Without extremely compelling reasons, it is in Elayne's nature and education to abide by the law, thus she would not still the captives. She did not immediately turn them over to the tower due to rationalization. In the main Elaynes actions are very logical, naively so, yet still logical and within her character.
Even the risks she runs, she uses the prophecy as a shield to allow her to do what she desires, prove herself worthy; that is her charaters motivation.
Even the risks she runs, she uses the prophecy as a shield to allow her to do what she desires, prove herself worthy; that is her charaters motivation.
Elayne did have compelling reasons to decide it was better to break the law, though. Not to still the women - totally useless given that Andoran Law prevented her from using torture - but to have them discreetely executed. Elayne knew all too well the Shadow either freed or executed its captured agents, with strictly no regard for messy colateral damages. It happened personally to her in Tear, to Ispan, and to Egwene with Moghedien in Salidar. Holding the BA in her dungeons put several lives at risk. As Queen and AS she was responsible for the lives of those who guarded these BA and DF.
What she did was rationalized and more in line with her character, but deciding to use the lessons of her past experiences with Shadow prisoners to execute the BA and DF could also have been. That she did what she did instead is a more a necessity of the plot.
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- 02/05/2012 11:36:52 PM
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- 03/05/2012 02:36:14 PM
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- 03/05/2012 02:47:58 PM
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Yes, I posted a proposition with that solution years ago.
- 06/05/2012 07:25:55 PM
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With the new healing technology
- 07/05/2012 12:08:50 AM
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So it's better to not bother?! At least by stilling, you force them to make the effort.
- 08/05/2012 06:53:17 AM
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So it's better to not bother?! At least by stilling, you force them to make the effort.
- 08/05/2012 06:53:17 AM
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Not to mention that Elayne KNOWS that Stilling them would also have broken their Oaths
- 08/05/2012 01:11:31 PM
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Not that much
- 08/05/2012 10:07:24 PM
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Sorry, meant she could have more effectively questioned them in "normal" means
- 08/05/2012 11:26:13 PM
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- 09/05/2012 01:24:41 AM
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Ispan was still bound by her oath to not betray the Black Ajah
- 09/05/2012 12:32:45 PM
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- 09/05/2012 03:57:11 PM
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All true. Doesn't change the fact that had they Stilled these women they would have gotten
- 10/05/2012 01:35:42 PM
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Re: All true. Doesn't change the fact that had they Stilled these women they would have gotten
- 10/05/2012 08:02:20 PM
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Many times Elayne remarks on obeying the law
- 07/05/2012 06:31:58 PM
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- 08/05/2012 10:22:48 PM
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Yes, too bad the viewing was wrong and she died...oh, wait....
- 06/05/2012 07:34:43 PM
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I agree
- 07/05/2012 02:25:06 AM
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I don't know that we agree about Elayne...
- 08/05/2012 06:40:56 AM
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Actually, I think we do on most a lot of points
- 08/05/2012 08:53:43 PM
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Seriously, I haven't read any Elayne chapters since book 9/Winter's Heart.....
- 06/05/2012 08:01:05 PM
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