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Nonsense... Etzel Send a noteboard - 15/11/2009 02:06:04 PM

A: "Brandon had been a fan for a long time before he got to find out who killed Asmodean. He said that he had heard arguments for every possible suspect, including the really crazy ones like Tam. So when he found out the real answer, he wasn’t shocked. His reaction was more 'Oh, those guys were right'. He said that the clues are there, but he never would have figured it out himself."

That's pretty much Graendal if you ask me. Most readers will be shocked to find out its Slayer. It's as likely as finding out Moiraine did it.


Anyone who read the WoT boards for some time, as BS did, knows that Slayer was seriously suggested as a possible killer. You would really be shocked, if it turns out that one of the foremost assassins among the Shadow assassinated a traitor, like he tried with Fain or managed with the BA? That's really not such a twist.

Slayer is incomparably more likely than the crackpot idea that Moiraine did it. Actually I think most people would just be shocked if the killer was a character on the Lightside, like Aviendha or Moiraine. Therefore this statement speaks against those ideas.

However, there is no way that BS wouldn't have figured that it might be Graendal. He isn't an idiot. On the other hand, it's not that easy to find all the clues from the books before LoC to determine that Slayer was the killer.

Therefore Graendal is pretty much ruled out. As I often pointed out, the theory anyway didn't make much sense, once you really think Asmo's murder through.
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Another blow to the Graendaldunnit-theory Etzel - 14/11/2009 10:41:32 AM 1303 Views
I don't see any reason the Graendal theory is wrong from that. Tom - 14/11/2009 02:53:25 PM 750 Views
He has stated that they will put the mystery to rest in the final books... ursidae - 14/11/2009 04:02:53 PM 872 Views
I actually figured a way that this could come up quite naturally without Graendal Jim - 14/11/2009 04:11:24 PM 856 Views
RJ said it will probably revealed in the killer's PoV Etzel - 14/11/2009 04:46:20 PM 701 Views
And Brandon said Harriet gave him the freedom to tell the story as he wishes. TaskmasterJack - 14/11/2009 06:05:40 PM 663 Views
We (you, me & RJ) agree that it would be best to reveal it in the killer's PoV Etzel - 14/11/2009 06:40:33 PM 675 Views
Wait...wait...this is funny. Tom - 20/11/2009 02:05:26 AM 596 Views
I often explained it, because many don't seem to get it Etzel - 20/11/2009 12:17:21 PM 548 Views
So maybe Graendal didn't care enough about Asmodean, either. Tom - 20/11/2009 02:07:02 PM 579 Views
Neither Graendal nor Slayer mention killing Asmo... Etzel - 20/11/2009 02:46:40 PM 721 Views
I'm sure you can see... Legolas - 20/11/2009 03:25:41 PM 738 Views
Well... Etzel - 20/11/2009 05:23:28 PM 584 Views
It seems you think I don't read any posts and you certainly haven't read this board much. Tom - 14/11/2009 04:30:06 PM 651 Views
That's wrong Etzel - 14/11/2009 04:45:02 PM 763 Views
Not one word of what I wrote is wrong. Tom - 15/11/2009 01:41:18 AM 734 Views
right here Jim - 15/11/2009 03:04:57 AM 642 Views
If Graendal's name is mentioned, then "Graendal" is in the book. *NM* Tom - 15/11/2009 12:13:57 PM 288 Views
BS just said that Graendal will be mentioned, not appear as a character in ToM. *NM* Etzel - 15/11/2009 09:58:53 AM 275 Views
I never said "appear as a character." *NM* Tom - 15/11/2009 12:14:16 PM 257 Views
Etzel - 15/11/2009 12:44:07 PM 719 Views
BS never would have figured it out himself that Graendal did it? *NM* Etzel - 14/11/2009 05:20:19 PM 276 Views
Re: I don't see any reason the Graendal theory is wrong from that. BlackAdder - 19/11/2009 12:07:25 AM 849 Views
Just once it would be nice to get a blow from Graendal. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/11/2009 03:50:41 PM 259 Views
Agreed. *NM* Etzel - 14/11/2009 04:46:33 PM 248 Views
Nope, that's not a blow against it at all beetnemesis - 14/11/2009 06:32:10 PM 567 Views
I don't agree with this interpretation at all - your grasping for straws... kcf - 14/11/2009 07:34:58 PM 654 Views
Agreed *NM* Sidious - 15/11/2009 06:55:44 AM 254 Views
I disagree... Etzel - 15/11/2009 09:57:23 AM 683 Views
Only if you make the assumption that she was the most obvious to Sanderson. lord-of-shadow - 14/11/2009 07:37:39 PM 716 Views
Personally... Legolas - 15/11/2009 12:11:50 AM 709 Views
I think... Etzel - 15/11/2009 09:55:42 AM 581 Views
No. Try again. everynametaken - 14/11/2009 11:35:59 PM 722 Views
Ok, I will stay alert for further blows to Graendaldunnit, if this didn't already convince you! *NM* Etzel - 15/11/2009 10:02:26 AM 259 Views
Actually this is more against the Slayer theory Sidious - 15/11/2009 01:49:08 PM 638 Views
Nonsense... Etzel - 15/11/2009 02:06:04 PM 610 Views
Your tenacity is impressive. Legolas - 15/11/2009 03:14:50 PM 668 Views
Absolut statements in such discussions... Etzel - 15/11/2009 03:53:22 PM 601 Views
Re: Absolut statements in such discussions... Sidious - 15/11/2009 05:57:25 PM 544 Views
It's also possible that Lanfear gave Slayer the task. *NM* Etzel - 15/11/2009 07:55:17 PM 832 Views
Pa'ah did it. *NM* Mjolner - 18/11/2009 01:02:09 AM 266 Views
It is not gone, I have a copy of it *NM* Ryan - 15/11/2009 06:19:11 PM 251 Views
I agree with Etzel. Skeeve the Great - 20/11/2009 02:59:44 AM 583 Views
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