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Interview: Sep 3rd, 2005
DragonCon Report - Isabel (Verbatim)Question
Are the Aes Sedai ever going to try to use cuendillar to make it into armor? Since they can't make weapons, does that restriction extend to making armor?Robert Jordan
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Interview: Oct 27th, 2009
TGS Midnight Release - Matt Hatch (Verbatim)Question
Was Ishamael partially, or was he responsible for the initiation of the Three Oaths? Was he a part of what brought them about?Brandon Sanderson
That’s a MAFO. Type that one out. That’s a MAFO.
MARIA SIMONS (VIA LUCKERS)
No. What is now the second oath (To make no weapon with which one man may kill another) was the first one that the Aes Sedai adopted. “It grew from an impulse within the Aes Sedai themselves coming from tales passed down regarding the War of the Shadow. The other two oaths certainly grew out of the suspicion of ordinary people towards these Aes Sedai.” (That’s a quote from the notes, btw). Sometimes things happen without an agent of the Dark One’s involvement, and sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
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Interview: Jun 10th, 2010
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When were the Oaths implemented? Were they all done at the same time? If not, when were each put in place?Maria Simons
From the BBoBA: "These oaths were not always required, but various events before and since the Breaking caused them to be necessary. The Second Oath was the first adopted after the War of the Shadow."
And according to Sheriam, "Once, Aes Sedai were not required to swear oaths. It was known what Aes Sedai were and what they stood for, and there was no need for more. Many of us wish it were so still. But the Wheel turns, and the times change. That we swear these oaths, that we are known to be bound, allows the nations to deal with us without fearing that we will throw up our own power, the One Power, against them. Between the Trolloc Wars and the War of the Hundred Years we made these choices, and because of them the White Tower still stands, and we can still do what we can against the Shadow."
So we have the Second Oath was adopted first, and the other two added between the Trolloc Wars and the War of a Hundred Years (if we believe Sheriam, anyway, and I can see no reason for a lie on this one).
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