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Hm. Possible. Kaldric Send a noteboard - 04/11/2009 06:42:12 PM
If she didn't die, but instead modified her weave to go off around male channeling so as to look as if she did when she actually escaped, the mechanics of balefire wouldn't matter.

Rand would channel saidin, the warded flows would be triggered and fade perhaps setting off an alarm, and Graendal would have left before the balefire hit the palace.

How do you escape from balefire? Don't get hit by it.


I can at least see where you are coming from now, but I still think she's dead. From a literary standpoint, I think the significance of the scene was to show how much Rand has changed, which was shown quite well, in my opinion, and your theory wouldn't add significantly to it. From a plot standpoint, I think your suggestion is needlessly complex and doesn't quite fit what I envision about Graendal. Moghedien might have done that, but I always pictured Graendal as less paranoid.

I could be wrong though. I'm sure we'll find out in the next year or two.
Kaldric

P.S. The "NSSP" is implied.

Of course, [Quixote] carried it a bit too far. He thought that every windmill was a giant. That's insane. But, thinking that they might be...
--Justin Playfair, They Might Be Giants
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Graendal's fate? Ashaman Narishma - 02/11/2009 04:18:11 AM 1810 Views
Dead. Great Lord of Chaos - 02/11/2009 04:22:48 AM 841 Views
Maybe... Ashaman Narishma - 02/11/2009 04:28:16 AM 814 Views
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Re: I think it's fair to say at this point that Graendal did not kill Asmodean. Ashaman Narishma - 02/11/2009 04:40:30 AM 769 Views
Re: I think it's fair to say at this point that Graendal did not kill Asmodean. Grimbear - 02/11/2009 05:08:09 AM 754 Views
Why has she been removed from the list of suspects? beetnemesis - 02/11/2009 02:29:41 PM 736 Views
She is dead dacole - 09/11/2009 01:37:03 AM 682 Views
That's pretty terrible logic beetnemesis - 19/11/2009 05:58:57 AM 823 Views
I disagree. Rand al'Thor - 02/11/2009 10:29:21 PM 686 Views
Agreed. *NM* Lord Haart - 19/11/2009 11:43:45 AM 336 Views
Could it have been Verin who killed Asmodean? Bookwyrm - 02/11/2009 05:20:37 AM 1253 Views
She is dead *spoilers* brett014 - 02/11/2009 05:44:21 AM 826 Views
Re: She is dead *spoilers* Gaidal Craig - 03/11/2009 09:01:07 AM 699 Views
Re: She is dead *spoilers* dacole - 09/11/2009 01:38:56 AM 810 Views
I thought so too, but KCF set me straight.. his response in a thread further down the board kavorka - 02/11/2009 05:56:40 PM 775 Views
I say dead. *NM* Gher - 02/11/2009 06:07:15 AM 375 Views
Dead. Seriana Sedai - 02/11/2009 06:46:10 AM 680 Views
Dead as Dumbledore. But why does it preclude her from being Asmo's killer? Master Radishes - 02/11/2009 07:04:08 AM 769 Views
Right. That info could easily be revealed through the POV of another. *NM* RandAllThor - 02/11/2009 02:15:31 PM 344 Views
It could but... Ashaman Narishma - 02/11/2009 03:14:23 PM 766 Views
Moridin would most likely know. RandAllThor - 02/11/2009 04:06:04 PM 681 Views
Well.... Etzel - 02/11/2009 08:52:52 AM 737 Views
*NM* BlackAdder - 18/11/2009 10:45:52 PM 323 Views
Alive until proven otherwise IMO *spoilers* Dragonsworn - 02/11/2009 03:47:51 PM 760 Views
That weave was very complex. Kronin al'Sulc - 02/11/2009 10:34:36 PM 677 Views
Actually, the one that Rand had Nynaeve study earlier was more complex. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 05:11:07 PM 761 Views
But you can't reverse Compulsion by unraveling it, right? BlackAdder - 18/11/2009 10:48:08 PM 704 Views
Almost certainly dead Isaac - 02/11/2009 04:48:18 PM 853 Views
Yeah. Compared to, say, Sammael's "death" beetnemesis - 02/11/2009 10:40:01 PM 753 Views
Not even almost. Graendal and Sammael now both go well with eggs. *NM* Marshall - 03/11/2009 01:51:15 AM 365 Views
Oh, I agree, but fiction, deus ex machina, etc Isaac - 04/11/2009 09:58:42 PM 687 Views
Graendal is dead. the evidence is pretty hard NaClH2O - 03/11/2009 08:00:27 PM 3021 Views
Well, unlike everyone else, Fred Gaidin - 04/11/2009 01:34:57 AM 688 Views
Alive. It's the simplest answer for me, especially considering that Rand knew she was more cunning RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 05:03:38 PM 851 Views
Re: Balefire. Kaldric - 04/11/2009 05:30:12 PM 689 Views
Not necessarily. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 06:08:34 PM 657 Views
The thing is... Etzel - 04/11/2009 06:25:43 PM 739 Views
Here's the rub - she had no desire to come into contact with Rand. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 10:30:05 PM 913 Views
Re: Here's the rub - she had no desire to come into contact with Rand. dacole - 09/11/2009 01:48:30 AM 856 Views
Hm. Possible. Kaldric - 04/11/2009 06:42:12 PM 982 Views
I think it's the most simple possibility. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 10:39:02 PM 689 Views
Re: I think it's the most simple possibility. dacole - 09/11/2009 01:51:52 AM 621 Views
That's just absurd Marshall - 04/11/2009 10:48:30 PM 770 Views
No, I'm making it more simple. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 04/11/2009 11:11:36 PM 701 Views
That thoery doesn't account for the undoing of the Compulsion Marshall - 04/11/2009 11:50:06 PM 725 Views
Yes, it does. Distance causes maintained weaves and Links to attenuate. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 05/11/2009 04:22:37 PM 749 Views
Yes, but Compulsion is almost never a maintained weave *NM* Marshall - 06/11/2009 07:19:24 PM 390 Views
But the real question in my mind... darius_sedai - 02/12/2009 08:28:31 PM 682 Views
Well Marshall - 06/12/2009 08:45:12 PM 1128 Views
Odds are she's dead darius_sedai - 06/12/2009 08:48:19 PM 560 Views
Re: No, I'm making it more simple. dacole - 09/11/2009 01:53:49 AM 699 Views
Amen! Praise the Great Lord of the Dark! **I agree with all points** Bookwyrm - 05/11/2009 07:21:52 AM 736 Views
Re: Alive. It's the simplest answer for me, especially considering that Rand knew she was BlackAdder - 18/11/2009 10:52:36 PM 696 Views
This sounds familiar. Fanatic-Templar - 09/11/2009 06:54:17 AM 641 Views
Yes... Etzel - 17/11/2009 12:12:04 PM 638 Views
Yeah, I was shocked initially. BlackAdder - 18/11/2009 10:58:15 PM 695 Views
Proof for reincarnation exists Lord Haart - 26/11/2009 06:38:17 PM 669 Views
RJ said... Etzel - 26/11/2009 06:51:26 PM 794 Views
But Rand's was spread over a LARGE area *NM* Lord Haart - 27/11/2009 12:17:47 AM 294 Views
He was drawing through the Choedan Kal... *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 27/11/2009 01:09:23 AM 290 Views
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