Mesaana is about 300 years old. That's sort of the upper limit that Aes Sedai live to, and depending on how it works, she could die at any time.
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Mesaana was easily able to get past the Oath Rod.
- 01/12/2009 09:35:07 PM
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I'm not convinced. I don't believe she'd want to subject herself to being sworn.
- 01/12/2009 09:54:40 PM
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Not just that, but in the AoL, the Oath Rod was used to "bind criminals". *NM*
- 02/12/2009 05:41:35 AM
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It might even kill her
- 04/12/2009 11:59:37 AM
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I thought...
- 01/12/2009 10:11:45 PM
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To be honest, though, any Sister can defeat the Three Oaths.
- 01/12/2009 10:37:29 PM
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Well, that's just one oath. The other two are not as easy to circumvent.
- 02/12/2009 01:19:53 AM
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But given free will, they can interpret "danger" to mean "clear and present" or "potential danger"
- 02/12/2009 04:54:26 PM
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Last defense of life cannot mean potential danger. *NM*
- 02/12/2009 05:51:27 PM
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Yes it can. It all depends on interpretation.
- 03/12/2009 12:22:47 AM
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Ummm, what?
- 03/12/2009 02:23:08 AM
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Re: Ummm, what?
- 03/12/2009 11:15:20 PM
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None of this is a twisting of the Oaths. Her actions stick to the letter of the Oaths.
- 04/12/2009 04:29:44 AM
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Here's a couple quotes from BS
- 01/12/2009 11:57:16 PM
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Trouble is that would put a person into stasis
- 02/12/2009 04:14:31 AM
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It only has to be maintained long enough to take the Oaths. *NM*
- 02/12/2009 04:51:34 AM
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Eh, from what we've seen, Keepings don't really work like that
- 02/12/2009 06:42:19 AM
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