But if she want's to appear as Sammael, she would surely "act in character"...
Shannow Send a noteboard - 15/12/2009 02:42:27 PM
Because she is adapt at such intrigue and likes to play mind-games (apparently Aran'gar got a similar idea before and posed as Demandred to send the DF Asha'man against Rand). Besides that, Graendal especially likes to wear Masks of Mirrors and could certainly convincingly play Sammael & sent an army (without any tactical instructions, though). I also don't see why Semirhage would play Sammael, since the other Forsaken believe that he is most likely dead (and no one knows that Graendal is especially certain that Sammael must be dead, because she searched his *angreal stash).
The other dead Forsaken were balefired or traitors. Therefore it only makes sense to play Sammael, if you want to confuse the others, if a fellow Forsaken returned.
The other dead Forsaken were balefired or traitors. Therefore it only makes sense to play Sammael, if you want to confuse the others, if a fellow Forsaken returned.
That doesn't make any sense. If everyone knows that Sammael is dead then it would be ludicrous to disguise yourself as him. She might as well disguise herself as Rand.
The other Forsaken have no idea if Sammael is dead - Graendal only convinces herself of that fact in TGS.
And once again, Graendal is not a general. She doesn't shunt Shadowspawn around. Several sources say so.
Graendal is the only one who KNOWS Sammael is dead. Or at least, she knows the intimate details of his clash with Rand better than any other Forsaken.
She does not know what the other Forsaken know. So it serves her purpose to keep them guessing. As long as she cannot be identified as the one posing as Sammael, what does she have to lose?
As for it not being in her character to "shunt Shadowspawn around", well, the whole point of assuming someone else's identity is to act in THEIR character. In other words, to imitate their tactics. And she's the one who said before that Sammael would see 100 000 men dead if it served a purpose he deemed worthwhile.
It is all just part of Graendal's mindgames to keep the other's guessing. And if she managed to kill Rand at the same time, well, her problem is solved.
If she wanted to lay suspicion on Demandred, why not simply impersonate Demandred instead?
Part of a mystery from KoD is solved
- 14/12/2009 08:37:45 PM
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Only SH can distinguish saidin and saidar
- 14/12/2009 08:46:31 PM
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I think this Mydraal in question was Shaidar Haran 1.5, was it not? I don't remember. *NM*
- 14/12/2009 08:50:24 PM
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SH obviously wasn't one of the Myrddraal, who were ordered by "Sammael" to attack Rand. *NM*
- 14/12/2009 08:53:43 PM
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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
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Link please to the RJ quote. *NM*
- 15/12/2009 03:31:06 PM
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I always thought it was Demandred
- 14/12/2009 08:59:01 PM
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I've always thought it was Semirhage's doing
- 14/12/2009 09:39:18 PM
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I agree
- 15/12/2009 04:44:14 AM
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In my view...
- 15/12/2009 07:32:18 AM
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Graendal is low on my list
- 15/12/2009 01:47:20 PM
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Posing as Sammael is Graendal's modus operandi
- 15/12/2009 01:58:34 PM
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Re: Posing as Sammael is Graendal's modus operandi
- 15/12/2009 02:21:07 PM
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But if she want's to appear as Sammael, she would surely "act in character"...
- 15/12/2009 02:42:27 PM
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Re: But if she want's to appear as Sammael, she would surely "act in character"...
- 15/12/2009 03:01:40 PM
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Two things...
- 15/12/2009 02:03:23 PM
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