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Moghedien is known as "The Spider" and prefers to work from the shadows until she has the upper hand, and then attack. She is the most accomplished of the Forsaken at using Tel'aran'rhiod. She considers Nynaeve to be her mortal enemy in the current Age and has battled her on more than one occasion. In each instance, both survived to continue. Later, Moghedien was captured by Nynaeve and held prisoner and forced to give up channeling secrets. However, even Moghedien was surprised at the things Nynaeve discovered.

Moghedien was rescued by Aran'gar, disguised as Halima, and taken to Moridin, where she was held by a mind trap along with Cyndane.

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Points of View (3 Total)

Book	Chapter	Chapter Name
The Fires of Heaven	20	Jangai Pass
A Crown of Swords	17	The Triumph of Logic
A Crown of Swords	22	Small Sacrifices

Interview Questions (6 total)

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At the risk of being RAFO'd: Mesaana was punished for ignoring her orders to go to stop Rand from cleansing saidin. Was Semirhage also punished for ignoring orders, or did she have special exemption? (If you're going to RAFO us, consider giving us some other little tidbit instead?) Semirhage was present at Shadar Logoth, though not seen. You didn't see Graendal, either, though admittedly Moghedien thought of her, thinking it would be good if she or Cyndane died. If I always tried to show everyone who was present at a battle or the like, the books would be a LOT longer than they are now. And those battles would get rather boring, a list of names. Go down the checklist and make sure everyone gets mentioned. Boring. Anyway, Mesaana was the only one who tried to sit it out. By the way, Moridin also was not present, for reasons that will become self-evident as you read on. By the by, Rand and his companions very likely would have been killed or captured if the Forsaken were not who they are, if they had been willing to form links and coordinate their attacks. But they suffer from a combination of arrogance toward the "ignorant peasants"of the current Age and distrust of one another. Forming a link is all very well, but who leads? Which of them would be willing to give up control over their own ability and put it completely under the control of another of them? Who are you willing to let get behind your back in a fight? Moghedien? Semirhage? I didn't think so.	View More Details
Can you explain a bit about the properties of the World of Dreams? Such as when Nynaeve forced Moghedien to drink forkroot tea, which caused the Forsaken to fall asleep. But within that same book, the Wise Ones tell Egwene that drinking tea will in Tel'aran'rhiod will cause no effects upon the body. It's a strong matter of belief. If you believe something like that will happen to you, then it can and does.	View More Details
Did the Dark One or Ishamael, either one, have a say in the placement of any or all of the other Chosen once they were released, or did they all just carve out power bases of their own choosing? They carved out power bases of their own choosing based on various criteria, one of which I will reveal. (Others are definitely RAFO!) For the most part, Ishamael excepted, they set out to create worldly power for themselves using the methods they favored in the Age of Legends. That is, Moghedien worked from the shadows using subversion, Sammael, Be'lal and Rahvin attempted to seize control of national governments and so on. The theory behind this was that once the Dark One broke free, those with the largest worldly power bases would be rewarded most.	View More Details
Can the Power really be used to make you different? [This arose as part of a discussion of Illusion ("Mirror of Mists" is an old name for the same thing).] Illusion is illusion. Doesn't fool the sense of touch, so you have to be really subtle (such as Moghedien's disguise) to avoid detection.	View More Details
Ask how it was that Moghedien got to Shayol Ghul instantly...was it the Dark One using his twisty powers or was it a function of being all a dream? It was a dream. Moghedien, by the way, used to be an investments councilor until the FTC got on her case.	View More Details
Can men make cuendillar? Yes. But they won't use the same weaves the women use, so they will have to figure out how to do it themselves unless they can get it from one of the male Forsaken, if he happens to know it. It is an oddity that Moghedien even knew how to do this - it's just her fascination with things that are valuable.	View More Details