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Graendal

aka: Kamarile Maradim Nindar, Basene, Maisia

One of the Forsaken. Born as Kamarile Maradim Nindar.

Physical Description She is fleshy with elaborately curled red-gold hair. (LoC,Prologue)

Graendal by Richard Boyé

Chronology

• She is a famous esthete and psychologist for nearly four hundred years before turning to the Shadow. (LoC,Ch6)
• Graendal brings Sammael to Shayol Ghul for his first visit. (LoC,Ch6)
• During the War of Power, Graendal murders children after enslaving their parents. (LoC,Ch2)
• The thirteen Forsaken meet with the Great Lord in the Pit of Doom. Lews Therin and his companions seal the Bore, trapping the Forsaken for over three thousand years.
• After escaping the Bore, 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. (TFoH,Prologue)
• Demandred, Graendal, Lanfear, Rahvin, Sammael and Semirhage all stalk each other in Tel'aran'rhiod. (TFoH,Ch14)
• Graendal, Rahvin, Sammael, and Lanfear plan to trap Rand. 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 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 in Shayol Ghul. The Great Lord all but promises to make her Nae'blis. (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. 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. He claims that he has a truce with Rand. 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 has promised to make him Nae'blis. (LoC,Ch23)
• She and Sammael meet with Sevanna and the Wise Ones. 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 to Ghealdan. Sammael does not recognize what is obvious to her - all of the channelers go with Sevanna to Ghealdan. (ACoS,Ch40)
• After Sammael's disappearance Graendal visits his quarters and acquires a gold ring angreal attuned to women. (TPoD,Ch12)
• Graendal sends a forged letter from King Alsalam of Arad Doman to Lord Rodel Ituralde. Cyndane and Moghedien arrive and tell her that Moridin is Nae'blis. Shaidar Haran arrives and introduces himself. She agrees to comply. (TPoD,Ch12)
• Moridin brings Cyndane to a meeting with Demandred, Graendal, Osan'gar and Aran'gar. He has Cyndane report on Rand's plans to cleanse saidin then orders the others to follow Rand and take him or kill him. (WH,Ch13)
• Aran'gar, Cyndane, Demandred, Graendal, Moghedien and Osan'gar respond to the call of the Choedan Kal and Travel to Shadar Logoth to stop Rand. Graendal fights Verin, Kumira and Shalon. (WH,Ch35)

Other References

• TSR,Ch58 - Graendal has a collection of handsome young men. First mention.
• TSR,Glossary - Graendal is listed as one of the Forsaken.
• TFoH,Prologue - Graendal makes her conquests more or less directly, one solid step at a time.
• TFoH,Ch3 - Asmodean tells Rand that Graendal was in Arad Doman, at least for a while.
• TFoH,Ch6 - When Rand remembers more of Lanfear than she expected, Lanfear recalls Graendal's assertion that Rand is Lews Therin reincarnated.
• TFoH,Ch51 - When Rand decides to go after Rahvin, Moiraine warns him that Rahvin might be with Semirhage or Graendal or Lanfear.
• TFoH,Ch54 - Moghedien tells Nynaeve that Graendal, Lanfear, Rahvin and Sammael are plotting against Rand. They will draw him to Sammael and the others will be waiting. At least Rahvin and Graendal will. She thinks Lanfear has other plans.
• LoC,Ch2 - Rand recites the crimes of the Forsaken for Taim.
• ACoS,Prologue - Alviarin recalls that she is one of the Forsaken who came to her in the White Tower.
• ACoS,Prologue - Mesaana warns Alviarin 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.
• CoT,Prologue - Graendal's actions are quite successful in spreading chaos in Arad Doman.

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