By this apparent "confirmation" in Graendal's PoV that she seems sure that Asmo is dead, then you fall for a common misunderstanding. This doesn't mean at all that Graendal is the killer. For example, she might simply learned about Asmo's death from the DO like Demandred did (or maybe she even learned it from Demandred), or she could simply be the Forsaken, who sent Slayer. Besides that, your confirmation comes in the books after Asmo's death, while RJ said that the main clues to figure it out are included in the books before Asmo's death.



Well, I definitely would disagree that Masema was a more important character than Slayer is. However, the fact that Slayer will likely eventually be killed in the next books, doesn't rule him out as being Asmo's killer (by the way, wasn't this your argument regarding Graendal?), at least if he has a PoV before his death, where the deed is revealed.

Furthermore, we already saw Slayer dealing with Forsaken and trying to kill Rand, Nynaeve, Fain and others. Therefore you argument about Perrin doesn't make much sense, especially since this future role also wouldn't rule out that Slayer killed Asmo before.




We know from RJ, BS and Slayer's PoV that Slayer got several gifts from the DO. How else should the DO grant these gifts, if not by the TP? Also Shadowspawn like Myrddraal or former humans like the Gray Men have "channeler-like" powers (e.g. a kind of Traveling or the ability to be invisible), which ultimately must stem from the DO, and thus the TP. It's ridiculous to believe that the DO gave Slayer unimportant gifts, since he obviously wanted to create a top assassin.