The Greatest Murder Mystery of All Time
or Re-re-re-re-reading Pays Off
Ahhhh, the Age-old question: "Who killed Asmodean?" Give me your thoughts on this.
Four of the Forsaken were plotting together during TFoH - Lanfear, Graendal, Sammael, and Rahvin. TFoH, pg 390:
Rahvin was balefired in Caemlyn before Asmo died, so he's out. Sammael was waiting in Illian, expecting Rand to come charging across the continent to kill him. Although it seems possible that Sammy could have Traveled to Cairhien when he learned of Rahvin's death to deal with Asmo, RJ ruled out this possibility at a book signing a couple of years ago. Lanfear was in Cairhien, but had just fallen through the doors into Finnland. Supposedly, the killer is obvious from the moment Asmo dies, so although we now know that Lanfear was resurrected as Cyndane, that wasn't "obvious" until WH. There's only one person left to make that one person close to Rand die, and that's Graendal.
I'm 99.999% sure of this. If we ever get a definitive answer, let it be known that I'm choosing Graendal right now.
Edit: (10/22/2005) Looks like he's tired of answering that question. Thank goodness!
or Re-re-re-re-reading Pays Off
Ahhhh, the Age-old question: "Who killed Asmodean?" Give me your thoughts on this.
Four of the Forsaken were plotting together during TFoH - Lanfear, Graendal, Sammael, and Rahvin. TFoH, pg 390:
"He will concentrate on you, Sammael," [Rahvin] said in a deep voice. "If need be, one close to him will die, plainly at your order. He will come for you. And while he is fixed on you alone, the three of us, linked, will take him."
Rahvin was balefired in Caemlyn before Asmo died, so he's out. Sammael was waiting in Illian, expecting Rand to come charging across the continent to kill him. Although it seems possible that Sammy could have Traveled to Cairhien when he learned of Rahvin's death to deal with Asmo, RJ ruled out this possibility at a book signing a couple of years ago. Lanfear was in Cairhien, but had just fallen through the doors into Finnland. Supposedly, the killer is obvious from the moment Asmo dies, so although we now know that Lanfear was resurrected as Cyndane, that wasn't "obvious" until WH. There's only one person left to make that one person close to Rand die, and that's Graendal.
I'm 99.999% sure of this. If we ever get a definitive answer, let it be known that I'm choosing Graendal right now.
Edit: (10/22/2005) Looks like he's tired of answering that question. Thank goodness!
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