At her age the trauma of reswearing the oaths is likely to kill her. If Rand is to speak against using the Binder, that would be an appropriate point to do it in, especially now that he can tell who is a DF with a look.
That got asked.
Brandon is "almost 100% sure" that the process of removing/reswearing the Oaths has no effect whatsover. It's just a theory readers came up with because one of the BA hunters wondered about that. Apparently, Jordan put that there for suspense/drama, not as foreshadowing.
Some of the BA hunters are fairly old and used the Binder several times with no ill effect. Romanda is not that far from Cadsuane's age (a few decades), and suffered no ill effect. Don't forget those women aren't really old as in "frail" and debilitated - they're really in their middle years. The Binder kills perfectly healthy women around the half mark of their lifespan without apparent cause, it doesn't make them age twice as fast. Aes Sedai die suddenly without going through decay, senility, a weakened immune system and various health problems because they don't reach the physiological age when such problems normally start or become apparent.
Cadsuane gives an impression of old age because of her grey hair. She's just one of those who greyed early in her middle years, as is fairly common. She's far from frail.
This message last edited by DomA on 01/05/2012 at 04:27:34 PM
Very interesting QA with Brandon
- 20/04/2012 11:19:02 PM
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I found it painful to read
- 21/04/2012 09:53:31 AM
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Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
- 22/04/2012 04:26:27 AM
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Re: Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
- 22/04/2012 08:06:38 AM
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Re: Agreed ... He got some softball questions here and couldn't answer them ... But there is a lot
- 22/04/2012 02:39:41 PM
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Re: Very interesting QA with Brandon
- 22/04/2012 02:53:38 AM
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This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 23/04/2012 09:50:51 AM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 23/04/2012 02:39:30 PM
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I think you may be giving RJ more credit than his due here
- 24/04/2012 10:35:28 PM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 24/04/2012 05:46:03 AM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 24/04/2012 08:10:15 AM
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It's got little to do with obsession...
- 25/04/2012 01:20:48 AM
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Re: It's got little to do with obsession...
- 25/04/2012 05:05:40 PM
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Re: It's got little to do with obsession...
- 27/04/2012 12:58:36 AM
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Question about TGS and ToM:
- 27/04/2012 02:20:34 AM
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Very similar to you
- 27/04/2012 09:50:52 PM
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Are there plans for rewrites / reordering of the books?
- 29/04/2012 01:17:48 PM
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of course there's no plan
- 30/04/2012 06:15:49 AM
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Egwene...
- 27/04/2012 05:41:13 AM
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Re: Egwene...
- 27/04/2012 09:30:32 PM
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Re: Egwene...
- 28/04/2012 09:44:43 AM
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I don't find it all that surprising
- 28/04/2012 03:56:41 PM
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Re: I don't find it all that surprising
- 29/04/2012 08:07:55 AM
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Re: I don't find it all that surprising
- 30/04/2012 07:54:14 AM
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I suspect Cadsuane will die before that happens
- 30/04/2012 07:06:04 PM
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Re: I suspect Cadsuane will die before that happens
- 30/04/2012 08:36:44 PM
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Cadsuane shouldn't reswear the oaths
- 30/04/2012 10:43:32 PM
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Apparenly not
- 01/05/2012 04:26:08 PM
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Not sure Cadsuane will ever be reigned in by anyone
- 01/05/2012 01:18:44 AM
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Re: Egwene...
- 30/04/2012 07:41:11 AM
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Re: Egwene...
- 01/05/2012 07:10:35 PM
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Re: Egwene...
- 01/05/2012 10:51:09 PM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 01/05/2012 12:08:33 AM
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Re: This certainly makes a mockery of a lot that us 20-year long readers of Wot used to hold dear...
- 24/04/2012 10:49:54 PM
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For me it's interesting simply because it is not all that well defined
- 24/04/2012 11:16:14 PM
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Elminster vs Karsus, Darth Vader vs Darth Revan, Demandred vs Sammael - who has more midichloriants.
- 25/04/2012 03:13:17 PM
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