I wasn't aware of all the RJ quotes on the subject.

Still, to me it makes the most sense. If not the creator, than as the majority of voters feel, an avatar thereof.

Now we could get into a philosophical discussion about the nature of avatars and whether they consitute intervention by the creator, but there would likely be no consensus on it. Personally I feel an avatar is as good as the creator in that they are fulfilling the creators wishes.

What about the entity that spoke to Rand during the finale in tEotW?

Again, I'm not completely up to speed on interviews etc, but I thought the consensus there was that the speaker was the creator?

If we take that as true, than it would appear to me that the creator as broken his rule not to intervene. The act of speaking (as minimal as it may be) is intervention within his creation. Even if only Rand heard it, the hearing resulted in comprehension, memory, chemical interactions within his brain - itself a physical construct of the world.

If I remember correctly, the creator in the Thomas Covenant series only spoke to people from our world, IN our world - or at least during the transition - never WITHIN his creation.

Anyway, I like to think of her as the creator.

I seems obvious to me that she was the creator.

She provided guidance to Avienda in the form of causing her to question her assumptions about the Aiel's future, in preparation for what she would see in Rheudian, thus allowing her to work towards a positive future for the Aiel.

She helped Rand switch bodies. After all the crap he went through, the creator was there to help him out.

Any attempt at mystery from team Jordan is merely a tool to keep the fans engaged and talking.