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Because killing him is the same as killing evil. He isn't the source of evil, he is the anthropomorphic personification of evil. As long as evil exists, the Dark One exists, they are basically the same thing. I don't agree that killing him would result in the type of world that was seen, as I...

Tuon is around 20, so has probably only been training for 4-5 years which is probably too young to have got right to the edge and the stage where she can be held by an a'dam. OTOH, she gets to train whenever she feels like it, so has more opportunity than most sul'dam

She might have understood some of the prophecies, or heard Min's visions. It is also possible that as she knew Min was bonded to Rand, and wasn't behaving like someone whose Warder (and lover) had just died, that was also cause for suspicion

I thought she might be Nakomi, but Rand described her as grey haired. Nakomi was described as middle aged , though I suppose it depends on how Aviendha views middle aged.

I think it is that tDO is an anthropomorphic personification (or near enough) of evil. It isn't possible to kill the Dark One as such, by doing so, Rand would have been removing evil from the world. This then comes down to a philosophical/theological debate about what that would mean, which I...

Well, turning doesn't really fit with how RJ described it (he made no mention of it seeming like the person had been replaced and suggested it was possible, though extremely unlikely that a person could find their way back to the light), but it has also been said that the DO amplifies negative...

You probably have to accept that kind of theology for it to make sense

I didn't like that, but the wheel has turned countless times before, so there has to be some reason why none of the previous Dragons killed the Dark One. It fits with much theology, that for there to be free will, there must be evil, and I suppose that the Dark One can be considered the...