Pronunciation: GREHN-dahl 
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aka: Kamarile Maradim Nindar, Basene, Maisia

One of the [Forsaken]. Born as Kamarile Maradim Nindar.

! Physical Description

She is beautiful but somewhat fleshy with elaborately curled red-gold hair. ([LoC,Prologue])

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! Points of View

See Graendal's [chapter points of view|Graendal POV].

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* She is a famous esthete and psychologist for nearly four hundred years before turning to the [Shadow|Creator]. ([LoC,Ch6])
* Graendal brings [Sammael] to [Shayol Ghul] for his first visit. ([LoC,Ch6])
* During the [Shadow War], Graendal murders children after enslaving their parents. ([LoC,Ch2])
* The thirteen [Forsaken] meet with the [Great Lord|Shaitan] in the [Pit of Doom|Shayol Ghul]. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] and his companions seal the [Bore|Creator], trapping the [Forsaken] for over three thousand years.
* After escaping the [Bore|Creator], Graendal sets herself up in a palace in [Arad Doman] within sight of the [Mountains of Mist]. ([TFoH,Ch3], [LoC,Ch6])
* [Rahvin], [Lanfear], [Sammael], and Graendal meet in [Rahvin]'s quarters in the [Royal Palace] in [Caemlyn]. [Lanfear] proposes that the four of them work together to control [Rand|Rand alThor]. ([TFoH,Prologue])
* [Demandred], Graendal, [Lanfear], [Rahvin], [Sammael] and [Semirhage] all stalk each other in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%%. ([TFoH,Ch14])
* Graendal, [Rahvin], [Sammael], and [Lanfear] plan to trap [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Sammael] waffles because he is to be the bait while the other three wait linked. ([TFoH,Ch34])
* Graendal has a meeting planned with [Moghedien], but [Moghedien] does not show up. ([LoC,Prologue])
* [Demandred] meets with [Mesaana], [Semirhage] and Graendal and passes on the orders of the [Great Lord|Shaitan] to "Let the Lord of Chaos rule." ([LoC,Prologue])
* [Demandred] has another meeting with [Mesaana] and Graendal, but [Semirhage] does not show. [Mesaana] vents on [Semirhage] in front of Graendal and lets slip that she is in the [White Tower]. ([LoC,Ch6])
* Graendal visits the [Great Lord|Shaitan] in [Shayol Ghul]. The [Great Lord|Shaitan] all but promises to make her [Nae'blis|Forsaken]. ([LoC,Ch6])
* [Sammael] meets with Graendal in her palace in [Arad Doman]. She tries to distract him from her real intentions and goad him into going after [Rand|Rand alThor]. She thinks that she succeeds. ([LoC,Ch6])
* Graendal finds a [stasis box], but it contains only [streith] and junk. ([LoC,Ch23])
* Graendal visits [Sammael] in [Illian|Illian (Country)]. He claims that he has a truce with [Rand|Rand alThor]. He winds up in charge, telling her to find out what the others are doing and report back to him. She thinks the [Great Lord|Shaitan] has promised to make him [Nae'blis|Forsaken]. ([LoC,Ch23])
* She and [Sammael] meet with [Sevanna] and the [Wise Ones|Aiel]. She is disguised and masquerading as Maisia. She is angry at playing second fiddle, yet she follows [Sammael] when he leaves. ([ACoS,Ch20])
* She is with [Sammael] six days later when he scatters the [Shaido] from [Illian|Illian (Country)] to [Ghealdan]. [Sammael] does not recognize what is obvious to her - all of the [channelers|True Source] go with [Sevanna] to [Ghealdan]. ([ACoS,Ch40])
* After [Sammael]'s disappearance Graendal visits his quarters and acquires a [gold ring] %%ot [angreal|Angreal]%% attuned to women. ([TPoD,Ch12])
* Graendal sends a forged letter from King [Alsalam|Alsalam Saeed Almadar] of [Arad Doman] to Lord [Rodel Ituralde]. [Cyndane] and [Moghedien] arrive and tell her that [Moridin] is [Nae'blis|Forsaken]. [Shaidar Haran] arrives and introduces himself. She agrees to comply. ([TPoD,Ch12])
* [Moridin] brings [Cyndane] to a meeting with [Demandred], Graendal, [Osan'gar|OsanGar] and [Aran'gar|AranGar]. He has [Cyndane] report on [Rand|Rand alThor]'s plans to cleanse %%ot [saidin|Said]%% then orders the others to follow [Rand|Rand alThor] and take him or kill him. ([WH,Ch13])
* [Aran'gar|AranGar], [Cyndane], [Demandred], Graendal, [Moghedien], [Osan'gar|OsanGar] and [Semirhage] respond to the call of the [Choedan Kal] and [Travel|Weaves] to [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)] to stop [Rand|Rand alThor]. Graendal fights [Verin|Verin Mathwin], [Kumira] and [Shalon|Shalon din Togara Morning Tide]. ([WH,Ch35])
* [Moridin] calls a meeting in %%ot [Tel'aran'rhiod|TelAranRhiod]%% and [Aran'gar|AranGar], [Cyndane], [Demandred], Graendal, [Mesaana], [Moghedien] and [Semirhage] attend. He orders them to kill [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] but [Rand|Rand alThor] is his. [Aran'gar|AranGar] tries to set up an alliance with Graendal because she has excellent connections among [Darkfriends]. ([KoD,Ch3])
* [Moridin] summons Graendal to a meeting in the [Blight] with [Demandred] and [Mesaana]. He tells her to cause [Rand|Rand alThor] anguish, but not harm him, and she will be rewarded. ([TGS,Prologue])
* Graendal sends a messenger to [Milisair Chadmar] with a message purportedly from King [Alsalam|Alsalam Saeed Almadar]. ([TGS,Ch29])
