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Well, that's just one oath. The other two are not as easy to circumvent. BlackAdder Send a noteboard - 02/12/2009 01:19:53 AM
They do it all the time by parsing meaning and sifting their responses so that they are not technically in breach of any of them. There are enough holes in the Oaths, that the posters above pretty much indicate the various ways she could get around them.

Plus, the easiest thing to do is to have the Oaths removed later on, and replace them with her own (ie: I swear to wear brown silk dresses, I swear to be as circumspect as possible, etc). Perhaps the reason Mesaana was not active at first was because she was locating her own Oath Rod?


e.g., Aes Sedai captured for damane are useless as weapons.
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Mesaana was easily able to get past the Oath Rod. Tansu Targli - 01/12/2009 09:35:07 PM 1562 Views
Obviously artois - 01/12/2009 09:45:32 PM 1086 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 1068 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 406 Views
It might even kill her Sidious - 04/12/2009 11:59:37 AM 805 Views
Didn't Sanderson say as much? *NM* Tom - 01/12/2009 10:06:56 PM 406 Views
I don't know what Sanderson may have said. *NM* Tansu Targli - 01/12/2009 10:13:58 PM 376 Views
I thought... artois - 01/12/2009 10:11:45 PM 894 Views
To be honest, though, any Sister can defeat the Three Oaths. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 01/12/2009 10:37:29 PM 922 Views
Re: To be honest, though, any Sister can defeat the Three Oaths. Tansu Targli - 01/12/2009 10:42:51 PM 880 Views
shaido still have it moondog - 02/12/2009 02:32:25 AM 922 Views
Well, that's just one oath. The other two are not as easy to circumvent. BlackAdder - 02/12/2009 01:19:53 AM 996 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 874 Views
Last defense of life cannot mean potential danger. *NM* fionwe1987 - 02/12/2009 05:51:27 PM 355 Views
Yes it can. It all depends on interpretation. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/12/2009 12:22:47 AM 803 Views
Ummm, what? fionwe1987 - 03/12/2009 02:23:08 AM 786 Views
Re: Ummm, what? RugbyPlayingAshaman - 03/12/2009 11:15:20 PM 772 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 880 Views
Moiraine wasn't worried about getting around the Oaths Sidious - 04/12/2009 04:41:04 AM 796 Views
Here's a couple quotes from BS Light in the Night - 01/12/2009 11:57:16 PM 940 Views
Trouble is that would put a person into stasis Ryan - 02/12/2009 04:14:31 AM 803 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 363 Views
Eh, from what we've seen, Keepings don't really work like that beetnemesis - 02/12/2009 06:42:19 AM 947 Views
Probably just needs to be modified a bit Light in the Night - 02/12/2009 07:36:41 AM 924 Views
Keepers are for channellers, and are see through. Great Lord of Chaos - 02/12/2009 09:59:17 AM 815 Views
Turn off the Rod balefried - 02/12/2009 09:52:39 PM 925 Views
Does the bonded person do the channeling? Onarishma - 03/12/2009 05:52:09 AM 813 Views
....it is a physical requirement so "gloves" it is Onarishma - 03/12/2009 06:58:55 AM 1365 Views
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