This is both a blessing and a curse, a torture too good to be true.

I like how almost every forum topic comes back to Taim, Demandred, or Slayer - but that's OK because it's all relavent.

The leading theory on Taim (which I really like) is that Demandred is in the Borderlands. He ordered 13 black ajah sisters in Saldaea to turn Taim to the shadow, and those 13 are now with the borderlander army in the south.

And for the record, I HATE the theory that Taim = Moridin. Ishy died at the end of tDR, and first appeared as Moridin in aCoS. Taim has been up and about for the past 15 years; we've seen him while Ishy was and wasn't dead.

So ToM is making us think that Mat will come to the rescue of Caemlyn and root out the shadow - but actually the Asha'man will be the ones to save the city.

Hmm, seems a bit familiar (Illian)...

Also, can the 13x13 be done with male channelers x myrdraal, or does it have to have females?

Cool, there's a reason why DM is my homepage. :P Also, is that the complete series on the bookshelf in your picture?

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