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Well... Etzel Send a noteboard - 14/01/2010 09:43:40 PM
BS's quotes suggest that there were only SH and Elza involved:

Q. "How did Elza defeat the wards on Cadsuane's plain wooden box?"

A. "Elza had been given knowledge of several rarely known weaves, and in other ways made into a tool of Shaidar Haran. Not all of it was pleasant for her."

We don't know how, but apparently SH gave Elza this knowledge, when she was made into his tool.

That's a huge leap. We have zero evidence that SH would have any such ability! SH could have just taken his "pleasure" with her which as we saw from Mesaana, not pleasant.


BS's statement indicates that the knowledge came from SH (note that BS doesn't say that someone thought AoL weaves) during the process in which Elza became his tool. We really don't know what SH is capable of, but he certainly becomes more and more powerful.


And:

Q: "You mention that Shaidar Haran has quite a few limitations on his power. Can you give us a few concrete examples of these limitations?"

A: "Shaidar Haran needs a minion to most of his work for him. Elza was essential to Shaidar Haran in getting things done."

If Graendal (or one of Moridin's pets) was there, Elza certainly wouldn't be that essential for SH to getting things done. Graendal could have done everything even better than Elza.

Why, when they had a perfectly easy minion at hand, would they risk putting another FS woman in the room with Semi... who was also being tasked with getting back in S'T's good graces?

All I'm saying is that Graendal was the source of teaching Elza the weaves and detected her Compulsion (something SH has not been able to do in the past).


