I am kind of surprised that I haven't seen this mentioned before. The first time I read Semirhage's last words in tGS which went something like 'Great Lord, why have you betrayed me?'. It immediately reminded me of a Semirhage PoV in LoC (Threads woven of shadow.)
"She had never been more than an indifferent tcheran player, but Shaidar Haran was a new piece on the board, one of unknown strength and purpose. And one daring way to capture your opponent's High Counselor and turn it to your side was to sacrifice you Spires in a false attack. She would kneel if need be, for as long as need be, but she would not be sacrificed."
I know it isn't the longest setup or foreshadowing in the series. The prologue of tEotW setup the last chapter in tGS for instance. But to me this is one of the most satisfying and impressive foreshadowing in the series.
Just awesome.
"She had never been more than an indifferent tcheran player, but Shaidar Haran was a new piece on the board, one of unknown strength and purpose. And one daring way to capture your opponent's High Counselor and turn it to your side was to sacrifice you Spires in a false attack. She would kneel if need be, for as long as need be, but she would not be sacrificed."
I know it isn't the longest setup or foreshadowing in the series. The prologue of tEotW setup the last chapter in tGS for instance. But to me this is one of the most satisfying and impressive foreshadowing in the series.
Just awesome.
foreshadowing of Semirhage's death
25/07/2010 07:13:48 AM
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I don't think that Semirhage was sacrificed
25/07/2010 08:36:47 AM
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I disagree about the TP aspect
25/07/2010 03:30:37 PM
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Re: I disagree about the TP aspect
25/07/2010 04:03:45 PM
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It's an interesting theory in either direction
25/07/2010 04:54:31 PM
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Re: It's an interesting theory in either direction
26/07/2010 02:17:35 AM
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BS said "there will be consequences from Rand's True Power use."
26/07/2010 09:24:26 AM
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Re: BS said "there will be consequences from Rand's True Power use."
27/07/2010 03:48:32 AM
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Re: BS said "there will be consequences from Rand's True Power use."
27/07/2010 04:18:34 AM
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Re: I disagree about the TP aspect
26/07/2010 01:22:30 AM
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I don't know if Semirhage was sacrificed or not. Either way the Semirhage quote set up tGS 6 books
26/07/2010 02:29:59 AM
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You were right the first time
26/07/2010 03:02:22 AM
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I think the question is...
26/07/2010 08:27:17 AM
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Re: I think the question is...
27/07/2010 12:43:44 AM
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Re: I think the question is...
27/07/2010 01:15:29 AM
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Re: I think the question is...
27/07/2010 02:10:41 AM
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Re: I think the question is...
27/07/2010 03:17:01 AM
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I'd say that there was a pre-meditated plan or backup plan to sacrifice Semirhage
26/07/2010 09:02:44 AM
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I think SH simply didn't care about the CK access key
26/07/2010 09:17:11 AM
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Moridin and SH knew that the CK could never defeat the dark one so they were happy to leave it
26/07/2010 05:56:56 PM
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Unlikely, and stupid if true
26/07/2010 06:12:30 PM
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That wasn't the Choedan Kal, that was Shadar Logoth.
27/07/2010 12:11:46 AM
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Re: That wasn't the Choedan Kal, that was Shadar Logoth.
27/07/2010 01:29:29 AM
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I fail to see the relevance. *NM*
27/07/2010 02:06:27 AM
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the relevance is that it was impossible without the CK
27/07/2010 05:25:45 AM
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Are you certain?
27/07/2010 05:37:28 AM
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Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true
27/07/2010 01:36:53 AM
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Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true
27/07/2010 02:19:22 AM
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Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true
27/07/2010 02:43:39 AM
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Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true
27/07/2010 03:17:49 AM
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Re: Unlikely, and stupid if true
27/07/2010 01:44:19 AM
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??? The CK in the hands of a madman is exactly what the Dark One needs to destroy the pattern
27/07/2010 07:01:13 AM
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So why not give it to Moridin then?
27/07/2010 10:54:47 AM
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If their plan of taking Rand to Shayol Ghul suceeded then the CK was no longer needed
27/07/2010 03:39:58 PM
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Could be simple. How do you find an object that "lies hidden"?
27/07/2010 04:17:35 PM
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It could be, but I would still think they would have noticed the CK sitting next to the male a'dam
27/07/2010 04:34:45 PM
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This has been seen and commented before, by myself and others.
26/07/2010 03:36:51 PM
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Sorry I missed them. I would have been happy enough to comment there.
27/07/2010 03:43:46 AM
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Hands up if you don't believe in foreshadowing in this series
26/07/2010 04:27:14 PM
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Re: Hands up if you don't believe in foreshadowing in this series
26/07/2010 10:34:18 PM
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You confuse foreshadowing and predictability
27/07/2010 02:57:15 AM
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That last line had me laughing! (right on the money too, by the way) *NM*
27/07/2010 02:58:20 PM
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I don't believe in foreshadowing that you can figure out from the actual plot.
27/07/2010 08:42:11 PM
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