Rand and Mat and the we do no kill women oath

[TwoRiversWI]

Now both Rand and Mat have sworn to die before killing a woman. (even the evil forsaken women.)

 

How do the moments of truth come to pass for them?

 

Rand seemed to be lined up to have to kill Lanfear at the end but will he instead go insane and stop killing everyone when he is about to kill Min?

 

I pick Min over Lanfear because of the three women he loves, the time spend with Min has been the longest and most to me the most enjoyable to read. Av and Elayne were mostly annoying. 

 

I would say Min is the most popular of the three but that is merely my opinion. (For me, Min is my second favorite character after Mat.)

 

It would seem obvious that Mat is on a collision course with Tuon.

 

Personally I would like to see Tuan spend a few weeks on the wrong end of a collar. I think that would help her see the collaring of women in a whole new light. (It would help if most of the women in the stories were not really annoying. It is hard to have sympathy for them being collared. But collaring is still tremendously cruel.)

 

But another viable option is Mat is on a collision course with Tuan's maid/shadow Selucia. They could be headed for a confrontation. She seems ready to skin Mat alive. And she appears to be a ninja in disguise.

 

A lot of set up has gone into the showdown between the heroes and the oath they took. A great author, like Jordan, would not build this up if he did not have some payoff in mind.

 

 

Thoughts?

 

TwoRivers Born.

 

 

[Guest leebarr]

Rand is an if. Depends on if he stays sane or not. As for Mat I think he will bend Tuon over and smack her bottom a few times and the maid as well if she gets involed

[DemandredFO]

Well I see them having to decide between love and the oath.  For Mat I think Arangar will try to kill Tuon and he will have to interfere.  Personally I see these moments as like Darth Vader at the end of Return of the Jedi:  a choice, one side you win, other side they die