Post by Tino DidriksenPost by Tim BrueningMen who are gentled stop wanting to live, as they are cut off from the
bliss of channeling. Would bonding them as Warders keep them alive
longer?
Possibly, but I doubt it would be fun being bonded to a man who really has
no wish to live.
Remember the bond is two-way, so the Aes Sedai would feel his hopelessness,
and might even be caught in it herself.
Much easier to just Heal him so he can channel, and thus want to live.
Myrelle has Bonded three Warders who lost their AS and were thus suicidal. She
got two of them to want to live again. Perhaps she could do the same for
gentled men.
Spoilers for later WoT books:
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The 3rd orphaned Warder Myrelle Bonded is the famous Warder and Malkier King
Lan, formally the Warder of Moiraine. Egwene sent Lan to Ebou Dar to protect
Nynaeve, figuring that that duty would make him want to live.