Search results

  1. A

    On Verin and her actions

    It would not have helped. Elayne already knew from interrogating the Black Sisters that an invasion of Caemlyn was pending. But she didn't figure out how it would be carried out. She had ample warning; but .... :)
  2. A

    On Verin and her actions

    I don't think she was a dreamer; not all people who enter TAR are: e.g. Nynaeve and Elayne. But she did have access to the Shadow prophecies, somehow! And she was probably a scholar in the Prophecies of the Dragon (Light prophecies). So she knew much, much more than most people, Moiraine included.
  3. A

    On Verin and her actions

    This logic would have prevented Verin from doing all the research she's done in the first place. It would not have allowed Verin to help Rand from book 2 onward. It would have not allowed her to do anything to undermine the DO; which she was doing for 70 years. And she specifically says that her...
  4. A

    On Verin and her actions

    I don't know if knowledge of the poison type would have been necessary. Siuan healed the BK assassin poison from Gareth Bryne. And AS were used to healing food poisoning from different things due to spoilage. Regardless of the above, I think Egwene had a mental freeze and just sat there...
  5. A

    On Verin and her actions

    The question that bothers me after my last reread: Could Egwene have saved Verin's life? I was wondering if she could have shouted for help. Was Egwene's AS minder at the door before Verin died? There were a few minutes between Verin falling asleep and actual death. Would have been enough to get...
Top