Guessing the 8 Forsaken

[Elder_Haman]

  On 4/7/2025 at 5:44 PM, DreadLord31 said:

Yeah, but he didn’t really do anything either. Did Jordan write anything about him before he died? 

Maybe I’m misremembering, but I don’t think Demandred was in it at all until the final book and kind of felt like “Ok, he came from nowhere because Sanderson had to do something with him.” 

But maybe that makes him the perfect choice for this turning because the show writers can change it up a bunch and people won’t care that much? 

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Taimandred

[Sabio]

I think Lord of Chaos is when Dem first appeared talking to the DO in the beginning and end.

[Mailman]

Landmark confirmed 8th forsaken. Lol

[Ralph]

  On 3/18/2025 at 4:41 AM, DigificWriter said:

It's still hard for me to reconcile Lanfear's comment to Ishy with the confirmation of a 4/4 gender split and the inclusion of Semirharge, but we are where we are.

 

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Doesn't it say somewhere that even Lanfear was scared of Semirhage and didn't like mentioning her name

[wotfan4472]

  On 4/18/2025 at 11:13 AM, Ralph said:

 

Doesn't it say somewhere that even Lanfear was scared of Semirhage and didn't like mentioning her name

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Yes, because Semirhage is both on the same strength level as Lanfear, and totally hates her, to the point Semirhage wants to torture her.

[Jaysen Gore]

  On 4/7/2025 at 5:44 PM, DreadLord31 said:

Yeah, but he didn’t really do anything either. Did Jordan write anything about him before he died? 

Maybe I’m misremembering, but I don’t think Demandred was in it at all until the final book and kind of felt like “Ok, he came from nowhere because Sanderson had to do something with him.” 

But maybe that makes him the perfect choice for this turning because the show writers can change it up a bunch and people won’t care that much? 

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He made some group appearances, and was in league with Mesaana and Semirhage throughout the series. But it wasn't until he showed up with the Sharans that we knew what he was up to.  There were a couple of hints, but can't recall if they were in Brandon books or RJ books.

 

While I'm concerned about a number of the directions they might take, one big one is that in Tarmon Gaidon, there are really 4 Channeler armies on the light side (AS, Seanchan, Wise Ones, Kin) , and just 1 on the dark (Shara) with one split - the Black Tower. 

 

Without introducing Shara and Demandred, then TG will boil down to girls against the boys, the Egwene/ Taim piece will happen, but we lose Mat & Lan vs / Demandred, and they get to show girl power triumphant instead of the balance.