Why do you think the DO gave Balthamel a female body?
Demandred considers at the Tea Party in WH that "bodies for transmigration supposedly were chosen by what was available, yet Osan'gar and Aran'gar were proof of the Great Lord's cruel sense of humor."
I actually don't think that the DO gave these bodies because he thought it especially funny, but simply because it would be a strategic advantage to have a male channeler in a female body, if you want to infiltrate a society with female channelers. And also Osan'gar's rather nondescript body makes sense, if he should join Rand. I wonder if Demandred didn't already know at this point where Aran'gar stayed, otherwise he had to see the advantage of a female body (but Mesaana likely told Demandred).
Apparently Demandred doesn't know that much about transmigration anyway, though, as the word "supposedly" indicates (this might explain, why he doesn't realize that a too less capable body can reduce the OP strength, like apparently in Cyndane's case).
Does everybody agree that the body comes from someone in the Borderlands, like SH tells? In this case, it makes sense that Cyndane's comes from the Borderlands as well (BS implied the same in a Q&A).
Demandred considers at the Tea Party in WH that "bodies for transmigration supposedly were chosen by what was available, yet Osan'gar and Aran'gar were proof of the Great Lord's cruel sense of humor."
I actually don't think that the DO gave these bodies because he thought it especially funny, but simply because it would be a strategic advantage to have a male channeler in a female body, if you want to infiltrate a society with female channelers. And also Osan'gar's rather nondescript body makes sense, if he should join Rand. I wonder if Demandred didn't already know at this point where Aran'gar stayed, otherwise he had to see the advantage of a female body (but Mesaana likely told Demandred).
Apparently Demandred doesn't know that much about transmigration anyway, though, as the word "supposedly" indicates (this might explain, why he doesn't realize that a too less capable body can reduce the OP strength, like apparently in Cyndane's case).
Does everybody agree that the body comes from someone in the Borderlands, like SH tells? In this case, it makes sense that Cyndane's comes from the Borderlands as well (BS implied the same in a Q&A).
Character discussion 7 : Aran'gar/Balthamel
- 22/06/2010 02:40:07 PM
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The Forsaken most likely to acquire an STD ...
- 22/06/2010 03:34:41 PM
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Are you serious?... more than Graendal?
- 22/06/2010 05:45:54 PM
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Graendal strikes me as a voyeur - she likes to watch more than actively participate, I suspect.
*NM*
- 22/06/2010 05:49:15 PM
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*NM*
- 22/06/2010 05:49:15 PM
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Also, Graendal is much more picky in her conquests, I suspect ...
- 22/06/2010 06:07:08 PM
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but seriously, what is that based on?
- 22/06/2010 07:27:42 PM
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Makes sense to me
- 23/06/2010 05:02:47 AM
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I think Aran'gar was Slayer's mystery employer in WH ...
- 22/06/2010 04:17:27 PM
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Yeah, I suggested that Aran'gar posed as Demandred
- 22/06/2010 04:54:59 PM
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The TGS quote is a good point ...
- 22/06/2010 05:27:59 PM
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I think the patron's identity might be something that RJ not necessarily wanted to reveal. *NM*
- 22/06/2010 06:42:24 PM
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There's some evidence against that, though
- 22/06/2010 05:47:34 PM
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I think Aran'gar wouldn't directly confront Demandred
- 22/06/2010 06:41:33 PM
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Still risky though
- 22/06/2010 07:29:32 PM
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Osan'gar has GUTS???
- 26/06/2010 03:47:29 PM
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Of course he has guts
- 04/07/2010 10:16:16 AM
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If I was a badass Forsaken with enough power to go toe to toe with him YES
- 04/07/2010 02:49:54 PM
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What will be her next task?
- 22/06/2010 05:01:37 PM
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He's more fit to sweep up after others' mistakes - maybe his next task will be with Tuon?
- 22/06/2010 05:20:37 PM
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Re: He's more fit to sweep up after others' mistakes - maybe his next task will be with Tuon?
- 22/06/2010 05:45:40 PM
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I like this idea to infiltrate the Seanchan as well
- 22/06/2010 06:37:39 PM
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Wolves can sense channelers - the wolves knew Egwene was different, remember?
- 22/06/2010 07:37:52 PM
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Maybe Aran'gar rather hides among the 100.000, i.e. she would be hard to discover
- 23/06/2010 08:59:09 AM
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One of the weakest and least capable of the Forsaken we've seen
- 22/06/2010 05:16:13 PM
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Are you sure?
- 22/06/2010 05:44:26 PM
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It's not about dismissing her lightly - it has more to do with being accurate with an assessment
- 22/06/2010 05:49:17 PM
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Her female body, a joke by the Dark One?
- 23/06/2010 08:46:26 AM
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LOL!!! *NM*