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I applaud your effort, but to be honest I just can't see it darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 07/11/2012 04:48:17 PM
Demandred with the SF has several weaknesses.

1. They aren't a relevant military force
2. They have been split up since KoD to delivery supplies where Demandred seems to be in the middle of a consolidation
3. They are not strategically well placed at the moment
4. They are a Naval force with no one to fight

Even if Demandred isn't Roedran, I have a hard time seeing him being among the Sea Folk. I think what you have put forward is for the most part well reasoned and solid, but RJ always had a purpose for where he placed characters and Demandred among the Sea Folk seems to lack that ... Nearly all of the Forsaken (Semirhage, Mesaana, Rahvin, Be'lal, Sammael, Graendal, Aran'gar, Osan'gar) were attached to major Political/Ruling bodies, those that were not (Moghedien, Asmodean, Lanfear, Ishamael)directly involved themselves with Rand and company (or in the case of Moghedien Nynaeve).

Demandred is clearly not working an angle with any of the main cast of characters or he would have been spotted by now (either by the readers or Graendal who keeps tabs on the TR group). That leaves us with limited options to pin him down.

1. Roedran
2. Borderlanders
3. Seanchan
4. Sea Folk
5. Aiel

There don't seem to be any good candidates among the Aiel, Borderlanders or the Seanchan since RJ and BSand ruled out anyone who has appeared "on camera" prior to AMoL ... which IMO also rules out Amel who, did have a cameo, even if a brief one.

Roedran is well placed strategically and with a consolidated Murrandy has a significant power base to open hostilities ... Andor is in a weakened state thanks to the Trolloc's invasion, which Demandred can make worse by provoking a conflict with the Seanchan. Even if you throw out a human army, He is in a prime location as Roedran to direct armies of Trollocs coming out of the Ways all throughout the continent.

