I think there is a degree of over-complexity you are bringing to this.
RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 17/12/2009 07:41:28 PM
The point of being "Broken in as a damane" is that by the time they are done with a channeler, the damane wants to do whatever a sul'dam might ask unless there is a Compulsion within them preventing it and even then they will find a way to obey. Elaida, at the end of her "training" might jump at the chance to show them this weave in one context, and then the Seanchan will realize that this weave has strategic applications. After that, the weave can be demonstrated to other damane, who will be able to do what the Three Oaths prevent some of the Aes Sedai from doing. An Aes Sedai who has been made damane could show other damane how to make a fireball or how to weave the Bond, for example, and this knowledge will spread.
I'm keeping in mind that only one part of Egwene's Dream has come about: we have yet to see Aes Sedai forced to call lightning against the White Tower by sul'dam. We've only seen a raid and some Aes Sedai being captured.
If you apply brutality and dehumanization in enough concentrations, it is more than enough to render anyone a willing slave.
It is relatively simple to punish Elaida until she breaks and becomes an obedient slave, then ask her to show you everything she knows of channeling, learn the Travelling weave, ask her to create a gateway into the White Tower or the surrounding area and then launch an invasion through that route. Given how wimpy the Aes Sedai really are in comparison to the toughest of the Wavemistresses or the Wise Ones, it really wouldn't take more than a few weeks per prisoner.
I'm keeping in mind that only one part of Egwene's Dream has come about: we have yet to see Aes Sedai forced to call lightning against the White Tower by sul'dam. We've only seen a raid and some Aes Sedai being captured.
If you apply brutality and dehumanization in enough concentrations, it is more than enough to render anyone a willing slave.
It is relatively simple to punish Elaida until she breaks and becomes an obedient slave, then ask her to show you everything she knows of channeling, learn the Travelling weave, ask her to create a gateway into the White Tower or the surrounding area and then launch an invasion through that route. Given how wimpy the Aes Sedai really are in comparison to the toughest of the Wavemistresses or the Wise Ones, it really wouldn't take more than a few weeks per prisoner.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
This message last edited by RugbyPlayingAshaman on 17/12/2009 at 07:45:55 PM
How long until Elaida is broken and reveals the Travelling Weave to the Seanchan?
16/12/2009 03:05:44 PM
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Not long
16/12/2009 04:21:27 PM
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I disagree with the Asha'man part
16/12/2009 06:41:46 PM
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You misinterpreted me
17/12/2009 01:38:09 AM
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Maybe never. She still has her foretelling...
16/12/2009 10:16:44 PM
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I doubt it
16/12/2009 10:28:10 PM
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What lies did Leanne tell? Really, there's no reason to dismiss a redemptive arc for Elaida.
16/12/2009 10:48:09 PM
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Re: What lies did Leanne tell? Really, there's no reason to dismiss a redemptive arc for Elaida.
17/12/2009 12:15:46 AM
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PS why give Elaida a new name "Suffa" only to have her redeemed? *NM*
17/12/2009 12:52:13 AM
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Tuli was redeemed rescued. *NM*
17/12/2009 12:59:12 AM
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yes but Suffa has a whole other meaning
17/12/2009 01:29:37 AM
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She suffers punishment and is then redeemed? BS said Elaida would be in the outriggers, IIRC. *NM*
17/12/2009 05:30:41 AM
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Re: She suffers punishment and is then redeemed? BS said Elaida would be in the outriggers, IIRC.
17/12/2009 06:32:59 PM
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Hmm, OK, that's the second time I've heard that. Guess she'll live
*NM*
17/12/2009 06:38:37 PM
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Breaking her won't solve the entire problem. Look at Moghedien's example.
17/12/2009 12:57:36 AM
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Brutal, but effective
17/12/2009 01:31:49 AM
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If it was that simple...
17/12/2009 02:14:55 PM
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You're forgetting that Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne didn't "break" Moghedien.
17/12/2009 07:48:14 PM
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good point. I agree on the difficulty of learning from the damane *NM*
17/12/2009 06:20:51 AM
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I think there is a degree of over-complexity you are bringing to this.
17/12/2009 07:41:28 PM
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