Most everything you say is very complex, convoluted, and often involves speculation.
What we've seen: Sammael and Rahvin both have their cities covered in Wards to detect Channeling. As you so helpfully pointed out, Bel'al found out Moiraines presence, almost certainly due to Wards.
Thus it makes it unlikely Moiraine was able to find out about Sammael and Bel'al using the Power.
What remains is for her to find out with spies or by eavesdropping. Since it is unlikely she got into the Stone, it being the worlds most storied and defensible fortress, we can safely eliminate eavesdropping, in Tear at least.
In the same vein, I find it unlikely she could just wander around Sammael's palace (the Council of Nine's), for the same reason; seat of power, lots of guards, and she's unable to safely channel.
So we are left with her determining two Forsaken's identities, in a matter of hours each, using her own agents. We know she is not now, nor was ever, the Spymaster for the Blue Ajah, and so cannot know all Blue agents, only her own personal ones.
Even if she hears a description of Lord Brend or High Lord Samon, it is a stretch to think she could match the description with which Forsaken, since very little knowledge of them remains, even to Aes Sedai. Which is also why I discount your argument that it matters that Sammael, Bel'al, and Rahvin don't disguise themselves when dealing with their minions; it doesn't matter, because nobody knows what the Forsaken look like, the minions just know them as a very powerful, highly placed Darkfriend.
I stand by my original statement, that it just seems unlikely, given what we know, that even a wunderkind Aes Sedai like Moiraine could so specifically nail the identities of two Forsaken in a matter of hours.
What we've seen: Sammael and Rahvin both have their cities covered in Wards to detect Channeling. As you so helpfully pointed out, Bel'al found out Moiraines presence, almost certainly due to Wards.
Thus it makes it unlikely Moiraine was able to find out about Sammael and Bel'al using the Power.
What remains is for her to find out with spies or by eavesdropping. Since it is unlikely she got into the Stone, it being the worlds most storied and defensible fortress, we can safely eliminate eavesdropping, in Tear at least.
In the same vein, I find it unlikely she could just wander around Sammael's palace (the Council of Nine's), for the same reason; seat of power, lots of guards, and she's unable to safely channel.
So we are left with her determining two Forsaken's identities, in a matter of hours each, using her own agents. We know she is not now, nor was ever, the Spymaster for the Blue Ajah, and so cannot know all Blue agents, only her own personal ones.
Even if she hears a description of Lord Brend or High Lord Samon, it is a stretch to think she could match the description with which Forsaken, since very little knowledge of them remains, even to Aes Sedai. Which is also why I discount your argument that it matters that Sammael, Bel'al, and Rahvin don't disguise themselves when dealing with their minions; it doesn't matter, because nobody knows what the Forsaken look like, the minions just know them as a very powerful, highly placed Darkfriend.
I stand by my original statement, that it just seems unlikely, given what we know, that even a wunderkind Aes Sedai like Moiraine could so specifically nail the identities of two Forsaken in a matter of hours.
Question about Rand and Lanfear's battle before Moiraine's game-saving tackle, and other ?s
04/02/2011 01:05:56 AM
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I thought of another...
04/02/2011 01:10:23 AM
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The blue sparks are not necessarily the result of a power-wrought blade.
04/02/2011 01:59:46 AM
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I thought that RJ had confirmed at some point that Thom had power wrought knives. *NM*
04/02/2011 02:06:14 PM
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he may have, but it has also been implied that the blue light was because of something special/uniqu
04/02/2011 09:18:02 PM
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Re: Question about Rand and Lanfear's battle before Moiraine's game-saving tackle, and other ?s
04/02/2011 01:52:55 AM
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Re: Question about Rand and Lanfear's battle before Moiraine's game-saving tackle, and other ?s
06/02/2011 08:15:43 PM
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You're misapplying practices.
07/02/2011 01:08:22 PM
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Still disagree...
08/02/2011 06:11:38 AM
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Re: Still disagree...
08/02/2011 11:58:19 AM
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Have you ever heard of Occam's Razor?
09/02/2011 05:45:13 AM
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Have YOU?
15/02/2011 12:47:39 AM
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She doesn't have to overhear them to know that something is fishy
21/02/2011 10:35:41 AM
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Some ideas
04/02/2011 08:26:09 AM
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No, I think RJ just didn't think it through, seeing as Rand sliced Lanfear's invisible weaves too...
04/02/2011 11:42:38 AM
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it's different
04/02/2011 02:21:44 PM
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So what stopped Lanfear from flicking him against the skull with a surprise club of Air...
04/02/2011 02:33:53 PM
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Gestures and Weaves go hand in hand and since flows originate from the body you can logically
05/02/2011 05:45:00 PM
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In general, only third age Aes Sedai gesture when they weave - it's a block imposed by training.
07/02/2011 06:20:33 PM
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Not true
08/02/2011 01:54:17 PM
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Your example proved my point - LTT only said that it was needed for certain weaves.
08/02/2011 04:20:28 PM
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Hmm...
08/02/2011 05:38:13 PM
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It's a flawed and incorrect given all the examples we've seen in the books.
08/02/2011 08:36:32 PM
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Verin could not see the weaves
08/02/2011 10:16:56 PM
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Also...
08/02/2011 11:35:20 PM
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Well, that's partially the point I'm bringing up.
09/02/2011 03:19:07 PM
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I disagree that the better assumption is that she set complex and renewing wards
10/02/2011 06:12:07 PM
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I never said she could - I said she sensed them, and felt the woman's channeling.
09/02/2011 03:04:00 PM
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I think she had a ward to detect saidin, and when it was triggered, she guessed it would be Air
04/02/2011 04:40:46 PM
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