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Very unlikely that the patron was Taim... Etzel Send a noteboard - 17/03/2010 06:44:44 PM
The scene where he "mis-fired" shows us that if anything he is resourceful at finding where and when people are going to be. Fortune saved those pool fools not Slayers lack of skills :p

Personally, I still think Taim was the one who sent him to kill Rand, not to mention we know that the Asha'man knew where Rand wa staying.


Taim already sent the DF Asha'amn; no need to send Slayer as well. Besides that, we don't know if Taim even knows how to contact Slayer. The patron was most likely a Forsaken, IMO Osan'gar.

I think people over think this whole murder mystery. We know from numerous examples that Ishamael puts names on his "hitlist" as do other forsaken and even Taim. This is a method the shadow uses period. Lanfear said she was putting Asmo on the "list" so to speak. She had time between the end of tSR and the end of tFoH to do this. So it would be in no way shape or form a stretch to think that the shadows assassin would be informed of the new target...

The problem isn't that he couldn't have been ordered to kill Asmo, but that he could have found him and killed him. He couldn't even kill Fain in the Two Rivers, even with the help of hundreds of Trollocs.


This is a typical nonsense-argument: Just because a certain character isn't allowed to kill another character for plot reasons, doesn't mean at all that this character is unable to kill anyone, especially if he is a Top Assassin like Slayer, whose job is it to find & kill people. There is no reason to think that Slayer couldn't kill Asmo with surprise & a quick weapon, especially since RJ even stated that Fain would have killed Asmo, if he had been at the right place at the right time.
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i think i found a new stick to beat the dead asmo horse saidarisnowtainted - 05/03/2010 06:44:39 PM 1743 Views
How & Where? Jeordam - 05/03/2010 10:52:06 PM 1064 Views
Re: How & Where? saidarisnowtainted - 08/03/2010 11:30:54 PM 767 Views
Graendal Did It Ashaman Narishma - 06/03/2010 05:34:32 AM 875 Views
I think so, too, up to a factor of 70% *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/03/2010 03:49:38 PM 356 Views
Re: Graendal Did It saidarisnowtainted - 08/03/2010 10:54:02 PM 809 Views
Re: Graendal Did It RugbyPlayingAshaman - 09/03/2010 04:00:51 PM 757 Views
Wait, what? Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2010 01:32:32 AM 782 Views
Regardless Lord Haart - 06/03/2010 11:05:53 AM 887 Views
Re: Regardless Jim - 06/03/2010 09:21:49 PM 898 Views
bah Kieran - 06/03/2010 10:55:09 PM 865 Views
Yeah, comparing Rand and Asmo... Lord Haart - 08/03/2010 08:06:49 AM 845 Views
So answer me this.... Jeordam - 08/03/2010 03:40:30 PM 1102 Views
Re: So answer me this.... saidarisnowtainted - 08/03/2010 11:01:04 PM 857 Views
Tell me your not serious... Kieran - 09/03/2010 02:57:51 AM 750 Views
Slayer's patron knew where Rand was staying Jim - 17/03/2010 06:28:50 PM 907 Views
Very unlikely that the patron was Taim... Etzel - 17/03/2010 06:44:44 PM 1456 Views
I call BS, not Brandon Sanderson Jim - 18/03/2010 03:09:29 AM 857 Views
Etzel - 18/03/2010 10:15:46 AM 1368 Views
Re: Jim - 18/03/2010 05:58:17 PM 963 Views
As said... Etzel - 18/03/2010 06:52:09 PM 802 Views
Re: As said... Jim - 19/03/2010 05:27:15 PM 832 Views
Re: As said... Etzel - 20/03/2010 09:46:26 AM 793 Views
Re: As said... Jim - 22/03/2010 03:31:02 AM 828 Views
Yeah... Etzel - 22/03/2010 10:02:48 AM 903 Views
Re: Yeah... Jim - 24/03/2010 07:55:52 PM 858 Views
Re: Yeah... Etzel - 25/03/2010 10:17:40 AM 915 Views
Re: Yeah... Jim - 29/03/2010 04:21:08 AM 914 Views
I guess we will have to read and find out... *NM* Etzel - 29/03/2010 09:51:02 AM 881 Views
Fain is not easy to kill. *NM* Kieran - 18/03/2010 12:05:52 AM 358 Views
How do you figure? Jim - 18/03/2010 03:12:33 AM 705 Views
Personally... Etzel - 18/03/2010 10:33:55 AM 774 Views
Well... Kieran - 24/03/2010 12:18:12 AM 894 Views
Re: Regardless saidarisnowtainted - 08/03/2010 10:56:20 PM 746 Views
You can only channel Spirit while sleeping... Gher - 09/03/2010 04:21:32 AM 921 Views
Though Nyn channeled fire though Moggy... Gher - 09/03/2010 04:22:40 AM 874 Views
Re: Regardless saidarisnowtainted - 08/03/2010 11:35:44 PM 779 Views
Moiraine did it. sylph - 08/03/2010 09:21:41 PM 763 Views
Re: Moiraine did it. saidarisnowtainted - 09/03/2010 01:08:45 AM 756 Views
Ha. No, silly. sylph - 09/03/2010 03:03:58 PM 783 Views
Re: Moiraine did it. Kieran - 17/03/2010 01:28:25 AM 714 Views
Same problem as Lanfear though... Fanatic-Templar - 18/03/2010 01:46:48 AM 787 Views
The Eelfinn can't affect the outside world at all according to RJ... Etzel - 18/03/2010 01:07:27 PM 922 Views
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