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What part of "keeping an eye on" suggests action or interference? Cannoli Send a noteboard - 22/01/2010 01:38:52 PM
What you are claiming is that these Sisters were in some way influencing Elayne's taking of the Lion Throne, but she did that with zero contact with any of those women! Show me any quote that they were doing anything outside of scheming for personal gain within the AS hierarchy and I'll believe it.


And if Elayne's situation was ever in serious trouble, they might have done something to preserve their Aes Sedai ruler. If she lost, they might have stepped in to make sure whoever defeated her was still under the Tower's thumb. Absolutely WHAT in everything we have seen about Aes Sedai makes you think they would, or even COULD act? Don't forget, Aes Sedai are forbidden from interfering with one another in public. As long as there was another sister in the Palace with Elayne, they could not approach her without the possibility of trespassing on someone else's turf.

I am not presuming to say they were there because that was their highest agenda. But even if they simply thought that due to the succession issues, it was a good place to wait out the Tower conflict, they still had the moral high ground over those who gathered an army and marched on Tar Valon, or sat back and allowed the Amyrlin to trample over sister's rights.
Cannoli
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Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
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Like you'd say anything else. *NM* - 13/01/2010 04:22:13 AM 242 Views
I think she was right. - 12/01/2010 06:57:34 PM 575 Views
Re: Was Egwene wrong to berate both Halls after the reunification? - 12/01/2010 06:58:40 PM 566 Views
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Yeah.. - 12/01/2010 07:23:11 PM 506 Views
One of your reasons is simply wrong. - 12/01/2010 07:16:56 PM 621 Views
I agree. *NM* - 13/01/2010 05:08:37 PM 225 Views
Re: Was Egwene wrong to berate both Halls after the reunification? - 12/01/2010 07:20:30 PM 670 Views
I doubt it. - 12/01/2010 09:58:40 PM 533 Views
Or... - 13/01/2010 12:10:33 AM 535 Views
Re: Or... - 13/01/2010 12:24:19 AM 505 Views
Re: Or... - 13/01/2010 12:47:12 AM 510 Views
me too *NM* - 13/01/2010 04:10:11 AM 212 Views
Re: I doubt it. - 13/01/2010 02:41:04 PM 483 Views
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*NM* - 13/01/2010 03:13:59 AM 228 Views
it's not like they were there to berate! *NM* - 13/01/2010 04:10:49 AM 219 Views
Wait until they come back and she slams them for "ignoring the Tower in its hour of need." *NM* - 13/01/2010 04:20:55 AM 223 Views
She should - 13/01/2010 04:22:13 AM 570 Views
Re: She should - 13/01/2010 04:33:27 AM 541 Views
okay so 5 or 6 women actually looked at the greater good - 13/01/2010 04:39:49 AM 570 Views
I agree! *NM* - 13/01/2010 04:34:21 PM 217 Views
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they've been coming and going for months ... with no indication of what they are really up too - 19/01/2010 06:24:27 AM 508 Views
What part of "keeping an eye on" suggests action or interference? - 22/01/2010 01:38:52 PM 520 Views

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