 Views
I assume this was meant to be a response to Sidious' original post *NM* darius_sedai - 27/02/2012 02:18:09 AM 421 Views
All this could be true and could still have died at Finnland... fionwe1987 - 27/02/2012 04:40:50 AM 832 Views
Re: All this could be true and could still have died at Finnland... DomA - 28/02/2012 04:46:41 AM 878 Views
Why so? fionwe1987 - 28/02/2012 06:33:25 AM 832 Views
I pretty much agree Sidious - 28/02/2012 07:15:26 AM 1079 Views
WHen and where Lanfears original body died doesn't mean much to me darius_sedai - 28/02/2012 02:01:00 PM 789 Views
Re: WHen and where Lanfears original body died doesn't mean much to me Gartax - 28/02/2012 05:40:21 PM 779 Views
Perhaps ... But doesn't explain what they get out of killing her ... They have proven to be crafty darius_sedai - 28/02/2012 07:17:21 PM 818 Views
Well... Sidious - 28/02/2012 08:13:03 PM 889 Views
then why even negotiate with Moridin? LoialT - 28/02/2012 09:24:38 PM 914 Views
Wouldn't they have just kept her then or killed her right off the bat then? darius_sedai - 28/02/2012 09:52:49 PM 772 Views
Re: Wouldn't they have just kept her then or killed her right off the bat then? Sidious - 29/02/2012 11:28:10 AM 937 Views
Re: Wouldn't they have just kept her then or killed her right off the bat then? darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 04:51:10 AM 782 Views
Re: Why so? DomA - 28/02/2012 07:01:38 PM 980 Views
Not even Moraine thinks the Finns killed Lanfear LoialT - 28/02/2012 09:17:30 PM 1470 Views
Limits of resurrection... fionwe1987 - 29/02/2012 12:32:43 AM 1095 Views
Pretty sure it was Slayer Nargs - 23/02/2012 04:10:29 PM 1055 Views
He's still a minion, and would have been acting on the Shadow's behalf Cannoli - 23/02/2012 04:56:21 PM 905 Views
I corrected you. Not Moridin. It was Slayer. Nargs - 24/02/2012 08:07:17 AM 1018 Views
And you know this, how? fionwe1987 - 24/02/2012 08:43:38 AM 931 Views
Really? Its absolutely obvious that it was slayer. Nargs - 10/05/2012 04:16:43 PM 1276 Views
I think it is clear enough... entyti - 23/02/2012 08:42:24 PM 1036 Views
Or maybe he was not there to negotiate for her release, just get close to kill her for the soul-swap *NM* Cannoli - 23/02/2012 10:15:01 PM 488 Views
Or maybe that was the best deal he could make with them. *NM* fionwe1987 - 24/02/2012 12:17:06 AM 425 Views
always figured it was slayer who told the finns she wasn't the one he was lookin for *NM* nigelgoboom - 25/02/2012 10:15:55 PM 445 Views
Maybe they can only drain a fixed amount - and did so to both women equally... Shannow - 24/02/2012 08:32:56 PM 1035 Views
Ahh, Shannow... fionwe1987 - 25/02/2012 03:51:10 AM 963 Views
I laughed too *NM* Sidious - 25/02/2012 06:54:15 AM 412 Views
Hilarious even for you darius_sedai - 26/02/2012 12:28:28 AM 887 Views
Exactly! *NM* fionwe1987 - 27/02/2012 12:19:57 AM 483 Views
Seems convoluted to me darius_sedai - 26/02/2012 12:44:18 AM 858 Views
his sanity? *NM* Yunalesca - 28/02/2012 06:07:25 PM 607 Views
HA! Sanity is overrated *NM* darius_sedai - 28/02/2012 07:21:01 PM 412 Views
I wonder if he traded a taste of the True Power? LadyLorraine - 29/02/2012 12:26:56 AM 788 Views
Now that is an interesting theory! darius_sedai - 29/02/2012 05:42:22 AM 772 Views
Maybe they can use the TP LadyLorraine - 29/02/2012 02:43:07 PM 957 Views
Considering how they feel about anything dealing with the shadow, Evil_Monkey - 29/02/2012 03:03:55 PM 748 Views
Why not? I believe RJ basically said they are so different from humans that we could not define darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 04:54:40 AM 859 Views
Yet Light vs. Shadow is? fionwe1987 - 01/03/2012 05:17:14 AM 858 Views
That could boil down to prophesy v. Prophesy darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 05:33:52 AM 862 Views
Re: Considering how they feel about anything dealing with the shadow, DomA - 08/03/2012 09:28:52 PM 777 Views
LOVE IT ... Great thoughts! *NM* darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 04:52:38 AM 355 Views
The foxhead... fionwe1987 - 01/03/2012 05:19:13 AM 850 Views
Yes, but that doesn't mean an Aes Sedai made it. LadyLorraine - 01/03/2012 04:20:10 PM 855 Views
There are others that are just as effective though .. Nynaeve has one and so does Cadsuane darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 04:53:46 PM 956 Views
My point was... fionwe1987 - 01/03/2012 05:34:34 PM 699 Views
What makes you think so? darius_sedai - 01/03/2012 06:45:42 PM 834 Views
Re: What makes you think so? fionwe1987 - 01/03/2012 11:22:06 PM 742 Views
Re: What makes you think so? darius_sedai - 02/03/2012 12:57:13 AM 768 Views
It depends.... DomA - 08/03/2012 09:54:45 PM 868 Views
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