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Hm. Possible. Kaldric Send a noteboard - 04/11/2009 06:42:12 PM
If she didn't die, but instead modified her weave to go off around male channeling so as to look as if she did when she actually escaped, the mechanics of balefire wouldn't matter.

Rand would channel saidin, the warded flows would be triggered and fade perhaps setting off an alarm, and Graendal would have left before the balefire hit the palace.

How do you escape from balefire? Don't get hit by it.


I can at least see where you are coming from now, but I still think she's dead. From a literary standpoint, I think the significance of the scene was to show how much Rand has changed, which was shown quite well, in my opinion, and your theory wouldn't add significantly to it. From a plot standpoint, I think your suggestion is needlessly complex and doesn't quite fit what I envision about Graendal. Moghedien might have done that, but I always pictured Graendal as less paranoid.

I could be wrong though. I'm sure we'll find out in the next year or two.
Kaldric

P.S. The "NSSP" is implied.

Of course, [Quixote] carried it a bit too far. He thought that every windmill was a giant. That's insane. But, thinking that they might be...
--Justin Playfair, They Might Be Giants
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Graendal's fate? Ashaman Narishma - 02/11/2009 04:18:11 AM 2082 Views
Dead. Great Lord of Chaos - 02/11/2009 04:22:48 AM 1033 Views
Maybe... Ashaman Narishma - 02/11/2009 04:28:16 AM 1021 Views
I think it's fair to say at this point that Graendal did not kill Asmodean. LlordNakcor - 02/11/2009 04:36:37 AM 1052 Views
Re: I think it's fair to say at this point that Graendal did not kill Asmodean. Ashaman Narishma - 02/11/2009 04:40:30 AM 1045 Views
Re: I think it's fair to say at this point that Graendal did not kill Asmodean. Grimbear - 02/11/2009 05:08:09 AM 950 Views
Why has she been removed from the list of suspects? beetnemesis - 02/11/2009 02:29:41 PM 941 Views
She is dead dacole - 09/11/2009 01:37:03 AM 888 Views
That's pretty terrible logic beetnemesis - 19/11/2009 05:58:57 AM 1064 Views
I disagree. Rand al'Thor - 02/11/2009 10:29:21 PM 899 Views
Agreed. *NM* Lord Haart - 19/11/2009 11:43:45 AM 451 Views
Could it have been Verin who killed Asmodean? Bookwyrm - 02/11/2009 05:20:37 AM 1452 Views
She is dead *spoilers* brett014 - 02/11/2009 05:44:21 AM 1041 Views
Re: She is dead *spoilers* Gaidal Craig - 03/11/2009 09:01:07 AM 915 Views
Re: She is dead *spoilers* dacole - 09/11/2009 01:38:56 AM 1033 Views
I thought so too, but KCF set me straight.. his response in a thread further down the board kavorka - 02/11/2009 05:56:40 PM 979 Views
I say dead. *NM* Gher - 02/11/2009 06:07:15 AM 473 Views
Dead. Seriana Sedai - 02/11/2009 06:46:10 AM 915 Views
Dead as Dumbledore. But why does it preclude her from being Asmo's killer? Master Radishes - 02/11/2009 07:04:08 AM 976 Views
Right. That info could easily be revealed through the POV of another. *NM* RandAllThor - 02/11/2009 02:15:31 PM 440 Views
It could but... Ashaman Narishma - 02/11/2009 03:14:23 PM 981 Views
Moridin would most likely know. RandAllThor - 02/11/2009 04:06:04 PM 894 Views
Well.... Etzel - 02/11/2009 08:52:52 AM 953 Views
*NM* BlackAdder - 18/11/2009 10:45:52 PM 412 Views
Alive until proven otherwise IMO *spoilers* Dragonsworn - 02/11/2009 03:47:51 PM 949 Views
That weave was very complex. Kronin al'Sulc - 02/11/2009 10:34:36 PM 874 Views
Actually, the one that Rand had Nynaeve study earlier was more complex. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 05:11:07 PM 946 Views
But you can't reverse Compulsion by unraveling it, right? BlackAdder - 18/11/2009 10:48:08 PM 904 Views
Almost certainly dead Isaac - 02/11/2009 04:48:18 PM 1060 Views
Yeah. Compared to, say, Sammael's "death" beetnemesis - 02/11/2009 10:40:01 PM 961 Views
Not even almost. Graendal and Sammael now both go well with eggs. *NM* Marshall - 03/11/2009 01:51:15 AM 459 Views
Oh, I agree, but fiction, deus ex machina, etc Isaac - 04/11/2009 09:58:42 PM 888 Views
Graendal is dead. the evidence is pretty hard NaClH2O - 03/11/2009 08:00:27 PM 3221 Views
Well, unlike everyone else, Fred Gaidin - 04/11/2009 01:34:57 AM 879 Views
Alive. It's the simplest answer for me, especially considering that Rand knew she was more cunning RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 05:03:38 PM 1081 Views
Re: Balefire. Kaldric - 04/11/2009 05:30:12 PM 906 Views
Not necessarily. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 06:08:34 PM 865 Views
The thing is... Etzel - 04/11/2009 06:25:43 PM 947 Views
Here's the rub - she had no desire to come into contact with Rand. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 10:30:05 PM 1131 Views
Re: Here's the rub - she had no desire to come into contact with Rand. dacole - 09/11/2009 01:48:30 AM 1080 Views
Hm. Possible. Kaldric - 04/11/2009 06:42:12 PM 1177 Views
I think it's the most simple possibility. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 10:39:02 PM 895 Views
Re: I think it's the most simple possibility. dacole - 09/11/2009 01:51:52 AM 845 Views
That's just absurd Marshall - 04/11/2009 10:48:30 PM 974 Views
No, I'm making it more simple. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 11:11:36 PM 918 Views
That thoery doesn't account for the undoing of the Compulsion Marshall - 04/11/2009 11:50:06 PM 927 Views
Yes, it does. Distance causes maintained weaves and Links to attenuate. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 05/11/2009 04:22:37 PM 984 Views
Yes, but Compulsion is almost never a maintained weave *NM* Marshall - 06/11/2009 07:19:24 PM 480 Views
But the real question in my mind... darius_sedai - 02/12/2009 08:28:31 PM 891 Views
Well Marshall - 06/12/2009 08:45:12 PM 1332 Views
Odds are she's dead darius_sedai - 06/12/2009 08:48:19 PM 784 Views
Re: No, I'm making it more simple. dacole - 09/11/2009 01:53:49 AM 888 Views
Amen! Praise the Great Lord of the Dark! **I agree with all points** Bookwyrm - 05/11/2009 07:21:52 AM 918 Views
Re: Alive. It's the simplest answer for me, especially considering that Rand knew she was BlackAdder - 18/11/2009 10:52:36 PM 889 Views
This sounds familiar. Fanatic-Templar - 09/11/2009 06:54:17 AM 846 Views
Yes... Etzel - 17/11/2009 12:12:04 PM 872 Views
Yeah, I was shocked initially. BlackAdder - 18/11/2009 10:58:15 PM 915 Views
Proof for reincarnation exists Lord Haart - 26/11/2009 06:38:17 PM 859 Views
RJ said... Etzel - 26/11/2009 06:51:26 PM 1029 Views
But Rand's was spread over a LARGE area *NM* Lord Haart - 27/11/2009 12:17:47 AM 392 Views
He was drawing through the Choedan Kal... *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 27/11/2009 01:09:23 AM 383 Views
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