Maianel Istor
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(Apologies if this isn't the right board for this question. It was the most suitable one I could find; I'm still at visitor status.)
The poetic wording of the first oath implies a rather obvious loophole, which is that it theoretically allows an Aes Sedai to write as many lies as she likes. Can anybody tell me whether this ever comes up in canon -- either with a (non-Black Ajah) sister lying in writing, or with explicit acknowledgement that actually, the wording of the oath also constrains what they put on the page? It's been long enough since I read the books that I can't recall.
The poetic wording of the first oath implies a rather obvious loophole, which is that it theoretically allows an Aes Sedai to write as many lies as she likes. Can anybody tell me whether this ever comes up in canon -- either with a (non-Black Ajah) sister lying in writing, or with explicit acknowledgement that actually, the wording of the oath also constrains what they put on the page? It's been long enough since I read the books that I can't recall.