Including Elayne; the prophecy could mean her dying in miscarriage at the BT saves the world, theoretically, though that would hack me off on half a dozen levels. It could happen near Caemlyn, theoretically, but giving the BTs walls such a pivotal role with no more or overt hints than the fact they're jet black (as they should be, really) and Taim brought them would be like a mystery where the murderer is a country club waiter who only appeared in half a mute paragraph to serve tea on page three, and never had a stated motive or relationship to the victim until the reveal.


Nearly as great as killing my second favorite character, however, would be a cheap copout by making the BTs walls the pivotal prophecy element. I could be mistaken, but believe Taim has been around and active on camera too long to be Ishamael. Not to be Be'lal though, if RJ brought him back early and just never told us. And before we go through this again: Mo can only balefire a few seconds of the pattern, if the DO was watching (which he would every reason to do with three Forsaken converging on Rand as he proved his destiny by drawing the second greatest sa'angreal in history) in time to see and recognize her forming the weave he may well have had time to snatch Be'lal before-before she hit him. Long shot, but not non-viable, and I am sticking with it until disproven.