Chesmel announces the Invasion

[Atan Lodorn]

Listening to the audiobook, I noticed Chesmel announces to a disguised Elayne, that the Shadow was planning an invasion of Andor. I'm surprised that Elayne didn't make necessary plans to counter, though she didn't know where. I would have still thought she would have increased Tower Guard and Soldiers or did she?

[David Selig]

ToM, Ch.45

 

This will be for the best,” Elayne said firmly, to distract attention from her treacherous eyes. “I’m still worried about the invasion.”

 

Dyelin said nothing to that. She didn’t believe that Chesmal had been talking of a specific invasion of Andor; she thought that the Black sister had been speaking of the Trolloc invasion of the Borderlands. Birgitte took the news more seriously, beefing up soldiers on the Andoran borders.

 

The recruiting n the Queen's Guard was going on anyway ever since the Succession war started.

[SylvanFox]

I wonder why she never thought of guarding the Waygate.

[MasterAblar]

I wonder why she never thought of guarding the Waygate.

 

It's doubtful she even knows there's a waygate there.

[Durinax]

I wonder why she never thought of guarding the Waygate.

 

It's doubtful she even knows there's a waygate there.

besides everything AS know make it nearly unpassable, especially to large numbers

[dutchman1789]

She was taking steps to prevent an invasion. She has Brigette increase the soldiers at the borders. Brigitte also increased the number of scouts along the borders. It does not mention that she has any idea of the waygate though.

[Mr Ares]

Rand had already taken steps to protect the Waygate - if Elayne knows about it, she should know it's protected, if she doesn't there's nothing she can do.

[Jemlin]

The Portal Stones were the problem anyways, and Elayne had no clue about those as a danger

[rand4747]

The Portal Stones were the problem anyways, and Elayne had no clue about those as a danger

 

Rand ordered them guarded but that was not enough, they must be permanently destroyed.

[Zhipp]

I would've thought she wouldn't have sent her entire army to some meeting that they(probably) have no need to be at. I would've thought she'd have the sense to leave a sizable force at home, just in case the Shadow strikes in large numbers while she's away.

 

I would've thought all of this, had I not already known she suffers from severe mental retardation.

[WhiskyJack]

So who opened the gate? Black sisters running around or someone came in through Ways?

[Durinax]

I would've thought she wouldn't have sent her entire army to some meeting that they(probably) have no need to be at. I would've thought she'd have the sense to leave a sizable force at home, just in case the Shadow strikes in large numbers while she's away.

 

I would've thought all of this, had I not already known she suffers from severe mental retardation.

oh do you have an exact count of her forces at the FoM and how many standing soldiers that andor has? this assumption cannot be made since we do not know whether or not she took mainly cairheinan, andoran, or some mixture and left a sizeable amount at home