There was no need to teach Elza those things, if Graendal could fetch the Domination Band. Then she could give it Elza. However, that Elza was "essential", indicates that SH had no other minion - like e.g. Graendal - to use in this situation.
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Elza's Compulsion - 14/01/2010 08:41:04 PM 2003 Views
I think Graendal was involved on some level in this part of the story - 14/01/2010 09:12:05 PM 943 Views
I disagree - 14/01/2010 09:27:27 PM 799 Views
except work with Semirhage! - 14/01/2010 09:34:37 PM 730 Views
Well... - 14/01/2010 09:43:40 PM 817 Views
SH can't channel thus can't teach Elza anything *NM* - 14/01/2010 10:20:19 PM 289 Views
Yeah, but according to BS, he apparently could "give her the knowledge". *shrug* *NM* - 15/01/2010 07:16:22 AM 261 Views
that's your interpretation of the quote - 15/01/2010 05:58:30 PM 634 Views
This and the others quotes suggest that only SH and Elza were involved *NM* - 16/01/2010 09:51:24 AM 239 Views
As I said that's certainly one of of interpreting the quotes - 16/01/2010 03:46:55 PM 573 Views
The question is... - 16/01/2010 03:59:24 PM 591 Views
Re: The question is... - 16/01/2010 04:02:55 PM 576 Views
Yeah, as I said elsewhere, would be a nice question for BS, if there was another Forsaken. *NM* - 16/01/2010 04:08:05 PM 616 Views
I bet you anything he'd giva a big fat RAFO to that - 16/01/2010 04:08:58 PM 573 Views
BS spoke quite openly about this scene, though - 16/01/2010 04:16:09 PM 614 Views
always worth a try, but wasn't he asked to be less open recently? - 16/01/2010 04:31:54 PM 573 Views
Shaidar Haran can't channel. - 14/01/2010 09:34:51 PM 937 Views
I know... - 14/01/2010 09:45:15 PM 786 Views
I agree with you, for a related but slightly different reason ... - 14/01/2010 09:58:28 PM 884 Views
That doesn't prove anything... - 14/01/2010 10:07:46 PM 819 Views
It proves enough for me ... - 14/01/2010 10:26:28 PM 709 Views
Re: That doesn't prove anything... - 15/01/2010 11:03:05 AM 542 Views
not really - 15/01/2010 05:29:25 PM 560 Views
I don't understand your theory - 16/01/2010 05:08:03 PM 548 Views
It's very simple - 16/01/2010 06:17:36 PM 543 Views
So in other words - 17/01/2010 06:31:58 PM 661 Views
no I'd continue to insist that something disproved was correct - 17/01/2010 06:43:41 PM 565 Views
Re: no I'd continue to insist that something disproved was correct - 18/01/2010 04:48:33 AM 590 Views
I'm talking about implanting knowledge into someone elses head - 18/01/2010 05:37:32 AM 585 Views
Here's Brandon's one answer - 18/01/2010 05:20:20 PM 589 Views
But... - 18/01/2010 05:48:54 PM 570 Views
Exactly my point - 18/01/2010 06:24:25 PM 603 Views
But by this logic... - 18/01/2010 06:50:43 PM 548 Views
Yes... - 18/01/2010 07:00:40 PM 603 Views
While you are right... - 18/01/2010 08:44:19 PM 588 Views
as we've discussed in another thread - 18/01/2010 09:08:56 PM 973 Views
I mean... - 19/01/2010 02:21:39 PM 589 Views
Weren't they specifically called Weaves that haven't been seen since the AoL? - 19/01/2010 05:26:38 PM 620 Views
"Elza had been given knowledge of several rarely known weaves" is the quote. - 19/01/2010 06:14:22 PM 546 Views
Well if they were secret Ajah weaves someone would have recognized them *NM* - 19/01/2010 06:21:19 PM 259 Views
Maybe secret BA weaves... - 19/01/2010 06:37:42 PM 808 Views
Possible since she was the only BA in the area - 19/01/2010 06:40:38 PM 830 Views
See, I think there's reason for her presence to be kept secret... - 18/01/2010 09:10:43 PM 634 Views
I have a hard time... - 19/01/2010 02:17:52 PM 647 Views
I agree with you - 19/01/2010 04:45:59 PM 568 Views
and you may very well be correct - 19/01/2010 05:39:02 PM 782 Views
Yet Rand/LTT tells us only a few chapters later - 14/01/2010 10:27:57 PM 652 Views
Anything is possible ... - 14/01/2010 10:54:46 PM 662 Views
who knows - 14/01/2010 11:21:43 PM 630 Views
It's not all that convoluted, though ... - 15/01/2010 03:26:01 PM 534 Views
Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 05:57:10 PM 710 Views
Re: Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 06:25:32 PM 604 Views
Re: Cyndane/Moggy/Graendal it all amounts to the same in the end - 15/01/2010 06:44:26 PM 568 Views
Good point! - 15/01/2010 07:19:00 AM 647 Views
Re: Good point! - 15/01/2010 05:30:12 PM 545 Views
I agree - 16/01/2010 09:50:09 AM 530 Views
what doesn't make sense about this to me - 15/01/2010 06:04:45 PM 613 Views
Re: what doesn't make sense about this to me - 15/01/2010 06:29:59 PM 608 Views
damn double posting - 15/01/2010 07:04:56 PM 552 Views
As it is often the case... - 16/01/2010 09:30:56 AM 646 Views
go re-read my statements and quit putting words in my mouth please. - 16/01/2010 03:59:52 PM 600 Views
Well... - 16/01/2010 04:14:28 PM 495 Views
as I said it's also possible that SH has new abilities - 16/01/2010 04:33:30 PM 535 Views
Re: I think Graendal was involved on some level in this part of the story - 14/01/2010 09:30:53 PM 644 Views
Uhhh? - 14/01/2010 09:13:13 PM 787 Views
One point - 14/01/2010 09:20:09 PM 733 Views
Re: One point - 14/01/2010 09:32:00 PM 661 Views
Elza truly believes that... - 14/01/2010 09:38:35 PM 651 Views
Elza "found a reason to follow the Compulsion" - 14/01/2010 11:23:33 PM 705 Views
So, it came from her, and would not go when the Compulsion was removed. - 15/01/2010 05:56:32 AM 629 Views
fair enough - 16/01/2010 04:34:05 PM 692 Views
Not quite - 14/01/2010 09:38:45 PM 672 Views

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