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here's another quote that gives us darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 18/01/2010 07:12:09 PM
That's not always true, actually. Egwene wove spirit into the rod herself, as did Romanda, IIRC.

Yeah, I think you're right. I couldn't remember if it happened the way I said in every instance, but I was pretty sure that was the "normal" practice.


At least during the Raising Ceremony another AS weaves the flow...

New Spring
Just Before Dawn

But there was no time for thinking of how she should have known Siuan was up to something when she gave in so easily. The glow of saidar surrounded Tamra, and she touched the Oath Rod with a thin flow of Spirit.

Moiraine closed her hands around the Rod. It felt like glass, only somehow smoother. "Under the Light and by my hope of salvation and rebirth, I vow that I will speak no word that is not true."


In contrast however,

TGS
Sealed to the Flam

Egwene wove Spirit into the Rod, then spoke in a clear voice. "I vow that I will speak no word that is not true." She felt the oath fall over her like a physical thing, her skin growing tighter, prickling. It was easy to ignore; the pain was nothing compared with what she had been through. "I vow that I will make no weapon for one man to kill another. I vow that I will never use the One Power as a weapon except against Darkfriends and Shadowspawn, or in the last extreme of defending my life or that of my Warder or of another sister."

and later in the same chapter


Romanda took the Oath Rod, and did as instructed, releasing herself from the oaths. The process was obviously painful, but she held herself to a controlled, hissing intake of breath. The others watched carefully for a trick, but Romanda was straightforward in reswearing. She handed the rod back to Egwene. "I am not a Darkfriend," she said. "And I never have been."


