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Only SH can distinguish saidin and saidar Etzel Send a noteboard - 14/12/2009 08:46:31 PM
ACoS, ch.40:
"It could not tell one flow from another", but it could distinguish saidin from saidar by the smell. Saidin smelled like the sharp edge of a knife, the point of a thorn. Saidar smelled soft, but like something that would grow harder the harder it was pressed. No other Myrddraal could smell that difference. Shaidar Haran was like no other Myrddraal."

However, I think it's clear that it was a Forsaken, since you need the Forsaken mark to force Shadowspawn. Demandred and Cyndane want to kill Rand personally, while Moridin doesn't want that Rand is harmed. That rules them out. Aran'gar is ruled out by her own thoughts. I seriously doubt that Moghedien would risk it, since she is mindtrapped and Moridin certainly grilled her. Similarly another Mesaana betrayal seems very unlikely, since she was just punished by SH for disobedience; besides she is concentrated on the WT.

That leaves Semirhage and Graendal as possible culprits. IMO, it is more likely that Graendal posed as her old buddy Sammael to kill/weaken Rand and play mind-games with the other Forsaken.
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Part of a mystery from KoD is solved - 14/12/2009 08:37:45 PM 1541 Views
Only SH can distinguish saidin and saidar - 14/12/2009 08:46:31 PM 906 Views
Graendal's streith gown gives a lot away... - 14/12/2009 08:53:49 PM 1561 Views
Yes... - 14/12/2009 09:00:26 PM 740 Views
Why would she be worried about that if she ordered it, though? - 15/12/2009 02:01:10 AM 688 Views
I think she excludes herself in TGS - 15/12/2009 04:39:18 AM 854 Views
Very interesting argument... - 14/12/2009 08:49:08 PM 807 Views
Alviarin's Mark doesn't give her control over shadowspawn. RJ told us this in a Q&A. - 14/12/2009 08:49:50 PM 663 Views
Link please to the RJ quote. *NM* - 15/12/2009 03:31:06 PM 262 Views
Here is the quote: - 15/12/2009 03:35:34 PM 634 Views
Thanks! So we can eliminate Alviarrin for sure! *NM* - 15/12/2009 03:50:05 PM 253 Views
I always thought it was Demandred - 14/12/2009 08:59:01 PM 1056 Views
I saw Demandred's comment to mean the following: - 14/12/2009 09:07:26 PM 775 Views
I also interpreted... - 14/12/2009 09:17:19 PM 644 Views
I've always thought it was Semirhage's doing - 14/12/2009 09:39:18 PM 640 Views
I agree - 15/12/2009 04:44:14 AM 745 Views
In my view... - 15/12/2009 07:32:18 AM 610 Views
Graendal is low on my list - 15/12/2009 01:47:20 PM 649 Views
Posing as Sammael is Graendal's modus operandi - 15/12/2009 01:58:34 PM 666 Views
Re: Posing as Sammael is Graendal's modus operandi - 15/12/2009 02:21:07 PM 865 Views
I think it makes perfect sense - 15/12/2009 03:20:28 PM 581 Views
Two things... - 15/12/2009 02:03:23 PM 641 Views
Re: Two things... - 15/12/2009 02:24:42 PM 717 Views
Let's look at purpose and method... - 15/12/2009 02:34:36 PM 698 Views
I don't think it makes much sense that this was a test - 15/12/2009 07:20:52 AM 666 Views

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