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I mean... Etzel Send a noteboard - 19/01/2010 02:21:39 PM
That it doesn't kill the "Graendal was there"-theory, all the quotes rather indicate that truly just SH and Elza were involved - as it seems to be the case in the book - because only these two characters are mentioned regarding the scene. It seems especially unlikely that the Compulsion expert Graendal was apparently needed to find out that Elza was under Compulsion and to teach her the necessary weaves, but that Graendal wouldn't remove the Compulsion then or simply take the DM herself (after probably checking what weaves would actually be needed for Elza to open the box ). It's even said that Elza was "essential" for SH for getting things done (since SH is limited in affecting the physical world), though one wonders why SH couldn't use Graendal, if she was anyway already involved.

Ah, well, we will see.


No one asked if anyone else was involved, nor did we get a specific answer to how Elza learned what she learned, or what else was done to her in order to make her SH tool. For all we know it could have been a series of evenings in TAR with Moridin discussing Theology :)

This is the part of me that wishes authors didn't give out-of-book explanations like this! We all interpret those in a thousand ways too.


A possibility I think we didn't consider yet is that Elza already knew these rarely known weaves since some time before, maybe those are hidden weaves of her Ajah.
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Elza's Compulsion - 14/01/2010 08:41:04 PM 2162 Views
I think Graendal was involved on some level in this part of the story - 14/01/2010 09:12:05 PM 1085 Views
I disagree - 14/01/2010 09:27:27 PM 954 Views
except work with Semirhage! - 14/01/2010 09:34:37 PM 884 Views
Well... - 14/01/2010 09:43:40 PM 1034 Views
SH can't channel thus can't teach Elza anything *NM* - 14/01/2010 10:20:19 PM 371 Views
Yeah, but according to BS, he apparently could "give her the knowledge". *shrug* *NM* - 15/01/2010 07:16:22 AM 320 Views
that's your interpretation of the quote - 15/01/2010 05:58:30 PM 769 Views
This and the others quotes suggest that only SH and Elza were involved *NM* - 16/01/2010 09:51:24 AM 299 Views
As I said that's certainly one of of interpreting the quotes - 16/01/2010 03:46:55 PM 701 Views
The question is... - 16/01/2010 03:59:24 PM 714 Views
Re: The question is... - 16/01/2010 04:02:55 PM 707 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 802 Views
I bet you anything he'd giva a big fat RAFO to that - 16/01/2010 04:08:58 PM 719 Views
BS spoke quite openly about this scene, though - 16/01/2010 04:16:09 PM 764 Views
always worth a try, but wasn't he asked to be less open recently? - 16/01/2010 04:31:54 PM 750 Views
Shaidar Haran can't channel. - 14/01/2010 09:34:51 PM 1103 Views
I know... - 14/01/2010 09:45:15 PM 939 Views
I agree with you, for a related but slightly different reason ... - 14/01/2010 09:58:28 PM 1024 Views
That doesn't prove anything... - 14/01/2010 10:07:46 PM 959 Views
It proves enough for me ... - 14/01/2010 10:26:28 PM 867 Views
Re: That doesn't prove anything... - 15/01/2010 11:03:05 AM 674 Views
not really - 15/01/2010 05:29:25 PM 706 Views
I don't understand your theory - 16/01/2010 05:08:03 PM 678 Views
It's very simple - 16/01/2010 06:17:36 PM 675 Views
So in other words - 17/01/2010 06:31:58 PM 795 Views
no I'd continue to insist that something disproved was correct - 17/01/2010 06:43:41 PM 699 Views
Re: no I'd continue to insist that something disproved was correct - 18/01/2010 04:48:33 AM 726 Views
I'm talking about implanting knowledge into someone elses head - 18/01/2010 05:37:32 AM 704 Views
Here's Brandon's one answer - 18/01/2010 05:20:20 PM 753 Views
But... - 18/01/2010 05:48:54 PM 714 Views
Exactly my point - 18/01/2010 06:24:25 PM 728 Views
But by this logic... - 18/01/2010 06:50:43 PM 676 Views
Yes... - 18/01/2010 07:00:40 PM 720 Views
While you are right... - 18/01/2010 08:44:19 PM 706 Views
as we've discussed in another thread - 18/01/2010 09:08:56 PM 1112 Views
I mean... - 19/01/2010 02:21:39 PM 727 Views
Weren't they specifically called Weaves that haven't been seen since the AoL? - 19/01/2010 05:26:38 PM 745 Views
"Elza had been given knowledge of several rarely known weaves" is the quote. - 19/01/2010 06:14:22 PM 675 Views
Well if they were secret Ajah weaves someone would have recognized them *NM* - 19/01/2010 06:21:19 PM 319 Views
Maybe secret BA weaves... - 19/01/2010 06:37:42 PM 930 Views
Possible since she was the only BA in the area - 19/01/2010 06:40:38 PM 958 Views
See, I think there's reason for her presence to be kept secret... - 18/01/2010 09:10:43 PM 785 Views
I have a hard time... - 19/01/2010 02:17:52 PM 784 Views
I agree with you - 19/01/2010 04:45:59 PM 735 Views
and you may very well be correct - 19/01/2010 05:39:02 PM 940 Views
Yet Rand/LTT tells us only a few chapters later - 14/01/2010 10:27:57 PM 783 Views
Anything is possible ... - 14/01/2010 10:54:46 PM 796 Views
who knows - 14/01/2010 11:21:43 PM 759 Views
It's not all that convoluted, though ... - 15/01/2010 03:26:01 PM 666 Views
Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 05:57:10 PM 856 Views
Re: Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 06:25:32 PM 738 Views
Re: Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 06:44:26 PM 688 Views
Good point! - 15/01/2010 07:19:00 AM 780 Views
Re: Good point! - 15/01/2010 05:30:12 PM 677 Views
I agree - 16/01/2010 09:50:09 AM 657 Views
what doesn't make sense about this to me - 15/01/2010 06:04:45 PM 743 Views
Re: what doesn't make sense about this to me - 15/01/2010 06:29:59 PM 753 Views
damn double posting - 15/01/2010 07:04:56 PM 670 Views
As it is often the case... - 16/01/2010 09:30:56 AM 770 Views
go re-read my statements and quit putting words in my mouth please. - 16/01/2010 03:59:52 PM 726 Views
Well... - 16/01/2010 04:14:28 PM 617 Views
as I said it's also possible that SH has new abilities - 16/01/2010 04:33:30 PM 668 Views
Re: I think Graendal was involved on some level in this part of the story - 14/01/2010 09:30:53 PM 774 Views
Uhhh? - 14/01/2010 09:13:13 PM 968 Views
One point - 14/01/2010 09:20:09 PM 850 Views
Re: One point - 14/01/2010 09:32:00 PM 776 Views
Elza truly believes that... - 14/01/2010 09:38:35 PM 788 Views
Elza "found a reason to follow the Compulsion" - 14/01/2010 11:23:33 PM 840 Views
So, it came from her, and would not go when the Compulsion was removed. - 15/01/2010 05:56:32 AM 787 Views
fair enough - 16/01/2010 04:34:05 PM 813 Views
Not quite - 14/01/2010 09:38:45 PM 805 Views

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