It doesn't say outright that Romanda wove the flow, but it seems to be implied ... also, Romanda is nearly 300 years old and just retook the Oaths without dropping dead so presumably Mesaana wouldn't have that problem :)
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Mesaana and defeating the Oath Rod - 18/01/2010 04:50:29 PM 2772 Views
I'm think Mesaana's hand is quicker than the eye - 18/01/2010 05:12:12 PM 1415 Views
Re: I'm think Mesaana's hand is quicker than the eye - 18/01/2010 05:43:26 PM 1334 Views
I like that idea ... - 18/01/2010 06:07:09 PM 1202 Views
A little archaic though - 18/01/2010 06:58:04 PM 1197 Views
Just because she's an academic ... - 18/01/2010 08:27:50 PM 1313 Views
Re: I'm think Mesaana's hand is quicker than the eye - 18/01/2010 05:58:44 PM 1197 Views
I don't think Messana would have fallen over dead - 18/01/2010 06:06:35 PM 1243 Views
I agree ... - 18/01/2010 06:15:25 PM 1140 Views
I'm not sure - 18/01/2010 06:54:51 PM 1135 Views
It didn't when Romanda retook her Oaths in TGS - 18/01/2010 07:13:20 PM 970 Views
Hmmm ... - 18/01/2010 07:24:51 PM 1157 Views
No she unswore them and retook them - 18/01/2010 07:33:30 PM 1191 Views
I'm not sure I follow - 18/01/2010 07:41:19 PM 1171 Views
The point I was trying to make was ... - 18/01/2010 08:05:16 PM 961 Views
Now I get it ... seems needlessly complex for the Oath Rod though - 18/01/2010 08:21:35 PM 955 Views
Yes, this is what I was thinking *NM* - 18/01/2010 08:29:20 PM 458 Views
What you suggested is pretty much what I've always thought ... - 18/01/2010 08:39:30 PM 961 Views
yup - 18/01/2010 09:02:04 PM 851 Views
I'm with you, though ... - 18/01/2010 09:27:59 PM 1123 Views
The closest evidence we have is a Stilled/Burned out woman - 18/01/2010 09:49:41 PM 1008 Views
But if being unbound reverts you to your normal lifespan, then being bound isn't really a punishment *NM* - 18/01/2010 09:52:29 PM 464 Views
Sure it is - 18/01/2010 10:02:09 PM 988 Views
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Re: I'm not sure - 18/01/2010 07:22:34 PM 1042 Views
interesting - 18/01/2010 07:46:12 PM 860 Views
Re: interesting - 18/01/2010 08:18:11 PM 1010 Views
see above *NM* - 18/01/2010 08:23:28 PM 488 Views
I think it more like aging them faster... - 18/01/2010 08:24:56 PM 1053 Views
and given how things in the AoL works this seems far more likely - 18/01/2010 08:32:52 PM 997 Views
Re: I'm not sure - 20/01/2010 12:59:27 PM 1024 Views
She's not immortal ... yet - 20/01/2010 04:15:03 PM 892 Views
The Dark Ones Mark possibly could black the oath rod? *NM* - 20/01/2010 01:28:08 AM 475 Views
No, that can't be it, because when AS become Black Ajah ... - 20/01/2010 02:53:21 PM 926 Views
But Alviarin's mark is different. Perhaps the mark of a FS is too *NM* - 20/01/2010 04:21:16 PM 436 Views
Good point. I sort of misinterpreted what Kieran was suggesting. *NM* - 20/01/2010 07:19:02 PM 457 Views
Re: Good point. I sort of misinterpreted what Kieran was suggesting. - 22/01/2010 01:52:51 AM 1144 Views
actually it's different - 22/01/2010 07:32:18 AM 1055 Views
actually I think it's the same... - 23/01/2010 01:49:19 AM 730 Views
One point... - 18/01/2010 06:12:26 PM 1139 Views
Good point ... - 18/01/2010 06:21:22 PM 939 Views
here's another quote that gives us - 18/01/2010 07:12:09 PM 1197 Views
FYI ... - 18/01/2010 06:50:22 PM 1078 Views
Re: FYI ... - 18/01/2010 06:56:02 PM 1143 Views
Therava channeled the flow, in that case ... - 18/01/2010 07:11:00 PM 819 Views
Yes - 18/01/2010 06:55:22 PM 900 Views
Re: I'm think Mesaana's hand is quicker than the eye - 18/01/2010 06:10:45 PM 986 Views
Re: Replacing it with a fake - 18/01/2010 06:22:33 PM 952 Views
I highly doubt it ... - 18/01/2010 06:23:55 PM 1005 Views
Why not ask somebody else to stand in for you? - 19/01/2010 07:55:39 PM 1027 Views
I like this idea. *NM* - 20/01/2010 03:11:51 AM 440 Views
I agree... - 18/01/2010 06:55:33 PM 1123 Views
Re: Mesaana and defeating the Oath Rod - 18/01/2010 09:43:34 PM 1090 Views
I'm thinking the point of the thread is to discuss how to beat the Oath Rod, not Mesaana's disguise - 18/01/2010 09:59:18 PM 927 Views
Right, and also ... - 18/01/2010 10:17:11 PM 942 Views
IMHO... - 19/01/2010 03:41:10 AM 1145 Views
Another interesting possibility - 19/01/2010 05:08:42 PM 929 Views
I'd say it was highly unlikely that the Binder/Oath Rod works that way. *NM* - 19/01/2010 06:06:49 PM 401 Views
We've seen pretty weird stuff happens before - 19/01/2010 06:30:12 PM 1030 Views
Oh, I agree ... - 19/01/2010 06:47:52 PM 795 Views
Re: Oh, I agree ... found a few tidbits ... EDIT - 19/01/2010 06:55:22 PM 944 Views
Heh, I had just dug up that quote myself, before I saw your edit ... - 19/01/2010 07:17:19 PM 964 Views
I agree, it seems as if Moghedien just effectively transmigrated Birgitte - 19/01/2010 10:00:45 PM 1041 Views
she could just be posing as a non-channeler. - 19/01/2010 05:52:01 PM 925 Views
To speak no word that is not true - 19/01/2010 10:06:30 PM 985 Views
Could there be a true word, though? - 20/01/2010 03:47:46 PM 1327 Views
In going through some old RJ quotes I found this gem... - 19/01/2010 10:22:03 PM 1264 Views
Good find, I had forgotten about that quote ... - 20/01/2010 02:42:55 PM 1002 Views
Yes - 20/01/2010 03:03:53 PM 991 Views
Agreed - our guts are thinking alike again. *NM* - 20/01/2010 03:12:30 PM 448 Views
Indeed - 20/01/2010 03:28:12 PM 861 Views
Oh I agree! I just thought it was funny that RJ made such a quote - 20/01/2010 04:20:09 PM 1012 Views
In the AoL... - 20/01/2010 04:49:24 PM 1055 Views
Re: In the AoL... - 20/01/2010 07:17:55 PM 850 Views
I was thinking this too - 20/01/2010 07:18:19 PM 1023 Views
Still seems like two oaths, to me, due to the "and" ... - 20/01/2010 07:27:03 PM 883 Views
The "and" means nothing... - 20/01/2010 08:01:27 PM 835 Views
Re: Good find, I had forgotten about that quote ... - 21/01/2010 05:24:18 AM 1207 Views
I like it, mainly because it points to Mesaana being bested by Egwene in T'A'R - 21/01/2010 04:26:34 PM 853 Views
Re: Mesaana and defeating the Oath Rod - 20/01/2010 04:11:37 AM 1003 Views
Re: Mesaana and defeating the Oath Rod - 20/01/2010 07:28:39 AM 921 Views
It can't be that easy ... - 20/01/2010 02:51:47 PM 932 Views

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