Graendal can only compel those who come to her. Seems likely that anyone they tell their story to about a "well known" estate that is suddenly changed hands would raise a few eyebrows.
But even if she Compelled only the ones that were coming to her, that disproves the original post theory that it can't be "well known" and "largely forgotten". Because to Compell so many, who apparently knew the place, the place itself should be well known. And after Compelling so many who knew the place it's no surpise the place now is "largely forgotten".
So, to summarise your points:
1) Graendal Compelled only the ones that were coming to her;
2) We, the readers, know that Graendal Compelled a lot;
3) The logic conclusion is that in order to Compel a lot that were coming to you, this lot needs to know the place, thus the place needs to be well known;
4) After Compelling a lot of people, who knew the place, it's logical to conclude that there are many less left who knew the place. It'll be hard to find the people who would share the knowledge of the location with you. Thus, the place become "largely forgotten"
5) Case closed.
This message last edited by Skeeve the Great on 14/02/2010 at 04:28:42 PM
Additional clues that something doesn't quite add up in Graendal's death
- 13/02/2010 03:34:43 PM
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I don't see problems
- 13/02/2010 06:03:41 PM
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"Well known" and "largely forgotten" are about as opposite as you can get!
- 13/02/2010 11:44:39 PM
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I don't think so.
- 14/02/2010 04:28:04 PM
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so now she's been there for the last 50 years?
- 14/02/2010 05:41:43 PM
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Re: so now she's been there for the last 50 years?
- 14/02/2010 06:29:32 PM
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you mean the scouts he sent?
- 14/02/2010 06:52:59 PM
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He used scouts to find the place? 
- 14/02/2010 07:07:16 PM
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- 14/02/2010 07:07:16 PM
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Or it could be due to two different authors writing the story and nothing else. *NM*
- 14/02/2010 12:22:27 AM
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seems like pretty big differences
- 14/02/2010 12:26:42 AM
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Seems absolutely obvious to me - she was tricking Sammael.
- 14/02/2010 03:45:23 AM
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Re: Seems absolutely obvious to me - she was tricking Sammael.
- 14/02/2010 01:08:38 PM
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Fine, then what if she changed location after Sammael was compromised?
- 14/02/2010 04:46:52 PM
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Any number of things are possible
- 14/02/2010 05:45:35 PM
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You don't get it.
- 14/02/2010 06:10:33 PM
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Go re-read it... I said there are discrepancies between what Sammael said and what Rand said
- 14/02/2010 06:54:43 PM
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There aren't, really.
- 14/02/2010 09:56:53 PM
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so you think a kid who has likely never even seen a map knows the name of a castle
- 14/02/2010 10:09:55 PM
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Two possibilities how Kerb knew the name
- 15/02/2010 09:04:14 AM
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There are infinite possibilities
- 15/02/2010 12:48:23 PM
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She's dead, people need to move on. *NM*
- 14/02/2010 07:34:31 AM
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I acknowledge that it's possible (even likely) that she is dead
- 14/02/2010 01:09:53 PM
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Graendal is Toast with a capital T. Not possibly dead, not likely dead, 100% gone.
- 14/02/2010 04:48:09 PM
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The discrepancies are due to the series being over 12 books long...
- 15/02/2010 08:59:24 PM
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I'm glad...
- 15/02/2010 10:07:06 PM
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I'm with you on her probably being dead only because it's so close to the end *NM*
- 16/02/2010 01:30:42 AM
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Why was Kerb highly likely to be delved?
- 16/02/2010 06:42:37 AM
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I think that I have my names mixed up....
- 16/02/2010 04:17:46 PM
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Yes; but those pieces of evidence basically separate the 2 schools of thought on her "death scene" *NM*
- 16/02/2010 03:59:41 PM
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