He's managed to create a lot of buzz with those vague comments. He is in the limelight exactly as he wishes to be. He has convinced the others that he is doing something BIG and that the secrecy only makes it more dramatic. The others see him in every unknown action and they are all speculating.
As for the more overt forms of attention I'm certain that wherever he is he is living as a King amongst his people.
As to your assessment of his personality, I generally agree with his obvious disdain, but I think it's a surface level bravado thing. Graendal dismissed him early as lesser than Semirhage. Her assessment of him is nearly a joke as she defines someone who in his own mind believed in the greatness of Berid Bel Madir' I could practically see her rolling her eyes. I am sure he was quite accomplished, but I've always believed what Graendal meant when talking about him was more along the lines of how he viewed his own life. Demandred simply got caught up in always finishing runner up to LTT. Graendal and Semirhage were two of the most renowned and famous people of their Age, BBM would have been no higher than they in social standing.
Personally I think his whole demeanor is aimed at impressing the others, thus he openly threatens a man who is a coward, dismisses his weaker ally and beats his chest regarding his unknown achievements. Oh and talks trash about Semirhage when she's not in the room. Given his POV during the Cleansing I see him as a bit of a coward who can't admit it to himself so he puffs up his chest and pretends to be superior and hides behind the line "LTT had everything handed to him, if not for that I would have been the most acclaimed man of the Age" He's sort of like a school yard bully. Picking on the ones clearly weaker and a doing his best to ignore those who may be equal or better than him.
Compare to Graendal, who openly mocks the strongest in the bunch. She's mocked Lanfear, Demandred and Sammael straight to their faces and in front of others! If anything she looks down upon her fellow Forsaken more genuinely than Demandred.
As for the more overt forms of attention I'm certain that wherever he is he is living as a King amongst his people.
As to your assessment of his personality, I generally agree with his obvious disdain, but I think it's a surface level bravado thing. Graendal dismissed him early as lesser than Semirhage. Her assessment of him is nearly a joke as she defines someone who in his own mind believed in the greatness of Berid Bel Madir' I could practically see her rolling her eyes. I am sure he was quite accomplished, but I've always believed what Graendal meant when talking about him was more along the lines of how he viewed his own life. Demandred simply got caught up in always finishing runner up to LTT. Graendal and Semirhage were two of the most renowned and famous people of their Age, BBM would have been no higher than they in social standing.
Personally I think his whole demeanor is aimed at impressing the others, thus he openly threatens a man who is a coward, dismisses his weaker ally and beats his chest regarding his unknown achievements. Oh and talks trash about Semirhage when she's not in the room. Given his POV during the Cleansing I see him as a bit of a coward who can't admit it to himself so he puffs up his chest and pretends to be superior and hides behind the line "LTT had everything handed to him, if not for that I would have been the most acclaimed man of the Age" He's sort of like a school yard bully. Picking on the ones clearly weaker and a doing his best to ignore those who may be equal or better than him.
Compare to Graendal, who openly mocks the strongest in the bunch. She's mocked Lanfear, Demandred and Sammael straight to their faces and in front of others! If anything she looks down upon her fellow Forsaken more genuinely than Demandred.
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
AMOL Prologue : Analysis of Forsaken section *major spoilers*
19/09/2012 05:47:21 PM
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You left out that Taim and Demandred have met before.
19/09/2012 06:19:01 PM
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Part of me keeps screaming Logain, though that can't be right...
20/09/2012 12:14:00 PM
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We have our answer as to why Cyndane and Moiraine are reduced in power.
20/09/2012 05:14:01 AM
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It was spelled out before.
20/09/2012 05:25:05 AM
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And some of us guessed that's what happened, we just didn't have evidence. *NM*
20/09/2012 12:04:18 PM
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Nor a lot of support for the idea...
22/09/2012 06:28:14 PM
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Really? Seemed like the obvious series of events
23/09/2012 02:32:35 PM
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I know...
23/09/2012 05:30:42 PM
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I'm not so sure
24/09/2012 05:32:50 PM
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Why question it?
25/09/2012 01:40:39 AM
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Re: Why question it?
25/09/2012 06:12:32 AM
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No she doesn't. She focuses on Graendal's punishment being about her looks
25/09/2012 04:10:04 PM
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Re: No she doesn't. She focuses on Graendal's punishment being about her looks
25/09/2012 06:41:13 PM
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Re: No she doesn't. She focuses on Graendal's punishment being about her looks
25/09/2012 07:21:03 PM
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Re: No she doesn't. She focuses on Graendal's punishment being about her looks
25/09/2012 07:53:47 PM
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Demandred - the wasted Forsaken
20/09/2012 08:14:15 PM
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Talmanes
23/09/2012 12:42:27 AM
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I think you once again overestimate my appreciation of the series.
25/09/2012 02:33:34 PM
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Re: Talmanes
02/10/2012 03:27:05 PM
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I'm disappointed after waiting a week for a new post in the Forsaken thread, it's about Talmanes!
