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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 1803 Views
Only SH can distinguish saidin and saidar - 14/12/2009 08:46:31 PM 1169 Views
Graendal's streith gown gives a lot away... - 14/12/2009 08:53:49 PM 1836 Views
Yes... - 14/12/2009 09:00:26 PM 985 Views
Why would she be worried about that if she ordered it, though? - 15/12/2009 02:01:10 AM 936 Views
I think she excludes herself in TGS - 15/12/2009 04:39:18 AM 1069 Views
Very interesting argument... - 14/12/2009 08:49:08 PM 1065 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 922 Views
Link please to the RJ quote. *NM* - 15/12/2009 03:31:06 PM 365 Views
Here is the quote: - 15/12/2009 03:35:34 PM 852 Views
Thanks! So we can eliminate Alviarrin for sure! *NM* - 15/12/2009 03:50:05 PM 353 Views
I always thought it was Demandred - 14/12/2009 08:59:01 PM 1414 Views
I saw Demandred's comment to mean the following: - 14/12/2009 09:07:26 PM 1018 Views
I also interpreted... - 14/12/2009 09:17:19 PM 896 Views
I've always thought it was Semirhage's doing - 14/12/2009 09:39:18 PM 867 Views
I agree - 15/12/2009 04:44:14 AM 968 Views
In my view... - 15/12/2009 07:32:18 AM 832 Views
Graendal is low on my list - 15/12/2009 01:47:20 PM 901 Views
Posing as Sammael is Graendal's modus operandi - 15/12/2009 01:58:34 PM 890 Views
Re: Posing as Sammael is Graendal's modus operandi - 15/12/2009 02:21:07 PM 1098 Views
I think it makes perfect sense - 15/12/2009 03:20:28 PM 836 Views
Two things... - 15/12/2009 02:03:23 PM 901 Views
Re: Two things... - 15/12/2009 02:24:42 PM 957 Views
Let's look at purpose and method... - 15/12/2009 02:34:36 PM 969 Views
I don't think it makes much sense that this was a test - 15/12/2009 07:20:52 AM 933 Views

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