Mat listened to Noal's offer to be the 3rd man, however Mat never accepted this offer. There is no scene of Mat accepting Noal's offer in either KoD or tGS books to take him to the Tower of Ghenjei.


Melindhra expressed interest in Mat once before too... did that make her the Daughter of Nine Moons? Laugh...no. Of course, Mat later had to kill Melindhra a Jumai sept Shiado clan Maiden, in tFoH book, as she tried to kill him on Rahvin's order with a knife to frame the murder at Sammael's hands. Melindhra was a darkfriend.





What reason?

Mat does not fully trust Noal for one. Even Noal acknowledges this fact verbally, to Mat in the Palace in Ebou Dar in one earlier scene.

Noal has not answered all of Mat's questions about his background for two.



He never told Mat the real reason, why he choose Mat's company.



Why is Noal always sneaking up on Mat?



Roughly ten paragraphs later, look at Mat's thoughts:



Unimportant? Ha! If it's that unimportant to the story, this part would have been edited out the story.

Mat never told Noal when nor where he was going to leave Ebou Dar for, remember? So Noal never had a chance to tell who ever his handler is this information.... But in the two above quotes Noal mysteriously disappeared for a time and Mat noticed it; so where & to whom did Noal report to & why?


Then third there is the mysterious issue of Noal's memories. Why are they a blank? As if he has been subject to Compulsion?
There are many, many text examples of Noal's memory issues across the series, whether from Noal's own or someone else's point of view.


Remember Loial's story of an ill man going to Stedding Shangtai, and speaking of a danger to the 'Eye of the World' to the Ogier Elders? That was Noal. A man used as a tool by Ishamael, then.

If Noal was used in the past, why would Ishamael let him go free? He's a pawn in Ishamael/Moridin's plans as is already. Once a pawn always a pawn.

That much has been known about Noal for a very long time.


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Moving into speculation about Noal future role in the series:

We know Noal is comfortable suggesting to Mat, to kill Amathera if given the okay...



Seeing that Noal is willing to kill an innocent person on a supposed whim, what else could he do?

We know Noal is currently in Caemlyn now, and that there are political prisoners, Warders, Darkfriends and Black Aes Sedai currently being held under watch by the Queens' Guards & the Kin. Would Moridin decide to order all these darkfriends & Black Ajah killed, as someone prevently ordered Slayer to kill Amico & Joiya in the Stone once before?

Daved Hanlon/Doilin Mellar, Shiane each know who Moridin is, after all. They know Moridin is/was ultimately in charge of their actions. Falion knows who Moridin is as well.


We know that the personal secretary Jaq Lounalt formerly employed by Arymilla Marne now works for Sylvase. A personal secretary who Sylvase wanted to question Arymilla, Elenia and Naean. Elayne said no this request of Sylvase's (KoD,Ch.33), however two Chapters later Elayne asked for Jaq Lounalt to question the captured Black Ajah sisters & Doilin Mellar.

For all we know Jaq Lounalt is the unknown individual from the House of Marne, who visited Shiane previously (CoT, Ch.15). If so, what good or ill could Jaq be up? Escape plan? Murder? Or something else?

I suspect Jaq already knows who Falion is, and that Falion would recognize Jaq Lounalt (CoT, Ch.15). It's not proof though, I'd agree.

One possibly angle for Noal's story, is the possible connection between Amathera and Jaq Lounalt. Huh, you ask? Amathera might know who Lounalt is for one. How? They're names are similar, they maybe some how be related. Amathera's full name is Amathera Aelfdene Casmir Lounault. There is only a difference of a missing "u" in Jaq's last name Lounalt, and Amathera's last name 'Lounault'. Both are native Taraboners' as well.

Could Noal be ordered by Moridin to kill Amathera to cover-up the doing's of Jaq Lounalt in Caemlyn? After all, why was a native Taraboner working for Lady Arymilla of House Marne in the first place? Let alone now working for Sylvase?

Amathera loathed Temaile in Tarabon. I can imagine her happiness upon hearing that Temaile is a prisoner in Caemlyn. Besides all the other captured Black Ajah who tormented Amathera in Tarabon earlier.


I do not know what is going to occur between Amathera, Jaq, Noal et la in Caemlyn. It just seems to be a highly fishy situation. I do not claim to predict what exactly Noal's character is going to do in Caemlyn in ToM book. Although I highly doubtful Noal will enter the Tower of Ghenjei with Mat, Thom; regardless whether that scene occurs in ToM or AMoL books.

Noal still has too many memory issues to resolve.

Wonder what a Hurin or Perrin would smell of Noal, if they ever met him?


All can say is, I already understand why the next book, Towers of Midnight, might take a while longer for Brandon to write. All the manifold of dangling story arcs, characters, future tellings create a seemingly difficulty situation to resolve in a straight forward manner. There's far more to needed be accomplish in Caemlyn alone in the next book, than what occurred in Tar Valon in tGS book, in my judgment.

That's all for now,
Thanks for reading,
Dida~