02/10/2012 09:46:48 PM
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Two interesting Forsaken issues you haven't raised
22/09/2012 06:21:34 PM
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Seems to me that Taim himself was behind going to Rand
23/09/2012 02:53:32 AM
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Re: Seems to me that Taim himself was behind going to Rand
23/09/2012 05:50:48 PM
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I think I rebel against this thought process because of the Taimandred Red Herring
23/09/2012 06:35:19 PM
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Re: I think I rebel against this thought process because of the Taimandred Red Herring
23/09/2012 07:46:59 PM
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I have to wonder at Hessalam
23/09/2012 01:20:13 PM
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Re: I have to wonder at Hessalam
23/09/2012 06:52:10 PM
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I agree that B-Sand seems to have inserted Graendal into the Slayer plot line in TOM
23/09/2012 07:17:15 PM
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Re: I agree that B-Sand seems to have inserted Graendal into the Slayer plot line in TOM
23/09/2012 08:19:02 PM
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EDIT ... Demandred has only had about 9 months (according to wotchron)
23/09/2012 09:13:44 PM
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Re: I have to wonder at Hessalam
24/09/2012 05:18:29 PM
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So based on this new info, what is Demandred's big game? Shara or Isle of Madmen back on the table?
23/09/2012 08:01:03 PM
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Re: So based on this new info, what is Demandred's big game?
23/09/2012 08:52:48 PM
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Interesting...
23/09/2012 09:06:18 PM
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Re: Interesting...
23/09/2012 11:31:31 PM
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I think we saw them during the attack on Maradon. The Portal Stone attack seems less likely
23/09/2012 11:41:42 PM
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If I had to take a guess right now I'd say he has been setting up various Shadow armies thought the
23/09/2012 09:30:34 PM
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I think at the very least he has recreated the One-and-Eighty male channelers from the AOL...
23/09/2012 09:34:56 PM
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As I said he will almost certainly have Channelers
23/09/2012 09:47:53 PM
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All he needed to do was train 10 guys personally..
23/09/2012 09:51:46 PM
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It took Taim nearly a year to train a dozen men to a place where they could teach
23/09/2012 10:00:40 PM
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The world is 25,000 miles by 25,000 miles in size...
23/09/2012 10:15:22 PM
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That is just far fetched ... I think I would laugh out loud if that is the case
23/09/2012 10:43:37 PM
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Direct quote from Demandred refutes this...
23/09/2012 10:49:10 PM
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Demanded is much more like Mesaana in his ways
23/09/2012 10:55:00 PM
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Re: Demanded is much more like Mesaana in his ways
23/09/2012 11:36:54 PM
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Not really
24/09/2012 12:31:48 AM
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"My rule is secure." Could Demandred be ruling an entire Mirror World?
23/09/2012 10:43:51 PM
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The changes in Moghedien
25/09/2012 03:29:15 AM
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I believe she commented on Graendal's strength, comparing it to Nynaeve or something?
25/09/2012 11:07:24 PM
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Well..
25/09/2012 11:15:21 PM
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Thanks for the quote, but reading that, it kind of implies the opposite, to me...
25/09/2012 11:35:53 PM
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Hmmm....
26/09/2012 12:00:33 AM
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Hehe, that old argument again.
26/09/2012 12:09:25 AM
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Yes.
26/09/2012 12:58:03 AM
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I agree the Forsaken are all pretty close in effective Strength
26/09/2012 04:11:16 AM
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Re: I agree the Forsaken are all pretty close in effective Strength
26/09/2012 08:53:02 AM
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Well...
26/09/2012 09:09:38 AM
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Re: Well...
26/09/2012 10:17:03 AM
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Moiraine lost more than 2/3 of her strength. Siuan lost about that and Moiraine seems
26/09/2012 04:46:18 PM
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Re: I agree the Forsaken are all pretty close in effective Strength
27/09/2012 03:00:04 AM
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Re: I agree the Forsaken are all pretty close in effective Strength
27/09/2012 07:23:11 AM
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As always you forget book 4 is more than half way through the timeline of the series
26/09/2012 03:58:22 AM
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Actually......
26/09/2012 02:30:00 AM
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Not sure that's completely true..
26/09/2012 06:42:51 AM
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Probably something like this
26/09/2012 08:36:40 AM
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Probably true, but maybe a hint from a Sanderson interview should be considered here...
26/09/2012 08:56:32 AM
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Re: Probably true, but maybe a hint from a Sanderson interview should be considered here...
26/09/2012 10:01:08 AM
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Graendal almost has to be Stronger than Nynaeve
26/09/2012 05:57:35 PM
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One thing about that...
27/09/2012 02:58:56 AM
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Possible, but I find it unlikely
27/09/2012 06:16:56 AM
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The reason I think that...
27/09/2012 06:25:48 AM
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I always assumed Nynaeve at the top was a list he later revised as he decided to bring in
27/09/2012 06:39:35 AM
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I wasn't making a Strength comparison ... I was commenting on her lack of cowardice
26/09/2012 03:45:36 AM
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Re: I wasn't making a Strength comparison ... I was commenting on her lack of cowardice
26/09/2012 05:30:36 PM
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