Rand goes to confront the Seanchan alone after Tuon refuses to obey him. He formulates a plan to balefire the Palace and kill the High Blood, and then balefire the ships and soldiers. He leaves before he does this.
Would this have been a good thing?
As Rand showed at the end of TGS, take of their black coats and pins and Asha'man are unremarkable. They aren't pointed out via leashes like Suldam/damane or their weaves visible like AS's are to the Seanchan. After the failed truce, Rand should have sent 10 Asha'man to Falme, Ebou Dar and Tanchico and had them destroy every Seanchan ship as a lesson. No staying to fight a battle - surgical strikes.
Then sent a messenger saying this time the Seanchan will agree to work with him or the next strike is on their troops. And repeat till they do. Gateway, destroy a barracks or a raken field or the like. They'd soon enough have been forced to a truce. As per usual give a character a clear advantage and they'll think of 20 reasons not to use it.
Seanchan... the next steps
- 08/11/2009 06:48:12 PM
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I think one has to consider the Tower of Midnight in any theory
- 08/11/2009 08:58:33 PM
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Didn't RJ say he wouldn't be writing any scenes in Seanchan proper?
- 08/11/2009 09:17:48 PM
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Maybe he won't, but the next book is called Towers of Midnight which is in Seanchan *NM*
- 08/11/2009 09:45:45 PM
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This is what I think. If anything happens in Seanchan it'll just be the throne being moved *NM*
- 08/11/2009 09:46:53 PM
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I highly doubt it will be just the throne being moved... the name of the book is Towers of Midnight
- 08/11/2009 10:07:33 PM
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The title carries symbolic and poetic value, with or without events happening in Seanchan. *NM*
- 08/11/2009 10:09:03 PM
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It's a play on words
- 08/11/2009 10:47:13 PM
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You could be right... I guess it depends on how much of the chaos in Seanchan gets wrapped up
- 08/11/2009 11:30:01 PM
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Re: I think one has to consider the Tower of Midnight in any theory
- 08/11/2009 10:51:44 PM
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Hmm, very interesting... I didn't recall the a'dam was made there
- 08/11/2009 11:26:38 PM
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There's no way Rand will go around balefiring anymore.
- 08/11/2009 10:19:35 PM
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Re: There's no way Rand will go around balefiring anymore.
- 10/11/2009 02:43:34 AM
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Balefire against the Forsaken is completely different than balefire against cities. *NM*
- 10/11/2009 06:02:08 PM
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I'm thinking that Rand, Mat and Perrin visit Tuon/Fortuona next.
- 09/11/2009 12:48:36 AM
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Re: I'm thinking that Rand, Mat and Perrin visit Tuon/Fortuona next.
- 09/11/2009 06:34:09 PM
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A limited strike would have made sense
- 09/11/2009 03:22:10 AM
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I was convinced...
- 10/11/2009 03:21:16 AM
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Re: I was convinced...
- 10/11/2009 02:54:09 PM
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