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Mesaana was easily able to get past the Oath Rod. Tansu Targli Send a noteboard - 01/12/2009 09:35:07 PM
She is one of the "Chosen" Forsaken.
I believe that she is still in the White Tower.

I don't know anything about Mesaana really, but I don't find it out of the realm of possibility that she may have done one of two things.

The First is the one that I find to be most probable; she swore the oaths and then said that she was not Black Ajah. Simple as that.
The reason she would have been able to do this is that even after taking the oaths it is possible to tell a lie. All you have to do is believe it. How else can one group of Aes Sedai claim two different Amyrlins? Mesaana thinks of herself as being ABOVE THE BLACK.

The second way is she could have compelled the sister she was posing as let her do it for her. Whether or not that sister were Black I believe that the compulsion would allow her to say that she wasn't.

But of course I believe that Mesaana took the oaths herself and passed the test because in her mind She Is Not Black Ajah.
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Mesaana was easily able to get past the Oath Rod. Tansu Targli - 01/12/2009 09:35:07 PM 1317 Views
Obviously artois - 01/12/2009 09:45:32 PM 871 Views
I'm not convinced. I don't believe she'd want to subject herself to being sworn. lord-of-shadow - 01/12/2009 09:54:40 PM 845 Views
Not just that, but in the AoL, the Oath Rod was used to "bind criminals". *NM* Lord Haart - 02/12/2009 05:41:35 AM 312 Views
It might even kill her Sidious - 04/12/2009 11:59:37 AM 602 Views
Didn't Sanderson say as much? *NM* Tom - 01/12/2009 10:06:56 PM 309 Views
I don't know what Sanderson may have said. *NM* Tansu Targli - 01/12/2009 10:13:58 PM 279 Views
I thought... artois - 01/12/2009 10:11:45 PM 705 Views
To be honest, though, any Sister can defeat the Three Oaths. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 01/12/2009 10:37:29 PM 688 Views
Re: To be honest, though, any Sister can defeat the Three Oaths. Tansu Targli - 01/12/2009 10:42:51 PM 684 Views
shaido still have it moondog - 02/12/2009 02:32:25 AM 730 Views
Well, that's just one oath. The other two are not as easy to circumvent. BlackAdder - 02/12/2009 01:19:53 AM 784 Views
But given free will, they can interpret "danger" to mean "clear and present" or "potential danger" RugbyPlayingAshaman - 02/12/2009 04:54:26 PM 615 Views
Last defense of life cannot mean potential danger. *NM* fionwe1987 - 02/12/2009 05:51:27 PM 255 Views
Yes it can. It all depends on interpretation. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/12/2009 12:22:47 AM 604 Views
Ummm, what? fionwe1987 - 03/12/2009 02:23:08 AM 558 Views
Re: Ummm, what? RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/12/2009 11:15:20 PM 572 Views
None of this is a twisting of the Oaths. Her actions stick to the letter of the Oaths. fionwe1987 - 04/12/2009 04:29:44 AM 667 Views
Moiraine wasn't worried about getting around the Oaths Sidious - 04/12/2009 04:41:04 AM 603 Views
Here's a couple quotes from BS Light in the Night - 01/12/2009 11:57:16 PM 721 Views
Trouble is that would put a person into stasis Ryan - 02/12/2009 04:14:31 AM 591 Views
It only has to be maintained long enough to take the Oaths. *NM* Light in the Night - 02/12/2009 04:51:34 AM 269 Views
Eh, from what we've seen, Keepings don't really work like that beetnemesis - 02/12/2009 06:42:19 AM 735 Views
Probably just needs to be modified a bit Light in the Night - 02/12/2009 07:36:41 AM 718 Views
Keepers are for channellers, and are see through. Great Lord of Chaos - 02/12/2009 09:59:17 AM 610 Views
Turn off the Rod balefried - 02/12/2009 09:52:39 PM 705 Views
Does the bonded person do the channeling? Onarishma - 03/12/2009 05:52:09 AM 588 Views
....it is a physical requirement so "gloves" it is Onarishma - 03/12/2009 06:58:55 AM 1185 Views
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