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except work with Semirhage! darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 14/01/2010 09:34:37 PM
BS's quotes suggest that there were only SH and Elza involved:

Q. "How did Elza defeat the wards on Cadsuane's plain wooden box?"
A. "Elza had been given knowledge of several rarely known weaves, and in other ways made into a tool of Shaidar Haran. Not all of it was pleasant for her."

We don't know how, but apparently SH gave Elza this knowledge, when she was made into his tool.


That's a huge leap. We have zero evidence that SH would have any such ability! SH could have just taken his "pleasure" with her which as we saw from Mesaana, not pleasant.


And:
Q: "You mention that Shaidar Haran has quite a few limitations on his power. Can you give us a few concrete examples of these limitations?"
A: "Shaidar Haran needs a minion to most of his work for him. Elza was essential to Shaidar Haran in getting things done."

If Graendal (or one of Moridin's pets) was there, Elza certainly wouldn't be that essential for SH to getting things done. Graendal could have done everything even better than Elza.


Why, when they had a perfectly easy minion at hand, would they risk putting another FS woman in the room with Semi... who was also being tasked with getting back in S'T's good graces?

All I'm saying is that Graendal was the source of teaching Elza the weaves and detected her Compulsion (something SH has not been able to do in the past).
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Elza's Compulsion - 14/01/2010 08:41:04 PM 1953 Views
I think Graendal was involved on some level in this part of the story - 14/01/2010 09:12:05 PM 897 Views
I disagree - 14/01/2010 09:27:27 PM 740 Views
except work with Semirhage! - 14/01/2010 09:34:37 PM 681 Views
Well... - 14/01/2010 09:43:40 PM 746 Views
SH can't channel thus can't teach Elza anything *NM* - 14/01/2010 10:20:19 PM 270 Views
Yeah, but according to BS, he apparently could "give her the knowledge". *shrug* *NM* - 15/01/2010 07:16:22 AM 243 Views
that's your interpretation of the quote - 15/01/2010 05:58:30 PM 584 Views
This and the others quotes suggest that only SH and Elza were involved *NM* - 16/01/2010 09:51:24 AM 218 Views
As I said that's certainly one of of interpreting the quotes - 16/01/2010 03:46:55 PM 518 Views
The question is... - 16/01/2010 03:59:24 PM 539 Views
Re: The question is... - 16/01/2010 04:02:55 PM 527 Views
Yeah, as I said elsewhere, would be a nice question for BS, if there was another Forsaken. *NM* - 16/01/2010 04:08:05 PM 565 Views
I bet you anything he'd giva a big fat RAFO to that - 16/01/2010 04:08:58 PM 529 Views
BS spoke quite openly about this scene, though - 16/01/2010 04:16:09 PM 552 Views
always worth a try, but wasn't he asked to be less open recently? - 16/01/2010 04:31:54 PM 525 Views
Shaidar Haran can't channel. - 14/01/2010 09:34:51 PM 883 Views
I know... - 14/01/2010 09:45:15 PM 743 Views
I agree with you, for a related but slightly different reason ... - 14/01/2010 09:58:28 PM 823 Views
That doesn't prove anything... - 14/01/2010 10:07:46 PM 769 Views
It proves enough for me ... - 14/01/2010 10:26:28 PM 655 Views
Re: That doesn't prove anything... - 15/01/2010 11:03:05 AM 495 Views
not really - 15/01/2010 05:29:25 PM 514 Views
I don't understand your theory - 16/01/2010 05:08:03 PM 506 Views
It's very simple - 16/01/2010 06:17:36 PM 496 Views
So in other words - 17/01/2010 06:31:58 PM 614 Views
no I'd continue to insist that something disproved was correct - 17/01/2010 06:43:41 PM 516 Views
Re: no I'd continue to insist that something disproved was correct - 18/01/2010 04:48:33 AM 541 Views
I'm talking about implanting knowledge into someone elses head - 18/01/2010 05:37:32 AM 543 Views
Here's Brandon's one answer - 18/01/2010 05:20:20 PM 536 Views
But... - 18/01/2010 05:48:54 PM 523 Views
Exactly my point - 18/01/2010 06:24:25 PM 559 Views
But by this logic... - 18/01/2010 06:50:43 PM 496 Views
Yes... - 18/01/2010 07:00:40 PM 556 Views
While you are right... - 18/01/2010 08:44:19 PM 541 Views
as we've discussed in another thread - 18/01/2010 09:08:56 PM 920 Views
I mean... - 19/01/2010 02:21:39 PM 538 Views
Weren't they specifically called Weaves that haven't been seen since the AoL? - 19/01/2010 05:26:38 PM 559 Views
"Elza had been given knowledge of several rarely known weaves" is the quote. - 19/01/2010 06:14:22 PM 499 Views
Well if they were secret Ajah weaves someone would have recognized them *NM* - 19/01/2010 06:21:19 PM 241 Views
Maybe secret BA weaves... - 19/01/2010 06:37:42 PM 746 Views
Possible since she was the only BA in the area - 19/01/2010 06:40:38 PM 779 Views
See, I think there's reason for her presence to be kept secret... - 18/01/2010 09:10:43 PM 583 Views
I have a hard time... - 19/01/2010 02:17:52 PM 594 Views
I agree with you - 19/01/2010 04:45:59 PM 518 Views
and you may very well be correct - 19/01/2010 05:39:02 PM 736 Views
Yet Rand/LTT tells us only a few chapters later - 14/01/2010 10:27:57 PM 601 Views
Anything is possible ... - 14/01/2010 10:54:46 PM 608 Views
who knows - 14/01/2010 11:21:43 PM 580 Views
It's not all that convoluted, though ... - 15/01/2010 03:26:01 PM 486 Views
Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 05:57:10 PM 665 Views
Re: Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 06:25:32 PM 550 Views
Re: Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 06:44:26 PM 518 Views
Good point! - 15/01/2010 07:19:00 AM 601 Views
Re: Good point! - 15/01/2010 05:30:12 PM 493 Views
I agree - 16/01/2010 09:50:09 AM 487 Views
what doesn't make sense about this to me - 15/01/2010 06:04:45 PM 564 Views
Re: what doesn't make sense about this to me - 15/01/2010 06:29:59 PM 558 Views
damn double posting - 15/01/2010 07:04:56 PM 500 Views
As it is often the case... - 16/01/2010 09:30:56 AM 600 Views
go re-read my statements and quit putting words in my mouth please. - 16/01/2010 03:59:52 PM 556 Views
Well... - 16/01/2010 04:14:28 PM 446 Views
as I said it's also possible that SH has new abilities - 16/01/2010 04:33:30 PM 489 Views
Re: I think Graendal was involved on some level in this part of the story - 14/01/2010 09:30:53 PM 594 Views
Uhhh? - 14/01/2010 09:13:13 PM 735 Views
One point - 14/01/2010 09:20:09 PM 691 Views
Re: One point - 14/01/2010 09:32:00 PM 609 Views
Elza truly believes that... - 14/01/2010 09:38:35 PM 606 Views
Elza "found a reason to follow the Compulsion" - 14/01/2010 11:23:33 PM 652 Views
So, it came from her, and would not go when the Compulsion was removed. - 15/01/2010 05:56:32 AM 585 Views
fair enough - 16/01/2010 04:34:05 PM 644 Views
Not quite - 14/01/2010 09:38:45 PM 631 Views

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