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! __Sammael__ POV

[Sammael] steps through his gateway into [Graendal]'s palace[1] in [Arad Doman] in sight of the [Mountains of Mist]. It is his second visit. He thinks none of the other [Forsaken] know where she is.[2] He thinks of her as a %%ot [jegal|Age of Legends Creatures]%%. [Graendal] only told him bits of the meeting between her, [Demandred], [Mesaana] and [Semirhage]. She was the one who first took him to [Shayol Ghul]. [Sammael] thinks he knows [Graendal] better than any of the others. She points out some of her pets, [Ramsid], the [Domani|Arad Doman] king's brother, [Ramsid]'s wife, and the king's youngest sister and eldest daughter. [Alsalam|Alsalam Saeed Almadar], the king, is not up to her standards of beauty. Her latest acquisitions are [Chiape] and [Shaofan], the [Sh'boan|Shara] and [Sh'botay|Shara] (empress and emperor) of [Shara]. [Sammael] wonders why she is interested in such a far land. He thinks of a %%ot [conje|Age of Legends Items]%% needle. [Sammael] thinks the one to be [Nae'blis|Forsaken] will be the last [Chosen|Forsaken] standing. [Graendal] mentions [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon], which irritates [Sammael]. He thinks of [Rand|Rand alThor] as a %%ot [choss|Age of Legends Items]%%-hauler. He knows that [Rand] is not [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] but was [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon]'s soul reborn, just as [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] was also a rebirth of that soul.[3] He recalls [Ishamael]'s contention that the [Great Lord|ShaiTan] wanted him turned to the Shadow and wonders if the [Great Lord|ShaiTan] might make [Rand|Rand alThor] [Nae'blis|Forsaken]. 

He asks [Graendal] where [Asmodean], [Lanfear] and [Moghedien] are. She says she does not know, but thinks [Rand|Rand alThor] killed them. He is certain [Lanfear] is helping [Rand|Rand alThor] and that she sent the [Trollocs] that saved him from [Sammael]'s at the [Stone of Tear].[4] [Sammael] recalls his time in the Bore as a dreamless sleep. [Graendal] points out how many of them have died, [Aginor], [Balthamel], [Ishamael], [Be'lal|BeLal] and [Rahvin]. She is sure [Rand|Rand alThor] is coming after [Sammael] next. He thinks that he has lines of retreat prepared.[5] [Graendal] claims that she passed on everything [Demandred] told them of the [Great Lord|ShaiTan]'s orders.[6] She claims she knows nothing of [Demandred]'s, [Mesaana]'s or [Semirhage]'s plans. [Semirhage] missed their last meeting. [Mesaana] keeps saying she will have [Rand|Rand alThor] soon, but she says the same every time. She was very proud of [Be'lal|BeLal]'s trap in [Tear|Tear (Country)] as well.[7] [Sammael] says events to the south have [Demandred]'s mark.[8] He swears in the [Old Tongue], "%%ot [Tsag!|Compleat]%%" "%%ot [Bajad drovja!|Compleat]%%" [Graendal] says they must stand together. [Sammael] offers to [link|linking] with her but she refuses, as she would have to give control to him. [Graendal] talks about [channelers|True Source] in [Shara]. They are called [Ayyad|Shara]. As a test, [Sammael] asks her if they bind themselves like criminals and she looks puzzled.[9] He asks her again if she told him everything of the [Great Lord|ShaiTan]'s message and she insists that she did. [Sammael] is angry that [Rand|Rand alThor] keeps coming after him, but he refuses to abandon [Illian|Illian (Country)]. He makes a gateway back to [Illian|Illian (Country)] so fast that he cuts one of her servants in half.
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! __Graendal__ POV

[Graendal] wonders if her effort paid off. She brought in [Sharans|Shara] solely for [Sammael] to distract him from her real interests. [Osana] comes to clean up [Rashan|Rashan (Graendal)|Rashan (Servant)]'s remains. She was a psychologist for four hundred years. She thinks [Sammael] has trapped himself in a box and will die for it. She thinks she has set [Sammael] to go after [Rand|Rand alThor] like a %%ot [dornat|Age of Legends Creatures]%% set to hunt. He will attack [Rand|Rand alThor] and take the fall with the [Great Lord|ShaiTan]. She wonders how [Sammael] learned about [Aes Sedai] binding themselves. She learned it from a slip from [Mesaana]. She wonders how long [Mesaana] has been in the [White Tower]. She does not know where [Semirhage] and [Demandred] are, however. The three of them have a history of working together. [Ebram] enters and announces that Lord [Ituralde|Rodel Ituralde] has arrived and she adopts her Lady [Basene|graendal] disguise weaving [Illusion|Weaves]. Only she knows that she, herself, has been to [Shayol Ghul] and that the [Great Lord|ShaiTan] all but promised that she would be [Nae'blis|Forsaken]. She will be obedient and sow chaos till [Demandred] chokes on it.
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! __Semirhage__ POV

