4.Who left humanity behind:
Fain is the likely suspect. Though I did notice that strictly speaking the sentence only says that the creeper has left humanity behind. It does not say "one who has left _his_ humanity behind". So in theory this could be someone very human that is on a suicide mission to the blight with no intention of ever leaving the blight and returning back to "humanity", such as a male Aiel channeler who has yet to learn that saidin is clean. Or somesuch. Though in truth this is wordplay and Fain is the likely suspect, unless someone is trying to deliberately trick us.
Fain is the likely suspect. Though I did notice that strictly speaking the sentence only says that the creeper has left humanity behind. It does not say "one who has left _his_ humanity behind". So in theory this could be someone very human that is on a suicide mission to the blight with no intention of ever leaving the blight and returning back to "humanity", such as a male Aiel channeler who has yet to learn that saidin is clean. Or somesuch. Though in truth this is wordplay and Fain is the likely suspect, unless someone is trying to deliberately trick us.

If we assume that "left humanity" is just a general term, it could even be Rand trying to reach The Pit
ToM: prologue
- 28/08/2010 06:44:55 PM
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Good to know, even though I'll probably skip it and wait for the full book. *NM*
- 28/08/2010 06:56:53 PM
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Got a huge Gollum flashback after reading the part about the creeper *NM*
- 28/08/2010 07:24:11 PM
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I figured it was Fain.
- 28/08/2010 07:48:21 PM
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My money's on Slayer or perhaps Moridin rather than Fain.
- 28/08/2010 08:50:33 PM
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Left humanity behind... could be Fain, Slayer or Moridin I guess. *NM*
- 28/08/2010 07:58:31 PM
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Graendal at one point considered herself "no longer merely human" or word to that effect *NM*
- 28/08/2010 08:38:58 PM
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It's Narg, obviously
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- 28/08/2010 09:29:13 PM
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- 28/08/2010 09:29:13 PM
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That would be a great easter egg as an ebook exclusive (leaving it out of the full printed release). *NM*
- 28/08/2010 10:04:18 PM
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So who wrote what?
- 28/08/2010 09:43:34 PM
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Is it just me, or does "Distinctions" rank as the flattest-sounding prologue title to date? *NM*
- 29/08/2010 01:04:41 AM
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since when is Sept 21 more than a month away from Nov 2? its 11 days!
- 29/08/2010 03:25:28 AM
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"Another" meaningless bloodbath? Aren't most people annoyed at the lack of such thus far? *NM*
- 31/08/2010 04:07:15 AM
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Re: ToM: prologue
- 10/09/2010 11:51:46 PM
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