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Couladin and Asmodean Nameless Ashaman Send a noteboard - 13/08/2010 08:33:38 AM
Arrogant, greedy, ambitious, and intolerant, yes. But that doesn't make him a DF.

He was also little more than a puppet for Sevanna to control. And we've seen little indication that she was a DF.



Personally, I find it unlikely that he was sworn to the Shadow. He was just a none-too-bright Aiel warrior with enough political influence that Asmodean decided to use him to throw a wrench into Rand's plans.


What do we really know?

Couladin agreed to let Asmodean put the fake dragon markings on his arms in a bid for power. He may not have known who Asmo really was (in fact, I highly doubt it), but he had to believe he was dealing with a male channeler with all that implies. He must at the very least have suspected he was dealing with DF's.

But we really have no way of knowing how much Couladin knew or didn't know. We also have have no way of knowing how much of what he did was his own plans and how much was Sevanna's, or Asmodean's, or Lanfear's. He was at least partially a puppet, definitely.

There's nothing conclusive. Personally I'm 50/50 on whether or not he was an actual DF.
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Who betrayed Cadsuane by stealing the male adam and CK? malekithe - 12/08/2010 09:49:32 AM 1807 Views
it's been discussed a lot Deadsy - 12/08/2010 11:00:06 AM 1283 Views
Really? All the questions it poses? malekithe - 12/08/2010 11:06:11 AM 1072 Views
Havent seen this exact discussion before either.. *NM* malekithe - 12/08/2010 11:06:45 AM 419 Views
see my further reply =oP I'm 13% less of a jerkface than it looks *NM* Deadsy - 12/08/2010 12:10:28 PM 423 Views
Re: Really? All the questions it poses? NaClH2O - 12/08/2010 11:56:26 AM 1095 Views
not really darius_sedai - 12/08/2010 02:08:41 PM 1003 Views
Yep, pretty much. Otherwise he could have just nullified the Compulsions' lingering effect on Elza RugbyPlayingAshaman - 12/08/2010 02:11:24 PM 928 Views
That's how I see it too darius_sedai - 12/08/2010 03:50:19 PM 889 Views
As demonstrated in TGS... Nameless Ashaman - 12/08/2010 05:27:21 PM 908 Views
We don't know that about Compulsion - we are talking about 2 different ways to deal with that weave RugbyPlayingAshaman - 12/08/2010 07:16:30 PM 896 Views
Re: We don't know that about Compulsion - we are talking about 2 different ways to deal Datakim - 12/08/2010 08:21:32 PM 916 Views
Re: We don't know that about Compulsion - we are talking about 2 different ways to deal RugbyPlayingAshaman - 12/08/2010 08:32:41 PM 910 Views
Re: We don't know that about Compulsion - we are talking about 2 different ways to deal Ryan - 13/08/2010 06:51:45 AM 774 Views
I replied to the topic before you edited to ask all the extra questions Deadsy - 12/08/2010 12:08:27 PM 900 Views
Oh Deadsy newyorkersedai - 13/08/2010 05:18:32 AM 860 Views
Both Bair and Sorilea knew The Angry Druid - 12/08/2010 10:33:59 PM 908 Views
Fallacy of logic NaClH2O - 12/08/2010 10:58:49 PM 879 Views
Re: Fallacy of logic Datakim - 12/08/2010 11:07:19 PM 779 Views
Disagree NaClH2O - 13/08/2010 11:44:41 AM 890 Views
I think it was Sorilea. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 12/08/2010 02:09:28 PM 938 Views
Re: Who betrayed Cadsuane by stealing the male adam and CK? Datakim - 12/08/2010 02:43:23 PM 1118 Views
Re: Who betrayed Cadsuane by stealing the male adam and CK? malekithe - 12/08/2010 05:42:00 PM 1396 Views
Re: Who betrayed Cadsuane by stealing the male adam and CK? Datakim - 12/08/2010 08:06:25 PM 1193 Views
Re: Who betrayed Cadsuane by stealing the male adam and CK? malekithe - 12/08/2010 08:20:44 PM 912 Views
Re: Who betrayed Cadsuane by stealing the male adam and CK? Datakim - 12/08/2010 08:32:21 PM 1017 Views
Who most wanted to get rid of Cadsuane BESIDES Rand? malekithe - 12/08/2010 09:01:44 PM 1035 Views
Re: Who most wanted to get rid of Cadsuane BESIDES Rand? Datakim - 12/08/2010 09:12:35 PM 809 Views
Cadsuane purposely framed, not a mistake malekithe - 12/08/2010 11:51:43 PM 984 Views
Regarding Aiel DFs Nameless Ashaman - 12/08/2010 11:38:48 PM 941 Views
Can't be Sorilea NaClH2O - 13/08/2010 11:50:53 AM 844 Views
Re: Can't be Sorilea malekithe - 13/08/2010 08:46:02 PM 805 Views
Re: Can't be Sorilea NaClH2O - 14/08/2010 12:00:40 AM 839 Views
Re: Can't be Sorilea Datakim - 14/08/2010 12:34:18 AM 898 Views
Re: Can't be Sorilea NaClH2O - 14/08/2010 04:31:24 AM 880 Views
Oh yes.. Cadsuane was so so careful..NOT malekithe - 17/08/2010 06:42:49 AM 802 Views
Not necessarily, Sorilea still could have watched Cadsuane untie the weaves malekithe - 15/08/2010 01:53:27 AM 785 Views
Re: Not necessarily, Sorilea still could have watched Cadsuane untie the weaves NaClH2O - 15/08/2010 12:53:42 PM 722 Views
I think that Couladin was a dark friend. krassos - 13/08/2010 03:00:20 AM 1288 Views
I'd be surprised, actually. Gher - 13/08/2010 05:34:13 AM 824 Views
Couladin and Asmodean Nameless Ashaman - 13/08/2010 08:33:38 AM 874 Views
Re: Couladin and Asmodean Gher - 13/08/2010 04:45:21 PM 1019 Views
Re: Couladin and Asmodean krassos - 14/08/2010 05:49:00 PM 877 Views
Re: Couladin and Asmodean Gher - 17/08/2010 04:07:50 AM 777 Views
Couldin isn't intolerant. He's murderously xenophobic. krassos - 14/08/2010 05:45:15 PM 816 Views
Almost ALL of the Aiel were murderously Xenophobic before Rand united them. *NM* Lord Haart - 15/08/2010 01:00:37 PM 395 Views
If someone entered their land. krassos - 15/08/2010 02:28:31 PM 842 Views
Well yeah. Gher - 17/08/2010 03:55:15 AM 824 Views
Re: The missing Choeden Kal... malekithe - 15/08/2010 07:47:40 AM 801 Views
She could have been ordered to leave it there. Lord Haart - 15/08/2010 01:04:38 PM 763 Views
Noone betrayed 'Cadsuane'-That was just a happy side affect (for the DO) RabidWombat - 15/08/2010 08:22:59 AM 918 Views
*Sigh* it is 2:20 AM so this is a double post. (You can ignore this one) *NM* *NM* RabidWombat - 15/08/2010 08:23:49 AM 374 Views
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