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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 3088 Views
There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)... - 05/11/2012 02:10:07 PM 1538 Views
Nah.. forget that - 05/11/2012 08:29:53 PM 1420 Views
Re: Nah.. forget that - 05/11/2012 10:07:46 PM 1277 Views
Re: There are only 2 months left before AMOL comes out (or less)... - 06/11/2012 12:40:54 PM 1447 Views
I'm not saying it's not a well-reasoned theory; it is. - 06/11/2012 06:02:36 PM 1491 Views
I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located - 06/11/2012 11:01:28 PM 1373 Views
Re: I say Roederan is a better choice simply because of where he is located - 07/11/2012 09:42:00 AM 1640 Views
I applaud your effort, but to be honest I just can't see it - 07/11/2012 04:48:17 PM 1264 Views
Re: I applaud your effort, but to be honest I just can't see it - 07/11/2012 08:36:34 PM 1522 Views
There has been a lot of waste in WOT..... - 06/11/2012 06:26:56 PM 1209 Views
LIKE! *NM* - 09/12/2012 02:37:49 PM 1228 Views
Whoops *NM* - 06/11/2012 07:27:06 PM 742 Views
Plausible, albeit antilclimactic *NM* - 05/11/2012 06:32:38 PM 790 Views
Unless Mat is Demandred, at this point it will be anticlimactic. *NM* - 06/11/2012 04:02:38 AM 762 Views
That would be EPIC *NM* - 06/11/2012 07:53:30 PM 759 Views
That would be EPIC *NM* - 06/11/2012 07:53:31 PM 748 Views
You've tried too hard... - 05/11/2012 07:53:41 PM 3149 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 1399 Views
I doubt Mat will kill him personally but - 05/11/2012 09:24:48 PM 1163 Views
I don't know - 06/11/2012 02:01:41 AM 1203 Views
My prediction of how it plays out... - 06/11/2012 07:12:15 AM 1285 Views
I don't think that's likely - 06/11/2012 06:04:55 PM 1263 Views
LOL ... it will be a saying in the next Age - 06/11/2012 10:36:04 PM 1177 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 06/11/2012 11:21:21 PM 1223 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 07/11/2012 08:14:28 PM 1311 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 07/11/2012 09:05:07 PM 1422 Views
Re: I don't think that's likely - 08/11/2012 05:52:16 PM 1226 Views
It sounds like we're at the same stage of vision of the AOL - 08/11/2012 07:48:17 PM 1199 Views
Statistics refute some of that... - 09/11/2012 07:35:59 AM 1195 Views
We're not talking about the same things... - 09/11/2012 11:31:12 PM 1189 Views
It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent. - 09/11/2012 11:43:26 PM 1364 Views
Re: It doesn't mean no one in this Age can be at Talented or Intelligent. - 10/11/2012 07:34:34 AM 1272 Views
You seriously believe that? - 10/11/2012 04:17:09 PM 1211 Views
Mat has grown quiet a bit since those days - 06/11/2012 01:55:48 AM 1360 Views
You're putting the Evil on a pedestal. - 06/11/2012 03:12:38 AM 1108 Views
No, just desperately trying to raise the stakes a bit... - 06/11/2012 07:00:59 AM 1258 Views
That's essentially what I was saying - 06/11/2012 03:35:45 PM 1374 Views
hmmm - 06/11/2012 10:27:00 AM 1591 Views
... is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky - 06/11/2012 08:45:02 PM 1340 Views
Mat is essentially the man (men) who wrote the books Demandred studied - 06/11/2012 10:42:40 PM 1159 Views
Exactly... - 06/11/2012 11:45:36 PM 1342 Views
... is defeated by Mr Happy Go Lucky - 06/11/2012 08:45:29 PM 1386 Views
I didn't try hard at all; Demandred found me... - 06/11/2012 03:31:41 PM 1434 Views
My biggest contention with Demandred being with the Sea Folk - 06/11/2012 10:54:50 PM 1301 Views
Re: My biggest contention with Demandred being with the Sea Folk - 07/11/2012 12:07:02 AM 1368 Views
Well, it instantly gives the Shadow access to attacking every coastal city... - 07/11/2012 10:32:23 AM 1256 Views
Exactly! - 07/11/2012 10:54:14 AM 1895 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 1303 Views
I find that approach unnecessarily convoluted. Just hit them with 1 billion Trollocs and crush them. - 08/11/2012 07:00:36 AM 1229 Views
Not likely he has that many... - 08/11/2012 03:00:32 PM 1198 Views
May I ask some practical questions? - 08/11/2012 05:28:41 PM 1165 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 08/11/2012 10:35:38 PM 1268 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 10/11/2012 12:09:15 AM 1207 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 10/11/2012 03:11:59 AM 1176 Views
LOL ... Seems more than a little far fetched *NM* - 10/11/2012 06:17:34 AM 695 Views
Well you asked for an explanation - 13/11/2012 10:23:41 PM 1114 Views
fair enough *NM* - 14/11/2012 01:31:52 AM 670 Views
Re: May I ask some practical questions? - 10/11/2012 07:15:58 PM 1240 Views
Exactly! - 11/11/2012 07:38:46 AM 1234 Views
Good practical questions... - 09/11/2012 07:24:14 AM 1250 Views
He doesn't need the SF for that - 09/11/2012 03:00:34 PM 1014 Views
Well, they hadn't planned on them being Traveling grounds as they didn't know about - 09/11/2012 02:57:16 PM 1080 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 1208 Views
I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind. - 09/11/2012 11:57:34 PM 1163 Views
Re: I know. I'm saying they were not doing this with Traveling in mind. - 10/11/2012 10:08:04 PM 2727 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 1230 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 1264 Views
Nesta sent 2 ambassadors to the Coramoor. Both looking for the same thing - 12/11/2012 04:11:50 PM 1274 Views
Re: Nesta sent 2 ambassadors to the Coramoor. Both looking for the same thing - 12/11/2012 06:01:33 PM 1395 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 1421 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 1208 Views
Not to belabor the point - 12/11/2012 10:56:39 PM 1133 Views
Re: Not to belabor the point - 13/11/2012 12:46:21 AM 1139 Views
I think you are way off base on the economics - 13/11/2012 01:24:35 AM 1084 Views
Re: I think you are way off base on the economics - 13/11/2012 03:48:40 PM 1187 Views
no reason to *NM* - 14/11/2012 01:35:55 AM 689 Views
I don't see the problem... - 07/11/2012 10:52:49 AM 2055 Views
This is preposterous - 07/11/2012 04:15:11 PM 1641 Views
Who? - 06/11/2012 07:29:46 PM 1174 Views
Paah, he's clearly on the Isle of Madmen to the south. - 10/11/2012 03:28:26 AM 1575 Views

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