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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 2088 Views
I think Graendal was involved on some level in this part of the story - 14/01/2010 09:12:05 PM 1007 Views
I disagree - 14/01/2010 09:27:27 PM 888 Views
except work with Semirhage! - 14/01/2010 09:34:37 PM 812 Views
Well... - 14/01/2010 09:43:40 PM 939 Views
SH can't channel thus can't teach Elza anything *NM* - 14/01/2010 10:20:19 PM 322 Views
Yeah, but according to BS, he apparently could "give her the knowledge". *shrug* *NM* - 15/01/2010 07:16:22 AM 288 Views
that's your interpretation of the quote - 15/01/2010 05:58:30 PM 695 Views
This and the others quotes suggest that only SH and Elza were involved *NM* - 16/01/2010 09:51:24 AM 265 Views
As I said that's certainly one of of interpreting the quotes - 16/01/2010 03:46:55 PM 641 Views
The question is... - 16/01/2010 03:59:24 PM 651 Views
Re: The question is... - 16/01/2010 04:02:55 PM 645 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 717 Views
I bet you anything he'd giva a big fat RAFO to that - 16/01/2010 04:08:58 PM 642 Views
BS spoke quite openly about this scene, though - 16/01/2010 04:16:09 PM 690 Views
always worth a try, but wasn't he asked to be less open recently? - 16/01/2010 04:31:54 PM 641 Views
Shaidar Haran can't channel. - 14/01/2010 09:34:51 PM 1022 Views
I know... - 14/01/2010 09:45:15 PM 872 Views
I agree with you, for a related but slightly different reason ... - 14/01/2010 09:58:28 PM 962 Views
That doesn't prove anything... - 14/01/2010 10:07:46 PM 892 Views
It proves enough for me ... - 14/01/2010 10:26:28 PM 805 Views
Re: That doesn't prove anything... - 15/01/2010 11:03:05 AM 612 Views
not really - 15/01/2010 05:29:25 PM 647 Views
I don't understand your theory - 16/01/2010 05:08:03 PM 619 Views
It's very simple - 16/01/2010 06:17:36 PM 611 Views
So in other words - 17/01/2010 06:31:58 PM 738 Views
no I'd continue to insist that something disproved was correct - 17/01/2010 06:43:41 PM 629 Views
Re: no I'd continue to insist that something disproved was correct - 18/01/2010 04:48:33 AM 659 Views
I'm talking about implanting knowledge into someone elses head - 18/01/2010 05:37:32 AM 647 Views
Here's Brandon's one answer - 18/01/2010 05:20:20 PM 687 Views
But... - 18/01/2010 05:48:54 PM 648 Views
Exactly my point - 18/01/2010 06:24:25 PM 668 Views
But by this logic... - 18/01/2010 06:50:43 PM 607 Views
Yes... - 18/01/2010 07:00:40 PM 663 Views
While you are right... - 18/01/2010 08:44:19 PM 652 Views
as we've discussed in another thread - 18/01/2010 09:08:56 PM 1049 Views
I mean... - 19/01/2010 02:21:39 PM 651 Views
Weren't they specifically called Weaves that haven't been seen since the AoL? - 19/01/2010 05:26:38 PM 690 Views
"Elza had been given knowledge of several rarely known weaves" is the quote. - 19/01/2010 06:14:22 PM 610 Views
Well if they were secret Ajah weaves someone would have recognized them *NM* - 19/01/2010 06:21:19 PM 288 Views
Maybe secret BA weaves... - 19/01/2010 06:37:42 PM 869 Views
Possible since she was the only BA in the area - 19/01/2010 06:40:38 PM 890 Views
See, I think there's reason for her presence to be kept secret... - 18/01/2010 09:10:43 PM 717 Views
I have a hard time... - 19/01/2010 02:17:52 PM 711 Views
I agree with you - 19/01/2010 04:45:59 PM 655 Views
and you may very well be correct - 19/01/2010 05:39:02 PM 865 Views
Yet Rand/LTT tells us only a few chapters later - 14/01/2010 10:27:57 PM 720 Views
Anything is possible ... - 14/01/2010 10:54:46 PM 727 Views
who knows - 14/01/2010 11:21:43 PM 692 Views
It's not all that convoluted, though ... - 15/01/2010 03:26:01 PM 606 Views
Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 05:57:10 PM 790 Views
Re: Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 06:25:32 PM 672 Views
Re: Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 06:44:26 PM 633 Views
Good point! - 15/01/2010 07:19:00 AM 718 Views
Re: Good point! - 15/01/2010 05:30:12 PM 608 Views
I agree - 16/01/2010 09:50:09 AM 591 Views
what doesn't make sense about this to me - 15/01/2010 06:04:45 PM 675 Views
Re: what doesn't make sense about this to me - 15/01/2010 06:29:59 PM 685 Views
damn double posting - 15/01/2010 07:04:56 PM 608 Views
As it is often the case... - 16/01/2010 09:30:56 AM 708 Views
go re-read my statements and quit putting words in my mouth please. - 16/01/2010 03:59:52 PM 666 Views
Well... - 16/01/2010 04:14:28 PM 560 Views
as I said it's also possible that SH has new abilities - 16/01/2010 04:33:30 PM 607 Views
Re: I think Graendal was involved on some level in this part of the story - 14/01/2010 09:30:53 PM 713 Views
Uhhh? - 14/01/2010 09:13:13 PM 894 Views
One point - 14/01/2010 09:20:09 PM 788 Views
Re: One point - 14/01/2010 09:32:00 PM 718 Views
Elza truly believes that... - 14/01/2010 09:38:35 PM 721 Views
Elza "found a reason to follow the Compulsion" - 14/01/2010 11:23:33 PM 778 Views
So, it came from her, and would not go when the Compulsion was removed. - 15/01/2010 05:56:32 AM 703 Views
fair enough - 16/01/2010 04:34:05 PM 753 Views
Not quite - 14/01/2010 09:38:45 PM 727 Views

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