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Here's the way he should have done it... fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 15/11/2009 06:19:18 PM
..a few days after reading it I still had the urge to tear the page out of the book! But Rand's logic really does make sense. Graendal is smarter than him. He needs to seize any advantage he has immediately. How would you have stopped Graendal in Rand's shoes?


Rand should have disguised himself as Ramshalan, and gone into Graendal's lair with the exact same message.

He goes in holding saidin, however. Now, if things went as he expected (and they did), Graendal would attempt to compel "Ramshalan". This will immediately let Rand know he is in her presence, even if she is disguised. Since he is already holding saidin, he'll be immune to her compulsions, as Sammael said.

He then surprises her and balefires her.

End of story. Forsaken dead beyond the Dark One's grasp, and no other threads of the Pattern Balefired.
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So what was the point of a certain member of the Forsaken? Shannow - 13/11/2009 12:04:20 PM 1575 Views
Wait until Towers of Midnight. lord-of-shadow - 13/11/2009 02:04:23 PM 1212 Views
Not exactly.... Light in the Night - 13/11/2009 10:55:57 PM 960 Views
Clickety click guttering flame - 13/11/2009 03:04:37 PM 1031 Views
RAFO *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 13/11/2009 04:34:10 PM 401 Views
She made all of Rand's subsequent chapter's suspensful, IMO Deadsy - 13/11/2009 08:31:49 PM 999 Views
I was disapointed too and needless to say, shocked. *NM* Onarishma - 14/11/2009 09:31:45 AM 387 Views
I was initially... Moridin_2000 - 15/11/2009 02:03:14 AM 833 Views
Oh it made sense just so unexpected. Graendal and Semirhage. Onarishma - 15/11/2009 01:27:17 PM 792 Views
Here's what I would have done... Shannow - 15/11/2009 02:45:32 PM 842 Views
Rand is not Dumbledore guttering flame - 15/11/2009 03:10:58 PM 853 Views
Sorry, haven't read any Harry Potter books, so I have no clue what you're referring to. Shannow - 15/11/2009 03:13:32 PM 860 Views
Gateway blocking sphere? Sidious - 15/11/2009 03:28:09 PM 806 Views
We don't actually know that... Shannow - 15/11/2009 04:05:10 PM 878 Views
Re: We don't actually know that... Sidious - 15/11/2009 06:02:28 PM 878 Views
From Question of the week 14 Shannow - 15/11/2009 07:34:19 PM 833 Views
Disagree Sidious - 15/11/2009 08:14:28 PM 867 Views
What if he makes multiple gateways at the same time? Shannow - 15/11/2009 08:21:48 PM 829 Views
I agree. *NM* fionwe1987 - 15/11/2009 08:50:54 PM 348 Views
But RJ answered this Sidious - 15/11/2009 09:47:57 PM 872 Views
You're ignoring a key sentence... fionwe1987 - 15/11/2009 09:58:03 PM 880 Views
Re: You're ignoring a key sentence... Sidious - 16/11/2009 06:47:47 AM 881 Views
The issue is that it is easier to make a gateway than to block one - individually. Shannow - 15/11/2009 10:04:22 PM 928 Views
I don't think so Sidious - 16/11/2009 07:12:05 AM 1032 Views
Problem is... Shannow - 16/11/2009 07:45:41 AM 827 Views
I agree with Sidious... Moridin_2000 - 15/11/2009 04:12:04 PM 828 Views
The quote exists. I'll get it for you and post it in a couple of hours. Gotta go to church now. Shannow - 15/11/2009 04:13:35 PM 799 Views
Ok, later Moridin_2000 - 15/11/2009 04:17:07 PM 843 Views
Here's the full quote, from Question of the Week 14. Shannow - 15/11/2009 07:30:29 PM 903 Views
Here's the way he should have done it... fionwe1987 - 15/11/2009 06:19:18 PM 807 Views
I don't think I would put too much faith in that.... Light in the Night - 15/11/2009 09:32:22 PM 865 Views
Moghedien and Cyndane didn't attack Graendal, in fact... Shannow - 15/11/2009 09:36:03 PM 973 Views
That wasn't what I said.... Light in the Night - 16/11/2009 12:42:53 AM 776 Views
Re: That wasn't what I said.... Sidious - 16/11/2009 07:14:08 AM 1153 Views
I guess you could see it that way Light in the Night - 16/11/2009 08:48:23 PM 888 Views
My bad... fionwe1987 - 16/11/2009 02:22:35 AM 787 Views
She killed Asmodean, didn't she? Moridin_2000 - 15/11/2009 01:58:40 AM 826 Views
Moridin used her Lord Haart - 15/11/2009 06:54:59 PM 825 Views
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