That is not the same as being a reluctant general! Just because he's not obsessed with war like Sammael is, doesn't mean that he's reluctant. If Demandred calls himself a general, it means that he sees himself as such in his own mind.



What do you mean, multiple? There are as many references to Sammael as to Demandred, which is two. Demandred thinks about Lews Therin all the time, but the reverse is not true.



My point is that you consistently imply that a man who is nearly as powerful and skilled as Lews Therin must have a destiny to fight him and see if he can be the victor, which I don't agree with. I'm trying to get my point over to you that Demandred is no more special than any of the surviving Chosen during the Final Battle. Only Moridin has a certain destiny with the Dragon Reborn.



You referred to Rand dying, and said that it would kill Moridin because they are linked. I don't therefore agree that Rand and Moridin will die by Demandred's hands. I don't think that's twsting of anything.



The main premise of your theory is that Moridin cannot kill Rand because he will kill himself, and therefore Demandred will do it. How then, can you backtrack from that point and still maintain Demandred's importance?



Or that, like many people believe, there will be the Final Battle between Mat/Perrin/Light vs Demandred/Shadow with a side battle of Moridin and Rand which has to do more with metaphysics than actual combat.



That's because you consider Demandred to be a focal point to the series, which has never been implied. Even from EoTW, Ishamael has been the symbol of the Shadow. He has died and come back as the Nae'blis for the one reason of challenging Rand. If Demandred was focal, Ishamael would never have made such a grand return. Demandred will handle all the military aspects of the Shadow, but won't be directly involved with the DR, in my opinion.



What is your evidence that Moridin wants to convert Rand? It seems that it's a big secret, but what is your evidence? I saw that Moridin says in the Prologue that he must survive so that he can kill him at the Final Battle. What is your counterevidence?



You know why he'll be the only one to die in a side-show... because of logistics, and because he won't be the only one. There are eight surviving Forsaken... do you really think that even half of them are going to get farewells like Rahvin and Sammael did? Of course not!

The Final Battle is going to have everyone against everyone. Rand can't fight all the Forsaken. I think Graendal will die in this book. The others will die in the Final Battle. Moridin and Rand will duel. The others will die in other ways. Therefore Cyndane, Aran'gar, Semirhage, Mesaana, Moghedien and Demandred must die on the field. I think Egwene will kill Cyndane in TAR, and Nynaeve will take out someone etc.



The only way in which Demandred will fall like Sammael or Rahvin will be if Rand fights him before the Final Battle, which he won't - because we need to see Demandred's general skills. The difference between you and I is that I see Demandred for what he is - you think he's almost a Dragon he's so dangerous, but I think he was much more powerful on the side of the Light and is so flawed and corrupted now that a thorn in his foot is going to take him down.