Personally I think Demandred having an alter-ego is kind of lame, he doesn't need it at this stage in the books and it would be much more interesting to me if he simply appeared with dozens of Trolloc Hoards coming from various Waygates to smash the southlands.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
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[Mik's Warp] - Demandred is.....*click to find out* - 05/11/2012 01:06:42 PM 2637 Views
There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)... - 05/11/2012 02:10:07 PM 1220 Views
Nah.. forget that - 05/11/2012 08:29:53 PM 1072 Views
Re: Nah.. forget that - 05/11/2012 10:07:46 PM 925 Views
Re: There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)... - 06/11/2012 12:40:54 PM 1117 Views
I'm not saying it's not a well-reasoned theory; it is. - 06/11/2012 06:02:36 PM 1097 Views
I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located - 06/11/2012 11:01:28 PM 1006 Views
Re: I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located - 07/11/2012 09:42:00 AM 1251 Views
I applaud your effort, but to be honest I just can't see it - 07/11/2012 04:48:17 PM 909 Views
Re: I applaud your effort, but to be honest I just can't see it - 07/11/2012 08:36:34 PM 1156 Views
There has been a lot of waste in WOT..... - 06/11/2012 06:26:56 PM 837 Views
LIKE! *NM* - 09/12/2012 02:37:49 PM 987 Views
Whoops *NM* - 06/11/2012 07:27:06 PM 514 Views
Plausible, albeit antilclimactic *NM* - 05/11/2012 06:32:38 PM 565 Views
Unless Mat is Demandred, at this point it will be anticlimactic. *NM* - 06/11/2012 04:02:38 AM 531 Views
That would be EPIC *NM* - 06/11/2012 07:53:30 PM 538 Views
That would be EPIC *NM* - 06/11/2012 07:53:31 PM 532 Views
You've tried too hard... - 05/11/2012 07:53:41 PM 2712 Views
Will be so disappointed if the Shadow's greatest (non-crazy) leader is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky - 05/11/2012 08:57:59 PM 1054 Views
I doubt Mat will kill him personally but - 05/11/2012 09:24:48 PM 823 Views
I don't know - 06/11/2012 02:01:41 AM 825 Views
My prediction of how it plays out... - 06/11/2012 07:12:15 AM 930 Views
I don't think that's likely - 06/11/2012 06:04:55 PM 899 Views
LOL ... it will be a saying in the next Age - 06/11/2012 10:36:04 PM 834 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 06/11/2012 11:21:21 PM 824 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 07/11/2012 08:14:28 PM 939 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 07/11/2012 09:05:07 PM 1046 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 08/11/2012 05:52:16 PM 883 Views
It sounds like we're at the same stage of vision of the AOL - 08/11/2012 07:48:17 PM 824 Views
Statistics refute some of that... - 09/11/2012 07:35:59 AM 833 Views
We're not talking about the same things... - 09/11/2012 11:31:12 PM 826 Views
It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent. - 09/11/2012 11:43:26 PM 1011 Views
Re: It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent. - 10/11/2012 07:34:34 AM 933 Views
You seriously believe that? - 10/11/2012 04:17:09 PM 868 Views
Mat has grown quiet a bit since those days - 06/11/2012 01:55:48 AM 968 Views
You're putting the Evil on a pedestal. - 06/11/2012 03:12:38 AM 756 Views
No, just desperately trying to raise the stakes a bit... - 06/11/2012 07:00:59 AM 881 Views
That's essentially what I was saying - 06/11/2012 03:35:45 PM 1008 Views
hmmm - 06/11/2012 10:27:00 AM 1142 Views
... is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky - 06/11/2012 08:45:02 PM 990 Views
Mat is essentially the man (men) who wrote the books Demandred studied - 06/11/2012 10:42:40 PM 806 Views
Exactly... - 06/11/2012 11:45:36 PM 973 Views
... is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky - 06/11/2012 08:45:29 PM 1032 Views
I didn't try hard at all; Demandred found me... - 06/11/2012 03:31:41 PM 981 Views
My biggest contention with Demandred being with the Sea Folk - 06/11/2012 10:54:50 PM 966 Views
Re: My biggest contention with Demandred being with the Sea Folk - 07/11/2012 12:07:02 AM 988 Views
Well, it instantly gives the Shadow access to attacking every coastal city... - 07/11/2012 10:32:23 AM 872 Views
Exactly! - 07/11/2012 10:54:14 AM 1412 Views
If he married Nynaeve and Moiraine he'd have his wives at Rand's side in the Pit too.... - 07/11/2012 03:28:38 PM 847 Views
I find that approach unnecessarily convoluted. Just hit them with 1 billion Trollocs and crush them. - 08/11/2012 07:00:36 AM 835 Views
Not likely he has that many... - 08/11/2012 03:00:32 PM 772 Views
May I ask some practical questions? - 08/11/2012 05:28:41 PM 780 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 08/11/2012 10:35:38 PM 908 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 10/11/2012 12:09:15 AM 849 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 10/11/2012 03:11:59 AM 841 Views
LOL ... Seems more than a little far fetched *NM* - 10/11/2012 06:17:34 AM 478 Views
Well you asked for an explanation - 13/11/2012 10:23:41 PM 757 Views
fair enough *NM* - 14/11/2012 01:31:52 AM 445 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 10/11/2012 07:15:58 PM 897 Views
Exactly! - 11/11/2012 07:38:46 AM 899 Views
Good practical questions... - 09/11/2012 07:24:14 AM 865 Views
He doesn't need the SF for that - 09/11/2012 03:00:34 PM 647 Views
Well, they hadn't planned on them being Traveling grounds as they didn't know about - 09/11/2012 02:57:16 PM 726 Views
Re: Well, they hadn't planned on them being Traveling grounds as they didn't know about - 09/11/2012 09:03:14 PM 834 Views
I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind. - 09/11/2012 11:57:34 PM 828 Views
Re: I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind. - 10/11/2012 10:08:04 PM 2326 Views
I see what you are getting at ... And I see how Zaida used it to her advantage - 11/11/2012 07:45:19 AM 888 Views
Re: I see what you are getting at ... And I see how Zaida used it to her advantage - 12/11/2012 02:57:08 PM 884 Views
Nesta sent 2 ambassadors to the Coramoor. Both looking for the same thing - 12/11/2012 04:11:50 PM 922 Views
Re: Nesta sent 2 ambassadors to the Coramoor. Both looking for the same thing - 12/11/2012 06:01:33 PM 1015 Views
Well there is also the fact that Harine pretty much tells us she MUST make a Bargain - 12/11/2012 06:51:24 PM 1051 Views
Re: Well there is also the fact that Harine pretty much tells us she MUST make a Bargain - 12/11/2012 09:30:57 PM 838 Views
Not to belabor the point - 12/11/2012 10:56:39 PM 791 Views
Re: Not to belabor the point - 13/11/2012 12:46:21 AM 742 Views
I think you are way off base on the economics - 13/11/2012 01:24:35 AM 709 Views
Re: I think you are way off base on the economics - 13/11/2012 03:48:40 PM 830 Views
no reason to *NM* - 14/11/2012 01:35:55 AM 466 Views
I don't see the problem... - 07/11/2012 10:52:49 AM 1557 Views
This is preposterous - 07/11/2012 04:15:11 PM 1253 Views
Who? - 06/11/2012 07:29:46 PM 797 Views
Paah, he's clearly on the Isle of Madmen to the south. - 10/11/2012 03:28:26 AM 1194 Views

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