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Only SH can distinguish saidin and saidar Etzel Send a noteboard - 14/12/2009 08:46:31 PM
ACoS, ch.40:
"It could not tell one flow from another", but it could distinguish saidin from saidar by the smell. Saidin smelled like the sharp edge of a knife, the point of a thorn. Saidar smelled soft, but like something that would grow harder the harder it was pressed. No other Myrddraal could smell that difference. Shaidar Haran was like no other Myrddraal."

However, I think it's clear that it was a Forsaken, since you need the Forsaken mark to force Shadowspawn. Demandred and Cyndane want to kill Rand personally, while Moridin doesn't want that Rand is harmed. That rules them out. Aran'gar is ruled out by her own thoughts. I seriously doubt that Moghedien would risk it, since she is mindtrapped and Moridin certainly grilled her. Similarly another Mesaana betrayal seems very unlikely, since she was just punished by SH for disobedience; besides she is concentrated on the WT.

That leaves Semirhage and Graendal as possible culprits. IMO, it is more likely that Graendal posed as her old buddy Sammael to kill/weaken Rand and play mind-games with the other Forsaken.
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Part of a mystery from KoD is solved - 14/12/2009 08:37:45 PM 1536 Views
Only SH can distinguish saidin and saidar - 14/12/2009 08:46:31 PM 897 Views
Graendal's streith gown gives a lot away... - 14/12/2009 08:53:49 PM 1555 Views
Yes... - 14/12/2009 09:00:26 PM 733 Views
Why would she be worried about that if she ordered it, though? - 15/12/2009 02:01:10 AM 681 Views
I think she excludes herself in TGS - 15/12/2009 04:39:18 AM 850 Views
Very interesting argument... - 14/12/2009 08:49:08 PM 802 Views
Alviarin's Mark doesn't give her control over shadowspawn. RJ told us this in a Q&A. - 14/12/2009 08:49:50 PM 659 Views
Link please to the RJ quote. *NM* - 15/12/2009 03:31:06 PM 259 Views
Here is the quote: - 15/12/2009 03:35:34 PM 626 Views
Thanks! So we can eliminate Alviarrin for sure! *NM* - 15/12/2009 03:50:05 PM 251 Views
I always thought it was Demandred - 14/12/2009 08:59:01 PM 1046 Views
I saw Demandred's comment to mean the following: - 14/12/2009 09:07:26 PM 768 Views
I also interpreted... - 14/12/2009 09:17:19 PM 638 Views
I've always thought it was Semirhage's doing - 14/12/2009 09:39:18 PM 631 Views
I agree - 15/12/2009 04:44:14 AM 738 Views
In my view... - 15/12/2009 07:32:18 AM 603 Views
Graendal is low on my list - 15/12/2009 01:47:20 PM 643 Views
Posing as Sammael is Graendal's modus operandi - 15/12/2009 01:58:34 PM 658 Views
Re: Posing as Sammael is Graendal's modus operandi - 15/12/2009 02:21:07 PM 859 Views
I think it makes perfect sense - 15/12/2009 03:20:28 PM 572 Views
Two things... - 15/12/2009 02:03:23 PM 634 Views
Re: Two things... - 15/12/2009 02:24:42 PM 709 Views
Let's look at purpose and method... - 15/12/2009 02:34:36 PM 686 Views
I don't think it makes much sense that this was a test - 15/12/2009 07:20:52 AM 656 Views

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