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Possibly - or maybe Silviana? Lord Haart Send a noteboard - 17/11/2009 06:12:41 AM
"Silviana = Mesaana" is a bold claim, but there are a few reasons I suspect her:

1) She gets to mete out punishment, something the FS love to do.

2) It's a powerful position, and she can blame Elaida for anything she does.

3) See seems above and beyond the Ajah disputes - this makes perfect sense for someone who sees the AS as children anyhow.

4) It gave her a chance to try to break Egwene. When Egwene didn't break, she decided to do what she claimed in the Prologue of tGS: "I will deliver ... an entire brood of channelers who - one way or another - will serve our cause in the Last Battle" and "More and more join our cause. Some intentionally, others unwittingly".

From the above quotes, it seems that she realises that a strong tower could be better for the Shadow if it can be turned to fight for the wrong cause. Who better to misdirect the tower than someone the Amyrlin trusts and relies on - the Keeper?

Mesaana can tell that Elaida will fall - so she goes out to the Hall and proclaims support for Egwene, knowing that Egwene will hear of this and reward her.

5) Perhaps one of the most compelling pieces of evidence - Silviana was the first Tower AS to swear on the Oath Rod. This means she could decide exactly what to say, rather than having to follow a set formula. In this way, she could make the oath that she wasn't BA and noone would question it - if the first oathtaker had said something like "I have never served the Dark One", then Mesaana would need to make a similar oath or risk sounding like she was circumventing something. By swearing first, she avoids this.

6) Finally, the part of the text that gave me the idea it might be her: In the Epilogue, Egwene is considering who Mesaana might be, and coming up with blanks. The very next sentence involves Silviana entering the study to take Egwene to see something - I might be wrong about the other stuff, but I know a literary technique when I see it.

I agree that Tsutama might well be Mesaana, but I think there is still some evidence for it being Silviana. Another possibility is that she was masquerading as a Black sister, and has left the tower - Duhara strikes me as a possibility, since she is now close to Elayne, and could free a cohort of imprisoned Black Ajah and then strike at Andor.
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Mesaana is .... - 17/11/2009 12:50:49 AM 2310 Views
I like it. - 17/11/2009 01:22:25 AM 972 Views
Re: I like it. - 17/11/2009 01:32:12 AM 1035 Views
So Tsutama got rid of the people she couldn't use? - 17/11/2009 02:37:40 AM 1004 Views
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bronze scrollwork *NM* - 17/11/2009 06:26:38 PM 469 Views
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Re: Solid theory. But there are some problems... - 17/11/2009 06:28:29 AM 956 Views
Problem: Language - 17/11/2009 06:39:05 AM 776 Views
Well... - 17/11/2009 06:51:01 AM 875 Views
Mesaana has been in the WT for quite some time - 17/11/2009 06:35:39 AM 884 Views
Double post. ignore. *NM* - 17/11/2009 06:36:05 AM 440 Views
Agreed with those above - I like it. - 17/11/2009 03:27:53 AM 857 Views
Intriguing. Very well thought out. *NM* - 17/11/2009 05:22:51 AM 428 Views
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Sahra Covenry - 17/11/2009 05:36:04 AM 947 Views
Yes, we never really got an explanation for that. - 17/11/2009 07:07:04 AM 896 Views
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Pretty sure that was Semirhage *NM* - 17/11/2009 08:02:00 PM 454 Views
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That was Semirhage, and it wasn't the Tower's basement. *NM* - 17/11/2009 08:37:50 PM 427 Views
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I think we had a POV from Sahra as she was killed. - 18/11/2009 10:39:25 PM 864 Views
right and wrong - 09/12/2009 05:02:39 AM 787 Views
And I always suspected it was Mesaana - 09/12/2009 07:14:19 AM 818 Views
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I don't think so - 17/11/2009 06:10:48 AM 797 Views
Possibly - or maybe Silviana? - 17/11/2009 06:12:41 AM 886 Views
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Re: I can see more towards Evanellein... - 17/11/2009 06:18:42 PM 860 Views
I don't think so, because of: - 17/11/2009 11:31:22 AM 871 Views
Good point! *NM* - 17/11/2009 11:33:17 AM 531 Views
If I'm not mistaken, at that time Tsutama was still just a Sitter, not head of the Red Ajah - 17/11/2009 02:36:52 PM 778 Views
An excellent point - 17/11/2009 03:42:22 PM 854 Views
Re: I don't think so, because of: - 17/11/2009 06:15:23 PM 930 Views
Ignore Double Post - 17/11/2009 06:16:11 PM 790 Views
As others said... - 17/11/2009 03:39:55 PM 838 Views
The main problem, IMHO, is that Mesaana doesn't like extravagance. - 17/11/2009 08:02:49 PM 859 Views
Your reasoning is good... - 18/11/2009 03:58:22 PM 875 Views
Maria confirmed at Twitter... - 18/11/2009 04:46:06 PM 1005 Views
Thanks for clearing that up. - 18/11/2009 10:04:13 PM 818 Views
Doesn't that drop an additional clue about her identity? - 18/11/2009 10:19:20 PM 877 Views
Wait... Maria confirmed this on Twitter... - 09/12/2009 09:04:18 PM 743 Views

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