[Semirhage] is in a place of rough stone. It is not her choice; she prefers white tile and gleaming %%ot [cueran|Age of Legends Items]%%. She is annoyed at being pulled away from her charge even though she is a willful child.[10] [Shaidar Haran] summoned her to question an [Aes Sedai]. When she was summoned to [Shayol Ghul], the [Great Lord|ShaiTan] made it clear that [Shaidar Haran] is the boss.

[Semirhage] hates [Aes Sedai]. When they found out she tortures her patients, they gave her a choice between [stilling] and being bound.[11] Instead, she was one of the first to turn to the [Great Lord|ShaiTan]. [Semirhage] strips her victim's clothes with [Fire|One Power] and [Wind|One Power] and pulverizes them with [Fire|One Power] and [Earth|One Power]. She stimulates her pain centers with [Spirit|One Power] and [Fire|One Power] and the [Aes Sedai] gives her name, [Cabriana Mecandes]. [Semirhage] leaves her for a few minutes to make a brief report to [Shaidar Haran]. He then disappears into a shadow. [Aginor] tested over a hundred [Fades|Fade], but could not learn how they use shadows. [Semirhage] determined that they do not know how they do it themselves. She goes to question the [Aes Sedai]'s [Warder|Warder]. The [Fades|Fade] were ordered to capture an [Aes Sedai], but to [Fades|Fade], an [Aes Sedai] and her [Warder|Warder] are inseparable. [Semirhage] notes that he seems to be sensing her pain. The [Chosen|Forsaken] do not understand the bond. She starts on the [Warder|Warder] stimulating him with unbearable pleasure instead of pain. She thinks [Rand|Rand alThor] is focused on [Sammael]. [Graendal] is letting [Sammael] know just enough of the real plan[12] to keep him out of trouble. Of course [Graendal] and [Sammael] are scheming together, too. [Sammael] is like a hot %%ot [sofar|Age of Legends Items]%% with warped steering planes. On the [Great Lord|ShaiTan]'s orders, [Semirhage] sent the [Trollocs] to the [Stone of Tear] that saved [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Demandred] says that [Asmodean], [Lanfear] and [Moghedien] must be dead, but she is not sure. She knows the other [Forsaken] are scheming amongst themselves and can handle that, but [Shaidar Haran] is a new piece on the %%ot [tcheran|Age of Legends Items]%% board. 

Suddenly she notices that the [Warder|Warder] has died. She heads back to the [Aes Sedai], hears her screaming in pain, and thinks this job may have a little fun in it after all.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[1|#1] This is a fortress palace known as [Natrin's Barrow|Natrins Barrow]. ([TGS,Ch35]) \\
[2|#2] Wrong! [Asmodean] knew she was in [Arad Doman]. ([TFoH,Ch3]) \\
[3|#3] This is relevant to a discussion about the cold open for episode 8 of season 1 of the Amazon Prime show, where [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] is referred to as the Dragon Reborn and not just the Dragon.\\
[4|#4] So [Sammael] was responsible for the attack in [TSR,Ch10]. But he is wrong about [Lanfear]. [Semirhage] sent the opposing force.\\
[5|#5] Meaning [Shadar Logoth|Aridhol (City)]?\\
[6|#6] So did she break [Demandred]'s command not to pass on the information or is she lying to [Sammael]? At least she has passed on the [Great Lord|ShaiTan]'s command not to kill [Rand|Rand alThor].\\
[7|#7] So [Mesaana] worked with [Be'lal|BeLal] on the trap at the [Stone of Tear]. Does that mean she was the one who sent the [Black Ajah] to [Tear|Tear (Country)]?\\
[8|#8] That would be the [Seanchan|Seanchan (People)] in [Tanchico]?\\
[9|#9] He thinks she has not figured out that [Aes Sedai] use a [binder|Oath Rod] on themselves.\\
[10|#10] Her "willful charge" is [Tuon|Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag]. ([WH,Ch14])\\
[11|#11] As with the [Oath Rod].\\
[12|#12] Which is...what?\\
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