First off.....Rand wasn't *that* far away either. The nobleman was able to walk there, talk with Graendal, and walk back in the matter of very little time. He couldn't have been that far out. Let's remember a few things about Graendal. First off...she is a very strong channeler. As per where her strength level sits is up to debate. She wasn't at the top with Lanfear (original), but she was certainly not at the bottom of spectrum with Moghedien either. She's gotta be someplace between Mesaana & Lanfear. Either way...she's got game. Secondly, she has her pinky ring angreal which gives her more than sufficient strength.

As for her being too decadent for walking around and warding the place, lets be serious. Do you think that any of the forsaken, regardless of their personalities, would risk letting someone creap up on them unknown...just because they couldn't stand to set wards by themselves. It is not beyond the relm of possibilities for her to actually take a walk and do it, use a horse, or more in character to have some guys carry her around on one of those chair things. She may be decadent...but she isn't foolish.


Its just variation on a theme. We have already seen weaves which dissapate upon contact with another weave (Rand & triggering the wards in Illian). And when it comes to channeling...everything is speculation until it happens. We didn't know that a gateway could be forced to remain open with another weave...until it was done. Either way you wanna look at it...its certainly not outside the realm of possible.



There doesn't need to be. What's the one thing that Graendal has done this entire time? Stayed hidden. She's not to the point of Moghedien, but she's certainly not out in the open like Be'lal, Rhavin, or Sammael. In fact, none of the female Forsaken were. They were all hiding in one way or another but in a position to effect things (Truth Speaker, inside Aes Sedai agent, random other people, and an elderly nobel woman in Graendal's case). The very fact that Rand sent someone...anyone...out in the middle of no where was enough. Her cover was blown. Remember that very few, if anyone, remembered that place was there. Let alone who lived there. That's good enough. Graendal is not stupid...she knew very well that Rand could just show up. She's not going to be able to hide there. She doesn't need to know that Rand is going to CK + FB the place. All she needed to know was that Rand found about about the place at all.


This is a good point. She very well could have high-tailed it out of there. As for her thinking that he would balefire the entire place....I don't think that anyone would have thought that he would do that. After all, each and every one of the Forsaken know how to use Balefire. And there is absolutely no way to block it. Yet they have rarely busted it out themselves, and never to the same magnitude that Rand does regularly...let alone in this instance. Would she suspect that he would use it? Yes. Would she suspect that he would nuke the entire place? Never.

As for entering it himself with a bunch of AS, definatley a possibility...but he did't. Why she waited around for the guy to show up...I don't know.

What my whole point is this. Her death was off screen...she could live.

~Jeordam