Verin's Compulsion existed to work against the DO and for the side of the Light: it was to make her believe that Rand must be present for the Last Battle--this led her to swear fealty to Rand. Of course, that oath of fealty is no longer bound by the Oath Rod, but it at least provided an impetus for Elza to work with Rand, instead of against him.
Remember that we learned in tGS how difficult Compulsion is to remove. No doubt Semirhage had such a skill, as she knew how our bodies work better than anyone alive. Moridin realized Elza's Compulsion was a negative side effect, and so he sent Elza to someone who could surely remove it.
Remember that we learned in tGS how difficult Compulsion is to remove. No doubt Semirhage had such a skill, as she knew how our bodies work better than anyone alive. Moridin realized Elza's Compulsion was a negative side effect, and so he sent Elza to someone who could surely remove it.
There's no proof that Verin even knows Compulsion, and there are strong hints that no Aes Sedai knows it. This was confirmed when Moghedien showed off her skills against Liandrin, who also thought she knew the weave. Verin's weave, at best, probably steered them to serving Rand. She hid the weave expertly and said only the best delving would find it.
It's very unlikely that Moridin delved a Black Sister to see if she was tainted by some sort of mind weave. Elza also doesn't act strangely, so he wouldn't have any suspicion to do so. Not only that, but Shadar Haran or Moridin would both have to have great skill to deduce the function of some sort of weave of saidar hidden well in Elza's mind.
It's much more likely that Moridin used his own Compulsion on Elza when he arrived there to get her to perform certain duties to ensure Semirhage's success. Thereafter, he had her tell Semirhage that she had a weave on her, which she should remove to remove any limitations the weave would have and make her useful.
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Little oversight?
08/11/2009 03:23:40 PM
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Shadar Haran/Moridin probably killed him
08/11/2009 06:17:21 PM
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it's certainly not Moridin's
09/11/2009 02:46:17 AM
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It's definitely Verin's Compulsion
09/11/2009 03:15:20 AM
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Don't agree
09/11/2009 04:13:12 AM
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I'm even more confused now...
09/11/2009 05:28:46 AM
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Actually, I thought it was common knowledge that some of Rand's AS were under compulsion.
09/11/2009 05:33:43 PM
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he also apparently forgot about a few of Mat's soldiers in Hinderstap
09/11/2009 02:49:18 AM
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I noticed that in my read and did a search on the MB for it, finding this post.
10/11/2009 04:15:46 PM
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