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[Leigh Butler]
Taim is not Demandred in disguise.
How do we know? Because RJ said so.
Q: "It's been said that you mentioned that Mazrim Taim is not Demandred. There seems to be some confusion on whether or not you said that."[Matthew Julius, post-COT signing, Dayton, OH, January 16, 2003]A: "Mazrim Taim is not Demandred."
Tim Kington concurs:
Q: "Taim is clearly not Demandred, right?"A: (Disgusted) "I've said that before, and it's not Taim, it's Ta-eeem."
The same response was also reported on wotmania.com, in LiveJournal's Wheel of Time community, and in several emails.
FAQ policy has always been that the author's word is canon. If RJ says a thing is so, it's so. And with that I'm afraid the die-hard Taimandred fans will have to be satisfied.
(See section 1.5.6 and section 1.4.10 for more discussion on what Taim is up to.)
There have been a lot of names bandied about as possibilties; Bashere, Masema, and the mysterious Taraboner seen in Arymilla's entourage outside Caemlyn [COT: 15, Gathering Darkness, 371] seem to be the most popular.
All of these can be debunked or contested for various reasons, but it's not necessary to do so:
Q: "Have we yet seen the alter ego Demandred presents to the Third Agers on-screen?"[Michael Martin, Dayton OH signing]A: "No." (I asked twice to make sure.)
So, if Demandred is disguising himself as someone, it's not someone we've met so far.
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