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Much appreciated *NM* *NM* Shadowkiller Send a noteboard - 10/12/2009 05:18:41 PM
I'm pretty sure it's public knowledge at this point, especially when posting about Demandred theories but RJ has said in interviews that:

1) He is not Mazrim Taim (he actually repeated himself multiple times on this point)
Taim is not Demandred in disguise.

How do we know? Because RJ said so.

Q: "It's been said that you mentioned that Mazrim Taim is not Demandred. There seems to be some confusion on whether or not you said that."
A: "Mazrim Taim is not Demandred."

[Matthew Julius, post-COT signing, Dayton, OH, January 16, 2003]
Tim Kington concurs:

Q: "Taim is clearly not Demandred, right?"
A: (Disgusted) "I've said that before, and it's not Taim, it's Ta-eeem."

The same response was also reported on wotmania.com (*awww the memories*), in LiveJournal's Wheel of Time community, and in several emails.


2) As of Book 9, we have not met his alter-ego or cover identity if he has one on-screen.

All of these can be debunked or contested for various reasons, but it's not necessary to do so:

Q: "Have we yet seen the alter ego Demandred presents to the Third Agers on-screen?"
A: "No." (I asked twice to make sure.)

[Michael Martin, Dayton OH signing]
So, if Demandred is disguising himself as someone, it's not someone we've met so far.

3) We can update our records to indicate that Demandred alter ego on-screen as of book 10.

From Etzel's post:

"Someone asked for clarification about whether we had seen Mesaana's and Demandred's alter-egos on screen. Sanderson said that we had seen Mesaana's alter-ego on screen as of Knife of Dreams, but that we had not seen Demandred's alter-ego on screen as of Knife of Dreams. Sanderson would not elaborate on whether Demandred's alter-ego had been seen in The Gathering Storm —Sanderson didn't want to narrow down the suspects for us if Demandred really had appeared in The Gathering Storm."
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C'mon People, who the hell is Demandred - 09/12/2009 09:22:01 PM 1691 Views
It is intuitively obvious - 09/12/2009 10:31:01 PM 1182 Views
Faile *NM* - 09/12/2009 10:47:56 PM 564 Views
Think about it - 09/12/2009 11:19:04 PM 1009 Views
They're both Saldaean and have never been seen together! *NM* - 09/12/2009 11:36:46 PM 506 Views
More likely, the hook-nose is too hard to cover up *NM* - 10/12/2009 01:23:32 AM 411 Views
I officially endorse this theory. Anything to see Faile balefired. *NM* - 10/12/2009 02:16:49 AM 435 Views
I like Faile. She has balls. And Perrin's as well, for an extra set. - 10/12/2009 03:23:31 PM 812 Views
Agreed, I liked her far more upon rereading the series. - 10/12/2009 06:23:44 PM 909 Views
I'd think you would like someone like her *NM* - 10/12/2009 03:47:56 PM 421 Views
Rand's #2 - 10/12/2009 12:35:44 AM 1045 Views
demandred is your mom - 10/12/2009 03:16:21 AM 850 Views
Me *NM* - 10/12/2009 11:43:17 AM 376 Views
IMO, probably someone on Roedran's court - 10/12/2009 12:17:14 PM 871 Views
According to RJ, some guy we've never seen on-screen or heard a POV from. - 10/12/2009 03:20:48 PM 887 Views
But we might have seen him in The Gathering Storm. - 10/12/2009 03:38:37 PM 771 Views
Possible, which is why I say he is some random guy we've never heard of before. - 10/12/2009 03:56:53 PM 809 Views
Nope... - 10/12/2009 04:51:31 PM 855 Views
Galgan - 10/12/2009 06:08:07 PM 926 Views
Galgan was onscreen in KoD, where Suroth has a tantrum at him. *NM* - 10/12/2009 06:26:00 PM 399 Views
Citation needed - 10/12/2009 03:43:23 PM 886 Views
Re: Citation needed - 10/12/2009 03:55:04 PM 1076 Views
Much appreciated *NM* *NM* - 10/12/2009 05:18:41 PM 403 Views
IMO, he is behind the Sea Folk. - 10/12/2009 06:41:06 PM 777 Views
Re: C'mon People, who the hell is Demandred - 23/01/2010 08:10:40 AM 1018 Views
Perhaps he is just... Demandred. - 23/01/2010 11:57:03 AM 763 Views

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