* Graendal sends a boy named [Kerb] to keep an eye on the messenger and kill him if necessary. ([TGS,Ch32])
* [Rand|Rand alThor] sends [Piqor Ramshalan] to Graendal as an emissary. She wraps him in [Compulsion|Weaves] and sends him back with a positive message. [Rand|Rand alThor] then [balefire|Weaves]s all of [Natrin's Barrow|Natrins Barrow]. [Piqor Ramshalan]'s [Compulsion|Weaves] disappears proving she was destroyed. However, the [Compulsion|Weaves] came from [Aran'gar|AranGar] and [Delana|Delana Mosalaine]. Graendal fled just before the destruction. ([TGS,Ch37], [ToM,Prologue])
* [Moridin] summons Graendal. He gives her one more chance, to kill [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]. He gives her a [dreamspike] and [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran]. ([ToM,Ch5])
* Graendal confronts [Slayer|Isam Mandragoran] after his failure, thinking she has one remaining tool. ([ToM,Ch38])
* Graendal tries to blame [Perrin|Perrin Aybara]-s escape on [Isam|Isam Mandragoran] but [Shaidar Haran] will have none of it. Her punishment begins. ([ToM,Epilogue])
* As part of her punishment, Graendal is killed and the [Great Lord|Shaitan] puts her soul in the body of a hideously ugly woman. She is given a new name, [Hessalam], "without forgiveness" in the [Old Tongue]. ([AMoL,Prologue])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [The Shadow Rising]
## [TSR,Ch58] - Graendal has a collection of handsome young men. First mention.
* [The Shadow Rising],Glossary - Graendal is listed as one of the [Forsaken].
# In [The Fires of Heaven]
## [TFoH,Prologue] - Graendal makes her conquests more or less directly, one solid step at a time.
## [TFoH,Ch3] - [Asmodean] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that Graendal was in [Arad Doman], at least for a while.
## [TFoH,Ch6] - When [Rand|Rand alThor] remembers more of [Lanfear] than she expected, [Lanfear] recalls Graendal's assertion that [Rand|Rand alThor] is [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] reincarnated.
## [TFoH,Ch51] - When [Rand|Rand alThor] decides to go after [Rahvin], [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] warns him that [Rahvin] might be with [Semirhage] or Graendal or [Lanfear].
## [TFoH,Ch54] - [Moghedien] tells [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] that Graendal, [Lanfear], [Rahvin] and [Sammael] are plotting against [Rand|Rand alThor]. They will draw him to [Sammael] and the others will be waiting. At least [Rahvin] and Graendal will. She thinks [Lanfear] has other plans.
# In [Lord of Chaos]
## [LoC,Ch2] - [Rand|Rand alThor] recites the crimes of the [Forsaken] for [Taim|Mazrim Taim].
# In [A Crown of Swords]
## [ACoS,Prologue] - [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] recalls that she is one of the [Forsaken] who came to her in the [White Tower].
## [ACoS,Prologue] - [Mesaana] warns [Alviarin|Alviarin Freidhen] to serve only her, not [Semirhage], [Demandred] or Graendal.
## [ACoS,Ch25] - [Moghedien] thinks [Moridin] is almost pretty enough for Graendal except for a too strong chin.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Prologue] - Graendal's actions are quite successful in spreading chaos in [Arad Doman].
# In [Knife of Dreams]
## [KoD,Ch27] - In describing [Rand|Rand alThor]'s mental illness, [Semirhage] says that Graendal was the expert and could describe it better.
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch1] - [Rand|Rand alThor] wonders if Graendal is still in [Arad Doman] as [Asmodean] told him.
## [TGS,Ch5] - [Merise|Merise Haindehl] questions [Semirhage] about Graendal but gets no information.
## [TGS,Ch7] - [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks Graendal may have [Alsalam|Alsalam Saeed Almadar].
## [TGS,Ch10] - [Rand|Rand alThor] tells [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] that his loyalty to King [Alsalam|Alsalam Saeed Almadar] is now moot because he is in thrall to Graendal.
## [TGS,Ch29] - [Rand|Rand alThor] hopes to find Graendal in [Arad Doman] as [Asmodean] said. He will destroy her with [balefire|Weaves] as he did [Semirhage].
## [TGS,Ch31] - [Rand|Rand alThor] is furious that the messenger from [Alsalam|Alsalam Saeed Almadar] is dead, but [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] points out the he would be under Graendal's [Compulsion|Weaves].
## [TGS,Ch33] - [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] carefully removes [Compulsion|Weaves] from [Kerb] and he reveals that Graendal is at [Natrin's Barrow|Natrins Barrow] before he dies.
## [TGS,Ch42] - [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] complains that they cannot continue the list because they do not know the names of the women who died when [Rand|Rand alThor] [balefire|Weaves]d Graendal.
## [TGS,Ch47] - [Rand|Rand alThor] thinks he could destroy all the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] with the [Choedan Kal]. He only needed a fraction of its power to [balefire|Weaves] Graendal and all of [Natrin's Barrow|Natrins Barrow].
# In [Towers of Midnight]
## [ToM,Ch15] - [Elandria Borndat] wrote that [Mesaana] was more of a direct leader than Graendal or [Moghedien].
## [ToM,Ch32] - [Rand|Rand alThor] is relieved to learn that Graendal never had King [Alsalam|Alsalam Saeed Almadar].
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