I love that scene, mainly because it made her think twice about glibly thinking he's crazy.
RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 13/01/2012 07:05:28 PM
We don't know, but a lot of readers have theorized she put it together based on her basic Tower knowledge about the Forsaken (Sammael has a scar, he's blond and short - and as we know he didn't use Mask of Mirrors, so it's how he looked as Lord Brend) and what she gathered from Loial. It sounds extremely likely she managed to get a look a Sammael, or to get a good physical description from someone who saw him. She was already almost convinced a Forsaken was in Illian, and could inquire about dreams, or listen to stories about those etc.
Hmm, I can't find the quote, but wasn't there something somewhere about there being no surviving description of any of the forsaken? For example, Rand says he recognises them from Lews Therin's memories and Asmoadean's descriptions. If Moirane had a description of any of them, wouldn't she share it with Rand? And Cadsuane is surprised Rand is able to recognize Semirhage.
I don't recall her addressing this in the follow up POVs, but she had been considering for quite some time that Rand was going off the deep end. The fact that it turns out he truly did have ancestral memories and a Forsaken actually confirmed it was funny to me. I would say it shut her up, but it would take more than a minor point to make her think twice lol.
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Early Moirane
- 09/01/2012 08:13:46 PM
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POV trap... some of this is done on purpose.
- 09/01/2012 09:19:33 PM
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think the most likely answer is that RJ hadn't yet ironed out all of the details concerning the OP *NM*
- 09/01/2012 11:31:41 PM
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But it makes much less sense - the greater strength of men in general has had negligible impact
- 10/01/2012 12:29:08 AM
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It's of more interest to fans than to anyone else (except, I guess, Aes Sedai).
- 11/01/2012 02:48:26 AM
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Re: think the most likely answer is that RJ hadn't yet ironed out all of the details...
- 10/01/2012 09:38:21 AM
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Re: POV trap... some of this is done on purpose.
- 11/01/2012 10:14:52 AM
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I love that scene, mainly because it made her think twice about glibly thinking he's crazy.
- 13/01/2012 07:05:28 PM
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Early Moiraine sucks. Actually, pre-finn Moiraine sucks. We should really be hoping for a change.
- 10/01/2012 12:42:22 AM
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I still think Moiraine's Illian plan for Rand was the most epic fail in the series
- 10/01/2012 04:55:16 PM
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Re: I still think Moiraine's Illian plan for Rand was the most epic fail in the series
- 11/01/2012 06:20:18 PM
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Personally, I think it has everything to do with the sparks and not the Power.
- 13/01/2012 06:53:48 PM
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Re: Personally, I think it has everything to do with the sparks and not the Power.
- 13/01/2012 08:23:31 PM
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Re: Personally, I think it has everything to do with the sparks and not the Power.
- 20/01/2012 10:22:26 PM
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Re: Personally, I think it has everything to do with the sparks and not the Power.
- 20/01/2012 11:58:06 PM
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