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But.... Etzel Send a noteboard - 01/10/2009 07:54:11 PM
Sorry, but that's a ridiculous thing to state.. it's not like she's a good person who just happens to be allied to the Shadow. Of course she's evil and does evil deeds, but one of her character traits is to use logic and dispassion to gain her goals, and therefore deception and lying is counterproductive to her. She's the opposite of Graendal who is all about everything being a lie and a deception. I'm not trying to portray the woman as virtuous, I'm merely saying that lying is not one of her primary weapons against the Light - unlike Graendal, Lanfear and Moghedien who frequently lie to gain an inch.


Playing "Anath", inventing a false background story and trying to manipulate Tuon was precisely a big deception and couldn't be done without many lies by Semirhage. The same applies to arranging a meeting with the apparent "Daughter of the 9 Moons" and then posing as her.

How one can argue in the light of this that Semirhage wouldn't lie and deceive if it just suits her, is beyond me (especially since LTT only states that Semirhage rarely lies, not that she never lies). It makes sense that her statements in KoD about Rand were mainly a deception as well, even if she is right that Rand actually hears LTT. But as said, Rand doesn't hear LTT because he is insane, as Semirhage implies, but because he is the Dragon Reborn.

She's remarkably close to the truth. She's expressing her opinion, and she's clearly thought about it a lot. Ever wonder why Semirhage used an Illusion when almost no other Forsaken ever bothers? It's because she's received too many bothersome reports that Rand is Lews Therin, and he would recognize her. Which he did.


Semirhage posed as the Daughter of the Nine Moons to deceive Rand, so that she could capture him. After all Rand was supposed to meet "Tuon" (not Anath).
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Infinite Reincarnation, remember? beetnemesis - 02/10/2009 02:31:21 AM 633 Views
A couple of points NaClH2O - 01/10/2009 12:04:53 PM 777 Views
Re: A couple of points Sidious - 01/10/2009 01:20:41 PM 784 Views
She's a sadist, she's got every reason to lie to cause pain NaClH2O - 01/10/2009 03:38:20 PM 707 Views
Agreed. *NM* Etzel - 01/10/2009 03:49:55 PM 232 Views
But she's not a moron Sidious - 01/10/2009 05:08:23 PM 631 Views
She's not a moron, she's a Forsaken! NaClH2O - 01/10/2009 05:49:28 PM 601 Views
... who according to a truly good man, rarely lies Sidious - 01/10/2009 05:59:53 PM 569 Views
Still... Etzel - 01/10/2009 06:13:44 PM 523 Views
Re: Still... Sidious - 01/10/2009 06:50:43 PM 584 Views
But.... Etzel - 01/10/2009 07:54:11 PM 588 Views
I don't have an agenda NaClH2O - 01/10/2009 08:45:49 PM 640 Views
Well okay then Sidious - 01/10/2009 09:21:03 PM 601 Views
Heck. She might even by playing Rand so that he starts hunting for Graendal. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 02/10/2009 12:28:47 AM 591 Views
That's a possibility NaClH2O - 02/10/2009 01:35:56 AM 543 Views
Re: That's a possibility Sidious - 02/10/2009 05:14:27 AM 568 Views
Fireball? fionwe1987 - 02/10/2009 06:36:28 AM 593 Views
It was??? Like fionwe above, I must have missed that part NaClH2O - 02/10/2009 11:59:41 AM 499 Views
Spoilers!? Nargs - 01/10/2009 04:13:50 PM 646 Views
Re: Spoilers!? Sidious - 01/10/2009 05:00:16 PM 570 Views
I will never read WoT again! Thanks a lot, jerk! Darth_Katie - 01/10/2009 07:02:55 PM 582 Views
Lol *NM* Sidious - 01/10/2009 07:05:19 PM 262 Views
The main problem I see with that is as follows... everynametaken - 01/10/2009 12:10:33 PM 714 Views
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I think... Etzel - 01/10/2009 03:57:24 PM 581 Views
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