If Graendal warded her grounds I find this option plausible. However, from what I've read about her with her interactions with Sammael, Cyndane, Moghedien and in the Prologue of TGS, her palace isn't warded. This is why I think she was caught by surprise.
If Graendal had Aran'gar with her, which is, you must admit, highly possible, then she/he would have known when Rand channeled, and also detected the insane amounts of the Power Rand started holding before he let go the Balefire.
Even if they were close allies, Aran'gar wouldn't be there all the time. Sammael and Graendal were closely tied but he used to visit her once every few days or even every few weeks. The chances that Aran'gar would be in the palace in that hour would be rather small.
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So your name is Graendal...
- 03/02/2010 04:38:42 PM
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- 03/02/2010 04:38:42 PM
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Nice
- 03/02/2010 05:46:45 PM
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- 03/02/2010 05:46:45 PM
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Well we know she has a weather/temperature warding screen around her palace
- 03/02/2010 05:58:27 PM
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There's one other possibility...
- 03/02/2010 11:42:25 PM
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But...
- 04/02/2010 01:03:05 AM
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Nope...
- 04/02/2010 06:19:56 AM
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Point granted.
- 04/02/2010 06:56:19 AM
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Read the books
- 04/02/2010 03:47:23 PM
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- 04/02/2010 06:13:00 PM
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- 04/02/2010 06:35:27 PM
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- 04/02/2010 06:13:00 PM
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- 04/02/2010 06:35:27 PM
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Yeah, that's why I figured I'd post my Sidious wish-fulfillment theory below
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- 04/02/2010 07:44:22 PM
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- 04/02/2010 07:44:22 PM
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Is it really that plausible?
- 04/02/2010 04:18:25 AM
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So your name is Robert Jordan
- 03/02/2010 05:53:43 PM
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But unfortunately and tragically...
- 03/02/2010 06:01:15 PM
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This thought is so grotesque...
- 03/02/2010 07:20:20 PM
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Re: This thought is so grotesque...
- 03/02/2010 07:40:01 PM
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Actually no Forsaken has ever beaten or outsmarted Rand in a confrontation before.
- 03/02/2010 08:50:41 PM
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Uhhh...
- 03/02/2010 09:01:57 PM
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Yeah, but...
- 03/02/2010 09:21:51 PM
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But I think you're misreading the rules of the game.
- 03/02/2010 09:31:40 PM
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O_O
- 03/02/2010 09:25:17 PM
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Yeah, and this is exactly what we see when Rand kills Graendal with a force of light. *NM*
- 03/02/2010 09:29:08 PM
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When Rand thinks that he kills....
- 03/02/2010 09:34:41 PM
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Well, then we agree, I also think Graendal is definitely dead!
*NM*
- 04/02/2010 10:06:31 AM
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*NM*
- 04/02/2010 10:06:31 AM
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That is not true..
- 03/02/2010 11:50:18 PM
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This was a typical...
- 04/02/2010 10:17:56 AM
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There was nothing typical about it!
- 04/02/2010 08:48:16 PM
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Re: That is not true..
- 04/02/2010 03:57:56 PM
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There's a difference between Semirhage's death & Graendal's (possible) death
- 04/02/2010 06:48:11 PM
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So your name is Sidious
- 04/02/2010 12:57:46 AM
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Re: So your name is Sidious
- 04/02/2010 03:48:52 PM
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You're offering me a throne? Thanks Siddy, you're my favourite archnemesis!
- 04/02/2010 06:16:54 PM
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