back on wotmania there was a discussion and I had argued that taim had used compulsion on those 4 and was thus more likely to be forsaken trained.
However in one of Jordans blog posts/question of the weeks he actually said that he didn't use compulsion and instead just hurt them in such a way that all they could really do was serve afterwards.
that claim doesn't make much sense with what was said in the book itself, but thats the official answer
here's what RJ said
For kolp, Oberonus and NaClH2O, what Taim did to those Saldaeans wasn’t Compulsion. They just don’t have the intelligence left that would be needed for anything too exacting.
However in one of Jordans blog posts/question of the weeks he actually said that he didn't use compulsion and instead just hurt them in such a way that all they could really do was serve afterwards.
that claim doesn't make much sense with what was said in the book itself, but thats the official answer
here's what RJ said
For kolp, Oberonus and NaClH2O, what Taim did to those Saldaeans wasn’t Compulsion. They just don’t have the intelligence left that would be needed for anything too exacting.
Is Mazrim Taim just a jerk?
09/02/2011 11:04:00 PM
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It's Demandred.
09/02/2011 11:16:33 PM
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because RJ said so *NM*
09/02/2011 11:32:53 PM
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"let the lord of chaos rule." Pretty much Darkside-only. *NM*
10/02/2011 02:13:17 AM
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He can still be a huge jerk though.
10/02/2011 01:48:08 PM
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Yes, Lord Katie, it's true - he could jusy be a huge jerk. But the odds are slim, dontcha think? *NM*
11/02/2011 12:23:48 PM
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I think the odds are pretty close to one that he's a jerk.
11/02/2011 06:25:02 PM
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not compulsion
10/02/2011 03:30:24 AM
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Re: not compulsion
10/02/2011 04:08:30 AM
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There has to be at least one 13x13 in the series. Right? RIGHT?! *NM*
10/02/2011 04:26:46 AM
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I lean toward Darkfriend turned Dreadlord (because he could channel) or turned by 13x13
10/02/2011 05:47:06 AM
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Nevermind.
10/02/2011 05:58:14 AM
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taim is insane?
10/02/2011 03:19:33 PM
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I always took that 'so called Aiel' comment at face value, to be honest
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10/02/2011 06:38:29 PM
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